| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | 50 First Dates | $41,000,000 | $39,852,237 | -$1,147,763 | -2.8% | 3,591 | $41,000,000 | $39,852,237 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | $15,600,000 | $14,467,561 | -$1,132,439 | -7.3% | 2,711 | $44,100,000 | $42,941,186 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Miracle | $14,000,000 | $14,031,960 | +$31,960 | +0.2% | 2,755 | $37,100,000 | $37,072,034 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Butterfly Effect | $5,700,000 | - | - | - | 2,288 | $50,000,000 | - | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 5 | 6 | +1 | Along Came Polly | $5,100,000 | $4,831,820 | -$268,180 | -5.3% | 2,543 | $81,600,000 | $81,388,805 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | -1 | You Got Served | $5,100,000 | $5,111,778 | +$11,778 | +0.2% | 1,832 | $32,100,000 | $32,094,796 | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Catch That Kid | $4,300,000 | $4,465,460 | +$165,460 | +3.8% | 2,848 | $9,300,000 | $10,965,969 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $4,200,000 | $4,187,195 | -$12,805 | -0.3% | 1,663 | $357,200,000 | $356,464,770 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Cold Mountain | $3,700,000 | - | - | - | 1,740 | $87,500,000 | - | 8 | Miramax | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Mystic River | $3,500,000 | $3,687,667 | +$187,667 | +5.4% | 1,370 | $73,500,000 | $74,648,730 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Monster | $2,900,000 | $3,237,258 | +$337,258 | +11.6% | 1,093 | $18,700,000 | $19,762,717 | 8 | Newmarket Films | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Something's Gotta Give | $2,600,000 | $2,605,868 | +$5,868 | +0.2% | 1,019 | $118,900,000 | $118,893,485 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 13 | 15 | +2 | Lost in Translation | $1,492,810 | - | - | - | 600 | $41,815,971 | - | 23 | Focus Features | - |
| 14 | 19 | +5 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $928,422 | - | - | - | 374 | $7,228,406 | - | 10 | Lionsgate | - |
| 15 | 21 | +6 | The Triplets of Belleville | $771,436 | - | - | - | 463 | $3,457,005 | - | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 16 | 35 | +19 | Highwaymen | $195,436 | - | - | - | 111 | $195,436 | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
