| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | - | - | - | $125,979,665 | 3,554 | $279,261,160 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Coach Carter | - | - | - | $53,981,763 | 2,574 | $67,264,877 | Jan 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | White Noise | - | - | - | $53,825,690 | 2,279 | $56,386,759 | Jan 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Aviator | - | - | - | $44,661,542 | 2,530 | $102,610,330 | Dec 17 | Miramax | false |
| 5 | Are We There Yet? | - | - | - | $39,095,838 | 2,810 | $82,674,398 | Jan 21 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 6 | In Good Company | - | - | - | $36,221,213 | 1,963 | $45,806,659 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Racing Stripes | - | - | - | $35,368,754 | 3,185 | $49,772,522 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | - | - | - | $31,320,577 | 3,623 | $118,634,549 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | $26,273,452 | 1,515 | $51,268,815 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Hide and Seek | - | - | - | $23,343,286 | 3,005 | $51,100,486 | Jan 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Ocean's Twelve | - | - | - | $23,244,965 | 3,290 | $125,544,280 | Dec 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Elektra | - | - | - | $23,110,262 | 3,204 | $24,409,722 | Jan 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Million Dollar Baby | - | - | - | $21,805,589 | 2,375 | $100,492,203 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Fat Albert | - | - | - | $20,842,609 | 2,744 | $48,116,322 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | Sideways | - | - | - | $19,643,113 | 1,786 | $71,503,593 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 16 | National Treasure | - | - | - | $17,612,606 | 3,243 | $173,008,894 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Spanglish | - | - | - | $15,557,699 | 2,587 | $42,726,869 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | Assault on Precinct 13 | - | - | - | $15,101,130 | 2,297 | $20,040,895 | Jan 19 | Rogue Pictures | false |
| 19 | Finding Neverland | - | - | - | $12,335,437 | 1,411 | $51,680,613 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | - | - | - | $11,833,026 | 1,105 | $24,020,403 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Polar Express | - | - | - | $10,020,448 | 3,650 | $162,775,358 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Darkness | - | - | - | $8,984,990 | 1,718 | $22,163,442 | Dec 25 | Dimension Films | false |
| 23 | The Incredibles | - | - | - | $8,617,266 | 3,933 | $261,441,092 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Hotel Rwanda | - | - | - | $8,028,821 | 824 | $23,530,892 | Dec 22 | United Artists | false |
| 25 | Closer | - | - | - | $7,723,999 | 1,098 | $33,987,757 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Flight of the Phoenix | - | - | - | $6,093,398 | 2,604 | $21,009,180 | Dec 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | House of Flying Daggers | - | - | - | $6,086,219 | 1,189 | $11,050,094 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 28 | Blade: Trinity | - | - | - | $5,051,415 | 2,912 | $52,411,906 | Dec 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 29 | Beyond the Sea | - | - | - | $4,611,835 | 383 | $6,318,709 | Dec 17 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 30 | A Very Long Engagement | - | - | - | $3,221,912 | 219 | $6,524,389 | Nov 26 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 31 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | - | - | - | $3,103,183 | 3,307 | $85,417,988 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | Alone in the Dark | - | - | - | $3,088,210 | 2,124 | $5,178,569 | Jan 28 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 33 | Kinsey | - | - | - | $2,894,365 | 588 | $10,254,979 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 34 | Ray | - | - | - | $2,578,555 | 2,474 | $75,331,600 | Oct 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | Bad Education | - | - | - | $1,871,640 | 106 | $5,211,842 | Nov 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 36 | Christmas with the Kranks | - | - | - | $1,684,636 | 3,416 | $73,780,539 | Nov 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 37 | The Work and the Glory | - | - | - | $1,119,119 | 112 | $3,347,647 | Nov 24 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 38 | The Motorcycle Diaries | - | - | - | $1,005,238 | 272 | $16,781,387 | Sep 24 | Focus Features | false |
| 39 | The Woodsman | - | - | - | $878,245 | 84 | $1,576,231 | Dec 24 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 40 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $807,002 | 24 | $1,926,034 | Oct 22 | IMAX | false |
| 41 | The Merchant of Venice | - | - | - | $752,846 | 107 | $3,765,585 | Dec 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | Shall We Dance? | - | - | - | $748,461 | 2,542 | $57,890,460 | Oct 15 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | Ladder 49 | - | - | - | $712,746 | 3,261 | $74,541,707 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Being Julia | - | - | - | $631,915 | 328 | $7,739,049 | Oct 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 45 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $559,515 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 46 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | - | - | - | $527,906 | 146 | $10,942,306 | Feb 6 | - | false |
| 47 | Aliens of the Deep | - | - | - | $517,845 | 27 | $8,968,684 | Jan 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | - | - | - | $447,630 | 2,473 | $40,226,215 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 49 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | - | - | - | $430,567 | 59 | $708,776 | Dec 29 | THINKFilm | false |
| 50 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $360,620 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 51 | Alexander | - | - | - | $331,844 | 2,445 | $34,297,191 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | Birth | - | - | - | $331,838 | 550 | $5,095,038 | Oct 29 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 53 | Shark Tale | - | - | - | $330,039 | 4,070 | $160,861,908 | Oct 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 54 | Vera Drake | - | - | - | $266,042 | 97 | $3,775,283 | Oct 8 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 55 | Swades | - | - | - | $265,156 | 74 | $1,223,240 | Dec 17 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 56 | After the Sunset | - | - | - | $261,548 | 2,819 | $28,331,233 | Nov 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 57 | The Sea Inside | - | - | - | $254,518 | 99 | $2,104,923 | Dec 17 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 58 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $247,697 | 3,001 | $36,611,066 | Oct 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 59 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $206,726 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | I Heart Huckabees | - | - | - | $175,949 | 901 | $12,785,432 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 61 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $159,352 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 62 | Napoleon Dynamite | - | - | - | $158,783 | 1,027 | $44,540,956 | Jun 11 | - | false |
| 63 | The Chorus 2005 Re-release | - | - | - | $150,511 | 59 | $1,548,036 | Jan 14 | Miramax | false |
| 64 | In the Realms of the Unreal | - | - | - | $148,292 | 13 | $417,120 | Dec 22 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 65 | Kisna: The Warrior Poet | - | - | - | $147,000 | 68 | $147,000 | Jan 21 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 66 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | - | - | - | $141,168 | 65 | $2,627,016 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 67 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $127,730 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 68 | Appleseed | - | - | - | $122,196 | 31 | $129,135 | Jan 14 | Geneon Entertainment | false |
| 69 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | - | - | - | $120,024 | 17 | $10,994,028 | Oct 18 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 70 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | - | - | - | $107,745 | 16 | $10,086,514 | Oct 11 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 71 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | - | - | - | $104,886 | 24 | $164,308 | Dec 29 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 72 | Without a Paddle | - | - | - | $84,235 | 2,756 | $58,169,327 | Aug 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 73 | Travelers and Magicians | - | - | - | $77,530 | 12 | $506,793 | Jan 7 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 74 | Veer Zaara | - | - | - | $75,506 | 88 | $2,938,532 | Nov 11 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 75 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | - | - | - | $68,800 | 127 | $3,515,061 | Dec 8 | THINKFilm | false |
| 76 | The Machinist | - | - | - | $66,083 | 72 | $1,082,715 | Oct 22 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 77 | Head-On | - | - | - | $55,221 | 9 | $435,395 | Jan 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 78 | Tarnation | - | - | - | $52,486 | 22 | $592,014 | Oct 6 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 79 | Team America: World Police | - | - | - | $49,526 | 2,620 | $32,786,074 | Oct 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 80 | Paper Clips | - | - | - | $49,429 | 43 | $1,121,744 | Nov 24 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 81 | The Young Black Stallion | - | - | - | $46,020 | 51 | $6,751,389 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 82 | Callas Forever | - | - | - | $43,541 | 16 | $446,955 | Nov 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 83 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | - | - | - | $41,498 | 3 | $381,225 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 84 | Lightning in a Bottle | - | - | - | $36,977 | 21 | $201,711 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 85 | Garden State | - | - | - | $36,456 | 813 | $26,782,316 | Jul 28 | - | false |
| 86 | Moolaadé | - | - | - | $35,523 | 4 | $215,646 | Oct 15 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 87 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $35,371 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 88 | Our Music | - | - | - | $33,205 | 8 | $139,922 | Nov 24 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 89 | Postmen in the Mountains | - | - | - | $28,338 | 7 | $203,975 | Dec 25 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 90 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $27,984 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 91 | Red Lights | - | - | - | $25,687 | 29 | $673,828 | Aug 20 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 92 | Brother to Brother | - | - | - | $23,413 | 3 | $80,906 | Nov 5 | Wolfe Releasing | false |
| 93 | Bear Cub | - | - | - | $22,178 | 4 | $100,133 | Nov 5 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 94 | Wonderful Days | - | - | - | $21,624 | 5 | $74,663 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 95 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $21,024 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 96 | Straight-Jacket | - | - | - | $19,752 | 4 | $45,497 | Nov 26 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 97 | Beautiful Boxer | - | - | - | $17,981 | 5 | $133,920 | Jan 21 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 98 | Days of Being Wild | - | - | - | $17,833 | 4 | $146,310 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
| 99 | Machuca | - | - | - | $17,814 | 1 | $26,676 | Jan 19 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 100 | Alfie | - | - | - | $17,814 | 2,215 | $13,399,812 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 101 | A Tale of Two Sisters | - | - | - | $17,543 | 9 | $72,541 | Dec 3 | Tartan | false |
| 102 | Raging Bull 25th Anniversary | - | - | - | $16,014 | 1 | $49,034 | Jan 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 103 | Watermarks | - | - | - | $15,145 | 9 | $246,094 | Jan 21 | Kino International | false |
| 104 | Lost Embrace | - | - | - | $14,528 | 6 | $190,860 | Jan 28 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 105 | Saints and Soldiers | - | - | - | $12,687 | 37 | $1,310,470 | Aug 6 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 106 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | - | - | - | $12,451 | 9 | $105,054 | Nov 26 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 107 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $11,986 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 108 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,400 | 15 | $489,838 | Jun 16 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 109 | Malevolence | - | - | - | $10,750 | 10 | $127,287 | Sep 10 | - | false |
| 110 | Fascination | - | - | - | $10,323 | 10 | $16,670 | Jan 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 111 | Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' | - | - | - | $9,395 | 1 | $9,395 | Jan 21 | Kino International | false |
| 112 | Rosenstrasse | - | - | - | $9,269 | 24 | $734,519 | Jul 30 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 113 | Testosterone | - | - | - | $7,546 | 4 | $185,078 | Sep 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 114 | Enduring Love | - | - | - | $6,707 | 56 | $358,362 | Oct 29 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 115 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | - | - | - | $6,489 | 13 | $173,306 | Oct 8 | - | false |
| 116 | A Silent Love | - | - | - | $5,260 | 3 | $14,389 | Oct 29 | Atopia | false |
| 117 | Assisted Living | - | - | - | $5,208 | 7 | $49,048 | Feb 2 | - | false |
| 118 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | - | - | - | $5,131 | 3 | $35,120 | Sep 17 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 119 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,109 | 3 | $126,684 | Nov 19 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 120 | Monsieur N. 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,983 | 5 | $37,757 | Jan 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 121 | Untold Scandal | - | - | - | $4,417 | 8 | $63,332 | Oct 13 | Kino International | false |
| 122 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $4,376 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 123 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $4,168 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 124 | A Talking Picture | - | - | - | $4,126 | 2 | $20,237 | Dec 10 | Kino International | false |
| 125 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | - | - | - | $3,781 | 14 | $353,580 | Jun 11 | Dada Films | false |
| 126 | Gory Gory Hallelujah | - | - | - | $3,670 | 2 | $12,604 | Jan 21 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 127 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,258 | 4 | $40,470 | Oct 20 | IFC Films | false |
| 128 | Vodka Lemon | - | - | - | $3,132 | 3 | $66,361 | Oct 8 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 129 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,614 | 1 | $34,634 | Nov 12 | First Run | false |
| 130 | Solitude | - | - | - | $2,563 | 2 | $6,260 | Jan 7 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 131 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,177 | 3 | $106,184 | Aug 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 132 | Guiana 1838 | - | - | - | $2,170 | 16 | $227,241 | Sep 24 | RBC Radio | false |
| 133 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | - | - | - | $2,051 | 4 | $122,011 | Jun 18 | First Run | false |
| 134 | She's One of Us 2005 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,870 | 1 | $1,870 | Jan 21 | Leisure Time Features | false |
| 135 | Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land | - | - | - | $1,688 | 1 | $4,930 | Jan 28 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
| 136 | With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America | - | - | - | $1,668 | 1 | $1,884 | Jan 19 | Lumiere Productions | false |
| 137 | Bright Leaves | - | - | - | $1,515 | 4 | $77,888 | Aug 25 | First Run | false |
| 138 | Who Killed Bambi? | - | - | - | $1,338 | 1 | $14,532 | Nov 12 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 139 | The Deserted Station | - | - | - | $1,294 | 1 | $18,867 | Jul 2 | First Run | false |
| 140 | Anatomy of Hell | - | - | - | $1,133 | 3 | $34,506 | Sep 24 | Tartan | false |
| 141 | The Painting | - | - | - | $876 | 5 | $4,115 | Jan 28 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 142 | The Raspberry Reich | - | - | - | $832 | 1 | $31,211 | Sep 24 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 143 | Zelary | - | - | - | $714 | 21 | $330,033 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 144 | Distant | - | - | - | $685 | 2 | $96,293 | Mar 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 145 | L'autre monde 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $636 | 1 | $2,494 | Aug 6 | ArtMattan Productions | false |
| 146 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | - | - | - | $522 | 4 | $30,210 | Dec 3 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 147 | Silent Waters | - | - | - | $508 | 1 | $7,384 | Oct 8 | First Run | false |
| 148 | Daybreak | - | - | - | $468 | 1 | $6,995 | Feb 2 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 149 | The Brown Bunny | - | - | - | $317 | 19 | $366,301 | Aug 27 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 150 | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $289 | 2 | $13,325 | Sep 3 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 151 | Head in the Clouds | - | - | - | $144 | 47 | $398,278 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
