| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | - | - | - | $32,262,931 | 502 | $106,643,712 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 2 | The Last Samurai | - | - | - | $15,937,339 | 431 | $21,993,151 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 3 | Cold Mountain | - | - | - | $8,983,822 | 324 | $16,651,409 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 4 | Scary Movie 3 | - | - | - | $8,291,204 | 447 | $16,733,649 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 5 | Peter Pan | - | - | - | $8,281,072 | 442 | $16,552,531 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 6 | Lost in Translation | - | - | - | $7,878,538 | 281 | $17,986,199 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 7 | Stuck on You | - | - | - | $6,003,041 | 299 | $6,441,227 | Jan 2 | - | false |
| 8 | Paycheck | - | - | - | $3,499,730 | 341 | $4,563,849 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 9 | Runaway Jury | - | - | - | $2,504,943 | 291 | $2,775,361 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 10 | Finding Nemo | - | - | - | $2,466,873 | 501 | $67,117,404 | Oct 3 | - | false |
| 11 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | - | - | - | $2,345,911 | 140 | $5,957,139 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 12 | Brother Bear | - | - | - | $2,337,846 | 424 | $10,612,646 | Dec 5 | - | false |
| 13 | Out of Time | - | - | - | $1,342,429 | 269 | $2,498,081 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 14 | Touching the Void | - | - | - | $1,272,754 | 64 | $4,616,440 | Dec 12 | - | false |
| 15 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | - | - | - | $1,063,111 | 424 | $13,265,370 | Nov 21 | - | false |
| 16 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | - | - | - | $941,330 | 67 | $3,612,913 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 17 | S.W.A.T. | - | - | - | $785,149 | 384 | $9,731,149 | Dec 5 | - | false |
| 18 | American Splendor | - | - | - | $701,463 | 39 | $701,463 | Jan 2 | - | false |
| 19 | Elf | - | - | - | $615,269 | 422 | $480,702 | Nov 28 | Park Circus | false |
| 20 | Good Boy | - | - | - | $444,614 | 262 | $1,343,709 | Dec 19 | - | false |
| 21 | Big Fish | - | - | - | $335,330 | 361 | $11,451,955 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 22 | A Mighty Wind | - | - | - | $259,189 | 35 | $259,189 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 23 | Khakee | - | - | - | $223,046 | 31 | $336,293 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 24 | The Human Stain | - | - | - | $134,053 | 94 | $134,053 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 25 | Aetbaar | - | - | - | $67,654 | 20 | $67,654 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 26 | Line of Control | - | - | - | $58,403 | 27 | $253,349 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 27 | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | - | - | - | $36,414 | 13 | $238,646 | Dec 19 | - | false |
| 28 | The Fighting Temptations | - | - | - | $23,935 | 157 | $600,891 | Dec 12 | - | false |
| 29 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | - | - | - | $11,058 | 375 | $19,958,331 | Oct 10 | - | false |
