| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Mean Girls | - | - | - | $10,160,404 | 3,054 | $86,058,055 | 11.8% | Apr 30, 2004 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Man on Fire | - | - | - | $6,717,077 | 2,986 | $77,911,774 | 8.6% | Apr 21, 2004 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 13 Going on 30 | - | - | - | $4,223,834 | 3,453 | $57,231,747 | 7.4% | Apr 23, 2004 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | Laws of Attraction | - | - | - | $2,911,000 | 2,449 | $17,871,255 | 16.3% | Apr 30, 2004 | New Line Cinema |
| 5 | Godsend | - | - | - | $2,725,000 | 2,323 | $14,379,751 | 19% | Apr 30, 2004 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | Envy | - | - | - | $2,537,496 | 2,445 | $13,562,325 | 18.7% | Apr 30, 2004 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | - | - | - | $2,437,000 | 3,073 | $66,208,183 | 3.7% | Apr 16, 2004 | Miramax |
| 8 | The Punisher | - | - | - | $1,506,000 | 2,649 | $33,810,189 | 4.5% | Apr 16, 2004 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | Home on the Range | - | - | - | $1,052,763 | 3,058 | $50,030,461 | 2.1% | Apr 2, 2004 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | - | - | - | $1,042,280 | 3,312 | $84,216,833 | 1.2% | Mar 26, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Johnson Family Vacation | - | - | - | $971,982 | 1,326 | $31,203,964 | 3.1% | Apr 7, 2004 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 12 | Hellboy | - | - | - | $839,046 | 3,043 | $59,623,958 | 1.4% | Apr 2, 2004 | Revolution Studios |
| 13 | Ella Enchanted | - | - | - | $777,000 | 2,149 | $22,918,387 | 3.4% | Apr 9, 2004 | Miramax |
| 14 | Walking Tall | - | - | - | $709,945 | 2,836 | $46,437,717 | 1.5% | Apr 2, 2004 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 15 | The Passion of the Christ | - | - | - | $605,171 | 3,408 | $370,274,604 | 0.2% | Feb 25, 2004 | Newmarket Films |
| 16 | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | - | - | - | $526,490 | 1,332 | $2,694,071 | 19.5% | Apr 30, 2004 | Film Foundry Releasing |
| 17 | The Alamo | - | - | - | $384,196 | 2,609 | $22,414,961 | 1.7% | Apr 9, 2004 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | - | - | - | $368,000 | 1,357 | $34,400,301 | 1.1% | Mar 19, 2004 | Focus Features |
| 19 | The Ladykillers | - | - | - | $340,745 | 1,589 | $39,799,191 | 0.9% | Mar 26, 2004 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | Connie and Carla | - | - | - | $277,970 | 1,016 | $8,085,771 | 3.4% | Apr 16, 2004 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $261,101 | 73 | $21,583,831 | 1.2% | Mar 12, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | The Whole Ten Yards | - | - | - | $190,419 | 2,654 | $16,328,471 | 1.2% | Apr 9, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | - | - | - | $188,739 | 471 | $2,922,354 | 6.5% | Apr 20, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | The Girl Next Door | - | - | - | $181,878 | 2,148 | $14,589,444 | 1.2% | Apr 9, 2004 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | The Prince and Me | - | - | - | $149,008 | 2,711 | $28,176,497 | 0.5% | Apr 2, 2004 | Paramount Pictures |
| 26 | Starsky & Hutch | - | - | - | $139,402 | 3,185 | $88,237,754 | 0.2% | Mar 5, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | Dawn of the Dead | - | - | - | $110,615 | 2,748 | $59,020,957 | 0.2% | Mar 19, 2004 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | - | - | - | $103,687 | 2,711 | $65,111,277 | 0.2% | Feb 6, 2004 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 29 | Secret Window | - | - | - | $92,546 | 3,018 | $48,022,900 | 0.2% | Mar 12, 2004 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | - | - | - | $69,865 | 3,703 | $377,027,325 | <0.1% | Dec 17, 2003 | New Line Cinema |
| 31 | Mystic River | - | - | - | $65,276 | 1,581 | $90,135,191 | <0.1% | Oct 8, 2003 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 50 First Dates | - | - | - | $59,225 | 3,612 | $120,908,074 | <0.1% | Feb 13, 2004 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | Taking Lives | - | - | - | $47,631 | 2,705 | $32,682,342 | 0.1% | Mar 19, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | Cheaper by the Dozen | - | - | - | $20,769 | 3,307 | $138,614,544 | <0.1% | Dec 25, 2003 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | Twisted | - | - | - | $14,091 | 2,704 | $25,198,598 | <0.1% | Feb 27, 2004 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | Monster | - | - | - | $7,700 | 1,093 | $34,469,210 | <0.1% | Dec 24, 2003 | Newmarket Films |
| 37 | Never Die Alone | - | - | - | $6,233 | 1,160 | $5,645,298 | 0.1% | Mar 26, 2004 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 38 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | - | - | - | $4,049 | 3,101 | $93,927,920 | <0.1% | Nov 14, 2003 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | In America | - | - | - | $3,491 | 403 | $15,539,656 | <0.1% | Nov 26, 2003 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 40 | The United States of Leland | - | - | - | $3,444 | 90 | $343,847 | 1% | Apr 2, 2004 | Paramount Classics |
| 41 | The Dreamers | - | - | - | $3,272 | 116 | $2,532,228 | 0.1% | Feb 6, 2004 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 42 | The Reckoning | - | - | - | $515 | 32 | $257,252 | 0.2% | Mar 5, 2004 | Paramount Classics |
