Domestic 2004 Weekend 35
August 27-29, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Hero | $17,800,000 | - | 2,031 | - | $8,764 | $17,800,000 | 1 | Miramax |
| 2 | - | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $12,812,287 | - | 2,905 | - | $4,410 | $12,812,287 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 3 | 2 | Without a Paddle | $8,582,417 | -36.6% | 2,730 | - | $3,143 | $27,739,646 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $8,084,138 | -38.1% | 3,331 | -159 | $2,426 | $75,065,898 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 1 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $7,081,057 | -60.8% | 2,813 | +10 | $2,517 | $31,167,046 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 6 | Collateral | $6,470,109 | -36.3% | 2,728 | -301 | $2,371 | $80,158,380 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | 5 | Open Water | $5,000,000 | -57.6% | 2,709 | - | $1,845 | $23,500,000 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 4 | Alien vs. Predator | $4,907,613 | -60.5% | 2,880 | -521 | $1,704 | $72,173,237 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 7 | The Bourne Supremacy | $4,646,125 | -28.2% | 2,079 | -453 | $2,234 | $157,748,855 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | - | Suspect Zero | $3,446,375 | - | 1,500 | - | $2,297 | $3,446,375 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | - | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $3,251,856 | - | 1,276 | - | $2,548 | $3,251,856 | 1 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 12 | 8 | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,838,802 | -29.3% | 1,484 | -436 | $1,912 | $59,012,292 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 11 | Garden State | $2,791,539 | -7.6% | 745 | +93 | $3,747 | $10,857,346 | 5 | - |
| 14 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,083,493 | +16.5% | 706 | +129 | $2,951 | $22,380,194 | 12 | - |
| 15 | 9 | The Village | $1,889,981 | -49.2% | 1,560 | -689 | $1,211 | $110,507,857 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 12 | Spider-Man 2 | $1,574,837 | -35% | 1,186 | -157 | $1,327 | $367,816,575 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 10 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $1,362,693 | -58% | 2,120 | -291 | $642 | $18,121,266 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 13 | I, Robot | $1,256,914 | -47.8% | 1,003 | -606 | $1,253 | $140,549,286 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 16 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $620,850 | -58.9% | 759 | -118 | $817 | $2,792,309 | 2 | - |
| 20 | 15 | Little Black Book | $603,551 | -60.2% | 767 | -873 | $786 | $19,806,798 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 21 | 17 | The Notebook | $586,818 | -24.2% | 481 | -140 | $1,219 | $77,371,100 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 22 | 19 | De-Lovely | $514,558 | -8.4% | 307 | -10 | $1,676 | $11,595,533 | 9 | United Artists |
| 23 | 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $485,683 | +37.4% | 391 | +143 | $1,242 | $247,598,604 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 21 | Maria Full of Grace | $384,635 | -16.1% | 123 | +6 | $3,127 | $3,923,157 | 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 25 | 34 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $352,711 | +83.3% | 90 | +61 | $3,919 | $793,130 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 26 | 18 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $327,464 | -45.1% | 312 | -134 | $1,049 | $117,453,674 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 29 | Intimate Strangers | $226,533 | -13.3% | 91 | +16 | $2,489 | $1,141,740 | 5 | Paramount Classics |
| 28 | 22 | Nicotina | $212,525 | -52.4% | 96 | - | $2,213 | $800,371 | 2 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 29 | 36 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $200,480 | +8.9% | 40 | +3 | $5,012 | $2,488,255 | 30 | - |
| 30 | 20 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $195,172 | -60.2% | 170 | -231 | $1,148 | $17,832,106 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 31 | 27 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $187,944 | -33.5% | 247 | -36 | $760 | $113,341,786 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 32 | King Arthur | $178,765 | -24.1% | 237 | -50 | $754 | $51,344,056 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 35 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $157,144 | -18.2% | 56 | - | $2,806 | $18,119,112 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 30 | Garfield: The Movie | $152,463 | -38.8% | 236 | -57 | $646 | $74,700,651 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 28 | A Cinderella Story | $138,871 | -48.6% | 203 | -232 | $684 | $50,550,175 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 38 | Before Sunset | $129,394 | -24.5% | 88 | -25 | $1,470 | $4,779,731 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 37 | 24 | Catwoman | $124,019 | -67.9% | 166 | -278 | $747 | $39,389,097 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 37 | The Door in the Floor | $123,831 | -31% | 83 | -29 | $1,491 | $3,381,368 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 39 | 119 | A Day Without a Mexican | $113,259 | +7,859.2% | 42 | +41 | $2,696 | $3,361,345 | 16 | Televisa Cine |
| 40 | 33 | The Day After Tomorrow | $106,815 | -48.5% | 178 | -55 | $600 | $186,188,336 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 44 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $105,487 | -5.8% | 17 | - | $6,205 | $7,863,740 | 98 | Giant Screen Films |
| 42 | - | Dhoom | $102,860 | - | 32 | - | $3,214 | $102,860 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 43 | 41 | Bugs! | $99,199 | -25.2% | 31 | - | $3,199 | $12,547,838 | 77 | SK Films |
| 44 | 42 | Riding Giants | $87,198 | -32.3% | 62 | -2 | $1,406 | $1,848,324 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 74 | Mean Creek | $86,669 | +197.1% | 23 | +19 | $3,768 | $130,817 | 2 | Paramount Classics |
| 46 | 39 | The Stepford Wives | $84,644 | -43.7% | 133 | -73 | $636 | $59,341,993 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 47 | 43 | Space Station 3D | $82,972 | -27% | 9 | +1 | $9,219 | $54,112,257 | 124 | IMAX |
| 48 | 63 | Rosenstrasse | $74,494 | +65.5% | 21 | +11 | $3,547 | $143,281 | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 49 | 53 | Festival Express | $73,666 | +19% | 34 | +8 | $2,166 | $644,192 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 50 | 49 | A Home at the End of the World | $63,482 | -22.9% | 54 | +3 | $1,175 | $887,724 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 51 | 40 | Around the World in 80 Days | $60,983 | -54.6% | 116 | -77 | $525 | $23,904,717 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 52 | Saints and Soldiers | $52,767 | -16.7% | 26 | -1 | $2,029 | $489,316 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 53 | 70 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $51,598 | +53.4% | 16 | +5 | $3,224 | $420,081 | 13 | Newmarket Films |
| 54 | - | The Brown Bunny | $50,601 | - | 3 | - | $16,867 | $50,601 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 55 | 68 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $50,585 | +42.8% | 36 | +12 | $1,405 | $1,510,891 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 56 | 61 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $44,857 | -5.5% | 8 | - | $5,607 | $7,295,534 | 99 | Giant Screen Films |
| 57 | 72 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $44,341 | +40.9% | 18 | +11 | $2,463 | $86,031 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 58 | 55 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $41,952 | -25.2% | 26 | -1 | $1,613 | $1,428,874 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 59 | 45 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $41,831 | -61.4% | 39 | -16 | $1,072 | $682,486 | 6 | Miramax |
| 60 | 101 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $40,917 | +825.7% | 24 | +20 | $1,704 | $67,698 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 61 | 62 | Bright Young Things | $40,155 | -14.4% | 5 | +2 | $8,031 | $106,935 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 62 | - | Phir Milenge | $37,460 | - | 27 | - | $1,387 | $37,460 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 63 | 64 | Control Room | $31,791 | -20.6% | 29 | -3 | $1,096 | $2,371,267 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 64 | 89 | The Best Two Years | $28,815 | +185.7% | 21 | +12 | $1,372 | $992,170 | 28 | - |
| 65 | 54 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $27,040 | -53.4% | 17 | - | $1,590 | $291,967 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 66 | 65 | Super Size Me | $26,072 | -33.6% | 40 | +1 | $651 | $11,327,782 | 17 | IDP Distribution |
| 67 | 57 | Code 46 | $26,050 | -52.1% | 15 | -6 | $1,736 | $197,148 | 4 | United Artists |
| 68 | 60 | She Hate Me | $22,951 | -53.7% | 19 | -9 | $1,207 | $294,811 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 56 | Mean Girls | $21,241 | -61.3% | 79 | - | $268 | $86,026,965 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 70 | 80 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $20,097 | +9.1% | 4 | +3 | $5,024 | $51,889 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 77 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $20,037 | -5.9% | 29 | +3 | $690 | $1,148,346 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 72 | 73 | The Clearing | $18,786 | -39.7% | 23 | -13 | $816 | $5,708,724 | 9 | - |
| 73 | 81 | Haunted Castle | $18,560 | +3.8% | 1 | - | $18,560 | $8,903,210 | 184 | - |
| 74 | 75 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $18,293 | -31.7% | 3 | -2 | $6,097 | $49,100,680 | 306 | IMAX |
| 75 | 86 | Bush's Brain | $16,102 | +35% | 7 | +3 | $2,300 | $31,553 | 2 | Tartan |
| 76 | 84 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $15,619 | +9.1% | 12 | +4 | $1,301 | $2,316,054 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | - | Grand Champion | $14,035 | - | 5 | - | $2,807 | $14,035 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 78 | 85 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $12,363 | -7.8% | 6 | -3 | $2,060 | $233,772 | 12 | Dada Films |
| 79 | 108 | Godzilla | $12,177 | +387.7% | 4 | +2 | $3,044 | $384,601 | 17 | Rialto Pictures |
| 80 | 114 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $11,511 | +555.2% | 6 | +4 | $1,918 | $102,958 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 78 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $11,320 | -46.8% | 8 | -1 | $1,415 | $164,885 | 6 | Vitagraph Films |
| 82 | - | Chooch | $10,616 | - | 3 | - | $3,538 | $10,616 | 1 | Artistic License |
| 83 | 94 | The Hunting of the President | $10,275 | +42.1% | 10 | +2 | $1,027 | $289,894 | 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 84 | 69 | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi | $10,188 | -71.2% | 11 | -13 | $926 | $915,728 | 5 | - |
| 85 | 79 | Touch of Pink | $10,029 | -51.1% | 10 | -6 | $1,002 | $459,475 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 71 | Raising Helen | $9,786 | -70.4% | 20 | -45 | $489 | $37,480,459 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 87 | 82 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $9,235 | -46.4% | 6 | -4 | $1,539 | $282,339 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 88 | 92 | Alien Adventure | $8,745 | -2.8% | 2 | - | $4,372 | $4,498,143 | 263 | - |
| 89 | 88 | Facing Windows | $7,515 | -26.9% | 8 | +1 | $939 | $493,993 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 109 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $7,308 | +219.4% | 8 | +5 | $913 | $503,015 | 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 91 | 83 | Imelda | $7,031 | -51.1% | 3 | -1 | $2,343 | $147,488 | 12 | Unico Entertainment |
| 92 | - | Proteus | $6,866 | - | 2 | - | $3,433 | $32,951 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | - | This Old Cub | $6,232 | - | 2 | - | $3,116 | $260,951 | 23 | Emerging Pictures |
| 94 | 90 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $6,006 | -40.1% | 1 | - | $6,006 | $23,342 | 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 95 | 95 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $5,844 | -12.9% | 4 | - | $1,461 | $16,460,644 | 73 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 96 | 76 | Man on Fire | $5,512 | -76.3% | 11 | -20 | $501 | $77,906,816 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 97 | 112 | L.A. Twister | $5,072 | +164.2% | 4 | +2 | $1,268 | $16,714 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 98 | 104 | The Mother | $4,810 | +28.2% | 5 | -1 | $962 | $869,643 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 99 | - | Bright Leaves | $4,485 | - | 1 | - | $4,485 | $8,135 | 1 | First Run |
| 100 | 129 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $4,222 | +3,603.5% | 1 | - | $4,222 | $178,961 | 54 | Shadow Distribution |
| 101 | - | The Return | $4,096 | - | 5 | - | $819 | $495,359 | 30 | Kino International |
| 102 | 87 | Johnson Family Vacation | $3,568 | -67.9% | 11 | -10 | $324 | $31,200,725 | 21 | - |
| 103 | 97 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $3,385 | -35.9% | 1 | - | $3,385 | $11,778 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 104 | - | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $3,324 | - | 1 | - | $3,324 | $57,503 | 11 | First Run |
| 105 | - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $3,282 | - | 1 | - | $3,282 | $82,246 | 26 | Indican Pictures |
| 106 | 103 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,286 | -43.6% | 6 | -1 | $381 | $323,386 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 107 | 111 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $2,282 | +16.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,141 | $593,852 | 18 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 108 | 102 | The Young Black Stallion | $2,258 | -44.6% | 2 | -2 | $1,129 | $6,507,820 | 36 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 109 | - | My Wife Maurice 2004 Re-release | $2,227 | - | 1 | - | $2,227 | $2,227 | 1 | TLA Releasing |
| 110 | 105 | Distant | $2,200 | -38% | 1 | - | $2,200 | $86,725 | 25 | New Yorker Films |
| 111 | 107 | Gozu | $2,062 | -23.8% | 2 | - | $1,031 | $38,580 | 5 | - |
| 112 | 106 | Red Lights | $2,048 | -36% | 1 | - | $2,048 | $7,072 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 113 | - | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $1,944 | - | 2 | - | $972 | $10,299 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | 118 | The Five Obstructions | $1,777 | +22.1% | 1 | - | $1,777 | $132,389 | 14 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 115 | 115 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,719 | +4.1% | 3 | +1 | $573 | $3,852,408 | 169 | IMAX |
| 116 | 124 | Strayed | $1,360 | +81.3% | 1 | - | $1,360 | $465,769 | 16 | Wellspring Media |
| 117 | 110 | Twist | $1,262 | -39.7% | 1 | - | $1,262 | $43,271 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 118 | 98 | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | $1,071 | -79.4% | 2 | -2 | $535 | $40,238 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 119 | 123 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,015 | +26.9% | 1 | - | $1,015 | $7,011,022 | 288 | - |
| 120 | 91 | Last Life in the Universe | $1,012 | -88.9% | 2 | -2 | $506 | $31,747 | 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 121 | 120 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $854 | -38.1% | 1 | - | $854 | $810,780 | 34 | Rialto Pictures |
| 122 | - | Brothers in Arms | $658 | - | 1 | - | $658 | $658 | 1 | First Run |
| 123 | 121 | Love Me If You Dare | $629 | -38.9% | 3 | -2 | $209 | $541,244 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 124 | 116 | Baadasssss! | $544 | -66.4% | 3 | -4 | $181 | $365,248 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 125 | 113 | Father and Son | $448 | -75.1% | 1 | -1 | $448 | $34,492 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 126 | 125 | I'm Not Scared | $112 | -80.2% | 2 | -3 | $56 | $1,615,118 | 21 | Miramax |
