| 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 | - | - | - | $4,116,509 | 15 | $7,587,210 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Last Samurai | - | - | - | $672,472 | - | $2,203,499 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 3 | Freaky Friday | - | - | - | $655,097 | - | $1,129,209 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 4 | Captain Sabertooth | - | - | - | $553,320 | - | $1,255,909 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 5 | Scary Movie 3 | - | - | - | $531,600 | - | $985,112 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 6 | Finding Nemo | - | - | - | $425,115 | - | $5,439,549 | Nov 14 | - | false |
| 7 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | - | - | - | $395,475 | - | $2,155,632 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 8 | Just Bea | - | - | - | $394,631 | - | $1,600,195 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 9 | Love Actually | - | - | - | $383,805 | 30 | $1,904,056 | - | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | Stuck on You | - | - | - | $322,613 | - | $553,156 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 11 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | - | - | - | $130,574 | - | $435,663 | Dec 7 | - | false |
| 12 | Whale Rider | - | - | - | $129,138 | - | $188,124 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 13 | På hau i havet | - | - | - | $85,850 | - | $93,698 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 14 | Seabiscuit | - | - | - | $83,058 | - | $86,811 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 15 | Evil | - | - | - | $71,633 | - | $280,020 | - | - | false |
| 16 | Thirteen | - | - | - | $52,057 | - | $172,109 | Dec 7 | - | false |
| 17 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | - | - | - | $39,427 | - | $472,841 | Nov 21 | - | false |
| 18 | The Station Agent | - | - | - | $37,616 | - | $37,616 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 19 | Reconstruction | - | - | - | $37,360 | - | $57,213 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 20 | American Splendor | - | - | - | $28,373 | - | $74,356 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 21 | Underworld | - | - | - | $20,133 | - | $175,557 | Dec 7 | - | false |
| 22 | Elephant | - | - | - | $18,582 | - | $72,964 | Dec 12 | - | false |
| 23 | The Matrix Revolutions | - | - | - | $17,386 | - | $2,515,112 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 24 | Mystic River | - | - | - | $15,845 | - | $300,442 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 25 | Solino | - | - | - | $7,212 | - | $17,673 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 26 | Dirty Pretty Things | - | - | - | $6,567 | - | $77,598 | Nov 21 | - | false |
