Domestic 2004 Weekend 34
August 20-22, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Exorcist: The Beginning | $18,054,001 | - | 2,803 | - | $6,440 | $18,054,001 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Without a Paddle | $13,528,946 | - | 2,730 | - | $4,955 | $13,528,946 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $13,051,560 | -43.1% | 3,490 | +18 | $3,739 | $61,217,735 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | Alien vs. Predator | $12,409,624 | -67.6% | 3,401 | +6 | $3,648 | $62,962,235 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 17 | Open Water | $11,800,000 | +1,218.8% | 2,709 | +2,654 | $4,355 | $14,800,000 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 3 | Collateral | $10,156,357 | -37.2% | 3,029 | -176 | $3,353 | $69,721,408 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | 5 | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,469,275 | -24.8% | 2,532 | -444 | $2,555 | $150,393,515 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | The Manchurian Candidate | $4,017,560 | -33.2% | 1,920 | -692 | $2,092 | $54,543,247 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | The Village | $3,722,806 | -48% | 2,249 | -893 | $1,655 | $107,049,072 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 4 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $3,245,167 | -65.8% | 2,411 | - | $1,345 | $15,514,005 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 13 | Garden State | $3,020,555 | +117.7% | 652 | +477 | $4,632 | $6,510,004 | 4 | - |
| 12 | 10 | Spider-Man 2 | $2,421,434 | -31.1% | 1,343 | -564 | $1,803 | $365,173,462 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 8 | I, Robot | $2,408,877 | -37.7% | 1,609 | -569 | $1,497 | $138,292,990 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,787,873 | +1.8% | 577 | +14 | $3,098 | $19,111,581 | 11 | - |
| 15 | 9 | Little Black Book | $1,517,423 | -59.9% | 1,640 | -805 | $925 | $18,427,929 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 16 | - | Benji: Off the Leash! | $1,512,000 | - | 877 | - | $1,724 | $1,541,381 | 1 | - |
| 17 | 14 | The Notebook | $774,126 | -33% | 621 | -304 | $1,246 | $76,295,611 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 18 | 15 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $596,499 | -41% | 446 | -270 | $1,337 | $116,761,122 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 19 | De-Lovely | $561,938 | -18.8% | 317 | -76 | $1,772 | $10,776,149 | 8 | United Artists |
| 20 | 12 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $489,985 | -65% | 401 | -805 | $1,221 | $17,327,672 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | 22 | Maria Full of Grace | $458,426 | -7.5% | 117 | +10 | $3,918 | $3,315,918 | 6 | Fine Line Features |
| 22 | - | Nicotina | $446,768 | - | 96 | - | $4,653 | $446,768 | 1 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 23 | 21 | Shrek 2 | $422,786 | -25.5% | 435 | -132 | $971 | $436,471,036 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 24 | 16 | Catwoman | $386,319 | -58.6% | 444 | -731 | $870 | $39,050,726 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 23 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $353,507 | -21.7% | 248 | -62 | $1,425 | $246,900,818 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | - | Going the Distance | $333,126 | - | 153 | - | $2,177 | $333,126 | 1 | Odeon |
| 27 | 24 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $282,594 | -7.8% | 283 | -37 | $998 | $113,005,058 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 18 | A Cinderella Story | $270,126 | -68.9% | 435 | -770 | $620 | $50,249,672 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 31 | Intimate Strangers | $261,307 | +22.5% | 75 | +23 | $3,484 | $818,524 | 4 | Paramount Classics |
| 30 | 25 | Garfield: The Movie | $248,958 | -2.9% | 293 | -54 | $849 | $74,405,479 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | 20 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $241,442 | -62.9% | 322 | -385 | $749 | $84,136,909 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 32 | 35 | King Arthur | $235,431 | +37.4% | 287 | +86 | $820 | $51,003,407 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 28 | The Day After Tomorrow | $207,237 | -10% | 233 | -30 | $889 | $185,984,768 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 44 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $192,472 | +90% | 29 | +22 | $6,636 | $340,842 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 35 | 30 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $192,032 | -12.9% | 56 | - | $3,429 | $17,844,033 | 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 38 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $184,152 | +31.4% | 37 | +5 | $4,977 | $2,165,576 | 29 | - |
| 37 | 26 | The Door in the Floor | $179,571 | -29.6% | 112 | -22 | $1,603 | $3,179,110 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 27 | Before Sunset | $171,309 | -27% | 113 | -49 | $1,516 | $4,560,080 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 39 | 32 | The Stepford Wives | $150,371 | -28.3% | 206 | +9 | $729 | $59,176,740 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 33 | Around the World in 80 Days | $134,453 | -29.4% | 193 | -33 | $696 | $23,775,251 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 39 | Bugs! | $132,681 | +0.2% | 31 | +3 | $4,280 | $12,362,206 | 76 | SK Films |
| 42 | 40 | Riding Giants | $128,787 | -2.1% | 64 | +1 | $2,012 | $1,687,033 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | 43 | Space Station 3D | $113,589 | -2.4% | 8 | -1 | $14,198 | $53,979,933 | 123 | IMAX |
| 44 | 42 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $111,945 | -8.6% | 17 | - | $6,585 | $7,758,253 | 97 | Giant Screen Films |
| 45 | 46 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $108,394 | +11.1% | 55 | +21 | $1,970 | $584,553 | 5 | Miramax |
| 46 | - | Fida | $98,297 | - | 30 | - | $3,276 | $98,297 | 1 | - |
| 47 | 34 | Look What's Happened Now | $89,968 | -47.7% | 47 | -4 | $1,914 | $336,909 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 48 | 36 | The Terminal | $87,237 | -43.1% | 153 | -82 | $570 | $77,032,279 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 49 | 41 | A Home at the End of the World | $82,380 | -34% | 51 | -14 | $1,615 | $774,651 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 50 | 47 | Camping sauvage | $77,672 | -19.3% | 51 | -3 | $1,522 | $3,642,327 | 7 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 51 | 29 | Thunderbirds | $67,185 | -70.1% | 171 | -402 | $392 | $6,768,055 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 52 | 50 | Saints and Soldiers | $63,375 | -14.1% | 27 | +1 | $2,347 | $396,534 | 3 | Excel Entertainment |
| 53 | 49 | Festival Express | $61,887 | -25% | 26 | -8 | $2,380 | $525,167 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 54 | 59 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $58,029 | +29.4% | 17 | +6 | $3,413 | $245,677 | 3 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 55 | 51 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $56,054 | -12.9% | 27 | +3 | $2,076 | $1,350,094 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 56 | 53 | Mean Girls | $54,919 | -1% | 79 | -23 | $695 | $85,974,306 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 57 | 62 | Code 46 | $54,385 | +42.2% | 21 | +9 | $2,589 | $142,603 | 3 | United Artists |
| 58 | 48 | Two Brothers | $53,918 | -35.7% | 88 | -77 | $612 | $19,053,433 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 59 | 37 | White Chicks | $53,110 | -62.1% | 72 | -108 | $737 | $69,263,055 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 60 | 69 | She Hate Me | $49,594 | +121.1% | 28 | +17 | $1,771 | $248,368 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 60 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $47,458 | +15.7% | 8 | - | $5,932 | $7,250,677 | 98 | Giant Screen Films |
| 62 | - | Bright Young Things | $46,926 | - | 3 | - | $15,642 | $46,926 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 63 | - | Rosenstrasse | $45,024 | - | 10 | - | $4,502 | $45,024 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 64 | 55 | Control Room | $40,060 | -21.5% | 32 | -12 | $1,251 | $2,301,502 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | 58 | Super Size Me | $39,253 | -17.5% | 39 | -32 | $1,006 | $11,269,350 | 16 | IDP Distribution |
| 66 | 56 | Troy | $39,236 | -18.5% | 77 | -65 | $509 | $133,298,577 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 45 | The Chronicles of Riddick | $37,456 | -62.2% | 71 | -44 | $527 | $57,712,751 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 68 | 57 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $35,412 | -25.8% | 24 | -16 | $1,475 | $1,434,170 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 69 | 52 | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi | $35,362 | -44% | 24 | -14 | $1,473 | $893,142 | 4 | - |
| 70 | 76 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $33,626 | +96.7% | 11 | +4 | $3,056 | $347,521 | 12 | Newmarket Films |
| 71 | 54 | Raising Helen | $33,097 | -38.5% | 65 | -51 | $509 | $37,451,587 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 72 | - | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $31,481 | - | 7 | - | $4,497 | $31,481 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 73 | 67 | The Clearing | $31,149 | +21% | 36 | -12 | $865 | $5,675,703 | 8 | - |
| 74 | - | Mean Creek | $29,170 | - | 4 | - | $7,292 | $29,170 | 1 | Paramount Classics |
| 75 | 65 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $26,770 | -8.2% | 5 | +2 | $5,354 | $49,058,593 | 305 | IMAX |
| 76 | 79 | Man on Fire | $23,302 | +44.5% | 31 | -8 | $751 | $77,894,965 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 77 | 61 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $21,299 | -44.9% | 26 | -27 | $819 | $1,114,222 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 78 | 73 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $21,264 | +15.3% | 9 | +4 | $2,362 | $138,723 | 5 | Vitagraph Films |
| 79 | 63 | Touch of Pink | $20,506 | -43.1% | 16 | -5 | $1,281 | $439,627 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | - | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $18,422 | - | 1 | - | $18,422 | $18,422 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 75 | Haunted Castle | $17,885 | +2.5% | 1 | - | $17,885 | $8,865,863 | 183 | - |
| 82 | 72 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $17,223 | -10.4% | 10 | -3 | $1,722 | $265,295 | 10 | Wellspring Media |
| 83 | 108 | Imelda | $14,382 | +858.8% | 4 | +3 | $3,595 | $135,139 | 11 | Unico Entertainment |
| 84 | 66 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $14,321 | -44.7% | 8 | -4 | $1,790 | $2,288,351 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | 89 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $13,411 | +74.9% | 9 | +4 | $1,490 | $213,919 | 11 | Dada Films |
| 86 | - | Bush's Brain | $11,927 | - | 4 | - | $2,981 | $11,927 | 1 | Tartan |
| 87 | 81 | Johnson Family Vacation | $11,116 | -4.9% | 21 | +1 | $529 | $31,194,198 | 20 | - |
| 88 | 77 | Facing Windows | $10,284 | -39.7% | 7 | -6 | $1,469 | $478,517 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 104 | The Best Two Years | $10,084 | +410.8% | 9 | +6 | $1,120 | $948,485 | 27 | - |
| 90 | - | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $10,020 | - | 1 | - | $10,020 | $10,020 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 91 | 95 | Last Life in the Universe | $9,097 | +182.1% | 4 | +3 | $2,274 | $23,255 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 92 | 85 | Alien Adventure | $9,000 | <0.1% | 2 | - | $4,500 | $4,485,810 | 262 | - |
| 93 | 80 | Home on the Range | $7,364 | -54.3% | 8 | -16 | $920 | $50,026,353 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 94 | 74 | The Hunting of the President | $7,229 | -59.4% | 8 | -3 | $903 | $277,293 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 95 | 87 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $6,707 | -16.7% | 4 | - | $1,676 | $16,451,285 | 72 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 96 | 90 | Cowards Bend the Knee | $5,570 | -20.8% | 1 | - | $5,570 | $22,940 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 97 | - | It's Easier for a Camel... | $5,281 | - | 1 | - | $5,281 | $5,281 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 98 | 78 | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | $5,193 | -68.6% | 4 | -6 | $1,298 | $34,810 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 99 | 116 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $4,909 | +579.9% | 2 | +1 | $2,454 | $48,598 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | - | Bukowski: Born into This | $4,789 | - | 4 | - | $1,197 | $303,490 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 101 | 83 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $4,420 | -57.1% | 4 | - | $1,105 | $24,385 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 102 | 94 | The Young Black Stallion | $4,078 | -28.4% | 4 | -1 | $1,019 | $6,502,980 | 35 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 103 | 84 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $4,054 | -56.2% | 7 | -2 | $579 | $319,087 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 104 | 92 | The Mother | $3,752 | -43% | 6 | -6 | $625 | $863,483 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | - | Distant | $3,549 | - | 1 | - | $3,549 | $84,525 | 24 | New Yorker Films |
| 106 | - | Red Lights | $3,202 | - | 1 | - | $3,202 | $3,202 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 107 | 82 | Gozu | $2,706 | -74.1% | 2 | -1 | $1,353 | $35,083 | 4 | - |
| 108 | 93 | Godzilla | $2,497 | -61.5% | 2 | -2 | $1,248 | $370,932 | 16 | Rialto Pictures |
| 109 | 88 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $2,288 | -70.8% | 3 | -4 | $762 | $492,575 | 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 110 | 113 | Twist | $2,092 | +107.7% | 1 | - | $2,092 | $41,152 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 111 | - | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $1,960 | - | 1 | - | $1,960 | $591,570 | 17 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 112 | 91 | L.A. Twister | $1,920 | -71.4% | 2 | - | $960 | $10,744 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 113 | 110 | Father and Son | $1,799 | +43.2% | 2 | +1 | $899 | $33,105 | 10 | Wellspring Media |
| 114 | 86 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,757 | -79.5% | 2 | -5 | $878 | $90,105 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 115 | 103 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,652 | -17.1% | 2 | - | $826 | $3,849,753 | 168 | IMAX |
| 116 | 107 | Baadasssss! | $1,621 | +4.6% | 7 | - | $231 | $363,747 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 117 | - | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 2004 Re-release | $1,475 | - | 1 | - | $1,475 | $2,668 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 118 | 98 | The Five Obstructions | $1,455 | -47.5% | 1 | -1 | $1,455 | $129,722 | 13 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 119 | 100 | A Day Without a Mexican | $1,423 | -45.8% | 1 | -2 | $1,423 | $3,248,042 | 15 | Televisa Cine |
| 120 | 99 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,380 | -50.2% | 1 | - | $1,380 | $809,926 | 33 | Rialto Pictures |
| 121 | 97 | Love Me If You Dare | $1,030 | -63.6% | 5 | -1 | $206 | $539,675 | 14 | Paramount Classics |
| 122 | 120 | Shaolin Soccer | $942 | +101.3% | 5 | - | $188 | $488,872 | 21 | Miramax |
| 123 | 117 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $800 | +12.7% | 1 | - | $800 | $7,009,415 | 287 | - |
| 124 | 118 | Strayed | $750 | +50% | 1 | - | $750 | $464,409 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 125 | 102 | I'm Not Scared | $566 | -72% | 5 | -3 | $113 | $1,613,919 | 20 | Miramax |
| 126 | 123 | Valentin 2003 Re-release | $540 | +419.2% | 1 | - | $540 | $275,363 | 16 | Miramax |
| 127 | - | S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine | $449 | - | 1 | - | $449 | $21,678 | 14 | First Run |
| 128 | 101 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | $438 | -80.3% | 8 | -3 | $54 | $66,207,920 | 19 | Miramax |
| 129 | 105 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $114 | -94.1% | 1 | -1 | $114 | $174,375 | 53 | Shadow Distribution |
