| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $18,859,158 | $15,580,278 | 82.6% | $3,278,880 | 17.4% | 3,170 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $11,053,000 | $8,656,591 | 78.3% | $2,396,409 | 21.7% | 3,284 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 3 | Mr. 3000 | $10,324,021 | $8,679,028 | 84.1% | $1,644,993 | 15.9% | 2,736 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Wimbledon | $8,797,030 | $7,118,985 | 80.9% | $1,678,045 | 19.1% | 2,034 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Cellular | $8,496,841 | $6,900,000 | - | - | - | 2,749 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 6 | Without a Paddle | $4,435,488 | $3,631,754 | 81.9% | $803,734 | 18.1% | 2,610 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Hero | $3,733,288 | $3,000,000 | - | - | - | 1,926 | 4 | Miramax | - | true |
| 8 | Collateral | $2,969,956 | $2,265,532 | 76.3% | $704,424 | 23.7% | 1,605 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 9 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,856,343 | $2,286,541 | 80% | $569,802 | 20% | 1,024 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Bourne Supremacy | $2,354,380 | $1,816,910 | 77.2% | $537,470 | 22.8% | 1,236 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $2,286,216 | $1,943,265 | 85% | $342,951 | 15% | 1,902 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Garden State | $2,120,647 | $1,588,655 | 74.9% | $531,992 | 25.1% | 755 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Vanity Fair | $2,100,781 | $1,564,804 | - | - | - | 995 | 4 | Focus Features | - | true |
| 14 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $1,890,772 | $1,590,970 | 84.1% | $299,802 | 15.9% | 1,710 | 4 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 15 | Paparazzi | $1,768,172 | $1,330,394 | 75.2% | $437,778 | 24.8% | 1,467 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | Wicker Park | $1,297,516 | $1,005,718 | 77.5% | $291,798 | 22.5% | 1,444 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 17 | The Cookout | $1,132,562 | $934,398 | 82.5% | $198,164 | 17.5% | 851 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 18 | The Manchurian Candidate | $753,629 | $563,061 | 74.7% | $190,568 | 25.3% | 628 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | I, Robot | $689,538 | $541,457 | 78.5% | $148,081 | 21.5% | 978 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $663,319 | $509,495 | 76.8% | $153,824 | 23.2% | 705 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $586,408 | $531,212 | 90.6% | $55,196 | 9.4% | 941 | 4 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 22 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $520,684 | $339,222 | 65.2% | $181,462 | 34.8% | 88 | 33 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 23 | The Notebook | $488,728 | $350,219 | 71.7% | $138,509 | 28.3% | 390 | 13 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 24 | Alien vs. Predator | $443,045 | $342,407 | 77.3% | $100,638 | 22.7% | 524 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 25 | Silver City | $440,955 | $337,484 | - | - | - | 114 | 1 | Newmarket Films | - | true |
| 26 | Spider-Man 2 | $422,643 | $342,622 | 81.1% | $80,021 | 18.9% | 261 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 27 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $413,938 | $317,722 | 76.8% | $96,216 | 23.2% | 47 | 1 | Go Fish Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Gold Diggers | $403,164 | $403,164 | - | - | - | 1,062 | 1 | P&A Distributors | - | true |
| 29 | Maria Full of Grace | $379,886 | $281,230 | 74% | $98,656 | 26% | 125 | 10 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 30 | Open Water | $318,092 | $236,019 | 74.2% | $82,073 | 25.8% | 294 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 31 | The Village | $280,243 | $207,473 | 74% | $72,770 | 26% | 264 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Catwoman | $264,007 | $205,105 | 77.7% | $58,902 | 22.3% | 230 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Criminal | $254,741 | $186,807 | 73.3% | $67,934 | 26.7% | 87 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 34 | De-Lovely | $221,833 | $154,973 | 69.9% | $66,860 | 30.1% | 212 | 12 | United Artists | - | false |
| 35 | A Day Without a Mexican | $217,290 | $164,291 | 75.6% | $52,999 | 24.4% | 67 | 19 | Televisa Cine | - | false |
| 36 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $209,251 | $170,088 | 81.3% | $39,163 | 18.7% | 228 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $193,310 | $124,809 | 64.6% | $68,501 | 35.4% | 162 | 14 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 38 | Bright Young Things | $183,506 | $141,702 | 77.2% | $41,804 | 22.8% | 65 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 39 | Suspect Zero | $165,334 | $113,925 | 68.9% | $51,409 | 31.1% | 319 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Before Sunset | $152,472 | $119,867 | 78.6% | $32,605 | 21.4% | 87 | 12 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 41 | A Cinderella Story | $146,878 | $125,305 | 85.3% | $21,573 | 14.7% | 290 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 42 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $146,474 | $107,042 | 73.1% | $39,432 | 26.9% | 33 | 3 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 43 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $135,305 | $101,090 | 74.7% | $34,215 | 25.3% | 181 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $129,027 | $100,792 | 78.1% | $28,235 | 21.9% | 77 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 45 | Intimate Strangers | $128,287 | $97,876 | 76.3% | $30,411 | 23.7% | 72 | 8 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 46 | The Day After Tomorrow | $110,424 | $87,192 | 79% | $23,232 | 21% | 184 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 47 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $106,321 | $78,121 | 73.5% | $28,200 | 26.5% | 46 | 28 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $102,512 | $102,512 | 100% | $0 | - | 15 | 101 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 49 | Bugs! | $98,532 | $63,422 | 64.4% | $35,110 | 35.6% | 30 | 81 | SK Films | - | false |
| 50 | Red Lights | $87,494 | $68,066 | 77.8% | $19,428 | 22.2% | 18 | 5 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 51 | The Door in the Floor | $87,314 | $63,296 | 72.5% | $24,018 | 27.5% | 55 | 11 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 52 | Garfield: The Movie | $84,768 | $71,012 | 83.8% | $13,756 | 16.2% | 149 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | Mean Creek | $83,792 | $61,624 | 73.5% | $22,168 | 26.5% | 47 | 5 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 54 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $75,751 | $68,824 | 90.9% | $6,927 | 9.1% | 166 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | Space Station 3D | $75,135 | $3,717 | 5% | $71,418 | 95% | 14 | 127 | IMAX | - | false |
| 56 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $67,135 | $59,071 | 88% | $8,064 | 12% | 126 | 5 | Mulberry Square Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Head in the Clouds | $64,811 | $46,133 | 71.2% | $18,678 | 28.8% | 10 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Riding Giants | $63,703 | $41,980 | 65.9% | $21,723 | 34.1% | 39 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Festival Express | $59,868 | $39,609 | 66.2% | $20,259 | 33.8% | 37 | 9 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 60 | King Arthur | $56,723 | $40,259 | 71% | $16,464 | 29% | 65 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | Saints and Soldiers | $56,429 | $39,860 | 70.6% | $16,569 | 29.4% | 31 | 7 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $54,685 | $37,085 | 67.8% | $17,600 | 32.2% | 10 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 63 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $53,346 | $31,611 | 59.3% | $21,735 | 40.7% | 24 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 64 | Haunted Castle | $52,500 | $31,850 | 60.7% | $20,650 | 39.3% | 3 | 187 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | Rosenstrasse | $45,689 | $35,177 | 77% | $10,512 | 23% | 21 | 8 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 66 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $45,015 | $17,504 | 38.9% | $27,511 | 61.1% | 17 | 16 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 67 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $45,014 | $31,660 | 70.3% | $13,354 | 29.7% | 22 | 17 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 68 | Zelary | $41,010 | $29,002 | 70.7% | $12,008 | 29.3% | 6 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 69 | The Best Two Years | $39,702 | $21,158 | 53.3% | $18,544 | 46.7% | 8 | 31 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| 70 | A Dirty Shame | $39,201 | $29,384 | 75% | $9,817 | 25% | 1 | 1 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 71 | Super Size Me | $38,942 | $13,773 | 35.4% | $25,169 | 64.6% | 30 | 20 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 72 | When Will I Be Loved | $36,470 | $25,655 | 70.4% | $10,815 | 29.6% | 10 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 73 | The Brown Bunny | $35,393 | $21,713 | 61.4% | $13,680 | 38.6% | 12 | 4 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 74 | Control Room | $34,094 | $20,041 | 58.8% | $14,053 | 41.2% | 19 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $31,983 | $31,983 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 102 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 76 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $31,264 | $20,184 | 64.6% | $11,080 | 35.4% | 11 | 9 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 77 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $31,029 | $17,645 | 56.9% | $13,384 | 43.1% | 18 | 7 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 78 | Bush's Brain | $28,833 | $20,314 | 70.4% | $8,519 | 29.6% | 7 | 5 | Tartan | - | false |
| 79 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $26,899 | $17,794 | 66.2% | $9,105 | 33.8% | 25 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 80 | Testosterone | $24,905 | $17,973 | 72.2% | $6,932 | 27.8% | 3 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 81 | Nicotina | $22,723 | $13,545 | 59.6% | $9,178 | 40.4% | 12 | 5 | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 82 | Touch of Pink | $22,472 | $12,801 | 57% | $9,671 | 43% | 13 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 83 | A Home at the End of the World | $22,397 | $19,492 | 87% | $2,905 | 13% | 14 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 84 | Remember Me, My Love | $22,028 | $16,998 | 77.2% | $5,030 | 22.8% | 5 | 3 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 85 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $21,847 | $14,502 | 66.4% | $7,345 | 33.6% | 12 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 86 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $20,230 | $8,955 | 44.3% | $11,275 | 55.7% | 4 | 309 | IMAX | - | false |
| 87 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $19,955 | $8,283 | 41.5% | $11,672 | 58.5% | 9 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 88 | Incident at Loch Ness | $18,527 | $13,313 | 71.9% | $5,214 | 28.1% | 2 | 1 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 89 | Reconstruction | $17,668 | $12,628 | 71.5% | $5,040 | 28.5% | 4 | 2 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | Alien Adventure | $15,000 | $9,150 | 61% | $5,850 | 39% | 2 | 266 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $12,801 | $7,836 | 61.2% | $4,965 | 38.8% | 9 | 15 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 92 | Bukowski: Born into This | $12,702 | $5,317 | 41.9% | $7,385 | 58.1% | 4 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $11,277 | $7,065 | 62.6% | $4,212 | 37.4% | 19 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 94 | Malevolence | $11,223 | $10,294 | 91.7% | $929 | 8.3% | 2 | 2 | Painted Zebra Productions Inc. | - | false |
| 95 | The Hunting of the President | $10,637 | $8,346 | 78.5% | $2,291 | 21.5% | 11 | 14 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 96 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $10,388 | $6,624 | 63.8% | $3,764 | 36.2% | 23 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 97 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $10,351 | $6,841 | 66.1% | $3,510 | 33.9% | 6 | 15 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 98 | The Clearing | $9,475 | $6,163 | 65% | $3,312 | 35% | 9 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 99 | Cowboys and Angels | $9,326 | $6,328 | 67.8% | $2,998 | 32.2% | 5 | 1 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 100 | The Mother | $9,295 | $6,920 | 74.4% | $2,375 | 25.6% | 9 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 101 | Crutch | $9,250 | $6,245 | 67.5% | $3,005 | 32.5% | 1 | 1 | Illuminare Entertainment | - | false |
| 102 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $9,083 | $6,133 | 67.5% | $2,950 | 32.5% | 10 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 103 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $8,911 | $6,868 | 77.1% | $2,043 | 22.9% | 6 | 21 | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| 104 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $7,898 | $5,322 | 67.4% | $2,576 | 32.6% | 1 | 1 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 105 | Grand Champion | $7,555 | $4,189 | 55.4% | $3,366 | 44.6% | 13 | 4 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | - | false |
| 106 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $7,435 | $3,340 | 44.9% | $4,095 | 55.1% | 3 | 57 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 107 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $7,298 | $3,864 | 53% | $3,434 | 47% | 2 | 14 | First Run | - | false |
| 108 | Facing Windows | $7,088 | $4,640 | 65.5% | $2,448 | 34.5% | 7 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 109 | The Take | $7,000 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 110 | She Hate Me | $6,819 | $4,526 | 66.4% | $2,293 | 33.6% | 12 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 111 | Merci Dr Rey! | $6,751 | $5,184 | 76.8% | $1,567 | 23.2% | 2 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 112 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $5,593 | $3,710 | 66.3% | $1,883 | 33.7% | 5 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 113 | The Young Black Stallion | $5,570 | $5,570 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 40 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 114 | Particles of Truth | $5,348 | $5,348 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 115 | A Letter to True | $5,255 | $3,455 | 65.8% | $1,800 | 34.2% | 1 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 116 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $5,242 | $2,639 | 50.3% | $2,603 | 49.7% | 3 | 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 117 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $4,556 | $3,334 | 73.2% | $1,222 | 26.8% | 1 | 76 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $4,268 | $2,570 | 60.2% | $1,698 | 39.8% | 1 | 5 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 119 | The Inheritance | $3,973 | $2,985 | 75.1% | $988 | 24.9% | 2 | 11 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 120 | You'll Get Over It | $3,646 | $2,813 | 77.2% | $833 | 22.8% | 1 | 14 | Picture This! Entertainment | - | false |
| 121 | China: The Panda Adventure | $3,612 | $1,922 | 53.2% | $1,690 | 46.8% | 2 | 172 | IMAX | - | false |
| 122 | Love Me If You Dare | $3,166 | $1,592 | 50.3% | $1,574 | 49.7% | 6 | 18 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 123 | Chooch | $2,949 | $2,841 | 96.3% | $108 | 3.7% | 2 | 4 | Artistic License | - | false |
| 124 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,907 | $2,087 | 71.8% | $820 | 28.2% | 6 | 15 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 125 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,863 | $1,686 | 58.9% | $1,177 | 41.1% | 1 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 126 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $2,314 | $1,602 | 69.2% | $712 | 30.8% | 1 | 29 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 127 | The Five Obstructions | $2,180 | $1,360 | 62.4% | $820 | 37.6% | 1 | 18 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 128 | Gozu | $1,984 | $1,238 | 62.4% | $746 | 37.6% | 1 | 8 | Pathfinder Pictures | - | false |
| 129 | Godzilla | $1,955 | $1,505 | 77% | $450 | 23% | 2 | 20 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 130 | Father and Son | $1,668 | $523 | 31.4% | $1,145 | 68.6% | 3 | 14 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 131 | Strayed | $1,542 | $1,086 | 70.4% | $456 | 29.6% | 1 | 19 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 132 | L.A. Twister | $1,318 | $806 | 61.2% | $512 | 38.8% | 1 | 6 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 133 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,295 | $1,100 | 84.9% | $195 | 15.1% | 1 | 291 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 134 | Imelda | $1,240 | $1,239 | 99.9% | $1 | <0.1% | 1 | 16 | Unico Entertainment | - | false |
| 135 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $963 | $536 | 55.7% | $427 | 44.3% | 1 | 5 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 136 | Twist | $513 | $404 | 78.8% | $109 | 21.2% | 1 | 18 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 137 | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 2004 Re-release | $158 | $158 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 6 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Two Men Went to War | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bright Leaves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Hukkle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Stepford Wives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Distant | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | The Burial Society | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Proteus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
