Domestic 2004 Weekend 39
September 24-26, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Forgotten | $21,022,111 | - | 3,104 | - | $6,772 | $21,022,111 | 1 | Revolution Studios |
| 2 | 1 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $6,658,035 | -57.3% | 3,170 | - | $2,100 | $25,517,193 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Mr. 3000 | $5,094,867 | -41.3% | 2,736 | - | $1,862 | $15,418,888 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $4,035,512 | -53.4% | 2,836 | -448 | $1,422 | $43,463,183 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 5 | - | First Daughter | $4,002,067 | - | 2,260 | - | $1,770 | $4,002,067 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | Cellular | $3,600,000 | -47.8% | 2,763 | +14 | $1,302 | $25,100,000 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | 4 | Wimbledon | $3,323,570 | -53.3% | 2,039 | +5 | $1,630 | $12,120,600 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | - | Shaun of the Dead | $3,300,000 | - | 607 | - | $5,436 | $3,300,000 | 1 | Rogue Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Without a Paddle | $2,353,609 | -35.2% | 2,319 | -291 | $1,014 | $53,483,218 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | Hero | $2,300,000 | -23.3% | 1,713 | -213 | $1,342 | $49,200,000 | 5 | Miramax |
| 11 | 8 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,808,393 | -20.9% | 1,024 | - | $1,766 | $35,721,724 | 16 | - |
| 12 | 9 | Collateral | $1,452,516 | -35.9% | 1,287 | -318 | $1,128 | $98,127,149 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 13 | 11 | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,232,395 | -32.2% | 1,027 | -209 | $1,199 | $172,218,985 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 13 | Garden State | $1,085,390 | -31.7% | 665 | -90 | $1,632 | $22,512,046 | 9 | - |
| 15 | 10 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $1,007,472 | -48.2% | 1,408 | -494 | $715 | $93,244,545 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 14 | Vanity Fair | $795,466 | -49.2% | 835 | -160 | $952 | $14,912,826 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 12 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $765,207 | -51.9% | 1,054 | -656 | $726 | $30,866,803 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | 15 | Paparazzi | $511,758 | -61.5% | 732 | -735 | $699 | $15,253,883 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 67 | A Dirty Shame | $448,914 | +1,427.7% | 133 | +132 | $3,375 | $488,115 | 2 | Fine Line Features |
| 20 | 17 | The Cookout | $425,052 | -54.5% | 525 | -326 | $809 | $11,228,191 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 26 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $377,227 | +11.2% | 114 | +26 | $3,309 | $4,366,072 | 34 | Captured Light |
| 22 | 24 | Spider-Man 2 | $290,512 | -15.2% | 214 | -47 | $1,357 | $371,538,616 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | 20 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $275,671 | -48.1% | 586 | -355 | $470 | $9,016,422 | 5 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 24 | 18 | The Manchurian Candidate | $251,118 | -55.4% | 389 | -239 | $645 | $65,260,236 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 25 | 16 | Wicker Park | $247,837 | -75.4% | 574 | -870 | $431 | $12,831,121 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 26 | 39 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $247,120 | +98% | 603 | +441 | $409 | $118,877,529 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 27 | Silver City | $244,263 | -27.6% | 162 | +48 | $1,507 | $685,218 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 28 | 23 | The Notebook | $231,762 | -33.8% | 323 | -67 | $717 | $80,045,027 | 14 | New Line Cinema |
| 29 | 21 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $223,484 | -56.1% | 353 | -352 | $633 | $41,408,127 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 19 | I, Robot | $213,789 | -60.5% | 345 | -633 | $619 | $143,373,352 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | 29 | Maria Full of Grace | $200,295 | -28.8% | 125 | - | $1,602 | $5,639,408 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 32 | 25 | Alien vs. Predator | $177,996 | -48% | 319 | -205 | $557 | $79,502,544 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | - | The Last Shot | $164,801 | - | 35 | - | $4,708 | $164,801 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | 32 | Catwoman | $164,364 | -19.9% | 210 | -20 | $782 | $40,003,934 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | - | The Motorcycle Diaries | $159,819 | - | 3 | - | $53,273 | $159,819 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 36 | 34 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $137,868 | -18.9% | 246 | +18 | $560 | $249,031,885 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 28 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $135,514 | -57.3% | 55 | +8 | $2,463 | $549,452 | 2 | - |
| 38 | 31 | The Village | $122,057 | -41.2% | 195 | -69 | $625 | $113,224,335 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 37 | Bright Young Things | $114,761 | -19% | 92 | +27 | $1,247 | $657,933 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 40 | 35 | A Day Without a Mexican | $109,707 | -33.2% | 56 | -11 | $1,959 | $3,879,263 | 20 | Televisa Cine |
| 41 | 30 | Open Water | $96,458 | -59.1% | 188 | -106 | $513 | $30,347,284 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | 38 | A Cinderella Story | $95,275 | -24% | 248 | -42 | $384 | $51,257,399 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 43 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $94,762 | -7.6% | 15 | - | $6,317 | $8,285,079 | 102 | Giant Screen Films |
| 44 | 33 | Criminal | $94,349 | -49.5% | 90 | +3 | $1,048 | $740,056 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 45 | 42 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $82,651 | -22.8% | 34 | +1 | $2,430 | $900,994 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 46 | 44 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $82,235 | -18.7% | 124 | -57 | $663 | $114,173,690 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 36 | De-Lovely | $82,003 | -47.1% | 166 | -46 | $493 | $13,148,028 | 13 | United Artists |
| 48 | - | Guiana 1838 | $70,910 | - | 1 | - | $70,910 | $70,910 | 1 | RBC Radio |
| 49 | 48 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $69,355 | -11.2% | 40 | -6 | $1,733 | $18,744,367 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 46 | Intimate Strangers | $58,193 | -40.5% | 66 | -6 | $881 | $1,900,090 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 51 | 49 | Garfield: The Movie | $56,225 | -20.8% | 114 | -35 | $493 | $75,253,404 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 40 | Before Sunset | $54,143 | -54.8% | 74 | -13 | $731 | $5,650,441 | 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 53 | 52 | Bugs! | $51,322 | -19.1% | 25 | -5 | $2,052 | $12,989,516 | 81 | SK Films |
| 54 | 112 | Space Station 3D | $44,743 | +1,103.7% | 13 | -1 | $3,441 | $54,493,459 | 128 | IMAX |
| 55 | 45 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $38,940 | -61.4% | 73 | -4 | $533 | $1,971,389 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 56 | 50 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $38,876 | -43.5% | 109 | -57 | $356 | $19,696,298 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 47 | The Day After Tomorrow | $38,721 | -55.6% | 79 | -105 | $490 | $186,645,502 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 58 | 51 | Red Lights | $38,241 | -43.8% | 20 | +2 | $1,912 | $338,922 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 59 | 54 | Mean Creek | $37,433 | -39.3% | 49 | +2 | $763 | $515,955 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 60 | 55 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $34,601 | -41.4% | 87 | -39 | $397 | $3,738,527 | 6 | - |
| 61 | 56 | Head in the Clouds | $33,997 | -26.3% | 20 | +10 | $1,699 | $98,808 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 64 | Haunted Castle | $33,000 | +3.6% | 3 | - | $11,000 | $9,109,307 | 188 | - |
| 63 | 69 | When Will I Be Loved | $31,687 | +23.5% | 20 | +10 | $1,584 | $115,885 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 64 | 53 | The Door in the Floor | $30,021 | -52.6% | 46 | -9 | $652 | $3,779,743 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 65 | 41 | Suspect Zero | $29,802 | -73.8% | 77 | -242 | $387 | $8,651,604 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 66 | 66 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $28,048 | -11.3% | 19 | -1 | $1,476 | $1,683,098 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 67 | 61 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $27,825 | -25% | 10 | - | $2,782 | $228,765 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 63 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $27,164 | -15.1% | 5 | - | $5,432 | $7,450,058 | 103 | Giant Screen Films |
| 69 | - | Infernal Affairs | $25,680 | - | 5 | - | $5,136 | $25,680 | 1 | Miramax |
| 70 | 79 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $25,256 | +44.3% | 14 | -3 | $1,804 | $1,732,803 | 17 | THINKFilm |
| 71 | - | The Yes Men | $24,373 | - | 3 | - | $8,124 | $24,373 | 1 | United Artists |
| 72 | 60 | Festival Express | $24,163 | -39% | 28 | -9 | $862 | $1,020,759 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 73 | 59 | Saints and Soldiers | $24,133 | -39.5% | 25 | -6 | $965 | $746,539 | 8 | Excel Entertainment |
| 74 | 57 | Riding Giants | $23,898 | -43.1% | 21 | -18 | $1,138 | $2,184,490 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | 58 | King Arthur | $23,642 | -41.3% | 43 | -22 | $549 | $51,835,428 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 76 | 65 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $22,418 | -29.2% | 20 | -2 | $1,120 | $706,774 | 17 | Newmarket Films |
| 77 | 71 | The Best Two Years | $18,408 | -13% | 12 | +4 | $1,534 | $1,122,706 | 32 | - |
| 78 | 68 | Zelary | $17,927 | -38.2% | 6 | - | $2,987 | $58,937 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 77 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $17,395 | -2.2% | 18 | -7 | $966 | $853,718 | 10 | Miramax |
| 80 | 74 | Control Room | $16,789 | -16.2% | 21 | +2 | $799 | $2,507,462 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | - | Hollywood Buddha | $16,774 | - | 4 | - | $4,193 | $16,774 | 1 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 82 | 82 | Super Size Me | $16,204 | +17.7% | 20 | -10 | $810 | $11,529,368 | 21 | IDP Distribution |
| 83 | 72 | Bush's Brain | $15,011 | -26.1% | 7 | - | $2,144 | $140,737 | 6 | Tartan |
| 84 | 62 | Rosenstrasse | $13,561 | -61.4% | 16 | -5 | $847 | $421,167 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 85 | 129 | Imelda | $12,839 | +936.2% | 6 | +5 | $2,139 | $173,835 | 16 | Unico Entertainment |
| 86 | 83 | Nicotina | $12,314 | -9.1% | 11 | -2 | $1,119 | $1,109,100 | 6 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 87 | 97 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $10,114 | +47.8% | 9 | +3 | $1,123 | $284,780 | 16 | Dada Films |
| 88 | 89 | Alien Adventure | $9,500 | +3.8% | 2 | - | $4,750 | $4,556,033 | 267 | - |
| 89 | 88 | Malevolence | $9,398 | -8.7% | 7 | +5 | $1,342 | $38,165 | 3 | - |
| 90 | - | The Take | $8,625 | - | 1 | - | $8,625 | $15,625 | 1 | Icarus Films |
| 91 | 76 | Testosterone | $8,452 | -53% | 3 | - | $2,817 | $77,204 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | 90 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $8,099 | -9.6% | 3 | -1 | $2,699 | $49,207,352 | 310 | IMAX |
| 93 | 96 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $7,838 | +14.1% | 9 | +3 | $870 | $620,410 | 22 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 94 | 85 | Touch of Pink | $7,271 | -43.2% | 14 | +1 | $519 | $531,256 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 73 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $7,148 | -64.6% | 7 | -4 | $1,021 | $256,496 | 10 | Vitagraph Films |
| 96 | 70 | The Brown Bunny | $6,888 | -68.3% | 8 | -4 | $861 | $295,493 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 97 | 75 | A Home at the End of the World | $6,415 | -67.1% | 14 | - | $458 | $1,011,101 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 98 | 80 | Remember Me, My Love | $6,304 | -62.9% | 2 | -3 | $3,152 | $87,176 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 99 | 86 | Reconstruction | $6,196 | -50.9% | 9 | +5 | $688 | $44,730 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 100 | 128 | The Five Obstructions | $5,893 | +333.3% | 3 | +2 | $1,964 | $150,966 | 18 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 101 | - | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $5,701 | - | 1 | - | $5,701 | $5,701 | 1 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 102 | - | Mind the Gap | $5,503 | - | 1 | - | $5,503 | $5,503 | 1 | - |
| 103 | - | The Raspberry Reich | $5,183 | - | 1 | - | $5,183 | $5,183 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 102 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $4,939 | -19.5% | 11 | +1 | $449 | $124,395 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 101 | The Clearing | $4,828 | -21.7% | 12 | +3 | $402 | $5,755,651 | 13 | - |
| 106 | 93 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $4,313 | -45% | 5 | - | $862 | $333,835 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 107 | 107 | Merci Dr Rey! | $4,264 | -17.7% | 5 | +3 | $852 | $11,015 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 108 | - | Anatomy of Hell | $4,255 | - | 2 | - | $2,127 | $4,255 | 1 | Tartan |
| 109 | - | Rick | $3,817 | - | 1 | - | $3,817 | $3,817 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 110 | 130 | Gozu | $3,771 | +204.6% | 4 | +3 | $942 | $50,418 | 9 | - |
| 111 | 95 | The Mother | $3,708 | -46.4% | 6 | -3 | $618 | $905,746 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | - | Distant | $3,544 | - | 1 | - | $3,544 | $93,496 | 29 | New Yorker Films |
| 113 | 120 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $3,404 | +29% | 4 | +1 | $851 | $529,212 | 23 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 114 | 100 | Crutch | $3,282 | -47.4% | 1 | - | $3,282 | $12,532 | 2 | Illuminare Entertainment |
| 115 | 109 | She Hate Me | $3,019 | -33.3% | 11 | -1 | $274 | $350,242 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 116 | 105 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $3,000 | -43.6% | 1 | - | $3,000 | $10,898 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 117 | 92 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $2,801 | -66.2% | 8 | -1 | $350 | $2,375,091 | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 84 | Incident at Loch Ness | $2,682 | -79.9% | 2 | - | $1,341 | $21,209 | 2 | Abramorama |
| 119 | 124 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,596 | +54% | 4 | +3 | $649 | $22,826 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 120 | 116 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $2,558 | -23.3% | 2 | +1 | $1,279 | $16,483,686 | 77 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 121 | 108 | Facing Windows | $2,494 | -46.2% | 6 | -1 | $415 | $532,882 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 122 | - | Two Men Went to War | $2,306 | - | 1 | - | $2,306 | $142,628 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 123 | - | Moog | $2,227 | - | 1 | - | $2,227 | $2,227 | 1 | Plexifilm |
| 124 | 94 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,100 | -70.3% | 7 | -12 | $300 | $1,210,447 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 125 | - | Bright Leaves | $1,987 | - | 1 | - | $1,987 | $22,237 | 5 | First Run |
| 126 | - | Proteus | $1,815 | - | 1 | - | $1,815 | $43,470 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 127 | 118 | Chooch | $1,770 | -37.7% | 2 | - | $885 | $27,664 | 5 | Artistic License |
| 128 | 111 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $1,586 | -59% | 1 | -3 | $1,586 | $78,990 | 15 | First Run |
| 129 | 98 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $1,553 | -76.6% | 8 | -15 | $194 | $159,279 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 130 | 110 | Grand Champion | $1,270 | -69.7% | 6 | -7 | $211 | $40,874 | 5 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 131 | 115 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $1,245 | -62.7% | 2 | -1 | $622 | $188,179 | 58 | Shadow Distribution |
| 132 | 131 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,000 | -9.1% | 1 | - | $1,000 | $7,015,925 | 292 | - |
| 133 | 127 | Godzilla | $922 | -38.7% | 1 | -1 | $922 | $390,966 | 21 | Rialto Pictures |
| 134 | 117 | The Inheritance | $832 | -72.1% | 1 | -1 | $832 | $25,452 | 12 | The Cinema Guild |
| 135 | 134 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $809 | +50.9% | 1 | - | $809 | $15,787 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
| 136 | 91 | The Hunting of the President | $763 | -90.9% | 5 | -6 | $152 | $373,488 | 15 | Regent Releasing |
| 137 | 123 | China: The Panda Adventure | $724 | -62.3% | 2 | - | $362 | $3,862,322 | 173 | IMAX |
| 138 | 119 | You'll Get Over It | $663 | -76.4% | 1 | - | $663 | $42,811 | 15 | - |
| 139 | 121 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $625 | -75.7% | 1 | - | $625 | $36,219 | 6 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 140 | 135 | Father and Son | $551 | +5.4% | 1 | -1 | $551 | $38,150 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 141 | 113 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $490 | -86.8% | 1 | -4 | $490 | $47,867 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 142 | 132 | Strayed | $449 | -58.7% | 1 | - | $449 | $468,328 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 143 | 122 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $446 | -78.6% | 4 | -2 | $111 | $335,979 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 144 | 125 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $383 | -76.1% | 1 | - | $383 | $89,789 | 30 | Indican Pictures |
| 145 | - | The Hillside Strangler | $306 | - | 1 | - | $306 | $306 | 1 | Tartan |
| 146 | 126 | Love Me If You Dare | $275 | -82.7% | 3 | -3 | $91 | $547,447 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 147 | - | The Burial Society | $240 | - | 1 | - | $240 | $20,580 | 18 | Regent Releasing |
| 148 | - | Hukkle | $100 | - | 1 | - | $100 | $53,629 | 46 | Shadow Distribution |
