| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | The Matrix Revolutions | $50,100,000 | $48,475,154 | -$1,624,846 | -3.2% | 3,502 | $85,500,000 | $83,790,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Elf | $32,100,000 | - | - | - | 3,337 | $32,100,000 | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Brother Bear | $18,600,000 | $18,526,927 | -$73,073 | -0.4% | 3,030 | $44,100,000 | $44,022,400 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Scary Movie 3 | $11,100,000 | - | - | - | 3,288 | $93,400,000 | - | 3 | Dimension Films | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Radio | $7,400,000 | $7,215,307 | -$184,693 | -2.5% | 2,811 | $36,300,000 | $36,127,668 | 3 | Revolution Studios | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Love Actually | $6,600,000 | $6,886,080 | +$286,080 | +4.3% | 576 | $6,600,000 | $6,886,080 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $4,800,000 | - | - | - | 2,378 | $73,200,000 | - | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 8 | 9 | +1 | Runaway Jury | $4,800,000 | $4,671,818 | -$128,182 | -2.7% | 2,133 | $40,100,000 | $39,996,753 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 8 | -1 | Mystic River | $4,800,000 | $4,787,247 | -$12,753 | -0.3% | 1,581 | $40,500,000 | $40,435,817 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | School of Rock | $3,100,000 | $3,026,851 | -$73,149 | -2.4% | 1,982 | $73,600,000 | $73,472,323 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $2,400,000 | - | - | - | 1,681 | $64,900,000 | - | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | Lost in Translation | $959,000 | - | - | - | 380 | $26,300,000 | - | 9 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 17 | +4 | The Human Stain | $762,379 | - | - | - | 187 | $2,177,471 | - | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 14 | 18 | +4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $664,433 | - | - | - | 472 | $302,609,731 | - | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 15 | 26 | +11 | Elephant | $182,042 | - | - | - | 31 | $408,262 | - | 3 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 16 | 29 | +13 | Shattered Glass | $157,853 | - | - | - | 35 | $269,898 | - | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
