| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Hero | $11,514,779 | - | 2,092 | - | $5,504 | $35,237,282 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 2 | - | Without a Paddle | $9,014,918 | - | 2,756 | - | $3,271 | $39,854,910 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $8,008,188 | - | 2,905 | - | $2,756 | $23,860,466 | 2 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 4 | - | Paparazzi | $7,855,111 | - | 2,115 | - | $3,714 | $7,855,111 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | - | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $7,537,330 | - | 3,139 | - | $2,401 | $85,500,804 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Wicker Park | $6,819,393 | - | 2,598 | - | $2,624 | $6,819,393 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | - | Collateral | $6,480,801 | - | 2,348 | - | $2,760 | $88,897,193 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | - | Vanity Fair | $6,268,925 | - | 1,051 | - | $5,964 | $7,406,660 | 1 | Focus Features | true | false |
| 9 | - | The Cookout | $6,219,794 | - | 1,303 | - | $4,773 | $6,219,794 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 10 | - | The Bourne Supremacy | $5,314,115 | - | 1,717 | - | $3,095 | $164,769,215 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Exorcist: The Beginning | $4,511,507 | - | 2,452 | - | $1,839 | $38,046,687 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | Garden State | $3,756,822 | - | 813 | - | $4,620 | $15,878,904 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 13 | - | Napoleon Dynamite | $3,742,949 | - | 886 | - | $4,224 | $27,199,631 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 14 | - | Alien vs. Predator | $3,178,806 | - | 1,944 | - | $1,635 | $77,030,348 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | Open Water | $3,146,443 | - | 1,929 | - | $1,631 | $28,224,140 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,591,543 | - | 1,085 | - | $2,388 | $62,499,110 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Suspect Zero | $2,521,808 | - | 1,501 | - | $1,680 | $7,227,348 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $2,521,192 | - | 1,276 | - | $1,975 | $6,803,510 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 19 | - | Spider-Man 2 | $1,520,116 | - | 807 | - | $1,883 | $369,888,512 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | - | The Village | $1,064,344 | - | 751 | - | $1,417 | $112,179,413 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | I, Robot | $920,571 | - | 551 | - | $1,670 | $141,886,658 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | - | Shrek 2 | $855,054 | - | 436 | - | $1,961 | $438,477,864 | - | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 23 | - | The Notebook | $826,716 | - | 562 | - | $1,471 | $78,480,132 | 11 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 24 | - | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $740,352 | - | 1,103 | - | $671 | $19,307,392 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | - | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $562,326 | - | 391 | - | $1,438 | $248,344,516 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | - | De-Lovely | $531,683 | - | 320 | - | $1,661 | $12,362,893 | 10 | United Artists | false | false |
| 27 | - | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $483,429 | - | 190 | - | $2,544 | $1,418,069 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false | false |
| 28 | - | Maria Full of Grace | $471,103 | - | 119 | - | $3,958 | $4,553,869 | 8 | Fine Line Features | false | false |
| 29 | - | Benji: Off the Leash! | $429,145 | - | 406 | - | $1,057 | $3,430,446 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 30 | - | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $363,439 | - | 29 | - | $12,532 | $363,439 | 1 | IDP Distribution | true | false |
| 31 | - | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $358,748 | - | 245 | - | $1,464 | $118,002,561 | 11 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 32 | - | Before Sunset | $335,670 | - | 197 | - | $1,703 | $5,174,384 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false | false |
| 33 | - | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $312,579 | - | 258 | - | $1,211 | $84,789,585 | - | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 34 | - | White Chicks | $309,999 | - | 181 | - | $1,712 | $69,897,980 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | - | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $296,586 | - | 43 | - | $6,897 | $2,902,740 | 31 | - | false | false |
| 36 | - | The Five of Us | $281,606 | - | 45 | - | $6,257 | $408,966 | - | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| 37 | - | Little Black Book | $281,015 | - | 309 | - | $909 | $20,307,508 | 5 | Revolution Studios | false | false |
| 38 | - | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $279,677 | - | 238 | - | $1,175 | $113,726,099 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 39 | - | Intimate Strangers | $267,011 | - | 94 | - | $2,840 | $1,487,621 | 6 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 40 | - | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $243,702 | - | 58 | - | $4,201 | $18,424,582 | 26 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 41 | - | Garfield: The Movie | $232,881 | - | 209 | - | $1,114 | $75,004,555 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 42 | - | A Cinderella Story | $203,085 | - | 208 | - | $976 | $50,813,294 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 43 | - | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $190,293 | - | 129 | - | $1,475 | $18,125,011 | 6 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 44 | - | King Arthur | $174,289 | - | 186 | - | $937 | $51,607,161 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | - | Bugs! | $146,396 | - | 31 | - | $4,722 | $12,723,279 | - | SK Films | - | false |
| 46 | - | Mean Creek | $130,544 | - | 41 | - | $3,184 | $295,919 | 3 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 47 | - | Nicotina | $129,313 | - | 55 | - | $2,351 | $992,065 | 3 | Arenas Entertainment | false | false |
| 48 | - | Festival Express | $129,086 | - | 43 | - | $3,002 | $817,725 | 7 | THINKFilm | false | false |
| 49 | - | The Day After Tomorrow | $124,196 | - | 129 | - | $962 | $186,369,548 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 50 | - | The Door in the Floor | $120,205 | - | 76 | - | $1,581 | $3,542,785 | 8 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 51 | - | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $114,578 | - | 17 | - | $6,739 | $7,978,318 | - | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 52 | - | Rosenstrasse | $102,436 | - | 24 | - | $4,268 | $277,843 | 6 | IDP Distribution | false | false |
| 53 | - | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $93,875 | - | 19 | - | $4,940 | $538,574 | 14 | Newmarket Films | false | false |
| 54 | - | Catwoman | $91,528 | - | 121 | - | $756 | $39,520,912 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 55 | - | Riding Giants | $88,311 | - | 59 | - | $1,496 | $1,992,893 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 56 | - | A Day Without a Mexican | $84,475 | - | 36 | - | $2,346 | $3,482,905 | 17 | Televisa Cine | false | false |
| 57 | - | The Brown Bunny | $82,339 | - | 10 | - | $8,233 | $156,497 | 2 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 58 | - | Dhoom | $76,634 | - | 29 | - | $2,642 | $203,748 | - | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 59 | - | Going the Distance | $75,839 | - | 56 | - | $1,354 | $1,053,024 | - | Odeon | - | false |
| 60 | - | Saints and Soldiers | $74,559 | - | 25 | - | $2,982 | $585,291 | 5 | Excel Entertainment | false | false |
| 61 | - | Red Lights | $71,208 | - | 4 | - | $17,802 | $79,210 | 3 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 62 | - | Space Station 3D | $69,649 | - | 8 | - | $8,706 | $54,273,151 | 125 | IMAX | false | false |
| 63 | - | The Stepford Wives | $63,612 | - | 63 | - | $1,009 | $59,448,703 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 64 | - | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $62,564 | - | 24 | - | $2,606 | $1,522,991 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 65 | - | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $61,399 | - | 34 | - | $1,805 | $1,604,739 | 14 | THINKFilm | false | false |
| 66 | - | Bright Young Things | $57,090 | - | 15 | - | $3,806 | $177,582 | 3 | THINKFilm | false | false |
| 67 | - | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $56,892 | - | 8 | - | $7,111 | $7,352,426 | - | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 68 | - | The Terminal | $51,042 | - | 49 | - | $1,041 | $77,196,021 | - | DreamWorks Distribution | - | false |
| 69 | - | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $49,979 | - | 53 | - | $943 | $756,271 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 70 | - | Two Brothers | $47,278 | - | 52 | - | $909 | $19,175,579 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | - | Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse | $46,376 | - | 47 | - | $986 | $152,148 | - | - | - | false |
| 72 | - | Around the World in 80 Days | $43,620 | - | 63 | - | $692 | $23,976,128 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 73 | - | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $42,795 | - | 29 | - | $1,475 | $121,205 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 74 | - | A Home at the End of the World | $35,720 | - | 34 | - | $1,050 | $951,887 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false | false |
| 75 | - | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $33,212 | - | 18 | - | $1,845 | $131,417 | 3 | Cinema Libre Studio | false | false |
| 76 | - | Phir Milenge | $32,767 | - | 22 | - | $1,489 | $81,137 | - | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | - | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $32,272 | - | 17 | - | $1,898 | $339,216 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio | false | false |
| 78 | - | The Hunting of the President | $31,798 | - | 20 | - | $1,589 | $328,725 | 12 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 79 | - | Super Size Me | $30,981 | - | 31 | - | $999 | $11,395,563 | 18 | IDP Distribution | false | false |
| 80 | - | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $28,357 | - | 4 | - | $7,089 | $95,069 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 81 | - | Bush's Brain | $26,576 | - | 9 | - | $2,952 | $64,364 | 3 | Tartan | false | false |
| 82 | - | Camping sauvage | $24,196 | - | 21 | - | $1,152 | $3,809,665 | - | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | - | false |
| 83 | - | Control Room | $23,466 | - | 18 | - | $1,303 | $2,417,639 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 84 | - | The Best Two Years | $23,391 | - | 17 | - | $1,375 | $1,050,759 | - | - | - | false |
| 85 | - | Haunted Castle | $22,500 | - | 1 | - | $22,500 | $8,951,717 | - | - | - | false |
| 86 | - | Remember Me, My Love | $19,684 | - | 2 | - | $9,842 | $19,684 | 1 | IDP Distribution | true | false |
| 87 | - | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $18,484 | - | 4 | - | $4,621 | $18,484 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 88 | - | She Hate Me | $17,821 | - | 17 | - | $1,048 | $322,826 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 89 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $16,972 | - | 2 | - | $8,486 | $49,138,929 | 307 | IMAX | false | false |
| 90 | - | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $16,550 | - | 6 | - | $2,758 | $303,124 | 12 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 91 | - | Mean Girls | $16,254 | - | 13 | - | $1,250 | $86,049,418 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 92 | - | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $16,024 | - | 25 | - | $640 | $1,177,984 | 9 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 93 | - | Ju-on: The Grudge | $12,538 | - | 7 | - | $1,791 | $183,786 | - | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 94 | - | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $12,204 | - | 8 | - | $1,525 | $250,768 | 13 | Dada Films | false | false |
| 95 | - | Alien Adventure | $10,000 | - | 2 | - | $5,000 | $4,513,498 | - | - | - | false |
| 96 | - | Facing Windows | $9,442 | - | 6 | - | $1,573 | $507,333 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 97 | - | Touch of Pink | $8,865 | - | 10 | - | $886 | $472,999 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 98 | - | L.A. Twister | $8,256 | - | 2 | - | $4,128 | $24,970 | 4 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 99 | - | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $7,448 | - | 5 | - | $1,489 | $2,330,203 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 100 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $7,242 | - | 1 | - | $7,242 | $7,242 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 101 | - | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,218 | - | 3 | - | $2,406 | $16,471,507 | 74 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 102 | - | Bright Leaves | $6,795 | - | 1 | - | $6,795 | $18,820 | 2 | First Run | false | false |
| 103 | - | The Clearing | $6,394 | - | 12 | - | $532 | $5,722,371 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 104 | - | Chooch | $5,701 | - | 2 | - | $2,850 | $20,588 | 2 | Artistic License | false | false |
| 105 | - | The Mother | $5,467 | - | 5 | - | $1,093 | $876,982 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 106 | - | Virgin | $5,310 | - | 1 | - | $5,310 | $5,310 | 1 | Artistic License | true | false |
| 107 | - | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $4,766 | - | 3 | - | $1,588 | $601,591 | - | Rainbow Releasing | - | false |
| 108 | - | Proteus | $4,612 | - | 3 | - | $1,537 | $40,374 | 6 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 109 | - | Imelda | $4,446 | - | 1 | - | $4,446 | $155,740 | - | Unico Entertainment | - | false |
| 110 | - | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $4,268 | - | 3 | - | $1,422 | $328,438 | 12 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
| 111 | - | The Young Black Stallion | $3,932 | - | 1 | - | $3,932 | $6,512,741 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 112 | - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $3,784 | - | 1 | - | $3,784 | $86,030 | 27 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 113 | - | This Old Cub | $3,457 | - | 2 | - | $1,728 | $268,911 | - | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 114 | - | Man on Fire | $3,252 | - | 5 | - | $650 | $77,911,774 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 115 | - | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $3,245 | - | 3 | - | $1,081 | $512,166 | 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false | false |
| 116 | - | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,982 | - | 2 | - | $1,491 | $14,266 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 117 | - | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $2,813 | - | 1 | - | $2,813 | $61,854 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
| 118 | - | Raising Helen | $2,486 | - | 8 | - | $310 | $37,486,138 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 119 | - | Johnson Family Vacation | $2,136 | - | 4 | - | $534 | $31,203,718 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 120 | - | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $2,018 | - | 1 | - | $2,018 | $29,748 | 3 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false | false |
| 121 | - | The Five Obstructions | $1,994 | - | 1 | - | $1,994 | $135,953 | - | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 122 | - | The Return | $1,883 | - | 2 | - | $941 | $502,028 | 31 | Kino International | false | false |
| 123 | - | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,803 | - | 2 | - | $901 | $3,854,663 | 170 | IMAX | false | false |
| 124 | - | Persons of Interest | $1,672 | - | 1 | - | $1,672 | $1,672 | - | First Run | - | false |
| 125 | - | Rockets Redglare! | $1,605 | - | 1 | - | $1,605 | $1,605 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 126 | - | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,574 | - | 2 | - | $787 | $107,019 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 127 | - | Distant | $1,400 | - | 1 | - | $1,400 | $89,059 | - | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 128 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,100 | - | 1 | - | $1,100 | $7,012,207 | - | - | - | false |
| 129 | - | Brothers in Arms | $967 | - | 2 | - | $483 | $1,912 | 2 | First Run | false | false |
| 130 | - | Big Girls Don't Cry | $944 | - | 1 | - | $944 | $944 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 131 | - | Twist | $884 | - | 1 | - | $884 | $44,634 | 16 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 132 | - | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $734 | - | 1 | - | $734 | $812,301 | 35 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 133 | - | Father and Son | $500 | - | 1 | - | $500 | $35,279 | 12 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 134 | - | My Wife Maurice 2004 Re-release | $387 | - | 1 | - | $387 | $3,723 | 2 | TLA Releasing | false | false |
| 135 | - | Twentynine Palms | $350 | - | 1 | - | $350 | $54,211 | 22 | Wellspring Media | false | false |
| 136 | - | Love Me If You Dare | $82 | - | 3 | - | $27 | $541,634 | 16 | Paramount Classics | false | false |
