| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man 2 | $147,002,059 | $88,156,227 | 60% | $58,845,832 | 40% | 4,152 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $15,901,358 | $8,114,758 | 51% | $7,786,600 | 49% | 2,953 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | White Chicks | $15,560,982 | $8,667,872 | 55.7% | $6,893,110 | 44.3% | 2,800 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | The Terminal | $13,828,708 | $7,868,718 | 56.9% | $5,959,990 | 43.1% | 2,782 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | Shrek 2 | $11,766,017 | $5,838,371 | 49.6% | $5,927,646 | 50.4% | 2,609 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $11,564,836 | $5,938,474 | 51.4% | $5,626,362 | 48.6% | 2,725 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | King Arthur | $8,429,851 | - | - | - | - | 3,003 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Garfield: The Movie | $6,132,188 | $3,032,114 | 49.4% | $3,100,074 | 50.6% | 2,458 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $5,745,082 | $16,400,000 | - | - | - | 1,725 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | true |
| 10 | Two Brothers | $5,443,190 | $2,682,630 | 49.3% | $2,760,560 | 50.7% | 1,919 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Stepford Wives | $4,337,467 | $2,306,090 | 53.2% | $2,031,377 | 46.8% | 1,168 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Day After Tomorrow | $3,518,753 | $2,033,557 | 57.8% | $1,485,196 | 42.2% | 1,518 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Notebook | $2,920,548 | $7,400,000 | - | - | - | 2,323 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 14 | The Chronicles of Riddick | $2,404,795 | $1,343,160 | 55.8% | $1,061,635 | 44.2% | 1,036 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Around the World in 80 Days | $1,965,627 | $1,015,138 | 51.6% | $950,489 | 48.4% | 754 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,194,442 | $513,387 | 43% | $681,055 | 57% | 142 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Clearing | $762,343 | $472,781 | 62% | $289,562 | 38% | 56 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Troy | $664,205 | $371,932 | 56% | $292,273 | 44% | 375 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $586,865 | $271,175 | 46.2% | $315,690 | 53.8% | 54 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | De-Lovely | $508,735 | $292,963 | 57.6% | $215,772 | 42.4% | 16 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 21 | Super Size Me | $430,633 | $215,884 | 50.1% | $214,749 | 49.9% | 152 | 9 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 22 | Before Sunset | $400,425 | $219,425 | 54.8% | $181,000 | 45.2% | 20 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 23 | Van Helsing | $393,335 | $195,835 | 49.8% | $197,500 | 50.2% | 306 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Saved! | $371,936 | $189,414 | 50.9% | $182,522 | 49.1% | 211 | 6 | United Artists | - | false |
| 25 | Space Station 3D | $322,629 | $83,604 | 25.9% | $239,025 | 74.1% | 11 | 116 | IMAX | - | false |
| 26 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | $305,583 | $146,474 | 47.9% | $159,109 | 52.1% | 251 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Raising Helen | $291,152 | $140,863 | 48.4% | $150,289 | 51.6% | 219 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Mean Girls | $277,116 | $124,561 | 45% | $152,555 | 55% | 233 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Control Room | $264,858 | - | - | - | - | 53 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | $253,769 | $123,195 | 48.6% | $130,574 | 51.4% | 270 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 31 | Home on the Range | $230,034 | $97,183 | 42.2% | $132,851 | 57.8% | 239 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | America's Heart & Soul | $221,429 | $134,939 | 60.9% | $86,490 | 39.1% | 98 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Man on Fire | $200,408 | $111,384 | 55.6% | $89,024 | 44.4% | 166 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 34 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $167,233 | $86,283 | 51.6% | $80,950 | 48.4% | 40 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 35 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $142,117 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 90 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 36 | The Alamo | $132,894 | $64,539 | 48.6% | $68,355 | 51.4% | 166 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $112,608 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 22 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 38 | Coffee and Cigarettes | $92,255 | $47,919 | 51.9% | $44,336 | 48.1% | 40 | 8 | United Artists | - | false |
| 39 | The Punisher | $91,352 | $49,487 | 54.2% | $41,865 | 45.8% | 101 | 12 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 40 | The Mother | $89,169 | $46,694 | 52.4% | $42,475 | 47.6% | 31 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $87,284 | $34,990 | 40.1% | $52,294 | 59.9% | 4 | 298 | IMAX | - | false |
| 42 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $80,603 | $39,511 | 49% | $41,092 | 51% | 8 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 43 | Johnson Family Vacation | $78,167 | $39,873 | 51% | $38,294 | 49% | 57 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $66,920 | $36,585 | 54.7% | $30,335 | 45.3% | 11 | 4 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 45 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $65,247 | $30,564 | 46.8% | $34,683 | 53.2% | 39 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | Lakshya | $64,652 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $64,518 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 91 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 48 | Hidalgo | $59,577 | $28,530 | 47.9% | $31,047 | 52.1% | 66 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Ella Enchanted | $54,101 | $22,611 | 41.8% | $31,490 | 58.2% | 76 | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| 50 | Facing Windows | $53,284 | $29,851 | 56% | $23,433 | 44% | 12 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | The Ladykillers | $33,450 | $18,046 | 54% | $15,404 | 46% | 44 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | A Day Without a Mexican | $33,082 | $18,393 | 55.6% | $14,689 | 44.4% | 17 | 8 | Televisa Cine | - | false |
| 53 | Haunted Castle | $30,123 | $15,193 | 50.4% | $14,930 | 49.6% | 3 | 176 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $29,654 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 55 | The Passion of the Christ | $29,634 | $14,206 | 47.9% | $15,428 | 52.1% | 38 | 20 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 56 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $29,300 | $15,516 | 53% | $13,784 | 47% | 7 | 65 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Godzilla | $26,333 | $12,318 | 46.8% | $14,015 | 53.2% | 4 | 9 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | Valentin 2003 Re-release | $24,512 | $11,731 | 47.9% | $12,781 | 52.1% | 13 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 59 | Time of the Wolf | $23,573 | $11,180 | 47.4% | $12,393 | 52.6% | 4 | 2 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | The Hunting of the President | $22,294 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | Baadasssss! | $20,092 | $10,604 | 52.8% | $9,488 | 47.2% | 24 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | I'm Not Scared | $19,866 | $12,307 | 62% | $7,559 | 38% | 25 | 13 | Miramax | - | false |
| 63 | Love Me If You Dare | $18,711 | $10,200 | 54.5% | $8,511 | 45.5% | 15 | 7 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 64 | Good Bye Lenin! | $16,490 | $7,702 | 46.7% | $8,788 | 53.3% | 16 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 65 | Broken Wings | $16,016 | $380 | 2.4% | $15,636 | 97.6% | 3 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Bon Voyage 2004 Re-release | $15,738 | $9,637 | 61.2% | $6,101 | 38.8% | 18 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 67 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $15,656 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 68 | Two Men Went to War | $15,472 | $9,388 | 60.7% | $6,084 | 39.3% | 3 | 15 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | The Best Two Years | $15,048 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 20 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| 70 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $14,874 | $8,969 | 60.3% | $5,905 | 39.7% | 8 | 10 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | The Saddest Music in the World | $14,289 | $7,973 | 55.8% | $6,316 | 44.2% | 11 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 72 | Monsieur Ibrahim | $13,551 | $3,786 | 27.9% | $9,765 | 72.1% | 6 | 32 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 73 | The Triplets of Belleville | $12,863 | $4,357 | 33.9% | $8,506 | 66.1% | 5 | 33 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 74 | Hum Tum | $12,855 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 75 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $12,478 | $5,999 | 48.1% | $6,479 | 51.9% | 3 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Bukowski: Born into This | $12,111 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | Strayed | $12,027 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 78 | Alien Adventure | $11,773 | $7,755 | 65.9% | $4,018 | 34.1% | 2 | 255 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | Since Otar Left | $11,728 | $6,736 | 57.4% | $4,992 | 42.6% | 7 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 80 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $11,202 | $5,376 | 48% | $5,826 | 52% | 2 | 18 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | You'll Get Over It | $10,964 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | Picture This! Entertainment | - | false |
| 82 | The Five Obstructions | $10,262 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 83 | Imelda | $9,373 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Unico Entertainment | - | false |
| 84 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $8,358 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 85 | The Young Black Stallion | $7,681 | $3,426 | 44.6% | $4,255 | 55.4% | 5 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $7,434 | $2,083 | 28% | $5,351 | 72% | 3 | 26 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | Young Adam | $6,451 | $2,240 | 34.7% | $4,211 | 65.3% | 7 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 88 | Bulgarian Lovers | $6,071 | $3,434 | 56.6% | $2,637 | 43.4% | 2 | 10 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | This Old Cub | $6,070 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | My Mother Likes Women 2004 Re-release | $5,616 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | Norador Productions | - | false |
| 91 | China: The Panda Adventure | $5,228 | $1,674 | 32% | $3,554 | 68% | 1 | 161 | IMAX | - | false |
| 92 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $4,846 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 93 | Father and Son | $4,243 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 94 | The Return | $4,108 | $1,685 | 41% | $2,423 | 59% | 5 | 22 | Kino International | - | false |
| 95 | Carandiru | $4,004 | $1,272 | 31.8% | $2,732 | 68.2% | 5 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 96 | The Mudge Boy | $3,991 | $1,696 | 42.5% | $2,295 | 57.5% | 1 | 9 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | Shaolin Soccer | $3,967 | $1,945 | 49% | $2,022 | 51% | 11 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| 98 | Pride and Prejudice | $3,725 | $209 | 5.6% | $3,516 | 94.4% | 2 | 31 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 99 | My Architect | $3,046 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 35 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 100 | Kaena: The Prophecy 2004 Re-release | $3,039 | $1,474 | 48.5% | $1,565 | 51.5% | 2 | 2 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 101 | The Intended | $3,037 | $1,671 | 55% | $1,366 | 45% | 3 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 102 | Gypsy 83 | $2,958 | $2,229 | 75.4% | $729 | 24.6% | 1 | 12 | Small Planet Pictures | - | false |
| 103 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $2,498 | $1,203 | 48.2% | $1,295 | 51.8% | 1 | 6 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 104 | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | $2,444 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 25 | ArtMattan Productions | - | false |
| 105 | The 24th Day | $2,271 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 106 | Adored: Diary of a Porn Star | $1,834 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | The Deserted Station | $1,569 | $841 | 53.6% | $728 | 46.4% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 108 | The Road to Love | $1,280 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Arab Film Distribution | - | false |
| 109 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,010 | $500 | 49.5% | $510 | 50.5% | 1 | 280 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 110 | A Thousand Clouds of Peace | $530 | $325 | 61.3% | $205 | 38.7% | 1 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 111 | Twentynine Palms | $369 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 112 | The United States of Leland | $106 | $56 | 52.8% | $50 | 47.2% | 1 | 14 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| - | Secret Things | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Twist | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | One 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | 50 First Dates | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| - | Distant | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | New York Minute | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Seagull's Laughter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
