| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $345,568 | -16% | 87 | -9 | $3,972 | $7,341,885 | 7 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Last Samurai | $283,216 | -26% | 62 | -13 | $4,568 | $1,391,657 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | - | Cold Mountain | $240,920 | - | 30 | - | $8,030 | $240,920 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 4 | 7 | Something's Gotta Give | $172,564 | -0.8% | 41 | - | $4,208 | $899,217 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Rundown | $161,402 | -47.2% | 47 | -1 | $3,434 | $466,981 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Honey | $159,237 | -18.1% | 34 | -2 | $4,683 | $353,745 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Torque | $97,778 | -41.4% | 42 | +1 | $2,328 | $264,590 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $94,095 | -9.4% | 46 | - | $2,045 | $1,228,867 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $90,071 | -55.5% | 35 | - | $2,573 | $292,302 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $72,765 | -66.9% | 48 | +3 | $1,515 | $1,271,249 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | - | Lost in Translation | $53,211 | - | 6 | - | $8,868 | $72,611 | - | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | 14 | Love Actually | $49,604 | +15.3% | 32 | - | $1,550 | $1,839,687 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | School of Rock | $47,790 | -51.6% | 44 | -6 | $1,086 | $723,698 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Sylvia | $36,658 | -22.1% | 12 | - | $3,054 | $83,725 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Veronica Guerin | $27,751 | -31.4% | 14 | - | $1,982 | $68,008 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | Calendar Girls | $23,905 | +46.5% | 18 | -2 | $1,328 | $1,806,520 | 17 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Brother Bear | $20,754 | -69.4% | 38 | - | $546 | $851,758 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Good Boy | $14,198 | -74% | 47 | -3 | $302 | $208,787 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | - | Mystic River | $11,238 | - | 3 | - | $3,746 | $287,261 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Swimming Pool | $9,183 | -51.4% | 8 | - | $1,147 | $77,315 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
