Domestic 2004 Week 42
October 15-21, 2004
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Shark Tale | $25,955,278 | -36.2% | 3,948 | -122 | $6,574 | $122,674,189 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | - | Shall We Dance? | $15,828,125 | - | 1,772 | - | $8,932 | $15,828,125 | 1 | Miramax |
| 3 | - | Team America: World Police | $15,727,364 | - | 2,539 | - | $6,194 | $15,727,364 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Friday Night Lights | $14,719,445 | -42.5% | 2,764 | +97 | $5,325 | $40,322,020 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Ladder 49 | $10,797,091 | -37.7% | 3,255 | -6 | $3,317 | $56,041,048 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $9,605,507 | -37.5% | 3,001 | - | $3,200 | $25,606,057 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 5 | The Forgotten | $7,557,779 | -24.7% | 2,768 | -213 | $2,730 | $58,710,358 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 8 | 6 | Raise Your Voice | $3,226,464 | -37.3% | 2,521 | - | $1,279 | $8,370,960 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 9 | 25 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $2,387,453 | +829.6% | 250 | +83 | $9,549 | $6,379,458 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 7 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $1,572,624 | -49.1% | 1,208 | -535 | $1,301 | $36,253,696 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 23 | Shaun of the Dead | $1,506,397 | +458.9% | 672 | -3 | $2,241 | $11,666,102 | 4 | Rogue Pictures |
| 12 | 13 | I Heart Huckabees | $1,219,183 | -4.4% | 65 | +21 | $18,756 | $2,905,296 | 3 | - |
| 13 | 10 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,164,702 | -19.8% | 619 | -96 | $1,881 | $40,652,615 | 19 | - |
| 14 | 9 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $887,498 | -40.7% | 434 | +6 | $2,044 | $5,295,552 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 15 | 8 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $879,090 | -48.5% | 787 | -430 | $1,117 | $50,344,330 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 16 | 11 | Cellular | $749,532 | -45.1% | 741 | -411 | $1,011 | $30,828,702 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 17 | 17 | Garden State | $614,683 | -23.8% | 301 | -43 | $2,042 | $25,405,121 | 13 | - |
| 18 | 20 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $564,834 | -1.4% | 132 | +1 | $4,279 | $6,300,446 | 37 | - |
| 19 | 21 | The Bourne Supremacy | $475,750 | -14% | 346 | -65 | $1,375 | $174,486,275 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | 15 | Hero | $474,742 | -48% | 395 | -272 | $1,201 | $52,929,379 | 8 | Miramax |
| 21 | 12 | Mr. 3000 | $425,062 | -66.9% | 553 | -833 | $768 | $21,421,739 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 18 | Without a Paddle | $394,591 | -46.8% | 508 | -397 | $776 | $56,829,665 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 14 | Wimbledon | $381,120 | -61.6% | 422 | -378 | $903 | $16,739,840 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 22 | Spider-Man 2 | $344,275 | -27.8% | 246 | -25 | $1,399 | $372,666,366 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | - | The Final Cut | $310,167 | - | 117 | - | $2,651 | $310,167 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 26 | 31 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $292,922 | +70.6% | 55 | +23 | $5,325 | $930,044 | 3 | - |
| 27 | 16 | First Daughter | $242,929 | -71.1% | 381 | -642 | $637 | $8,773,818 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 27 | I, Robot | $207,741 | +2.1% | 202 | -6 | $1,028 | $144,103,547 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 24 | The Village | $206,708 | -22.7% | 235 | -12 | $879 | $113,811,183 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | - | Hair Show | $186,526 | - | 38 | - | $4,908 | $186,530 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 31 | 34 | Space Station 3D | $181,099 | +15.2% | 16 | +4 | $11,318 | $55,025,094 | 131 | IMAX |
| 32 | - | Being Julia | $169,410 | - | 9 | - | $18,823 | $169,410 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 29 | Maria Full of Grace | $154,013 | -18.9% | 107 | +1 | $1,439 | $6,308,456 | 14 | Fine Line Features |
| 34 | 35 | Alien vs. Predator | $148,181 | +2.7% | 166 | -3 | $892 | $80,004,623 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 28 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $135,155 | -30.5% | 194 | -73 | $696 | $94,203,696 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | - | Riding the Bullet | $134,711 | - | 100 | - | $1,347 | $134,711 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 37 | 33 | The Notebook | $123,931 | -24.6% | 144 | -26 | $860 | $80,685,125 | 17 | New Line Cinema |
| 38 | 26 | Vanity Fair | $122,337 | -45.3% | 142 | -46 | $861 | $16,016,346 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 39 | 47 | Stage Beauty | $120,982 | +99.2% | 21 | +18 | $5,761 | $181,711 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 40 | 44 | Haunted Castle | $118,800 | +85% | 9 | +4 | $13,200 | $9,363,057 | 191 | - |
| 41 | - | Bugs! | $117,044 | - | 28 | - | $4,180 | $13,341,856 | 85 | SK Films |
| 42 | 74 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $107,873 | +295.9% | 202 | +153 | $534 | $41,683,902 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 77 | Tarnation | $93,135 | +302.6% | 6 | +5 | $15,522 | $121,740 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 44 | 62 | Saints and Soldiers | $86,713 | +124.1% | 37 | +20 | $2,343 | $907,578 | 11 | Excel Entertainment |
| 45 | 38 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $85,350 | +0.7% | 34 | -1 | $2,510 | $19,021,298 | 32 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 37 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $81,733 | -5.1% | 12 | - | $6,811 | $8,525,024 | 105 | Giant Screen Films |
| 47 | 63 | Primer | $76,108 | +106.1% | 19 | +15 | $4,005 | $113,034 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 48 | 32 | A Dirty Shame | $74,125 | -56.3% | 42 | -37 | $1,764 | $1,280,913 | 5 | Fine Line Features |
| 49 | 64 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $62,301 | +74.3% | 4 | +2 | $15,575 | $49,338,930 | 313 | IMAX |
| 50 | 39 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $62,268 | -20.7% | 50 | +5 | $1,245 | $876,204 | 5 | - |
| 51 | 46 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $62,038 | -1.9% | 74 | -45 | $838 | $249,276,315 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 66 | Vera Drake | $58,739 | +68.8% | 2 | - | $29,369 | $93,529 | 2 | Fine Line Features |
| 53 | - | Eulogy | $57,979 | - | 22 | - | $2,635 | $57,979 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 54 | 40 | The Manchurian Candidate | $54,621 | -29.6% | 49 | -36 | $1,114 | $65,597,637 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 55 | 42 | Red Lights | $53,797 | -23.3% | 29 | +1 | $1,855 | $529,276 | 9 | Wellspring Media |
| 56 | 60 | The Mother | $49,216 | +22.1% | 35 | -1 | $1,406 | $1,025,970 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 75 | Around the Bend | $48,498 | +92.6% | 27 | +23 | $1,796 | $73,680 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 58 | 30 | Going Upriver | $48,184 | -72.5% | 53 | -83 | $909 | $594,876 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 59 | 50 | Rosenstrasse | $44,238 | -6.4% | 23 | +6 | $1,923 | $544,572 | 12 | IDP Distribution |
| 60 | 131 | Suspect Zero | $40,929 | +1,689.6% | 56 | +46 | $730 | $8,725,813 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 61 | 55 | De-Lovely | $39,693 | -9.4% | 64 | +11 | $620 | $13,350,879 | 16 | United Artists |
| 62 | 72 | Zelary | $39,521 | +42.9% | 16 | +5 | $2,470 | $162,321 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 65 | Head in the Clouds | $39,008 | +11.5% | 26 | -2 | $1,500 | $265,087 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 49 | The Last Shot | $38,338 | -27.6% | 40 | +17 | $958 | $430,406 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 65 | 105 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $37,157 | +441.7% | 106 | +90 | $350 | $3,794,781 | 9 | - |
| 66 | 48 | A Day Without a Mexican | $36,731 | -34.5% | 23 | -8 | $1,597 | $4,098,800 | 23 | Televisa Cine |
| 67 | 43 | Bright Young Things | $34,958 | -49.9% | 40 | -17 | $873 | $896,204 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 68 | 45 | The Yes Men | $34,908 | -45.5% | 27 | -5 | $1,292 | $208,891 | 4 | United Artists |
| 69 | 58 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $32,840 | -19.3% | 27 | +5 | $1,216 | $1,819,657 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 70 | 53 | A Cinderella Story | $32,018 | -30.3% | 71 | -39 | $450 | $51,438,175 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 71 | 56 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $31,945 | -27.1% | 13 | - | $2,457 | $75,744 | 2 | - |
| 72 | 61 | Paparazzi | $29,704 | -24.6% | 69 | -5 | $430 | $15,662,173 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 73 | 41 | Silver City | $29,482 | -60.3% | 45 | -32 | $655 | $1,010,548 | 5 | Newmarket Films |
| 74 | 52 | Intimate Strangers | $29,113 | -37.1% | 30 | -7 | $970 | $2,069,625 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 75 | 71 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $28,478 | -6% | 6 | - | $4,746 | $7,533,678 | 106 | Giant Screen Films |
| 76 | - | P.S. | $27,935 | - | 3 | - | $9,311 | $27,935 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 77 | 57 | Criminal | $26,525 | -36.9% | 36 | -6 | $736 | $915,801 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 78 | 76 | Festival Express | $24,477 | +4.1% | 20 | -8 | $1,223 | $1,146,559 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 79 | 86 | Guiana 1838 | $24,219 | +45.8% | 2 | +1 | $12,109 | $147,709 | 4 | RBC Radio |
| 80 | 67 | Dig! | $23,523 | -27.8% | 7 | -3 | $3,360 | $84,260 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 81 | 70 | Before Sunset | $23,456 | -23.5% | 27 | -5 | $868 | $5,775,232 | 16 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 82 | 73 | Garfield: The Movie | $21,220 | -22.8% | 36 | -23 | $589 | $75,349,884 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 83 | 78 | Remember Me, My Love | $18,430 | -11.6% | 5 | +2 | $3,686 | $138,399 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 84 | - | Moolaadé | $17,266 | - | 2 | - | $8,633 | $17,266 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 85 | 54 | Catwoman | $17,052 | -61.4% | 39 | -57 | $437 | $40,202,379 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 86 | 95 | Hollywood Buddha | $16,763 | +34.3% | 2 | -1 | $8,381 | $72,115 | 4 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 87 | 88 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $16,744 | +3.3% | 10 | +2 | $1,674 | $387,712 | 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 88 | 81 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $16,111 | -14.4% | 9 | - | $1,790 | $308,207 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | - | Face | $16,048 | - | 3 | - | $5,349 | $16,048 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 90 | 68 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $15,668 | -51.5% | 25 | -22 | $626 | $114,306,965 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 91 | 69 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $14,678 | -54.4% | 9 | -6 | $1,630 | $1,040,052 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 92 | 87 | Control Room | $14,664 | -9.5% | 16 | -1 | $916 | $2,568,988 | 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 93 | - | Galapagos | $14,575 | - | 2 | - | $7,287 | $14,521,714 | 260 | IMAX |
| 94 | 98 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $14,332 | +28% | 8 | - | $1,791 | $299,823 | 13 | Vitagraph Films |
| 95 | 92 | Alien Adventure | $13,758 | +0.4% | 2 | - | $6,879 | $4,602,806 | 270 | - |
| 96 | 82 | The Day After Tomorrow | $13,025 | -28.4% | 15 | -5 | $868 | $186,729,775 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 97 | 142 | Malevolence | $12,541 | +2,257.3% | 6 | - | $2,090 | $59,024 | 6 | - |
| 98 | 83 | Mean Creek | $12,529 | -29.4% | 23 | -1 | $544 | $583,032 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 99 | 143 | Grand Champion | $12,448 | +2,326.5% | 13 | +12 | $957 | $54,579 | 8 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 100 | - | Spin | $12,355 | - | 9 | - | $1,372 | $12,355 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 101 | 146 | Anatomy of Hell | $11,119 | +2,665.9% | 2 | +1 | $5,559 | $24,509 | 4 | Tartan |
| 102 | 94 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $10,687 | -16% | 4 | - | $2,671 | $16,515,037 | 80 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 103 | - | The Dust Factory | $10,426 | - | 22 | - | $473 | $10,426 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 104 | 106 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $10,381 | +66.5% | 3 | -1 | $3,460 | $100,393 | 18 | First Run |
| 105 | 90 | Infernal Affairs | $9,298 | -41.1% | 1 | -1 | $9,298 | $92,584 | 4 | Miramax |
| 106 | 140 | Untold Scandal | $8,939 | +1,112.9% | 4 | - | $2,234 | $9,676 | 2 | Kino International |
| 107 | 84 | The Brown Bunny | $8,740 | -49.5% | 4 | -8 | $2,185 | $346,490 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 108 | 85 | Riding Giants | $8,612 | -48.7% | 10 | -8 | $861 | $2,233,409 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 109 | 104 | The Inheritance | $8,592 | +13.1% | 2 | +1 | $4,296 | $44,891 | 15 | The Cinema Guild |
| 110 | 91 | Vodka Lemon | $8,191 | -40.7% | 2 | - | $4,095 | $22,006 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 111 | 108 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $7,827 | +39.8% | 9 | +3 | $869 | $319,262 | 19 | Dada Films |
| 112 | 89 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $7,003 | -56.2% | 18 | -3 | $389 | $2,031,234 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 113 | 113 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $6,810 | +53.3% | 7 | +3 | $972 | $355,795 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 114 | 93 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $6,574 | -49.3% | 3 | -3 | $2,191 | $86,241 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 115 | 100 | The Young Black Stallion | $5,398 | -39.7% | 1 | - | $5,398 | $6,535,099 | 44 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 116 | 59 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $4,814 | -88.1% | 4 | -11 | $1,203 | $95,094 | 3 | - |
| 117 | 107 | Touch of Pink | $4,809 | -17.4% | 10 | +2 | $480 | $553,850 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 101 | Bush's Brain | $4,534 | -49% | 4 | - | $1,133 | $175,879 | 9 | Tartan |
| 119 | 110 | The Raspberry Reich | $4,373 | -21.2% | 1 | - | $4,373 | $26,722 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | 103 | When Will I Be Loved | $4,275 | -44.2% | 6 | +1 | $712 | $156,149 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 121 | 123 | Reconstruction | $4,160 | +40.8% | 3 | - | $1,386 | $57,668 | 6 | Palm Pictures |
| 122 | 130 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $4,007 | +65.8% | 6 | +1 | $667 | $1,220,409 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 123 | 121 | A Home at the End of the World | $3,703 | +12.7% | 9 | -1 | $411 | $1,027,771 | 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 124 | 139 | Strayed | $3,635 | +277.1% | 4 | +3 | $908 | $474,146 | 23 | Wellspring Media |
| 125 | 112 | Testosterone | $2,995 | -40.2% | 2 | -1 | $1,497 | $106,451 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 126 | 118 | Godzilla | $2,928 | -16.9% | 3 | - | $976 | $400,412 | 24 | Rialto Pictures |
| 127 | 114 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $2,574 | -41.5% | 4 | -2 | $643 | $58,719 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 128 | 148 | Love Me If You Dare | $2,313 | +560.9% | 4 | +3 | $578 | $553,129 | 22 | Paramount Classics |
| 129 | 145 | Merci Dr Rey! | $2,178 | +392.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,089 | $15,776 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 130 | 126 | Bright Leaves | $1,949 | -27.3% | 2 | +1 | $974 | $32,927 | 9 | First Run |
| 131 | 116 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $1,872 | -50.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,872 | $18,363 | 4 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 132 | - | Chooch | $1,761 | - | 1 | - | $1,761 | $31,015 | 8 | Artistic License |
| 133 | - | Home of the Brave | $1,689 | - | 1 | - | $1,689 | $4,874 | 3 | Emerging Pictures |
| 134 | 119 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,632 | -51.7% | 5 | -2 | $326 | $137,124 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 135 | 120 | Transfixed | $1,593 | -52% | 1 | - | $1,593 | $17,361 | 12 | - |
| 136 | 132 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,434 | -28.2% | 1 | - | $1,434 | $3,867,545 | 176 | IMAX |
| 137 | 129 | The Hillside Strangler | $1,411 | -41.8% | 1 | - | $1,411 | $4,143 | 4 | Tartan |
| 138 | 138 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,400 | +7.7% | 1 | - | $1,400 | $7,020,350 | 295 | - |
| 139 | 136 | Postmen in the Mountains | $1,295 | -18.3% | 1 | - | $1,295 | $56,384 | 44 | Shadow Distribution |
| 140 | - | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $1,295 | - | 1 | - | $1,295 | $1,295 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 141 | 117 | Imelda | $1,287 | -64.1% | 1 | - | $1,287 | $191,287 | 20 | Unico Entertainment |
| 142 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $1,027 | - | 1 | - | $1,027 | $16,361 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 143 | 144 | She Hate Me | $959 | +110.3% | 4 | +1 | $239 | $357,649 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 144 | 134 | Gozu | $840 | -51.3% | 1 | - | $840 | $58,202 | 12 | - |
| 145 | - | Virgin | $553 | - | 1 | - | $553 | $8,041 | 7 | Artistic License |
| 146 | - | The Burial Society | $550 | - | 1 | - | $550 | $21,285 | 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 147 | 141 | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $306 | -45.9% | 1 | - | $306 | $11,801 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 148 | 128 | You'll Get Over It | $183 | -92.9% | 1 | - | $183 | $50,256 | 18 | - |
| 149 | - | Rick | $170 | - | 2 | - | $85 | $9,269 | 4 | Vitagraph Films |
