| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | $96,322,845 | $46,120,980 | 47.9% | $50,201,865 | 52.1% | 3,518 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $33,230,036 | $12,611,876 | 38% | $20,618,160 | 62% | 3,623 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Fat Albert | $23,149,557 | $10,021,510 | 43.3% | $13,128,047 | 56.7% | 2,674 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Ocean's Twelve | $19,374,096 | $8,401,175 | 43.4% | $10,972,921 | 56.6% | 3,290 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | The Aviator | $18,821,988 | $9,400,000 | - | - | - | 1,796 | 2 | Miramax | - | true |
| 6 | The Polar Express | $15,797,359 | $6,527,163 | 41.3% | $9,270,196 | 58.7% | 2,618 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Darkness | $12,011,058 | $6,400,000 | - | - | - | 1,700 | 1 | Dimension Films | - | true |
| 8 | Spanglish | $11,277,367 | $4,641,492 | 41.2% | $6,635,875 | 58.8% | 2,441 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | National Treasure | $10,653,913 | $3,964,473 | 37.2% | $6,689,440 | 62.8% | 2,201 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $9,962,833 | $4,547,181 | 45.6% | $5,415,652 | 54.4% | 1,105 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Phantom of the Opera | $9,094,521 | $4,001,890 | 44% | $5,092,631 | 56% | 622 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Incredibles | $7,487,942 | $2,417,309 | 32.3% | $5,070,633 | 67.7% | 1,732 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Blade: Trinity | $5,932,296 | $2,952,129 | - | - | - | 2,318 | 4 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 14 | Flight of the Phoenix | $5,857,031 | $2,666,898 | 45.5% | $3,190,133 | 54.5% | 2,604 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Christmas with the Kranks | $5,190,104 | $2,586,277 | 49.8% | $2,603,827 | 50.2% | 2,135 | 6 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 16 | Closer | $4,358,218 | $1,692,847 | 38.8% | $2,665,371 | 61.2% | 1,069 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Finding Neverland | $3,688,505 | $1,361,370 | - | - | - | 933 | 7 | Miramax | - | true |
| 18 | Sideways | $2,923,248 | $1,169,527 | 40% | $1,753,721 | 60% | 364 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $2,588,979 | $714,503 | 27.6% | $1,874,476 | 72.4% | 1,316 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $1,344,348 | $662,342 | - | - | - | 165 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 21 | A Very Long Engagement | $1,116,972 | $453,025 | 40.6% | $663,947 | 59.4% | 167 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 22 | Kinsey | $795,649 | $331,067 | 41.6% | $464,582 | 58.4% | 234 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Ray | $619,425 | $252,270 | 40.7% | $367,155 | 59.3% | 274 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Shark Tale | $605,282 | $175,755 | 29% | $429,527 | 71% | 407 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 25 | Beyond the Sea | $510,703 | $36,711 | 7.2% | $473,992 | 92.8% | 383 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 26 | Bad Education | $487,575 | $244,614 | 50.2% | $242,961 | 49.8% | 50 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | Million Dollar Baby | $435,136 | $189,597 | 43.6% | $245,539 | 56.4% | 9 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Swades | $394,808 | $260,486 | 66% | $134,322 | 34% | 70 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Space Station 3D | $325,567 | $47,602 | 14.6% | $277,965 | 85.4% | 10 | 141 | IMAX | - | false |
| 30 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $304,411 | $127,386 | 41.8% | $177,025 | 58.2% | 92 | 14 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 31 | Ladder 49 | $269,726 | $92,121 | 34.2% | $177,605 | 65.8% | 255 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Shall We Dance? | $265,558 | $94,499 | 35.6% | $171,059 | 64.4% | 341 | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| 33 | Hotel Rwanda | $242,130 | $100,091 | 41.3% | $142,039 | 58.7% | 7 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 34 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $218,640 | $67,220 | 30.7% | $151,420 | 69.3% | 188 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $198,862 | $15,685 | 7.9% | $183,177 | 92.1% | 15 | 10 | IMAX | - | false |
| 36 | The Work and the Glory | $169,910 | $32,691 | 19.2% | $137,219 | 80.8% | 17 | 6 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 37 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $121,646 | $45,244 | 37.2% | $76,402 | 62.8% | 54 | 47 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 38 | Napoleon Dynamite | $119,279 | $41,148 | 34.5% | $78,131 | 65.5% | 141 | 29 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | The Woodsman | $114,546 | $53,985 | 47.1% | $60,561 | 52.9% | 13 | 1 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 40 | Alexander | $99,467 | $41,134 | 41.4% | $58,333 | 58.6% | 232 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Friday Night Lights | $98,516 | $30,680 | 31.1% | $67,836 | 68.9% | 104 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Being Julia | $91,801 | $42,090 | 45.8% | $49,711 | 54.2% | 57 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $87,768 | $37,208 | 42.4% | $50,560 | 57.6% | 99 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | In Good Company | $73,281 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | After the Sunset | $62,490 | $27,592 | 44.2% | $34,898 | 55.8% | 158 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 46 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $60,026 | $15,636 | 26% | $44,390 | 74% | 18 | 42 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | Saw | $52,144 | $20,502 | 39.3% | $31,642 | 60.7% | 100 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 48 | Without a Paddle | $46,679 | $14,693 | 31.5% | $31,986 | 68.5% | 42 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Haunted Castle | $45,000 | $35,000 | 77.8% | $10,000 | 22.2% | 5 | 201 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $43,373 | $15,477 | 35.7% | $27,896 | 64.3% | 3 | 2 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 51 | I Heart Huckabees | $41,421 | $18,098 | 43.7% | $23,323 | 56.3% | 44 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | The Sea Inside | $38,293 | $19,690 | 51.4% | $18,603 | 48.6% | 6 | 2 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 53 | Vera Drake | $37,629 | $16,910 | 44.9% | $20,719 | 55.1% | 29 | 12 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 54 | The Merchant of Venice | $33,392 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 55 | Team America: World Police | $32,861 | $11,062 | 33.7% | $21,799 | 66.3% | 34 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Callas Forever | $29,833 | $14,361 | 48.1% | $15,472 | 51.9% | 11 | 8 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,833 | $24,833 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 115 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 58 | Garden State | $23,367 | $8,367 | 35.8% | $15,000 | 64.2% | 28 | 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | Paper Clips | $22,283 | $13,183 | 59.2% | $9,100 | 40.8% | 7 | 6 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 60 | The Machinist | $21,481 | $9,114 | 42.4% | $12,367 | 57.6% | 26 | 10 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 61 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $21,152 | $21,152 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 116 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 62 | Veer Zaara | $20,616 | $17,175 | 83.3% | $3,441 | 16.7% | 12 | 8 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 63 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $20,405 | $6,728 | 33% | $13,677 | 67% | 2 | 323 | IMAX | - | false |
| 64 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $17,708 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 65 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $14,189 | $1,896 | 13.4% | $12,293 | 86.6% | 6 | 90 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $13,528 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 67 | The Young Black Stallion | $13,323 | $2,276 | 17.1% | $11,047 | 82.9% | 4 | 54 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Alfie | $10,994 | $3,144 | 28.6% | $7,850 | 71.4% | 32 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $9,958 | $4,631 | 46.5% | $5,327 | 53.5% | 3 | 10 | Mela Films LLC | - | false |
| 70 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $9,459 | $3,953 | 41.8% | $5,506 | 58.2% | 30 | 13 | Luke Films Inc. | - | false |
| 71 | I, Robot | $9,095 | $3,422 | 37.6% | $5,673 | 62.4% | 16 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 72 | Tarnation | $8,481 | $3,271 | 38.6% | $5,210 | 61.4% | 8 | 13 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 73 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $8,077 | $1,367 | 16.9% | $6,710 | 83.1% | 1 | 119 | IMAX | - | false |
| 74 | Alien Adventure | $8,000 | $5,000 | 62.5% | $3,000 | 37.5% | 2 | 280 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $7,326 | $2,216 | 30.2% | $5,110 | 69.8% | 2 | 4 | Tartan | - | false |
| 76 | Lightning in a Bottle | $6,499 | $2,794 | 43% | $3,705 | 57% | 4 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 77 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $6,300 | $4,315 | 68.5% | $1,985 | 31.5% | 1 | 4 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 78 | Rosenstrasse | $6,058 | $3,941 | 65% | $2,117 | 35% | 4 | 22 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 79 | Postmen in the Mountains | $5,976 | $2,429 | 40.6% | $3,547 | 59.4% | 2 | 54 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 80 | Bear Cub | $5,284 | $2,369 | 44.8% | $2,915 | 55.2% | 3 | 8 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 81 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $4,383 | $2,681 | 61.2% | $1,702 | 38.8% | 2 | 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 82 | Vodka Lemon | $3,929 | $2,094 | 53.3% | $1,835 | 46.7% | 1 | 12 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 83 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $3,851 | $3,000 | 77.9% | $851 | 22.1% | 6 | 29 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 84 | Saints and Soldiers | $3,436 | $805 | 23.4% | $2,631 | 76.6% | 4 | 21 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 85 | Red Lights | $2,923 | $1,907 | 65.2% | $1,016 | 34.8% | 6 | 19 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 86 | Our Music | $2,086 | $701 | 33.6% | $1,385 | 66.4% | 2 | 6 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 87 | Untold Scandal | $1,661 | $816 | 49.1% | $845 | 50.9% | 1 | 12 | Kino International | - | false |
| 88 | Birth | $1,646 | $778 | 47.3% | $868 | 52.7% | 10 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 89 | Open My Heart | $1,382 | $772 | 55.9% | $610 | 44.1% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 90 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $1,216 | $531 | 43.7% | $685 | 56.3% | 1 | 6 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 91 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,100 | $900 | 81.8% | $200 | 18.2% | 1 | 305 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $1,000 | $750 | 75% | $250 | 25% | 1 | 15 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 93 | Imelda | $895 | $650 | 72.6% | $245 | 27.4% | 1 | 30 | Unico Entertainment | - | false |
| 94 | Zelary | $476 | $340 | 71.4% | $136 | 28.6% | 1 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 95 | A Talking Picture | $470 | $152 | 32.3% | $318 | 67.7% | 1 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 96 | Producing Adults | $459 | $459 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | Testosterone | $432 | $432 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 98 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $404 | $314 | 77.7% | $90 | 22.3% | 3 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 99 | Fade to Black | $390 | $271 | 69.5% | $119 | 30.5% | 5 | 8 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 100 | Head in the Clouds | $355 | $122 | 34.4% | $233 | 65.6% | 2 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 101 | Enduring Love | $271 | $271 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 9 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| - | Days of Being Wild | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 270 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Moolaadé | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Deserted Station | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | First Run | - | false |
| - | L'autre monde 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | ArtMattan Productions | - | false |
