Domestic 2004 Weekend 43
October 22-24, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Grudge | $39,128,715 | - | 3,245 | - | $12,058 | $39,128,715 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Shark Tale | $14,308,271 | -35% | 3,656 | -292 | $3,913 | $136,982,460 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 3 | 4 | Shall We Dance? | $8,600,000 | -25.9% | 2,419 | +647 | $3,555 | $24,400,000 | 2 | Miramax |
| 4 | 2 | Friday Night Lights | $6,947,460 | -43.1% | 2,969 | +205 | $2,340 | $47,269,480 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Team America: World Police | $6,388,442 | -47.3% | 2,620 | +81 | $2,438 | $22,115,806 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Ladder 49 | $5,324,148 | -37.4% | 2,802 | -453 | $1,900 | $61,365,196 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Surviving Christmas | $4,441,356 | - | 2,750 | - | $1,615 | $4,441,356 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 8 | 6 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $4,123,642 | -47.7% | 2,357 | -644 | $1,749 | $29,729,699 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 7 | The Forgotten | $3,278,603 | -45.4% | 2,253 | -515 | $1,455 | $61,988,961 | 5 | Revolution Studios |
| 10 | 12 | I Heart Huckabees | $2,902,468 | +217.3% | 785 | +720 | $3,697 | $5,807,764 | 4 | - |
| 11 | 9 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,400,000 | -17.6% | 260 | +10 | $5,384 | $7,800,000 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 8 | Raise Your Voice | $1,200,000 | -60% | 1,509 | -1,012 | $795 | $9,600,000 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | 14 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $781,943 | +13.1% | 521 | +87 | $1,500 | $6,077,495 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | Napoleon Dynamite | $619,569 | -29.9% | 479 | -140 | $1,293 | $41,272,184 | 20 | - |
| 15 | 11 | Shaun of the Dead | $610,567 | -44.5% | 564 | -108 | $1,082 | $12,276,669 | 5 | Rogue Pictures |
| 16 | 10 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $578,496 | -52.5% | 872 | -336 | $663 | $36,832,192 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 18 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $385,359 | +4.7% | 146 | +14 | $2,639 | $6,685,825 | 38 | - |
| 18 | 17 | Garden State | $306,447 | -32.3% | 216 | -85 | $1,418 | $25,711,568 | 13 | - |
| 19 | 52 | Vera Drake | $286,903 | +602% | 46 | +44 | $6,237 | $380,432 | 3 | Fine Line Features |
| 20 | 19 | The Bourne Supremacy | $282,710 | -19.9% | 304 | -42 | $929 | $174,768,985 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 16 | Cellular | $272,960 | -52.5% | 433 | -308 | $630 | $31,101,662 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 22 | 15 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $240,795 | -64.2% | 370 | -417 | $650 | $50,585,125 | 7 | Screen Gems |
| 23 | 31 | Being Julia | $223,292 | +82.7% | 36 | +27 | $6,202 | $392,702 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | - | Sideways | $207,042 | - | 4 | - | $51,760 | $207,042 | 1 | - |
| 25 | 24 | Spider-Man 2 | $204,816 | -22.3% | 238 | -8 | $860 | $372,871,182 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 20 | Hero | $166,158 | -52.9% | 226 | -169 | $735 | $53,095,537 | 9 | Miramax |
| 27 | 37 | Stage Beauty | $159,096 | +78.2% | 59 | +38 | $2,696 | $340,807 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 28 | 22 | Without a Paddle | $144,082 | -54.1% | 312 | -196 | $461 | $56,973,747 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 29 | 30 | I, Robot | $136,966 | -7.7% | 181 | -21 | $756 | $144,240,513 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | 25 | The Final Cut | $133,237 | -41.1% | 117 | - | $1,138 | $443,404 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 31 | 26 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $121,171 | -36% | 49 | -6 | $2,472 | $1,051,213 | 4 | - |
| 32 | 29 | The Village | $111,277 | -26.1% | 201 | -34 | $553 | $113,922,460 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 54 | The Manchurian Candidate | $102,881 | +167.6% | 208 | +159 | $494 | $65,700,518 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 35 | Space Station 3D | $94,841 | -4.1% | 15 | -1 | $6,322 | $55,119,935 | 132 | IMAX |
| 35 | 21 | Mr. 3000 | $93,397 | -72.5% | 194 | -359 | $481 | $21,515,136 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | - | Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | $93,000 | - | 116 | - | $801 | $93,000 | 1 | Citizens United |
| 37 | 23 | Wimbledon | $91,665 | -67.6% | 179 | -243 | $512 | $16,831,505 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | 28 | Hair Show | $83,020 | -46.6% | 35 | -3 | $2,372 | $269,546 | 2 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 39 | 36 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $79,153 | -19.4% | 160 | -34 | $494 | $94,282,849 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 40 | 34 | Alien vs. Predator | $77,253 | -22.9% | 147 | -19 | $525 | $80,081,876 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 32 | Maria Full of Grace | $76,497 | -30.9% | 90 | -17 | $849 | $6,384,953 | 15 | Fine Line Features |
| 42 | 27 | First Daughter | $71,776 | -62% | 161 | -220 | $445 | $8,845,594 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 48 | Haunted Castle | $70,000 | +32.1% | 9 | +5 | $7,777 | $9,433,057 | 192 | - |
| 44 | 40 | The Notebook | $66,036 | -17.1% | 116 | -28 | $569 | $80,751,161 | 18 | New Line Cinema |
| 45 | - | The Machinist | $64,661 | - | 3 | - | $21,553 | $64,661 | 1 | Paramount Classics |
| 46 | 44 | Tarnation | $63,755 | +18.1% | 22 | +16 | $2,897 | $185,495 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 47 | 45 | Primer | $60,981 | +13.9% | 29 | +10 | $2,102 | $174,015 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 48 | 39 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $59,640 | -27% | 12 | - | $4,970 | $8,584,664 | 106 | Giant Screen Films |
| 49 | 46 | Bugs! | $55,339 | +3.4% | 27 | -1 | $2,049 | $13,397,195 | 85 | SK Films |
| 50 | 41 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $53,433 | -29.9% | 140 | -62 | $381 | $41,737,335 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 42 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $51,644 | -12.1% | 34 | - | $1,518 | $19,072,942 | 33 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 55 | Around the Bend | $43,413 | +27.8% | 47 | +20 | $923 | $117,093 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 53 | 49 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $42,933 | -18.5% | 55 | -19 | $780 | $249,319,248 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | - | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $41,400 | - | 202 | - | $204 | $19,742,947 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 64 | Head in the Clouds | $39,324 | +44.7% | 31 | +5 | $1,268 | $304,411 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | 38 | Vanity Fair | $35,685 | -58.4% | 70 | -72 | $509 | $16,052,032 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 57 | 43 | Saints and Soldiers | $34,381 | -41.1% | 27 | -10 | $1,273 | $941,959 | 12 | Excel Entertainment |
| 58 | 47 | A Dirty Shame | $30,833 | -42.3% | 28 | -14 | $1,101 | $1,311,746 | 6 | Fine Line Features |
| 59 | 61 | Zelary | $30,452 | +7.9% | 19 | +3 | $1,602 | $192,773 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 75 | P.S. | $25,071 | +34% | 6 | +3 | $4,178 | $53,006 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 61 | 60 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,966 | -12.3% | 6 | - | $4,161 | $7,558,644 | 107 | Giant Screen Films |
| 62 | - | Undertow | $24,354 | - | 6 | - | $4,059 | $24,354 | 1 | United Artists |
| 63 | 59 | A Day Without a Mexican | $23,589 | -18.7% | 20 | -3 | $1,179 | $4,122,389 | 24 | Televisa Cine |
| 64 | 93 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $19,547 | +95.8% | 3 | -1 | $6,515 | $49,358,477 | 314 | IMAX |
| 65 | 58 | Rosenstrasse | $18,267 | -39.4% | 14 | -9 | $1,304 | $562,839 | 13 | IDP Distribution |
| 66 | 80 | Before Sunset | $17,590 | +19.5% | 21 | -6 | $837 | $5,792,822 | 17 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 67 | 56 | The Mother | $17,564 | -46.6% | 18 | -17 | $975 | $1,043,534 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | 73 | Guiana 1838 | $17,457 | -18.3% | 2 | - | $8,728 | $165,166 | 5 | RBC Radio |
| 69 | 50 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $17,199 | -59.5% | 31 | -19 | $554 | $893,403 | 6 | - |
| 70 | 53 | Red Lights | $16,415 | -59.5% | 19 | -10 | $863 | $545,691 | 10 | Wellspring Media |
| 71 | 71 | Paparazzi | $14,459 | -33.1% | 36 | -33 | $401 | $15,676,632 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 72 | 77 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $14,422 | -21.1% | 17 | -4 | $848 | $1,834,079 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 73 | 70 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $13,963 | -35.5% | 11 | -2 | $1,269 | $89,707 | 3 | - |
| 74 | 81 | Dig! | $12,881 | -8% | 9 | +2 | $1,431 | $97,141 | 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 75 | 51 | Eulogy | $12,548 | -70% | 22 | - | $570 | $70,527 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 76 | 66 | The Last Shot | $11,776 | -55.3% | 17 | -23 | $692 | $442,182 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | - | The Manson Family | $11,647 | - | 4 | - | $2,911 | $11,647 | 1 | - |
| 78 | 72 | Intimate Strangers | $10,377 | -51.9% | 15 | -15 | $691 | $2,080,002 | 13 | Paramount Classics |
| 79 | 87 | Moolaadé | $10,099 | -15.7% | 2 | - | $5,049 | $27,365 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 80 | 90 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $9,931 | -4.9% | 8 | -1 | $1,241 | $318,138 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 78 | Garfield: The Movie | $9,857 | -43.5% | 25 | -11 | $394 | $75,359,741 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 82 | 82 | Remember Me, My Love | $9,815 | -28.9% | 4 | -1 | $2,453 | $148,214 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 83 | 57 | Going Upriver | $9,365 | -70.9% | 17 | -38 | $550 | $604,241 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 84 | 65 | Bright Young Things | $9,151 | -65.8% | 15 | -29 | $610 | $905,355 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 85 | 88 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $9,082 | -24.1% | 14 | -11 | $648 | $114,316,047 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 86 | 100 | Alien Adventure | $9,000 | -1.1% | 2 | - | $4,500 | $4,611,806 | 271 | - |
| 87 | - | Hearts and Minds | $8,556 | - | 2 | - | $4,278 | $8,556 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 88 | 99 | Galapagos | $8,483 | -11.6% | 2 | - | $4,241 | $14,530,197 | 261 | IMAX |
| 89 | 62 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $8,365 | -69.9% | 38 | -68 | $220 | $3,803,146 | 10 | - |
| 90 | 108 | Untold Scandal | $7,938 | +32% | 8 | +4 | $992 | $17,614 | 2 | Kino International |
| 91 | 76 | Criminal | $7,625 | -58.5% | 15 | -21 | $508 | $923,426 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 92 | 86 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $7,616 | -36.7% | 6 | -4 | $1,269 | $395,328 | 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 93 | 94 | Control Room | $7,564 | -23.7% | 8 | -8 | $945 | $2,576,552 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | 128 | Testosterone | $7,246 | +271% | 4 | +2 | $1,811 | $113,697 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 95 | 74 | Silver City | $6,828 | -67.9% | 20 | -25 | $341 | $1,017,376 | 6 | Newmarket Films |
| 96 | 118 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $6,311 | +80.9% | 15 | -3 | $420 | $2,037,545 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 97 | 98 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $6,136 | -36.6% | 5 | -3 | $1,227 | $305,959 | 14 | Vitagraph Films |
| 98 | 91 | The Day After Tomorrow | $5,653 | -45.7% | 12 | -3 | $471 | $186,735,428 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 99 | - | Evil Remains | $5,499 | - | 4 | - | $1,374 | $5,499 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 100 | - | Lightning in a Bottle | $5,300 | - | 2 | - | $2,650 | $5,300 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 97 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $5,257 | -45.8% | 4 | - | $1,314 | $16,520,294 | 81 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 102 | 106 | The Inheritance | $4,802 | -26.5% | 2 | - | $2,401 | $49,860 | 16 | The Cinema Guild |
| 103 | 101 | Mean Creek | $4,667 | -45.8% | 14 | -9 | $333 | $587,699 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 104 | 127 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $4,012 | +101.2% | 5 | +1 | $802 | $62,731 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 110 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $3,894 | -23.8% | 10 | +1 | $389 | $323,156 | 20 | Dada Films |
| 106 | 79 | Festival Express | $3,575 | -76.4% | 7 | -13 | $510 | $1,150,134 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 107 | 114 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $3,435 | -19.6% | 3 | - | $1,145 | $89,676 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 108 | - | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $3,370 | - | 1 | - | $3,370 | $4,665 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 109 | 104 | Riding Giants | $3,321 | -53.5% | 7 | -3 | $474 | $2,236,730 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 110 | 123 | When Will I Be Loved | $3,280 | +31.4% | 4 | -2 | $820 | $159,429 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 111 | - | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $3,263 | - | 1 | - | $3,263 | $3,263 | 1 | - |
| 112 | 96 | Malevolence | $3,083 | -68.7% | 5 | -1 | $616 | $62,107 | 7 | - |
| 113 | 105 | Anatomy of Hell | $2,706 | -60.6% | 1 | -1 | $2,706 | $27,215 | 5 | Tartan |
| 114 | - | Fish Without a Bicycle | $2,650 | - | 1 | - | $2,650 | $2,650 | 1 | - |
| 115 | - | Stella Street | $2,574 | - | 10 | - | $257 | $2,574 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 116 | - | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,427 | - | 2 | - | $1,213 | $58,811 | 44 | Shadow Distribution |
| 117 | 120 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,299 | -14.9% | 7 | +1 | $328 | $1,222,708 | 16 | IFC Films |
| 118 | - | Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $2,177 | - | 4 | - | $544 | $646,124 | 26 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 119 | 119 | The Raspberry Reich | $2,161 | -20.6% | 1 | - | $2,161 | $28,883 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | 144 | Rick | $2,113 | +238.1% | 2 | - | $1,056 | $11,382 | 5 | Vitagraph Films |
| 121 | 135 | Merci Dr Rey! | $1,837 | +27.9% | 2 | - | $918 | $17,613 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 122 | - | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $1,809 | - | 1 | - | $1,809 | $163,245 | 44 | Kino International |
| 123 | 112 | The Young Black Stallion | $1,808 | -61.5% | 1 | - | $1,808 | $6,536,907 | 44 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 124 | 117 | Touch of Pink | $1,538 | -57.2% | 3 | -7 | $512 | $555,388 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 125 | 121 | Reconstruction | $1,519 | -43.3% | 2 | -1 | $759 | $59,187 | 7 | Palm Pictures |
| 126 | 136 | Bright Leaves | $1,452 | +27.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,452 | $34,379 | 9 | First Run |
| 127 | - | Incident at Loch Ness | $1,431 | - | 1 | - | $1,431 | $28,247 | 6 | Abramorama |
| 128 | 113 | The Brown Bunny | $1,429 | -68.7% | 4 | - | $357 | $347,919 | 9 | Wellspring Media |
| 129 | - | Proteus | $1,399 | - | 2 | - | $699 | $51,390 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 130 | - | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,293 | - | 2 | - | $646 | $821,776 | 42 | Rialto Pictures |
| 131 | - | The Hunting of the President | $1,266 | - | 2 | - | $633 | $376,429 | 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 132 | 124 | A Home at the End of the World | $1,246 | -49.8% | 9 | - | $138 | $1,029,017 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 133 | 103 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $1,135 | -84.6% | 2 | -1 | $567 | $101,528 | 19 | First Run |
| 134 | 140 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,123 | +22.3% | 3 | -2 | $374 | $138,247 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 135 | 138 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,033 | -1.6% | 1 | - | $1,033 | $7,021,383 | 296 | - |
| 136 | 115 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $991 | -76.8% | 4 | - | $247 | $96,085 | 4 | - |
| 137 | 145 | She Hate Me | $862 | +55.3% | 3 | -1 | $287 | $358,511 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 138 | - | Twist | $817 | - | 2 | - | $408 | $47,082 | 23 | Strand Releasing |
| 139 | 92 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $816 | -92% | 2 | -7 | $408 | $1,040,868 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 140 | 126 | Bush's Brain | $731 | -66.1% | 2 | -2 | $365 | $176,610 | 10 | Tartan |
| 141 | 139 | China: The Panda Adventure | $716 | -30.5% | 1 | - | $716 | $3,868,261 | 177 | IMAX |
| 142 | 122 | Strayed | $600 | -77% | 2 | -2 | $300 | $474,746 | 24 | Wellspring Media |
| 143 | 148 | Virgin | $518 | +55.1% | 1 | - | $518 | $8,559 | 8 | Artistic License |
| 144 | 111 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $491 | -89.7% | 1 | -6 | $491 | $356,286 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 145 | 141 | Imelda | $474 | -45.9% | 1 | - | $474 | $191,761 | 20 | Unico Entertainment |
| 146 | - | Brothers in Arms | $436 | - | 2 | - | $218 | $3,270 | 9 | First Run |
| 147 | 109 | Vodka Lemon | $332 | -93.7% | 1 | -1 | $332 | $22,338 | 3 | New Yorker Films |
| 148 | 130 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $56 | -96.7% | 1 | - | $56 | $18,419 | 5 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
