| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hitch | - | - | - | $122,421,863 | 3,575 | $179,495,555 | Feb 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | Constantine | - | - | - | $51,850,045 | 3,006 | $75,976,178 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Boogeyman | - | - | - | $44,812,917 | 3,052 | $46,752,382 | Feb 4 | Screen Gems | false |
| 4 | Million Dollar Baby | - | - | - | $43,259,867 | 2,375 | $100,492,203 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Are We There Yet? | - | - | - | $37,526,920 | 2,810 | $82,674,398 | Jan 21 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 6 | The Wedding Date | - | - | - | $29,012,335 | 1,704 | $31,726,995 | Feb 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Hide and Seek | - | - | - | $26,548,782 | 3,005 | $51,100,486 | Jan 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | The Aviator | - | - | - | $25,147,425 | 2,530 | $102,610,330 | Dec 17 | Miramax | false |
| 9 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | - | - | - | $23,171,875 | 1,703 | $50,633,099 | Feb 25 | Lionsgate | false |
| 10 | Sideways | - | - | - | $22,853,712 | 1,786 | $71,503,593 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 11 | Because of Winn-Dixie | - | - | - | $22,567,050 | 3,188 | $32,647,042 | Feb 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Meet the Fockers | - | - | - | $16,256,640 | 3,554 | $279,261,160 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | - | - | - | $15,762,465 | 2,529 | $18,098,433 | Feb 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Son of the Mask | - | - | - | $14,207,440 | 2,966 | $17,018,422 | Feb 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Racing Stripes | - | - | - | $11,980,116 | 3,185 | $49,772,522 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Finding Neverland | - | - | - | $11,911,255 | 1,411 | $51,680,613 | Nov 12 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Coach Carter | - | - | - | $11,832,689 | 2,574 | $67,264,877 | Jan 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Hotel Rwanda | - | - | - | $10,985,851 | 824 | $23,530,892 | Dec 22 | United Artists | false |
| 19 | Cursed | - | - | - | $10,103,000 | 2,805 | $19,297,522 | Feb 25 | Dimension Films | true |
| 20 | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | $9,524,118 | 1,515 | $51,268,815 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Man of the House | - | - | - | $9,300,751 | 2,422 | $19,699,706 | Feb 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | In Good Company | - | - | - | $8,759,825 | 1,963 | $45,806,659 | Dec 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Assault on Precinct 13 | - | - | - | $4,941,961 | 2,297 | $20,040,895 | Jan 19 | Rogue Pictures | false |
| 24 | Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior | - | - | - | $3,347,282 | 387 | $4,563,167 | Feb 11 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 25 | Being Julia | - | - | - | $2,518,947 | 328 | $7,739,049 | Oct 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 26 | Aliens of the Deep | - | - | - | $2,226,792 | 27 | $8,968,684 | Jan 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Alone in the Dark | - | - | - | $2,090,359 | 2,124 | $5,178,569 | Jan 28 | Lionsgate | false |
| 28 | White Noise | - | - | - | $2,068,670 | 2,279 | $56,386,759 | Jan 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | Bride & Prejudice | - | - | - | $1,800,074 | 288 | $6,605,592 | Feb 11 | Miramax | false |
| 30 | National Treasure | - | - | - | $1,702,499 | 3,243 | $173,008,894 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | - | - | - | $1,660,530 | 3,623 | $118,634,549 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | Ocean's Twelve | - | - | - | $1,596,621 | 3,290 | $125,544,280 | Dec 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | The Incredibles | - | - | - | $1,516,312 | 3,933 | $261,441,092 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Merchant of Venice | - | - | - | $1,376,889 | 107 | $3,765,585 | Dec 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 35 | Bad Education | - | - | - | $1,270,301 | 106 | $5,211,842 | Nov 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 36 | Ray | - | - | - | $1,232,880 | 2,474 | $75,331,600 | Oct 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 37 | Elektra | - | - | - | $1,144,931 | 3,204 | $24,409,722 | Jan 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 38 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | - | - | - | $1,080,087 | 3,307 | $85,417,988 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 39 | House of Flying Daggers | - | - | - | $1,039,000 | 1,189 | $11,050,094 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 40 | The Polar Express | - | - | - | $1,006,231 | 3,650 | $162,775,358 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Vera Drake | - | - | - | $958,807 | 97 | $3,775,283 | Oct 8 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 42 | Fat Albert | - | - | - | $853,540 | 2,744 | $48,116,322 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 43 | A Very Long Engagement | - | - | - | $823,933 | 219 | $6,524,389 | Nov 26 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 44 | Spanglish | - | - | - | $736,575 | 2,587 | $42,726,869 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 45 | The Chorus 2005 Re-release | - | - | - | $646,771 | 59 | $1,548,036 | Jan 14 | Miramax | false |
| 46 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | - | - | - | $599,160 | 1,105 | $24,020,403 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 47 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | - | - | - | $592,593 | 127 | $3,515,061 | Dec 8 | THINKFilm | false |
| 48 | The Sea Inside | - | - | - | $581,274 | 99 | $2,104,923 | Dec 17 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 49 | The Work and the Glory | - | - | - | $576,296 | 112 | $3,347,647 | Nov 24 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 50 | Beyond the Sea | - | - | - | $544,961 | 383 | $6,318,709 | Dec 17 | Lionsgate | false |
| 51 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $537,407 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 52 | Black 2005 Re-release | - | - | - | $525,064 | 45 | $754,819 | Feb 4 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 53 | Closer | - | - | - | $505,889 | 1,098 | $33,987,757 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 54 | Kinsey | - | - | - | $440,596 | 588 | $10,254,979 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 55 | Blade: Trinity | - | - | - | $433,658 | 2,912 | $52,411,906 | Dec 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 56 | Inside Deep Throat | - | - | - | $396,677 | 27 | $691,880 | Feb 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 57 | The Woodsman | - | - | - | $363,114 | 84 | $1,576,231 | Dec 24 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 58 | Flight of the Phoenix | - | - | - | $338,838 | 2,604 | $21,009,180 | Dec 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 59 | Nobody Knows | - | - | - | $309,406 | 23 | $684,118 | Feb 4 | IFC Films | false |
| 60 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | - | - | - | $292,204 | 146 | $10,942,306 | Feb 6 | - | false |
| 61 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | - | - | - | $262,434 | 65 | $2,627,016 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 62 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $238,673 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 63 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | - | - | - | $237,849 | 59 | $708,776 | Dec 29 | THINKFilm | false |
| 64 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $233,752 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 65 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | - | - | - | $233,599 | 67 | $3,058,527 | Feb 9 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 66 | Darkness | - | - | - | $232,684 | 1,718 | $22,163,442 | Dec 25 | Dimension Films | false |
| 67 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $229,401 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 68 | Paper Clips | - | - | - | $222,196 | 43 | $1,121,744 | Nov 24 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 69 | The Motorcycle Diaries | - | - | - | $200,687 | 272 | $16,781,387 | Sep 24 | Focus Features | false |
| 70 | Uncle Nino | - | - | - | $165,000 | 189 | $165,000 | Feb 11 | - | false |
| 71 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | - | - | - | $148,802 | 16 | $10,086,514 | Oct 11 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 72 | Head-On | - | - | - | $148,180 | 9 | $435,395 | Jan 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 73 | Bewafaa | - | - | - | $145,916 | 46 | $670,076 | Feb 25 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 74 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $137,060 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 75 | Shall We Dance? | - | - | - | $135,666 | 2,542 | $57,890,460 | Oct 15 | Miramax | false |
| 76 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | - | - | - | $135,101 | 17 | $10,994,028 | Oct 18 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 77 | Travelers and Magicians | - | - | - | $132,311 | 12 | $506,793 | Jan 7 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 78 | Downfall | - | - | - | $95,874 | 174 | $5,509,040 | Feb 18 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 79 | Masculine Feminine | - | - | - | $94,825 | 4 | $200,380 | Feb 11 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 80 | In the Realms of the Unreal | - | - | - | $92,489 | 13 | $417,120 | Dec 22 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 81 | Ladder 49 | - | - | - | $88,864 | 3,261 | $74,541,707 | Oct 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 82 | Lost Embrace | - | - | - | $86,596 | 6 | $190,860 | Jan 28 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 83 | Imaginary Heroes | - | - | - | $73,299 | 24 | $228,767 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 84 | Sons of Provo | - | - | - | $69,838 | 8 | $120,488 | Feb 4 | - | false |
| 85 | The Nomi Song | - | - | - | $55,471 | 3 | $74,631 | Feb 4 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 86 | Swimming Upstream 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $54,965 | 17 | $54,965 | Feb 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 87 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $51,790 | 3,001 | $36,611,066 | Oct 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 88 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $50,373 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 89 | Turtles Can Fly | - | - | - | $48,494 | 16 | $258,578 | Feb 18 | IFC Films | false |
| 90 | Blackball 2005 Re-release | - | - | - | $48,000 | 8 | $48,000 | Feb 11 | First Look International | false |
| 91 | The Young Black Stallion | - | - | - | $47,125 | 51 | $6,751,389 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 92 | Assisted Living | - | - | - | $43,839 | 7 | $49,048 | Feb 2 | - | false |
| 93 | Callas Forever | - | - | - | $40,774 | 16 | $446,955 | Nov 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 94 | Beautiful Boxer | - | - | - | $40,425 | 5 | $133,920 | Jan 21 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 95 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | - | - | - | $38,914 | 24 | $164,308 | Dec 29 | Lionsgate | false |
| 96 | Watermarks | - | - | - | $38,325 | 9 | $246,094 | Jan 21 | Kino International | false |
| 97 | Raging Bull 25th Anniversary | - | - | - | $33,020 | 1 | $49,034 | Jan 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 98 | Tarnation | - | - | - | $31,618 | 22 | $592,014 | Oct 6 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 99 | Schultze Gets the Blues | - | - | - | $31,307 | 35 | $595,071 | Feb 18 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 100 | Moolaadé | - | - | - | $28,911 | 4 | $215,646 | Oct 15 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 101 | Lightning in a Bottle | - | - | - | $27,850 | 21 | $201,711 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 102 | Wonderful Days | - | - | - | $27,184 | 5 | $74,663 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 103 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | - | - | - | $26,479 | 3 | $381,225 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 104 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $25,850 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 105 | I Heart Huckabees | - | - | - | $25,370 | 901 | $12,785,432 | Oct 1 | - | false |
| 106 | Rory O'Shea Was Here | - | - | - | $23,844 | 7 | $23,844 | Feb 4 | Focus Features | false |
| 107 | My Mother's Smile 2005 Re-release | - | - | - | $23,441 | 2 | $41,432 | Feb 11 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 108 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $23,323 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 109 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | - | - | - | $22,851 | 13 | $173,306 | Oct 8 | - | false |
| 110 | Days of Being Wild | - | - | - | $22,742 | 4 | $146,310 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
| 111 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $21,820 | 3 | $126,684 | Nov 19 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 112 | Postmen in the Mountains | - | - | - | $21,323 | 7 | $203,975 | Dec 25 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 113 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | - | - | - | $21,313 | 9 | $105,054 | Nov 26 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 114 | Our Music | - | - | - | $21,246 | 8 | $139,922 | Nov 24 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 115 | Guiana 1838 | - | - | - | $21,100 | 16 | $227,241 | Sep 24 | RBC Radio | false |
| 116 | Bigger Than the Sky | - | - | - | $20,471 | 9 | $21,398 | Feb 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 117 | Up and Down | - | - | - | $18,996 | 16 | $245,127 | Feb 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 118 | The Machinist | - | - | - | $14,442 | 72 | $1,082,715 | Oct 22 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 119 | You I Love | - | - | - | $13,928 | 4 | $60,815 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 120 | Vodka Lemon | - | - | - | $12,804 | 3 | $66,361 | Oct 8 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 121 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,129 | 3 | $106,184 | Aug 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 122 | Brother to Brother | - | - | - | $11,027 | 3 | $80,906 | Nov 5 | Wolfe Releasing | false |
| 123 | Saints and Soldiers | - | - | - | $9,575 | 37 | $1,310,470 | Aug 6 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 124 | Machuca | - | - | - | $8,859 | 1 | $26,676 | Jan 19 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 125 | Untold Scandal | - | - | - | $8,602 | 8 | $63,332 | Oct 13 | Kino International | false |
| 126 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | - | - | - | $8,368 | 4 | $30,210 | Dec 3 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 127 | Malevolence | - | - | - | $7,899 | 10 | $127,287 | Sep 10 | - | false |
| 128 | Harry + Max | - | - | - | $7,550 | 1 | $15,247 | Feb 18 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 129 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | - | - | - | $7,403 | 14 | $353,580 | Jun 11 | Dada Films | false |
| 130 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,999 | 15 | $489,838 | Jun 16 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 131 | Appleseed | - | - | - | $6,936 | 31 | $129,135 | Jan 14 | Geneon Entertainment | false |
| 132 | L.A. Twister | - | - | - | $6,666 | 4 | $54,000 | Aug 13 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 133 | Daybreak | - | - | - | $6,521 | 1 | $6,995 | Feb 2 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 134 | A Tale of Two Sisters | - | - | - | $6,375 | 9 | $72,541 | Dec 3 | Tartan | false |
| 135 | Fascination | - | - | - | $6,347 | 10 | $16,670 | Jan 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 136 | Red Lights | - | - | - | $6,297 | 29 | $673,828 | Aug 20 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 137 | Bear Cub | - | - | - | $6,183 | 4 | $100,133 | Nov 5 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 138 | One More Round | - | - | - | $6,072 | 2 | $10,629 | Feb 25 | Silver Plane Films | false |
| 139 | Swades | - | - | - | $5,425 | 74 | $1,223,240 | Dec 17 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 140 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $4,700 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 141 | Gory Gory Hallelujah | - | - | - | $4,697 | 2 | $12,604 | Jan 21 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 142 | Napoleon Dynamite | - | - | - | $4,430 | 1,027 | $44,540,956 | Jun 11 | - | false |
| 143 | Fabled | - | - | - | $4,178 | 3 | $31,425 | Dec 10 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 144 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $4,173 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 145 | All Babes Want to Kill Me | - | - | - | $4,065 | 1 | $11,975 | Feb 16 | High Cotton Films | false |
| 146 | Naked Fame | - | - | - | $3,955 | 2 | $29,220 | Feb 18 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 147 | Solitude | - | - | - | $3,696 | 2 | $6,260 | Jan 7 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 148 | A Tale of Two Pizzas | - | - | - | $3,600 | 2 | $14,831 | Feb 11 | Cockeyed Caravan | false |
| 149 | After the Sunset | - | - | - | $3,558 | 2,819 | $28,331,233 | Nov 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 150 | The Other Side of the Street | - | - | - | $3,492 | 3 | $55,459 | Feb 25 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 151 | Bright Leaves | - | - | - | $3,470 | 4 | $77,888 | Aug 25 | First Run | false |
| 152 | The Inheritance | - | - | - | $3,270 | 2 | $68,215 | Jul 9 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 153 | Enduring Love | - | - | - | $2,775 | 56 | $358,362 | Oct 29 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 154 | Sunset Story | - | - | - | $2,484 | 3 | $17,508 | Feb 25 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 155 | Emile | - | - | - | $2,111 | 1 | $5,799 | Feb 4 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 156 | Straight-Jacket | - | - | - | $2,076 | 4 | $45,497 | Nov 26 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 157 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | - | - | - | $1,967 | 4 | $122,011 | Jun 18 | First Run | false |
| 158 | Sex Sells: The Making of 'Touché' | - | - | - | $1,856 | 1 | $3,252 | Feb 25 | HB Filmworks | false |
| 159 | Monsieur N. 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,815 | 5 | $37,757 | Jan 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 160 | Alexander | - | - | - | $1,742 | 2,445 | $34,297,191 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 161 | The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion' | - | - | - | $1,479 | 1 | $1,479 | Feb 9 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
| 162 | Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land | - | - | - | $1,266 | 1 | $4,930 | Jan 28 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
| 163 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | - | - | - | $1,193 | 3 | $35,120 | Sep 17 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 164 | Testosterone | - | - | - | $1,155 | 4 | $185,078 | Sep 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 165 | The Best of Youth | - | - | - | $1,140 | 5 | $274,024 | Mar 2 | Miramax | false |
| 166 | Anatomy of Hell | - | - | - | $720 | 3 | $34,506 | Sep 24 | Tartan | false |
| 167 | The Painting | - | - | - | $657 | 5 | $4,115 | Jan 28 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 168 | Silent Waters | - | - | - | $604 | 1 | $7,384 | Oct 8 | First Run | false |
| 169 | The Deserted Station | - | - | - | $584 | 1 | $18,867 | Jul 2 | First Run | false |
| 170 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $438 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 171 | Distant | - | - | - | $426 | 2 | $96,293 | Mar 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 172 | With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America | - | - | - | $216 | 1 | $1,884 | Jan 19 | Lumiere Productions | false |
| 173 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $206 | 1 | $34,634 | Nov 12 | First Run | false |
| 174 | Who Killed Bambi? | - | - | - | $135 | 1 | $14,532 | Nov 12 | Strand Releasing | false |
