Domestic Box Office For October 2004

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1Shark Tale$146,859,0794,070$160,861,908Oct 1DreamWorks Distribution
2The Grudge$70,684,6273,348$110,359,362Oct 22Sony Pictures Releasing
3Ladder 49$66,118,7963,261$74,541,707Oct 1Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
4Friday Night Lights$52,944,7303,004$61,255,921Oct 8Universal Pictures
5The Forgotten$38,276,3033,144$67,133,509Sep 24Revolution Studios
6Shall We Dance?$33,938,1252,542$57,890,460Oct 15Miramax
7Taxi
2004 Re-release
$32,700,3513,001$36,611,066Oct 6Twentieth Century Fox
8Team America: World Police$27,245,1932,620$32,786,074Oct 15Paramount Pictures
9Ray$20,039,7302,474$75,331,600Oct 29Universal Pictures
10Saw$18,276,4682,467$55,185,045Oct 29Lionsgate Films
11Raise Your Voice$10,024,0022,521$10,411,980Oct 8New Line Cinema
12Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow$9,914,6283,170$37,762,677Sep 17Paramount Pictures
13The Motorcycle Diaries$9,045,275272$16,781,387Sep 24Focus Features
14Shaun of the Dead$8,441,775675$13,542,874Sep 24Rogue Pictures
15I Heart Huckabees$8,441,017901$12,785,432Oct 1-
16Surviving Christmas$7,980,4272,755$11,663,156Oct 22DreamWorks Distribution
17Woman Thou Art Loosed$6,594,606521$6,879,730Oct 1Magnolia Pictures
18Resident Evil: Apocalypse$6,022,6943,284$51,201,453Sep 10Screen Gems
19Napoleon Dynamite$5,654,6521,027$44,540,956Jun 11-
20Cellular$5,136,6012,763$32,003,620Sep 10New Line Cinema
21Mr. 3000$4,984,8842,736$21,811,187Sep 17Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
22First Daughter$3,932,1632,280$9,055,921Sep 24Twentieth Century Fox
23Wimbledon$3,902,5782,039$17,001,133Sep 17Universal Pictures
24Hero$3,295,6542,175$53,710,019Aug 27Miramax
25Garden State$3,086,318813$26,782,316Jul 28-
26Without a Paddle$2,957,1882,756$58,169,327Aug 20Paramount Pictures
27What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?$2,533,216146$10,942,306Feb 6-
28The Bourne Supremacy$2,476,4603,304$176,241,941Jul 23Universal Pictures
29Collateral$2,058,0533,205$101,005,703Aug 6DreamWorks Distribution
30Birth$1,706,000550$5,095,038Oct 29New Line Cinema
31Spider-Man 2$1,452,9574,166$373,585,825Jun 30Sony Pictures Releasing
32Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux$1,224,12365$2,627,016Oct 1-
33Shrek 2$1,032,7044,223$441,426,807May 19DreamWorks Distribution
34I, Robot$931,5213,494$144,801,023Jul 16Twentieth Century Fox
35Vanity Fair$850,7951,054$16,136,476Sep 1Focus Features
36The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement$850,7153,490$95,170,481Aug 11Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
37Vera Drake$787,64597$3,775,283Oct 8Fine Line Features
38The Village$747,9573,733$114,197,520Jul 30Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
39Maria Full of Grace$727,443127$6,529,624Jul 16Fine Line Features
40Sideways$710,0761,786$71,503,593Oct 22-
41A Dirty Shame$666,871133$1,339,668Sep 17Fine Line Features
42Being Julia$664,015328$7,739,049Oct 15Sony Pictures Classics
43The Notebook$662,1602,323$81,001,787Jun 25New Line Cinema
44Space Station 3D$643,02064$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
45American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
2004 Re-release
$642,4614$646,951Aug 18New Yorker Films
46Going Upriver$610,486163$614,138Oct 1THINKFilm
47Alien vs. Predator$600,2813,401$80,282,231Aug 13Twentieth Century Fox
48The Final Cut$529,194117$551,281Oct 15Lionsgate Films
49Stage Beauty$510,68878$782,383Oct 8Lionsgate Films
50Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid$489,2202,905$32,238,923Aug 27Screen Gems
51The Manchurian Candidate$468,4012,867$65,955,630Jul 30Paramount Pictures
52Haunted Castle$433,96610$13,651,656Feb 23-
53Bugs!$423,42533$19,063,544Mar 12SK Films
54NASCAR: The IMAX Experience$378,58973$21,583,831Mar 12Warner Bros.
55Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk$324,09517$10,994,028Oct 18Giant Screen Films
56Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence$320,98555$1,043,896Sep 17-
57Exorcist: The Beginning$311,0892,813$41,821,986Aug 20Warner Bros.
58Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban$289,3323,855$249,541,069Jun 4Warner Bros.
59Hair Show$287,38038$305,281Oct 15Innovation Film Group (IFG)
60Paparazzi$256,5502,153$15,714,234Sep 3Twentieth Century Fox
61Silver City$252,070162$1,020,656Sep 17Newmarket Films
62The Last Shot$236,60740$464,275Sep 24Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
63Tarnation$234,95822$592,014Oct 6Wellspring Media
64Saints and Soldiers$230,87937$1,310,470Aug 6Excel Entertainment
65Primer$228,05531$424,760Oct 8THINKFilm
66The Cookout$227,8331,303$11,814,019Sep 3Lionsgate Films
67Head in the Clouds$227,04147$398,278Sep 17Sony Pictures Classics
68A Day Without a Mexican$224,152107$4,179,890May 14Televisa Cine
69The Yes Men$222,32632$255,364Sep 24United Artists
70Open Water$217,5722,709$30,610,863Aug 6Lionsgate Films
71Bright Young Things$213,64992$933,637Aug 20THINKFilm
72Red Lights$200,83029$673,828Aug 20Wellspring Media
73Fahrenheit 9/11$181,4242,011$119,194,771Jun 23Lionsgate Films
74T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous$171,91038$53,354,743Oct 23IMAX
75Intimate Strangers$167,46194$2,110,589Jul 30Paramount Classics
76Around the Bend$160,57051$193,637Oct 8Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
77Rosenstrasse$158,42224$734,519Jul 30IDP Distribution
78Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2$156,7091,276$9,219,388Aug 27Triumph Releasing Corporation
79A Cinderella Story$156,3312,625$51,438,175Jul 16Warner Bros.
80Catwoman$155,6013,117$40,202,379Jul 23Warner Bros.
81Criminal$151,31590$929,233Sep 10Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
82De-Lovely$150,786410$13,456,633Jul 2United Artists
83The Corporation
2004 Re-release
$150,73328$1,879,983Jun 4Zeitgeist Films
84Zelary$149,62221$330,033Sep 17Sony Pictures Classics
85The Mother$146,80244$1,063,163May 28Sony Pictures Classics
86The Machinist$141,83772$1,082,715Oct 22Paramount Classics
87Riding the Bullet$134,711108$134,711Oct 15Innovation Film Group (IFG)
88Before Sunset$132,016204$5,820,649Jul 2Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
89Infernal Affairs$131,8295$169,659Sep 24Miramax
90Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story$130,0523,020$114,326,736Jun 18Twentieth Century Fox
91Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey$118,22216$10,086,514Oct 11Giant Screen Films
92Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War$111,43334$1,111,061Sep 3IDP Distribution
93Festival Express$109,59743$1,174,079Jul 23THINKFilm
94Dig!$108,44210$127,067Oct 1Palm Pictures
95Baptists at Our Barbecue$104,72513$173,306Oct 8-
96Garfield: The Movie$101,9033,150$75,369,589Jun 11Twentieth Century Fox
97In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed$101,66315$110,577Oct 1-
98Guiana 1838$101,60616$227,241Sep 24RBC Radio
99Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die$93,000116$93,000Oct 22Citizens United
100End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones$86,02210$391,950Aug 20Magnolia Pictures
101The Day After Tomorrow$80,2403,444$186,740,799May 28Twentieth Century Fox
102P.S.$77,51617$180,503Oct 15Newmarket Films
103Wicker Park$76,8182,598$13,001,257Sep 3Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
104Eulogy$75,07622$75,076Oct 15Lionsgate Films
105Control Room$67,26174$2,589,616May 21Magnolia Pictures
106Seducing Doctor Lewis
2004 Re-release
$66,86415$489,838Jun 16Wellspring Media
107Galapagos$66,61214$18,630,372Oct 29IMAX
108Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy$64,0553,104$85,288,303Jul 9DreamWorks Distribution
109Remember Me, My Love$63,7817$227,986Sep 3IDP Distribution
110Benji: Off the Leash!$61,698877$3,817,362Aug 20-
111Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light$61,1432,411$19,765,868Aug 13Warner Bros.
112Undertow$58,41330$143,597Oct 22United Artists
113Alien Adventure$57,77310$8,959,784Aug 20-
114Riding Giants$57,42864$2,276,368Jul 9Sony Pictures Classics
115Mean Creek$57,40749$603,951Aug 20Paramount Classics
116We Don't Live Here Anymore$55,591190$2,041,014Aug 13Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
117The Brown Bunny$49,68719$366,301Aug 27Wellspring Media
118Suspect Zero$49,6321,501$8,725,813Aug 27Paramount Pictures
119Ju-on: The Grudge$49,41111$325,680Jul 23Vitagraph Films
120Hollywood Buddha$47,6134$72,115Sep 24Northern Arts Entertainment
121The Door in the Floor$46,489134$3,854,624Jul 14Focus Features
122Ghosts of the Abyss$42,95097$17,040,871Apr 11Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
123Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There$40,83714$353,580Jun 11Dada Films
124Tying the Knot$40,5768$40,576Oct 1IDP Distribution
125Testosterone$37,4694$185,078Sep 10Strand Releasing
126Moolaadé$36,9814$215,646Oct 15New Yorker Films
127Donnie Darko
2004 Director's Cut
$36,71322$753,147Jun 2Newmarket Films
128Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi$36,3606$107,585Jul 2Strand Releasing
129Enduring Love$34,61056$358,362Oct 29Paramount Classics
130King Arthur$32,0243,086$51,882,244Jul 7Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
131Un monde presque paisible
2004 Re-release
$30,8733$106,184Aug 20Empire Pictures Inc.
132The Story of the Weeping Camel$30,24955$1,763,052Jun 4THINKFilm
133Bush's Brain$29,9799$177,485Aug 20Tartan
134When Will I Be Loved$29,04920$159,429Sep 10IFC Films
135Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism$28,99518$461,572Aug 6Cinema Libre Studio
136The Inheritance$26,2782$68,215Jul 9The Cinema Guild
137Malevolence$25,29910$127,287Sep 10-
138Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train$24,9874$122,011Jun 18First Run
139Life of Brian
2004 Re-release
$22,97928$646,951Apr 30Rainbow Releasing
140Untold Scandal$22,4958$63,332Oct 13Kino International
141Vodka Lemon$22,3383$66,361Oct 8New Yorker Films
142Anatomy of Hell$21,8693$34,506Sep 24Tartan
143The Raspberry Reich$21,3831$31,211Sep 24Strand Releasing
144Touch of Pink$21,22621$564,535Jul 16Sony Pictures Classics
145The Young Black Stallion$20,76951$6,751,389Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
146Fish Without a Bicycle$20,4951$26,799Oct 22-
147Warriors of Heaven and Earth$19,3939$82,936Sep 3Sony Pictures Classics
148Hearts and Minds$19,2692$28,754Oct 22Rialto Pictures
149I'll Sleep When I'm Dead$19,24519$360,759Jun 16Paramount Classics
150The Best Two Years$18,63729$1,163,450Feb 20-
151Face$18,5284$108,151Oct 15Indican Pictures
152The Twilight Samurai
2004 Re-release
$18,36816$559,765Apr 23Empire Pictures Inc.
153Voices of Iraq$16,57212$57,999Oct 29Magnolia Pictures
154A Home at the End of the World$15,36765$1,029,872Jul 23Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
155Reconstruction$15,1229$73,516Sep 10Palm Pictures
156Zhou Yu's Train
2004 Re-release
$14,49912$142,562Jul 16Sony Pictures Classics
157Grand Champion$13,47113$54,579Aug 27Innovation Film Group (IFG)
158The Manson Family$13,1026$19,140Oct 22-
159Lightning in a Bottle$12,60621$201,711Oct 22Sony Pictures Classics
160Spin$12,3559$12,355Oct 15Innovation Film Group (IFG)
161The Dust Factory$12,31122$12,311Oct 15Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
162Incantato
2004 Re-release
$12,2252$23,039Sep 24Northern Arts Entertainment
163The Five Obstructions$11,5813$165,845May 26Koch Lorber Films
164Metallica: Some Kind of Monster$11,340147$1,222,708Jul 9IFC Films
165Independent Lens: Imelda$11,2796$200,992Jun 9Unico Entertainment
166Postmen in the Mountains$10,7607$203,975Dec 25Shadow Distribution
167Bright Leaves$9,4084$77,888Aug 25First Run
168The Take$9,1201$30,380Sep 22Icarus Films
169Sex Is Comedy
2004 Re-release
$8,9914$40,470Oct 20IFC Films
170Godzilla$8,9306$412,520May 7Rialto Pictures
171Evil Remains$7,7374$8,747Oct 22Screen Media Films
172The Battle of Algiers
2004 Re-release
$7,5969$822,941Jan 9Rialto Pictures
173Strayed$7,42929$482,757May 14Wellspring Media
174Proteus$7,3613$62,031Jul 30Strand Releasing
175Facing Windows$7,24127$543,354Jun 18Sony Pictures Classics
176Carnets d'ado: You'll Get Over It$7,1732$50,256Jun 18-
177She Hate Me$6,98228$366,037Jul 28Sony Pictures Classics
178Modern Times
2003 Re-release
$6,8657$163,577Dec 26Kino International
179Merci Dr Rey!$6,7105$19,867Sep 17Regent Releasing
180China: The Panda Adventure$6,70321$3,921,642Jun 9IMAX
181Rick$6,4672$11,991Sep 24Vitagraph Films
182Incident at Loch Ness$6,0152$37,493Sep 17Abramorama
183Encounter in the Third Dimension$5,95916$7,195,792Feb 26-
184Goodbye, Dragon Inn$5,6253$35,120Sep 17Wellspring Media
185The Clearing$5,164449$5,763,875Jul 2-
186Love Me If You Dare$5,11256$553,504May 21Paramount Classics
187Transfixed$4,9091$17,361Jul 30-
188Home of the Brave$4,8741$4,874Oct 1Emerging Pictures
189Gozu$4,7214$58,202Jul 30-
190Nicotina$4,50096$1,117,864Aug 20Arenas Entertainment
191Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela$4,4993$381,225Oct 22-
192Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2004 Re-release
$4,37624$1,926,034Oct 22IMAX
193Stella Street$4,11910$4,119Oct 22Strand Releasing
194The Seagull's Laughter$4,0033$72,527Feb 13The Cinema Guild
195The Hillside Strangler$3,8371$4,143Sep 24Tartan
196Mind the Gap$3,8151$10,637Sep 24-
197Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring$3,00674$2,380,788Apr 2Sony Pictures Classics
198Silent Waters$2,7231$7,384Oct 8First Run
199The Child I Never Was$2,6091$2,609Oct 8Strand Releasing
200Chooch$2,3303$31,015Aug 27Artistic License