Domestic Box Office For 2004

Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.

Key:Estimated

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
1Million Dollar Baby$100,492,2032,375$179,9530.2%8Dec 15Jun 30Warner Bros.
2Sideways$71,503,5931,786$207,0420.3%4Oct 22May 19Fox Searchlight Pictures
3In Good Company$45,806,6591,963$151,7500.3%3Dec 29Mar 31Universal Pictures
4Hotel Rwanda$23,530,892824$100,0910.4%7Dec 22Apr 28United Artists
5NASCAR: The IMAX Experience$21,583,83173$1,452,6396.7%68Mar 12Dec 15Warner Bros.
6The Motorcycle Diaries$16,781,387272$159,8191%3Sep 24Feb 17Focus Features
7De-Lovely$13,456,633410$292,9632.2%16Jul 2Dec 2United Artists
8Super Size Me$11,536,423230$516,6414.5%41May 7Sep 30IDP Distribution
9House of Flying Daggers$11,050,0941,189$397,472-15Dec 3Apr 7Sony Pictures Classics
10What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?$10,942,306146$7,655<0.1%1Feb 6Apr 14Captured Light
11Kinsey$10,254,979588$169,0381.6%5Nov 12Mar 31Fox Searchlight Pictures
12Saved!$8,940,582592$345,1363.9%20May 28Sep 2United Artists
13Being Julia$7,739,049328$122,2141.6%9Oct 15Apr 3Sony Pictures Classics
14Woman Thou Art Loosed$6,879,730521$2,500,000-408Oct 1Nov 21Magnolia Pictures
15Maria Full of Grace$6,529,624127$139,0662.1%7Jul 16Nov 11Fine Line Features
16A Very Long Engagement$6,524,389219$101,7491.6%4Nov 26Apr 28Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
17Beyond the Sea$6,318,709383$45,2640.7%6Dec 17Mar 31Lionsgate
18Before Sunset$5,820,649204$219,4253.8%20Jul 2Nov 11Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
19The Clearing$5,763,875449$472,7818.2%56Jul 2Oct 10Fox Searchlight Pictures
20Bad Education$5,211,842106$147,3702.8%3Nov 19Apr 25Sony Pictures Classics
21Birth$5,095,038550$1,282,00025.2%550Oct 29Jan 13New Line Cinema
22Touching the Void$4,593,598137$96,9732.1%5Jan 23Jun 10IFC Films
23A Day Without a Mexican$4,179,890107$628,80715%56May 14Dec 16Televisa Cine
24Good Bye Lenin!$4,064,200125$57,9681.4%6Feb 27Aug 5Sony Pictures Classics
25Camping sauvage$3,894,58599---Jul 9-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
26The Door in the Floor$3,854,624134$456,876-47Jul 14Oct 28Focus Features
27Vera Drake$3,775,28397$13,2070.3%2Oct 8Mar 31Fine Line Features
28The Merchant of Venice$3,765,585107$69,8681.9%4Dec 29May 26Sony Pictures Classics
29Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids$3,515,061127$14,6050.4%1Dec 8Jul 14THINKFilm
30The Work and the Glory$3,347,647112$251,1457.5%32Nov 24May 19Excel Entertainment
31Veer Zaara$2,938,53288$843,010-88Nov 11Jan 27Yash Raj Films
32Clifford's Really Big Movie$2,922,354471$662,15222.7%471Apr 20May 27Warner Bros.
33Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux$2,627,01665$357,00013.6%32Oct 1Jan 22Luke Films Inc.
34Control Room$2,589,61674$27,1251%1May 21Nov 4Magnolia Pictures
35The Dreamers$2,532,228116$142,6325.6%5Feb 6Jun 10Fox Searchlight Pictures
36Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring$2,380,78874$42,5611.8%6Apr 2-Sony Pictures Classics
37Bon Voyage
2004 Re-release
$2,354,55994$27,4801.2%1Mar 19Aug 19Sony Pictures Classics
38Riding Giants$2,276,36864$134,4005.9%26Jul 9Dec 2Sony Pictures Classics
39Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film$2,259,68874---Apr 9-TVA Films
40Coffee and Cigarettes$2,198,92447$99,1624.5%5May 14Sep 8United Artists
41Intimate Strangers$2,110,58994$55,8362.6%5Jul 30Dec 16Paramount Classics
42The Sea Inside$2,104,92399$55,6812.6%23Dec 17May 19Fine Line Features
43The Chorus
Quebec Release
$2,087,12834---Oct 1-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
44We Don't Live Here Anymore$2,041,014190$101,2955%7Aug 13Oct 28Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
45Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2004 Re-release
$1,926,03424---Oct 22-IMAX
46The Corporation
2004 Re-release
$1,879,98328$28,6711.5%2Jun 4Nov 18Zeitgeist Films
47The Five of Us$1,852,27245$281,60615.2%45Aug 27-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
48Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong$1,838,92099$551,43230%99Jun 23-Christal Films
49The Story of the Weeping Camel$1,763,05255$21,7671.2%2Jun 4Oct 14THINKFilm
50The Blue Butterfly$1,755,35573$228,50913%73Feb 20-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
51Main Hoon Na$1,747,06079$704,65140.3%79Apr 30-Eros Worldwide
52I'm Not Scared$1,615,32863$48,2923%4Apr 9Sep 2Miramax
53The Corporation$1,613,53316---Jan 16-Mongrel Media
54Battle of the Brave$1,599,71680$468,62529.3%80Nov 19-Christal Films
55The Woodsman$1,576,23184$53,9853.4%6Dec 24Mar 10Newmarket Films
56Dogville$1,535,28670$88,8555.8%9Mar 26Jun 17Lionsgate
57Monica la mitraille$1,435,01599$323,75222.6%99Apr 30-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
58Le dernier tunnel$1,352,48964$296,29521.9%62Mar 12-Christal Films
59A Dirty Shame$1,339,668133$29,3842.2%1Sep 17-Fine Line Features
60Saints and Soldiers$1,310,47037$129,0569.8%26Aug 6May 26Excel Entertainment
61Osama$1,270,90435$51,9694.1%4Feb 6May 27United Artists
62Going the Distance$1,230,897153$333,12627.1%153Aug 20-Odeon
63Swades$1,223,24074$424,80434.7%74Dec 17Feb 6UTV Motion Pictures
64Metallica: Some Kind of Monster$1,222,708147$46,3593.8%3Jul 9Oct 24IFC Films
65Festival Express$1,174,07943$12,0741%1Jul 23Nov 18THINKFilm
66The Best Two Years$1,163,45029$92,4367.9%22Feb 20Oct 17Halestone Distribution
67Les aimants$1,150,41422---Oct 1-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
68Paper Clips$1,121,74443$25,5352.3%5Nov 24Jun 5Slowhand Cinema Releasing
69Nicotina$1,117,86496$446,76840%96Aug 20Oct 7Arenas Entertainment
70Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War$1,111,06134$260,13523.4%29Sep 3Dec 16IDP Distribution
71Sacred Planet$1,108,35618---Apr 22-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
72The Machinist$1,082,71572$64,6616%3Oct 22Apr 7Paramount Classics
73The Mother$1,063,16344$61,9135.8%7May 28Nov 11Sony Pictures Classics
74Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence$1,043,89655$317,72230.4%47Sep 17Nov 4Go Fish Pictures
75A Home at the End of the World$1,029,87265$64,7286.3%5Jul 23Oct 28Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
76Silver City$1,020,656162$337,484-114Sep 17Oct 28Newmarket Films
77Bright Young Things$933,63792$46,9265%3Aug 20Nov 18THINKFilm
78Criminal$929,23390$283,20930.5%77Sep 10Oct 28Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
79Mujhse Shaadi Karogi$915,72848$379,81241.5%47Jul 30Aug 29Zee Cinema
80Intermission$896,99369$39,9364.5%10Mar 19Jun 10IFC Films
81The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
2004 Re-release
$862,89455$61,1047.1%4Jul 23Sep 30Miramax
82Latter Days$834,68519$57,2426.9%4Jan 30-TLA Releasing
83The Battle of Algiers
2004 Re-release
$822,9419$64,8707.9%6Jan 9Oct 28Rialto Pictures
84Hum Tum$796,64143$275,88234.6%43May 28-Yash Raj Films
85Stage Beauty$782,38378$38,6544.9%3Oct 8Dec 2Lionsgate
86Young Adam$767,37341$50,2786.6%9Apr 16Aug 19Sony Pictures Classics
87Lakshya$753,60059$380,00050.4%59Jun 18Jul 29UTV Motion Pictures
88Donnie Darko
2004 Director's Cut
$753,14722$24,7283.3%7Jun 2Oct 14Newmarket Films
89Rosenstrasse$734,51924---Jul 30Jan 13IDP Distribution
90Fade to Black$728,921170$449,33161.6%170Nov 5Dec 30Paramount Classics
91The Assassination of Richard Nixon$708,77659$37,5475.3%5Dec 29Mar 3THINKFilm
92The Saddest Music in the World$699,22525$37,7435.4%4Apr 30Aug 5IFC Films
93Red Lights$673,82829$3,2020.5%1Aug 20Mar 31Wellspring Media
94American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
2004 Re-release
$646,9514$1,4750.2%1Aug 18Sep 23New Yorker Films
95Monty Python's Life of Brian
2004 Re-release
$646,95128$26,3764.1%4Apr 30Oct 28Rainbow Releasing
96Going Upriver$614,138163$279,21945.5%163Oct 1-THINKFilm
97Mean Creek$603,95149$29,1704.8%4Aug 20Dec 16Paramount Classics
98Tarnation$592,01422$12,7402.2%1Oct 6May 29Wellspring Media
99Khakee$587,87749$212,65636.2%45Jan 23Feb 22Eros Worldwide
100Touch of Pink$564,53521$79,88314.2%16Jul 16Dec 2Sony Pictures Classics
101The Twilight Samurai
2004 Re-release
$559,76516$8,5731.5%1Apr 23Nov 14Empire Pictures Inc.
102Love Me If You Dare$553,50456$21,5463.9%3May 21Dec 19Paramount Classics
103The Final Cut$551,281117$226,29641%117Oct 15Nov 11Lionsgate
104Facing Windows$543,35427$36,0616.6%7Jun 18-Sony Pictures Classics
105The Return$504,25618$19,7953.9%3Feb 6-Kino International
106L'incomparable mademoiselle C.$493,90577$172,30034.9%77Apr 23-Christal Films
107Seducing Doctor Lewis
2004 Re-release
$489,83815$7,1641.5%1Jun 16Apr 14Wellspring Media
108Shaolin Soccer$489,60014$39,1678%6Apr 2Aug 26Miramax
109Strayed$482,75729$19,5314%2May 14Dec 16Wellspring Media
110The Last Shot$464,27540$164,80135.5%35Sep 24Nov 18Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
111Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism$461,57218$77,98216.9%5Aug 6-Cinema Libre Studio
112Callas Forever$446,95516$37,8558.5%5Nov 5Jun 16Regent Releasing
113Primer$424,76031$28,1626.6%4Oct 8Dec 19THINKFilm
114Broken Wings$421,45424$24,862-5Mar 12-Sony Pictures Classics
115In the Realms of the Unreal$417,12013$15,4773.7%3Dec 22Jun 16Wellspring Media
116Godzilla$412,5206$38,0309.2%2May 7Dec 19Rialto Pictures
117Head in the Clouds$398,27847$46,13311.6%10Sep 17Jan 6Sony Pictures Classics
118Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie$396,80354$91,38823%17May 7Jun 24THINKFilm
119End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones$391,95010$18,4224.7%1Aug 20Dec 19Magnolia Pictures
120Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela$381,2253$3,2630.9%1Oct 22Dec 15Mela Films LLC
121The Hunting of the President$376,61220$23,2986.2%2Jun 18-Regent Releasing
122Highwaymen$371,396111$195,436-111Feb 13Mar 4New Line Cinema
123The Brown Bunny$366,30119$50,60113.8%3Aug 27Jan 13Wellspring Media
124She Hate Me$366,03728$55,01615%11Jul 28Dec 16Sony Pictures Classics
125Baadasssss!$365,72741$45,33112.4%14May 28Sep 2Sony Pictures Classics
126I'll Sleep When I'm Dead$360,75919$13,4153.7%2Jun 16-Paramount Classics
127Enduring Love$358,36256$34,6109.7%5Oct 29Feb 24Paramount Classics
128Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There$353,58014$16,5244.7%2Jun 11Feb 21Dada Films
129Kitchen Stories
2004 Re-release
$351,23515$48,10313.7%8Feb 20-IFC Films
130Since Otar Left$350,39115$13,7633.9%2Apr 30-Zeitgeist Films
131The United States of Leland$343,84790$48,38414.1%14Apr 2-Paramount Classics
132Look What's Happened Now$336,90951$171,96651%51Aug 13Aug 22Eros Worldwide
133Wooly Boys$335,7267$49,37414.7%5Jan 23-MAC Releasing
134Yuva$331,16635$210,00063.4%30May 21-Net Effect Media
135Zelary$330,03321$29,0028.8%6Sep 17Jan 6Sony Pictures Classics
136Ju-on: The Grudge$325,68011$25,4467.8%3Jul 23Dec 9Vitagraph Films
137Bukowski: Born into This$318,8168$27,0958.5%5May 28-Magnolia Pictures
138America's Heart & Soul$314,40298$134,93942.9%98Jul 2Jul 29Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
139Ruby & Quentin$312,82433$91,71429.3%33Mar 26-Christal Films
140Masti$308,56629$162,68752.7%27Apr 9-Eros Worldwide
141Hair Show$305,28138$155,34950.9%38Oct 15-Innovation Film Group (IFG)
142Silmido$298,3478---Apr 23-Cinema Service
143Mickey$294,75876$75,23525.5%42Apr 30Jun 10Slugger Pictures
144I Am David$288,552226$160,34655.6%226Dec 3Dec 23Lionsgate
145Code 46$285,58521$20,1707.1%3Aug 6-United Artists
146Valentin
2003 Re-release
$275,96815$14,0485.1%2May 7Aug 26Miramax
147This Old Cub$270,0146$31,25211.6%6Mar 26Sep 9Emerging Pictures
148Mayor of the Sunset Strip$257,31518$21,7228.4%7Mar 26-First Look International
149The Reckoning$257,25232$18,0447%5Mar 5Jul 1Paramount Classics
150Miss Minoes
2004 Re-release
$256,77034---Feb 25-Christal Films
151Greendale$255,9478$10,1634%2Feb 27-Shakey Pictures
152The Yes Men$255,36432$24,3739.5%3Sep 24-United Artists
153The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
Canadian Release
$255,26915---Jun 11-Seville Pictures
154Dhoom$245,75632$102,86041.9%32Aug 27-Yash Raj Films
155Uncovered: The War on Iraq$238,92422$31,48113.2%7Aug 20-Cinema Libre Studio
156Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself$235,29416$13,7475.8%2Mar 12-THINKFilm
157Asa Nu Maan Watna Da: In Search of Our Roots$235,0755$53,14022.6%5May 14-Wild Rose Entertainment
158Imaginary Heroes$228,76724$4,6962.1%2Dec 17May 19Sony Pictures Classics
159Remember Me, My Love$227,9867$15,3786.7%2Sep 3Dec 16IDP Distribution
160Guiana 1838$227,24116$70,91031.2%1Sep 24Apr 10RBC Radio
161This So-Called Disaster$226,6583$8,4353.7%1Apr 21-IFC Films
162The Agronomist$226,18921$30,85513.6%7Apr 23Jun 27THINKFilm
163Carandiru$216,33515$17,9458.3%6May 14-Sony Pictures Classics
164Moolaadé$215,6464$11,9825.6%2Oct 15Jul 28New Yorker Films
165The Delicate Art of Parking$213,00810$15,8597.4%1Apr 2-Cinéma Libre
166The Home Teachers$203,91720$47,49423.3%20Jan 9Apr 15Halestone Distribution
167Lightning in a Bottle$201,71121$5,3002.6%2Oct 22Mar 10Sony Pictures Classics
168The Snow Walker$201,14916$35,00017.4%16Mar 5-Lionsgate
169Independent Lens: Imelda$200,9926$24,07712%6Jun 9-Unico Entertainment
170Around the Bend$193,63751$17,8799.2%4Oct 8Nov 23Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
171Testosterone$185,0784$29,45215.9%4Sep 10Feb 10Strand Releasing
172P.S.$180,50317$18,71010.4%3Oct 15Dec 2Newmarket Films
173Bush's Brain$177,4859$11,9276.7%4Aug 20-Tartan
174Stateside$174,318156$113,620-156May 21Jun 6IDP Distribution
175Baptists at Our Barbecue$173,30613$29,18416.8%13Oct 8Mar 31Halestone Distribution
176Infernal Affairs$169,6595$25,68015.1%5Sep 24Oct 21Miramax
177The Five Obstructions$165,8453$8,9405.4%1May 26Oct 14Koch Lorber Films
178A Love Song for Bobby Long$164,30824$28,24317.2%8Dec 29Feb 17Lionsgate
179Danny Deckchair
2004 Re-release
$160,27629$10,3046.4%4Aug 11Sep 30Lionsgate
180When Will I Be Loved$159,42920$29,10318.3%8Sep 10-IFC Films
181Dans l'oeil du chat$155,71427$79,13350.8%27Feb 13-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
182Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse$152,14847$46,37630.5%47Aug 27-TVA Films
183Two Men Went to War$150,2084$10,6727.1%4Mar 26May 30Indican Pictures
184Crimson Gold$148,9598$13,4769%2Jan 16-Wellspring Media
185Days of Being Wild$146,3104$18,09012.4%1Nov 19-Kino International
186Undertow$143,59730$24,35417%6Oct 22-United Artists
187The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra$143,12113$10,4257.3%1Feb 6Apr 15Sony Pictures Repertory
188Zhou Yu's Train
2004 Re-release
$142,56212$22,93316.1%6Jul 16-Sony Pictures Classics
189Our Music$139,9228$8,2105.9%1Nov 24May 22Wellspring Media
190Riding the Bullet$134,711108$101,10775.1%100Oct 15Oct 21Innovation Film Group (IFG)
191Crying Ladies$132,92010$65,66449.4%10Feb 20Nov 28Unitel Pictures
192Robot Stories$131,4513$10,0267.6%1Feb 13Jun 24Pak Film
193Tokyo Godfathers$129,56010$29,25922.6%8Jan 16Apr 8IDP Distribution
194Malevolence$127,28710$13,44510.6%2Sep 10May 12Painted Zebra Productions Inc.
195Dig!$127,06710$20,43716.1%2Oct 1Dec 19Palm Pictures
196Fear and Trembling
2004 Re-release
$126,6843$6,0074.7%1Nov 19Sep 15The Cinema Guild
197Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train$122,0114---Jun 18-First Run
198Love, Sex and Eating the Bones$116,8698$32,64827.9%8Mar 5-THINKFilm
199Games People Play: New York$113,6224$12,34610.9%1Mar 12May 20Artistic License
200Let's Bring Our Heroes Home$111,42341$111,423100%41Jun 25-Eros Worldwide