| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Shark Tale | - | - | - | $5,273,734 | 4,070 | $160,861,908 | Oct 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 2 | Friday Night Lights | - | - | - | $2,106,930 | 3,004 | $61,255,921 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Ladder 49 | - | - | - | $1,608,160 | 3,261 | $74,541,707 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Taxi Original Release | - | - | - | $1,360,962 | 3,001 | $36,611,066 | Oct 6 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 5 | The Forgotten | - | - | - | $934,027 | 3,144 | $67,133,509 | Sep 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 6 | Raise Your Voice | - | - | - | $583,000 | 2,521 | $10,411,980 | Oct 8 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 7 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | - | - | - | $303,940 | 3,170 | $37,762,677 | Sep 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Shaun of the Dead | - | - | - | $269,524 | 675 | $13,671,664 | Sep 24 | Rogue Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Motorcycle Diaries | - | - | - | $256,818 | 272 | $16,781,387 | Sep 24 | Focus Features | false |
| 10 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | - | - | - | $170,934 | 3,284 | $51,201,453 | Sep 10 | Screen Gems | false |
| 11 | Mr. 3000 | - | - | - | $154,273 | 2,736 | $21,811,187 | Sep 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | I Heart Huckabees | - | - | - | $145,555 | 901 | $12,785,432 | Oct 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 13 | Napoleon Dynamite | - | - | - | $143,056 | 1,027 | $44,540,956 | Jun 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 14 | Wimbledon | - | - | - | $100,225 | 2,039 | $17,001,133 | Sep 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | First Daughter | - | - | - | $97,511 | 2,280 | $9,055,921 | Sep 24 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Garden State | - | - | - | $81,949 | 813 | $26,782,316 | Jul 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 17 | Without a Paddle | - | - | - | $63,171 | 2,756 | $58,169,327 | Aug 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Bourne Supremacy | - | - | - | $55,485 | 3,304 | $176,241,941 | Jul 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Collateral | - | - | - | $52,217 | 3,205 | $101,005,703 | Aug 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 20 | I, Robot | - | - | - | $19,549 | 3,494 | $144,801,023 | Jul 16 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Alien vs. Predator | - | - | - | $13,621 | 3,401 | $80,282,231 | Aug 13 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 22 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $10,120 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | - | - | - | $9,779 | 3,855 | $249,541,069 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The Yes Men | - | - | - | $9,434 | 32 | $255,364 | Sep 24 | United Artists | false |
| 25 | The Manchurian Candidate | - | - | - | $8,462 | 2,867 | $65,955,630 | Jul 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | - | - | - | $7,914 | 55 | $1,043,896 | Sep 17 | Go Fish Pictures | false |
| 27 | A Cinderella Story | - | - | - | $6,580 | 2,625 | $51,438,175 | Jul 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | The Last Shot | - | - | - | $5,090 | 40 | $464,275 | Sep 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | De-Lovely | - | - | - | $4,644 | 410 | $13,456,633 | Jul 2 | United Artists | false |
| 30 | Criminal | - | - | - | $4,261 | 90 | $929,233 | Sep 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 31 | Paparazzi | - | - | - | $4,207 | 2,153 | $15,714,234 | Sep 3 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Catwoman | - | - | - | $4,104 | 3,117 | $40,202,379 | Jul 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Before Sunset | - | - | - | $3,904 | 204 | $5,820,649 | Jul 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 34 | Intimate Strangers | - | - | - | $3,800 | 94 | $2,110,589 | Jul 30 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 35 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | - | - | - | $3,122 | 3,020 | $114,326,736 | Jun 18 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 36 | Around the Bend | - | - | - | $2,783 | 51 | $193,637 | Oct 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 37 | Exorcist: The Beginning | - | - | - | $2,464 | 2,813 | $41,821,986 | Aug 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | The Day After Tomorrow | - | - | - | $1,991 | 3,444 | $186,740,799 | May 28 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 39 | Mean Creek | - | - | - | $1,763 | 49 | $603,951 | Aug 20 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 40 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | - | - | - | $1,106 | 190 | $2,041,014 | Aug 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 41 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | - | - | - | $418 | 19 | $360,759 | Jun 16 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 42 | A Home at the End of the World | - | - | - | $285 | 65 | $1,029,872 | Jul 23 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 43 | Suspect Zero | - | - | - | $173 | 1,501 | $8,725,813 | Aug 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
