| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Scary Movie 3 | $6,393,013 | - | 418 | - | $15,294 | $6,393,013 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $2,845,947 | -33.6% | 420 | -63 | $6,776 | $94,319,995 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Last Samurai | $2,263,751 | -38.7% | 417 | -14 | $5,428 | $15,152,542 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 8 | Cold Mountain | $1,227,487 | +17.9% | 322 | +64 | $3,812 | $9,864,190 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Peter Pan | $1,033,663 | -24.9% | 431 | -5 | $2,398 | $13,951,199 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Paycheck | $974,015 | -41.7% | 332 | -9 | $2,933 | $3,163,954 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Love Actually | $668,700 | -36.9% | 271 | -41 | $2,467 | $59,810,500 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $665,498 | -3.9% | 107 | +1 | $6,219 | $1,947,615 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Runaway Jury | $634,317 | -39.7% | 287 | -4 | $2,210 | $2,244,998 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Freaky Friday | $505,059 | -22.8% | 341 | -5 | $1,481 | $11,268,178 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Stuck on You | $332,822 | -56.9% | 234 | -44 | $1,422 | $5,977,068 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Brother Bear | $307,700 | -15.1% | 334 | -17 | $921 | $9,948,112 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | - | Big Fish | $232,416 | - | 17 | - | $13,671 | $232,416 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 14 | 3 | Lost in Translation | $167,608 | -91.1% | 259 | +72 | $647 | $7,048,165 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | - | Khakee | $160,035 | - | 31 | - | $5,162 | $160,035 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | Touching the Void | $137,555 | -28.9% | 40 | -2 | $3,438 | $2,133,835 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Human Stain | $134,053 | - | 94 | - | $1,426 | $134,053 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 18 | 15 | A Mighty Wind | $83,866 | -25.7% | 35 | +4 | $2,396 | $259,189 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Elf | $76,868 | -47.6% | 187 | -107 | $411 | $27,966,139 | 9 | Park Circus | false | false |
| 20 | - | Aetbaar | $67,654 | - | 20 | - | $3,382 | $67,654 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
