Domestic Box Office For Aug 20, 2004
Data as of Dec 18, 2:54 PST
Key:New This DayEstimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Exorcist: The Beginning | $7,022,128 | - | - | 2,803 | $2,505 | $7,022,128 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Without a Paddle | $4,742,277 | - | - | 2,730 | $1,737 | $4,742,277 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $4,071,711 | +65.7% | -49.3% | 3,490 | $1,166 | $52,237,886 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Alien vs. Predator | $3,924,956 | +63.3% | -76.1% | 3,401 | $1,154 | $54,477,567 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 14 | Open Water | $3,885,000 | +2,756.6% | +1,539.2% | 2,709 | $1,434 | $6,966,000 | 15 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 3 | Collateral | $2,920,215 | +76.2% | -37.7% | 3,029 | $964 | $62,485,266 | 15 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | 4 | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,911,660 | +83.5% | -25.3% | 2,532 | $755 | $145,835,900 | 29 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | The Village | $1,150,543 | +42.3% | -49.6% | 2,249 | $511 | $104,476,809 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | The Manchurian Candidate | $1,147,461 | +82.3% | -32.4% | 1,920 | $597 | $51,673,148 | 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 12 | Garden State | $908,040 | +324.1% | +130.2% | 652 | $1,392 | $4,397,489 | 24 | - |
| 11 | 7 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $795,272 | +36.6% | -81.6% | 2,411 | $329 | $13,064,110 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 9 | I, Robot | $705,928 | +47.7% | -38.1% | 1,609 | $438 | $136,590,041 | 36 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | Spider-Man 2 | $659,909 | +51.2% | -36.8% | 1,343 | $491 | $363,411,937 | 52 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $556,425 | +62.4% | +5% | 577 | $964 | $17,880,133 | 71 | - |
| 15 | 8 | Little Black Book | $517,894 | -1.6% | -59.4% | 1,640 | $315 | $17,428,400 | 15 | Revolution Studios |
| 16 | - | Benji: Off the Leash! | $410,000 | - | - | 877 | $467 | $410,000 | 1 | - |
| 17 | 15 | De-Lovely | $147,690 | +28.5% | -16.2% | 317 | $465 | $10,361,901 | 50 | United Artists |
| 18 | - | Nicotina | $142,528 | - | - | 96 | $1,484 | $142,528 | 1 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 19 | 18 | Catwoman | $111,756 | +10.3% | -59% | 444 | $251 | $38,776,163 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 16 | Shrek 2 | $108,134 | +0.7% | -35.9% | 435 | $248 | $436,156,384 | 94 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 21 | 20 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $85,659 | +87.7% | -10.6% | 283 | $302 | $112,808,123 | 64 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 19 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $84,791 | +7.1% | -34.1% | 248 | $341 | $246,632,102 | 78 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 17 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $78,068 | -23.7% | -61.4% | 322 | $242 | $83,973,535 | 43 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 24 | 13 | A Cinderella Story | $76,754 | -48.3% | -72.1% | 435 | $176 | $50,056,300 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 28 | Intimate Strangers | $74,603 | +225.9% | +41.3% | 75 | $994 | $631,820 | 22 | Paramount Classics |
| 26 | 23 | Garfield: The Movie | $71,415 | +77.9% | -10.9% | 293 | $243 | $74,227,936 | 71 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | 27 | The Day After Tomorrow | $57,053 | +118.7% | -17.8% | 233 | $244 | $185,834,584 | 85 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 29 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $55,138 | -35.2% | +83.8% | 29 | $1,901 | $203,508 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 29 | 21 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $50,641 | +17.2% | -22% | 56 | $904 | $17,702,642 | 162 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 24 | Before Sunset | $48,196 | +26.8% | -24.5% | 113 | $426 | $4,436,967 | 50 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 31 | 26 | The Stepford Wives | $47,946 | +62.4% | -24.2% | 206 | $232 | $59,074,315 | 71 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 29 | The Terminal | $28,120 | +26.4% | -37% | 153 | $183 | $76,973,162 | 64 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 33 | 30 | A Home at the End of the World | $22,731 | +8.1% | -34.1% | 51 | $445 | $715,002 | 29 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | - | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $18,437 | - | - | 17 | $1,084 | $206,085 | 15 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 35 | 22 | Thunderbirds | $16,785 | -60.7% | -75.4% | 168 | $99 | $6,717,655 | 22 | Universal Pictures |
| 36 | 34 | Mean Girls | $16,095 | +102.4% | -1.4% | 79 | $203 | $85,935,482 | 113 | Paramount Pictures |
| 37 | 36 | Code 46 | $14,049 | +216.9% | +34.8% | 21 | $669 | $102,267 | 15 | United Artists |
| 38 | - | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $10,199 | - | - | 7 | $1,457 | $10,199 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 39 | 37 | The Clearing | $9,549 | +144% | +30.6% | 36 | $265 | $5,654,103 | 50 | - |
| 40 | - | Mean Creek | $8,914 | - | - | 4 | $2,228 | $8,914 | 1 | Paramount Classics |
| 41 | 40 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,171 | +14.2% | -48.7% | 7 | $167 | $316,204 | 66 | Paramount Classics |
| 42 | 41 | Love Me If You Dare | $226 | -16.3% | -66.5% | 5 | $45 | $538,871 | 92 | Paramount Classics |
