Domestic 2004 Weekend 36
September 3-5, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hero | $8,800,000 | -50.6% | 2,092 | +61 | $4,206 | $32,500,000 | 2 | Miramax |
| 2 | 3 | Without a Paddle | $7,087,228 | -17.4% | 2,756 | +26 | $2,571 | $37,927,220 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $6,421,560 | -49.9% | 2,905 | - | $2,210 | $22,273,838 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | - | Paparazzi | $6,146,262 | - | 2,115 | - | $2,906 | $6,146,262 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | - | The Cookout | $5,600,000 | - | 1,303 | - | $4,297 | $5,600,000 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 4 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $5,552,475 | -31.3% | 3,139 | -192 | $1,768 | $83,515,949 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Wicker Park | $5,467,281 | - | 2,598 | - | $2,104 | $5,467,281 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | 6 | Collateral | $5,011,582 | -22.5% | 2,348 | -380 | $2,134 | $87,427,974 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 9 | - | Vanity Fair | $4,800,000 | - | 1,051 | - | $4,567 | $6,000,000 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 9 | The Bourne Supremacy | $4,112,215 | -11.5% | 1,717 | -362 | $2,395 | $163,567,315 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 5 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $3,623,328 | -48.8% | 2,452 | -361 | $1,477 | $37,158,508 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 13 | Garden State | $2,901,067 | +3.9% | 813 | +68 | $3,568 | $15,023,149 | 6 | - |
| 13 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,811,411 | +34.9% | 886 | +180 | $3,173 | $26,268,093 | 13 | - |
| 14 | 8 | Alien vs. Predator | $2,510,325 | -48.8% | 1,944 | -936 | $1,291 | $76,361,867 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 7 | Open Water | $2,485,983 | -50.3% | 1,929 | -780 | $1,288 | $27,563,680 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 12 | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,008,527 | -29.2% | 1,085 | -399 | $1,851 | $61,916,094 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 10 | Suspect Zero | $1,932,056 | -43.9% | 1,501 | +1 | $1,287 | $6,637,596 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | 11 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $1,787,386 | -45% | 1,276 | - | $1,400 | $6,069,704 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 19 | 16 | Spider-Man 2 | $1,165,913 | -26% | 807 | -379 | $1,444 | $369,534,309 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 15 | The Village | $840,020 | -55.6% | 751 | -809 | $1,118 | $111,955,089 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 18 | I, Robot | $719,977 | -42.7% | 551 | -452 | $1,306 | $141,686,064 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 21 | The Notebook | $650,051 | +10.8% | 562 | +81 | $1,156 | $78,480,132 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | 17 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $493,200 | -63.8% | 1,103 | -1,017 | $447 | $19,060,240 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 23 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $413,441 | -14.9% | 391 | - | $1,057 | $248,195,631 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 22 | De-Lovely | $398,504 | -22.6% | 320 | +13 | $1,245 | $12,229,714 | 10 | United Artists |
| 26 | 25 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $373,291 | +5.8% | 190 | +100 | $1,964 | $1,307,931 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 27 | 24 | Maria Full of Grace | $361,353 | -6.1% | 119 | -4 | $3,036 | $4,444,119 | 8 | Fine Line Features |
| 28 | 26 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $277,211 | -15.3% | 245 | -67 | $1,131 | $117,921,024 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | 19 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $269,342 | -56.6% | 406 | -353 | $663 | $3,270,643 | 3 | - |
| 30 | - | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $260,135 | - | 29 | - | $8,970 | $260,135 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 31 | 36 | Before Sunset | $255,711 | +97.6% | 197 | +109 | $1,298 | $5,094,425 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 32 | 31 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $225,928 | +20.2% | 238 | -9 | $949 | $113,672,350 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 20 | Little Black Book | $222,716 | -63.1% | 309 | -458 | $720 | $20,249,209 | 5 | Revolution Studios |
| 34 | 29 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $219,800 | +9.6% | 43 | +3 | $5,111 | $2,825,954 | 31 | - |
| 35 | 27 | Intimate Strangers | $208,037 | -8.2% | 94 | +3 | $2,213 | $1,428,647 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 36 | 33 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $186,464 | +18.7% | 58 | +2 | $3,214 | $18,367,344 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 34 | Garfield: The Movie | $185,892 | +21.9% | 209 | -27 | $889 | $74,957,566 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 35 | A Cinderella Story | $168,342 | +21.2% | 208 | +5 | $809 | $50,778,551 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 30 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $163,086 | -16.4% | 129 | -41 | $1,264 | $18,097,804 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 40 | 32 | King Arthur | $132,609 | -25.8% | 186 | -51 | $712 | $51,565,481 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 49 | Festival Express | $101,658 | +38% | 43 | +9 | $2,364 | $790,297 | 7 | THINKFilm |
| 42 | 45 | Mean Creek | $98,572 | +13.7% | 41 | +18 | $2,404 | $263,947 | 3 | Paramount Classics |
| 43 | 40 | The Day After Tomorrow | $97,022 | -9.2% | 129 | -49 | $752 | $186,342,374 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 28 | Nicotina | $96,571 | -54.6% | 55 | -41 | $1,755 | $959,323 | 3 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 45 | 38 | The Door in the Floor | $92,816 | -25% | 76 | -7 | $1,221 | $3,515,396 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 46 | 37 | Catwoman | $77,312 | -37.7% | 121 | -45 | $638 | $39,506,696 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 48 | Rosenstrasse | $75,230 | +1% | 24 | +3 | $3,134 | $250,637 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 48 | 53 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $74,598 | +44.6% | 19 | +3 | $3,926 | $519,297 | 14 | Newmarket Films |
| 49 | 54 | The Brown Bunny | $71,240 | +40.8% | 10 | +7 | $7,124 | $145,398 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 50 | 47 | Space Station 3D | $69,649 | -16.1% | 8 | -1 | $8,706 | $54,273,151 | 125 | IMAX |
| 51 | 44 | Riding Giants | $67,245 | -22.9% | 59 | -3 | $1,139 | $1,971,827 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | 39 | A Day Without a Mexican | $63,541 | -43.9% | 36 | -6 | $1,765 | $3,461,971 | 17 | Televisa Cine |
| 53 | 112 | Red Lights | $55,377 | +2,604% | 4 | +3 | $13,844 | $63,379 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 54 | 58 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $49,764 | +18.6% | 24 | -2 | $2,073 | $1,510,191 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 55 | 46 | The Stepford Wives | $49,583 | -41.4% | 63 | -70 | $787 | $59,434,674 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | 52 | Saints and Soldiers | $46,908 | -11.1% | 25 | -1 | $1,876 | $557,640 | 5 | Excel Entertainment |
| 57 | 55 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $45,936 | -9.2% | 34 | -2 | $1,351 | $1,589,276 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 58 | 61 | Bright Young Things | $44,196 | +10.1% | 15 | +10 | $2,946 | $164,688 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 59 | 59 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $37,377 | -10.6% | 53 | +14 | $705 | $743,669 | 7 | Miramax |
| 60 | 60 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $33,735 | -17.6% | 29 | +5 | $1,163 | $112,145 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 61 | 51 | Around the World in 80 Days | $30,871 | -49.4% | 63 | -53 | $490 | $23,963,379 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 50 | A Home at the End of the World | $27,252 | -57.1% | 34 | -20 | $801 | $943,419 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 63 | 66 | Super Size Me | $26,644 | +2.2% | 31 | -9 | $859 | $11,391,226 | 18 | IDP Distribution |
| 64 | 65 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $25,612 | -5.3% | 17 | - | $1,506 | $332,556 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 65 | 83 | The Hunting of the President | $24,267 | +136.2% | 20 | +10 | $1,213 | $321,194 | 12 | Regent Releasing |
| 66 | 57 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $23,819 | -46.3% | 18 | - | $1,323 | $131,417 | 3 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 67 | 70 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $21,260 | +5.8% | 4 | - | $5,315 | $87,972 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 75 | Bush's Brain | $20,210 | +25.5% | 9 | +2 | $2,245 | $57,998 | 3 | Tartan |
| 69 | 63 | Control Room | $19,399 | -39% | 18 | -11 | $1,077 | $2,413,592 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | 74 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $16,972 | -7.2% | 2 | -1 | $8,486 | $49,138,929 | 307 | IMAX |
| 71 | - | Remember Me, My Love | $15,378 | - | 2 | - | $7,689 | $15,378 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 72 | 69 | Mean Girls | $14,063 | -33.8% | 13 | -66 | $1,081 | $86,047,227 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 73 | - | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $13,721 | - | 4 | - | $3,430 | $13,721 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 68 | She Hate Me | $13,475 | -41.3% | 17 | -2 | $792 | $318,480 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | 87 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $12,957 | +40.3% | 6 | - | $2,159 | $299,531 | 12 | Wellspring Media |
| 76 | 78 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $9,234 | -25.3% | 8 | +2 | $1,154 | $247,798 | 13 | Dada Films |
| 77 | 89 | Facing Windows | $8,541 | +13.7% | 6 | -2 | $1,423 | $506,432 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 85 | Touch of Pink | $7,876 | -21.5% | 10 | - | $787 | $472,010 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 76 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $7,012 | -55.1% | 5 | -7 | $1,402 | $2,329,767 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 97 | L.A. Twister | $6,398 | +26.1% | 2 | -2 | $3,199 | $23,112 | 4 | Indican Pictures |
| 81 | 95 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $6,011 | +2.9% | 3 | -1 | $2,003 | $16,470,300 | 74 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 82 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $5,324 | - | 1 | - | $5,324 | $5,324 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 83 | 72 | The Clearing | $5,316 | -71.7% | 12 | -11 | $443 | $5,721,293 | 10 | - |
| 84 | 99 | Bright Leaves | $5,165 | +15.2% | 1 | - | $5,165 | $17,190 | 2 | First Run |
| 85 | 98 | The Mother | $4,967 | +3.3% | 5 | - | $993 | $876,482 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | - | Virgin | $4,580 | - | 1 | - | $4,580 | $4,580 | 1 | Artistic License |
| 87 | 82 | Chooch | $4,469 | -57.9% | 2 | -1 | $2,234 | $19,356 | 2 | Artistic License |
| 88 | 92 | Proteus | $3,278 | -52.3% | 3 | +1 | $1,092 | $39,040 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | 106 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $3,250 | +42.2% | 3 | -3 | $1,083 | $327,420 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 90 | 90 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $2,995 | -59% | 3 | -5 | $998 | $511,916 | 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 91 | 105 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $2,774 | -15.5% | 1 | - | $2,774 | $85,020 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 92 | 96 | Man on Fire | $2,665 | -51.7% | 5 | -6 | $533 | $77,911,187 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 93 | 108 | The Young Black Stallion | $2,654 | +17.5% | 1 | -1 | $2,654 | $6,511,463 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 94 | 113 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,324 | +19.5% | 2 | - | $1,162 | $13,608 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 95 | 104 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $2,145 | -35.5% | 1 | - | $2,145 | $61,186 | 12 | First Run |
| 96 | 86 | Raising Helen | $1,876 | -80.8% | 8 | -12 | $234 | $37,485,528 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 97 | 115 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,803 | +4.9% | 2 | -1 | $901 | $3,854,663 | 170 | IMAX |
| 98 | 102 | Johnson Family Vacation | $1,766 | -50.5% | 4 | -7 | $441 | $31,203,348 | 22 | - |
| 99 | 94 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,685 | -71.9% | 1 | - | $1,685 | $29,415 | 3 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 100 | 101 | The Return | $1,607 | -60.8% | 2 | -3 | $803 | $501,752 | 31 | Kino International |
| 101 | 80 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,304 | -88.7% | 2 | -4 | $652 | $106,749 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | - | Rockets Redglare! | $1,292 | - | 1 | - | $1,292 | $1,292 | 1 | - |
| 103 | 122 | Brothers in Arms | $811 | +23.3% | 2 | +1 | $405 | $2,068 | 2 | First Run |
| 104 | - | Big Girls Don't Cry | $682 | - | 1 | - | $682 | $682 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | 117 | Twist | $645 | -48.9% | 1 | - | $645 | $44,395 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 106 | 121 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $506 | -40.7% | 1 | - | $506 | $812,073 | 35 | Rialto Pictures |
| 107 | 125 | Father and Son | $500 | +11.6% | 1 | - | $500 | $35,279 | 12 | Wellspring Media |
| 108 | - | Twentynine Palms | $350 | - | 1 | - | $350 | $54,211 | 22 | Wellspring Media |
| 109 | 109 | My Wife Maurice 2004 Re-release | $321 | -85.6% | 1 | - | $321 | $3,657 | 2 | TLA Releasing |
| 110 | 123 | Love Me If You Dare | $37 | -94.1% | 3 | - | $12 | $541,589 | 16 | Paramount Classics |
