Domestic Box Office For Aug 23, 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 | $1,917,473 | +17.9% | - | 2,803 | $684 | $19,971,474 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 3 | Without a Paddle | $1,605,455 | +8.6% | - | 2,730 | $588 | $15,134,401 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $1,515,101 | -56% | -51.9% | 3,490 | $434 | $62,732,836 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Alien vs. Predator | $1,256,313 | -63.2% | -68% | 3,401 | $369 | $64,218,548 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Open Water | $1,172,000 | -61.9% | +708.3% | 2,709 | $432 | $15,666,000 | 18 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 6 | Collateral | $1,005,371 | -63.4% | -46.8% | 3,029 | $331 | $70,726,779 | 18 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | 7 | The Bourne Supremacy | $658,320 | -60.6% | -38.5% | 2,532 | $260 | $151,051,835 | 32 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 10 | The Village | $408,073 | -57% | -56.4% | 2,249 | $181 | $107,457,145 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 11 | Garden State | $403,565 | -52.5% | +83.8% | 652 | $618 | $6,913,569 | 27 | - |
| 10 | 8 | The Manchurian Candidate | $403,209 | -61.6% | -37.8% | 1,920 | $210 | $54,946,456 | 25 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $354,334 | -65.3% | -59.8% | 2,411 | $146 | $15,868,339 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $327,508 | -36.6% | -18.5% | 577 | $567 | $19,439,089 | 74 | - |
| 13 | 12 | Spider-Man 2 | $277,114 | -58.6% | -41.5% | 1,343 | $206 | $365,450,576 | 55 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | 13 | I, Robot | $254,192 | -59.5% | -47.8% | 1,609 | $157 | $138,547,182 | 39 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 16 | Little Black Book | $191,216 | -49.6% | -68.3% | 1,640 | $116 | $18,619,145 | 18 | Revolution Studios |
| 16 | 17 | De-Lovely | $66,624 | -58.8% | -33.2% | 317 | $210 | $10,842,773 | 53 | United Artists |
| 17 | 19 | Shrek 2 | $61,404 | -53.2% | -41.6% | 435 | $141 | $436,532,440 | 97 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 18 | 21 | Catwoman | $58,257 | -35.9% | -48.5% | 444 | $131 | $39,108,983 | 32 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 20 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $54,974 | -50.8% | -25.1% | 248 | $221 | $246,955,792 | 81 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 23 | A Cinderella Story | $42,414 | -44.1% | -71.9% | 435 | $97 | $50,292,086 | 39 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 22 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $40,170 | -49.8% | -15.6% | 283 | $141 | $113,045,228 | 67 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 29 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $35,358 | -23% | +4.1% | 56 | $631 | $17,879,391 | 165 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 24 | Garfield: The Movie | $33,592 | -54.2% | -8% | 293 | $114 | $74,439,071 | 74 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | 26 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $33,036 | -50.1% | -68.9% | 322 | $102 | $84,169,945 | 46 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 25 | 27 | The Day After Tomorrow | $25,118 | -59.5% | -5.5% | 233 | $107 | $186,009,886 | 88 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 25 | Intimate Strangers | $22,365 | -66.8% | +4.5% | 75 | $298 | $840,889 | 25 | Paramount Classics |
| 27 | 25 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $22,313 | -9.9% | -59.5% | 29 | $769 | $363,155 | 15 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 28 | 30 | Before Sunset | $20,510 | -54.8% | -32.4% | 113 | $181 | $4,580,590 | 53 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 29 | 31 | The Stepford Wives | $19,374 | -51.2% | -34.7% | 206 | $94 | $59,196,114 | 74 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 32 | A Home at the End of the World | $11,907 | -51.7% | -41.6% | 51 | $233 | $786,558 | 32 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 31 | 33 | Thunderbirds | $11,760 | -46.2% | -65.6% | 171 | $68 | $6,779,815 | 25 | Universal Pictures |
| 32 | 34 | The Terminal | $9,002 | -55.8% | -52.4% | 153 | $58 | $77,041,281 | 67 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 33 | 37 | Mean Girls | $7,888 | -48.1% | -4.6% | 79 | $99 | $85,982,194 | 116 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 35 | Code 46 | $7,242 | -58.1% | +39.8% | 21 | $344 | $149,845 | 18 | United Artists |
| 35 | 39 | Mean Creek | $4,348 | -47% | - | 4 | $1,087 | $33,518 | 4 | Paramount Classics |
| 36 | 38 | The Clearing | $3,354 | -60.3% | -1.3% | 36 | $93 | $5,679,057 | 53 | - |
| 37 | 41 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $428 | -57.1% | -64.2% | 7 | $61 | $319,515 | 69 | Paramount Classics |
| 38 | 42 | Love Me If You Dare | $182 | -34.3% | -37.7% | 5 | $36 | $539,857 | 95 | Paramount Classics |
