Domestic 2004 Weekend 41
October 8-10, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Shark Tale | $31,330,299 | -34.2% | 4,070 | +54 | $7,697 | $87,350,275 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | - | Friday Night Lights | $20,269,025 | - | 2,667 | - | $7,599 | $20,269,025 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Ladder 49 | $13,105,177 | -40.7% | 3,261 | +1 | $4,018 | $41,025,820 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | - | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $12,029,832 | - | 3,001 | - | $4,008 | $12,650,911 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | The Forgotten | $7,605,742 | -35.7% | 2,981 | -163 | $2,551 | $48,721,387 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 6 | - | Raise Your Voice | $4,600,000 | - | 2,521 | - | $1,824 | $4,600,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | 4 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $2,341,872 | -28.6% | 1,743 | -978 | $1,343 | $33,932,601 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Shaun of the Dead | $1,600,000 | -33.3% | 675 | +30 | $2,370 | $9,300,000 | 3 | Rogue Pictures |
| 9 | 15 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,400,000 | +29% | 167 | +100 | $8,383 | $3,200,000 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 8 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $1,253,117 | -45.8% | 1,217 | -769 | $1,029 | $49,010,903 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 11 | 6 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $1,200,000 | -52% | 432 | +24 | $2,777 | $4,100,000 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 12 | 12 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,056,903 | -24% | 715 | -140 | $1,478 | $39,092,405 | 18 | - |
| 13 | 10 | Cellular | $953,657 | -52.3% | 1,152 | -868 | $827 | $29,667,077 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | 5 | Mr. 3000 | $945,806 | -62.6% | 1,386 | -853 | $682 | $20,657,685 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 24 | I Heart Huckabees | $901,123 | +208.4% | 44 | +40 | $20,480 | $1,311,304 | 2 | - |
| 16 | 11 | Wimbledon | $715,615 | -58.9% | 800 | -905 | $894 | $16,082,295 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 14 | Hero | $657,625 | -46.8% | 667 | -473 | $985 | $52,199,022 | 7 | Miramax |
| 18 | 9 | First Daughter | $603,094 | -72.1% | 1,023 | -1,257 | $589 | $8,293,916 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 16 | Garden State | $569,160 | -29% | 344 | -84 | $1,654 | $24,553,316 | 11 | - |
| 20 | 13 | Without a Paddle | $552,889 | -57.1% | 905 | -534 | $610 | $56,246,366 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | 17 | Collateral | $423,450 | -39.8% | 526 | -276 | $805 | $100,003,492 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 22 | 18 | The Bourne Supremacy | $396,610 | -36.9% | 411 | -193 | $964 | $173,854,140 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 19 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $366,184 | -6.2% | 131 | +9 | $2,795 | $5,529,207 | 36 | - |
| 24 | 28 | Spider-Man 2 | $345,666 | +92.1% | 271 | +89 | $1,275 | $372,191,244 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 50 | The Village | $180,688 | +226.1% | 247 | +140 | $731 | $113,517,816 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 22 | Vanity Fair | $151,860 | -52.1% | 188 | -143 | $807 | $15,822,159 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 27 | I, Robot | $146,615 | -24% | 208 | -45 | $704 | $143,838,905 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 29 | Maria Full of Grace | $133,351 | -23.3% | 106 | -16 | $1,258 | $6,097,808 | 13 | Fine Line Features |
| 29 | 23 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $132,407 | -56.1% | 267 | -342 | $495 | $94,006,482 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 26 | A Dirty Shame | $115,401 | -57.9% | 79 | -52 | $1,460 | $1,152,450 | 4 | Fine Line Features |
| 31 | 25 | Going Upriver | $109,436 | -60.8% | 139 | -24 | $787 | $480,752 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 32 | 21 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $104,138 | -68.1% | 170 | -242 | $612 | $31,526,393 | 7 | Screen Gems |
| 33 | 33 | Alien vs. Predator | $102,782 | -6% | 169 | -43 | $608 | $79,814,913 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 20 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $101,420 | -71.6% | 34 | +2 | $2,982 | $566,852 | 2 | - |
| 35 | 30 | The Notebook | $99,261 | -38.4% | 170 | -75 | $583 | $80,496,140 | 16 | New Line Cinema |
| 36 | 40 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $75,267 | +4.5% | 12 | -3 | $6,272 | $8,432,396 | 104 | Giant Screen Films |
| 37 | 61 | Space Station 3D | $61,901 | +81.2% | 12 | -1 | $5,158 | $54,748,651 | 130 | IMAX |
| 38 | 46 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $58,012 | -1.7% | 35 | -2 | $1,657 | $18,909,189 | 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 37 | The Manchurian Candidate | $54,984 | -40.5% | 85 | -71 | $646 | $65,520,411 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 38 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $53,074 | -42.4% | 45 | -6 | $1,179 | $788,490 | 4 | - |
| 41 | 35 | Silver City | $52,180 | -49.6% | 77 | -15 | $677 | $958,895 | 4 | Newmarket Films |
| 42 | 59 | Red Lights | $50,028 | +17.6% | 18 | - | $2,779 | $455,374 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 43 | 44 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $43,500 | -32.4% | 119 | -45 | $365 | $249,194,525 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 41 | A Day Without a Mexican | $42,745 | -39.4% | 31 | -8 | $1,378 | $4,048,744 | 22 | Televisa Cine |
| 45 | 47 | The Yes Men | $42,004 | -28.2% | 32 | +11 | $1,312 | $151,884 | 3 | United Artists |
| 46 | 42 | Bright Young Things | $41,350 | -40.3% | 57 | +1 | $725 | $832,836 | 8 | THINKFilm |
| 47 | - | Stage Beauty | $38,654 | - | 3 | - | $12,884 | $38,654 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 48 | 54 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $38,008 | -19.1% | 15 | +9 | $2,533 | $87,868 | 2 | - |
| 49 | 36 | The Last Shot | $37,646 | -61% | 23 | -12 | $1,636 | $376,790 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 62 | Haunted Castle | $35,000 | +7.7% | 3 | - | $11,666 | $9,215,057 | 190 | - |
| 51 | 31 | The Cookout | $33,543 | -77.2% | 87 | -119 | $385 | $11,540,112 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 51 | Intimate Strangers | $33,027 | -39% | 37 | -13 | $892 | $2,027,288 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 53 | 39 | Catwoman | $32,301 | -56.1% | 96 | -70 | $336 | $40,173,429 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 45 | A Cinderella Story | $32,000 | -48.1% | 110 | -78 | $290 | $51,392,209 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 74 | Rosenstrasse | $30,265 | +55.6% | 17 | +6 | $1,780 | $483,357 | 11 | IDP Distribution |
| 56 | 52 | Criminal | $29,803 | -41.1% | 42 | -25 | $709 | $877,021 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 57 | - | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $29,184 | - | 13 | - | $2,244 | $29,184 | 1 | - |
| 58 | 32 | Paparazzi | $28,632 | -76.2% | 74 | -170 | $386 | $15,621,686 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 59 | - | Primer | $28,162 | - | 4 | - | $7,040 | $28,162 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 60 | 58 | De-Lovely | $27,061 | -40.8% | 53 | -32 | $510 | $13,294,415 | 15 | United Artists |
| 61 | 75 | The Mother | $26,501 | +38.3% | 36 | +15 | $736 | $962,932 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 68 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $25,704 | +3.5% | 6 | +1 | $4,284 | $7,500,598 | 105 | Giant Screen Films |
| 63 | 84 | Saints and Soldiers | $24,683 | +98.9% | 17 | +1 | $1,451 | $806,848 | 10 | Excel Entertainment |
| 64 | 53 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $24,236 | -51.7% | 47 | -38 | $515 | $114,283,204 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 65 | 48 | Head in the Clouds | $23,860 | -58.4% | 28 | -19 | $852 | $214,967 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 57 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $23,047 | -49.7% | 15 | -7 | $1,536 | $1,016,234 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 67 | 71 | Dig! | $22,398 | +9.6% | 10 | +8 | $2,239 | $50,574 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 68 | 64 | Before Sunset | $20,712 | -32.1% | 32 | -13 | $647 | $5,741,822 | 15 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 69 | 49 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $18,886 | -66.4% | 49 | -49 | $385 | $41,567,668 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 65 | Garfield: The Movie | $18,784 | -38.1% | 59 | -17 | $318 | $75,319,965 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 71 | 72 | Zelary | $18,480 | -9.2% | 11 | +2 | $1,680 | $113,624 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | - | Around the Bend | $17,879 | - | 4 | - | $4,469 | $17,879 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 73 | 60 | Guiana 1838 | $16,610 | -53.8% | 1 | - | $16,610 | $123,490 | 3 | RBC Radio |
| 74 | 86 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $14,975 | +30.8% | 10 | -6 | $1,497 | $747,632 | 19 | Newmarket Films |
| 75 | 66 | The Day After Tomorrow | $13,526 | -53.3% | 20 | -31 | $676 | $186,712,078 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 76 | - | Vera Drake | $13,207 | - | 2 | - | $6,603 | $13,207 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 77 | 99 | Remember Me, My Love | $13,183 | +104.6% | 3 | +1 | $4,394 | $112,310 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 78 | - | Tarnation | $12,740 | - | 1 | - | $12,740 | $18,210 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 79 | 73 | The Door in the Floor | $12,584 | -35.7% | 26 | -3 | $484 | $3,835,551 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 80 | 63 | Festival Express | $12,286 | -60.8% | 28 | -10 | $438 | $1,110,847 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 81 | 77 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $11,879 | -29.8% | 21 | -11 | $565 | $2,020,114 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 82 | 78 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $11,862 | -29.3% | 8 | +3 | $1,482 | $366,628 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 83 | 83 | Mean Creek | $11,852 | -7.9% | 24 | -1 | $493 | $564,610 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 84 | 76 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $11,786 | -37.4% | 9 | -1 | $1,309 | $285,056 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 85 | 92 | Alien Adventure | $11,000 | +11.1% | 2 | - | $5,500 | $4,586,348 | 269 | - |
| 86 | 79 | Control Room | $10,874 | -29.7% | 17 | -5 | $639 | $2,548,991 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 87 | 80 | The Brown Bunny | $10,183 | -33.5% | 12 | -2 | $848 | $330,629 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 88 | 70 | Infernal Affairs | $9,956 | -53% | 2 | -3 | $4,978 | $77,458 | 3 | Miramax |
| 89 | - | Vodka Lemon | $9,303 | - | 2 | - | $4,651 | $9,303 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 90 | 97 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $9,175 | +11.4% | 6 | +2 | $1,529 | $75,877 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | 98 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $9,135 | +22.9% | 2 | -1 | $4,567 | $49,250,012 | 312 | IMAX |
| 92 | 106 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $8,891 | +85% | 4 | - | $2,222 | $16,500,523 | 79 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 93 | 82 | Hollywood Buddha | $8,332 | -39% | 3 | -1 | $2,777 | $51,199 | 3 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 94 | 89 | Riding Giants | $8,255 | -19.2% | 18 | -2 | $458 | $2,216,249 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 94 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $7,612 | -19.2% | 8 | +1 | $951 | $281,909 | 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 96 | 81 | King Arthur | $7,479 | -46.8% | 11 | -12 | $679 | $51,877,963 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 97 | 69 | Tying the Knot | $6,264 | -74.5% | 5 | -3 | $1,252 | $37,464 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 98 | 101 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $6,021 | +5.2% | 16 | -13 | $376 | $3,756,786 | 8 | - |
| 99 | 93 | When Will I Be Loved | $5,372 | -45.6% | 5 | -3 | $1,074 | $149,582 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 100 | 130 | The Inheritance | $5,338 | +197.4% | 1 | -1 | $5,338 | $34,209 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 101 | 114 | Touch of Pink | $5,201 | +55.3% | 8 | +2 | $650 | $548,417 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | 120 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $4,209 | +53.7% | 6 | +4 | $701 | $55,955 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 90 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $4,131 | -58.8% | 2 | -1 | $2,065 | $54,711 | 8 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 104 | 85 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $4,000 | -66.8% | 6 | -8 | $666 | $309,835 | 18 | Dada Films |
| 105 | 117 | The Five Obstructions | $3,750 | +14.6% | 3 | - | $1,250 | $164,035 | 20 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 106 | 87 | Testosterone | $3,369 | -69.9% | 3 | -1 | $1,123 | $101,818 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | 105 | The Raspberry Reich | $3,219 | -33.5% | 1 | - | $3,219 | $20,017 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 108 | 111 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $3,049 | -15.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,524 | $15,753 | 3 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 109 | 88 | Bush's Brain | $2,707 | -74.8% | 4 | -4 | $676 | $165,168 | 8 | Tartan |
| 110 | 109 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,596 | -34.3% | 4 | - | $649 | $347,140 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 111 | 100 | The Best Two Years | $2,532 | -58.9% | 2 | -9 | $1,266 | $1,160,390 | 34 | - |
| 112 | - | Transfixed | $2,312 | - | 1 | - | $2,312 | $14,764 | 11 | - |
| 113 | - | The Young Black Stallion | $2,180 | - | 1 | - | $2,180 | $6,522,926 | 42 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 114 | 124 | Reconstruction | $2,143 | -13% | 3 | -1 | $714 | $52,696 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 115 | 104 | Imelda | $2,116 | -57% | 1 | - | $2,116 | $188,532 | 18 | Unico Entertainment |
| 116 | 115 | You'll Get Over It | $1,915 | -42.3% | 1 | - | $1,915 | $49,411 | 17 | - |
| 117 | 107 | Suspect Zero | $1,892 | -56.2% | 10 | -3 | $189 | $8,684,489 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 118 | 122 | Bright Leaves | $1,791 | -28.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,791 | $30,087 | 7 | First Run |
| 119 | 128 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $1,721 | -11% | 5 | -3 | $344 | $1,215,706 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 120 | 108 | A Home at the End of the World | $1,626 | -59.7% | 10 | -3 | $162 | $1,022,408 | 12 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 121 | - | The Child I Never Was | $1,617 | - | 1 | - | $1,617 | $1,617 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 122 | - | Silent Waters | $1,617 | - | 1 | - | $1,617 | $1,617 | 1 | First Run |
| 123 | 131 | Godzilla | $1,564 | -4.2% | 2 | - | $782 | $395,526 | 23 | Rialto Pictures |
| 124 | - | The Hillside Strangler | $1,546 | - | 1 | - | $1,546 | $1,852 | 3 | Tartan |
| 125 | 133 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,500 | +36.4% | 1 | - | $1,500 | $7,019,150 | 294 | - |
| 126 | 102 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $1,399 | -74.4% | 2 | -5 | $699 | $542,421 | 25 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 127 | 116 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,389 | -57.9% | 7 | -5 | $198 | $133,504 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 128 | 125 | The Clearing | $1,350 | -44.1% | 2 | -6 | $675 | $5,763,875 | 15 | - |
| 129 | 112 | Facing Windows | $1,281 | -64.3% | 4 | -4 | $320 | $541,682 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 130 | - | The Seagull's Laughter | $1,187 | - | 1 | - | $1,187 | $68,912 | 35 | The Cinema Guild |
| 131 | 123 | Proteus | $1,112 | -54.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,112 | $49,597 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 132 | 129 | Incident at Loch Ness | $1,086 | -42.4% | 1 | - | $1,086 | $26,187 | 4 | Abramorama |
| 133 | - | Postmen in the Mountains | $1,025 | - | 1 | - | $1,025 | $54,529 | 42 | Shadow Distribution |
| 134 | 135 | China: The Panda Adventure | $721 | - | 1 | -2 | $721 | $3,864,835 | 175 | IMAX |
| 135 | - | Grand Champion | $512 | - | 1 | - | $512 | $42,130 | 7 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 136 | 137 | Strayed | $469 | -28.3% | 1 | - | $469 | $470,016 | 22 | Wellspring Media |
| 137 | 119 | She Hate Me | $427 | -85.6% | 3 | -7 | $142 | $356,661 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 138 | 126 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $378 | -83.5% | 1 | -3 | $378 | $2,380,788 | 28 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 139 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $353 | - | 1 | - | $353 | $11,282 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 140 | 142 | Merci Dr Rey! | $329 | +2.8% | 1 | - | $329 | $13,485 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 141 | 103 | Anatomy of Hell | $269 | -94.6% | 1 | -2 | $269 | $13,257 | 3 | Tartan |
| 142 | 127 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $172 | -92.1% | 1 | -1 | $172 | $83,950 | 17 | First Run |
