Domestic Box Office For Oct 1, 2004
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 PST
Key:New This DayEstimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Shark Tale | $12,920,846 | - | - | 4,016 | $3,217 | $12,920,846 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | - | Ladder 49 | $7,465,813 | - | - | 3,260 | $2,290 | $7,465,813 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | The Forgotten | $3,755,244 | +236.1% | -50.7% | 3,144 | $1,194 | $30,020,034 | 8 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | 2 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $1,011,371 | +168.1% | -48.2% | 2,721 | $371 | $28,323,170 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | - | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $784,000 | - | - | 408 | $1,921 | $784,000 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Shaun of the Dead | $741,000 | +196.4% | -36% | 645 | $1,148 | $5,193,000 | 8 | Rogue Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Mr. 3000 | $705,415 | +181.8% | -53% | 2,239 | $315 | $17,280,293 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | First Daughter | $666,237 | +210.8% | -49.5% | 2,280 | $292 | $5,632,971 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 3 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $626,471 | +114.5% | -45.6% | 1,986 | $315 | $45,343,855 | 22 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 6 | Cellular | $607,000 | +149.8% | -45.8% | 2,020 | $300 | $26,750,000 | 22 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | 7 | Wimbledon | $571,165 | +154.7% | -50% | 1,705 | $334 | $13,669,720 | 15 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Napoleon Dynamite | $443,977 | +270.9% | -24.7% | 855 | $519 | $36,666,972 | 113 | - |
| 13 | 9 | Without a Paddle | $379,331 | +140% | -45.8% | 1,439 | $263 | $54,512,585 | 43 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | - | Hero | $308,000 | - | -49.3% | 1,140 | $270 | $50,223,000 | 36 | Miramax |
| 15 | - | The Motorcycle Diaries | $298,822 | - | +522.7% | 67 | $4,460 | $554,627 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 16 | 12 | Garden State | $235,061 | +150.9% | -29.6% | 428 | $549 | $23,150,419 | 66 | - |
| 17 | 11 | Collateral | $204,628 | +80.7% | -52.1% | 802 | $255 | $98,843,184 | 57 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 18 | 13 | The Bourne Supremacy | $190,260 | +104.8% | -48.5% | 604 | $315 | $172,814,405 | 71 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | - | Vanity Fair | $88,000 | - | -63.5% | 331 | $265 | $15,318,000 | 31 | Focus Features |
| 20 | - | I Heart Huckabees | $82,207 | - | - | 4 | $20,551 | $82,207 | 1 | - |
| 21 | 15 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $79,023 | +88.4% | -58.9% | 412 | $191 | $31,116,196 | 36 | Screen Gems |
| 22 | 20 | I, Robot | $53,586 | +253.3% | -11.4% | 253 | $211 | $143,490,551 | 78 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | - | Spider-Man 2 | $49,302 | - | -39.2% | 182 | $270 | $371,664,471 | 94 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 16 | Paparazzi | $37,271 | -5.8% | -76.7% | 244 | $152 | $15,469,079 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 22 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $28,846 | +120% | -34.1% | 51 | $565 | $632,343 | 15 | - |
| 26 | 23 | Alien vs. Predator | $27,575 | +117.4% | -40.8% | 212 | $130 | $79,586,067 | 50 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | 18 | The Manchurian Candidate | $26,957 | +50.8% | -64% | 156 | $172 | $65,367,150 | 64 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 24 | The Last Shot | $24,774 | +150.3% | -46.5% | 35 | $707 | $240,378 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 25 | Catwoman | $18,744 | +91.2% | -57.2% | 166 | $112 | $40,065,522 | 71 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 28 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $18,642 | +180.9% | +2.3% | 37 | $503 | $18,786,745 | 204 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 37 | The Yes Men | $16,723 | +974.1% | +116.9% | 21 | $796 | $49,761 | 8 | United Artists |
| 32 | 19 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $16,549 | +6.5% | -74.4% | 98 | $168 | $41,490,206 | 43 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 29 | A Cinderella Story | $15,226 | +167.8% | -34.4% | 188 | $80 | $51,297,070 | 78 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 26 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $14,663 | +60.2% | -53.4% | 164 | $89 | $249,084,058 | 120 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 33 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $14,619 | +220.5% | -44.4% | 85 | $171 | $114,207,319 | 106 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 27 | Criminal | $13,514 | +72.5% | -48.5% | 67 | $201 | $791,432 | 22 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 37 | 32 | Intimate Strangers | $13,301 | +153.4% | -14.3% | 50 | $266 | $1,936,329 | 64 | Paramount Classics |
| 38 | 21 | De-Lovely | $10,626 | -20.8% | -53.6% | 85 | $125 | $13,210,719 | 92 | United Artists |
| 39 | 31 | Before Sunset | $8,603 | +53.5% | -39.8% | 45 | $191 | $5,684,928 | 92 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 40 | - | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $7,582 | - | -81.4% | 188 | $40 | $9,070,261 | 36 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 41 | 36 | The Day After Tomorrow | $6,888 | +135.6% | -26.9% | 51 | $135 | $186,665,317 | 127 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | 35 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $4,603 | +49.5% | -56% | 32 | $143 | $1,990,026 | 50 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 43 | 34 | Mean Creek | $3,804 | +4.1% | -65.5% | 25 | $152 | $537,209 | 43 | Paramount Classics |
| 44 | 40 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,386 | +2,172.1% | +1,017.7% | 4 | $346 | $338,915 | 108 | Paramount Classics |
| 45 | 39 | A Home at the End of the World | $1,123 | +21.1% | -43.5% | 13 | $86 | $1,015,628 | 71 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 46 | 30 | Suspect Zero | $703 | -87.5% | -92.3% | 13 | $54 | $8,676,884 | 36 | Paramount Pictures |
