Domestic 2004 Weekend 51
December 17-19, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $30,061,756 | - | 3,620 | - | $8,304 | $30,061,756 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Ocean's Twelve | $18,124,149 | -53.7% | 3,290 | - | $5,508 | $68,524,528 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | - | Spanglish | $8,817,853 | - | 2,438 | - | $3,616 | $8,817,853 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 4 | The Polar Express | $8,411,135 | -12.3% | 2,868 | -389 | $2,932 | $123,430,336 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 2 | Blade: Trinity | $6,600,000 | -59% | 2,912 | - | $2,266 | $35,400,000 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 3 | National Treasure | $6,022,564 | -38.7% | 2,772 | -431 | $2,172 | $132,748,249 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 5 | Christmas with the Kranks | $5,366,072 | -29.5% | 2,941 | -353 | $1,824 | $61,972,118 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 8 | - | Flight of the Phoenix | $5,019,430 | - | 2,604 | - | $1,927 | $5,019,430 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 8 | Closer | $3,351,014 | -10.3% | 1,090 | +468 | $3,074 | $18,803,296 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 6 | The Incredibles | $3,120,541 | -38% | 1,930 | -726 | $1,616 | $236,978,426 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $2,002,903 | -54% | 2,115 | -1,192 | $946 | $76,362,402 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Finding Neverland | $1,900,000 | +11.8% | 985 | +448 | $1,928 | $16,900,000 | 6 | Miramax |
| 13 | 11 | Sideways | $1,502,800 | +21.1% | 424 | -51 | $3,544 | $16,511,317 | 9 | - |
| 14 | - | The Aviator | $858,021 | - | 40 | - | $21,450 | $858,021 | 1 | Miramax |
| 15 | 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $812,764 | +295.7% | 145 | +130 | $5,605 | $1,620,434 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | 13 | Ray | $550,015 | -42.3% | 618 | -511 | $889 | $70,247,805 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 14 | Kinsey | $506,039 | -3.8% | 191 | +22 | $2,649 | $5,140,595 | 6 | - |
| 18 | - | Swades | $424,804 | - | 74 | - | $5,740 | $424,804 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 10 | Alexander | $374,890 | -74.7% | 622 | -1,503 | $602 | $33,649,513 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 12 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $331,500 | -70.2% | 514 | -1,187 | $644 | $39,314,970 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 33 | Shark Tale | $271,236 | +242.2% | 411 | +195 | $659 | $159,568,781 | 12 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 22 | 39 | A Very Long Engagement | $239,796 | +378.5% | 24 | +20 | $9,991 | $550,659 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 23 | 17 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $202,157 | -29% | 159 | -88 | $1,271 | $15,080,746 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 24 | - | Million Dollar Baby | $179,953 | - | 8 | - | $22,494 | $235,407 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 15 | The Grudge | $162,688 | -64.4% | 278 | -454 | $585 | $110,175,871 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 23 | Napoleon Dynamite | $124,804 | -12.8% | 177 | -41 | $705 | $44,140,989 | 28 | - |
| 27 | 18 | Shall We Dance? | $113,872 | -57.7% | 322 | -296 | $353 | $56,625,379 | 10 | Miramax |
| 28 | 24 | Being Julia | $109,926 | -22.8% | 118 | -18 | $931 | $3,366,787 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 22 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $108,663 | -25.9% | 100 | -27 | $1,086 | $9,817,689 | 46 | - |
| 30 | 25 | Bad Education | $102,524 | -24.1% | 8 | +3 | $12,815 | $857,344 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 27 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $98,787 | -12.6% | 2 | - | $49,393 | $311,689 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 19 | Saw | $87,289 | -65.4% | 178 | -307 | $490 | $55,091,862 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | 32 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $84,741 | +6.5% | 21 | -3 | $4,035 | $705,710 | 9 | IMAX |
| 34 | 16 | After the Sunset | $82,738 | -80.9% | 216 | -803 | $383 | $27,939,967 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 35 | 21 | Seed of Chucky | $68,272 | -62.3% | 165 | -221 | $413 | $17,016,190 | 6 | Rogue Pictures |
| 36 | 26 | Friday Night Lights | $62,385 | -46.3% | 154 | -116 | $405 | $61,113,215 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | 28 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $60,152 | -38.7% | 149 | -43 | $403 | $36,177,654 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 31 | I Heart Huckabees | $56,212 | -32.8% | 80 | -27 | $702 | $12,495,748 | 12 | - |
| 39 | - | The Sea Inside | $55,681 | - | 23 | - | $2,420 | $55,681 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 40 | 30 | The Machinist | $52,899 | -41.3% | 60 | -12 | $881 | $939,471 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 41 | 40 | Space Station 3D | $45,419 | -8.8% | 15 | +3 | $3,027 | $56,060,417 | 140 | IMAX |
| 42 | - | Beyond the Sea | $45,264 | - | 6 | - | $7,544 | $45,264 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | 34 | The Work and the Glory | $41,436 | -39.9% | 20 | -17 | $2,071 | $856,020 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 44 | 36 | Without a Paddle | $39,706 | -27.8% | 62 | -62 | $640 | $58,009,897 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 45 | 44 | Haunted Castle | $39,000 | +0.3% | 5 | - | $7,800 | $10,061,855 | 200 | - |
| 46 | 47 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $36,202 | +17.7% | 40 | +12 | $905 | $1,741,103 | 12 | - |
| 47 | 29 | Veer Zaara | $34,784 | -62% | 21 | -28 | $1,656 | $2,827,985 | 6 | Yash Raj Films |
| 48 | 37 | Ladder 49 | $34,146 | -34.2% | 104 | -56 | $328 | $73,381,280 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 41 | Vera Drake | $32,379 | -26.8% | 38 | -13 | $852 | $2,047,941 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 50 | 46 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $27,458 | -11.6% | 9 | - | $3,050 | $8,857,208 | 114 | Giant Screen Films |
| 51 | 48 | Bugs! | $26,815 | -9.1% | 22 | -2 | $1,218 | $13,960,851 | 93 | SK Films |
| 52 | 51 | Alfie | $26,521 | +5.2% | 121 | +56 | $219 | $13,351,235 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 53 | 35 | Team America: World Police | $26,178 | -54.2% | 73 | -92 | $358 | $32,676,213 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 54 | 45 | Garden State | $26,006 | -28.2% | 44 | -14 | $591 | $26,706,668 | 21 | - |
| 55 | 52 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $23,589 | +6.6% | 6 | - | $3,931 | $7,720,415 | 115 | Giant Screen Films |
| 56 | 38 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $22,644 | -55.8% | 98 | -60 | $231 | $95,149,435 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | 50 | Callas Forever | $16,877 | -37.7% | 11 | -5 | $1,534 | $283,402 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 58 | 65 | Paper Clips | $14,210 | +49.8% | 9 | +1 | $1,578 | $78,442 | 4 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 59 | 89 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $13,385 | +364.9% | 9 | +7 | $1,487 | $19,061 | 3 | Tartan |
| 60 | 54 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $13,218 | -23.5% | 19 | -1 | $695 | $19,460,154 | 41 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | 43 | Mr. 3000 | $12,712 | -69.7% | 61 | -87 | $208 | $21,800,302 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | 58 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $9,647 | -20.5% | 10 | - | $964 | $459,407 | 27 | Wellspring Media |
| 63 | 56 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $9,155 | -37.3% | 1 | - | $9,155 | $30,570 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 64 | 76 | Lightning in a Bottle | $8,012 | +45.3% | 8 | -2 | $1,001 | $121,386 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 55 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $8,007 | -48.9% | 3 | - | $2,669 | $47,394 | 9 | - |
| 66 | 42 | I Am David | $7,143 | -83.1% | 26 | -180 | $274 | $284,002 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 67 | 59 | I, Robot | $6,817 | -43.5% | 20 | -11 | $340 | $144,786,439 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | 63 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $6,244 | -37.1% | 2 | -3 | $3,122 | $49,597,499 | 322 | IMAX |
| 69 | 53 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $6,224 | -68% | 30 | -39 | $207 | $37,760,080 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 70 | 79 | Testosterone | $6,176 | +16.2% | 4 | +1 | $1,544 | $172,445 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 71 | 67 | Tarnation | $6,012 | -34.8% | 13 | - | $462 | $459,617 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 72 | 73 | Zelary | $5,943 | -8.5% | 14 | +1 | $424 | $326,182 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 70 | Rosenstrasse | $5,691 | -23% | 5 | -3 | $1,138 | $715,599 | 21 | IDP Distribution |
| 74 | 75 | Alien Adventure | $5,500 | -12% | 2 | - | $2,750 | $4,687,916 | 279 | - |
| 75 | 82 | Red Lights | $5,226 | +15.3% | 7 | +1 | $746 | $627,039 | 18 | Wellspring Media |
| 76 | 66 | Enduring Love | $4,729 | -48.9% | 13 | -12 | $363 | $346,691 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 77 | - | Imaginary Heroes | $4,696 | - | 2 | - | $2,348 | $4,696 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 64 | Fabled | $3,972 | -58.8% | 2 | -1 | $1,986 | $16,218 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 79 | 57 | Primer | $3,835 | -72.3% | 5 | -15 | $767 | $424,760 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 80 | 62 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $3,771 | -64.6% | 5 | -4 | $754 | $70,541 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 88 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $3,505 | +11.8% | 5 | +2 | $701 | $391,950 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 91 | Galapagos | $3,367 | +28.4% | 1 | -1 | $3,367 | $14,604,875 | 269 | IMAX |
| 83 | 69 | Bear Cub | $3,347 | -56.7% | 2 | -1 | $1,673 | $52,499 | 7 | TLA Releasing |
| 84 | 95 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,252 | +37.3% | 5 | +1 | $650 | $16,583,026 | 89 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 85 | 78 | After Midnight | $3,012 | -43.4% | 3 | +1 | $1,004 | $20,787 | 3 | Avatar Films |
| 86 | 71 | Our Music | $2,986 | -59.4% | 3 | -1 | $995 | $58,321 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 87 | 72 | L.A. Twister | $2,886 | -57.7% | 1 | -2 | $2,886 | $47,250 | 19 | Indican Pictures |
| 88 | 87 | Saints and Soldiers | $2,742 | -18.3% | 5 | -3 | $548 | $1,133,640 | 20 | Excel Entertainment |
| 89 | 86 | Days of Being Wild | $2,500 | -28% | 1 | - | $2,500 | $68,120 | 5 | Kino International |
| 90 | 104 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $2,306 | +34.4% | 3 | +1 | $768 | $84,493 | 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 91 | 60 | Birth | $2,228 | -81.4% | 21 | -34 | $106 | $4,760,168 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 92 | 97 | Head in the Clouds | $2,188 | -2.1% | 5 | +2 | $437 | $396,610 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 93 | - | Open My Heart | $2,049 | - | 1 | - | $2,049 | $2,049 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 94 | 94 | The Young Black Stallion | $1,996 | -18.1% | 3 | +1 | $665 | $6,590,067 | 52 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 95 | - | The Life | $1,964 | - | 1 | - | $1,964 | $1,964 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 96 | 81 | Postmen in the Mountains | $1,708 | -63.8% | 1 | -2 | $1,708 | $103,379 | 52 | Shadow Distribution |
| 97 | 116 | Godzilla | $1,539 | +87.2% | 2 | - | $769 | $412,520 | 33 | Rialto Pictures |
| 98 | 61 | Moolaadé | $1,460 | -86.3% | 2 | -2 | $730 | $104,499 | 10 | New Yorker Films |
| 99 | 96 | Cowboys and Angels | $1,367 | -41.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,367 | $33,700 | 14 | TLA Releasing |
| 100 | - | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,295 | - | 1 | - | $1,295 | $360,759 | 27 | Paramount Classics |
| 101 | 77 | A Talking Picture | $1,069 | -79.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,069 | $8,756 | 2 | Kino International |
| 102 | 117 | Bright Leaves | $1,013 | +57.3% | 2 | -1 | $506 | $62,018 | 17 | First Run |
| 103 | 110 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $967 | -12.1% | 1 | -1 | $967 | $25,166 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 104 | 112 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $950 | -9.5% | 1 | - | $950 | $7,030,900 | 304 | - |
| 105 | 99 | Dolls | $822 | -60.2% | 1 | - | $822 | $4,067 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 106 | 84 | Fade to Black | $788 | -81.7% | 4 | -7 | $197 | $728,243 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 107 | 90 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $703 | -73.9% | 2 | -1 | $351 | $36,073 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 108 | 109 | Guiana 1838 | $541 | -52.6% | 1 | - | $541 | $192,727 | 13 | RBC Radio |
| 109 | - | Love Me If You Dare | $375 | - | 1 | - | $375 | $553,504 | 31 | Paramount Classics |
| 110 | 122 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $304 | +44.1% | 1 | - | $304 | $341,920 | 28 | Dada Films |
| 111 | 114 | Dig! | $254 | -74.2% | 1 | -1 | $254 | $127,067 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 112 | 92 | The Deserted Station | $184 | -92.9% | 1 | - | $184 | $11,567 | 25 | First Run |
| 113 | 83 | Straight-Jacket | $6 | -99.9% | 1 | -3 | $6 | $19,201 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
