| 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 | $8,419,982 | - | - | - | - | 453 | 2 | Roadshow Entertainment | - | false |
| 2 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $4,002,440 | - | - | - | - | 283 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 3 | Love Actually | $3,335,199 | - | - | - | - | 301 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 4 | The Rundown | $2,474,778 | - | - | - | - | 143 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 5 | Cold Mountain | $2,117,144 | - | - | - | - | 194 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 6 | Brother Bear | $1,720,419 | - | - | - | - | 260 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 7 | Peter Pan | $1,245,163 | - | - | - | - | 256 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 8 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,023,006 | - | - | - | - | 209 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
| 9 | Lost in Translation | $548,499 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 10 | Scary Movie 3 | $485,041 | - | - | - | - | 191 | 4 | N/A | - | false |
| 11 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $412,454 | - | - | - | - | 209 | 4 | N/A | - | false |
| 12 | Mystic River | $214,037 | - | - | - | - | 48 | 7 | N/A | - | false |
| 13 | Elf | $213,325 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 8 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 14 | Good Bye Lenin! | $157,897 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 2 | Hopscotch Films | - | false |
| 15 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | $138,469 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 16 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $124,698 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | IMAX | - | false |
| 17 | School of Rock | $113,693 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 8 | Big Bull Productions | - | false |
| 18 | Bright Young Things | $100,169 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 19 | Japanese Story | $92,625 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 15 | Big Bull Productions | - | false |
| 20 | S.W.A.T. | $92,076 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 6 | N/A | - | false |
