| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $3,461,313 | - | - | - | - | 370 | 2 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Grudge | $1,953,576 | - | - | - | - | 184 | 1 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 3 | The Polar Express | $1,186,771 | - | - | - | - | 226 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $585,860 | - | - | - | - | 161 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 5 | Hero | $557,737 | - | - | - | - | 162 | 3 | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 6 | Shall We Dance? | $549,326 | - | - | - | - | 247 | 5 | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 7 | Without a Paddle | $548,062 | - | - | - | - | 140 | 1 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Forgotten | $406,063 | - | - | - | - | 194 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | The Notebook | $259,929 | - | - | - | - | 139 | 4 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 10 | The Manchurian Candidate | $215,417 | - | - | - | - | 157 | 4 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Collateral | $159,953 | - | - | - | - | 99 | 6 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | De-Lovely | $145,537 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 13 | Napoleon Dynamite | $80,587 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Somersault | $79,263 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 10 | Hopscotch Films | - | false |
| 15 | Shark Tale | $75,681 | - | - | - | - | 120 | 9 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Veer Zaara | $74,418 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | MG Distribution | - | false |
| 17 | In My Father's Den | $67,743 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 4 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | - | false |
| 18 | Garden State | $57,147 | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 19 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $40,734 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 8 | Dendy Films | - | false |
| 20 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $39,105 | - | - | - | - | 43 | 4 | United International Pictures | - | false |
