Domestic 2004 Week 40
October 1-7, 2004
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | $56,961,462 | +2,800.4% | 40.3% | 3 | Shark Tale | $56,019,976 | 98.3% | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | 3 | $31,666,166 | +299.7% | 22.4% | 8 | Ladder 49 | $27,920,643 | 88.2% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | $14,850,855 | -43.5% | 10.5% | 1 | The Forgotten | $14,850,855 | 100% | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | 2 | $5,970,803 | -49.6% | 4.2% | 4 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $4,278,930 | 71.7% | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | $4,059,374 | -36.4% | 2.9% | 8 | First Daughter | $2,724,088 | 67.1% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | $3,425,484 | -45% | 2.4% | 2 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $3,040,402 | 88.8% | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 7 | 8 | $3,296,969 | -26% | 2.3% | 1 | Shaun of the Dead | $3,296,969 | 100% | 2 | Rogue Pictures |
| 8 | 9 | $3,295,300 | -13.4% | 2.3% | 4 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,812,507 | 55% | 17 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | $3,101,510 | -47.8% | 2.2% | 2 | Wimbledon | $2,268,125 | 73.1% | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 33 | $2,958,612 | +3,792.4% | 2.1% | 3 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $2,910,448 | 98.4% | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | $2,814,338 | -44.5% | 2% | 2 | Cellular | $2,569,986 | 91.3% | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | 12 | $1,994,869 | +41% | 1.4% | 3 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,527,306 | 76.6% | 2 | Focus Features |
| 13 | 10 | $1,656,451 | -44.6% | 1.2% | 2 | Hero | $1,626,779 | 98.2% | 6 | Miramax |
| 14 | 15 | $618,229 | -31.7% | 0.4% | 2 | A Dirty Shame | $374,908 | 60.6% | 3 | Fine Line Features |
| 15 | 16 | $596,697 | +3.3% | 0.4% | 1 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $596,697 | 100% | 35 | Captured Light |
| 16 | 22 | $529,159 | +123.7% | 0.4% | 4 | Going Upriver | $371,316 | 70.2% | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 18 | 13 | $436,663 | -58.4% | 0.3% | 3 | The Cookout | $181,566 | 41.6% | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 14 | $412,544 | -55.6% | 0.3% | 6 | Catwoman | $94,350 | 22.9% | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 17 | $230,409 | -37.2% | 0.2% | 1 | Spider-Man 2 | $230,409 | 100% | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 27 | $180,181 | +23.9% | 0.1% | 10 | Head in the Clouds | $77,947 | 43.3% | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 20 | $156,709 | -51.3% | 0.1% | 1 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $156,709 | 100% | 6 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 23 | 18 | $154,352 | -57.1% | 0.1% | 2 | Silver City | $138,129 | 89.5% | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 24 | 25 | $144,103 | -13.8% | 0.1% | 2 | The Yes Men | $76,842 | 53.3% | 2 | United Artists |
| 25 | 21 | $143,174 | -47.9% | 0.1% | 4 | Criminal | $69,300 | 48.4% | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 26 | 23 | $131,919 | -30.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $131,919 | 100% | 3 | Go Fish Pictures |
| 27 | 26 | $126,437 | -18.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $99,849 | 79% | 129 | IMAX |
| 28 | 24 | $125,747 | -24.8% | <0.1% | 5 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $62,170 | 49.4% | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 29 | 32 | $101,503 | +32.7% | <0.1% | 6 | Red Lights | $50,696 | 49.9% | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 30 | 29 | $100,050 | -27.9% | <0.1% | 4 | Intimate Strangers | $71,233 | 71.2% | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 31 | 30 | $96,886 | -20.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $72,050 | 74.4% | 103 | Giant Screen Films |
| 32 | 28 | $93,166 | -35% | <0.1% | 1 | A Day Without a Mexican | $93,166 | 100% | 21 | Televisa Cine |
| 33 | 35 | $69,990 | +7.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Haunted Castle | $53,750 | 76.8% | 189 | nWave Pictures |
| 35 | 37 | $42,428 | -12.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $42,428 | 100% | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 36 | 44 | $40,100 | +63.9% | <0.1% | 4 | Testosterone | $17,421 | 43.4% | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 37 | 34 | $35,970 | -49.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Guiana 1838 | $35,970 | 100% | 2 | RBC Radio |
| 38 | 54 | $31,657 | +270.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Dig! | $28,176 | 89% | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 39 | 58 | $23,379 | +242.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $13,636 | 58.3% | 7 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 40 | 41 | $23,261 | -28% | <0.1% | 2 | Hollywood Buddha | $18,365 | 79% | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 41 | 40 | $23,015 | -37.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Saints and Soldiers | $23,015 | 100% | 9 | Excel Entertainment |
| 42 | 42 | $20,707 | -29.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Bush's Brain | $15,171 | 73.3% | 7 | Tartan |
| 43 | 49 | $18,371 | +43.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $18,371 | 100% | 17 | Dada Films |
| 44 | 36 | $16,447 | -66.6% | <0.1% | 2 | When Will I Be Loved | $13,830 | 84.1% | 4 | IFC Films |
| 45 | 38 | $13,045 | -67.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Best Two Years | $13,045 | 100% | 33 | Halestone Distribution |
| 46 | 46 | $12,794 | -27.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $12,794 | 100% | 11 | Vitagraph Films |
| 47 | 51 | $12,227 | +7.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $12,227 | 100% | 23 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 48 | 39 | $6,960 | -82.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $6,960 | 100% | 7 | Mulberry Square Releasing |
| 49 | 53 | $6,021 | -34.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Five Obstructions | $6,021 | 100% | 20 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 50 | 45 | $5,934 | -69.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Imelda | $5,934 | 100% | 18 | Unico Entertainment |
| 51 | 52 | $4,683 | -51.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Bright Leaves | $2,497 | 53.3% | 7 | First Run |
| 52 | 50 | $4,657 | -62.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Malevolence | $4,657 | 100% | 4 | Painted Zebra Productions Inc. |
| 53 | 47 | $4,500 | -72.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Nicotina | $4,500 | 100% | 7 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 54 | 69 | $4,413 | +372% | <0.1% | 2 | You'll Get Over It | $4,413 | 100% | 16 | Picture This! Entertainment |
| 55 | 57 | $3,815 | -44.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Mind the Gap | $3,815 | 100% | 2 | Zion Films |
| 56 | 62 | $2,869 | -22.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Incident at Loch Ness | $2,869 | 100% | 3 | Abramorama |
| 57 | 66 | $2,584 | +55% | <0.1% | 2 | The Inheritance | $2,584 | 100% | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 58 | 68 | $2,480 | +72.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Godzilla | $2,480 | 100% | 22 | Rialto Pictures |
| 59 | 56 | $2,156 | -68.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Gozu | $2,156 | 100% | 10 | Pathfinder Pictures |
| 60 | 55 | $686 | -91.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Merci Dr Rey! | $451 | 65.7% | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 61 | 64 | $569 | -79.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Chooch | $569 | 100% | 6 | Artistic License |
| 62 | 67 | $510 | -66.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Grand Champion | $510 | 100% | 6 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
