| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | National Treasure | $21,130,959 | $17,004,967 | 80.5% | $4,125,992 | 19.5% | 3,243 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Polar Express | $14,888,628 | $10,778,094 | 72.4% | $4,110,534 | 27.6% | 3,650 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Christmas with the Kranks | $13,407,695 | $11,163,492 | 83.3% | $2,244,203 | 16.7% | 3,416 | 3 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 4 | The Incredibles | $10,693,624 | $9,015,796 | 84.3% | $1,677,828 | 15.7% | 3,178 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Closer | $10,005,027 | $7,707,972 | 77% | $2,297,055 | 23% | 476 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $8,685,569 | $7,655,872 | 88.1% | $1,029,697 | 11.9% | 3,307 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Blade: Trinity | $8,423,544 | - | - | - | - | 2,912 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 8 | Alexander | $6,184,677 | $4,756,445 | 76.9% | $1,428,232 | 23.1% | 2,445 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $3,739,650 | $2,761,455 | 73.8% | $978,195 | 26.2% | 2,090 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Finding Neverland | $3,661,544 | $2,900,000 | - | - | - | 526 | 4 | Miramax | - | true |
| 11 | Ray | $2,433,705 | $1,888,860 | 77.6% | $544,845 | 22.4% | 1,322 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Sideways | $2,356,559 | $1,802,826 | 76.5% | $553,733 | 23.5% | 499 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | After the Sunset | $2,164,513 | $1,700,000 | - | - | - | 1,889 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 14 | The Grudge | $1,318,763 | $1,104,474 | 83.8% | $214,289 | 16.2% | 1,286 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Saw | $1,076,517 | $852,333 | 79.2% | $224,184 | 20.8% | 937 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 16 | Shall We Dance? | $1,019,186 | $760,427 | 74.6% | $258,759 | 25.4% | 1,109 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Kinsey | $979,829 | $740,669 | 75.6% | $239,160 | 24.4% | 190 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Seed of Chucky | $758,835 | $633,123 | 83.4% | $125,712 | 16.6% | 856 | 4 | Rogue Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $575,463 | $407,538 | 70.8% | $167,925 | 29.2% | 272 | 11 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $517,601 | $397,472 | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 21 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $306,560 | $191,097 | 62.3% | $115,463 | 37.7% | 135 | 44 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 22 | Napoleon Dynamite | $262,554 | $192,752 | 73.4% | $69,802 | 26.6% | 223 | 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Being Julia | $249,909 | $178,271 | 71.3% | $71,638 | 28.7% | 156 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Friday Night Lights | $227,950 | $179,265 | 78.6% | $48,685 | 21.4% | 281 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | I Am David | $209,773 | $160,346 | 76.4% | $49,427 | 23.6% | 226 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 26 | I Heart Huckabees | $191,083 | $137,314 | 71.9% | $53,769 | 28.1% | 131 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Veer Zaara | $188,006 | $154,909 | 82.4% | $33,097 | 17.6% | 49 | 5 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 28 | Shark Tale | $181,031 | $147,382 | 81.4% | $33,649 | 18.6% | 408 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 29 | The Machinist | $171,627 | $117,588 | 68.5% | $54,039 | 31.5% | 60 | 7 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 30 | The Work and the Glory | $160,235 | $106,702 | 66.6% | $53,533 | 33.4% | 34 | 3 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 31 | Ladder 49 | $148,355 | $106,495 | 71.8% | $41,860 | 28.2% | 217 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Team America: World Police | $141,643 | $92,020 | 65% | $49,623 | 35% | 213 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $132,530 | $63,921 | 48.2% | $68,609 | 51.8% | 16 | 7 | IMAX | - | false |
| 34 | Bad Education | $127,004 | $88,856 | 70% | $38,148 | 30% | 3 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $122,764 | $89,203 | 72.7% | $33,561 | 27.3% | 208 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $117,289 | $94,066 | 80.2% | $23,223 | 19.8% | 172 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 37 | Without a Paddle | $114,336 | $88,547 | 77.4% | $25,789 | 22.6% | 160 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | A Very Long Engagement | $99,400 | $72,585 | 73% | $26,815 | 27% | 4 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 39 | Space Station 3D | $97,513 | $37,651 | 38.6% | $59,862 | 61.4% | 15 | 138 | IMAX | - | false |
| 40 | Mr. 3000 | $91,481 | $66,595 | 72.8% | $24,886 | 27.2% | 154 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | The Bourne Supremacy | $88,697 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Vera Drake | $85,678 | $60,704 | 70.8% | $24,974 | 29.2% | 53 | 9 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 43 | Alfie | $77,081 | $53,289 | 69.1% | $23,792 | 30.9% | 142 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Birth | $68,058 | $51,318 | 75.4% | $16,740 | 24.6% | 78 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 45 | Bugs! | $59,800 | $30,075 | 50.3% | $29,725 | 49.7% | 22 | 92 | SK Films | - | false |
| 46 | Garden State | $57,819 | $40,032 | 69.2% | $17,787 | 30.8% | 54 | 20 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $57,415 | $43,552 | 75.8% | $13,863 | 24.2% | 142 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Haunted Castle | $54,850 | $39,000 | 71.1% | $15,850 | 28.9% | 6 | 198 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Callas Forever | $45,160 | $34,218 | 75.8% | $10,942 | 24.2% | 13 | 5 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 50 | Cellular | $42,601 | $31,175 | 73.2% | $11,426 | 26.8% | 67 | 13 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 51 | Primer | $33,907 | $26,063 | 76.9% | $7,844 | 23.1% | 25 | 9 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 52 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $29,858 | $29,858 | 100% | $0 | - | 9 | 112 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 53 | Fade to Black | $29,688 | $22,159 | 74.6% | $7,529 | 25.4% | 38 | 5 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 54 | Our Music | $27,123 | $16,656 | 61.4% | $10,467 | 38.6% | 3 | 3 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 55 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $24,109 | $14,968 | 62.1% | $9,141 | 37.9% | 13 | 10 | Luke Films Inc. | - | false |
| 56 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $24,074 | $16,098 | 66.9% | $7,976 | 33.1% | 22 | 39 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 57 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $22,350 | $4,867 | 21.8% | $17,483 | 78.2% | 1 | 320 | IMAX | - | false |
| 58 | Moolaadé | $21,096 | $13,175 | 62.4% | $7,921 | 37.6% | 3 | 8 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 59 | Lightning in a Bottle | $20,755 | $13,912 | 67% | $6,843 | 33% | 21 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 60 | Paper Clips | $20,716 | $9,499 | 45.8% | $11,217 | 54.2% | 4 | 3 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | I, Robot | $19,283 | $14,761 | 76.6% | $4,522 | 23.4% | 36 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 62 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $18,486 | $18,486 | 100% | $0 | - | 6 | 113 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 63 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $17,975 | $12,558 | 69.9% | $5,417 | 30.1% | 4 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Enduring Love | $16,754 | $11,225 | 67% | $5,529 | 33% | 38 | 6 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 65 | Zelary | $15,553 | $9,221 | 59.3% | $6,332 | 40.7% | 15 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Tarnation | $14,549 | $10,556 | 72.6% | $3,993 | 27.4% | 15 | 10 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 67 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $13,014 | $6,839 | 52.6% | $6,175 | 47.4% | 3 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Postmen in the Mountains | $11,576 | $7,908 | 68.3% | $3,668 | 31.7% | 6 | 51 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 69 | Days of Being Wild | $11,152 | $7,950 | 71.3% | $3,202 | 28.7% | 2 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 70 | After Midnight | $10,829 | $7,634 | 70.5% | $3,195 | 29.5% | 2 | 1 | Avatar Films | - | false |
| 71 | Rosenstrasse | $10,061 | $6,321 | 62.8% | $3,740 | 37.2% | 5 | 19 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 72 | Alien Adventure | $9,410 | $6,500 | 69.1% | $2,910 | 30.9% | 2 | 277 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Remember Me, My Love | $9,018 | $5,614 | 62.2% | $3,404 | 37.8% | 4 | 14 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 74 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $8,473 | $5,909 | 69.7% | $2,564 | 30.3% | 4 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 75 | Saints and Soldiers | $8,381 | $6,051 | 72.2% | $2,330 | 27.8% | 12 | 18 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 76 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,080 | $4,293 | 60.6% | $2,787 | 39.4% | 4 | 87 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | Galapagos | $6,748 | $2,483 | 36.8% | $4,265 | 63.2% | 1 | 267 | IMAX | - | false |
| 78 | Testosterone | $6,743 | $4,943 | 73.3% | $1,800 | 26.7% | 3 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 79 | Who Killed Bambi? | $6,406 | $3,852 | 60.1% | $2,554 | 39.9% | 1 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 80 | A Fond Kiss | $6,326 | $4,509 | 71.3% | $1,817 | 28.7% | 2 | 2 | Castle Hill Productions | - | false |
| 81 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $6,132 | $4,216 | 68.8% | $1,916 | 31.2% | 3 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 82 | The Deserted Station | $5,896 | $4,085 | 69.3% | $1,811 | 30.7% | 1 | 23 | First Run | - | false |
| 83 | Purple Butterfly | $5,375 | $3,591 | 66.8% | $1,784 | 33.2% | 1 | 2 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | The Young Black Stallion | $5,322 | $2,800 | 52.6% | $2,522 | 47.4% | 2 | 51 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 85 | Red Lights | $5,010 | $3,355 | 67% | $1,655 | 33% | 3 | 16 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 86 | Brother to Brother | $4,896 | $3,508 | 71.6% | $1,388 | 28.4% | 1 | 5 | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $4,808 | $3,719 | 77.4% | $1,089 | 22.6% | 3 | 23 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 88 | Bright Leaves | $4,705 | $2,871 | 61% | $1,834 | 39% | 3 | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| 89 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $4,705 | $3,050 | 64.8% | $1,655 | 35.2% | 1 | 3 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 90 | Straight-Jacket | $4,604 | $2,888 | 62.7% | $1,716 | 37.3% | 2 | 2 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 91 | Bear Cub | $4,298 | $3,177 | 73.9% | $1,121 | 26.1% | 2 | 5 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 92 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $3,883 | $2,331 | 60% | $1,552 | 40% | 6 | 26 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 93 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $3,254 | $3,041 | 93.4% | $213 | 6.6% | 2 | 14 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 94 | Easy | $2,645 | $2,645 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 2 | Magic Lamp | - | false |
| 95 | Head in the Clouds | $2,040 | $1,271 | 62.3% | $769 | 37.7% | 4 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 96 | Guiana 1838 | $1,833 | $1,271 | 69.3% | $562 | 30.7% | 1 | 11 | RBC Radio | - | false |
| 97 | Dig! | $1,678 | $1,257 | 74.9% | $421 | 25.1% | 2 | 10 | Palm Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | A Day Without a Mexican | $1,626 | $1,398 | 86% | $228 | 14% | 5 | 30 | Televisa Cine | - | false |
| 99 | Cowboys and Angels | $1,616 | $1,107 | 68.5% | $509 | 31.5% | 1 | 12 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 100 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $1,570 | $1,060 | 67.5% | $510 | 32.5% | 1 | 1 | Tartan | - | false |
| 101 | The Inheritance | $1,395 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 102 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,350 | $900 | 66.7% | $450 | 33.3% | 1 | 302 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 103 | You I Love | $1,341 | $863 | 64.4% | $478 | 35.6% | 1 | 3 | Picture This! Entertainment | - | false |
| 104 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,330 | $1,330 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 105 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $1,154 | $1,154 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 12 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 106 | Proteus | $923 | $923 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 19 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | The Brown Bunny | $750 | $500 | 66.7% | $250 | 33.3% | 1 | 15 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 108 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $670 | $714 | 106.6% | $-44 | - | 1 | 26 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 109 | Jesus, You Know | $604 | $604 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | Leisure Time Features | - | false |
| 110 | She Hate Me | $504 | $226 | 44.8% | $278 | 55.2% | 1 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 111 | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | $234 | $144 | 61.5% | $90 | 38.5% | 1 | 47 | ArtMattan Productions | - | false |
| 112 | Intimate Strangers | $150 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 113 | Mean Creek | $101 | $27 | 26.7% | $74 | 73.3% | 1 | 16 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 114 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $79 | $60 | 76% | $19 | 24% | 1 | 20 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| - | A Silent Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Atopia | - | false |
| - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Silent Waters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Two Men Went to War | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Strayed | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| - | Baptists at Our Barbecue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| - | Vodka Lemon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Godzilla | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Shaun of the Dead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Rogue Pictures | - | false |
| - | L.A. Twister | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | De-Lovely | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Mela Films LLC | - | false |
| - | Spider-Man 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
