| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hero | - | - | - | $2,707,022 | 2,175 | $53,710,019 | Aug 27 | Miramax | false |
| 2 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | - | - | - | $1,984,855 | 3,490 | $95,170,481 | Aug 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Without a Paddle | - | - | - | $1,927,690 | 2,756 | $58,169,327 | Aug 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Paparazzi | - | - | - | $1,708,849 | 2,153 | $15,714,234 | Sep 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | - | - | - | $1,586,628 | 2,905 | $32,238,923 | Aug 27 | Screen Gems | false |
| 6 | Collateral | - | - | - | $1,469,219 | 3,205 | $101,005,703 | Aug 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 7 | Vanity Fair | - | - | - | $1,435,025 | 1,054 | $16,136,476 | Sep 1 | Focus Features | false |
| 8 | Wicker Park | - | - | - | $1,352,112 | 2,598 | $13,001,257 | Sep 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 9 | The Cookout | - | - | - | $1,218,894 | 1,303 | $11,814,019 | Sep 3 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 10 | The Bourne Supremacy | - | - | - | $1,201,900 | 3,304 | $176,241,941 | Jul 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | - | - | - | $931,538 | 1,027 | $44,540,956 | Jun 11 | - | false |
| 12 | Exorcist: The Beginning | - | - | - | $888,179 | 2,813 | $41,821,986 | Aug 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Garden State | - | - | - | $855,755 | 813 | $26,782,316 | Jul 28 | - | false |
| 14 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | - | - | - | $733,806 | 1,276 | $9,219,388 | Aug 27 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 15 | Alien vs. Predator | - | - | - | $668,481 | 3,401 | $80,282,231 | Aug 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Open Water | - | - | - | $660,460 | 2,709 | $30,610,863 | Aug 6 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 17 | Suspect Zero | - | - | - | $589,752 | 1,501 | $8,725,813 | Aug 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Manchurian Candidate | - | - | - | $583,016 | 2,867 | $65,955,630 | Jul 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | Spider-Man 2 | - | - | - | $354,203 | 4,166 | $373,585,825 | Jun 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | - | - | - | $247,152 | 2,411 | $19,765,868 | Aug 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | The Village | - | - | - | $224,324 | 3,733 | $114,197,520 | Jul 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | I, Robot | - | - | - | $200,594 | 3,494 | $144,801,023 | Jul 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Benji: Off the Leash! | - | - | - | $159,803 | 877 | $3,817,362 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 24 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | - | - | - | $148,885 | 3,855 | $249,541,069 | Jun 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | De-Lovely | - | - | - | $133,179 | 410 | $13,456,633 | Jul 2 | United Artists | false |
| 26 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | - | - | - | $110,138 | 190 | $2,041,014 | Aug 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 27 | Before Sunset | - | - | - | $79,959 | 204 | $5,820,649 | Jul 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 28 | Intimate Strangers | - | - | - | $58,974 | 94 | $2,110,589 | Jul 30 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 29 | Little Black Book | - | - | - | $58,299 | 2,445 | $20,698,668 | Aug 6 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 30 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $57,238 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | - | - | - | $53,749 | 3,020 | $114,326,736 | Jun 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Garfield: The Movie | - | - | - | $46,989 | 3,150 | $75,369,589 | Jun 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | A Cinderella Story | - | - | - | $34,743 | 2,625 | $51,438,175 | Jul 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Nicotina | - | - | - | $32,742 | 96 | $1,117,864 | Aug 20 | Arenas Entertainment | false |
| 35 | Mean Creek | - | - | - | $31,972 | 49 | $603,951 | Aug 20 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 36 | The Day After Tomorrow | - | - | - | $27,174 | 3,444 | $186,740,799 | May 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Catwoman | - | - | - | $14,216 | 3,117 | $40,202,379 | Jul 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | The Stepford Wives | - | - | - | $14,029 | 3,057 | $59,484,742 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 39 | A Home at the End of the World | - | - | - | $8,468 | 65 | $1,029,872 | Jul 23 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 40 | Mean Girls | - | - | - | $2,191 | 3,054 | $86,058,055 | Apr 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 41 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | - | - | - | $1,018 | 19 | $360,759 | Jun 16 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 42 | Love Me If You Dare | - | - | - | $45 | 56 | $553,504 | May 21 | Paramount Classics | false |
