Domestic Box Office For August 2004
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $2,041,014 | 190 | $101,295 | 5% | 7 | Aug 13 | Oct 28 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 2 | Saints and Soldiers | $1,310,470 | 37 | $129,056 | 9.8% | 26 | Aug 6 | May 26 | Excel Entertainment |
| 3 | Going the Distance | $1,230,897 | 153 | $333,126 | 27.1% | 153 | Aug 20 | - | Odeon |
| 4 | Nicotina | $1,117,864 | 96 | $446,768 | 40% | 96 | Aug 20 | Oct 7 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 5 | Bright Young Things | $933,637 | 92 | $46,926 | 5% | 3 | Aug 20 | Nov 18 | THINKFilm |
| 6 | Red Lights | $673,828 | 29 | $3,202 | 0.5% | 1 | Aug 20 | Mar 31 | Wellspring Media |
| 7 | American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 2004 Re-release | $646,951 | 4 | $1,475 | 0.2% | 1 | Aug 18 | Sep 23 | New Yorker Films |
| 8 | Mean Creek | $603,951 | 49 | $29,170 | 4.8% | 4 | Aug 20 | Dec 16 | Paramount Classics |
| 9 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $461,572 | 18 | $77,982 | 16.9% | 5 | Aug 6 | - | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 10 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $391,950 | 10 | $18,422 | 4.7% | 1 | Aug 20 | Dec 19 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 11 | The Brown Bunny | $366,301 | 19 | $50,601 | 13.8% | 3 | Aug 27 | Jan 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 12 | Look What's Happened Now | $336,909 | 51 | $171,966 | 51% | 51 | Aug 13 | Aug 22 | Eros Worldwide |
| 13 | Code 46 | $285,585 | 21 | $20,170 | 7.1% | 3 | Aug 6 | - | United Artists |
| 14 | Dhoom | $245,756 | 32 | $102,860 | 41.9% | 32 | Aug 27 | - | Yash Raj Films |
| 15 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $238,924 | 22 | $31,481 | 13.2% | 7 | Aug 20 | - | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 16 | Bush's Brain | $177,485 | 9 | $11,927 | 6.7% | 4 | Aug 20 | - | Tartan |
| 17 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $160,276 | 29 | $10,304 | 6.4% | 4 | Aug 11 | Sep 30 | Lionsgate |
| 18 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $106,184 | 3 | $10,020 | 9.4% | 1 | Aug 20 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 19 | Fida | $98,297 | 30 | $98,297 | 100% | 30 | Aug 20 | Aug 22 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 20 | Phir Milenge | $91,968 | 27 | $37,460 | 40.7% | 27 | Aug 27 | - | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 21 | Bright Leaves | $77,888 | 4 | $4,485 | 5.8% | 1 | Aug 25 | Jun 5 | First Run |
| 22 | Grand Champion | $54,579 | 13 | $14,035 | 25.7% | 5 | Aug 27 | - | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 23 | L.A. Twister | $54,000 | 4 | $6,722 | 12.4% | 2 | Aug 13 | Mar 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 24 | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | $40,919 | 10 | $16,522 | 40.4% | 10 | Aug 13 | Sep 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 25 | Last Life in the Universe | $32,014 | 4 | $5,833 | 18.2% | 1 | Aug 6 | Sep 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 26 | Stander | $31,651 | 7 | $19,067 | 60.2% | 7 | Aug 6 | Aug 12 | Newmarket Films |
| 27 | Chooch | $31,015 | 3 | $10,616 | 34.2% | 3 | Aug 27 | Oct 21 | Artistic License |
| 28 | Cowards Bend the Knee | $25,860 | 1 | $7,030 | 27.2% | 1 | Aug 11 | Aug 26 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 29 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $24,629 | 4 | $4,354 | 17.7% | 1 | Aug 6 | Sep 30 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 30 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $16,150 | 1 | $5,281 | 32.7% | 1 | Aug 20 | Sep 30 | New Yorker Films |
| 31 | My Wife Maurice 2004 Re-release | $3,803 | 1 | $2,227 | 58.6% | 1 | Aug 27 | - | TLA Releasing |
| 32 | Brothers in Arms | $3,664 | 2 | $658 | 18% | 1 | Aug 27 | Oct 28 | First Run |
| 33 | L'autre monde 2004 Re-release | $2,494 | 1 | $1,119 | 44.9% | 1 | Aug 6 | Jan 6 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 34 | Anatomy 2 2004 Re-release | $623 | 1 | $383 | 61.5% | 1 | Aug 13 | Aug 19 | Strand Releasing |
