| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | $55,080,125 | $41,741,785 | 75.8% | $13,338,340 | 24.2% | 3,524 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $18,100,587 | $14,587,219 | 80.6% | $3,513,368 | 19.4% | 3,623 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Aviator | $15,129,469 | $11,200,000 | - | - | - | 1,796 | 3 | Miramax | - | true |
| 4 | Ocean's Twelve | $12,428,444 | $9,433,199 | 75.9% | $2,995,245 | 24.1% | 3,290 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Fat Albert | $12,124,439 | $10,176,065 | 83.9% | $1,948,374 | 16.1% | 2,744 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | National Treasure | $8,516,685 | $6,768,112 | 79.5% | $1,748,573 | 20.5% | 2,282 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Spanglish | $8,439,333 | $6,183,965 | 73.3% | $2,255,368 | 26.7% | 2,489 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | The Polar Express | $7,084,784 | $5,609,096 | 79.2% | $1,475,688 | 20.8% | 2,513 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | The Phantom of the Opera | $6,712,298 | $4,762,233 | 71% | $1,950,065 | 29% | 622 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $6,333,793 | $4,424,122 | 69.8% | $1,909,671 | 30.2% | 1,105 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Darkness | $6,060,370 | $4,500,000 | - | - | - | 1,718 | 2 | Dimension Films | - | true |
| 12 | The Incredibles | $5,184,229 | $4,160,395 | 80.2% | $1,023,834 | 19.8% | 1,715 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Blade: Trinity | $4,145,206 | $3,000,202 | - | - | - | 2,207 | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | true |
| 14 | Flight of the Phoenix | $4,103,391 | $3,050,635 | 74.3% | $1,052,756 | 25.7% | 2,373 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Finding Neverland | $3,542,312 | $2,590,313 | - | - | - | 1,054 | 8 | Miramax | - | true |
| 16 | Closer | $3,358,608 | $2,231,133 | 66.4% | $1,127,475 | 33.6% | 1,094 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Sideways | $2,962,366 | $2,150,398 | 72.6% | $811,968 | 27.4% | 370 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,961,207 | $1,637,528 | 83.5% | $323,679 | 16.5% | 1,825 | 7 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 19 | Beyond the Sea | $1,838,573 | $1,340,773 | 72.9% | $497,800 | 27.1% | 383 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 20 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $1,614,474 | $1,246,327 | 77.2% | $368,147 | 22.8% | 1,068 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | House of Flying Daggers | $1,044,106 | $741,890 | 71.1% | $302,216 | 28.9% | 161 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 22 | A Very Long Engagement | $1,039,414 | $692,062 | 66.6% | $347,352 | 33.4% | 167 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 23 | Kinsey | $789,120 | $531,360 | 67.3% | $257,760 | 32.7% | 228 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Ray | $607,160 | $449,330 | 74% | $157,830 | 26% | 343 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $481,719 | $23,209 | 4.8% | $458,510 | 95.2% | 13 | 11 | IMAX | - | false |
| 26 | Shark Tale | $441,147 | $341,261 | 77.4% | $99,886 | 22.6% | 407 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 27 | Bad Education | $415,858 | $282,562 | 68% | $133,296 | 32% | 47 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Million Dollar Baby | $414,609 | $271,472 | 65.5% | $143,137 | 34.5% | 9 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 29 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $282,141 | $189,754 | 67.3% | $92,387 | 32.7% | 93 | 15 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 30 | Shall We Dance? | $249,852 | $179,234 | 71.7% | $70,618 | 28.3% | 306 | 12 | Miramax | - | false |
| 31 | Ladder 49 | $242,117 | $165,335 | 68.3% | $76,782 | 31.7% | 255 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | In Good Company | $221,284 | $151,750 | 68.6% | $69,534 | 31.4% | 3 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Hotel Rwanda | $218,068 | $142,378 | 65.3% | $75,690 | 34.7% | 7 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 34 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $199,740 | $131,755 | 66% | $67,985 | 34% | 216 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Swades | $174,509 | $132,726 | 76.1% | $41,783 | 23.9% | 60 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | The Work and the Glory | $127,791 | $80,904 | 63.3% | $46,887 | 36.7% | 22 | 7 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 37 | The Woodsman | $125,963 | $83,077 | 66% | $42,886 | 34% | 13 | 2 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 38 | Space Station 3D | $120,900 | $63,908 | 52.9% | $56,992 | 47.1% | 9 | 142 | IMAX | - | false |
| 39 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $117,867 | $68,416 | 58% | $49,451 | 42% | 54 | 48 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 40 | After the Sunset | $106,715 | $63,049 | 59.1% | $43,666 | 40.9% | 146 | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 41 | The Merchant of Venice | $86,378 | $69,868 | 80.9% | $16,510 | 19.1% | 4 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 42 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $84,075 | $62,725 | 74.6% | $21,350 | 25.4% | 77 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Alexander | $76,328 | $47,387 | 62.1% | $28,941 | 37.9% | 232 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | Being Julia | $76,282 | $47,841 | 62.7% | $28,441 | 37.3% | 43 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | Napoleon Dynamite | $75,141 | $47,898 | 63.7% | $27,243 | 36.3% | 114 | 30 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $57,406 | $37,547 | 65.4% | $19,859 | 34.6% | 5 | 2 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 47 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $44,053 | $4,765 | 10.8% | $39,288 | 89.2% | 1 | 324 | IMAX | - | false |
| 48 | Haunted Castle | $43,000 | $32,500 | 75.6% | $10,500 | 24.4% | 5 | 202 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | I Heart Huckabees | $42,423 | $26,129 | 61.6% | $16,294 | 38.4% | 43 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Without a Paddle | $41,824 | $28,883 | 69.1% | $12,941 | 30.9% | 25 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $41,215 | $28,243 | 68.5% | $12,972 | 31.5% | 8 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 52 | Vera Drake | $38,073 | $22,226 | 58.4% | $15,847 | 41.6% | 19 | 13 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 53 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $36,892 | $29,147 | 79% | $7,745 | 21% | 18 | 43 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $33,846 | $17,167 | 50.7% | $16,679 | 49.3% | 3 | 3 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 55 | The Sea Inside | $28,979 | $18,784 | 64.8% | $10,195 | 35.2% | 5 | 3 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 56 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $27,005 | $27,005 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 116 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 57 | Team America: World Police | $26,937 | $15,278 | 56.7% | $11,659 | 43.3% | 41 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | The Machinist | $23,645 | $13,557 | 57.3% | $10,088 | 42.7% | 26 | 11 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Veer Zaara | $19,929 | $14,246 | 71.5% | $5,683 | 28.5% | 10 | 9 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 60 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $18,458 | $18,458 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 117 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 61 | Garden State | $17,626 | $10,717 | 60.8% | $6,909 | 39.2% | 24 | 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $15,355 | $11,170 | 72.8% | $4,185 | 27.2% | 1 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 63 | Callas Forever | $14,820 | $10,228 | 69% | $4,592 | 31% | 6 | 9 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 64 | Paper Clips | $12,810 | $8,510 | 66.4% | $4,300 | 33.6% | 6 | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 65 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $11,838 | $6,103 | 51.6% | $5,735 | 48.4% | 4 | 91 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | Tarnation | $11,503 | $7,388 | 64.2% | $4,115 | 35.8% | 7 | 14 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 67 | The Young Black Stallion | $11,190 | $6,762 | 60.4% | $4,428 | 39.6% | 4 | 55 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Bear Cub | $10,611 | $7,259 | 68.4% | $3,352 | 31.6% | 4 | 9 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 69 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $10,154 | $6,081 | 59.9% | $4,073 | 40.1% | 3 | 11 | Mela Films LLC | - | false |
| 70 | Our Music | $9,972 | $7,240 | 72.6% | $2,732 | 27.4% | 3 | 7 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 71 | Alfie | $9,861 | $5,322 | 54% | $4,539 | 46% | 20 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | Postmen in the Mountains | $9,731 | $7,225 | 74.2% | $2,506 | 25.8% | 3 | 55 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 73 | Lightning in a Bottle | $9,223 | $4,920 | 53.3% | $4,303 | 46.7% | 6 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 74 | Alien Adventure | $7,800 | $4,500 | 57.7% | $3,300 | 42.3% | 2 | 281 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | Moolaadé | $7,253 | $4,123 | 56.8% | $3,130 | 43.2% | 2 | 12 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 76 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $6,217 | $1,668 | 26.8% | $4,549 | 73.2% | 1 | 120 | IMAX | - | false |
| 77 | Wonderful Days | $5,444 | $3,022 | 55.5% | $2,422 | 44.5% | 1 | 1 | End Game Productions Inc. | - | false |
| 78 | Rosenstrasse | $5,138 | $2,951 | 57.4% | $2,187 | 42.6% | 4 | 23 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| 79 | Galapagos | $4,322 | $3,146 | 72.8% | $1,176 | 27.2% | 1 | 271 | IMAX | - | false |
| 80 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $4,158 | $2,473 | 59.5% | $1,685 | 40.5% | 3 | 30 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 81 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $3,763 | $2,525 | 67.1% | $1,238 | 32.9% | 2 | 5 | Tartan | - | false |
| 82 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $3,107 | $2,096 | 67.5% | $1,011 | 32.5% | 2 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $2,971 | $2,144 | 72.2% | $827 | 27.8% | 7 | 14 | Luke Films Inc. | - | false |
| 84 | Red Lights | $2,263 | $1,500 | 66.3% | $763 | 33.7% | 2 | 20 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 85 | Saints and Soldiers | $1,566 | $955 | 61% | $611 | 39% | 2 | 22 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 86 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,232 | $1,055 | 85.6% | $177 | 14.4% | 1 | 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 87 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,200 | $875 | 72.9% | $325 | 27.1% | 1 | 306 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Untold Scandal | $875 | $594 | 67.9% | $281 | 32.1% | 2 | 13 | Kino International | - | false |
| 89 | Zelary | $834 | $524 | 62.8% | $310 | 37.2% | 1 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 90 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $804 | $551 | 68.5% | $253 | 31.5% | 1 | 7 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 91 | L'autre monde 2004 Re-release | $747 | $527 | 70.6% | $220 | 29.4% | 1 | 22 | ArtMattan Productions | - | false |
| 92 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $660 | $492 | 74.6% | $168 | 25.4% | 1 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 93 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $610 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 94 | Birth | $586 | $413 | 70.5% | $173 | 29.5% | 5 | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 95 | Enduring Love | $563 | $276 | 49% | $287 | 51% | 1 | 10 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 96 | A Talking Picture | $516 | $387 | 75% | $129 | 25% | 1 | 4 | Kino International | - | false |
| 97 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $500 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 98 | The Deserted Station | $334 | $118 | 35.3% | $216 | 64.7% | 1 | 27 | First Run | - | false |
| 99 | Head in the Clouds | $171 | $72 | 42.1% | $99 | 57.9% | 1 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | The Brown Bunny | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| - | Days of Being Wild | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Bright Leaves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Brother to Brother | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| - | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | Dada Films | - | false |
| - | Baptists at Our Barbecue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Halestone Distribution | - | false |
| - | Bugs! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96 | SK Films | - | false |
| - | Vodka Lemon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Straight-Jacket | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Journey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Warren Miller Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Anatomy of Hell | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Tartan | - | false |
| - | Ma vie en cinémascope | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| - | The Raspberry Reich | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Testosterone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
