| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Shrek 2 | - | - | - | $95,578,365 | 4,223 | $441,550,292 | May 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 2 | The Day After Tomorrow | - | - | - | $85,807,341 | 3,444 | $186,740,799 | May 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Troy | - | - | - | $15,338,115 | 3,411 | $133,378,256 | May 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Raising Helen | - | - | - | $14,239,252 | 2,721 | $37,486,512 | May 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Soul Plane | - | - | - | $7,008,711 | 1,566 | $14,190,750 | May 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Van Helsing | - | - | - | $6,750,480 | 3,580 | $120,177,084 | May 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Mean Girls | - | - | - | $6,433,613 | 3,054 | $86,058,055 | Apr 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Man on Fire | - | - | - | $2,840,865 | 2,986 | $77,911,774 | Apr 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | 13 Going on 30 | - | - | - | $1,451,872 | 3,453 | $57,231,747 | Apr 23 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 10 | Super Size Me | - | - | - | $1,401,509 | 230 | $11,536,423 | May 7 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 11 | Breakin' All the Rules | - | - | - | $1,068,195 | 1,318 | $12,264,319 | May 14 | Screen Gems | false |
| 12 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | - | - | - | $758,952 | 3,073 | $66,208,183 | Apr 16 | Miramax | false |
| 13 | Walking Tall | - | - | - | $546,991 | 2,836 | $46,437,717 | Apr 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $494,183 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Saved! | - | - | - | $459,386 | 592 | $8,940,582 | May 28 | United Artists | false |
| 16 | A Day Without a Mexican | - | - | - | $433,076 | 107 | $4,179,890 | May 14 | Televisa Cine | false |
| 17 | New York Minute | - | - | - | $415,093 | 3,006 | $14,071,441 | May 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Coffee and Cigarettes | - | - | - | $362,532 | 47 | $2,198,924 | May 14 | United Artists | false |
| 19 | Laws of Attraction | - | - | - | $361,762 | 2,449 | $17,871,255 | Apr 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 20 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | - | - | - | $356,687 | 1,357 | $34,400,301 | Mar 19 | Focus Features | false |
| 21 | Envy | - | - | - | $355,698 | 2,445 | $13,562,325 | Apr 30 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 22 | Hum Tum | - | - | - | $348,149 | 43 | $796,641 | May 28 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 23 | Hidalgo | - | - | - | $328,063 | 3,065 | $67,303,450 | Mar 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Starsky & Hutch | - | - | - | $246,233 | 3,185 | $88,237,754 | Mar 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | 50 First Dates | - | - | - | $228,450 | 3,612 | $120,908,074 | Feb 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | The Passion of the Christ | - | - | - | $226,007 | 3,408 | $370,274,604 | Feb 25 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 27 | Bon Voyage 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $223,215 | 94 | $2,354,559 | Mar 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 28 | The Prince and Me | - | - | - | $207,938 | 2,711 | $28,176,497 | Apr 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | - | - | - | $207,832 | 74 | $2,380,788 | Apr 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 30 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $199,593 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 31 | Ella Enchanted | - | - | - | $194,773 | 2,149 | $22,918,387 | Apr 9 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | Johnson Family Vacation | - | - | - | $189,246 | 1,326 | $31,203,964 | Apr 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 33 | Good Bye Lenin! | - | - | - | $135,697 | 125 | $4,064,200 | Feb 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 34 | I'm Not Scared | - | - | - | $132,765 | 63 | $1,615,328 | Apr 9 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Love Me If You Dare | - | - | - | $128,206 | 56 | $553,504 | May 21 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 36 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | - | - | - | $116,577 | 17 | $10,994,028 | Oct 18 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 37 | Home on the Range | - | - | - | $116,447 | 3,058 | $50,030,461 | Apr 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $90,802 | 28 | $646,951 | Apr 30 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 39 | Godsend | - | - | - | $90,727 | 2,323 | $14,379,751 | Apr 30 | Lionsgate | false |
| 40 | The Ladykillers | - | - | - | $89,666 | 1,589 | $39,799,191 | Mar 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | The Saddest Music in the World | - | - | - | $89,203 | 25 | $699,225 | Apr 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 42 | Cold Mountain | - | - | - | $87,966 | 2,802 | $95,636,509 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | Strayed | - | - | - | $85,301 | 29 | $482,757 | May 14 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 44 | Dawn of the Dead | - | - | - | $81,830 | 2,748 | $59,020,957 | Mar 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | The Mother | - | - | - | $79,560 | 44 | $1,063,163 | May 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | Monsieur Ibrahim | - | - | - | $75,596 | 92 | $2,823,890 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 47 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $74,323 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 48 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | - | - | - | $65,823 | 3,312 | $84,216,833 | Mar 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | - | - | - | $60,485 | 16 | $10,086,514 | Oct 11 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 50 | Baadasssss! | - | - | - | $60,432 | 41 | $365,727 | May 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 51 | The Punisher | - | - | - | $58,273 | 2,649 | $33,810,189 | Apr 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 52 | Young Adam | - | - | - | $57,571 | 41 | $767,373 | Apr 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 53 | My Architect | - | - | - | $56,187 | 39 | $2,750,707 | Nov 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 54 | Monica la mitraille | - | - | - | $52,149 | 99 | $1,435,015 | Apr 30 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 55 | Yuva | - | - | - | $49,100 | 35 | $331,166 | May 21 | Net Effect Media | false |
| 56 | Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie | - | - | - | $49,002 | 54 | $396,803 | May 7 | THINKFilm | false |
| 57 | Touching the Void | - | - | - | $48,172 | 137 | $4,593,598 | Jan 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 58 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $47,323 | 16 | $559,765 | Apr 23 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 59 | Since Otar Left | - | - | - | $46,888 | 15 | $350,391 | Apr 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 60 | Connie and Carla | - | - | - | $46,295 | 1,016 | $8,085,771 | Apr 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 61 | Asa Nu Maan Watna Da: In Search of Our Roots | - | - | - | $45,179 | 5 | $235,075 | May 14 | Wild Rose Entertainment | false |
| 62 | Main Hoon Na | - | - | - | $45,095 | 79 | $1,747,060 | Apr 30 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 63 | The Girl Next Door | - | - | - | $44,437 | 2,148 | $14,589,444 | Apr 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 64 | Dogville | - | - | - | $42,475 | 70 | $1,535,286 | Mar 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 65 | Secret Window | - | - | - | $41,583 | 3,018 | $48,022,900 | Mar 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 66 | Valentin 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $39,949 | 15 | $275,968 | May 7 | Miramax | false |
| 67 | Hellboy | - | - | - | $36,547 | 3,043 | $59,623,958 | Apr 2 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 68 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $36,119 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 69 | Bukowski: Born into This | - | - | - | $35,685 | 8 | $318,816 | May 28 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 70 | Control Room | - | - | - | $34,270 | 74 | $2,589,616 | May 21 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 71 | A Slipping-Down Life | - | - | - | $31,490 | 31 | $107,099 | May 14 | Lionsgate | false |
| 72 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | - | - | - | $31,483 | 3,703 | $377,027,325 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 73 | Carandiru | - | - | - | $30,938 | 15 | $216,335 | May 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 74 | Along Came Polly | - | - | - | $28,522 | 3,052 | $88,097,164 | Jan 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 75 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $25,506 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 76 | The Alamo | - | - | - | $24,480 | 2,609 | $22,414,961 | Apr 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 77 | Godzilla | - | - | - | $23,596 | 6 | $412,520 | May 7 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 78 | Taking Lives | - | - | - | $20,889 | 2,705 | $32,682,342 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 79 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | - | - | - | $20,845 | 80 | $9,354,342 | Jul 11 | Odeon | false |
| 80 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | - | - | - | $20,670 | 2,711 | $65,111,277 | Feb 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 81 | The Corporation | - | - | - | $20,533 | 16 | $1,613,533 | Jan 16 | Mongrel Media | false |
| 82 | Shaolin Soccer | - | - | - | $17,688 | 14 | $489,600 | Apr 2 | Miramax | false |
| 83 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | - | - | - | $17,129 | 1,332 | $2,694,071 | Apr 30 | Film Foundry Releasing | false |
| 84 | The Triplets of Belleville | - | - | - | $16,787 | 463 | $7,007,149 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 85 | The Whole Ten Yards | - | - | - | $16,289 | 2,654 | $16,328,471 | Apr 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 86 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $14,787 | 9 | $822,941 | Jan 9 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 87 | Intermission | - | - | - | $14,537 | 69 | $896,993 | Mar 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 88 | The Return | - | - | - | $14,121 | 18 | $504,256 | Feb 6 | Kino International | false |
| 89 | The Five Obstructions | - | - | - | $13,040 | 3 | $165,845 | May 26 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 90 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $11,929 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 91 | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | - | - | - | $11,078 | 16 | $235,294 | Mar 12 | THINKFilm | false |
| 92 | The Agronomist | - | - | - | $11,042 | 21 | $226,189 | Apr 23 | THINKFilm | false |
| 93 | My Mother Likes Women 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,024 | 6 | $82,916 | May 21 | Norador Productions | false |
| 94 | The Young Black Stallion | - | - | - | $9,816 | 51 | $6,751,389 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 95 | Springtime in a Small Town | - | - | - | $9,577 | 2 | $43,017 | May 14 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 96 | Broken Wings | - | - | - | $9,338 | 24 | $421,454 | Mar 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 97 | The Best Two Years | - | - | - | $9,270 | 29 | $1,163,450 | Feb 20 | Halestone Distribution | false |
| 98 | Stateside | - | - | - | $9,242 | 156 | $174,318 | May 21 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 99 | Never Die Alone | - | - | - | $8,833 | 1,160 | $5,645,298 | Mar 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 100 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,506 | 139 | $3,435,749 | Nov 21 | Miramax | false |
| 101 | City of God | - | - | - | $8,240 | 242 | $7,564,459 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 102 | Her Majesty | - | - | - | $8,202 | 3 | $63,652 | Apr 30 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 103 | The Burial Society | - | - | - | $7,737 | 3 | $21,285 | May 28 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 104 | The Seagull's Laughter | - | - | - | $7,672 | 3 | $72,527 | Feb 13 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 105 | Adored: Diary of a Porn Star | - | - | - | $7,606 | 3 | $41,703 | Apr 2 | Wolfe Releasing | false |
| 106 | Word Wars | - | - | - | $7,559 | 5 | $110,617 | May 28 | Seventh Art Releasing | false |
| 107 | Justice | - | - | - | $7,325 | 1 | $39,895 | May 12 | Jujitsu Films LLC | false |
| 108 | Wake | - | - | - | $6,164 | 2 | $7,212 | May 28 | Echelon Entertainment | false |
| 109 | Kitchen Stories 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,106 | 15 | $351,235 | Feb 20 | IFC Films | false |
| 110 | This Old Cub | - | - | - | $5,804 | 6 | $270,014 | Mar 26 | Emerging Pictures | false |
| 111 | After Freedom | - | - | - | $5,675 | 2 | $35,639 | May 14 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 112 | Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times | - | - | - | $5,483 | 2 | $99,819 | Jan 7 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 113 | Divan | - | - | - | $5,397 | 4 | $56,214 | Mar 17 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 114 | Japanese Story | - | - | - | $5,193 | 21 | $647,054 | Dec 31 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 115 | Mickey | - | - | - | $5,035 | 76 | $294,758 | Apr 30 | Slugger Pictures | false |
| 116 | Monster | - | - | - | $4,992 | 1,093 | $34,469,210 | Dec 24 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 117 | Noi the Albino | - | - | - | $4,873 | 7 | $60,555 | Mar 19 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 118 | Seeing Other People | - | - | - | $4,860 | 16 | $87,923 | May 7 | Lantern Lane Entertainment | false |
| 119 | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,854 | 2 | $55,188 | Jan 16 | ArtMattan Productions | false |
| 120 | Latter Days | - | - | - | $4,769 | 19 | $834,685 | Jan 30 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 121 | Frankie and Johnny Are Married | - | - | - | $4,740 | 4 | $22,900 | May 26 | IFC Films | false |
| 122 | One 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,481 | 4 | $65,172 | Jan 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 123 | Lost Boys of Sudan | - | - | - | $4,229 | 8 | $188,467 | Aug 22 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 124 | Two 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,129 | 2 | $47,806 | Feb 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 125 | The Reckoning | - | - | - | $3,663 | 32 | $257,252 | Mar 5 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 126 | Robot Stories | - | - | - | $3,499 | 3 | $131,451 | Feb 13 | Pak Film | false |
| 127 | In America | - | - | - | $3,380 | 403 | $15,539,656 | Nov 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 128 | Cheaper by the Dozen | - | - | - | $3,329 | 3,307 | $138,614,544 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 129 | What Alice Found | - | - | - | $2,901 | 3 | $67,436 | Dec 5 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 130 | The Mudge Boy | - | - | - | $2,822 | 4 | $62,852 | May 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 131 | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,731 | 7 | $163,577 | Dec 26 | Kino International | false |
| 132 | The Dreamers | - | - | - | $2,667 | 116 | $2,532,228 | Feb 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 133 | Twentynine Palms | - | - | - | $2,495 | 3 | $54,523 | Apr 9 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 134 | Twist | - | - | - | $2,456 | 4 | $47,370 | May 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 135 | Alila | - | - | - | $1,916 | 4 | $50,961 | Feb 27 | Kino International | false |
| 136 | To Be and to Have | - | - | - | $1,688 | 14 | $777,129 | Sep 19 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 137 | Bulgarian Lovers | - | - | - | $903 | 3 | $60,712 | Apr 30 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 138 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | - | - | - | $870 | 18 | $257,315 | Mar 26 | First Look International | false |
| 139 | 2 Brothers & a Bride | - | - | - | $813 | 10 | $28,909 | May 7 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false |
| 140 | The United States of Leland | - | - | - | $809 | 90 | $343,847 | Apr 2 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 141 | Hukkle | - | - | - | $800 | 4 | $53,715 | Nov 14 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 142 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $533 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 143 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $501 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 144 | Crimson Gold | - | - | - | $500 | 8 | $148,959 | Jan 16 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 145 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | - | - | - | $499 | 15 | $578,241 | Sep 19 | Artistic License | false |
| 146 | This So-Called Disaster | - | - | - | $414 | 3 | $226,658 | Apr 21 | IFC Films | false |
| 147 | Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust | - | - | - | $350 | 2 | $51,936 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 148 | Distant | - | - | - | $178 | 2 | $96,293 | Mar 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
