| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Are We There Yet? | $22,111,872 | $18,575,214 | 84% | $3,536,658 | 16% | 2,709 | 1 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| 2 | Coach Carter | $13,313,543 | $10,548,599 | 79.2% | $2,764,944 | 20.8% | 2,552 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Meet the Fockers | $12,785,415 | $9,683,260 | 75.7% | $3,102,155 | 24.3% | 3,446 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | In Good Company | $10,315,215 | $7,989,410 | 77.4% | $2,325,805 | 22.6% | 1,963 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Assault on Precinct 13 | $8,929,678 | $7,000,000 | - | - | - | 2,297 | 2 | Rogue Pictures | - | true |
| 6 | Racing Stripes | $8,252,181 | $6,815,275 | 82.6% | $1,436,906 | 17.4% | 3,185 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Aviator | $7,496,629 | $4,800,000 | - | - | - | 2,261 | 6 | Miramax | - | true |
| 8 | White Noise | $6,448,385 | $4,988,480 | 77.4% | $1,459,905 | 22.6% | 2,247 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Phantom of the Opera | $6,322,758 | $4,555,434 | 72% | $1,767,324 | 28% | 1,511 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Elektra | $5,189,786 | $3,964,598 | 76.4% | $1,225,188 | 23.6% | 3,203 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Sideways | $4,427,642 | $2,851,955 | 64.4% | $1,575,687 | 35.6% | 699 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Million Dollar Baby | $2,653,803 | $1,652,078 | 62.2% | $1,001,725 | 37.8% | 147 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $2,079,118 | $1,622,636 | 78% | $456,482 | 22% | 1,524 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Hotel Rwanda | $2,043,659 | $1,326,336 | 64.9% | $717,323 | 35.1% | 319 | 6 | United Artists | - | false |
| 15 | Ocean's Twelve | $1,910,193 | $1,379,378 | 72.2% | $530,815 | 27.8% | 1,275 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Finding Neverland | $1,871,835 | $1,222,682 | - | - | - | 869 | 11 | Miramax | - | true |
| 17 | National Treasure | $1,651,343 | $1,277,550 | 77.4% | $373,793 | 22.6% | 1,071 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | House of Flying Daggers | $1,339,438 | $1,005,586 | 75.1% | $333,852 | 24.9% | 1,017 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 19 | Closer | $782,765 | $527,519 | 67.4% | $255,246 | 32.6% | 504 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | Fat Albert | $763,474 | $606,807 | 79.5% | $156,667 | 20.5% | 1,252 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 21 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $753,271 | $527,088 | 70% | $226,183 | 30% | 425 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Spanglish | $700,525 | $521,623 | 74.5% | $178,902 | 25.5% | 680 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | The Incredibles | $669,384 | $520,877 | 77.8% | $148,507 | 22.2% | 611 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | The Work and the Glory | $618,888 | $326,667 | 52.8% | $292,221 | 47.2% | 112 | 10 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 25 | Beyond the Sea | $597,614 | $382,608 | 64% | $215,006 | 36% | 303 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 26 | The Polar Express | $589,960 | $409,314 | 69.4% | $180,646 | 30.6% | 201 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | A Very Long Engagement | $491,311 | $335,095 | 68.2% | $156,216 | 31.8% | 201 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 28 | Bad Education | $422,777 | $287,178 | 67.9% | $135,599 | 32.1% | 67 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 29 | Ray | $418,955 | $275,420 | 65.7% | $143,535 | 34.3% | 293 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Kinsey | $292,155 | $201,342 | 68.9% | $90,813 | 31.1% | 154 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | The Woodsman | $290,948 | $201,785 | 69.4% | $89,163 | 30.6% | 84 | 5 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 32 | Darkness | $285,181 | $228,239 | 80% | $56,942 | 20% | 422 | 5 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 33 | The Merchant of Venice | $240,384 | $166,175 | 69.1% | $74,209 | 30.9% | 38 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 34 | Blade: Trinity | $195,348 | $136,055 | 69.6% | $59,293 | 30.4% | 269 | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 35 | Being Julia | $189,741 | $118,486 | 62.4% | $71,255 | 37.6% | 65 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 36 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $185,801 | $152,867 | 82.3% | $32,934 | 17.7% | 310 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Flight of the Phoenix | $180,948 | $133,127 | 73.6% | $47,821 | 26.4% | 257 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 38 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $153,252 | $98,559 | 64.3% | $54,693 | 35.7% | 75 | 18 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 39 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $138,559 | $94,923 | 68.5% | $43,636 | 31.5% | 59 | 5 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 40 | Space Station 3D | $118,764 | $59,728 | 50.3% | $59,036 | 49.7% | 13 | 145 | IMAX | - | false |
| 41 | Shall We Dance? | $99,045 | $65,762 | 66.4% | $33,283 | 33.6% | 190 | 15 | Miramax | - | false |
| 42 | Ladder 49 | $96,119 | $68,564 | 71.3% | $27,555 | 28.7% | 160 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $90,482 | $53,502 | 59.1% | $36,980 | 40.9% | 64 | 51 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 44 | The Sea Inside | $68,483 | $42,559 | 62.2% | $25,924 | 37.8% | 15 | 6 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 45 | Vera Drake | $62,836 | $35,819 | 57% | $27,017 | 43% | 52 | 16 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 46 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $51,022 | $31,208 | 61.2% | $19,814 | 38.8% | 13 | 6 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 47 | Alexander | $49,475 | $33,885 | 68.5% | $15,590 | 31.5% | 102 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | Bugs! | $45,343 | $19,547 | 43.1% | $25,796 | 56.9% | 19 | 99 | SK Films | - | false |
| 49 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $40,984 | $30,378 | 74.1% | $10,606 | 25.9% | 18 | 46 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $37,663 | $22,597 | 60% | $15,066 | 40% | 23 | 17 | Luke Films Inc. | - | false |
| 51 | Haunted Castle | $37,500 | $27,000 | 72% | $10,500 | 28% | 5 | 205 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $35,736 | $29,116 | 81.5% | $6,620 | 18.5% | 55 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | I Heart Huckabees | $30,771 | $19,644 | 63.8% | $11,127 | 36.2% | 32 | 17 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $28,892 | $10,254 | 35.5% | $18,638 | 64.5% | 2 | 327 | IMAX | - | false |
| 55 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $26,844 | $26,844 | 100% | $0 | - | 7 | 120 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 56 | Appleseed | $26,025 | $16,386 | 63% | $9,639 | 37% | 16 | 2 | Geneon Entertainment | - | false |
| 57 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,865 | $24,865 | 100% | $0 | - | 7 | 119 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 58 | Head-On | $24,341 | $15,216 | 62.5% | $9,125 | 37.5% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 59 | The Chorus 2005 Re-release | $20,670 | $14,398 | 69.7% | $6,272 | 30.3% | 2 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 60 | After the Sunset | $17,716 | $12,813 | 72.3% | $4,903 | 27.7% | 45 | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 61 | The Young Black Stallion | $13,633 | $11,771 | 86.3% | $1,862 | 13.7% | 5 | 58 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Beautiful Boxer | $13,429 | $8,713 | 64.9% | $4,716 | 35.1% | 2 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 63 | Tarnation | $13,055 | $7,689 | 58.9% | $5,366 | 41.1% | 7 | 17 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 64 | Travelers and Magicians | $11,700 | $7,936 | 67.8% | $3,764 | 32.2% | 3 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 65 | Wonderful Days | $11,473 | $8,151 | 71% | $3,322 | 29% | 4 | 4 | End Game Productions Inc. | - | false |
| 66 | Napoleon Dynamite | $11,274 | $8,119 | 72% | $3,155 | 28% | 30 | 33 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 67 | Bear Cub | $10,271 | $6,175 | 60.1% | $4,096 | 39.9% | 2 | 12 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 68 | Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' | $9,395 | $3,845 | 40.9% | $5,550 | 59.1% | 1 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| 69 | Paper Clips | $9,342 | $4,342 | 46.5% | $5,000 | 53.5% | 6 | 10 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | Machuca | $8,435 | $4,635 | 55% | $3,800 | 45% | 1 | 2 | Menemsha Films | - | false |
| 71 | The Machinist | $8,362 | $5,422 | 64.8% | $2,940 | 35.2% | 11 | 14 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 72 | Watermarks | $8,321 | $4,837 | 58.1% | $3,484 | 41.9% | 1 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| 73 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $7,930 | $3,660 | 46.2% | $4,270 | 53.8% | 1 | 8 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 74 | Alien Adventure | $6,806 | $4,000 | 58.8% | $2,806 | 41.2% | 2 | 284 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | Callas Forever | $6,310 | $3,908 | 61.9% | $2,402 | 38.1% | 3 | 12 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Lightning in a Bottle | $5,714 | $3,930 | 68.8% | $1,784 | 31.2% | 6 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 77 | Swades | $5,200 | $5,200 | 100% | $0 | - | 10 | 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,833 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Mela Films LLC | - | false |
| 79 | Moolaadé | $4,730 | $2,875 | 60.8% | $1,855 | 39.2% | 4 | 15 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 80 | Postmen in the Mountains | $4,086 | $2,375 | 58.1% | $1,711 | 41.9% | 2 | 58 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 81 | Monsieur N. 2004 Re-release | $3,943 | $1,747 | 44.3% | $2,196 | 55.7% | 1 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 82 | Our Music | $3,788 | $2,311 | 61% | $1,477 | 39% | 5 | 10 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 83 | A Talking Picture | $3,688 | $2,204 | 59.8% | $1,484 | 40.2% | 1 | 7 | Kino International | - | false |
| 84 | Galapagos | $3,578 | $1,918 | 53.6% | $1,660 | 46.4% | 1 | 274 | IMAX | - | false |
| 85 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,577 | $1,628 | 45.5% | $1,949 | 54.5% | 3 | 94 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | Gory Gory Hallelujah | $3,570 | $2,360 | 66.1% | $1,210 | 33.9% | 1 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $3,393 | $2,511 | 74% | $882 | 26% | 2 | 123 | IMAX | - | false |
| 88 | Brother to Brother | $3,159 | $1,991 | 63% | $1,168 | 37% | 2 | 12 | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $3,133 | $3,133 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 33 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 90 | Garden State | $2,573 | $1,980 | 77% | $593 | 23% | 5 | 27 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | Days of Being Wild | $2,466 | $1,710 | 69.3% | $756 | 30.7% | 2 | 10 | Kino International | - | false |
| 92 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $2,454 | $1,757 | 71.6% | $697 | 28.4% | 1 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 93 | Saints and Soldiers | $2,039 | $1,271 | 62.3% | $768 | 37.7% | 3 | 25 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 94 | Testosterone | $2,027 | $1,492 | 73.6% | $535 | 26.4% | 1 | 20 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 95 | A Silent Love | $1,974 | $1,974 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Atopia | - | false |
| 96 | She's One of Us 2005 Re-release | $1,870 | $996 | 53.3% | $874 | 46.7% | 1 | 1 | Leisure Time Features | - | false |
| 97 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,778 | $555 | 31.2% | $1,223 | 68.8% | 3 | 190 | IMAX | - | false |
| 98 | Enduring Love | $1,585 | $929 | 58.6% | $656 | 41.4% | 2 | 13 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 99 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $1,179 | $800 | 67.8% | $379 | 32.2% | 1 | 32 | First Run | - | false |
| 100 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,050 | $1,000 | 95.2% | $50 | 4.8% | 1 | 309 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America | $981 | $563 | 57.4% | $418 | 42.6% | 1 | 2 | Lumiere Productions | - | false |
| 102 | Vodka Lemon | $958 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 103 | Untold Scandal | $860 | $164 | 19.1% | $696 | 80.9% | 3 | 16 | Kino International | - | false |
| 104 | Red Lights | $750 | $750 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 23 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 105 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $500 | $500 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 19 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 106 | Straight-Jacket | $497 | $339 | 68.2% | $158 | 31.8% | 1 | 9 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $289 | $189 | 65.4% | $100 | 34.6% | 1 | 21 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 108 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $288 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 109 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $66 | $66 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Veer Zaara | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 12 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| - | Silent Waters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Solitude | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bright Leaves | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Who Killed Bambi? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Deserted Station | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Distant | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
