| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hero | $186,348 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 1 | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 2 | Shall We Dance? | $149,241 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 3 | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 3 | Without a Paddle | $133,704 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 1 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $109,187 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 5 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $72,215 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 1 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 6 | The Manchurian Candidate | $71,217 | - | - | - | - | 40 | 2 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Forgotten | $57,758 | - | - | - | - | 46 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Collateral | $56,681 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 4 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Notebook | $48,438 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 5 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 10 | Bad Santa | $47,389 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | In My Father's Den | $45,703 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 6 | Hoyts Distribution | - | false |
| 12 | Shark Tale | $33,731 | - | - | - | - | 51 | 8 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $12,890 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Garfield: The Movie | $12,186 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 15 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $11,307 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 16 | De-Lovely | $11,028 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 17 | Before Sunset | $11,011 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Touching the Void | $10,653 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | Hopscotch Films | - | false |
| 19 | Alien vs. Predator | $10,406 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 20 | Ruby & Quentin | $8,775 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | Rialto Distribution | - | false |
