| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $14,220,219 | - | - | - | - | 453 | 1 | Roadshow Entertainment | - | false |
| 2 | Love Actually | $3,657,942 | - | - | - | - | 303 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 3 | Brother Bear | $1,718,470 | - | - | - | - | 260 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 4 | Peter Pan | $1,582,633 | - | - | - | - | 268 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 5 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,391,461 | - | - | - | - | 239 | 4 | N/A | - | false |
| 6 | Scary Movie 3 | $911,967 | - | - | - | - | 235 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 7 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $618,361 | - | - | - | - | 228 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 8 | Elf | $548,591 | - | - | - | - | 160 | 7 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 9 | Lost in Translation | $467,925 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 10 | S.W.A.T. | $389,246 | - | - | - | - | 123 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
| 11 | School of Rock | $299,620 | - | - | - | - | 140 | 7 | Big Bull Productions | - | false |
| 12 | Mystic River | $211,205 | - | - | - | - | 70 | 6 | N/A | - | false |
| 13 | Good Bye Lenin! | $131,882 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 1 | Hopscotch Films | - | false |
| 14 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | $123,973 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 15 | Bright Young Things | $103,775 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 16 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $93,870 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | IMAX | - | false |
| 17 | Dogville | $88,568 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 18 | Japanese Story | $84,060 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 14 | Big Bull Productions | - | false |
| 19 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | $74,164 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 58 | IMAX | - | false |
| 20 | The Matrix Revolutions | $53,794 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 8 | N/A | - | false |
