| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $900,754 | - | - | - | - | 63 | 1 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $265,417 | - | - | - | - | 40 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | The Polar Express | $120,477 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Hero | $117,418 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 2 | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 5 | Shall We Dance? | $87,619 | - | - | - | - | 58 | 4 | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 6 | Without a Paddle | $72,577 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 2 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $61,156 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 8 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $42,104 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 2 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 9 | In My Father's Den | $34,023 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 7 | Hoyts Distribution | - | false |
| 10 | The Manchurian Candidate | $27,380 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 3 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Forgotten | $23,780 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Collateral | $23,462 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 5 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Bad Santa | $20,275 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | The Notebook | $19,599 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 6 | Roadshow Films | - | false |
| 15 | Garden State | $19,208 | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 16 | Shark Tale | $15,420 | - | - | - | - | 36 | 9 | United International Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Touching the Void | $10,058 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 14 | Hopscotch Films | - | false |
| 18 | De-Lovely | $9,767 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 19 | Garfield: The Movie | $9,074 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
| 20 | Soul Plane | $8,880 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | - | false |
