Domestic Box Office For Aug 21, 2004
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
Key:Estimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $6,334,532 | +34.9% | - | 2,803 | $2,259 | $13,356,660 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 3 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $5,540,165 | +36.1% | -34.8% | 3,490 | $1,587 | $57,778,051 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Without a Paddle | $5,296,584 | +11.7% | - | 2,730 | $1,940 | $10,038,861 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Alien vs. Predator | $5,066,592 | +29.1% | -59.8% | 3,401 | $1,489 | $59,544,159 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 6 | Collateral | $4,489,350 | +53.7% | -31.7% | 3,029 | $1,482 | $66,974,616 | 16 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 6 | 5 | Open Water | $4,452,000 | +14.6% | +1,198% | 2,709 | $1,643 | $11,418,000 | 16 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 7 | The Bourne Supremacy | $2,886,480 | +51% | -18.8% | 2,532 | $1,140 | $148,722,380 | 30 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 9 | The Manchurian Candidate | $1,818,797 | +58.5% | -29.2% | 1,920 | $947 | $53,491,945 | 23 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | The Village | $1,622,706 | +41% | -44.6% | 2,249 | $721 | $106,099,515 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 11 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $1,427,375 | +327% | +133.5% | 2,411 | $592 | $14,491,485 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 10 | Garden State | $1,262,593 | +39% | +133.8% | 652 | $1,936 | $5,660,082 | 25 | - |
| 12 | 13 | Spider-Man 2 | $1,092,455 | +65.5% | -22.5% | 1,343 | $813 | $364,504,392 | 53 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 12 | I, Robot | $1,075,055 | +52.3% | -34% | 1,609 | $668 | $137,665,096 | 37 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $714,982 | +28.5% | +6.9% | 577 | $1,239 | $18,595,115 | 72 | - |
| 15 | 15 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $676,000 | +58.7% | - | 877 | $770 | $1,086,000 | 4 | - |
| 16 | 15 | Little Black Book | $619,815 | +19.7% | -56.3% | 1,640 | $377 | $18,048,215 | 16 | Revolution Studios |
| 17 | 17 | De-Lovely | $252,705 | +71.1% | -11.6% | 317 | $797 | $10,614,606 | 51 | United Artists |
| 18 | 19 | Catwoman | $183,655 | +64.3% | -52.1% | 444 | $413 | $38,959,818 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 20 | Shrek 2 | $183,507 | +69.7% | -11.6% | 435 | $421 | $436,339,891 | 95 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 20 | 22 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $156,914 | +85.1% | -8.8% | 248 | $632 | $246,789,016 | 79 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 18 | Nicotina | $150,156 | -2.5% | - | 96 | $1,564 | $292,684 | 4 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 22 | 25 | Intimate Strangers | $119,312 | +59.9% | +27.4% | 75 | $1,590 | $751,132 | 23 | Paramount Classics |
| 23 | 24 | A Cinderella Story | $117,526 | +53.1% | -63.8% | 435 | $270 | $50,173,826 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 21 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $116,936 | +36.5% | -5.2% | 283 | $413 | $112,925,059 | 65 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 26 | Garfield: The Movie | $104,172 | +45.9% | +0.7% | 293 | $355 | $74,332,108 | 72 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 23 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $97,224 | +24.5% | -62.8% | 322 | $301 | $84,070,759 | 44 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 27 | 29 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $95,482 | +88.5% | +2.3% | 56 | $1,705 | $17,798,124 | 163 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 27 | The Day After Tomorrow | $88,132 | +54.5% | -8.6% | 233 | $378 | $185,922,716 | 86 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 28 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $85,062 | +54.3% | +112.9% | 29 | $2,933 | $288,570 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 30 | 30 | Before Sunset | $77,742 | +61.3% | -20.9% | 113 | $687 | $4,514,709 | 51 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 31 | 31 | The Stepford Wives | $62,711 | +30.8% | -26% | 206 | $304 | $59,137,026 | 72 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 32 | The Terminal | $38,756 | +37.8% | -44.3% | 153 | $253 | $77,011,918 | 65 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 33 | 33 | A Home at the End of the World | $35,001 | +54% | -26.5% | 51 | $686 | $750,003 | 30 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | 35 | Thunderbirds | $28,560 | +70.2% | -64.1% | 168 | $170 | $6,746,215 | 23 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 36 | Mean Girls | $23,622 | +46.8% | +7% | 79 | $299 | $85,959,104 | 114 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 37 | Code 46 | $23,036 | +64% | +44.9% | 21 | $1,096 | $125,303 | 16 | United Artists |
| 37 | 34 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $22,603 | +22.6% | - | 17 | $1,329 | $228,688 | 16 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 38 | 40 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $14,201 | +100.6% | - | 7 | $2,028 | $24,400 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 39 | 39 | The Clearing | $13,160 | +37.8% | +17.3% | 36 | $365 | $5,667,263 | 51 | - |
| 40 | 39 | Mean Creek | $12,046 | +46.7% | - | 4 | $3,011 | $20,960 | 4 | Paramount Classics |
| 41 | 41 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,885 | +61% | -51.6% | 7 | $269 | $318,089 | 67 | Paramount Classics |
| 42 | 42 | Love Me If You Dare | $527 | +133.2% | -54% | 5 | $105 | $539,398 | 93 | Paramount Classics |
