Domestic 2004 Weekend 38
September 17-19, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $15,580,278 | - | 3,170 | - | $4,914 | $15,580,278 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Mr. 3000 | $8,679,028 | - | 2,736 | - | $3,172 | $8,679,028 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $8,656,591 | -62.4% | 3,284 | - | $2,635 | $37,031,262 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | - | Wimbledon | $7,118,985 | - | 2,034 | - | $3,499 | $7,118,985 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Cellular | $6,900,000 | -34.9% | 2,749 | - | $2,510 | $19,800,000 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 3 | Without a Paddle | $3,631,754 | -19.5% | 2,610 | -144 | $1,391 | $50,325,875 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Hero | $3,000,000 | -31.8% | 1,926 | -249 | $1,557 | $46,200,000 | 4 | Miramax |
| 8 | 10 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,286,541 | -9.2% | 1,024 | +103 | $2,232 | $33,343,529 | 15 | - |
| 9 | 9 | Collateral | $2,265,532 | -16.6% | 1,605 | -419 | $1,411 | $95,970,209 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 10 | 5 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $1,943,265 | -33.7% | 1,902 | -550 | $1,021 | $91,894,122 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 12 | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,816,910 | -22.3% | 1,236 | -258 | $1,469 | $170,449,120 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 6 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $1,590,970 | -43.3% | 1,710 | -834 | $930 | $29,801,794 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 13 | 14 | Garden State | $1,588,655 | -18.6% | 755 | -45 | $2,104 | $20,894,664 | 8 | - |
| 14 | 7 | Vanity Fair | $1,564,804 | -44.1% | 995 | -59 | $1,572 | $13,581,384 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 8 | Paparazzi | $1,330,394 | -52% | 1,467 | -686 | $906 | $14,304,347 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 11 | Wicker Park | $1,005,718 | -59.9% | 1,444 | -1,154 | $696 | $12,291,486 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | 13 | The Cookout | $934,398 | -58.8% | 851 | -452 | $1,098 | $10,604,975 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 18 | 17 | The Manchurian Candidate | $563,061 | -44.4% | 628 | -258 | $896 | $64,818,550 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 24 | I, Robot | $541,457 | +56.8% | 978 | +604 | $553 | $143,011,482 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 18 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $531,212 | -36.3% | 941 | -335 | $564 | $8,685,555 | 4 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 21 | 15 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $509,495 | -60.9% | 705 | -898 | $722 | $41,030,819 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | - | Gold Diggers | $403,164 | - | 1,062 | - | $379 | $403,164 | 1 | - |
| 23 | 22 | The Notebook | $350,219 | -21.4% | 390 | -78 | $897 | $79,674,756 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 24 | 20 | Spider-Man 2 | $342,622 | -40.3% | 261 | -215 | $1,312 | $371,168,083 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 16 | Alien vs. Predator | $342,407 | -67.5% | 524 | -681 | $653 | $79,223,910 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 25 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $339,222 | +9.7% | 88 | +17 | $3,854 | $3,807,383 | 33 | - |
| 27 | - | Silver City | $337,484 | - | 114 | - | $2,960 | $337,484 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 28 | - | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $317,722 | - | 47 | - | $6,760 | $317,722 | 1 | - |
| 29 | 26 | Maria Full of Grace | $281,230 | -3.1% | 125 | -2 | $2,249 | $5,340,457 | 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 30 | 19 | Open Water | $236,019 | -71.3% | 294 | -713 | $802 | $30,168,753 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 23 | The Village | $207,473 | -41.7% | 264 | -178 | $785 | $113,029,508 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 61 | Catwoman | $205,105 | +508.9% | 230 | +165 | $891 | $39,780,668 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 27 | Criminal | $186,807 | -34% | 87 | +10 | $2,147 | $577,773 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | 30 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $170,088 | -16.6% | 228 | -93 | $746 | $248,854,854 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 60 | A Day Without a Mexican | $164,291 | +366.4% | 67 | +46 | $2,452 | $3,716,557 | 19 | Televisa Cine |
| 36 | 28 | De-Lovely | $154,973 | -36.4% | 212 | -81 | $731 | $12,999,165 | 12 | United Artists |
| 37 | 38 | Bright Young Things | $141,702 | +13% | 65 | +30 | $2,180 | $501,368 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 38 | 35 | A Cinderella Story | $125,305 | -15.2% | 290 | -43 | $432 | $51,140,551 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 29 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $124,809 | -40.6% | 162 | -58 | $770 | $118,561,908 | 13 | Lionsgate |
| 40 | 36 | Before Sunset | $119,867 | -10.2% | 87 | -53 | $1,377 | $5,563,693 | 12 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 41 | 21 | Suspect Zero | $113,925 | -76.4% | 319 | -925 | $357 | $8,570,393 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 42 | 32 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $107,042 | -36.5% | 33 | +2 | $3,243 | $778,911 | 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 43 | 40 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $102,512 | -6.4% | 15 | -2 | $6,834 | $8,190,317 | 101 | Giant Screen Films |
| 44 | 34 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $101,090 | -33.2% | 181 | -10 | $558 | $114,057,240 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 31 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $100,792 | -48.7% | 77 | -87 | $1,308 | $1,904,214 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 46 | 37 | Intimate Strangers | $97,876 | -24.6% | 72 | -18 | $1,359 | $1,811,486 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 47 | 44 | The Day After Tomorrow | $87,192 | +19.8% | 184 | +85 | $473 | $186,583,549 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 48 | 42 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $78,121 | -1.4% | 46 | -4 | $1,698 | $18,646,812 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 48 | Garfield: The Movie | $71,012 | +1.4% | 149 | +7 | $476 | $75,183,423 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 50 | 33 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $68,824 | -59.1% | 166 | -279 | $414 | $19,650,495 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 41 | Red Lights | $68,066 | -24.2% | 18 | +1 | $3,781 | $281,253 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 52 | 50 | Bugs! | $63,422 | +11.9% | 30 | -1 | $2,114 | $12,903,084 | 80 | SK Films |
| 53 | 46 | The Door in the Floor | $63,296 | -11% | 55 | -17 | $1,150 | $3,725,704 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 54 | 53 | Mean Creek | $61,624 | +15% | 47 | +11 | $1,311 | $456,354 | 5 | Paramount Classics |
| 55 | 39 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $59,071 | -51.5% | 126 | -136 | $468 | $3,695,862 | 5 | - |
| 56 | - | Head in the Clouds | $46,133 | - | 10 | - | $4,613 | $46,133 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 51 | Riding Giants | $41,980 | -24.4% | 39 | -5 | $1,076 | $2,138,869 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | 45 | King Arthur | $40,259 | -43.5% | 65 | -55 | $619 | $51,795,322 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 59 | 55 | Saints and Soldiers | $39,860 | -18.5% | 31 | -2 | $1,285 | $705,837 | 7 | Excel Entertainment |
| 60 | 49 | Festival Express | $39,609 | -35% | 37 | -4 | $1,070 | $976,337 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 61 | 70 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $37,085 | +47.8% | 10 | +5 | $3,708 | $183,340 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 62 | 54 | Rosenstrasse | $35,177 | -28.7% | 21 | -3 | $1,675 | $397,094 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 63 | 59 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $31,983 | -16.9% | 5 | -1 | $6,396 | $7,422,894 | 102 | Giant Screen Films |
| 64 | 66 | Haunted Castle | $31,850 | +5.3% | 3 | - | $10,616 | $9,055,657 | 187 | - |
| 65 | 52 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $31,660 | -41.1% | 22 | +3 | $1,439 | $671,002 | 16 | Newmarket Films |
| 66 | 63 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $31,611 | -4.3% | 20 | - | $1,580 | $1,633,315 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 67 | - | A Dirty Shame | $29,384 | - | 1 | - | $29,384 | $29,384 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 68 | - | Zelary | $29,002 | - | 6 | - | $4,833 | $29,002 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 68 | When Will I Be Loved | $25,655 | -11.8% | 10 | +2 | $2,565 | $73,383 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 70 | 56 | The Brown Bunny | $21,713 | -51.9% | 12 | -7 | $1,809 | $274,925 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 71 | 108 | The Best Two Years | $21,158 | +862.6% | 8 | +4 | $2,644 | $1,085,754 | 31 | - |
| 72 | 78 | Bush's Brain | $20,314 | +28.1% | 7 | +2 | $2,902 | $117,207 | 5 | Tartan |
| 73 | 73 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $20,184 | -6% | 11 | - | $1,834 | $238,268 | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 74 | 75 | Control Room | $20,041 | +2.5% | 19 | +1 | $1,054 | $2,476,620 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 84 | A Home at the End of the World | $19,492 | +55.4% | 14 | -9 | $1,392 | $1,001,781 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 76 | 67 | Testosterone | $17,973 | -39% | 3 | -1 | $5,991 | $61,820 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 77 | 69 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $17,794 | -31.3% | 25 | -17 | $711 | $827,218 | 9 | Miramax |
| 78 | 74 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $17,645 | -10.9% | 18 | - | $980 | $405,900 | 7 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 79 | 65 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $17,504 | -42.2% | 17 | -17 | $1,029 | $1,680,036 | 16 | THINKFilm |
| 80 | 72 | Remember Me, My Love | $16,998 | -26.7% | 5 | -2 | $3,399 | $75,842 | 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 81 | 71 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $14,502 | -41.2% | 12 | -10 | $1,208 | $217,837 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 82 | 62 | Super Size Me | $13,773 | -58.5% | 30 | -13 | $459 | $11,487,995 | 20 | IDP Distribution |
| 83 | 57 | Nicotina | $13,545 | -69.7% | 13 | -18 | $1,041 | $1,087,608 | 5 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 84 | - | Incident at Loch Ness | $13,313 | - | 2 | - | $6,656 | $13,313 | 1 | Abramorama |
| 85 | 79 | Touch of Pink | $12,801 | -19.1% | 13 | +3 | $984 | $514,314 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 81 | Reconstruction | $12,628 | -7.3% | 4 | +2 | $3,157 | $33,494 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 87 | - | Pauly Shore Is Dead | $11,000 | - | 1 | - | $11,000 | $11,000 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 88 | 82 | Malevolence | $10,294 | -23.4% | 2 | - | $5,147 | $27,838 | 2 | - |
| 89 | 89 | Alien Adventure | $9,150 | +4.2% | 2 | - | $4,575 | $4,540,683 | 266 | - |
| 90 | 85 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $8,955 | -27% | 4 | +2 | $2,238 | $49,187,978 | 309 | IMAX |
| 91 | 76 | The Hunting of the President | $8,346 | -51.7% | 11 | -9 | $758 | $370,434 | 14 | Regent Releasing |
| 92 | 91 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $8,283 | +1.2% | 9 | +2 | $920 | $2,360,618 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 93 | 95 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $7,836 | +25.2% | 5 | +1 | $1,567 | $324,557 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 94 | 87 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $7,065 | -35.8% | 19 | -1 | $371 | $1,204,135 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 95 | 94 | The Mother | $6,920 | +1.3% | 9 | +2 | $768 | $899,663 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 96 | - | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $6,868 | - | 6 | - | $1,144 | $610,529 | 21 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 97 | 92 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $6,841 | -9.7% | 6 | -3 | $1,140 | $271,156 | 15 | Dada Films |
| 98 | 86 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $6,624 | -43.7% | 23 | +3 | $288 | $153,962 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 99 | - | Cowboys and Angels | $6,328 | - | 5 | - | $1,265 | $6,328 | 1 | TLA Releasing |
| 100 | - | Crutch | $6,245 | - | 1 | - | $6,245 | $6,245 | 1 | Illuminare Entertainment |
| 101 | 88 | The Clearing | $6,163 | -30.7% | 9 | -7 | $684 | $5,747,511 | 12 | - |
| 102 | 106 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $6,133 | +162.8% | 10 | +6 | $613 | $116,506 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 112 | The Young Black Stallion | $5,570 | +237.8% | 1 | - | $5,570 | $6,520,746 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 104 | - | Particles of Truth | $5,348 | - | 1 | - | $5,348 | $5,348 | 1 | Dada Films |
| 105 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $5,322 | - | 1 | - | $5,322 | $5,322 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 106 | - | Bukowski: Born into This | $5,317 | - | 3 | - | $1,772 | $311,431 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 107 | - | Merci Dr Rey! | $5,184 | - | 2 | - | $2,592 | $5,184 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 108 | 93 | Facing Windows | $4,640 | -37.6% | 7 | -4 | $662 | $527,940 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 109 | 90 | She Hate Me | $4,526 | -48.3% | 12 | -2 | $377 | $344,930 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 110 | 99 | Grand Champion | $4,189 | +9.2% | 13 | +8 | $322 | $36,238 | 4 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 111 | 105 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $3,864 | +64.2% | 4 | +3 | $966 | $78,978 | 14 | First Run |
| 112 | 58 | Space Station 3D | $3,717 | -90.7% | 14 | +2 | $265 | $54,377,298 | 127 | IMAX |
| 113 | 83 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $3,710 | -71.7% | 5 | -4 | $742 | $45,494 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | 97 | A Letter to True | $3,455 | -21.4% | 1 | - | $3,455 | $13,835 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 115 | 122 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $3,340 | +588.7% | 3 | +1 | $1,113 | $182,839 | 57 | Shadow Distribution |
| 116 | 101 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,334 | -8.7% | 1 | -2 | $3,334 | $16,479,906 | 76 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 117 | - | The Inheritance | $2,985 | - | 2 | - | $1,492 | $23,632 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 118 | 111 | Chooch | $2,841 | +71% | 2 | - | $1,420 | $25,786 | 4 | Artistic License |
| 119 | - | You'll Get Over It | $2,813 | - | 1 | - | $2,813 | $41,315 | 14 | - |
| 120 | 102 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $2,639 | -19.6% | 3 | -4 | $879 | $523,205 | 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 121 | 114 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $2,570 | +145.2% | 1 | - | $2,570 | $33,896 | 5 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 122 | 109 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,087 | -3.3% | 6 | +2 | $347 | $334,713 | 14 | Paramount Classics |
| 123 | 119 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,922 | +187.3% | 2 | - | $961 | $3,859,908 | 172 | IMAX |
| 124 | 113 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $1,686 | +42.9% | 1 | - | $1,686 | $19,053 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 125 | - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $1,602 | - | 1 | - | $1,602 | $88,694 | 29 | Indican Pictures |
| 126 | 117 | Love Me If You Dare | $1,592 | +129.7% | 6 | +3 | $265 | $545,598 | 18 | Paramount Classics |
| 127 | 118 | Godzilla | $1,505 | +119.7% | 2 | -2 | $752 | $389,594 | 20 | Rialto Pictures |
| 128 | 100 | The Five Obstructions | $1,360 | -64% | 1 | -1 | $1,360 | $144,253 | 17 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 129 | 110 | Imelda | $1,239 | -38.1% | 1 | - | $1,239 | $160,995 | 15 | Unico Entertainment |
| 130 | - | Gozu | $1,238 | - | 1 | - | $1,238 | $45,901 | 8 | - |
| 131 | 115 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,100 | +10% | 1 | - | $1,100 | $7,014,730 | 291 | - |
| 132 | - | Strayed | $1,086 | - | 1 | - | $1,086 | $467,423 | 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 133 | 104 | L.A. Twister | $806 | -71.4% | 1 | - | $806 | $31,598 | 6 | Indican Pictures |
| 134 | - | It's Easier for a Camel... | $536 | - | 1 | - | $536 | $14,551 | 5 | New Yorker Films |
| 135 | 123 | Father and Son | $523 | +16.2% | 2 | +1 | $261 | $36,454 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 136 | 120 | Twist | $404 | -30% | 1 | - | $404 | $46,156 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 137 | - | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 2004 Re-release | $158 | - | 1 | - | $158 | $4,490 | 5 | New Yorker Films |
