| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 70 | - | Control Room | $34,270 | - | 1 | - | $34,270 | $86,600 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Day After Tomorrow | $85,807,341 | - | 3,425 | - | $25,053 | $85,807,341 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 15 | - | Saved! | $459,386 | - | 20 | - | $22,969 | $459,386 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 1 | - | Shrek 2 | $95,578,365 | - | 4,223 | - | $22,632 | $260,313,719 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 89 | - | The Five Obstructions | $13,040 | - | 1 | - | $13,040 | $17,095 | 1 | Koch Lorber Films | true | false |
| 90 | - | Haunted Castle | $11,929 | - | 1 | - | $11,929 | $8,512,214 | 171 | - | false | false |
| 45 | - | The Mother | $79,560 | - | 7 | - | $11,365 | $79,560 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 93 | - | My Mother Likes Women 2004 Re-release | $11,024 | - | 1 | - | $11,024 | $24,924 | - | Norador Productions | - | false |
| 18 | - | Coffee and Cigarettes | $362,532 | - | 36 | - | $10,070 | $816,020 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 61 | - | Asa Nu Maan Watna Da: In Search of Our Roots | $45,179 | - | 5 | - | $9,035 | $202,135 | - | - | - | false |
| 22 | - | Hum Tum | $348,149 | - | 43 | - | $8,096 | $348,149 | 1 | Yash Raj Films | true | false |
| 14 | - | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $494,183 | - | 63 | - | $7,844 | $12,306,059 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | - | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $116,577 | - | 15 | - | $7,771 | $6,309,375 | - | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 106 | - | Word Wars | $7,559 | - | 1 | - | $7,559 | $7,559 | - | Seventh Art Releasing | - | false |
| 30 | - | Bugs! | $199,593 | - | 27 | - | $7,392 | $8,713,610 | - | SK Films | - | false |
| 107 | - | Justice | $7,325 | - | 1 | - | $7,325 | $37,254 | - | - | - | false |
| 69 | - | Bukowski: Born into This | $35,685 | - | 5 | - | $7,137 | $36,994 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | - | Super Size Me | $1,401,509 | - | 197 | - | $7,114 | $4,934,453 | 4 | IDP Distribution | false | false |
| 75 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $25,506 | - | 4 | - | $6,376 | $46,622,841 | 293 | IMAX | false | false |
| 111 | - | After Freedom | $5,675 | - | 1 | - | $5,675 | $31,458 | - | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 49 | - | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $60,485 | - | 11 | - | $5,498 | $6,621,517 | - | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 4 | - | Raising Helen | $14,239,252 | - | 2,717 | - | $5,240 | $14,239,252 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 95 | - | Springtime in a Small Town | $9,577 | - | 2 | - | $4,788 | $32,867 | 3 | Palm Pictures | false | false |
| 121 | - | Frankie and Johnny Are Married | $4,740 | - | 1 | - | $4,740 | $9,539 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
| 77 | - | Godzilla | $23,596 | - | 5 | - | $4,719 | $215,513 | 4 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 59 | - | Since Otar Left | $46,888 | - | 10 | - | $4,688 | $187,541 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 47 | - | Space Station 3D | $74,323 | - | 16 | - | $4,645 | $50,360,993 | 111 | IMAX | false | false |
| 3 | - | Troy | $15,338,115 | - | 3,411 | - | $4,496 | $109,986,882 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 122 | - | One 2004 Re-release | $4,481 | - | 1 | - | $4,481 | $52,394 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Soul Plane | $7,008,711 | - | 1,566 | - | $4,475 | $7,008,711 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 50 | - | Baadasssss! | $60,432 | - | 14 | - | $4,316 | $60,432 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 124 | - | Two 2004 Re-release | $4,129 | - | 1 | - | $4,129 | $38,773 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | - | Strayed | $85,301 | - | 21 | - | $4,061 | $203,454 | 3 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 16 | - | A Day Without a Mexican | $433,076 | - | 107 | - | $4,047 | $2,040,862 | 3 | Televisa Cine | false | false |
| 105 | - | Adored: Diary of a Porn Star | $7,606 | - | 2 | - | $3,803 | $29,991 | - | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | - | The Saddest Music in the World | $89,203 | - | 25 | - | $3,568 | $444,929 | 5 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 29 | - | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $207,832 | - | 60 | - | $3,463 | $1,368,567 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 73 | - | Carandiru | $30,938 | - | 9 | - | $3,437 | $92,704 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 68 | - | Ghosts of the Abyss | $36,119 | - | 11 | - | $3,283 | $16,111,977 | 60 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | - | Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $90,802 | - | 28 | - | $3,242 | $349,436 | 5 | Rainbow Releasing | false | false |
| 58 | - | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $47,323 | - | 15 | - | $3,154 | $217,543 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 35 | - | Love Me If You Dare | $128,206 | - | 41 | - | $3,126 | $158,040 | 2 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 108 | - | Wake | $6,164 | - | 2 | - | $3,082 | $6,164 | - | - | - | false |
| 66 | - | Valentin 2003 Re-release | $39,949 | - | 13 | - | $3,073 | $141,327 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 129 | - | What Alice Found | $2,901 | - | 1 | - | $2,901 | $63,091 | - | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| 130 | - | The Mudge Boy | $2,822 | - | 1 | - | $2,822 | $34,270 | 4 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 101 | - | City of God | $8,240 | - | 3 | - | $2,746 | $7,540,963 | 72 | Miramax | false | false |
| 112 | - | Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times | $5,483 | - | 2 | - | $2,741 | $97,092 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 102 | - | Her Majesty | $8,202 | - | 3 | - | $2,734 | $42,694 | - | Panorama Entertainment | - | false |
| 131 | - | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $2,731 | - | 1 | - | $2,731 | $148,272 | 23 | Kino International | false | false |
| 113 | - | Divan | $5,397 | - | 2 | - | $2,698 | $52,261 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 103 | - | The Burial Society | $7,737 | - | 3 | - | $2,579 | $7,737 | - | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 81 | - | The Corporation | $20,533 | - | 8 | - | $2,566 | $1,403,356 | - | Mongrel Media | - | false |
| 104 | - | The Seagull's Laughter | $7,672 | - | 3 | - | $2,557 | $43,023 | - | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 62 | - | Main Hoon Na | $45,095 | - | 18 | - | $2,505 | $1,722,453 | - | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 21 | - | Envy | $355,698 | - | 144 | - | $2,470 | $13,323,888 | - | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 7 | - | Mean Girls | $6,433,613 | - | 2,618 | - | $2,457 | $73,710,506 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 134 | - | Twist | $2,456 | - | 1 | - | $2,456 | $8,683 | 2 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | - | Bon Voyage 2004 Re-release | $223,215 | - | 91 | - | $2,452 | $1,851,112 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 119 | - | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | $4,854 | - | 2 | - | $2,427 | $32,633 | - | ArtMattan Productions | - | false |
| 6 | - | Van Helsing | $6,750,480 | - | 2,891 | - | $2,334 | $110,728,815 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | - | I'm Not Scared | $132,765 | - | 58 | - | $2,289 | $1,188,540 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 8 | - | Man on Fire | $2,840,865 | - | 1,426 | - | $1,992 | $73,722,956 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 82 | - | Shaolin Soccer | $17,688 | - | 9 | - | $1,965 | $392,176 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 110 | - | This Old Cub | $5,804 | - | 3 | - | $1,934 | $166,457 | - | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | - | Young Adam | $57,571 | - | 30 | - | $1,919 | $558,742 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 33 | - | Good Bye Lenin! | $135,697 | - | 71 | - | $1,911 | $3,738,906 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 20 | - | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | $356,687 | - | 187 | - | $1,907 | $33,473,509 | 11 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 86 | - | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $14,787 | - | 8 | - | $1,848 | $745,170 | 21 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 92 | - | The Agronomist | $11,042 | - | 6 | - | $1,840 | $204,312 | - | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 126 | - | Robot Stories | $3,499 | - | 2 | - | $1,749 | $124,655 | - | - | - | false |
| 114 | - | Japanese Story | $5,193 | - | 3 | - | $1,731 | $643,980 | - | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 12 | - | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | $758,952 | - | 445 | - | $1,705 | $64,084,276 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 136 | - | To Be and to Have | $1,688 | - | 1 | - | $1,688 | $769,082 | - | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 79 | - | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $20,845 | - | 14 | - | $1,488 | $9,299,278 | - | Odeon | - | false |
| 87 | - | Intermission | $14,537 | - | 10 | - | $1,453 | $878,690 | 11 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 53 | - | My Architect | $56,187 | - | 39 | - | $1,440 | $2,635,113 | - | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 88 | - | The Return | $14,121 | - | 10 | - | $1,412 | $417,457 | 17 | Kino International | false | false |
| 55 | - | Yuva | $49,100 | - | 35 | - | $1,402 | $280,100 | - | - | - | false |
| 94 | - | The Young Black Stallion | $9,816 | - | 7 | - | $1,402 | $6,365,547 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 46 | - | Monsieur Ibrahim | $75,596 | - | 55 | - | $1,374 | $2,646,396 | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 115 | - | Mickey | $5,035 | - | 4 | - | $1,258 | $290,286 | - | Slugger Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | 13 Going on 30 | $1,451,872 | - | 1,164 | - | $1,247 | $54,561,017 | 6 | Revolution Studios | false | false |
| 91 | - | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | $11,078 | - | 9 | - | $1,230 | $215,069 | - | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 117 | - | Noi the Albino | $4,873 | - | 4 | - | $1,218 | $56,874 | 11 | Palm Pictures | false | false |
| 118 | - | Seeing Other People | $4,860 | - | 4 | - | $1,215 | $84,930 | - | Lantern Lane Entertainment | - | false |
| 11 | - | Breakin' All the Rules | $1,068,195 | - | 890 | - | $1,200 | $10,984,460 | 3 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 84 | - | The Triplets of Belleville | $16,787 | - | 14 | - | $1,199 | $6,954,057 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 120 | - | Latter Days | $4,769 | - | 4 | - | $1,192 | $776,209 | - | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | - | The Best Two Years | $9,270 | - | 8 | - | $1,158 | $841,037 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 54 | - | Monica la mitraille | $52,149 | - | 47 | - | $1,109 | $1,329,227 | - | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| 56 | - | Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie | $49,002 | - | 45 | - | $1,088 | $353,939 | - | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 123 | - | Lost Boys of Sudan | $4,229 | - | 4 | - | $1,057 | $120,651 | - | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 57 | - | Touching the Void | $48,172 | - | 46 | - | $1,047 | $4,550,018 | 19 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 23 | - | Hidalgo | $328,063 | - | 317 | - | $1,034 | $66,354,349 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | 50 First Dates | $228,450 | - | 222 | - | $1,029 | $120,196,997 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 71 | - | A Slipping-Down Life | $31,490 | - | 31 | - | $1,015 | $51,715 | 3 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 99 | - | Never Die Alone | $8,833 | - | 9 | - | $981 | $5,641,504 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 32 | - | Johnson Family Vacation | $189,246 | - | 196 | - | $965 | $30,344,547 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 64 | - | Dogville | $42,475 | - | 44 | - | $965 | $1,447,919 | 10 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 96 | - | Broken Wings | $9,338 | - | 10 | - | $933 | $375,346 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 31 | - | Ella Enchanted | $194,773 | - | 210 | - | $927 | $22,109,922 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 63 | - | The Girl Next Door | $44,437 | - | 48 | - | $925 | $14,507,466 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | - | Laws of Attraction | $361,762 | - | 394 | - | $918 | $17,584,452 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 137 | - | Bulgarian Lovers | $903 | - | 1 | - | $903 | $32,909 | - | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 28 | - | The Prince and Me | $207,938 | - | 231 | - | $900 | $27,818,844 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 132 | - | The Dreamers | $2,667 | - | 3 | - | $889 | $2,529,440 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 109 | - | Kitchen Stories 2004 Re-release | $6,106 | - | 7 | - | $872 | $345,732 | 15 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 44 | - | Dawn of the Dead | $81,830 | - | 95 | - | $861 | $58,885,635 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | - | The Ladykillers | $89,666 | - | 105 | - | $853 | $39,121,579 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 127 | - | In America | $3,380 | - | 4 | - | $845 | $15,537,013 | 27 | - | false | false |
| 133 | - | Twentynine Palms | $2,495 | - | 3 | - | $831 | $45,022 | 8 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 13 | - | Walking Tall | $546,991 | - | 666 | - | $821 | $45,860,039 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 139 | - | 2 Brothers & a Bride | $813 | - | 1 | - | $813 | $26,122 | 4 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false | false |
| 141 | - | Hukkle | $800 | - | 1 | - | $800 | $48,153 | - | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 74 | - | Along Came Polly | $28,522 | - | 36 | - | $792 | $88,073,507 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | - | Connie and Carla | $46,295 | - | 60 | - | $771 | $8,054,280 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 80 | - | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | $20,670 | - | 28 | - | $738 | $65,070,412 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 24 | - | Starsky & Hutch | $246,233 | - | 337 | - | $730 | $87,588,491 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | - | Godsend | $90,727 | - | 130 | - | $697 | $14,238,773 | 5 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 51 | - | The Punisher | $58,273 | - | 84 | - | $693 | $33,382,101 | 7 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 17 | - | New York Minute | $415,093 | - | 605 | - | $686 | $13,486,603 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 67 | - | Hellboy | $36,547 | - | 55 | - | $664 | $59,103,901 | - | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 100 | - | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $8,506 | - | 13 | - | $654 | $3,432,342 | 28 | Miramax | false | false |
| 135 | - | Alila | $1,916 | - | 3 | - | $638 | $40,641 | 14 | Kino International | false | false |
| 42 | - | Cold Mountain | $87,966 | - | 139 | - | $632 | $95,463,763 | 23 | Miramax | false | false |
| 83 | - | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | $17,129 | - | 28 | - | $611 | $2,659,572 | - | - | - | false |
| 37 | - | Home on the Range | $116,447 | - | 205 | - | $568 | $48,795,707 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 65 | - | Secret Window | $41,583 | - | 77 | - | $540 | $47,958,031 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 142 | - | Alien Adventure | $533 | - | 1 | - | $533 | $4,348,299 | 250 | - | false | false |
| 125 | - | The Reckoning | $3,663 | - | 7 | - | $523 | $239,817 | 13 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 72 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $31,483 | - | 61 | - | $516 | $377,019,252 | 24 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 143 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $501 | - | 1 | - | $501 | $6,996,671 | 275 | - | false | false |
| 144 | - | Crimson Gold | $500 | - | 1 | - | $500 | $147,019 | 20 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 76 | - | The Alamo | $24,480 | - | 49 | - | $499 | $22,153,767 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 78 | - | Taking Lives | $20,889 | - | 44 | - | $474 | $32,682,342 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 48 | - | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | $65,823 | - | 153 | - | $430 | $82,247,130 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 85 | - | The Whole Ten Yards | $16,289 | - | 39 | - | $417 | $16,191,235 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 146 | - | This So-Called Disaster | $414 | - | 1 | - | $414 | $36,907 | 6 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 26 | - | The Passion of the Christ | $226,007 | - | 576 | - | $392 | $369,727,030 | 14 | Newmarket Films | false | false |
| 98 | - | Stateside | $9,242 | - | 24 | - | $385 | $170,891 | 2 | IDP Distribution | false | false |
| 147 | - | Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust | $350 | - | 1 | - | $350 | $44,278 | - | First Run | - | false |
| 138 | - | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | $870 | - | 3 | - | $290 | $255,794 | - | First Look International | - | false |
| 116 | - | Monster | $4,992 | - | 20 | - | $249 | $34,468,224 | 23 | Newmarket Films | false | false |
| 145 | - | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $499 | - | 2 | - | $249 | $571,450 | - | Artistic License | - | false |
| 148 | - | Distant | $178 | - | 1 | - | $178 | $65,653 | - | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 128 | - | Cheaper by the Dozen | $3,329 | - | 19 | - | $175 | $138,611,772 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 140 | - | The United States of Leland | $809 | - | 10 | - | $80 | $341,755 | 9 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
