Domestic 2004 Week 50
December 10-16, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | Closer | $5,447,255 | -45.6% | 622 | +146 | $8,757 | $15,452,282 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 31 | 36 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $124,233 | +5.9% | 192 | +20 | $647 | $36,117,502 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 48 | 55 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $48,005 | +99.1% | 28 | +15 | $1,714 | $1,704,901 | 11 | - |
| 29 | 29 | The Machinist | $138,691 | -19.2% | 72 | +12 | $1,926 | $886,572 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 9 | 10 | Finding Neverland | $2,427,179 | -33.7% | 537 | +11 | $4,519 | $14,948,074 | 5 | Miramax |
| 27 | 33 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $185,368 | +39.9% | 24 | +8 | $7,723 | $620,969 | 8 | IMAX |
| 64 | 63 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $15,576 | -13.3% | 9 | +5 | $1,730 | $66,770 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 44 | 46 | Garden State | $60,359 | +4.4% | 58 | +4 | $1,040 | $26,680,662 | 21 | - |
| 60 | 92 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $16,861 | +334.2% | 10 | +4 | $1,686 | $449,760 | 27 | Wellspring Media |
| 61 | 57 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $16,844 | -24.6% | 5 | +4 | $3,368 | $49,591,255 | 321 | IMAX |
| 69 | 60 | Paper Clips | $10,704 | -48.3% | 8 | +4 | $1,338 | $64,232 | 4 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 101 | 110 | She Hate Me | $2,641 | +424% | 5 | +4 | $528 | $366,037 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 30 | The Work and the Glory | $118,159 | -26.3% | 37 | +3 | $3,193 | $814,584 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 49 | 49 | Callas Forever | $37,841 | -16.2% | 16 | +3 | $2,365 | $266,101 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 66 | 71 | Rosenstrasse | $12,262 | +21.9% | 8 | +3 | $1,532 | $709,908 | 20 | IDP Distribution |
| 71 | 73 | Remember Me, My Love | $10,556 | +17.1% | 7 | +3 | $1,508 | $227,986 | 15 | IDP Distribution |
| 82 | 85 | Red Lights | $6,099 | +21.7% | 6 | +3 | $1,016 | $621,813 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 26 | 34 | Bad Education | $190,113 | +49.7% | 5 | +2 | $38,022 | $754,820 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | 45 | Bugs! | $60,750 | +1.6% | 24 | +2 | $2,531 | $13,934,036 | 93 | SK Films |
| 79 | 90 | Straight-Jacket | $7,043 | +53% | 4 | +2 | $1,760 | $19,195 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 59 | 58 | Moolaadé | $17,260 | -18.2% | 4 | +1 | $4,315 | $103,039 | 9 | New Yorker Films |
| 68 | 54 | Our Music | $11,667 | -57% | 4 | +1 | $2,916 | $55,335 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 70 | 91 | Bear Cub | $10,685 | +148.6% | 3 | +1 | $3,561 | $49,152 | 6 | TLA Releasing |
| 83 | 77 | Galapagos | $6,002 | -11.1% | 2 | +1 | $3,001 | $14,601,508 | 268 | IMAX |
| 88 | 81 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $4,698 | -23.4% | 4 | +1 | $1,174 | $10,830 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 89 | 100 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $4,106 | +161.5% | 2 | +1 | $2,053 | $5,676 | 2 | Tartan |
| 90 | 99 | Cowboys and Angels | $4,091 | +153.2% | 2 | +1 | $2,045 | $32,333 | 13 | TLA Releasing |
| 103 | 88 | Bright Leaves | $2,137 | -54.6% | 4 | +1 | $534 | $61,005 | 17 | First Run |
| 104 | 104 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $2,063 | +55.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,031 | $82,187 | 17 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 108 | 105 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $1,447 | +25.4% | 3 | +1 | $482 | $24,199 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 111 | 97 | Dig! | $1,120 | -33.3% | 3 | +1 | $373 | $126,813 | 11 | Palm Pictures |
| 112 | 112 | Intimate Strangers | $1,060 | +606.7% | 2 | +1 | $530 | $2,110,589 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 2 | 7 | Blade: Trinity | $20,387,565 | +142% | 2,912 | - | $7,001 | $28,811,109 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 8 | 6 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $5,120,488 | -41% | 3,307 | - | $1,548 | $74,359,499 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $290,069 | -44% | 15 | - | $19,337 | $807,670 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 38 | A Very Long Engagement | $71,017 | -28.6% | 4 | - | $17,754 | $310,863 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 51 | 52 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $31,058 | +4% | 9 | - | $3,450 | $8,829,750 | 113 | Giant Screen Films |
| 55 | 62 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $22,119 | +19.7% | 6 | - | $3,686 | $7,696,826 | 114 | Giant Screen Films |
| 74 | 72 | Alien Adventure | $9,000 | -4.4% | 2 | - | $4,500 | $4,682,416 | 278 | - |
| 78 | 78 | Testosterone | $7,155 | +6.1% | 3 | - | $2,385 | $166,269 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 81 | 70 | After Midnight | $6,946 | -35.9% | 2 | - | $3,473 | $17,779 | 2 | Avatar Films |
| 84 | 76 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $5,828 | -17.7% | 4 | - | $1,457 | $16,579,774 | 88 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 87 | 67 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $4,889 | -62.4% | 3 | - | $1,629 | $388,445 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | 82 | The Deserted Station | $3,918 | -33.5% | 1 | - | $3,918 | $11,383 | 24 | First Run |
| 94 | 84 | The Young Black Stallion | $3,703 | -30.4% | 2 | - | $1,851 | $6,588,071 | 52 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 95 | 83 | Purple Butterfly | $3,392 | -36.9% | 1 | - | $3,392 | $17,790 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 98 | 93 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $2,894 | -11.1% | 2 | - | $1,447 | $1,111,061 | 15 | IDP Distribution |
| 102 | 87 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $2,309 | -52% | 3 | - | $769 | $107,585 | 24 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | 96 | Guiana 1838 | $1,816 | -0.9% | 1 | - | $1,816 | $192,186 | 12 | RBC Radio |
| 110 | 102 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,200 | -11.1% | 1 | - | $1,200 | $7,029,950 | 303 | - |
| 113 | 79 | Who Killed Bambi? | $826 | -87.1% | 1 | - | $826 | $13,055 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 117 | 108 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $167 | -75.1% | 1 | - | $167 | $341,616 | 27 | Dada Films |
| 118 | 113 | Mean Creek | $80 | -20.8% | 1 | - | $80 | $603,951 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 47 | 48 | Haunted Castle | $50,000 | -8.8% | 5 | -1 | $10,000 | $10,022,855 | 199 | - |
| 85 | 69 | Days of Being Wild | $5,680 | -49.1% | 1 | -1 | $5,680 | $64,765 | 4 | Kino International |
| 91 | 74 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $4,006 | -52.7% | 3 | -1 | $1,335 | $35,370 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 97 | 95 | Head in the Clouds | $3,242 | +58.9% | 3 | -1 | $1,080 | $394,422 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 116 | 106 | Proteus | $623 | -32.5% | 1 | -1 | $623 | $62,031 | 20 | Strand Releasing |
| 42 | 42 | Vera Drake | $66,702 | -22.1% | 51 | -2 | $1,307 | $2,015,562 | 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 54 | 56 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $22,356 | -7.1% | 20 | -2 | $1,117 | $19,446,936 | 40 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 66 | Tarnation | $15,616 | +7.3% | 13 | -2 | $1,201 | $453,605 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 73 | 65 | Zelary | $9,413 | -39.5% | 13 | -2 | $724 | $320,239 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 39 | Space Station 3D | $94,082 | -3.5% | 12 | -3 | $7,840 | $56,014,998 | 139 | IMAX |
| 76 | 68 | Postmen in the Mountains | $7,741 | -33.1% | 3 | -3 | $2,580 | $101,671 | 52 | Shadow Distribution |
| 86 | 75 | Saints and Soldiers | $5,390 | -35.7% | 8 | -4 | $673 | $1,130,898 | 19 | Excel Entertainment |
| 119 | 98 | A Day Without a Mexican | $20 | -98.8% | 1 | -4 | $20 | $4,179,890 | 31 | Televisa Cine |
| 23 | 22 | Napoleon Dynamite | $219,620 | -16.4% | 218 | -5 | $1,007 | $44,016,185 | 27 | - |
| 57 | 51 | Primer | $20,661 | -39.1% | 20 | -5 | $1,033 | $420,925 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 62 | 61 | I, Robot | $16,557 | -14.1% | 31 | -5 | $534 | $144,779,622 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 40 | Mr. 3000 | $56,811 | -37.9% | 148 | -6 | $383 | $21,787,590 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 21 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $240,153 | -21.7% | 127 | -8 | $1,890 | $9,709,026 | 45 | - |
| 28 | 24 | Friday Night Lights | $157,135 | -31.1% | 270 | -11 | $581 | $61,050,830 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 75 | 59 | Lightning in a Bottle | $8,225 | -60.4% | 10 | -11 | $822 | $113,374 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 64 | Enduring Love | $13,597 | -18.8% | 25 | -13 | $543 | $341,962 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 24 | 23 | Being Julia | $213,763 | -14.5% | 136 | -20 | $1,571 | $3,256,861 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 25 | I Am David | $67,086 | -68% | 206 | -20 | $325 | $276,859 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 14 | 17 | Kinsey | $742,333 | -24.2% | 169 | -21 | $4,392 | $4,634,556 | 5 | - |
| 58 | 44 | Birth | $18,403 | -73% | 55 | -23 | $334 | $4,757,940 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | 12 | Sideways | $1,975,853 | -16.2% | 475 | -24 | $4,159 | $15,008,517 | 8 | - |
| 30 | 26 | I Heart Huckabees | $137,945 | -27.8% | 107 | -24 | $1,289 | $12,439,536 | 11 | - |
| 17 | 19 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $433,012 | -24.8% | 247 | -25 | $1,753 | $14,878,589 | 12 | Focus Features |
| 80 | 53 | Fade to Black | $6,966 | -76.5% | 11 | -27 | $633 | $727,455 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 34 | 27 | Veer Zaara | $94,419 | -49.8% | 21 | -28 | $4,496 | $2,793,201 | 6 | Yash Raj Films |
| 38 | 37 | Without a Paddle | $77,725 | -32% | 124 | -36 | $626 | $57,970,191 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | National Treasure | $12,486,348 | -40.9% | 3,203 | -40 | $3,898 | $126,725,685 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 32 | Team America: World Police | $90,967 | -35.8% | 165 | -48 | $551 | $32,650,035 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | 35 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $67,003 | -45.4% | 158 | -50 | $424 | $95,126,791 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 31 | Ladder 49 | $80,179 | -46% | 160 | -57 | $501 | $73,347,134 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 47 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $26,232 | -54.3% | 69 | -73 | $380 | $37,753,856 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 50 | 43 | Alfie | $35,135 | -54.4% | 65 | -77 | $540 | $13,324,714 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Christmas with the Kranks | $9,435,002 | -29.6% | 3,294 | -122 | $2,864 | $56,606,046 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 33 | 28 | Shark Tale | $103,744 | -42.7% | 216 | -192 | $480 | $159,297,545 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 13 | 11 | Ray | $1,360,195 | -44.1% | 1,129 | -193 | $1,204 | $69,697,790 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 8 | Alexander | $2,159,060 | -65.1% | 2,125 | -320 | $1,016 | $33,274,623 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 9 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $1,684,170 | -55% | 1,701 | -389 | $990 | $38,983,470 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | The Polar Express | $14,780,804 | -0.7% | 3,257 | -393 | $4,538 | $115,019,201 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 15 | Saw | $359,288 | -66.6% | 485 | -452 | $740 | $55,004,573 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 21 | 18 | Seed of Chucky | $244,746 | -67.7% | 386 | -470 | $634 | $16,947,917 | 5 | Rogue Pictures |
| 18 | 16 | Shall We Dance? | $396,267 | -61.1% | 618 | -491 | $641 | $56,511,507 | 9 | Miramax |
| 6 | 4 | The Incredibles | $6,321,270 | -40.9% | 2,656 | -522 | $2,379 | $233,857,885 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 14 | The Grudge | $567,092 | -57% | 732 | -554 | $774 | $110,013,183 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 13 | After the Sunset | $623,577 | -71.2% | 1,019 | -870 | $611 | $27,857,229 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 1 | - | Ocean's Twelve | $50,400,379 | - | 3,290 | - | $15,319 | $50,400,379 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | - | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $212,902 | - | 2 | - | $106,451 | $212,902 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | - | Million Dollar Baby | $55,454 | - | 8 | - | $6,931 | $55,454 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | - | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $24,271 | - | 3 | - | $8,090 | $39,387 | 8 | - |
| 56 | - | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $21,415 | - | 1 | - | $21,415 | $21,415 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | - | Fabled | $12,246 | - | 3 | - | $4,082 | $12,246 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 72 | - | L.A. Twister | $10,272 | - | 3 | - | $3,424 | $44,364 | 18 | Indican Pictures |
| 77 | - | A Talking Picture | $7,687 | - | 2 | - | $3,843 | $7,852 | 1 | Kino International |
| 93 | - | The Green Butchers | $3,783 | - | 2 | - | $1,891 | $3,783 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 96 | - | Dolls | $3,245 | - | 1 | - | $3,245 | $3,245 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 99 | 101 | The Inheritance | $2,893 | +107.4% | 2 | - | $1,446 | $64,945 | 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 100 | - | Two Men Went to War | $2,732 | - | 3 | - | $910 | $149,320 | 38 | Indican Pictures |
| 105 | - | Strayed | $1,948 | - | 1 | - | $1,948 | $482,757 | 31 | Wellspring Media |
| 106 | - | Godzilla | $1,904 | - | 3 | - | $634 | $410,981 | 32 | Rialto Pictures |
| 109 | - | A Breath | $1,416 | - | 1 | - | $1,416 | $1,416 | 1 | Kathi Arts |
| 114 | - | Silent Waters | $626 | - | 1 | - | $626 | $3,350 | 10 | First Run |
| 115 | - | Vodka Lemon | $623 | - | 1 | - | $623 | $29,079 | 10 | New Yorker Films |
