Domestic 2004 Weekend 37
September 10-12, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $23,036,273 | - | 3,284 | - | $7,014 | $23,036,273 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 2 | - | Cellular | $10,600,000 | - | 2,749 | - | $3,855 | $10,600,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | 2 | Without a Paddle | $4,512,552 | -36.3% | 2,754 | -2 | $1,638 | $45,518,563 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | Hero | $4,400,000 | -50% | 2,175 | +83 | $2,022 | $41,700,000 | 3 | Miramax |
| 5 | 6 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $2,932,938 | -47.2% | 2,452 | -687 | $1,196 | $89,259,246 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $2,807,475 | -56.3% | 2,544 | -361 | $1,103 | $27,578,480 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 7 | 9 | Vanity Fair | $2,800,000 | -41.7% | 1,054 | +3 | $2,656 | $11,200,000 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 8 | 4 | Paparazzi | $2,771,056 | -54.9% | 2,153 | +38 | $1,287 | $12,005,971 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 8 | Collateral | $2,718,073 | -45.8% | 2,024 | -324 | $1,342 | $92,691,776 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 10 | 13 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,516,879 | -10.5% | 921 | +35 | $2,732 | $30,294,397 | 14 | - |
| 11 | 7 | Wicker Park | $2,508,355 | -54.1% | 2,598 | - | $965 | $10,431,279 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 12 | 10 | The Bourne Supremacy | $2,338,035 | -43.1% | 1,494 | -223 | $1,564 | $167,854,655 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 5 | The Cookout | $2,270,596 | -59.5% | 1,303 | - | $1,742 | $9,163,752 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 12 | Garden State | $1,950,981 | -32.7% | 800 | -13 | $2,438 | $18,545,992 | 7 | - |
| 15 | 11 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $1,302,383 | -64.1% | 1,603 | -849 | $812 | $40,084,790 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 14 | Alien vs. Predator | $1,054,921 | -58% | 1,205 | -739 | $875 | $78,588,468 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 16 | The Manchurian Candidate | $1,012,147 | -49.6% | 886 | -199 | $1,142 | $63,884,343 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | 18 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $833,274 | -53.4% | 1,276 | - | $653 | $7,928,512 | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 19 | 15 | Open Water | $822,497 | -66.9% | 1,007 | -922 | $816 | $29,632,780 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | 19 | Spider-Man 2 | $573,618 | -50.8% | 476 | -331 | $1,205 | $370,651,825 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 17 | Suspect Zero | $481,834 | -75.1% | 1,244 | -257 | $387 | $8,214,002 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | The Notebook | $445,542 | -31.5% | 468 | -94 | $952 | $79,132,071 | 12 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | 20 | The Village | $355,933 | -57.6% | 442 | -309 | $805 | $112,703,100 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 21 | I, Robot | $345,281 | -52% | 374 | -177 | $923 | $142,364,418 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 34 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $309,209 | +40.7% | 71 | +28 | $4,355 | $3,297,291 | 32 | - |
| 26 | 27 | Maria Full of Grace | $290,124 | -19.7% | 127 | +8 | $2,284 | $4,932,193 | 9 | Fine Line Features |
| 27 | - | Criminal | $283,209 | - | 77 | - | $3,678 | $283,209 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 28 | 25 | De-Lovely | $243,681 | -38.9% | 293 | -27 | $831 | $12,731,641 | 11 | United Artists |
| 29 | 28 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $210,010 | -24.2% | 220 | -25 | $954 | $118,334,272 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 24 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $203,877 | -50.7% | 321 | -70 | $635 | $248,619,248 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 26 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $196,389 | -47.4% | 164 | -26 | $1,197 | $1,712,507 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 32 | 30 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $168,589 | -35.2% | 31 | +2 | $5,438 | $605,229 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 33 | 23 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $168,287 | -65.9% | 445 | -658 | $378 | $19,550,696 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 32 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $151,334 | -33% | 191 | -47 | $792 | $113,915,206 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 38 | A Cinderella Story | $147,777 | -12.2% | 333 | +125 | $443 | $50,983,153 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 31 | Before Sunset | $133,484 | -47.8% | 140 | -57 | $953 | $5,377,753 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 37 | 35 | Intimate Strangers | $129,855 | -37.6% | 90 | -4 | $1,442 | $1,664,165 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 38 | 58 | Bright Young Things | $125,431 | +183.8% | 35 | +20 | $3,583 | $314,540 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 39 | 29 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $121,840 | -54.8% | 262 | -144 | $465 | $3,600,548 | 4 | - |
| 40 | - | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $109,487 | - | 17 | - | $6,440 | $8,087,805 | 100 | Giant Screen Films |
| 41 | 53 | Red Lights | $89,797 | +62.2% | 17 | +13 | $5,282 | $185,103 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 42 | 36 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $79,234 | -57.5% | 50 | -8 | $1,584 | $18,532,672 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 33 | Little Black Book | $78,655 | -64.7% | 133 | -176 | $591 | $20,422,207 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 44 | 43 | The Day After Tomorrow | $72,753 | -25% | 99 | -30 | $734 | $186,474,798 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 40 | King Arthur | $71,204 | -46.3% | 120 | -66 | $593 | $51,726,421 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 45 | The Door in the Floor | $71,117 | -23.4% | 72 | -4 | $987 | $3,634,359 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 47 | 39 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $70,085 | -57% | 102 | -27 | $687 | $18,225,165 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 48 | 37 | Garfield: The Movie | $70,063 | -62.3% | 142 | -67 | $493 | $75,096,784 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 41 | Festival Express | $60,976 | -40% | 41 | -2 | $1,487 | $908,932 | 8 | THINKFilm |
| 50 | - | Bugs! | $56,669 | - | 31 | - | $1,828 | $12,807,456 | 79 | SK Films |
| 51 | 51 | Riding Giants | $55,538 | -17.4% | 44 | -15 | $1,262 | $2,068,426 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | 48 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $53,778 | -27.9% | 19 | - | $2,830 | $618,730 | 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 53 | 42 | Mean Creek | $53,595 | -45.6% | 36 | -5 | $1,488 | $372,291 | 4 | Paramount Classics |
| 54 | 47 | Rosenstrasse | $49,358 | -34.4% | 24 | - | $2,056 | $345,831 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 55 | 56 | Saints and Soldiers | $48,903 | +4.3% | 33 | +8 | $1,481 | $644,209 | 6 | Excel Entertainment |
| 56 | 49 | The Brown Bunny | $45,140 | -36.6% | 19 | +9 | $2,375 | $224,121 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 57 | 44 | Nicotina | $44,769 | -53.6% | 31 | -24 | $1,444 | $1,057,071 | 4 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 58 | 50 | Space Station 3D | $39,925 | -42.7% | 12 | +4 | $3,327 | $54,298,104 | 126 | IMAX |
| 59 | - | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $38,485 | - | 6 | - | $6,414 | $7,390,911 | 101 | Giant Screen Films |
| 60 | 52 | A Day Without a Mexican | $35,228 | -44.6% | 21 | -15 | $1,677 | $3,538,275 | 18 | Televisa Cine |
| 61 | 46 | Catwoman | $33,683 | -56.4% | 65 | -56 | $518 | $39,568,908 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 63 | Super Size Me | $33,177 | +24.5% | 43 | +12 | $771 | $11,450,330 | 19 | IDP Distribution |
| 63 | 54 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $33,021 | -33.6% | 20 | -4 | $1,651 | $1,578,316 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 64 | - | Dhoom | $31,193 | - | 26 | - | $1,199 | $245,756 | 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 65 | 57 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $30,283 | -34.1% | 34 | - | $890 | $1,653,200 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 66 | - | Haunted Castle | $30,250 | - | 3 | - | $10,083 | $9,005,342 | 186 | - |
| 67 | - | Testosterone | $29,452 | - | 4 | - | $7,363 | $29,452 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 68 | - | When Will I Be Loved | $29,103 | - | 8 | - | $3,637 | $29,103 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 69 | 59 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $25,889 | -30.7% | 42 | -11 | $616 | $795,451 | 8 | Miramax |
| 70 | 67 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $25,097 | +18% | 5 | +1 | $5,019 | $127,944 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 66 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $24,661 | +3.5% | 22 | +4 | $1,120 | $190,347 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 72 | 71 | Remember Me, My Love | $23,181 | +50.7% | 7 | +5 | $3,311 | $48,394 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 73 | - | Ju-on: The Grudge | $21,483 | - | 11 | - | $1,953 | $208,162 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 74 | 64 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $19,801 | -22.7% | 18 | +1 | $1,100 | $377,529 | 6 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 75 | 69 | Control Room | $19,543 | +0.7% | 18 | - | $1,085 | $2,444,173 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | 65 | The Hunting of the President | $17,278 | -28.8% | 20 | - | $863 | $355,518 | 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 77 | 61 | Around the World in 80 Days | $15,965 | -48.3% | 27 | -36 | $591 | $24,004,159 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 78 | 68 | Bush's Brain | $15,852 | -21.6% | 5 | -4 | $3,170 | $87,329 | 4 | Tartan |
| 79 | 78 | Touch of Pink | $15,823 | +100.9% | 10 | - | $1,582 | $493,350 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 55 | The Stepford Wives | $15,232 | -69.3% | 36 | -27 | $423 | $59,475,623 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 81 | - | Reconstruction | $13,629 | - | 2 | - | $6,814 | $13,629 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 82 | - | Malevolence | $13,445 | - | 2 | - | $6,722 | $13,445 | 1 | - |
| 83 | 73 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $13,118 | -4.4% | 9 | +5 | $1,457 | $35,621 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 62 | A Home at the End of the World | $12,543 | -54% | 23 | -11 | $545 | $974,555 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 85 | 70 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $12,270 | -27.7% | 2 | - | $6,135 | $49,168,239 | 308 | IMAX |
| 86 | 60 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $11,765 | -65.1% | 20 | -9 | $588 | $142,688 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 87 | - | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $11,004 | - | 20 | -5 | $550 | $1,192,578 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 83 | The Clearing | $8,888 | +67.2% | 16 | +4 | $555 | $5,736,403 | 11 | - |
| 89 | - | Alien Adventure | $8,780 | - | 2 | - | $4,390 | $4,526,163 | 265 | - |
| 90 | 74 | She Hate Me | $8,762 | -35% | 14 | -3 | $625 | $336,281 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 91 | 79 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $8,182 | +16.7% | 7 | +2 | $1,168 | $2,347,398 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 92 | 76 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $7,576 | -18% | 9 | +1 | $841 | $261,269 | 14 | Dada Films |
| 93 | 77 | Facing Windows | $7,433 | -13% | 11 | +5 | $675 | $519,295 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 94 | 85 | The Mother | $6,834 | +37.6% | 7 | +2 | $976 | $889,997 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 75 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $6,258 | -51.7% | 4 | -2 | $1,564 | $313,713 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 96 | - | Phir Milenge | $4,631 | - | 18 | - | $257 | $89,868 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 97 | - | A Letter to True | $4,395 | - | 1 | - | $4,395 | $7,575 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 98 | - | Bulgarian Lovers | $4,259 | - | 1 | - | $4,259 | $59,440 | 20 | TLA Releasing |
| 99 | - | Grand Champion | $3,837 | - | 5 | - | $767 | $34,672 | 3 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 100 | - | The Five Obstructions | $3,780 | - | 2 | - | $1,890 | $140,383 | 16 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 101 | 81 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,652 | -39.2% | 3 | - | $1,217 | $16,475,645 | 75 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 102 | 90 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $3,283 | +9.6% | 7 | +4 | $469 | $516,685 | 21 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 103 | - | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $2,939 | - | 2 | - | $1,469 | $54,296 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 80 | L.A. Twister | $2,822 | -55.9% | 1 | -1 | $2,822 | $29,690 | 5 | Indican Pictures |
| 105 | 95 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $2,353 | +9.7% | 1 | - | $2,353 | $64,848 | 13 | First Run |
| 106 | 101 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $2,334 | +79% | 4 | +2 | $583 | $109,599 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 107 | 106 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $2,286 | +351.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,143 | $815,345 | 36 | Rialto Pictures |
| 108 | - | The Best Two Years | $2,198 | - | 4 | - | $549 | $1,057,306 | 30 | - |
| 109 | 89 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,159 | -33.6% | 4 | +1 | $539 | $331,908 | 13 | Paramount Classics |
| 110 | - | Imelda | $2,001 | - | 1 | - | $2,001 | $159,756 | 14 | Unico Entertainment |
| 111 | 87 | Chooch | $1,661 | -62.8% | 2 | - | $830 | $22,639 | 3 | Artistic License |
| 112 | 93 | The Young Black Stallion | $1,649 | -37.9% | 1 | - | $1,649 | $6,514,390 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 113 | 94 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $1,180 | -49.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,180 | $16,334 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | 99 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,048 | -37.8% | 1 | - | $1,048 | $31,326 | 4 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 115 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,000 | - | 1 | - | $1,000 | $7,013,357 | 290 | - |
| 116 | 86 | Virgin | $912 | -80.1% | 1 | - | $912 | $6,986 | 2 | Artistic License |
| 117 | 110 | Love Me If You Dare | $693 | +1,773% | 3 | - | $231 | $542,868 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 118 | - | Godzilla | $685 | - | 4 | - | $171 | $387,774 | 19 | Rialto Pictures |
| 119 | 97 | China: The Panda Adventure | $669 | -62.9% | 2 | - | $334 | $3,856,988 | 171 | IMAX |
| 120 | 105 | Twist | $577 | -10.5% | 1 | - | $577 | $45,498 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 121 | - | The Mudge Boy | $496 | - | 1 | - | $496 | $62,544 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 122 | - | Lost Boys of Sudan | $485 | - | 2 | - | $242 | $179,499 | 56 | Shadow Distribution |
| 123 | 107 | Father and Son | $450 | -10% | 1 | - | $450 | $35,729 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 124 | 103 | Brothers in Arms | $404 | -50.2% | 2 | - | $202 | $2,511 | 3 | First Run |
| 125 | 108 | Twentynine Palms | $312 | -10.9% | 1 | - | $312 | $54,523 | 23 | Wellspring Media |
