| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | - | - | - | $313,364,114 | 3,381 | $47,211,490 | 15.1% | 3,359 | Dec 19 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 2 | Ocean's Eleven | - | - | - | $183,417,150 | 3,075 | $38,107,822 | 20.8% | 3,075 | Dec 7 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | A Beautiful Mind | - | - | - | $170,742,341 | 2,250 | $367,151 | 0.2% | 11 | Dec 21 | May 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Black Hawk Down | - | - | - | $108,638,745 | 3,143 | $179,823 | 0.2% | 4 | Dec 28 | Apr 14 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 5 | Vanilla Sky | - | - | - | $100,618,344 | 2,842 | $25,015,518 | 24.9% | 2,742 | Dec 14 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | - | - | - | $80,936,232 | 3,151 | $13,832,786 | 17.1% | 3,139 | Dec 21 | Apr 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Ali | - | - | - | $58,203,105 | 2,521 | $14,710,892 | 25.3% | 2,446 | Dec 25 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | The Royal Tenenbaums | - | - | - | $52,364,010 | 999 | $276,981 | 0.5% | 5 | Dec 14 | Jun 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Kate & Leopold | - | - | - | $47,121,859 | 2,467 | $9,725,408 | 20.6% | 2,452 | Dec 25 | Feb 21 | Miramax | false |
| 10 | Gosford Park | - | - | - | $41,308,615 | 918 | $241,219 | 0.6% | 9 | Dec 26 | Jun 6 | USA Films | false |
| 11 | I Am Sam | - | - | - | $40,311,852 | 1,450 | $41,779 | 0.1% | 2 | Dec 28 | Apr 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 12 | Not Another Teen Movie | - | - | - | $38,252,284 | 2,365 | $12,615,116 | 33% | 2,365 | Dec 14 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Monster's Ball | - | - | - | $31,273,922 | 714 | $110,552 | 0.4% | 7 | Dec 26 | Jun 6 | Lionsgate | false |
| 14 | How High | - | - | - | $31,178,740 | 1,273 | $7,102,260 | 22.8% | 1,266 | Dec 21 | Feb 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Majestic | - | - | - | $27,807,266 | 2,361 | $4,904,339 | 17.6% | 2,361 | Dec 21 | Mar 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Joe Somebody | - | - | - | $22,771,646 | 2,517 | $3,553,725 | 15.6% | 2,506 | Dec 21 | Apr 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The Shipping News | - | - | - | $11,434,216 | 434 | $1,205,174 | 10.5% | 186 | Dec 25 | Mar 14 | Miramax | false |
| 18 | Iris | - | - | - | $5,594,617 | 220 | $23,144 | 0.4% | 2 | Dec 14 | May 16 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | The Other Side of Heaven | - | - | - | $4,720,371 | 306 | $55,765 | 1.2% | 2 | Dec 14 | Dec 1 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 20 | Lantana | - | - | - | $4,623,189 | 108 | $66,701 | 1.4% | 6 | Dec 14 | Apr 25 | Lionsgate | false |
| 21 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | - | - | - | $2,902,000 | 44 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 22 | Kandahar | - | - | - | $1,418,314 | 29 | $22,866 | 1.6% | 3 | Dec 14 | - | Avatar Films | false |
| 23 | The Business of Strangers | - | - | - | $1,030,920 | 60 | $71,821 | 7% | 8 | Dec 7 | - | IFC Films | false |
| 24 | No Man's Land | - | - | - | $1,012,153 | 38 | $22,645 | 2.2% | 2 | Dec 7 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | Charlotte Gray | - | - | - | $741,394 | 52 | $46,271 | 6.2% | 5 | Dec 28 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Piñero | - | - | - | $275,171 | 21 | $21,750 | 7.9% | 2 | Dec 13 | - | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Dark Blue World | - | - | - | $258,771 | 7 | $19,541 | 7.6% | 5 | Dec 28 | Jun 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 28 | Baran | - | - | - | $125,900 | 9 | $21,702 | 17.2% | 2 | Dec 7 | - | Miramax | false |
| 29 | A Song for Martin | - | - | - | $27,983 | 2 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | First Look International | false |
| 30 | Behind the Sun | - | - | - | $19,861 | 2 | $4,671 | 23.5% | 1 | Dec 12 | - | Miramax | false |
| 31 | Eban and Charley | - | - | - | $16,918 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | Picture This! Entertainment | false |
| 32 | Lush | - | - | - | $2,763 | 1 | $2,349 | 85% | 1 | Dec 28 | Jan 3 | Menemsha Films | false |
