Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
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1 | Meet the Fockers | - | - | - | $132,859,765 | 3,554 | $279,261,160 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
2 | Ocean's Twelve | - | - | - | $100,416,657 | 3,290 | $125,544,280 | Dec 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
3 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | - | - | - | $84,757,072 | 3,623 | $118,634,549 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
4 | The Polar Express | - | - | - | $68,319,695 | 3,650 | $162,775,358 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
5 | National Treasure | - | - | - | $59,736,344 | 3,243 | $173,008,894 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
6 | Blade: Trinity | - | - | - | $45,688,172 | 2,912 | $52,411,906 | Dec 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
7 | Christmas with the Kranks | - | - | - | $39,749,257 | 3,416 | $73,780,539 | Nov 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
8 | The Incredibles | - | - | - | $33,270,870 | 3,933 | $261,441,092 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
9 | Spanglish | - | - | - | $26,486,622 | 2,587 | $42,726,869 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
10 | Fat Albert | - | - | - | $26,180,374 | 2,744 | $48,116,322 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
11 | Closer | - | - | - | $25,757,869 | 1,098 | $33,987,757 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
12 | The Aviator | - | - | - | $24,088,726 | 2,530 | $102,610,330 | Dec 17 | Miramax | false |
13 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | - | - | - | $21,348,234 | 3,307 | $85,417,988 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
14 | Flight of the Phoenix | - | - | - | $14,559,140 | 2,604 | $21,009,180 | Dec 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
15 | Finding Neverland | - | - | - | $14,551,985 | 1,411 | $51,680,613 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
16 | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | $12,956,893 | 1,515 | $51,268,815 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
17 | Darkness | - | - | - | $12,872,058 | 1,718 | $22,163,442 | Dec 25 | Dimension Films | false |
18 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | - | - | - | $11,361,325 | 1,105 | $24,020,403 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
19 | Sideways | - | - | - | $10,550,800 | 1,786 | $71,503,593 | Oct 22 | - | false |
20 | Alexander | - | - | - | $10,385,292 | 2,445 | $34,297,191 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
21 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | - | - | - | $6,998,010 | 2,473 | $40,226,215 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
22 | Ray | - | - | - | $5,755,335 | 2,474 | $75,331,600 | Oct 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
23 | Kinsey | - | - | - | $3,596,041 | 588 | $10,254,979 | Nov 12 | - | false |
24 | House of Flying Daggers | - | - | - | $3,564,467 | 1,189 | $11,050,094 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
25 | After the Sunset | - | - | - | $3,347,737 | 2,819 | $28,331,233 | Nov 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
26 | Shall We Dance? | - | - | - | $2,448,485 | 2,542 | $57,890,460 | Oct 15 | Miramax | false |
27 | The Grudge | - | - | - | $2,402,570 | 3,348 | $110,359,362 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
28 | A Very Long Engagement | - | - | - | $2,006,950 | 219 | $6,524,389 | Nov 26 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
29 | The Motorcycle Diaries | - | - | - | $1,948,185 | 272 | $16,781,387 | Sep 24 | Focus Features | false |
30 | Saw | - | - | - | $1,798,630 | 2,467 | $55,185,045 | Oct 29 | Lionsgate | false |
31 | Seed of Chucky | - | - | - | $1,581,957 | 2,062 | $17,083,732 | Nov 12 | Rogue Pictures | false |
32 | Shark Tale | - | - | - | $1,541,000 | 4,070 | $160,861,908 | Oct 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
33 | Bad Education | - | - | - | $1,154,455 | 106 | $5,211,842 | Nov 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
34 | Beyond the Sea | - | - | - | $1,010,933 | 383 | $6,318,709 | Dec 17 | Lionsgate | false |
35 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | - | - | - | $983,122 | 146 | $10,942,306 | Feb 6 | - | false |
36 | Swades | - | - | - | $952,652 | 74 | $1,223,240 | Dec 17 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
37 | Napoleon Dynamite | - | - | - | $884,167 | 1,027 | $44,540,956 | Jun 11 | - | false |
38 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $858,859 | 24 | $1,926,034 | Oct 22 | IMAX | false |
39 | Being Julia | - | - | - | $852,209 | 328 | $7,739,049 | Oct 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
40 | Million Dollar Baby | - | - | - | $842,253 | 2,375 | $100,492,203 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
41 | Ladder 49 | - | - | - | $687,578 | 3,261 | $74,541,707 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
42 | The Work and the Glory | - | - | - | $657,496 | 112 | $3,347,647 | Nov 24 | Excel Entertainment | false |
43 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $657,265 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
44 | Friday Night Lights | - | - | - | $619,141 | 3,004 | $61,255,921 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
45 | I Heart Huckabees | - | - | - | $500,123 | 901 | $12,785,432 | Oct 1 | - | false |
46 | Veer Zaara | - | - | - | $481,496 | 88 | $2,938,532 | Nov 11 | Yash Raj Films | false |
47 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $473,716 | 3,001 | $36,611,066 | Oct 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
48 | The Machinist | - | - | - | $436,466 | 72 | $1,082,715 | Oct 22 | Paramount Classics | false |
49 | Team America: World Police | - | - | - | $335,062 | 2,620 | $32,786,074 | Oct 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
50 | Without a Paddle | - | - | - | $327,087 | 2,756 | $58,169,327 | Aug 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
51 | Hotel Rwanda | - | - | - | $316,998 | 824 | $23,530,892 | Dec 22 | United Artists | false |
52 | I Am David | - | - | - | $288,552 | 226 | $288,552 | Dec 3 | Lionsgate | false |
53 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | - | - | - | $284,113 | 3,490 | $95,170,481 | Aug 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
54 | Vera Drake | - | - | - | $277,310 | 97 | $3,775,283 | Oct 8 | Fine Line Features | false |
55 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $218,706 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | - | false |
56 | Alfie | - | - | - | $200,236 | 2,215 | $13,399,812 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
57 | Garden State | - | - | - | $191,017 | 813 | $26,782,316 | Jul 28 | - | false |
58 | The Bourne Supremacy | - | - | - | $174,316 | 3,304 | $176,241,941 | Jul 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
59 | Mr. 3000 | - | - | - | $172,211 | 2,736 | $21,811,187 | Sep 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
60 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $168,541 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
61 | Callas Forever | - | - | - | $159,438 | 16 | $446,955 | Nov 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
62 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $145,775 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
63 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | - | - | - | $143,451 | 65 | $2,627,016 | Oct 1 | - | false |
64 | The Woodsman | - | - | - | $130,790 | 84 | $1,576,231 | Dec 24 | Newmarket Films | false |
65 | Spider-Man 2 | - | - | - | $130,118 | 4,166 | $373,585,825 | Jun 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
66 | The Sea Inside | - | - | - | $127,829 | 99 | $2,104,923 | Dec 17 | Fine Line Features | false |
67 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | - | - | - | $124,908 | 17 | $10,994,028 | Oct 18 | Giant Screen Films | false |
68 | In Good Company | - | - | - | $111,169 | 1,963 | $45,806,659 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
69 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | - | - | - | $109,569 | 3,170 | $37,762,677 | Sep 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
70 | De-Lovely | - | - | - | $105,754 | 410 | $13,456,633 | Jul 2 | United Artists | false |
71 | Birth | - | - | - | $101,684 | 550 | $5,095,038 | Oct 29 | New Line Cinema | false |
72 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $93,343 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
73 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | - | - | - | $92,834 | 16 | $10,086,514 | Oct 11 | Giant Screen Films | false |
74 | Cellular | - | - | - | $92,712 | 2,763 | $32,003,620 | Sep 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
75 | Paper Clips | - | - | - | $83,173 | 43 | $1,121,744 | Nov 24 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
76 | Shaun of the Dead | - | - | - | $78,962 | 675 | $13,542,874 | Sep 24 | Rogue Pictures | false |
77 | Primer | - | - | - | $66,854 | 31 | $424,760 | Oct 8 | THINKFilm | false |
78 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | - | - | - | $65,393 | 3,855 | $249,541,069 | Jun 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
79 | I, Robot | - | - | - | $59,977 | 3,494 | $144,801,023 | Jul 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
80 | In the Realms of the Unreal | - | - | - | $58,133 | 13 | $417,120 | Dec 22 | Wellspring Media | false |
81 | Tarnation | - | - | - | $54,331 | 22 | $592,014 | Oct 6 | Wellspring Media | false |
82 | Lightning in a Bottle | - | - | - | $53,382 | 21 | $201,711 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
83 | Our Music | - | - | - | $51,617 | 8 | $139,922 | Nov 24 | Wellspring Media | false |
84 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | - | - | - | $51,288 | 3 | $381,225 | Oct 22 | - | false |
85 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | - | - | - | $47,551 | 9 | $105,054 | Nov 26 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
86 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | - | - | - | $46,068 | 127 | $3,515,061 | Dec 8 | THINKFilm | false |
87 | The Merchant of Venice | - | - | - | $45,731 | 107 | $3,765,585 | Dec 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
88 | Moolaadé | - | - | - | $42,868 | 4 | $215,646 | Oct 15 | New Yorker Films | false |
89 | Enduring Love | - | - | - | $42,644 | 56 | $358,362 | Oct 29 | Paramount Classics | false |
90 | Rosenstrasse | - | - | - | $41,247 | 24 | $734,519 | Jul 30 | IDP Distribution | false |
91 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $39,890 | 15 | $489,838 | Jun 16 | Wellspring Media | false |
92 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $38,738 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | - | false |
93 | Fade to Black | - | - | - | $38,412 | 170 | $728,921 | Nov 5 | Paramount Classics | false |
94 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $37,139 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
95 | Zelary | - | - | - | $37,075 | 21 | $330,033 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
96 | A Tale of Two Sisters | - | - | - | $33,722 | 9 | $72,541 | Dec 3 | Tartan | false |
97 | The Young Black Stallion | - | - | - | $32,571 | 51 | $6,751,389 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
98 | Postmen in the Mountains | - | - | - | $31,161 | 7 | $203,975 | Dec 25 | Shadow Distribution | false |
99 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $28,129 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
100 | Bear Cub | - | - | - | $27,207 | 4 | $100,133 | Nov 5 | TLA Releasing | false |
101 | Saints and Soldiers | - | - | - | $26,998 | 37 | $1,310,470 | Aug 6 | Excel Entertainment | false |
102 | Days of Being Wild | - | - | - | $26,854 | 4 | $146,310 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
103 | Testosterone | - | - | - | $26,391 | 4 | $185,078 | Sep 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
104 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | - | - | - | $25,908 | 59 | $708,776 | Dec 29 | THINKFilm | false |
105 | Red Lights | - | - | - | $23,627 | 29 | $673,828 | Aug 20 | Wellspring Media | false |
106 | Remember Me, My Love | - | - | - | $23,488 | 7 | $227,986 | Sep 3 | IDP Distribution | false |
107 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | - | - | - | $22,018 | 4 | $30,210 | Dec 3 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
108 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | - | - | - | $21,408 | 10 | $391,950 | Aug 20 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
109 | After Midnight | - | - | - | $20,787 | 3 | $50,469 | Dec 3 | Avatar Films | false |
110 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | - | - | - | $20,508 | 24 | $164,308 | Dec 29 | Lionsgate | false |
111 | Fabled | - | - | - | $18,224 | 3 | $31,425 | Dec 10 | Indican Pictures | false |
112 | L.A. Twister | - | - | - | $16,888 | 4 | $54,000 | Aug 13 | Indican Pictures | false |
113 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $14,821 | 4 | $40,470 | Oct 20 | IFC Films | false |
114 | Straight-Jacket | - | - | - | $13,809 | 4 | $45,497 | Nov 26 | Regent Releasing | false |
115 | Brother to Brother | - | - | - | $13,626 | 3 | $80,906 | Nov 5 | Wolfe Releasing | false |
116 | Purple Butterfly | - | - | - | $11,345 | 1 | $17,790 | Nov 26 | Palm Pictures | false |
117 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | - | - | - | $10,943 | 13 | $173,306 | Oct 8 | - | false |
118 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,890 | 3 | $106,184 | Aug 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
119 | A Fond Kiss | - | - | - | $10,610 | 2 | $30,148 | Nov 26 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
120 | Head in the Clouds | - | - | - | $10,571 | 47 | $398,278 | Sep 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
121 | Godzilla | - | - | - | $10,437 | 6 | $412,520 | May 7 | Rialto Pictures | false |
122 | A Talking Picture | - | - | - | $10,331 | 2 | $20,237 | Dec 10 | Kino International | false |
123 | The Deserted Station | - | - | - | $10,150 | 1 | $18,867 | Jul 2 | First Run | false |
124 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $9,847 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
125 | Bright Leaves | - | - | - | $8,871 | 4 | $77,888 | Aug 25 | First Run | false |
126 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,479 | 3 | $126,684 | Nov 19 | The Cinema Guild | false |
127 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | - | - | - | $8,231 | 6 | $107,585 | Jul 2 | Strand Releasing | false |
128 | Who Killed Bambi? | - | - | - | $8,100 | 1 | $14,532 | Nov 12 | Strand Releasing | false |
129 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | - | - | - | $8,088 | 34 | $1,111,061 | Sep 3 | IDP Distribution | false |
130 | Easy | - | - | - | $8,057 | 6 | $21,589 | Nov 26 | Magic Lamp | false |
131 | Cowboys and Angels | - | - | - | $7,745 | 5 | $33,941 | Sep 17 | TLA Releasing | false |
132 | Independent Lens: Imelda | - | - | - | $6,921 | 6 | $200,992 | Jun 9 | Unico Entertainment | false |
133 | Two Men Went to War | - | - | - | $5,674 | 4 | $150,208 | Mar 26 | Indican Pictures | false |
134 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $5,413 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | - | false |
135 | The Life | - | - | - | $5,130 | 1 | $5,130 | Dec 17 | Screen Media Films | false |
136 | Vodka Lemon | - | - | - | $5,090 | 3 | $66,361 | Oct 8 | New Yorker Films | false |
137 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | - | - | - | $4,968 | 3 | $35,120 | Sep 17 | Wellspring Media | false |
138 | Imaginary Heroes | - | - | - | $4,696 | 24 | $228,767 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
139 | The Inheritance | - | - | - | $4,596 | 2 | $68,215 | Jul 9 | The Cinema Guild | false |
140 | Open My Heart | - | - | - | $4,381 | 1 | $4,381 | Dec 17 | Strand Releasing | false |
141 | Guiana 1838 | - | - | - | $4,379 | 16 | $227,241 | Sep 24 | RBC Radio | false |
142 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,077 | 1 | $34,634 | Nov 12 | First Run | false |
143 | Dolls | - | - | - | $4,067 | 1 | $4,067 | Dec 10 | Palm Pictures | false |
144 | Bandido | - | - | - | $4,064 | 12 | $4,064 | Dec 10 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false |
145 | The Green Butchers | - | - | - | $3,783 | 2 | $3,783 | Dec 10 | Newmarket Films | false |
146 | Dig! | - | - | - | $3,522 | 10 | $127,067 | Oct 1 | Palm Pictures | false |
147 | She Hate Me | - | - | - | $3,375 | 28 | $366,037 | Jul 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
148 | You I Love | - | - | - | $3,247 | 4 | $60,815 | Nov 19 | - | false |
149 | P.S. | - | - | - | $3,078 | 17 | $180,503 | Oct 15 | Newmarket Films | false |
150 | Stage Beauty | - | - | - | $2,798 | 78 | $782,383 | Oct 8 | Lionsgate | false |
151 | Conspiracy of Silence | - | - | - | $2,598 | 1 | $2,598 | Dec 3 | - | false |
152 | A Day Without a Mexican | - | - | - | $2,246 | 107 | $4,179,890 | May 14 | Televisa Cine | false |
153 | Proteus | - | - | - | $2,232 | 3 | $62,031 | Jul 30 | Strand Releasing | false |
154 | Strayed | - | - | - | $2,136 | 29 | $482,757 | May 14 | Wellspring Media | false |
155 | Untold Scandal | - | - | - | $1,786 | 8 | $63,332 | Oct 13 | Kino International | false |
156 | The Village | - | - | - | $1,754 | 3,733 | $114,197,520 | Jul 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
157 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | - | - | - | $1,479 | 14 | $353,580 | Jun 11 | Dada Films | false |
158 | Riding Giants | - | - | - | $1,454 | 64 | $2,276,368 | Jul 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
159 | A Silent Love | - | - | - | $1,448 | 3 | $14,389 | Oct 29 | Atopia | false |
160 | A Breath | - | - | - | $1,416 | 1 | $1,416 | Dec 10 | Kathi Arts | false |
161 | Alien vs. Predator | - | - | - | $1,314 | 3,401 | $80,282,231 | Aug 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
162 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | - | - | - | $1,295 | 19 | $360,759 | Jun 16 | Paramount Classics | false |
163 | The Brown Bunny | - | - | - | $1,278 | 19 | $366,301 | Aug 27 | Wellspring Media | false |
164 | Intimate Strangers | - | - | - | $1,210 | 94 | $2,110,589 | Jul 30 | Paramount Classics | false |
165 | First Daughter | - | - | - | $1,118 | 2,280 | $9,055,921 | Sep 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
166 | Freeze Frame | - | - | - | $1,100 | 1 | $1,100 | Dec 10 | First Look International | false |
167 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $1,036 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
168 | Producing Adults | - | - | - | $935 | 1 | $935 | Dec 22 | Wolfe Releasing | false |
169 | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $822 | 2 | $55,188 | Jan 16 | ArtMattan Productions | false |
170 | Wonderful Days | - | - | - | $777 | 5 | $74,663 | Dec 31 | - | false |
171 | Silent Waters | - | - | - | $627 | 1 | $7,384 | Oct 8 | First Run | false |
172 | Jesus, You Know | - | - | - | $604 | 1 | $604 | Dec 3 | Leisure Time Features | false |
173 | Incident at Loch Ness | - | - | - | $582 | 2 | $37,493 | Sep 17 | Abramorama | false |
174 | Crying Ladies | - | - | - | $548 | 10 | $132,920 | Feb 20 | Unitel Pictures | false |
175 | Benji: Off the Leash! | - | - | - | $536 | 877 | $3,817,362 | Aug 20 | - | false |
176 | Ju-on: The Grudge | - | - | - | $443 | 11 | $325,680 | Jul 23 | Vitagraph Films | false |
177 | Mean Creek | - | - | - | $431 | 49 | $603,951 | Aug 20 | Paramount Classics | false |
178 | Love Me If You Dare | - | - | - | $375 | 56 | $553,504 | May 21 | Paramount Classics | false |
179 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | - | - | - | $350 | 9 | $82,936 | Sep 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
180 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | - | - | - | $202 | 2 | $107,040 | Mar 5 | Indican Pictures | false |
181 | Reconstruction | - | - | - | $200 | 9 | $73,516 | Sep 10 | Palm Pictures | false |
182 | L'autre monde 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $106 | 1 | $2,494 | Aug 6 | ArtMattan Productions | false |
183 | Touch of Pink | - | - | - | $56 | 21 | $564,535 | Jul 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |