| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $24,085,989 | $18,054,001 | 75% | $6,031,988 | 25% | 2,803 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Without a Paddle | $19,157,229 | $13,528,946 | 70.6% | $5,628,283 | 29.4% | 2,730 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $18,815,585 | $13,051,560 | 69.4% | $5,764,025 | 30.6% | 3,490 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Alien vs. Predator | $16,713,013 | $12,409,624 | 74.2% | $4,303,389 | 25.8% | 3,401 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Open Water | $15,421,309 | $11,800,000 | - | - | - | 2,709 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | true |
| 6 | Collateral | $14,123,220 | $10,156,357 | 71.9% | $3,966,863 | 28.1% | 3,029 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 7 | The Bourne Supremacy | $9,178,490 | $6,469,275 | 70.5% | $2,709,215 | 29.5% | 2,532 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Manchurian Candidate | $5,647,803 | $4,017,560 | 71.1% | $1,630,243 | 28.9% | 1,920 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Village | $5,291,610 | $3,722,806 | 70.4% | $1,568,804 | 29.6% | 2,249 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Garden State | $4,576,358 | $3,020,555 | 66% | $1,555,803 | 34% | 652 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $4,489,735 | $3,245,167 | 72.3% | $1,244,568 | 27.7% | 2,411 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Spider-Man 2 | $3,489,710 | $2,421,434 | 69.4% | $1,068,276 | 30.6% | 1,343 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | I, Robot | $3,408,259 | $2,408,877 | 70.7% | $999,382 | 29.3% | 1,609 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,972,993 | $1,787,873 | 60.1% | $1,185,120 | 39.9% | 577 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Little Black Book | $2,292,741 | $1,517,423 | 66.2% | $775,318 | 33.8% | 1,640 | 3 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 16 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $2,171,459 | $1,512,000 | - | - | - | 877 | 1 | Mulberry Square Releasing | - | true |
| 17 | The Notebook | $1,262,797 | $774,126 | 61.3% | $488,671 | 38.7% | 621 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 18 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $961,587 | $596,499 | 62% | $365,088 | 38% | 446 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 19 | De-Lovely | $866,764 | $561,938 | 64.8% | $304,826 | 35.2% | 317 | 8 | United Artists | - | false |
| 20 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $799,247 | $489,985 | 61.3% | $309,262 | 38.7% | 401 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 21 | Maria Full of Grace | $681,030 | $458,426 | 67.3% | $222,604 | 32.7% | 117 | 6 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 22 | Shrek 2 | $673,453 | $422,786 | 62.8% | $250,667 | 37.2% | 435 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 23 | Catwoman | $600,671 | $386,319 | 64.3% | $214,352 | 35.7% | 444 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | Nicotina | $587,846 | $446,768 | 76% | $141,078 | 24% | 96 | 1 | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $565,610 | $353,507 | 62.5% | $212,103 | 37.5% | 248 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | A Cinderella Story | $431,758 | $270,126 | 62.6% | $161,632 | 37.4% | 435 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $431,378 | $282,594 | 65.5% | $148,784 | 34.5% | 283 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 28 | King Arthur | $397,315 | $235,431 | 59.3% | $161,884 | 40.7% | 287 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Garfield: The Movie | $391,667 | $248,958 | 63.6% | $142,709 | 36.4% | 293 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 30 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $375,780 | $241,442 | 64.2% | $134,338 | 35.8% | 322 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 31 | Intimate Strangers | $357,990 | $261,307 | 73% | $96,683 | 27% | 75 | 4 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 32 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $309,967 | $192,032 | 62% | $117,935 | 38% | 56 | 24 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $306,351 | $184,152 | 60.1% | $122,199 | 39.9% | 37 | 29 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 34 | The Day After Tomorrow | $303,990 | $207,237 | 68.2% | $96,753 | 31.8% | 233 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 35 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $292,049 | $192,472 | 65.9% | $99,577 | 34.1% | 29 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 36 | Before Sunset | $261,566 | $171,309 | 65.5% | $90,257 | 34.5% | 113 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 37 | The Door in the Floor | $257,998 | $179,571 | 69.6% | $78,427 | 30.4% | 112 | 7 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 38 | The Stepford Wives | $230,980 | $150,371 | 65.1% | $80,609 | 34.9% | 206 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Bugs! | $219,114 | $132,681 | 60.6% | $86,433 | 39.4% | 31 | 77 | SK Films | - | false |
| 40 | Around the World in 80 Days | $202,936 | $134,453 | 66.2% | $68,483 | 33.8% | 193 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Riding Giants | $202,880 | $128,787 | 63.5% | $74,093 | 36.5% | 64 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 42 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $164,496 | $108,394 | 65.9% | $56,102 | 34.1% | 55 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 43 | Space Station 3D | $162,941 | $113,589 | 69.7% | $49,352 | 30.3% | 8 | 123 | IMAX | - | false |
| 44 | A Home at the End of the World | $131,971 | $82,380 | 62.4% | $49,591 | 37.6% | 51 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 45 | The Terminal | $128,917 | $87,237 | 67.7% | $41,680 | 32.3% | 153 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 46 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $111,945 | $111,945 | 100% | $0 | - | 17 | 97 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 47 | Thunderbirds | $109,180 | $67,185 | 61.5% | $41,995 | 38.5% | 171 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Festival Express | $107,246 | $61,887 | 57.7% | $45,359 | 42.3% | 26 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 49 | Saints and Soldiers | $103,390 | $63,375 | 61.3% | $40,015 | 38.7% | 27 | 3 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $92,882 | $56,054 | 60.4% | $36,828 | 39.6% | 27 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 51 | Mean Girls | $86,337 | $54,919 | 63.6% | $31,418 | 36.4% | 79 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Code 46 | $82,880 | $54,385 | 65.6% | $28,495 | 34.4% | 21 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 53 | Control Room | $78,034 | $40,060 | 51.3% | $37,974 | 48.7% | 36 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $77,279 | $58,029 | 75.1% | $19,250 | 24.9% | 17 | 3 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 55 | She Hate Me | $73,086 | $49,594 | 67.9% | $23,492 | 32.1% | 28 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 56 | Super Size Me | $71,613 | $39,253 | 54.8% | $32,360 | 45.2% | 39 | 16 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 57 | Bright Young Things | $66,780 | $46,926 | 70.3% | $19,854 | 29.7% | 3 | 1 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 58 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $61,548 | $35,412 | 57.5% | $26,136 | 42.5% | 24 | 12 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 59 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $54,588 | $33,626 | 61.6% | $20,962 | 38.4% | 11 | 13 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 60 | Raising Helen | $52,183 | $33,097 | 63.4% | $19,086 | 36.6% | 65 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $50,564 | $26,770 | 52.9% | $23,794 | 47.1% | 5 | 305 | IMAX | - | false |
| 62 | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi | $47,760 | $35,362 | 74% | $12,398 | 26% | 24 | 4 | Zee Cinema | - | false |
| 63 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $47,458 | $47,458 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 98 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 64 | The Clearing | $45,384 | $31,149 | 68.6% | $14,235 | 31.4% | 36 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | Mean Creek | $44,148 | $29,170 | 66.1% | $14,978 | 33.9% | 4 | 1 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $41,690 | $31,481 | 75.5% | $10,209 | 24.5% | 7 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 67 | Haunted Castle | $36,672 | $17,885 | 48.8% | $18,787 | 51.2% | 3 | 183 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $36,106 | $21,264 | 58.9% | $14,842 | 41.1% | 9 | 5 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 69 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $35,386 | $21,299 | 60.2% | $14,087 | 39.8% | 26 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 70 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $31,792 | $18,422 | 58% | $13,370 | 42% | 1 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Touch of Pink | $30,325 | $20,506 | 67.6% | $9,819 | 32.4% | 16 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | Man on Fire | $29,641 | $23,302 | 78.6% | $6,339 | 21.4% | 31 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 73 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $26,405 | $14,321 | 54.2% | $12,084 | 45.8% | 8 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 74 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $25,032 | $17,223 | 68.8% | $7,809 | 31.2% | 10 | 11 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 75 | The Best Two Years | $24,954 | $10,084 | 40.4% | $14,870 | 59.6% | 9 | 27 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| 76 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $20,901 | $13,411 | 64.2% | $7,490 | 35.8% | 9 | 11 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 77 | Imelda | $19,700 | $14,382 | 73% | $5,318 | 27% | 4 | 12 | Unico Entertainment | - | false |
| 78 | Facing Windows | $18,245 | $10,284 | 56.4% | $7,961 | 43.6% | 7 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 79 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $17,336 | $10,020 | 57.8% | $7,316 | 42.2% | 1 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 80 | Last Life in the Universe | $16,577 | $9,097 | 54.9% | $7,480 | 45.1% | 4 | 3 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | Bush's Brain | $15,451 | $11,927 | 77.2% | $3,524 | 22.8% | 4 | 1 | Tartan | - | false |
| 82 | Johnson Family Vacation | $14,075 | $11,116 | 79% | $2,959 | 21% | 21 | 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Alien Adventure | $12,588 | $9,000 | 71.5% | $3,588 | 28.5% | 2 | 262 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | Home on the Range | $11,472 | $7,364 | 64.2% | $4,108 | 35.8% | 8 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 85 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $10,222 | $6,707 | 65.6% | $3,515 | 34.4% | 4 | 72 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | The Hunting of the President | $9,555 | $7,229 | 75.7% | $2,326 | 24.3% | 8 | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | $9,550 | $5,193 | 54.4% | $4,357 | 45.6% | 4 | 2 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Cowards Bend the Knee | $8,490 | $5,570 | 65.6% | $2,920 | 34.4% | 1 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 89 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $8,393 | $5,281 | 62.9% | $3,112 | 37.1% | 1 | 1 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 90 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $7,668 | $4,909 | 64% | $2,759 | 36% | 2 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 91 | Bukowski: Born into This | $7,413 | $4,789 | 64.6% | $2,624 | 35.4% | 4 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $6,816 | $4,420 | 64.8% | $2,396 | 35.2% | 4 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 93 | The Young Black Stallion | $6,660 | $4,078 | 61.2% | $2,582 | 38.8% | 4 | 36 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 94 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $6,067 | $4,054 | 66.8% | $2,013 | 33.2% | 7 | 11 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 95 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $5,420 | $2,288 | 42.2% | $3,132 | 57.8% | 6 | 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 96 | The Mother | $5,102 | $3,752 | 73.5% | $1,350 | 26.5% | 6 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 97 | Red Lights | $5,024 | $3,202 | 63.7% | $1,822 | 36.3% | 1 | 1 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 98 | The Corporation | $4,868 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | Mongrel Media | - | false |
| 99 | Gozu | $4,141 | $2,706 | 65.4% | $1,435 | 34.6% | 2 | 4 | Pathfinder Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Godzilla | $3,989 | $2,497 | 62.6% | $1,492 | 37.4% | 2 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | Bright Leaves | $3,650 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 102 | Distant | $3,549 | $3,549 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 24 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 103 | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 2004 Re-release | $3,139 | $1,475 | 47% | $1,664 | 53% | 1 | 2 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 104 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $3,099 | $1,757 | 56.7% | $1,342 | 43.3% | 2 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 105 | Twist | $2,949 | $2,092 | 70.9% | $857 | 29.1% | 1 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 106 | L.A. Twister | $2,818 | $1,920 | 68.1% | $898 | 31.9% | 2 | 2 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Father and Son | $2,738 | $1,799 | 65.7% | $939 | 34.3% | 2 | 10 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 108 | China: The Panda Adventure | $2,588 | $1,652 | 63.8% | $936 | 36.2% | 2 | 168 | IMAX | - | false |
| 109 | Baadasssss! | $2,578 | $1,621 | 62.9% | $957 | 37.1% | 7 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 110 | The Five Obstructions | $2,345 | $1,455 | 62% | $890 | 38% | 1 | 14 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 111 | Love Me If You Dare | $1,970 | $1,030 | 52.3% | $940 | 47.7% | 5 | 14 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 112 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $1,960 | $1,960 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| 113 | Shaolin Soccer | $1,670 | $942 | 56.4% | $728 | 43.6% | 5 | 21 | Miramax | - | false |
| 114 | I'm Not Scared | $1,653 | $566 | 34.2% | $1,087 | 65.8% | 5 | 20 | Miramax | - | false |
| 115 | A Day Without a Mexican | $1,467 | $1,423 | 97% | $44 | 3% | 1 | 15 | Televisa Cine | - | false |
| 116 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,392 | $800 | 57.5% | $592 | 42.5% | 1 | 287 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 117 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,380 | $1,380 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 33 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine | $1,377 | $449 | 32.6% | $928 | 67.4% | 1 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 119 | Valentin 2003 Re-release | $1,145 | $540 | 47.2% | $605 | 52.8% | 1 | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| 120 | Strayed | $750 | $750 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 121 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | $701 | $438 | 62.5% | $263 | 37.5% | 8 | 19 | Miramax | - | false |
| 122 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $478 | $114 | 23.8% | $364 | 76.2% | 1 | 53 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | Rosenstrasse | - | $45,024 | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| - | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| - | This Old Cub | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Van Helsing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Chronicles of Riddick | - | $37,456 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Return | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Proteus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
