Domestic 2004 Weekend 44
October 29-31, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Grudge | $21,817,598 | -44.2% | 3,348 | +103 | $6,516 | $70,684,627 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | - | Ray | $20,039,730 | - | 2,006 | - | $9,989 | $20,039,730 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | - | Saw | $18,276,468 | - | 2,315 | - | $7,894 | $18,276,468 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 2 | Shark Tale | $7,502,096 | -47.6% | 3,381 | -275 | $2,218 | $146,859,079 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 5 | 3 | Shall We Dance? | $6,300,000 | -26.7% | 2,476 | +57 | $2,544 | $33,900,000 | 3 | Miramax |
| 6 | 4 | Friday Night Lights | $4,085,440 | -41.2% | 3,004 | +35 | $1,360 | $52,944,730 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Ladder 49 | $3,256,363 | -38.8% | 2,382 | -420 | $1,367 | $66,118,796 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Team America: World Police | $3,083,704 | -51.7% | 2,335 | -285 | $1,320 | $27,245,193 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Surviving Christmas | $2,435,652 | -45.2% | 2,755 | +5 | $884 | $7,980,427 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 10 | 8 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $2,106,136 | -48.9% | 1,884 | -473 | $1,117 | $32,700,351 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 10 | I Heart Huckabees | $1,705,923 | -41.2% | 901 | +116 | $1,893 | $8,441,017 | 5 | - |
| 12 | 9 | The Forgotten | $1,700,836 | -48.1% | 1,735 | -518 | $980 | $64,541,093 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 13 | - | Birth | $1,282,000 | - | 550 | - | $2,330 | $1,282,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | 11 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $991,229 | -29.2% | 264 | +4 | $3,754 | $9,301,385 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $410,800 | -33.7% | 387 | -92 | $1,061 | $41,877,647 | 21 | - |
| 16 | 24 | Sideways | $404,605 | +95.4% | 16 | +12 | $25,287 | $710,076 | 2 | - |
| 17 | 15 | Shaun of the Dead | $380,607 | -37.7% | 516 | -48 | $737 | $12,893,593 | 6 | Rogue Pictures |
| 18 | 12 | Raise Your Voice | $335,876 | -72% | 635 | -874 | $528 | $10,022,374 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 19 | 23 | Being Julia | $305,324 | +36.7% | 64 | +28 | $4,770 | $793,947 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 20 | 19 | Vera Drake | $297,553 | +3.7% | 87 | +41 | $3,420 | $788,198 | 4 | Fine Line Features |
| 21 | 13 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $291,193 | -62.8% | 402 | -119 | $724 | $6,595,799 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 22 | 17 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $287,547 | -25.4% | 144 | -2 | $1,996 | $7,182,849 | 39 | - |
| 23 | 20 | The Bourne Supremacy | $226,860 | -19.8% | 277 | -27 | $818 | $175,100,605 | 15 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 16 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $223,973 | -61.3% | 335 | -537 | $668 | $37,226,427 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 25 | 18 | Garden State | $181,036 | -40.9% | 181 | -35 | $1,000 | $26,001,676 | 14 | - |
| 26 | 21 | Cellular | $151,707 | -44.4% | 308 | -125 | $492 | $31,339,915 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 27 | 31 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $145,596 | +20.2% | 65 | +16 | $2,239 | $1,263,264 | 5 | - |
| 28 | 25 | Spider-Man 2 | $134,674 | -34.2% | 205 | -33 | $656 | $373,068,126 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 27 | Stage Beauty | $110,474 | -30.6% | 70 | +11 | $1,578 | $510,688 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 43 | Haunted Castle | $100,303 | +43.3% | 9 | - | $11,144 | $9,600,027 | 193 | - |
| 31 | 26 | Hero | $85,667 | -48.4% | 144 | -82 | $594 | $53,242,836 | 10 | Miramax |
| 32 | 29 | I, Robot | $85,442 | -37.6% | 152 | -29 | $562 | $144,368,486 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 22 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $81,302 | -66.2% | 196 | -174 | $414 | $50,740,078 | 8 | Screen Gems |
| 34 | 28 | Without a Paddle | $81,015 | -43.8% | 174 | -138 | $465 | $57,090,442 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 35 | 49 | Bugs! | $74,027 | +33.8% | 27 | - | $2,741 | $13,482,711 | 86 | SK Films |
| 36 | 32 | The Village | $71,140 | -36.1% | 175 | -26 | $406 | $114,034,203 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 33 | The Manchurian Candidate | $64,766 | -37% | 140 | -68 | $462 | $65,808,594 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | 34 | Space Station 3D | $59,038 | -37.8% | 15 | - | $3,935 | $55,225,614 | 133 | IMAX |
| 39 | 48 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $57,194 | -4.1% | 12 | - | $4,766 | $8,641,858 | 107 | Giant Screen Films |
| 40 | 40 | Alien vs. Predator | $51,188 | -33.7% | 139 | -8 | $368 | $80,158,773 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 45 | The Machinist | $51,046 | -21.1% | 8 | +5 | $6,380 | $141,837 | 2 | Paramount Classics |
| 42 | 44 | The Notebook | $48,595 | -26.4% | 99 | -17 | $490 | $80,831,296 | 19 | New Line Cinema |
| 43 | 51 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $46,253 | -10.4% | 35 | +1 | $1,321 | $19,146,692 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 57 | Saints and Soldiers | $43,345 | +26.1% | 31 | +4 | $1,398 | $1,004,940 | 13 | Excel Entertainment |
| 45 | 47 | Primer | $42,512 | -30.3% | 31 | +2 | $1,371 | $243,165 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 46 | 41 | Maria Full of Grace | $42,282 | -44.7% | 69 | -21 | $612 | $6,462,472 | 16 | Fine Line Features |
| 47 | 39 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $41,442 | -47.6% | 115 | -45 | $360 | $94,363,738 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 35 | Mr. 3000 | $34,677 | -62.9% | 115 | -79 | $301 | $21,572,701 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | - | Enduring Love | $34,610 | - | 5 | - | $6,922 | $34,610 | 1 | Paramount Classics |
| 50 | 42 | First Daughter | $33,312 | -53.6% | 118 | -43 | $282 | $8,898,897 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | 30 | The Final Cut | $32,967 | -75.3% | 49 | -68 | $672 | $529,194 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 53 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $31,662 | -26.3% | 55 | - | $575 | $249,358,727 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | - | Voices of Iraq | $30,634 | - | 12 | - | $2,552 | $30,634 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 54 | 50 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $30,316 | -43.3% | 124 | -16 | $244 | $41,784,746 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 65 | Rosenstrasse | $29,662 | +62.4% | 18 | +4 | $1,647 | $598,239 | 14 | IDP Distribution |
| 56 | 46 | Tarnation | $28,359 | -55.5% | 19 | -3 | $1,492 | $244,801 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 57 | 52 | Around the Bend | $24,875 | -42.7% | 51 | +4 | $487 | $160,570 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 58 | 69 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $23,570 | +37% | 47 | +16 | $501 | $924,482 | 7 | - |
| 59 | 62 | Undertow | $23,168 | -4.9% | 20 | +14 | $1,158 | $58,413 | 2 | United Artists |
| 60 | 56 | Vanity Fair | $22,930 | -35.7% | 56 | -14 | $409 | $16,088,813 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 61 | 61 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $22,485 | -9.9% | 6 | - | $3,747 | $7,581,129 | 108 | Giant Screen Films |
| 62 | 55 | Head in the Clouds | $21,945 | -44.2% | 31 | - | $707 | $347,926 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | 60 | P.S. | $19,122 | -23.7% | 14 | +8 | $1,365 | $85,016 | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 64 | 59 | Zelary | $18,079 | -40.6% | 11 | -8 | $1,643 | $223,072 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 64 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $15,902 | -18.6% | 4 | +1 | $3,975 | $49,391,233 | 315 | IMAX |
| 66 | 38 | Hair Show | $15,666 | -81.1% | 22 | -13 | $712 | $294,586 | 3 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 67 | 63 | A Day Without a Mexican | $12,838 | -45.6% | 14 | -6 | $917 | $4,142,104 | 25 | Televisa Cine |
| 68 | 136 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $12,077 | +1,118.7% | 4 | - | $3,019 | $108,565 | 5 | - |
| 69 | 73 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $10,872 | -22.1% | 11 | - | $988 | $108,175 | 4 | - |
| 70 | 114 | Fish Without a Bicycle | $10,450 | +294.3% | 1 | - | $10,450 | $26,421 | 2 | - |
| 71 | 80 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $10,412 | +4.8% | 7 | -1 | $1,487 | $334,662 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 72 | 72 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $9,986 | -30.8% | 18 | +1 | $554 | $1,856,080 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 73 | 100 | Lightning in a Bottle | $9,646 | +82% | 3 | +1 | $3,215 | $17,437 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 70 | Red Lights | $8,876 | -45.9% | 9 | -10 | $986 | $559,088 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 75 | 86 | Alien Adventure | $8,800 | -2.2% | 2 | - | $4,400 | $4,622,606 | 272 | - |
| 76 | 68 | Guiana 1838 | $8,668 | -50.3% | 2 | - | $4,334 | $176,513 | 6 | RBC Radio |
| 77 | 58 | A Dirty Shame | $8,510 | -72.4% | 12 | -16 | $709 | $1,332,038 | 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 78 | 54 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $7,688 | -81.4% | 66 | -136 | $116 | $19,762,690 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 79 | 106 | Festival Express | $7,423 | +107.6% | 7 | - | $1,060 | $1,162,727 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 80 | 87 | Hearts and Minds | $6,841 | -20% | 2 | - | $3,420 | $20,326 | 2 | Rialto Pictures |
| 81 | 76 | The Last Shot | $6,762 | -42.6% | 23 | +6 | $294 | $454,224 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 82 | 79 | Moolaadé | $6,728 | -33.4% | 2 | - | $3,364 | $39,236 | 3 | New Yorker Films |
| 83 | 67 | The Mother | $6,358 | -63.8% | 8 | -10 | $794 | $1,057,951 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 78 | Intimate Strangers | $6,161 | -40.6% | 14 | -1 | $440 | $2,090,489 | 14 | Paramount Classics |
| 85 | 93 | Control Room | $6,117 | -19.1% | 13 | +5 | $470 | $2,586,511 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 86 | 77 | The Manson Family | $6,038 | -48.2% | 6 | +2 | $1,006 | $19,140 | 2 | - |
| 87 | 71 | Paparazzi | $5,972 | -58.7% | 24 | -12 | $248 | $15,688,358 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 88 | 84 | Bright Young Things | $5,915 | -35.4% | 16 | +1 | $369 | $915,536 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 89 | 82 | Remember Me, My Love | $5,612 | -42.8% | 3 | -1 | $1,870 | $156,952 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 90 | 112 | Malevolence | $5,580 | +81% | 4 | -1 | $1,395 | $69,101 | 8 | - |
| 91 | 74 | Dig! | $5,573 | -56.7% | 5 | -4 | $1,114 | $110,202 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 92 | 83 | Going Upriver | $5,502 | -41.2% | 10 | -7 | $550 | $613,252 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 93 | 97 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $5,490 | -10.5% | 11 | +6 | $499 | $313,527 | 15 | Vitagraph Films |
| 94 | 81 | Garfield: The Movie | $5,296 | -46.3% | 25 | - | $211 | $75,367,693 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 95 | 101 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $4,971 | -5.4% | 4 | - | $1,242 | $16,528,950 | 82 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 96 | 123 | The Young Black Stallion | $4,953 | +173.9% | 1 | - | $4,953 | $6,544,056 | 45 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 97 | 105 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $4,582 | +17.7% | 7 | -3 | $654 | $330,018 | 21 | Dada Films |
| 98 | 125 | Reconstruction | $4,323 | +184.6% | 3 | +1 | $1,441 | $64,213 | 8 | Palm Pictures |
| 99 | 85 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $4,305 | -52.6% | 10 | -4 | $430 | $114,324,072 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 100 | - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $3,681 | - | 1 | - | $3,681 | $93,962 | 35 | Indican Pictures |
| 101 | 109 | Riding Giants | $3,661 | +10.2% | 4 | -3 | $915 | $2,250,073 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | - | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $3,476 | - | 3 | - | $1,158 | $69,265 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 103 | 148 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $3,053 | +5,351.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,526 | $21,472 | 6 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 104 | 92 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $2,858 | -62.5% | 3 | -3 | $952 | $401,838 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 105 | 98 | The Day After Tomorrow | $2,843 | -49.7% | 11 | -1 | $258 | $186,739,919 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 106 | 108 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $2,755 | -18.2% | 1 | - | $2,755 | $9,925 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 107 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $2,753 | - | 1 | - | $2,753 | $19,114 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 108 | 104 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $2,661 | -33.7% | 3 | -2 | $887 | $67,863 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 109 | - | A Silent Love | $2,594 | - | 1 | - | $2,594 | $2,594 | 1 | Atopia |
| 110 | - | It's All About Love | $2,582 | - | 2 | - | $1,291 | $2,582 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 111 | 88 | Galapagos | $2,390 | -71.8% | 4 | +2 | $597 | $14,539,224 | 262 | IMAX |
| 112 | 89 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $2,362 | -71.8% | 19 | -19 | $124 | $3,806,896 | 11 | - |
| 113 | 94 | Testosterone | $2,157 | -70.2% | 3 | -1 | $719 | $119,136 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 114 | 90 | Untold Scandal | $2,131 | -73.2% | 4 | -4 | $532 | $23,153 | 3 | Kino International |
| 115 | 139 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $1,830 | +124.3% | 3 | +1 | $610 | $1,043,065 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 116 | 102 | The Inheritance | $1,775 | -63% | 2 | - | $887 | $53,368 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 117 | 116 | Postmen in the Mountains | $1,707 | -29.7% | 4 | +2 | $426 | $61,743 | 45 | Shadow Distribution |
| 118 | - | Godzilla | $1,671 | - | 3 | - | $557 | $402,083 | 26 | Rialto Pictures |
| 119 | 99 | Evil Remains | $1,412 | -74.3% | 3 | -1 | $470 | $8,396 | 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 120 | - | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $1,410 | - | 1 | - | $1,410 | $4,835 | 2 | IMAX |
| 121 | 111 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $1,183 | -63.7% | 1 | - | $1,183 | $5,682 | 2 | - |
| 122 | 135 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $950 | -8% | 1 | - | $950 | $7,022,600 | 297 | - |
| 123 | 107 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $918 | -73.3% | 2 | -1 | $459 | $92,068 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 124 | 141 | China: The Panda Adventure | $912 | +27.4% | 2 | +1 | $456 | $3,870,069 | 178 | IMAX |
| 125 | - | Eight Hundred Bullets 2004 Re-release | $866 | - | 2 | - | $433 | $866 | 1 | TLA Releasing |
| 126 | 103 | Mean Creek | $790 | -83.1% | 11 | -3 | $71 | $590,812 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 127 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $716 | - | 2 | - | $358 | $12,517 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 128 | 143 | Virgin | $713 | +37.6% | 1 | - | $713 | $9,501 | 9 | Artistic License |
| 129 | 133 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $630 | -44.5% | 1 | -1 | $630 | $106,306 | 20 | First Run |
| 130 | 121 | Merci Dr Rey! | $512 | -72.1% | 1 | -1 | $512 | $19,591 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 131 | 142 | Strayed | $500 | -16.7% | 1 | -1 | $500 | $476,395 | 25 | Wellspring Media |
| 132 | 124 | Touch of Pink | $458 | -70.2% | 1 | -2 | $458 | $556,366 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 133 | 140 | Bush's Brain | $327 | -55.3% | 2 | - | $163 | $177,437 | 11 | Tartan |
| 134 | 126 | Bright Leaves | $287 | -80.2% | 1 | - | $287 | $35,284 | 10 | First Run |
| 135 | 113 | Anatomy of Hell | $180 | -93.3% | 1 | - | $180 | $29,501 | 6 | Tartan |
| 136 | - | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | $142 | - | 1 | - | $142 | $50,146 | 42 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 137 | 137 | She Hate Me | $88 | -89.8% | 1 | -2 | $88 | $358,774 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 138 | 144 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $71 | -85.5% | 1 | - | $71 | $356,774 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 139 | 134 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $60 | -94.7% | 1 | -2 | $60 | $140,989 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 140 | 131 | The Hunting of the President | $55 | -95.7% | 1 | -1 | $55 | $376,553 | 20 | Regent Releasing |
| 141 | - | Tattoo Bar | $46 | - | 1 | - | $46 | $2,804 | 122 | ArtMattan Productions |
