| 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 | $411,446 | - | - | - | - | 96 | 6 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 2 | The Last Samurai | $382,902 | - | - | - | - | 75 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 3 | The Rundown | $305,579 | - | - | - | - | 48 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 4 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $219,884 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 5 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $202,231 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 6 | Honey | $194,508 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 7 | Something's Gotta Give | $173,999 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 8 | Torque | $166,813 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 9 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $103,809 | - | - | - | - | 46 | 4 | N/A | - | false |
| 10 | School of Rock | $98,704 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 11 | Brother Bear | $67,892 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
| 12 | Good Boy | $54,561 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 13 | Sylvia | $47,067 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 14 | Love Actually | $43,017 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 9 | N/A | - | false |
| 15 | Veronica Guerin | $40,437 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 16 | Peter Pan | $23,049 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
| 17 | Lost in Translation | $19,400 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Swimming Pool | $18,890 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 19 | Calendar Girls | $16,322 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 16 | N/A | - | false |
| 20 | Step Into Liquid | $11,322 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
