| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Coach Carter | $29,168,181 | - | 2,524 | - | $11,556 | $29,168,181 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Meet the Fockers | $22,514,650 | - | 3,554 | - | $6,335 | $234,308,680 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Racing Stripes | $18,862,432 | - | 3,185 | - | $5,922 | $18,862,432 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | - | In Good Company | $16,638,635 | - | 1,566 | - | $10,624 | $17,138,097 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Elektra | $14,792,335 | - | 3,204 | - | $4,616 | $14,792,335 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | - | White Noise | $13,810,725 | - | 2,279 | - | $6,059 | $42,852,325 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Aviator | $6,350,078 | - | 1,956 | - | $3,246 | $51,528,137 | 5 | Miramax | false | false |
| 8 | - | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $5,343,415 | - | 2,540 | - | $2,103 | $112,421,617 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Phantom of the Opera | $4,625,495 | - | 907 | - | $5,099 | $27,512,033 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Fat Albert | $3,805,037 | - | 2,043 | - | $1,862 | $45,618,010 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | - | Ocean's Twelve | $3,510,460 | - | 2,105 | - | $1,667 | $120,460,509 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | National Treasure | $3,295,622 | - | 1,610 | - | $2,046 | $164,859,175 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Sideways | $2,750,277 | - | 370 | - | $7,433 | $28,632,723 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 14 | - | Million Dollar Baby | $2,285,069 | - | 122 | - | $18,730 | $6,156,069 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | House of Flying Daggers | $2,262,667 | - | 1,189 | - | $1,903 | $7,477,170 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 16 | - | Finding Neverland | $2,229,976 | - | 1,000 | - | $2,229 | $30,919,023 | 10 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | - | Spanglish | $2,020,734 | - | 1,662 | - | $1,215 | $40,812,880 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | - | Hotel Rwanda | $1,812,384 | - | 192 | - | $9,439 | $3,941,913 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $1,612,119 | - | 907 | - | $1,777 | $22,120,583 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | The Incredibles | $1,555,742 | - | 1,002 | - | $1,552 | $256,739,602 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Polar Express | $1,358,011 | - | 445 | - | $3,051 | $160,559,289 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | - | Closer | $1,003,162 | - | 737 | - | $1,361 | $32,007,055 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | - | Beyond the Sea | $767,348 | - | 383 | - | $2,003 | $4,586,365 | 5 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 24 | - | Darkness | $754,378 | - | 955 | - | $789 | $21,479,864 | 4 | Dimension Films | false | false |
| 25 | - | A Very Long Engagement | $613,814 | - | 219 | - | $2,802 | $4,456,833 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false | false |
| 26 | - | Kinsey | $488,100 | - | 339 | - | $1,439 | $8,654,283 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 27 | - | Blade: Trinity | $475,415 | - | 707 | - | $672 | $51,625,847 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 28 | - | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $456,559 | - | 440 | - | $1,037 | $83,708,576 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | - | Bad Education | $432,551 | - | 60 | - | $7,209 | $2,652,434 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 30 | - | Flight of the Phoenix | $402,329 | - | 519 | - | $775 | $20,284,546 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 31 | - | Ray | $378,955 | - | 286 | - | $1,325 | $72,673,995 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | - | The Woodsman | $264,282 | - | 62 | - | $4,262 | $705,457 | 4 | Newmarket Films | false | false |
| 33 | - | The Motorcycle Diaries | $194,200 | - | 96 | - | $2,022 | $16,312,263 | 17 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 34 | - | The Merchant of Venice | $145,250 | - | 15 | - | $9,683 | $335,278 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 35 | - | Ladder 49 | $128,254 | - | 190 | - | $675 | $74,294,267 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | - | Shall We Dance? | $128,175 | - | 254 | - | $504 | $57,584,775 | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 37 | - | Alexander | $107,873 | - | 223 | - | $483 | $34,201,007 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | - | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $103,282 | - | 66 | - | $1,564 | $10,390,430 | 50 | - | false | false |
| 39 | - | Appleseed | $79,818 | - | 31 | - | $2,574 | $79,818 | 1 | Geneon Entertainment | true | false |
| 40 | - | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $73,660 | - | 116 | - | $635 | $40,203,020 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | - | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $71,795 | - | 26 | - | $2,761 | $259,843 | 3 | THINKFilm | false | false |
| 42 | - | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $69,060 | - | 23 | - | $3,002 | $1,851,143 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 43 | - | The Work and the Glory | $69,038 | - | 21 | - | $3,287 | $1,360,052 | 8 | Excel Entertainment | false | false |
| 44 | - | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $58,195 | - | 15 | - | $3,879 | $19,658,858 | 45 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | - | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $52,755 | - | 76 | - | $694 | $36,501,858 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 46 | - | Being Julia | $51,893 | - | 25 | - | $2,075 | $3,701,166 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | - | The Sea Inside | $38,930 | - | 12 | - | $3,244 | $259,283 | 5 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 48 | - | I Heart Huckabees | $35,608 | - | 46 | - | $774 | $12,711,889 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 49 | - | Vera Drake | $32,920 | - | 41 | - | $802 | $2,213,200 | 15 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 50 | - | Bugs! | $32,183 | - | 19 | - | $1,693 | $14,222,436 | - | SK Films | - | false |
| 51 | - | Haunted Castle | $32,000 | - | 5 | - | $6,400 | $10,234,855 | - | - | - | false |
| 52 | - | After the Sunset | $30,429 | - | 74 | - | $411 | $28,287,950 | 10 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 53 | - | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $28,451 | - | 8 | - | $3,556 | $8,962,723 | 118 | Giant Screen Films | false | false |
| 54 | - | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $27,116 | - | 5 | - | $5,423 | $7,812,030 | 119 | Giant Screen Films | false | false |
| 55 | - | Napoleon Dynamite | $23,661 | - | 46 | - | $514 | $44,517,988 | 32 | - | false | false |
| 56 | - | The Chorus 2005 Re-release | $23,239 | - | 2 | - | $11,619 | $23,239 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 57 | - | Swades | $21,864 | - | 30 | - | $728 | $1,208,522 | - | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | - | Veer Zaara | $17,469 | - | 10 | - | $1,746 | $2,921,738 | - | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 59 | - | In the Realms of the Unreal | $15,673 | - | 6 | - | $2,612 | $127,851 | 4 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 60 | - | Travelers and Magicians | $12,914 | - | 3 | - | $4,304 | $43,642 | - | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 61 | - | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $12,127 | - | 1 | - | $12,127 | $89,360 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 62 | - | Lightning in a Bottle | $11,299 | - | 7 | - | $1,614 | $160,644 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 63 | - | Paper Clips | $10,557 | - | 6 | - | $1,759 | $145,325 | 8 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 64 | - | The Machinist | $10,499 | - | 12 | - | $874 | $1,045,820 | 13 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 65 | - | Ghosts of the Abyss | $8,588 | - | 4 | - | $2,147 | $16,630,514 | 93 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 66 | - | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $8,370 | - | 1 | - | $8,370 | $79,465 | 6 | THINKFilm | false | false |
| 67 | - | Moolaadé | $7,267 | - | 4 | - | $1,816 | $131,407 | - | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 68 | - | Postmen in the Mountains | $7,259 | - | 3 | - | $2,419 | $133,775 | 56 | Shadow Distribution | false | false |
| 69 | - | The Young Black Stallion | $6,611 | - | 5 | - | $1,322 | $6,632,351 | 56 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 70 | - | Callas Forever | $6,501 | - | 2 | - | $3,250 | $354,303 | 11 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 71 | - | Red Lights | $6,375 | - | 4 | - | $1,593 | $655,337 | 22 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 72 | - | Straight-Jacket | $5,994 | - | 4 | - | $1,498 | $36,918 | 8 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 73 | - | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $5,060 | - | 2 | - | $2,530 | $81,728 | 3 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 74 | - | Days of Being Wild | $4,672 | - | 1 | - | $4,672 | $85,260 | 9 | Kino International | false | false |
| 75 | - | Alien Adventure | $4,500 | - | 2 | - | $2,250 | $4,718,716 | - | - | - | false |
| 76 | - | Saints and Soldiers | $4,013 | - | 4 | - | $1,003 | $1,149,105 | 24 | Excel Entertainment | false | false |
| 77 | - | Our Music | $3,964 | - | 3 | - | $1,321 | $83,673 | 8 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 78 | - | Tarnation | $3,800 | - | 1 | - | $3,800 | $504,060 | 15 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 79 | - | Garden State | $3,607 | - | 10 | - | $360 | $26,778,069 | 25 | - | false | false |
| 80 | - | Guiana 1838 | $2,170 | - | 1 | - | $2,170 | $195,086 | 17 | RBC Radio | false | false |
| 81 | - | Brother to Brother | $1,733 | - | 1 | - | $1,733 | $60,983 | - | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | - | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $1,488 | - | 1 | - | $1,488 | $24,135 | 10 | First Run | false | false |
| 83 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,000 | - | 1 | - | $1,000 | $7,035,700 | - | - | - | false |
| 84 | - | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $928 | - | 1 | - | $928 | $26,806 | - | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 85 | - | Enduring Love | $739 | - | 5 | - | $147 | $352,843 | 12 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 86 | - | Vodka Lemon | $704 | - | 1 | - | $704 | $34,782 | - | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 87 | - | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $617 | - | 2 | - | $308 | $40,274 | 13 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 88 | - | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $550 | - | 1 | - | $550 | $91,229 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 89 | - | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $495 | - | 1 | - | $495 | $77,137 | - | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $489 | - | 2 | - | $244 | $31,038 | 18 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 91 | - | Untold Scandal | $407 | - | 1 | - | $407 | $47,428 | 14 | Kino International | false | false |
| 92 | - | Bright Leaves | $262 | - | 1 | - | $262 | $63,511 | - | First Run | - | false |
