| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | - | Meet the Fockers | $44,700,000 | $46,120,980 | +$1,420,980 | +3.2% | 3,518 | $68,500,000 | $70,517,720 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $12,500,000 | $12,611,876 | +$111,876 | +0.9% | 3,623 | $59,300,000 | $59,411,366 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Fat Albert | $12,400,000 | $10,021,510 | -$2,378,490 | -19.2% | 2,674 | $12,400,000 | $10,021,510 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Aviator | $9,400,000 | - | - | - | 1,796 | $10,800,000 | - | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Ocean's Twelve | $8,600,000 | $8,401,175 | -$198,825 | -2.3% | 3,290 | $86,900,000 | $86,600,224 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 7 | +1 | Darkness | $6,400,000 | - | - | - | 1,700 | $6,400,000 | - | 1 | Dimension Films | - |
| 7 | 6 | -1 | The Polar Express | $6,300,000 | $6,527,163 | +$227,163 | +3.6% | 2,618 | $140,000,000 | $140,233,149 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Spanglish | $5,000,000 | $4,641,492 | -$358,508 | -7.2% | 2,441 | $18,500,000 | $18,181,748 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $4,900,000 | $4,547,181 | -$352,819 | -7.2% | 1,105 | $5,300,000 | $4,955,054 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | The Phantom of the Opera | $4,200,000 | $4,001,890 | -$198,110 | -4.7% | 622 | $6,500,000 | $6,323,567 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | National Treasure | $4,100,000 | $3,964,473 | -$135,527 | -3.3% | 2,201 | $141,200,000 | $141,064,753 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 12 | 14 | +2 | Christmas with the Kranks | $3,000,000 | $2,586,277 | -$413,723 | -13.8% | 2,135 | $69,300,000 | $68,835,654 | 5 | Revolution Studios | - |
| 13 | 12 | -1 | Blade: Trinity | $2,952,129 | - | - | - | 2,318 | $42,099,570 | - | 3 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 14 | 17 | +3 | Finding Neverland | $1,361,370 | - | - | - | 933 | $19,758,924 | - | 7 | Miramax | - |
| 15 | 20 | +5 | House of Flying Daggers | $662,342 | - | - | - | 165 | $2,733,303 | - | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
