| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | - | - | - | $94,686,068 | 3,703 | $377,027,325 | Dec 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | - | - | - | $71,497,516 | 3,307 | $138,614,544 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Along Came Polly | - | - | - | $64,598,430 | 3,052 | $88,097,164 | Jan 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Cold Mountain | - | - | - | $49,593,545 | 2,802 | $95,636,509 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 5 | Big Fish | - | - | - | $49,547,934 | 2,514 | $66,809,693 | Dec 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Something's Gotta Give | - | - | - | $46,049,160 | 2,876 | $124,728,738 | Dec 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | The Butterfly Effect | - | - | - | $30,214,000 | 2,605 | $57,938,693 | Jan 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 8 | Paycheck | - | - | - | $28,081,339 | 2,762 | $53,790,451 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Last Samurai | - | - | - | $27,510,692 | 2,938 | $111,127,263 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Mona Lisa Smile | - | - | - | $24,295,173 | 2,714 | $63,860,942 | Dec 19 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 11 | Peter Pan | - | - | - | $24,087,410 | 2,813 | $48,462,608 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Calendar Girls | - | - | - | $23,499,341 | 967 | $31,041,759 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Torque | - | - | - | $19,460,338 | 2,463 | $21,215,059 | Jan 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | My Baby's Daddy | - | - | - | $16,647,808 | 1,448 | $17,669,317 | Jan 9 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | You Got Served | - | - | - | $13,338,803 | 1,943 | $40,363,810 | Jan 30 | Screen Gems | false |
| 16 | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | - | - | - | $12,435,401 | 2,808 | $17,071,962 | Jan 23 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 17 | Chasing Liberty | - | - | - | $11,994,888 | 2,400 | $12,195,626 | Jan 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Mystic River | - | - | - | $10,317,856 | 1,581 | $90,135,191 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Monster | - | - | - | $9,618,323 | 1,093 | $34,469,210 | Dec 24 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 20 | House of Sand and Fog | - | - | - | $7,920,379 | 598 | $13,040,288 | Dec 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 21 | 21 Grams | - | - | - | $7,038,680 | 411 | $16,290,476 | Nov 21 | Focus Features | false |
| 22 | Stuck on You | - | - | - | $6,670,742 | 3,007 | $33,832,741 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Bad Santa | - | - | - | $6,552,705 | 2,540 | $60,060,328 | Nov 26 | Dimension Films | false |
| 24 | In America | - | - | - | $6,199,360 | 403 | $15,539,656 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 25 | Lost in Translation | - | - | - | $5,958,587 | 882 | $44,585,453 | Sep 12 | Focus Features | false |
| 26 | Teacher's Pet | - | - | - | $5,898,504 | 2,027 | $6,491,969 | Jan 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | The Haunted Mansion | - | - | - | $5,870,096 | 3,122 | $75,847,266 | Nov 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | - | - | - | $5,650,319 | 3,101 | $93,927,920 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | Elf | - | - | - | $4,944,355 | 3,381 | $173,398,518 | Nov 7 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 30 | The Perfect Score | - | - | - | $4,275,119 | 2,208 | $10,391,003 | Jan 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Cooler | - | - | - | $4,188,138 | 408 | $8,291,572 | Nov 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 32 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | - | - | - | $3,978,084 | 1,844 | $21,924,226 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | - | - | - | $3,174,210 | 402 | $11,670,971 | Dec 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 34 | The Big Bounce | - | - | - | $2,825,644 | 2,304 | $6,489,476 | Jan 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Love Actually | - | - | - | $2,609,615 | 1,714 | $59,696,144 | Nov 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 36 | Honey | - | - | - | $2,605,170 | 1,972 | $30,308,417 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Young Black Stallion | - | - | - | $2,566,142 | 51 | $6,751,389 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Cat in the Hat | - | - | - | $2,432,855 | 3,467 | $101,149,285 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | Brother Bear | - | - | - | $1,733,598 | 3,030 | $85,336,277 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 40 | Gothika | - | - | - | $1,234,606 | 2,382 | $59,694,580 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | The Triplets of Belleville | - | - | - | $1,233,178 | 463 | $7,007,149 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | School of Rock | - | - | - | $1,167,407 | 2,951 | $81,261,177 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Matrix Revolutions | - | - | - | $1,019,525 | 3,502 | $139,313,948 | Nov 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | The Company | - | - | - | $808,238 | 55 | $2,283,914 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 45 | City of God | - | - | - | $773,172 | 242 | $7,564,459 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 46 | Radio | - | - | - | $754,871 | 3,074 | $52,333,738 | Oct 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 47 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | - | - | - | $717,008 | 63 | $1,690,767 | Aug 29 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false |
| 48 | The Missing | - | - | - | $708,430 | 2,756 | $27,011,180 | Nov 26 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 49 | The Station Agent | - | - | - | $686,617 | 198 | $5,739,376 | Oct 3 | Miramax | false |
| 50 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $662,149 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 51 | The Fog of War | - | - | - | $633,401 | 261 | $4,198,566 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 52 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | - | - | - | $578,105 | 2,903 | $20,991,364 | Nov 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | Scary Movie 3 | - | - | - | $557,677 | 3,505 | $110,003,217 | Oct 24 | Dimension Films | false |
| 54 | Red Nose | - | - | - | $526,971 | 90 | $2,004,814 | Nov 28 | Christal Films | false |
| 55 | Alexandra's Project | - | - | - | $513,321 | 29 | $752,148 | Dec 19 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 56 | Runaway Jury | - | - | - | $423,865 | 2,815 | $49,443,628 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 57 | Under the Tuscan Sun | - | - | - | $411,929 | 1,701 | $43,610,723 | Sep 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 58 | The Statement | - | - | - | $382,903 | 51 | $765,637 | Dec 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 59 | Timeline | - | - | - | $363,586 | 2,787 | $19,481,943 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 60 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $360,813 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 61 | Khakee | - | - | - | $355,185 | 49 | $587,877 | Jan 23 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 62 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $323,405 | 139 | $3,435,749 | Nov 21 | Miramax | false |
| 63 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $304,262 | 9 | $822,941 | Jan 9 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 64 | My Architect | - | - | - | $303,899 | 39 | $2,750,707 | Nov 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 65 | The Gospel of John | - | - | - | $293,401 | 113 | $4,069,090 | Sep 26 | THINKFilm | false |
| 66 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $287,731 | 46 | $3,045,032 | Oct 31 | IMAX | false |
| 67 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | - | - | - | $209,931 | 3,102 | $70,099,045 | Oct 10 | Miramax | false |
| 68 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | - | - | - | $202,425 | 3,018 | $80,571,655 | Oct 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 69 | Underworld | - | - | - | $179,518 | 2,928 | $51,970,690 | Sep 19 | Screen Gems | false |
| 70 | Touching the Void | - | - | - | $160,641 | 137 | $4,593,598 | Jan 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 71 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | - | - | - | $152,563 | 55 | $374,360 | Dec 19 | - | false |
| 72 | LOC: Kargil | - | - | - | $150,492 | 58 | $621,103 | Dec 25 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 73 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $149,273 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 74 | Shattered Glass | - | - | - | $148,425 | 215 | $2,220,008 | Oct 31 | Lionsgate | false |
| 75 | The Home Teachers | - | - | - | $146,456 | 20 | $203,917 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 76 | Japanese Story | - | - | - | $144,255 | 21 | $647,054 | Dec 31 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 77 | Gloomy Sunday | - | - | - | $132,270 | 16 | $585,604 | Jun 20 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 78 | Freaky Friday | - | - | - | $129,504 | 3,067 | $110,230,332 | Aug 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 79 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | - | - | - | $117,903 | 3,388 | $111,761,982 | Jul 25 | Dimension Films | false |
| 80 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | - | - | - | $116,268 | 16 | $10,086,514 | Oct 11 | Giant Screen Films | false |
| 81 | To Be and to Have | - | - | - | $103,864 | 14 | $777,129 | Sep 19 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 82 | Pieces of April | - | - | - | $100,688 | 101 | $2,528,664 | Oct 17 | United Artists | false |
| 83 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $97,267 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 84 | Tokyo Godfathers | - | - | - | $78,464 | 10 | $129,560 | Jan 16 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 85 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | - | - | - | $77,213 | 52 | $1,991,922 | Nov 26 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 86 | Wooly Boys | - | - | - | $73,939 | 7 | $335,726 | Jan 23 | MAC Releasing | false |
| 87 | Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times | - | - | - | $70,699 | 2 | $99,819 | Jan 7 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 88 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | - | - | - | $69,589 | 38 | $1,680,020 | Sep 12 | - | false |
| 89 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | - | - | - | $69,031 | 80 | $9,354,342 | Jul 11 | Odeon | false |
| 90 | Pride and Prejudice | - | - | - | $67,104 | 20 | $377,271 | Dec 5 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 91 | Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer | - | - | - | $65,752 | 6 | $97,362 | Jan 9 | Lantern Lane Entertainment | false |
| 92 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $65,175 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 93 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | - | - | - | $65,047 | 15 | $578,241 | Sep 19 | Artistic License | false |
| 94 | Bubba Ho-Tep | - | - | - | $64,656 | 25 | $1,239,183 | Sep 19 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 95 | Intolerable Cruelty | - | - | - | $59,930 | 2,570 | $35,327,628 | Oct 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 96 | Incantato | - | - | - | $57,519 | 8 | $108,954 | Dec 19 | Odeon | false |
| 97 | Blizzard | - | - | - | $45,274 | 136 | $504,600 | Dec 12 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 98 | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $44,234 | 7 | $163,577 | Dec 26 | Kino International | false |
| 99 | The Gatekeeper | - | - | - | $43,877 | 3 | $312,434 | Apr 25 | - | false |
| 100 | Crimson Gold | - | - | - | $35,338 | 8 | $148,959 | Jan 16 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 101 | Out of Time | - | - | - | $35,202 | 3,076 | $41,088,845 | Oct 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 102 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $35,023 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 103 | Elephant | - | - | - | $31,931 | 38 | $1,266,955 | Oct 24 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 104 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $31,379 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 105 | Dirty Pretty Things | - | - | - | $30,423 | 493 | $8,112,414 | Jul 18 | Miramax | false |
| 106 | The Human Stain | - | - | - | $27,848 | 388 | $5,381,908 | Oct 31 | Miramax | false |
| 107 | The Animation Show | - | - | - | $27,568 | 10 | $366,344 | Sep 5 | - | false |
| 108 | The Hebrew Hammer | - | - | - | $26,153 | 8 | $82,157 | Dec 19 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 109 | Empathy | - | - | - | $22,940 | 1 | $29,345 | Jan 21 | Icarus Films | false |
| 110 | Latter Days | - | - | - | $21,868 | 19 | $834,685 | Jan 30 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 111 | Yossi & Jagger | - | - | - | $20,119 | 6 | $267,005 | Sep 24 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 112 | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $19,619 | 3 | $116,428 | Nov 14 | Kino International | false |
| 113 | Bus 174 | - | - | - | $19,221 | 5 | $217,201 | Oct 8 | THINKFilm | false |
| 114 | Good Boy | - | - | - | $17,380 | 3,225 | $37,667,746 | Oct 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 115 | Secret Things | - | - | - | $16,154 | 3 | $105,090 | Jan 2 | First Run | false |
| 116 | Made-Up | - | - | - | $16,086 | 5 | $79,766 | May 30 | - | false |
| 117 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $15,067 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 118 | Mga munting tinig | - | - | - | $14,356 | 6 | $69,739 | Oct 10 | Small Island Films | false |
| 119 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | - | - | - | $14,166 | 3,416 | $305,413,918 | Jul 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 120 | AKA | - | - | - | $14,099 | 3 | $49,988 | Dec 12 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 121 | Millennium Mambo | - | - | - | $12,370 | 1 | $14,904 | Dec 31 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 122 | Bonhoeffer | - | - | - | $12,097 | 7 | $296,181 | Jun 20 | First Run | false |
| 123 | Postmen in the Mountains | - | - | - | $11,719 | 7 | $203,975 | Dec 25 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 124 | Anything But Love | - | - | - | $11,415 | 16 | $81,451 | Nov 14 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 125 | The Singing Detective | - | - | - | $10,210 | 46 | $337,174 | Oct 24 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 126 | Party Monster | - | - | - | $10,161 | 13 | $742,898 | Aug 29 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 127 | Cuba: Island of Music | - | - | - | $9,791 | 1 | $9,791 | Jan 16 | Cinema Four | false |
| 128 | The Holy Land | - | - | - | $8,433 | 17 | $603,520 | Jul 11 | - | false |
| 129 | The Weather Underground | - | - | - | $8,429 | 14 | $564,632 | Jun 4 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 130 | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,219 | 2 | $55,188 | Jan 16 | ArtMattan Productions | false |
| 131 | The Butterfly 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,058 | 2 | $38,438 | Dec 19 | First Run | false |
| 132 | Carnage | - | - | - | $7,011 | 6 | $60,158 | Sep 5 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 133 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,614 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 134 | Porn Theatre | - | - | - | $6,589 | 2 | $31,653 | Oct 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 135 | Power Trip | - | - | - | $6,493 | 3 | $39,359 | Dec 10 | Artistic License | false |
| 136 | What Alice Found | - | - | - | $5,969 | 3 | $67,436 | Dec 5 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 137 | Rivers and Tides | - | - | - | $5,288 | 15 | $2,200,276 | Jun 26 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 138 | Hukkle | - | - | - | $5,206 | 4 | $53,715 | Nov 14 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 139 | Demonlover | - | - | - | $4,952 | 15 | $232,044 | Sep 19 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 140 | The Son | - | - | - | $4,691 | 3 | $70,262 | Jan 10 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 141 | The Golden Age | - | - | - | $4,404 | 2 | $32,712 | Jan 30 | Kino International | false |
| 142 | Martin & Orloff | - | - | - | $4,401 | 2 | $34,222 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 143 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $4,344 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 144 | The Flower of Evil | - | - | - | $4,169 | 16 | $182,163 | Oct 10 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 145 | One 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,800 | 4 | $65,172 | Jan 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 146 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | - | - | - | $2,832 | 2 | $26,377 | Oct 17 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 147 | Eat This New York | - | - | - | $2,778 | 2 | $24,640 | Jan 30 | Organic Pictures | false |
| 148 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $2,573 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 149 | Manna from Heaven | - | - | - | $2,350 | 33 | $505,675 | Aug 2 | Five Sisters Productions | false |
| 150 | American Storytellers | - | - | - | $2,220 | 1 | $24,082 | Nov 7 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 151 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $1,707 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 152 | My Flesh and Blood | - | - | - | $1,657 | 7 | $40,573 | Nov 28 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 153 | Seaside | - | - | - | $1,524 | 1 | $15,290 | Aug 6 | First Run | false |
| 154 | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,254 | 1 | $18,515 | Aug 22 | First Run | false |
| 155 | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | $1,219 | 2 | $16,015,639 | Oct 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 156 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $1,083 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 157 | Blue Gate Crossing | - | - | - | $1,039 | 1 | $6,242 | Nov 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 158 | Emerald Cowboy | - | - | - | $996 | 6 | $101,358 | Sep 19 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 159 | Suspended Animation | - | - | - | $990 | 3 | $8,169 | Oct 31 | First Run | false |
| 160 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | - | - | - | $966 | 3,124 | $35,667,218 | Aug 29 | United Artists | false |
| 161 | The Embalmer | - | - | - | $719 | 2 | $56,878 | Jul 18 | First Run | false |
| 162 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $631 | 5 | $96,269 | Aug 22 | First Look International | false |
| 163 | On_Line | - | - | - | $491 | 7 | $167,102 | Jun 27 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 164 | The Cremaster Cycle | - | - | - | $350 | 7 | $514,622 | Apr 25 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 165 | Love Forbidden 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $286 | 1 | $11,421 | Nov 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 166 | Girlhood | - | - | - | $208 | 3 | $37,977 | Oct 29 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 167 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | - | - | - | $183 | 181 | $3,707,346 | Aug 1 | - | false |
