| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | - | Along Came Polly | $27,600,000 | $27,721,185 | +$121,185 | +0.4% | 2,984 | $27,600,000 | $27,721,185 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Big Fish | $10,400,000 | $10,306,947 | -$93,053 | -0.9% | 2,514 | $38,000,000 | $37,858,198 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 4 | +1 | Torque | $10,300,000 | $9,970,557 | -$329,443 | -3.2% | 2,463 | $10,300,000 | $9,970,557 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | -1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $10,200,000 | $10,219,470 | +$19,470 | +0.2% | 3,003 | $326,800,000 | $326,812,102 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Cheaper by the Dozen | $8,800,000 | $9,001,374 | +$201,374 | +2.3% | 3,025 | $112,000,000 | $112,203,507 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Cold Mountain | $7,000,000 | - | - | - | 2,802 | $65,000,000 | - | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Something's Gotta Give | $6,000,000 | $5,783,869 | -$216,131 | -3.6% | 2,502 | $101,000,000 | $100,745,229 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | My Baby's Daddy | $3,700,000 | - | - | - | 1,448 | $12,400,000 | - | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 9 | 10 | +1 | The Last Samurai | $3,100,000 | $3,122,326 | +$22,326 | +0.7% | 1,403 | $102,000,000 | $101,998,497 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 10 | 9 | -1 | Calendar Girls | $3,100,000 | $3,178,276 | +$78,276 | +2.5% | 967 | $17,200,000 | $17,316,585 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Chasing Liberty | $2,800,000 | $2,804,329 | +$4,329 | +0.2% | 2,400 | $10,000,000 | $10,028,131 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Paycheck | $2,700,000 | $2,507,336 | -$192,664 | -7.1% | 1,984 | $50,600,000 | $50,434,612 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 13 | 17 | +4 | The Cooler | $1,119,031 | - | - | - | 396 | $3,539,969 | - | 8 | Lionsgate | - |
| 14 | 18 | +4 | 21 Grams | $1,070,924 | - | - | - | 411 | $10,726,989 | - | 9 | Focus Features | - |
| 15 | 21 | +6 | Lost in Translation | $763,034 | - | - | - | 366 | $33,583,791 | - | 19 | Focus Features | - |
| 16 | 23 | +7 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $451,089 | - | - | - | 51 | $1,853,916 | - | 6 | Lionsgate | - |
| 17 | 29 | +12 | Bad Santa | $235,935 | - | - | - | 389 | $59,189,984 | - | 8 | Dimension Films | - |
