| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | I, Robot | $73,395,224 | $52,179,887 | 71.1% | $21,215,337 | 28.9% | 3,420 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Spider-Man 2 | $35,940,459 | $24,775,450 | 68.9% | $11,165,009 | 31.1% | 4,058 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | A Cinderella Story | $21,774,484 | $13,623,350 | 62.6% | $8,151,134 | 37.4% | 2,625 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $20,978,527 | $13,849,313 | 66% | $7,129,214 | 34% | 3,104 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 5 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $11,547,137 | $7,000,000 | - | - | - | 2,004 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | true |
| 6 | King Arthur | $11,184,652 | $7,161,648 | 64% | $4,023,004 | 36% | 3,086 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Notebook | $9,820,701 | $5,500,000 | - | - | - | 2,089 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 8 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $5,960,997 | $3,813,719 | 64% | $2,147,278 | 36% | 1,945 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Shrek 2 | $5,343,771 | $3,230,786 | 60.5% | $2,112,985 | 39.5% | 1,857 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 10 | White Chicks | $5,154,731 | $3,436,328 | 66.7% | $1,718,403 | 33.3% | 1,730 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | The Terminal | $4,793,120 | $3,162,067 | 66% | $1,631,053 | 34% | 1,804 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 12 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $4,506,267 | $2,758,045 | 61.2% | $1,748,222 | 38.8% | 1,460 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | De-Lovely | $2,285,622 | $1,493,513 | 65.3% | $792,109 | 34.7% | 185 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 14 | Sleepover | $2,114,303 | $1,170,307 | 55.4% | $943,996 | 44.6% | 2,207 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | The Clearing | $1,867,166 | $1,294,334 | 69.3% | $572,832 | 30.7% | 449 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Garfield: The Movie | $1,813,591 | $1,057,301 | 58.3% | $756,290 | 41.7% | 1,028 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,445,214 | $750,491 | 51.9% | $694,723 | 48.1% | 179 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Camping sauvage | $995,374 | $452,720 | 45.5% | $542,654 | 54.5% | 99 | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| 19 | Two Brothers | $989,100 | $547,945 | 55.4% | $441,155 | 44.6% | 562 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Day After Tomorrow | $959,021 | $617,208 | 64.4% | $341,813 | 35.6% | 487 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 21 | Before Sunset | $876,825 | $581,261 | 66.3% | $295,564 | 33.7% | 122 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 22 | The Stepford Wives | $725,062 | $434,666 | 60% | $290,396 | 40% | 522 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | The Door in the Floor | $664,003 | $456,876 | - | - | - | 47 | 2 | Focus Features | - | true |
| 24 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $541,448 | $291,394 | 53.8% | $250,054 | 46.2% | 55 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Mean Girls | $480,171 | $255,916 | 53.3% | $224,255 | 46.7% | 268 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Chronicles of Riddick | $466,620 | $287,850 | 61.7% | $178,770 | 38.3% | 303 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Bugs! | $368,133 | $181,751 | 49.4% | $186,382 | 50.6% | 31 | 72 | SK Films | - | false |
| 28 | Riding Giants | $329,726 | $195,317 | 59.2% | $134,409 | 40.8% | 41 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 29 | 13 Going on 30 | $317,444 | $169,318 | 53.3% | $148,126 | 46.7% | 147 | 13 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 30 | Space Station 3D | $293,382 | $118,115 | 40.3% | $175,267 | 59.7% | 9 | 118 | IMAX | - | false |
| 31 | Van Helsing | $286,510 | $167,075 | 58.3% | $119,435 | 41.7% | 220 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Super Size Me | $256,359 | $145,975 | 56.9% | $110,384 | 43.1% | 127 | 11 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 33 | Around the World in 80 Days | $232,834 | $131,996 | 56.7% | $100,838 | 43.3% | 149 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Maria Full of Grace | $228,524 | $139,066 | 60.8% | $89,458 | 39.2% | 7 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 35 | Control Room | $224,119 | $139,881 | 62.4% | $84,238 | 37.6% | 56 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $209,662 | $133,566 | 63.7% | $76,096 | 36.3% | 23 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 37 | Troy | $202,115 | $129,420 | 64% | $72,695 | 36% | 110 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $194,744 | $119,065 | 61.1% | $75,679 | 38.9% | 51 | 7 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 39 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | $194,533 | $120,884 | 62.1% | $73,649 | 37.9% | 185 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $191,816 | $106,639 | 55.6% | $85,177 | 44.4% | 16 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 41 | Man on Fire | $169,341 | $109,591 | 64.7% | $59,750 | 35.3% | 145 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 42 | Touch of Pink | $125,151 | $79,883 | 63.8% | $45,268 | 36.2% | 16 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | Home on the Range | $117,408 | $56,914 | 48.5% | $60,494 | 51.5% | 146 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Raising Helen | $110,541 | $64,279 | 58.2% | $46,262 | 41.8% | 107 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $101,733 | $101,733 | 100% | $0 | - | 17 | 92 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 46 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | $101,070 | $58,747 | 58.1% | $42,323 | 41.9% | 149 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| 47 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $100,013 | $56,524 | 56.5% | $43,489 | 43.5% | 15 | 24 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 48 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $85,729 | $36,299 | 42.3% | $49,430 | 57.7% | 5 | 300 | IMAX | - | false |
| 49 | Facing Windows | $74,697 | $51,130 | 68.4% | $23,567 | 31.6% | 23 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Saved! | $71,243 | $44,072 | 61.9% | $27,171 | 38.1% | 60 | 8 | United Artists | - | false |
| 51 | Breakin' All the Rules | $70,788 | $43,110 | 60.9% | $27,678 | 39.1% | 69 | 10 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 52 | Coffee and Cigarettes | $65,902 | $38,028 | 57.7% | $27,874 | 42.3% | 45 | 10 | United Artists | - | false |
| 53 | Flavors | $57,672 | $56,000 | 97.1% | $1,672 | 2.9% | 14 | 1 | Net Effect Media | - | false |
| 54 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $52,154 | $52,154 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 93 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 55 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $50,283 | $34,541 | 68.7% | $15,742 | 31.3% | 16 | 6 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 56 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $50,134 | $31,047 | 61.9% | $19,087 | 38.1% | 9 | 6 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 57 | The Mother | $48,063 | $30,033 | 62.5% | $18,030 | 37.5% | 27 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Ella Enchanted | $47,672 | $24,760 | 51.9% | $22,912 | 48.1% | 44 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 59 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | $43,033 | $23,495 | 54.6% | $19,538 | 45.4% | 27 | 18 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 60 | The Hunting of the President | $40,487 | $24,977 | 61.7% | $15,510 | 38.3% | 8 | 5 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | Johnson Family Vacation | $38,732 | $25,018 | 64.6% | $13,714 | 35.4% | 35 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $34,193 | $22,933 | 67.1% | $11,260 | 32.9% | 6 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 63 | Haunted Castle | $32,500 | $15,788 | 48.6% | $16,712 | 51.4% | 3 | 178 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Hidalgo | $32,184 | $15,465 | 48% | $16,719 | 52% | 34 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $28,677 | $15,501 | 54% | $13,176 | 46% | 15 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Godzilla | $24,492 | $20,453 | 83.5% | $4,039 | 16.5% | 3 | 11 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 67 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $24,163 | $13,023 | 53.9% | $11,140 | 46.1% | 6 | 67 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Bukowski: Born into This | $23,324 | $12,803 | 54.9% | $10,521 | 45.1% | 4 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | The Alamo | $21,875 | $13,276 | 60.7% | $8,599 | 39.3% | 37 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | The Passion of the Christ | $19,714 | $12,039 | 61.1% | $7,675 | 38.9% | 21 | 22 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 71 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $17,693 | $10,335 | 58.4% | $7,358 | 41.6% | 8 | 6 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 72 | The Young Black Stallion | $14,168 | $6,499 | 45.9% | $7,669 | 54.1% | 4 | 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $13,535 | $8,421 | 62.2% | $5,114 | 37.8% | 9 | 12 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| 74 | Bon Voyage 2004 Re-release | $13,193 | $8,619 | 65.3% | $4,574 | 34.7% | 13 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 75 | Alien Adventure | $13,000 | $8,145 | 62.6% | $4,855 | 37.4% | 2 | 257 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $12,478 | $8,325 | 66.7% | $4,153 | 33.3% | 4 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 77 | Lakshya | $12,030 | $8,328 | 69.2% | $3,702 | 30.8% | 14 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | The Saddest Music in the World | $11,710 | $6,165 | 52.6% | $5,545 | 47.4% | 15 | 12 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 79 | Since Otar Left | $10,576 | $6,004 | 56.8% | $4,572 | 43.2% | 8 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 80 | The Best Two Years | $10,447 | $4,561 | 43.7% | $5,886 | 56.3% | 6 | 22 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| 81 | Imelda | $9,852 | $6,596 | 67% | $3,256 | 33% | 2 | 7 | Unico Entertainment | - | false |
| 82 | Shaolin Soccer | $9,637 | $5,636 | 58.5% | $4,001 | 41.5% | 9 | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| 83 | Time of the Wolf | $9,612 | $6,245 | 65% | $3,367 | 35% | 3 | 4 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | Good Bye Lenin! | $9,206 | $5,287 | 57.4% | $3,919 | 42.6% | 9 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 85 | This Old Cub | $8,964 | $4,655 | 51.9% | $4,309 | 48.1% | 3 | 17 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $8,194 | $2,726 | 33.3% | $5,468 | 66.7% | 4 | 48 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 87 | Word Wars | $7,636 | $7,636 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 8 | Seventh Art Releasing | - | false |
| 88 | Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme | $7,597 | $4,842 | 63.7% | $2,755 | 36.3% | 1 | 1 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 89 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $7,451 | $5,440 | 73% | $2,011 | 27% | 7 | 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 90 | China: The Panda Adventure | $6,968 | $3,225 | 46.3% | $3,743 | 53.7% | 2 | 163 | IMAX | - | false |
| 91 | America's Heart & Soul | $6,294 | $4,104 | 65.2% | $2,190 | 34.8% | 10 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | Love Me If You Dare | $6,291 | $3,699 | 58.8% | $2,592 | 41.2% | 8 | 9 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 93 | Baadasssss! | $5,861 | $4,064 | 69.3% | $1,797 | 30.7% | 9 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 94 | Let's Get Frank | $5,830 | $3,465 | 59.4% | $2,365 | 40.6% | 1 | 2 | Random Productions (Brooklyn) | - | false |
| 95 | I'm Not Scared | $5,337 | $3,344 | 62.7% | $1,993 | 37.3% | 14 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 96 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $3,483 | $1,985 | 57% | $1,498 | 43% | 1 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 97 | The Five Obstructions | $3,394 | $1,726 | 50.8% | $1,668 | 49.2% | 1 | 9 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 98 | Carandiru | $2,973 | $3,202 | 107.7% | $-229 | - | 3 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 99 | Strayed | $2,716 | $2,236 | 82.3% | $480 | 17.7% | 3 | 10 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 100 | Two Men Went to War | $2,556 | $1,724 | 67.4% | $832 | 32.6% | 1 | 17 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | A Thousand Clouds of Peace | $2,402 | $1,562 | 65% | $840 | 35% | 1 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 102 | Monsieur Ibrahim | $2,370 | $1,205 | 50.8% | $1,165 | 49.2% | 3 | 34 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 103 | My Architect | $2,270 | $1,510 | 66.5% | $760 | 33.5% | 2 | 37 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 104 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $2,217 | $1,089 | 49.1% | $1,128 | 50.9% | 1 | 8 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 105 | The Inheritance | $2,144 | $1,320 | 61.6% | $824 | 38.4% | 1 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 106 | Young Adam | $2,124 | $2,048 | 96.4% | $76 | 3.6% | 4 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 107 | S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine | $1,999 | $1,351 | 67.6% | $648 | 32.4% | 1 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 108 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,966 | $1,014 | 51.6% | $952 | 48.4% | 2 | 28 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 109 | Twentynine Palms | $1,898 | $1,898 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 15 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 110 | Valentin 2003 Re-release | $1,846 | $1,026 | 55.6% | $820 | 44.4% | 6 | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| 111 | Twist | $1,281 | $763 | 59.6% | $518 | 40.4% | 1 | 9 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 112 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $1,028 | $384 | 37.4% | $644 | 62.6% | 1 | 20 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 113 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,000 | $514 | 51.4% | $486 | 48.6% | 1 | 282 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 114 | The Mudge Boy | $605 | $295 | 48.8% | $310 | 51.2% | 1 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 115 | Distant | $525 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 116 | Two 2004 Re-release | $512 | $308 | 60.2% | $204 | 39.8% | 1 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Corporation | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 27 | Mongrel Media | - | false |
| - | Hukkle | - | $311 | - | - | - | 1 | 36 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | Kaena: The Prophecy 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| - | Godsend | - | $21,811 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | The Punisher | - | $18,082 | - | - | - | - | 14 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| - | Soul Plane | - | $44,782 | - | - | - | - | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong | - | $43,078 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Christal Films | - | false |
| - | The Ladykillers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
