Domestic 2004 Week 40
October 1-7, 2004
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Shark Tale | $56,019,976 | - | 4,016 | - | $13,949 | $56,019,976 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | - | Ladder 49 | $27,920,643 | - | 3,260 | - | $8,564 | $27,920,643 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | The Forgotten | $14,850,855 | -43.5% | 3,144 | +40 | $4,723 | $41,115,645 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | 2 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $4,278,930 | -49.4% | 2,721 | -449 | $1,572 | $31,590,729 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 7 | Shaun of the Dead | $3,296,969 | -26% | 645 | +38 | $5,111 | $7,749,390 | 2 | Rogue Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Mr. 3000 | $3,137,001 | -49.8% | 2,239 | -497 | $1,401 | $19,711,879 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $3,040,402 | -42.5% | 1,986 | -850 | $1,530 | $47,757,786 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 8 | - | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $2,910,448 | - | 408 | - | $7,133 | $2,910,448 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | First Daughter | $2,724,088 | -45.2% | 2,280 | +20 | $1,194 | $7,690,822 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 6 | Cellular | $2,569,986 | -45.7% | 2,020 | -743 | $1,272 | $28,713,420 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | 8 | Wimbledon | $2,268,125 | -47.3% | 1,705 | -334 | $1,330 | $15,366,680 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,812,507 | -21.5% | 855 | -169 | $2,119 | $38,035,502 | 17 | - |
| 13 | 10 | Hero | $1,626,779 | -44.4% | 1,140 | -573 | $1,426 | $51,541,397 | 6 | Miramax |
| 14 | 9 | Without a Paddle | $1,560,223 | -48.1% | 1,439 | -880 | $1,084 | $55,693,477 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 32 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,527,306 | +497.1% | 67 | +64 | $22,795 | $1,783,111 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 16 | 14 | Garden State | $1,068,798 | -28.2% | 428 | -237 | $2,497 | $23,984,156 | 11 | - |
| 17 | 12 | Collateral | $941,486 | -52.1% | 802 | -485 | $1,173 | $99,580,042 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 18 | 13 | The Bourne Supremacy | $833,385 | -49.1% | 604 | -423 | $1,379 | $173,457,530 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | - | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $621,079 | - | 609 | - | $1,019 | $621,079 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 20 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $596,697 | +3.3% | 122 | +8 | $4,890 | $5,163,023 | 35 | - |
| 21 | - | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $465,432 | - | 32 | - | $14,544 | $465,423 | 1 | - |
| 22 | 16 | Vanity Fair | $440,226 | -60.4% | 331 | -664 | $1,329 | $15,670,300 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 23 | - | I Heart Huckabees | $410,181 | - | 4 | - | $102,545 | $410,181 | 1 | - |
| 24 | 17 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $385,082 | -58.8% | 412 | -642 | $934 | $31,422,255 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 25 | 15 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $378,596 | -69.9% | 609 | -799 | $621 | $93,874,075 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 19 | A Dirty Shame | $374,908 | -39.8% | 131 | -2 | $2,861 | $1,037,049 | 3 | Fine Line Features |
| 27 | - | Going Upriver | $371,316 | - | 163 | - | $2,278 | $371,316 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 28 | 31 | I, Robot | $255,325 | -8% | 253 | -92 | $1,009 | $143,692,290 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 25 | The Notebook | $244,352 | -28% | 245 | -78 | $997 | $80,396,879 | 15 | New Line Cinema |
| 30 | 30 | Maria Full of Grace | $243,321 | -13.7% | 122 | -3 | $1,994 | $5,964,457 | 12 | Fine Line Features |
| 31 | 23 | Spider-Man 2 | $230,409 | -37.2% | 182 | -32 | $1,265 | $371,845,578 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | 21 | The Cookout | $181,566 | -65.2% | 206 | -319 | $881 | $11,506,569 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 33 | 18 | Paparazzi | $161,246 | -76.6% | 244 | -488 | $660 | $15,593,054 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 28 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $156,709 | -51.3% | 188 | -398 | $833 | $9,219,388 | 6 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 35 | 41 | Open Water | $153,927 | +8% | 198 | +10 | $777 | $30,547,218 | 9 | Lionsgate Films |
| 36 | 33 | Alien vs. Predator | $153,639 | -34.3% | 212 | -107 | $724 | $79,712,131 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 27 | Silver City | $138,129 | -57.8% | 92 | -70 | $1,501 | $906,715 | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 38 | 36 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $131,919 | -30.4% | 51 | -4 | $2,586 | $735,416 | 3 | - |
| 39 | 26 | The Manchurian Candidate | $125,234 | -62.2% | 156 | -233 | $802 | $65,465,427 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 34 | The Last Shot | $123,540 | -42.7% | 35 | - | $3,529 | $339,144 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 22 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $101,170 | -73.6% | 128 | -475 | $790 | $119,114,517 | 16 | Lionsgate Films |
| 42 | 42 | Space Station 3D | $99,849 | -27.7% | 13 | - | $7,680 | $54,686,750 | 129 | IMAX |
| 43 | 35 | Catwoman | $94,350 | -54.5% | 166 | -44 | $568 | $40,141,128 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 40 | A Day Without a Mexican | $93,166 | -35% | 39 | -17 | $2,388 | $4,005,999 | 21 | Televisa Cine |
| 45 | 38 | Bright Young Things | $90,351 | -42.8% | 56 | -36 | $1,613 | $791,486 | 7 | THINKFilm |
| 46 | 49 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $83,074 | -10.8% | 37 | -3 | $2,245 | $18,851,177 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 37 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $81,630 | -53.5% | 164 | -82 | $497 | $249,151,025 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 39 | The Village | $78,834 | -49.5% | 107 | -88 | $736 | $113,337,128 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 45 | A Cinderella Story | $78,365 | -34.5% | 188 | -60 | $416 | $51,360,209 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 63 | Head in the Clouds | $77,947 | +61.2% | 47 | +27 | $1,658 | $191,107 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 73 | The Yes Men | $76,842 | +132.6% | 21 | +18 | $3,659 | $109,880 | 2 | United Artists |
| 52 | 29 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $75,125 | -74% | 98 | -255 | $766 | $41,548,782 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | 48 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $72,050 | -24% | 15 | - | $4,803 | $8,357,129 | 103 | Giant Screen Films |
| 54 | 51 | Intimate Strangers | $71,233 | -12.2% | 50 | -16 | $1,424 | $1,994,261 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 55 | 44 | Criminal | $69,300 | -47.6% | 67 | -23 | $1,034 | $847,218 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 56 | 43 | De-Lovely | $67,261 | -49.8% | 85 | -81 | $791 | $13,267,354 | 14 | United Artists |
| 57 | 47 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $66,268 | -34.5% | 85 | -39 | $779 | $114,258,968 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 58 | 46 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $62,170 | -44.8% | 22 | -12 | $2,825 | $993,187 | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 59 | 61 | Haunted Castle | $53,750 | +7.5% | 3 | - | $17,916 | $9,180,057 | 189 | - |
| 60 | 57 | Red Lights | $50,696 | -6.1% | 18 | -2 | $2,816 | $405,349 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 61 | - | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $49,860 | - | 6 | - | $8,310 | $49,860 | 1 | - |
| 62 | 58 | Festival Express | $48,597 | -8.9% | 38 | +10 | $1,278 | $1,098,561 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 63 | 52 | Before Sunset | $44,785 | -44% | 45 | -29 | $995 | $5,721,110 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 64 | 62 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $42,428 | -12.8% | 21 | - | $2,020 | $1,746,135 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 65 | 60 | The Day After Tomorrow | $40,123 | -22.3% | 51 | -28 | $786 | $186,698,552 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | 54 | Garfield: The Movie | $37,606 | -43.4% | 76 | -38 | $494 | $75,301,181 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 67 | 53 | Guiana 1838 | $35,970 | -49.3% | 1 | - | $35,970 | $106,880 | 2 | RBC Radio |
| 68 | - | Tying the Knot | $31,200 | - | 8 | - | $3,900 | $31,200 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 69 | 71 | Infernal Affairs | $29,672 | -21.6% | 5 | - | $5,934 | $67,502 | 2 | Miramax |
| 70 | 79 | Zelary | $28,739 | +13.2% | 9 | +3 | $3,193 | $95,144 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | - | Dig! | $28,176 | - | 2 | - | $14,088 | $28,176 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 72 | 110 | The Mother | $27,584 | +305.1% | 21 | +15 | $1,313 | $936,431 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 65 | The Door in the Floor | $27,337 | -40.5% | 29 | -17 | $942 | $3,822,967 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 74 | 66 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $27,131 | -40% | 10 | - | $2,713 | $273,270 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 87 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $25,675 | +61% | 3 | - | $8,558 | $49,240,877 | 311 | IMAX |
| 76 | 76 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,836 | -8.6% | 5 | - | $4,967 | $7,474,894 | 104 | Giant Screen Films |
| 77 | 84 | Rosenstrasse | $24,628 | +18.1% | 11 | -5 | $2,238 | $453,092 | 10 | IDP Distribution |
| 78 | 72 | Saints and Soldiers | $23,015 | -37.4% | 16 | -9 | $1,438 | $782,165 | 9 | Excel Entertainment |
| 79 | 59 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $22,812 | -56.9% | 32 | -41 | $712 | $2,008,235 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 80 | 78 | Control Room | $21,033 | -20.4% | 22 | +1 | $956 | $2,538,117 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 122 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $20,931 | +385.3% | 5 | - | $4,186 | $354,766 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 82 | 97 | The Brown Bunny | $20,800 | +88.4% | 14 | +6 | $1,485 | $320,446 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 83 | 70 | King Arthur | $20,264 | -47.3% | 23 | -20 | $881 | $51,870,484 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 84 | 55 | Mean Creek | $19,353 | -64.7% | 25 | -24 | $774 | $552,758 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 85 | 80 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $18,895 | -25.2% | 10 | -4 | $1,889 | $1,751,698 | 18 | THINKFilm |
| 86 | 92 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $18,371 | +43.5% | 14 | +5 | $1,312 | $305,835 | 17 | Dada Films |
| 87 | 81 | Hollywood Buddha | $18,365 | -25% | 4 | - | $4,591 | $42,867 | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 88 | 94 | Testosterone | $17,421 | +41.9% | 4 | +1 | $4,355 | $98,449 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | 75 | Riding Giants | $16,850 | -44.8% | 20 | -1 | $842 | $2,207,994 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 74 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $16,223 | -49.4% | 16 | -4 | $1,013 | $732,657 | 19 | Newmarket Films |
| 91 | 83 | Bush's Brain | $15,171 | -29.6% | 8 | +1 | $1,896 | $162,461 | 7 | Tartan |
| 92 | 89 | Alien Adventure | $14,815 | +5.8% | 2 | - | $7,407 | $4,575,348 | 268 | - |
| 93 | 64 | When Will I Be Loved | $13,830 | -70.1% | 8 | -12 | $1,728 | $144,210 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 94 | 140 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $13,636 | +910.1% | 3 | +2 | $4,545 | $50,580 | 7 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 95 | 68 | The Best Two Years | $13,045 | -67.8% | 11 | -1 | $1,185 | $1,157,858 | 33 | - |
| 96 | 95 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $12,794 | +5.3% | 7 | - | $1,827 | $274,297 | 11 | Vitagraph Films |
| 97 | 96 | Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $12,227 | +7.3% | 20 | +11 | $611 | $636,199 | 23 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 98 | - | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $11,237 | - | 4 | - | $2,809 | $66,702 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 99 | 116 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $9,743 | +78.1% | 8 | +3 | $1,217 | $542,630 | 24 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 100 | 98 | Touch of Pink | $8,255 | -24.8% | 6 | -8 | $1,375 | $543,216 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 102 | The Raspberry Reich | $7,802 | -13.3% | 1 | - | $7,802 | $16,798 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 102 | 99 | Remember Me, My Love | $7,749 | -26.2% | 2 | - | $3,874 | $99,127 | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 103 | 127 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,288 | +126.6% | 4 | +2 | $1,822 | $16,491,632 | 78 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 104 | 133 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $7,015 | +251.5% | 4 | - | $1,753 | $344,544 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 105 | 69 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $6,960 | -82.5% | 29 | -58 | $240 | $3,750,765 | 7 | - |
| 106 | 56 | Suspect Zero | $6,416 | -88.2% | 13 | -64 | $493 | $8,682,597 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 107 | 100 | A Home at the End of the World | $6,277 | -36.1% | 13 | -1 | $482 | $1,020,782 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 108 | 101 | The Five Obstructions | $6,021 | -34.5% | 3 | - | $2,007 | $160,285 | 20 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 109 | 85 | Imelda | $5,934 | -69.5% | 1 | -5 | $5,934 | $186,416 | 18 | Unico Entertainment |
| 110 | 107 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $5,580 | -21.2% | 12 | +1 | $465 | $132,115 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 111 | 106 | Anatomy of Hell | $5,536 | -25.7% | 3 | +1 | $1,845 | $12,988 | 2 | Tartan |
| 112 | - | Tarnation | $5,470 | - | 1 | - | $5,470 | $5,470 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 113 | 105 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $4,896 | -37.3% | 1 | - | $4,896 | $12,704 | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 114 | 93 | Malevolence | $4,657 | -62.8% | 4 | -3 | $1,164 | $45,951 | 4 | - |
| 115 | 86 | Nicotina | $4,500 | -72.9% | 3 | -8 | $1,500 | $1,117,864 | 7 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 116 | 120 | She Hate Me | $4,431 | -3.3% | 10 | -1 | $443 | $356,234 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 117 | 143 | You'll Get Over It | $4,413 | +372% | 1 | - | $4,413 | $47,496 | 16 | - |
| 118 | 112 | Facing Windows | $4,288 | -25.1% | 8 | +2 | $536 | $540,401 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | 147 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $3,879 | +691.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,939 | $51,746 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 120 | 109 | Mind the Gap | $3,815 | -44.1% | 1 | - | $3,815 | $10,637 | 2 | - |
| 121 | 104 | The Clearing | $3,814 | -51.6% | 8 | -4 | $476 | $5,762,525 | 14 | - |
| 122 | 128 | Proteus | $3,640 | +14.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,820 | $48,485 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 123 | 103 | Reconstruction | $3,481 | -59.2% | 4 | -5 | $870 | $50,553 | 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 124 | 124 | Incident at Loch Ness | $2,869 | -22.6% | 1 | -1 | $2,869 | $25,284 | 3 | Abramorama |
| 125 | 119 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $2,738 | -41.7% | 1 | - | $2,738 | $15,334 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 126 | 115 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $2,628 | -52.1% | 4 | -4 | $657 | $2,380,410 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 127 | 129 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,617 | -13.4% | 8 | -1 | $327 | $1,213,985 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 128 | 135 | The Inheritance | $2,584 | +55% | 2 | +1 | $1,292 | $28,871 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 129 | 113 | Bright Leaves | $2,497 | -55% | 2 | +1 | $1,248 | $28,296 | 7 | First Run |
| 130 | 139 | Godzilla | $2,480 | +72.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,240 | $393,962 | 22 | Rialto Pictures |
| 131 | 145 | Love Me If You Dare | $2,449 | +189.8% | 6 | +3 | $408 | $550,466 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 132 | 123 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $2,186 | -47.8% | 2 | - | $1,093 | $83,778 | 16 | First Run |
| 133 | 108 | Gozu | $2,156 | -68.5% | 1 | -3 | $2,156 | $55,637 | 10 | - |
| 134 | 141 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,425 | +9.6% | 1 | - | $1,425 | $7,017,650 | 293 | - |
| 135 | 136 | China: The Panda Adventure | $913 | -43% | 3 | +1 | $304 | $3,864,114 | 174 | IMAX |
| 136 | 146 | Strayed | $868 | +8.5% | 1 | - | $868 | $469,547 | 21 | Wellspring Media |
| 137 | 130 | Chooch | $569 | -79.6% | 1 | -1 | $569 | $29,254 | 6 | Artistic License |
| 138 | 138 | Grand Champion | $510 | -66.1% | - | - | - | $41,618 | 6 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 139 | 111 | Merci Dr Rey! | $451 | -92.4% | 1 | -4 | $451 | $13,156 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 140 | 132 | The Hunting of the President | $235 | -88.4% | 1 | -4 | $235 | $374,983 | 16 | Regent Releasing |
