Domestic 2004 Weekend 42
October 15-17, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Shark Tale | $22,005,952 | -29.8% | 3,948 | -122 | $5,573 | $118,724,863 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | 2 | Friday Night Lights | $12,216,880 | -39.7% | 2,764 | +97 | $4,420 | $37,819,455 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | - | Team America: World Police | $12,120,358 | - | 2,539 | - | $4,773 | $12,120,358 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | - | Shall We Dance? | $11,600,000 | - | 1,772 | - | $6,546 | $11,600,000 | 1 | Miramax |
| 5 | 3 | Ladder 49 | $8,503,420 | -35.1% | 3,255 | -6 | $2,612 | $53,747,377 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $7,891,169 | -34.4% | 3,001 | - | $2,629 | $23,891,719 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 5 | The Forgotten | $6,007,726 | -21% | 2,768 | -213 | $2,170 | $57,160,305 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 8 | 6 | Raise Your Voice | $3,000,000 | -34.8% | 2,521 | - | $1,190 | $8,100,000 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 9 | 9 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,700,000 | +21.4% | 250 | +83 | $6,800 | $5,700,000 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 7 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $1,218,417 | -48% | 1,208 | -535 | $1,008 | $35,899,489 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 8 | Shaun of the Dead | $1,100,000 | -31.2% | 672 | -3 | $1,636 | $11,300,000 | 4 | Rogue Pictures |
| 12 | 15 | I Heart Huckabees | $914,880 | +1.5% | 65 | +21 | $14,075 | $2,600,993 | 3 | - |
| 13 | 12 | Napoleon Dynamite | $883,817 | -16.4% | 619 | -96 | $1,427 | $40,371,730 | 19 | - |
| 14 | 11 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $691,448 | -42.4% | 434 | +2 | $1,593 | $5,099,502 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 15 | 10 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $673,272 | -46.3% | 787 | -430 | $855 | $50,138,512 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 16 | 13 | Cellular | $574,385 | -39.8% | 741 | -411 | $775 | $30,653,555 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 17 | 19 | Garden State | $452,519 | -20.5% | 301 | -43 | $1,503 | $25,242,957 | 12 | - |
| 18 | 23 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $368,134 | +0.5% | 132 | +1 | $2,788 | $6,103,766 | 37 | - |
| 19 | 22 | The Bourne Supremacy | $353,005 | -11% | 346 | -65 | $1,020 | $174,363,530 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | 17 | Hero | $352,984 | -46.3% | 395 | -272 | $893 | $52,807,621 | 8 | Miramax |
| 21 | 14 | Mr. 3000 | $340,082 | -64% | 553 | -833 | $614 | $21,336,759 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 20 | Without a Paddle | $313,714 | -43.3% | 508 | -397 | $617 | $56,748,788 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 16 | Wimbledon | $282,810 | -60.5% | 422 | -378 | $670 | $16,641,530 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 24 | Spider-Man 2 | $263,756 | -23.7% | 246 | -25 | $1,072 | $372,585,847 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | - | The Final Cut | $226,296 | - | 117 | - | $1,934 | $226,296 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 26 | 34 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $189,458 | +86.8% | 55 | +21 | $3,444 | $826,578 | 3 | - |
| 27 | 18 | First Daughter | $189,056 | -68.7% | 381 | -642 | $496 | $8,719,945 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | - | Hair Show | $155,349 | - | 38 | - | $4,088 | $155,349 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 29 | 25 | The Village | $150,603 | -16.7% | 235 | -12 | $640 | $113,755,078 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 27 | I, Robot | $148,333 | +1.2% | 202 | -6 | $734 | $144,044,139 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | - | Being Julia | $122,214 | - | 9 | - | $13,579 | $122,214 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 28 | Maria Full of Grace | $110,706 | -17% | 107 | +1 | $1,034 | $6,265,149 | 14 | Fine Line Features |
| 33 | - | Riding the Bullet | $101,107 | - | 100 | - | $1,011 | $101,107 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 34 | 33 | Alien vs. Predator | $100,220 | -2.5% | 166 | -3 | $603 | $79,956,662 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 37 | Space Station 3D | $98,898 | +59.8% | 16 | +4 | $6,181 | $54,942,893 | 131 | IMAX |
| 36 | 29 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $98,154 | -25.9% | 194 | -73 | $505 | $94,166,695 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 47 | Stage Beauty | $89,267 | +130.9% | 21 | +18 | $4,250 | $149,996 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 26 | Vanity Fair | $85,875 | -43.5% | 142 | -46 | $604 | $15,979,885 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 39 | 36 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $81,733 | +8.6% | 12 | - | $6,811 | $8,525,024 | 105 | Giant Screen Films |
| 40 | 35 | The Notebook | $79,673 | -19.7% | 144 | -26 | $553 | $80,640,867 | 17 | New Line Cinema |
| 41 | 69 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $76,190 | +303.4% | 202 | +153 | $377 | $41,652,219 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 38 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $58,773 | +1.3% | 34 | -1 | $1,728 | $18,994,721 | 32 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 63 | Saints and Soldiers | $58,357 | +136.4% | 37 | +20 | $1,577 | $879,222 | 11 | Excel Entertainment |
| 44 | 78 | Tarnation | $53,983 | +323.7% | 6 | +5 | $8,997 | $82,588 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 45 | 59 | Primer | $53,551 | +90.2% | 19 | +15 | $2,818 | $90,477 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 46 | - | Bugs! | $53,501 | - | 28 | - | $1,910 | $13,278,313 | 84 | SK Films |
| 47 | 30 | A Dirty Shame | $53,431 | -53.7% | 42 | -37 | $1,272 | $1,260,219 | 5 | Fine Line Features |
| 48 | 50 | Haunted Castle | $53,000 | +51.4% | 4 | +1 | $13,250 | $9,297,257 | 191 | - |
| 49 | 43 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $52,709 | +21.2% | 74 | -45 | $712 | $249,266,986 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 40 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $42,515 | -19.9% | 50 | +5 | $850 | $856,451 | 5 | - |
| 51 | - | Eulogy | $41,788 | - | 22 | - | $1,899 | $41,788 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 76 | Vera Drake | $40,870 | +209.5% | 2 | - | $20,435 | $75,660 | 2 | Fine Line Features |
| 53 | 42 | Red Lights | $40,513 | -19% | 29 | +11 | $1,397 | $515,992 | 9 | Wellspring Media |
| 54 | 39 | The Manchurian Candidate | $38,447 | -30.1% | 49 | -36 | $784 | $65,581,463 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 55 | 72 | Around the Bend | $33,978 | +90% | 27 | +23 | $1,258 | $59,160 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 56 | 61 | The Mother | $32,880 | +24.1% | 35 | -1 | $939 | $1,009,634 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 31 | Going Upriver | $32,204 | -70.6% | 55 | -84 | $585 | $578,896 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 58 | 55 | Rosenstrasse | $30,122 | -0.5% | 23 | +6 | $1,309 | $530,456 | 12 | IDP Distribution |
| 59 | 44 | A Day Without a Mexican | $29,019 | -32.1% | 23 | -8 | $1,261 | $4,091,088 | 23 | Televisa Cine |
| 60 | 62 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $28,478 | +10.8% | 6 | - | $4,746 | $7,533,678 | 106 | Giant Screen Films |
| 61 | 71 | Zelary | $28,217 | +52.7% | 16 | +5 | $1,763 | $151,017 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 98 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $27,777 | +361.3% | 106 | +90 | $262 | $3,785,401 | 9 | - |
| 63 | 117 | Suspect Zero | $27,680 | +1,363% | 56 | +46 | $494 | $8,712,564 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 64 | 65 | Head in the Clouds | $27,185 | +13.9% | 26 | -2 | $1,045 | $253,264 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 46 | Bright Young Things | $26,796 | -35.2% | 44 | -13 | $609 | $888,042 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 66 | 49 | The Last Shot | $26,317 | -30.1% | 40 | +17 | $657 | $418,385 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 67 | 60 | De-Lovely | $26,113 | -3.5% | 64 | +11 | $408 | $13,337,299 | 16 | United Artists |
| 68 | 54 | A Cinderella Story | $25,003 | -21.9% | 71 | -39 | $352 | $51,431,160 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | 45 | The Yes Men | $24,992 | -40.5% | 27 | -5 | $925 | $198,975 | 4 | United Artists |
| 70 | 57 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $21,645 | -25.8% | 13 | - | $1,665 | $65,444 | 2 | - |
| 71 | 58 | Paparazzi | $21,610 | -24.5% | 69 | -5 | $313 | $15,654,079 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 72 | 52 | Intimate Strangers | $21,580 | -34.7% | 30 | -7 | $719 | $2,062,092 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 73 | 73 | Guiana 1838 | $21,366 | +28.6% | 2 | +1 | $10,683 | $144,856 | 4 | RBC Radio |
| 74 | 41 | Silver City | $21,267 | -59.2% | 45 | -32 | $472 | $1,002,333 | 5 | Newmarket Films |
| 75 | - | P.S. | $18,710 | - | 3 | - | $6,236 | $18,710 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 76 | 56 | Criminal | $18,377 | -38.3% | 36 | -6 | $510 | $907,653 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 77 | - | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $18,287 | - | 21 | - | $870 | $1,805,104 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 78 | 70 | Garfield: The Movie | $17,459 | -7.1% | 36 | -23 | $484 | $75,346,123 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 79 | 80 | Festival Express | $15,142 | +23.2% | 20 | -8 | $757 | $1,137,224 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 80 | 68 | Before Sunset | $14,723 | -28.9% | 27 | -5 | $545 | $5,766,499 | 16 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 81 | 67 | Dig! | $13,999 | -37.5% | 7 | -3 | $1,999 | $74,736 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 82 | 77 | Remember Me, My Love | $13,800 | +4.7% | 5 | +2 | $2,760 | $133,769 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 83 | 53 | Catwoman | $13,383 | -58.6% | 39 | -57 | $343 | $40,198,710 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 84 | 93 | Hollywood Buddha | $12,510 | +50.1% | 2 | -1 | $6,255 | $67,862 | 4 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 85 | - | Face | $12,366 | - | 3 | - | $4,122 | $12,366 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 86 | 82 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $12,035 | +1.5% | 10 | +2 | $1,203 | $383,003 | 18 | Wellspring Media |
| 87 | - | Moolaadé | $11,982 | - | 2 | - | $5,991 | $11,982 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 88 | 64 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $11,968 | -50.6% | 25 | -22 | $478 | $114,303,265 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 89 | 135 | Grand Champion | $10,957 | +2,040% | 13 | +12 | $842 | $53,088 | 8 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 90 | 84 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $10,444 | -11.4% | 9 | - | $1,160 | $302,540 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 75 | The Day After Tomorrow | $10,404 | -23.1% | 15 | -5 | $693 | $186,727,154 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 92 | 66 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $10,258 | -55.5% | 9 | -6 | $1,139 | $1,035,632 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 93 | 91 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $9,985 | +9.3% | 4 | +2 | $2,496 | $49,286,614 | 313 | IMAX |
| 94 | 86 | Control Room | $9,917 | -8.8% | 16 | -1 | $619 | $2,564,241 | 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 95 | - | Spin | $9,858 | - | 9 | - | $1,095 | $9,858 | 1 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 96 | - | Malevolence | $9,848 | - | 6 | - | $1,641 | $56,331 | 6 | - |
| 97 | 92 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $9,704 | +9.1% | 4 | - | $2,426 | $16,514,054 | 80 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 98 | 95 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $9,685 | +27.2% | 8 | - | $1,210 | $295,176 | 13 | Vitagraph Films |
| 99 | - | Galapagos | $9,601 | - | 2 | - | $4,800 | $14,516,740 | 260 | IMAX |
| 100 | 85 | Alien Adventure | $9,100 | -17.3% | 2 | - | $4,550 | $4,598,148 | 270 | - |
| 101 | 83 | Mean Creek | $8,609 | -27.4% | 23 | -1 | $374 | $579,112 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 102 | - | The Dust Factory | $8,000 | - | 22 | - | $363 | $8,000 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 103 | 142 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $7,347 | +4,171.5% | 3 | +2 | $2,449 | $97,359 | 18 | First Run |
| 104 | 94 | Riding Giants | $7,143 | -13.5% | 10 | -8 | $714 | $2,231,940 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 141 | Anatomy of Hell | $6,860 | +2,450.2% | 2 | +1 | $3,430 | $20,250 | 4 | Tartan |
| 106 | 100 | The Inheritance | $6,529 | +22.3% | 2 | +1 | $3,264 | $42,995 | 15 | The Cinema Guild |
| 107 | 88 | Infernal Affairs | $6,308 | -36.6% | 1 | -1 | $6,308 | $89,594 | 4 | Miramax |
| 108 | - | Untold Scandal | $6,015 | - | 4 | - | $1,503 | $6,752 | 1 | Kino International |
| 109 | 89 | Vodka Lemon | $5,245 | -43.6% | 2 | - | $2,622 | $19,060 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 110 | 104 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $5,112 | +27.8% | 9 | +3 | $568 | $316,547 | 19 | Dada Films |
| 111 | 110 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $4,790 | +84.5% | 7 | +3 | $684 | $353,775 | 18 | Paramount Classics |
| 112 | 113 | The Young Black Stallion | $4,691 | +115.2% | 1 | - | $4,691 | $6,534,392 | 43 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 113 | 87 | The Brown Bunny | $4,569 | -55.1% | 4 | -8 | $1,142 | $342,319 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 114 | 90 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $4,275 | -53.4% | 3 | -3 | $1,425 | $83,942 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 115 | 48 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $4,265 | -88.8% | 4 | -11 | $1,066 | $94,545 | 3 | - |
| 116 | 103 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $3,682 | -10.9% | 1 | -1 | $3,682 | $59,594 | 9 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 117 | 101 | Touch of Pink | $3,593 | -30.9% | 10 | +2 | $359 | $552,634 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 81 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $3,489 | -70.6% | 18 | -3 | $193 | $2,027,720 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 119 | 107 | The Raspberry Reich | $2,723 | -15.4% | 1 | - | $2,723 | $25,072 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | 119 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,702 | +57% | 6 | +1 | $450 | $1,219,104 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 121 | 114 | Reconstruction | $2,679 | +25% | 3 | - | $893 | $56,187 | 6 | Palm Pictures |
| 122 | 136 | Strayed | $2,605 | +455.4% | 4 | +3 | $651 | $473,116 | 23 | Wellspring Media |
| 123 | 99 | When Will I Be Loved | $2,496 | -53.5% | 6 | +1 | $416 | $154,370 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 124 | 120 | A Home at the End of the World | $2,480 | +52.5% | 9 | -1 | $275 | $1,026,548 | 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 125 | 126 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $2,384 | +70.4% | 5 | +3 | $476 | $546,362 | 26 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 126 | 109 | Bush's Brain | $2,157 | -20.3% | 4 | - | $539 | $173,502 | 9 | Tartan |
| 127 | 102 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $1,994 | -52.6% | 4 | -2 | $498 | $58,139 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 128 | 106 | Testosterone | $1,953 | -42% | 2 | -1 | $976 | $105,409 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 129 | 123 | Godzilla | $1,730 | +10.6% | 2 | - | $865 | $399,214 | 24 | Rialto Pictures |
| 130 | 108 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $1,702 | -44.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,702 | $18,193 | 4 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 131 | - | Home of the Brave | $1,689 | - | 1 | - | $1,689 | $4,874 | 3 | Emerging Pictures |
| 132 | 111 | The Best Two Years | $1,601 | -36.8% | 3 | +1 | $533 | $1,163,450 | 35 | - |
| 133 | - | Chooch | $1,538 | - | 1 | - | $1,538 | $30,792 | 8 | Artistic License |
| 134 | 130 | The Seagull's Laughter | $1,504 | +26.7% | 2 | +1 | $752 | $71,138 | 36 | The Cinema Guild |
| 135 | 140 | Merci Dr Rey! | $1,436 | +336.5% | 2 | +1 | $718 | $15,034 | 5 | Regent Releasing |
| 136 | 118 | Bright Leaves | $1,138 | -36.5% | 2 | +1 | $569 | $32,116 | 8 | First Run |
| 137 | 112 | Transfixed | $1,070 | -53.7% | 1 | - | $1,070 | $16,838 | 12 | - |
| 138 | 125 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,050 | -30% | 1 | - | $1,050 | $7,020,000 | 295 | - |
| 139 | 134 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,030 | +42.9% | 1 | - | $1,030 | $3,867,141 | 176 | IMAX |
| 140 | 127 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $918 | -33.9% | 5 | -2 | $183 | $136,410 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 141 | 115 | Imelda | $876 | -58.6% | 1 | - | $876 | $190,876 | 19 | Unico Entertainment |
| 142 | - | Gozu | $840 | - | 1 | - | $840 | $58,202 | 12 | - |
| 143 | 124 | The Hillside Strangler | $833 | -46.1% | 1 | - | $833 | $3,565 | 4 | Tartan |
| 144 | - | Rick | $625 | - | 2 | - | $312 | $9,724 | 4 | Vitagraph Films |
| 145 | 137 | She Hate Me | $555 | +30% | 4 | +1 | $138 | $357,245 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 146 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $380 | - | 1 | - | $380 | $15,714 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 147 | - | The Burial Society | $344 | - | 1 | - | $344 | $21,079 | 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 148 | - | Virgin | $334 | - | 1 | - | $334 | $7,822 | 7 | Artistic License |
| 149 | - | Love Me If You Dare | $175 | - | 4 | +3 | $43 | $550,991 | 22 | Paramount Classics |
| 150 | 139 | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $135 | -61.8% | 1 | - | $135 | $11,630 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 151 | 116 | You'll Get Over It | $39 | -98% | 1 | - | $39 | $50,112 | 18 | - |
