Domestic Box Office For Sep 17, 2004
Data as of Dec 21, 11:17 PST
Key:New This DayEstimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $5,175,511 | - | - | 3,170 | $1,632 | $5,175,511 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Mr. 3000 | $2,845,504 | - | - | 2,736 | $1,040 | $2,845,504 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $2,649,193 | +118.7% | -71.3% | 3,284 | $806 | $31,023,864 | 8 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | - | Wimbledon | $2,593,350 | - | - | 2,034 | $1,275 | $2,593,350 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Cellular | $2,174,000 | +201.5% | -32% | 2,749 | $790 | $15,088,000 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 4 | Without a Paddle | $1,115,237 | +228.9% | -13.4% | 2,610 | $427 | $47,809,358 | 29 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 3 | Hero | $810,000 | +90.6% | -32.3% | 1,926 | $420 | $44,064,000 | 22 | Miramax |
| 8 | 10 | Napoleon Dynamite | $741,777 | +222.3% | -1.3% | 1,024 | $724 | $31,798,765 | 99 | - |
| 9 | 5 | Collateral | $693,026 | +147.1% | -9.6% | 1,605 | $431 | $94,397,703 | 43 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 10 | 11 | The Bourne Supremacy | $556,175 | +156.8% | -17.3% | 1,236 | $449 | $169,188,385 | 57 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 12 | Garden State | $490,441 | +130.8% | -15.5% | 755 | $649 | $19,796,450 | 52 | - |
| 12 | 8 | Vanity Fair | $472,000 | +91.9% | -38.9% | 995 | $474 | $12,489,000 | 17 | Focus Features |
| 13 | 7 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $459,433 | +81.9% | -36.2% | 1,902 | $241 | $90,410,290 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $438,607 | +146.9% | -39.3% | 1,710 | $256 | $28,649,431 | 22 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | 6 | Paparazzi | $417,463 | +62.7% | -49.7% | 1,467 | $284 | $13,391,416 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 9 | Wicker Park | $345,706 | +46.3% | -57.5% | 1,444 | $239 | $11,631,474 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | 16 | The Manchurian Candidate | $169,208 | +63.6% | -40.4% | 628 | $269 | $64,424,697 | 50 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | 14 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $159,085 | +37.8% | -57.1% | 705 | $225 | $40,680,409 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 21 | I, Robot | $148,058 | +402.1% | +62.2% | 978 | $151 | $142,618,083 | 64 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | - | Gold Diggers | $134,000 | - | - | 1,062 | $126 | $134,000 | 1 | - |
| 21 | - | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $126,742 | - | - | 47 | $2,696 | $126,742 | 1 | - |
| 22 | - | Silver City | $99,000 | - | - | 114 | $868 | $99,000 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 23 | 17 | Alien vs. Predator | $92,168 | +18.3% | -66.9% | 524 | $175 | $78,973,671 | 36 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | 19 | Spider-Man 2 | $88,309 | +81% | -37.3% | 261 | $338 | $370,913,770 | 80 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 15 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $86,994 | -19% | -24.1% | 941 | $92 | $8,241,337 | 22 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 26 | 35 | Catwoman | $55,102 | +3,272.2% | +489.5% | 230 | $239 | $39,630,665 | 57 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 22 | Criminal | $52,013 | +81.5% | -35.3% | 87 | $597 | $442,979 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 28 | 20 | De-Lovely | $40,633 | +34.5% | -36.6% | 212 | $191 | $12,884,825 | 78 | United Artists |
| 29 | 18 | Suspect Zero | $36,126 | -42.4% | -74.8% | 319 | $113 | $8,492,594 | 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $35,912 | +83.8% | -13.6% | 228 | $157 | $248,720,678 | 106 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 24 | Before Sunset | $34,108 | +61.9% | -7.7% | 87 | $392 | $5,477,934 | 78 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 32 | 30 | A Cinderella Story | $30,851 | +260.8% | -21.1% | 290 | $106 | $51,046,097 | 64 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 29 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $29,566 | +186.2% | -32.1% | 181 | $163 | $113,985,716 | 92 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 23 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $27,063 | -2.3% | -48.9% | 77 | $351 | $1,830,485 | 36 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 35 | 26 | Intimate Strangers | $26,483 | +70.5% | -24% | 72 | $367 | $1,740,093 | 50 | Paramount Classics |
| 36 | 32 | The Day After Tomorrow | $21,180 | +335.8% | +18.9% | 184 | $115 | $186,517,537 | 113 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 31 | Mean Creek | $16,345 | +160.7% | +16.9% | 47 | $347 | $411,075 | 29 | Paramount Classics |
| 38 | 28 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $16,113 | +33.2% | -12% | 46 | $350 | $18,584,804 | 190 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | - | Benji: Off the Leash! | $15,341 | - | -31.2% | 126 | $121 | $3,652,132 | 29 | - |
| 40 | 33 | Garfield: The Movie | $14,874 | +257.2% | +11% | 149 | $99 | $75,127,285 | 99 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 27 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $8,037 | -43.7% | -51.3% | 166 | $48 | $19,589,708 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 34 | A Home at the End of the World | $5,528 | +111.6% | +52.7% | 14 | $394 | $987,817 | 57 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 43 | - | Nicotina | $3,537 | - | -67.3% | 13 | $272 | $1,077,600 | 29 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 44 | 38 | Love Me If You Dare | $566 | +185.9% | +328.8% | 6 | $94 | $544,572 | 120 | Paramount Classics |
| 45 | 37 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $521 | +136.8% | -14.6% | 6 | $86 | $333,147 | 94 | Paramount Classics |
