Domestic 2004 Week 35
August 27-September 2, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Hero | $23,722,503 | - | 2,031 | - | $11,680 | $23,722,503 | 1 | Miramax |
| 2 | - | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $15,852,278 | - | 2,905 | - | $5,456 | $15,852,278 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 3 | 2 | Without a Paddle | $11,682,763 | -39% | 2,730 | - | $4,279 | $30,839,992 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $10,981,714 | -41.6% | 3,331 | -159 | $3,296 | $77,963,474 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 1 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $9,449,191 | -60.8% | 2,813 | +10 | $3,359 | $33,535,180 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 6 | Collateral | $8,728,121 | -38.2% | 2,728 | -301 | $3,199 | $82,416,392 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | 4 | Alien vs. Predator | $6,585,918 | -60.6% | 2,880 | -521 | $2,286 | $73,851,542 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 5 | Open Water | $6,575,481 | -57.4% | 2,709 | - | $2,427 | $25,077,697 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 9 | 7 | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,352,370 | -30.8% | 2,079 | -453 | $3,055 | $159,455,100 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | - | Suspect Zero | $4,705,540 | - | 1,500 | - | $3,137 | $4,705,540 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | - | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $4,282,318 | - | 1,276 | - | $3,356 | $4,282,318 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 12 | 10 | Garden State | $4,056,275 | -11.4% | 745 | +93 | $5,444 | $12,122,082 | 6 | - |
| 13 | 8 | The Manchurian Candidate | $3,734,077 | -33.9% | 1,484 | -436 | $2,516 | $59,907,567 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $3,159,981 | +6.3% | 706 | +129 | $4,475 | $23,456,682 | 12 | - |
| 15 | 9 | The Village | $2,497,193 | -52.8% | 1,560 | -689 | $1,600 | $111,115,069 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 12 | Spider-Man 2 | $2,126,658 | -39.1% | 1,186 | -157 | $1,793 | $368,368,396 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 11 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $1,808,467 | -59.7% | 2,120 | -291 | $853 | $18,567,040 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 13 | I, Robot | $1,673,715 | -50.9% | 1,003 | -606 | $1,668 | $140,966,087 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | - | Vanity Fair | $1,137,735 | - | 1,001 | - | $1,136 | $1,137,736 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 17 | The Notebook | $1,045,799 | -17.2% | 481 | -140 | $2,174 | $77,653,416 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | 22 | Shrek 2 | $901,107 | +33.8% | - | - | - | $437,622,810 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 22 | 16 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $829,842 | -61.8% | 759 | -118 | $1,093 | $3,001,301 | 2 | - |
| 23 | 15 | Little Black Book | $823,246 | -64.1% | 767 | -873 | $1,073 | $20,026,493 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 24 | 19 | De-Lovely | $750,235 | -13.4% | 307 | -10 | $2,443 | $11,831,210 | 9 | United Artists |
| 25 | 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $669,269 | +18.3% | 391 | +143 | $1,711 | $247,782,190 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 21 | Maria Full of Grace | $544,244 | -20.1% | 123 | +6 | $4,424 | $4,082,766 | 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 27 | 18 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $517,603 | -46.2% | 312 | -134 | $1,658 | $117,643,813 | 11 | Lionsgate Films |
| 28 | 35 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $494,221 | +69.2% | 90 | +61 | $5,491 | $934,640 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 29 | 33 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $318,379 | +3.9% | 40 | +3 | $7,959 | $2,606,154 | 30 | - |
| 30 | 31 | Intimate Strangers | $305,403 | -14.7% | 91 | +16 | $3,356 | $1,220,610 | 5 | Paramount Classics |
| 31 | 20 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $297,784 | -62.7% | 170 | -231 | $1,751 | $17,934,718 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 32 | 27 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $292,580 | -32.2% | 247 | -36 | $1,184 | $113,446,422 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 24 | Nicotina | $274,906 | -53.2% | 96 | - | $2,863 | $862,752 | 2 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 34 | 28 | King Arthur | $267,581 | -32.7% | 237 | -50 | $1,129 | $51,432,872 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | 29 | Garfield: The Movie | $223,486 | -42.9% | 236 | -57 | $946 | $74,771,674 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 32 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $218,912 | -29.4% | 56 | - | $3,909 | $18,180,880 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 30 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $205,759 | -45.2% | - | - | - | $84,477,006 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 38 | 26 | A Cinderella Story | $198,905 | -53.9% | 203 | -232 | $979 | $50,610,209 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 36 | Before Sunset | $188,377 | -28% | 88 | -25 | $2,140 | $4,838,714 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 40 | 43 | Space Station 3D | $174,217 | +6.9% | 9 | +1 | $19,357 | $54,203,502 | 124 | IMAX |
| 41 | 37 | The Door in the Floor | $165,043 | -36% | 83 | -29 | $1,988 | $3,422,580 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 42 | 23 | Catwoman | $164,306 | -72.6% | 166 | -278 | $989 | $39,429,384 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 34 | The Day After Tomorrow | $163,831 | -46.1% | 178 | -55 | $920 | $186,245,352 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 115 | A Day Without a Mexican | $150,344 | +10,148.4% | 42 | +41 | $3,579 | $3,398,430 | 16 | Televisa Cine |
| 45 | 41 | Riding Giants | $143,456 | -29.3% | 62 | -2 | $2,313 | $1,904,582 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 39 | Bugs! | $128,244 | -41.5% | 31 | - | $4,136 | $12,576,883 | 78 | SK Films |
| 47 | 38 | The Stepford Wives | $127,742 | -44.7% | 133 | -73 | $960 | $59,385,091 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 48 | - | The Five of Us | $127,360 | - | - | - | - | $127,360 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 49 | - | Dhoom | $127,114 | - | 32 | - | $3,972 | $127,114 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 50 | 65 | Mean Creek | $121,227 | +174.6% | 23 | +19 | $5,270 | $165,375 | 2 | Paramount Classics |
| 51 | 48 | Festival Express | $118,113 | +10.1% | 34 | +8 | $3,473 | $688,639 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 52 | - | Rosenstrasse | $106,620 | - | 21 | +11 | $5,077 | $175,407 | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 53 | - | Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse | $105,772 | - | - | - | - | $105,772 | 1 | - |
| 54 | 46 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $105,487 | -5.8% | 17 | - | $6,205 | $7,863,740 | 98 | Giant Screen Films |
| 55 | 44 | A Home at the End of the World | $91,925 | -30.3% | 54 | +3 | $1,702 | $916,167 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 56 | 40 | Around the World in 80 Days | $88,774 | -56.3% | 116 | -77 | $765 | $23,932,508 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | 58 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $83,034 | +34.9% | 36 | +12 | $2,306 | $1,543,340 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 58 | 59 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $76,216 | +39.6% | 16 | +5 | $4,763 | $444,699 | 14 | Newmarket Films |
| 59 | 49 | Saints and Soldiers | $74,183 | -28.2% | 26 | -1 | $2,853 | $510,732 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 60 | - | The Brown Bunny | $74,158 | - | 3 | - | $24,719 | $74,158 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 61 | 50 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $73,505 | -20.9% | 26 | -1 | $2,827 | $1,460,427 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 62 | 45 | The Terminal | $71,020 | -44.9% | - | - | - | $77,144,979 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 63 | 66 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $65,908 | +58.1% | 18 | +11 | $3,661 | $122,396 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 64 | 42 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $65,637 | -60.1% | 39 | -16 | $1,683 | $706,292 | 6 | Miramax |
| 65 | 75 | The Best Two Years | $64,013 | +156.5% | 21 | +12 | $3,048 | $1,027,368 | 28 | - |
| 66 | 56 | Super Size Me | $62,872 | -12.2% | 40 | +1 | $1,571 | $11,364,582 | 17 | IDP Distribution |
| 67 | 53 | Control Room | $54,717 | -29.9% | 29 | -7 | $1,886 | $2,394,193 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 57 | Bright Young Things | $53,712 | -19.6% | 5 | +2 | $10,742 | $120,492 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 69 | 92 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $51,629 | +657.5% | 24 | +20 | $2,151 | $78,410 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 70 | - | Phir Milenge | $48,370 | - | 27 | - | $1,791 | $48,370 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 71 | 63 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $44,857 | -5.5% | 8 | - | $5,607 | $7,295,534 | 99 | Giant Screen Films |
| 72 | 67 | Haunted Castle | $44,567 | +21.5% | 3 | - | $14,855 | $8,929,217 | 184 | - |
| 73 | 54 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $42,017 | -45.6% | 17 | - | $2,471 | $311,016 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 74 | 61 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $39,570 | -21.7% | 3 | -2 | $13,190 | $49,121,957 | 306 | IMAX |
| 75 | 52 | Code 46 | $39,045 | -52.9% | 15 | -6 | $2,603 | $210,143 | 4 | United Artists |
| 76 | 70 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $34,920 | +9.8% | 4 | +3 | $8,730 | $66,712 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 77 | 69 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $33,651 | -4.9% | 29 | +3 | $1,160 | $1,161,960 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 78 | 55 | She Hate Me | $33,145 | -54.6% | 19 | -9 | $1,744 | $305,005 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 51 | Mean Girls | $27,440 | -68.2% | 79 | - | $347 | $86,033,164 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 80 | 64 | The Clearing | $26,039 | -42.6% | 23 | -13 | $1,132 | $5,715,977 | 9 | - |
| 81 | 81 | Bush's Brain | $22,337 | +44.6% | 6 | +2 | $3,722 | $37,788 | 2 | Tartan |
| 82 | 73 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $22,320 | -15.5% | 12 | +4 | $1,860 | $2,322,755 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 83 | 68 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $17,683 | -51% | 9 | - | $1,964 | $171,248 | 6 | Vitagraph Films |
| 84 | 86 | The Hunting of the President | $17,308 | +81.1% | 10 | +2 | $1,730 | $296,927 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 85 | 76 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $17,155 | -17.9% | 6 | -3 | $2,859 | $238,564 | 12 | Dada Films |
| 86 | - | Chooch | $14,887 | - | 3 | - | $4,962 | $14,887 | 1 | Artistic License |
| 87 | 71 | Touch of Pink | $14,688 | -51.6% | 10 | -6 | $1,468 | $464,134 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | 83 | Alien Adventure | $14,100 | +12% | 2 | - | $7,050 | $4,503,498 | 263 | - |
| 89 | 104 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $13,998 | +351.7% | 6 | +4 | $2,333 | $105,445 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 74 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $13,470 | -46.2% | 7 | -3 | $1,924 | $286,574 | 12 | Wellspring Media |
| 91 | 100 | Godzilla | $13,261 | +232.4% | 4 | +2 | $3,315 | $385,685 | 17 | Rialto Pictures |
| 92 | 95 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $13,214 | +143.8% | 8 | +2 | $1,651 | $508,739 | 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 93 | 60 | Raising Helen | $12,979 | -75.1% | 20 | -45 | $648 | $37,483,652 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 94 | 78 | Facing Windows | $11,413 | -37.4% | 8 | +1 | $1,426 | $497,891 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 77 | Imelda | $10,837 | -45% | 3 | -1 | $3,612 | $151,294 | 13 | Unico Entertainment |
| 96 | - | This Old Cub | $10,735 | - | 2 | - | $5,367 | $265,454 | 23 | Emerging Pictures |
| 97 | 79 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $10,394 | -40% | 1 | - | $10,394 | $27,730 | 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 98 | - | Proteus | $9,677 | - | 2 | - | $4,838 | $35,762 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 99 | 85 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $9,489 | -7.2% | 4 | - | $2,372 | $16,464,289 | 73 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 100 | - | The Return | $8,882 | - | 5 | - | $1,776 | $500,146 | 30 | Kino International |
| 101 | 101 | Bright Leaves | $8,375 | +129.5% | 1 | - | $8,375 | $12,025 | 2 | First Run |
| 102 | 72 | Man on Fire | $7,218 | -75.6% | 11 | -20 | $656 | $77,908,522 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 103 | 96 | The Mother | $6,682 | +31% | 5 | -1 | $1,336 | $871,515 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 104 | 89 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $5,622 | -33% | 1 | - | $5,622 | $14,015 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 105 | 112 | Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $5,255 | +168.1% | 3 | +2 | $1,751 | $596,825 | 18 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 106 | 106 | L.A. Twister | $5,072 | +80% | 4 | +2 | $1,268 | $16,714 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 107 | - | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $4,862 | - | 1 | - | $4,862 | $59,041 | 11 | First Run |
| 108 | 82 | Johnson Family Vacation | $4,425 | -68.6% | 11 | -10 | $402 | $31,201,582 | 22 | - |
| 109 | 110 | The Five Obstructions | $3,347 | +42.7% | 1 | - | $3,347 | $133,959 | 15 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 110 | - | My Wife Maurice 2004 Re-release | $3,336 | - | 1 | - | $3,336 | $3,336 | 1 | TLA Releasing |
| 111 | - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $3,282 | - | 1 | - | $3,282 | $82,246 | 26 | Indican Pictures |
| 112 | 93 | The Young Black Stallion | $3,247 | -51.2% | 2 | -2 | $1,623 | $6,508,809 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 113 | 102 | Distant | $3,134 | -11.7% | 1 | - | $3,134 | $87,659 | 25 | New Yorker Films |
| 114 | 94 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $3,070 | -49.4% | 6 | -1 | $511 | $324,170 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 115 | 97 | Red Lights | $2,978 | -40.7% | 1 | - | $2,978 | $8,002 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 116 | - | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,929 | - | 2 | - | $1,464 | $11,284 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 117 | 108 | China: The Panda Adventure | $2,171 | -16.1% | 3 | +1 | $723 | $3,852,860 | 169 | IMAX |
| 118 | 120 | Strayed | $1,928 | +157.1% | 1 | - | $1,928 | $466,337 | 16 | Wellspring Media |
| 119 | 87 | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | $1,752 | -81.7% | 2 | -2 | $876 | $40,919 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 120 | 105 | Twist | $1,741 | -41% | 1 | - | $1,741 | $43,750 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 121 | 117 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,641 | +18.9% | 1 | - | $1,641 | $811,567 | 34 | Rialto Pictures |
| 122 | 80 | Last Life in the Universe | $1,279 | -92.3% | 2 | -2 | $639 | $32,014 | 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 123 | - | Brothers in Arms | $1,257 | - | 1 | - | $1,257 | $945 | 1 | First Run |
| 124 | 116 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,100 | -21% | 1 | - | $1,100 | $7,011,107 | 288 | - |
| 125 | 109 | Baadasssss! | $1,023 | -60.3% | 3 | -4 | $341 | $365,727 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 126 | 111 | Love Me If You Dare | $937 | -52.4% | 3 | -2 | $312 | $541,552 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 127 | 107 | Father and Son | $735 | -73.2% | 1 | -1 | $735 | $34,779 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 128 | 114 | I'm Not Scared | $322 | -80.5% | 2 | -3 | $161 | $1,615,328 | 21 | Miramax |
