Domestic 2004 Weekend 52
December 24-26, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Meet the Fockers | $46,120,980 | - | 3,518 | - | $13,110 | $70,517,720 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $12,611,876 | -58% | 3,623 | +3 | $3,481 | $59,411,366 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | - | Fat Albert | $10,021,510 | - | 2,674 | - | $3,747 | $10,021,510 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 14 | The Aviator | $9,400,000 | +995.5% | 1,796 | +1,756 | $5,233 | $10,800,000 | 2 | Miramax |
| 5 | 2 | Ocean's Twelve | $8,401,175 | -53.6% | 3,290 | - | $2,553 | $86,600,224 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 4 | The Polar Express | $6,527,163 | -22.4% | 2,618 | -250 | $2,493 | $140,233,149 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | - | Darkness | $6,400,000 | - | 1,700 | - | $3,764 | $6,400,000 | 1 | Dimension Films |
| 8 | 3 | Spanglish | $4,641,492 | -47.4% | 2,441 | +3 | $1,901 | $18,181,748 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 31 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $4,547,181 | +4,503% | 1,105 | +1,103 | $4,115 | $4,955,054 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | - | The Phantom of the Opera | $4,001,890 | - | 622 | - | $6,433 | $6,323,567 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 6 | National Treasure | $3,964,473 | -34.2% | 2,201 | -571 | $1,801 | $141,064,753 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 5 | Blade: Trinity | $2,952,129 | -55.3% | 2,318 | -594 | $1,273 | $42,099,570 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | 8 | Flight of the Phoenix | $2,666,898 | -46.9% | 2,604 | - | $1,024 | $10,479,474 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 7 | Christmas with the Kranks | $2,586,277 | -51.8% | 2,135 | -806 | $1,211 | $68,835,654 | 5 | Revolution Studios |
| 15 | 10 | The Incredibles | $2,417,309 | -22.5% | 1,732 | -198 | $1,395 | $242,425,976 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 9 | Closer | $1,692,847 | -49.5% | 1,069 | -21 | $1,583 | $22,564,250 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 12 | Finding Neverland | $1,361,370 | -28.3% | 933 | -52 | $1,459 | $19,758,924 | 7 | Miramax |
| 18 | 13 | Sideways | $1,169,527 | -22.2% | 359 | -65 | $3,257 | $18,500,087 | 10 | - |
| 19 | 11 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $714,503 | -64.3% | 1,316 | -799 | $542 | $78,779,272 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | 15 | House of Flying Daggers | $662,342 | -18.5% | 165 | +20 | $4,014 | $2,733,303 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 22 | A Very Long Engagement | $453,025 | +88.9% | 167 | +143 | $2,712 | $1,297,120 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 22 | 17 | Kinsey | $331,067 | -34.6% | 234 | +43 | $1,414 | $5,738,379 | 7 | - |
| 23 | 18 | Swades | $260,486 | -38.7% | 70 | -4 | $3,721 | $793,401 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 16 | Ray | $252,270 | -54.1% | 274 | -344 | $920 | $70,794,580 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 30 | Bad Education | $244,614 | +138.6% | 50 | +42 | $4,892 | $1,233,665 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | 24 | Million Dollar Baby | $189,597 | +5.4% | 9 | +1 | $21,066 | $527,138 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 21 | Shark Tale | $175,755 | -35.2% | 407 | -4 | $431 | $159,991,234 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 28 | 23 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $127,386 | -37% | 92 | -67 | $1,384 | $15,358,121 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 29 | - | Hotel Rwanda | $100,091 | - | 7 | - | $14,298 | $142,386 | 1 | United Artists |
| 30 | 27 | Shall We Dance? | $94,499 | -17% | 341 | +19 | $277 | $56,799,575 | 11 | Miramax |
| 31 | 48 | Ladder 49 | $92,121 | +169.8% | 255 | +151 | $361 | $73,527,901 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 20 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $67,220 | -79.7% | 188 | -326 | $357 | $39,594,770 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | - | The Woodsman | $53,985 | - | 6 | - | $8,997 | $53,985 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 34 | 41 | Space Station 3D | $47,602 | +4.8% | 10 | -5 | $4,760 | $56,149,840 | 141 | IMAX |
| 35 | 29 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $45,244 | -58.4% | 54 | -46 | $837 | $9,947,085 | 47 | - |
| 36 | 28 | Being Julia | $42,090 | -61.7% | 57 | -61 | $738 | $3,458,068 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 26 | Napoleon Dynamite | $41,148 | -67% | 141 | -36 | $291 | $44,285,021 | 29 | - |
| 38 | 19 | Alexander | $41,134 | -89% | 232 | -390 | $177 | $33,894,584 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 37 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $37,208 | -38.1% | 99 | -50 | $375 | $36,249,002 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 42 | Beyond the Sea | $36,711 | -18.9% | 6 | - | $6,118 | $102,991 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 45 | Haunted Castle | $35,000 | -10.3% | 5 | - | $7,000 | $10,104,855 | 201 | - |
| 42 | 43 | The Work and the Glory | $32,691 | -21.1% | 17 | -3 | $1,923 | $941,924 | 5 | Excel Entertainment |
| 43 | 36 | Friday Night Lights | $30,680 | -50.8% | 104 | -50 | $295 | $61,188,085 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 44 | 34 | After the Sunset | $27,592 | -66.7% | 158 | -58 | $174 | $28,015,978 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 45 | 50 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,833 | -9.6% | 8 | -1 | $3,104 | $8,882,041 | 115 | Giant Screen Films |
| 46 | 55 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $21,152 | -10.3% | 5 | -1 | $4,230 | $7,741,567 | 116 | Giant Screen Films |
| 47 | 32 | Saw | $20,502 | -76.5% | 100 | -78 | $205 | $55,153,403 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 48 | 39 | The Sea Inside | $19,690 | -64.6% | 6 | -17 | $3,281 | $105,087 | 2 | Fine Line Features |
| 49 | 38 | I Heart Huckabees | $18,098 | -67.8% | 44 | -36 | $411 | $12,547,523 | 13 | - |
| 50 | 47 | Veer Zaara | $17,175 | -50.6% | 12 | -9 | $1,431 | $2,856,738 | 7 | Yash Raj Films |
| 51 | 49 | Vera Drake | $16,910 | -47.8% | 29 | -9 | $583 | $2,079,698 | 12 | Fine Line Features |
| 52 | 33 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $15,685 | -81.5% | 15 | -6 | $1,045 | $867,038 | 10 | IMAX |
| 53 | 60 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $15,636 | +18.3% | 18 | -1 | $868 | $19,484,860 | 42 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | - | In the Realms of the Unreal | $15,477 | - | 3 | - | $5,159 | $25,402 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 55 | 44 | Without a Paddle | $14,693 | -63% | 42 | -20 | $349 | $58,047,113 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | 57 | Callas Forever | $14,361 | -14.9% | 11 | - | $1,305 | $305,061 | 8 | Regent Releasing |
| 57 | 58 | Paper Clips | $13,183 | -7.2% | 7 | -2 | $1,883 | $97,625 | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 58 | 53 | Team America: World Police | $11,062 | -57.7% | 34 | -39 | $325 | $32,712,745 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 59 | 40 | The Machinist | $9,114 | -82.8% | 26 | -34 | $350 | $978,587 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 60 | 54 | Garden State | $8,367 | -67.8% | 28 | -16 | $298 | $26,728,534 | 22 | - |
| 61 | 68 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $6,728 | +7.8% | 2 | - | $3,364 | $49,614,882 | 323 | IMAX |
| 62 | 74 | Alien Adventure | $5,000 | -9.1% | 2 | - | $2,500 | $4,695,916 | 280 | - |
| 63 | 65 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,631 | -42.2% | 3 | - | $1,543 | $57,676 | 10 | - |
| 64 | 63 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $4,315 | -52.9% | 1 | - | $4,315 | $41,890 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 65 | 46 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $3,953 | -89.1% | 30 | -10 | $131 | $1,767,642 | 13 | - |
| 66 | 73 | Rosenstrasse | $3,941 | -30.8% | 4 | -1 | $985 | $722,399 | 22 | IDP Distribution |
| 67 | 67 | I, Robot | $3,422 | -49.8% | 16 | -4 | $213 | $144,795,350 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | 71 | Tarnation | $3,271 | -45.6% | 8 | -5 | $408 | $465,514 | 12 | Wellspring Media |
| 69 | 52 | Alfie | $3,144 | -88.1% | 32 | -89 | $98 | $13,373,140 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 70 | 62 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $3,000 | -68.9% | 6 | -4 | $500 | $466,227 | 28 | Wellspring Media |
| 71 | 64 | Lightning in a Bottle | $2,794 | -65.1% | 4 | -4 | $698 | $127,742 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 90 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $2,681 | +16.3% | 2 | -1 | $1,340 | $87,174 | 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 73 | 96 | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,429 | +42.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,214 | $106,884 | 53 | Shadow Distribution |
| 74 | 83 | Bear Cub | $2,369 | -29.2% | 3 | +1 | $789 | $55,922 | 8 | TLA Releasing |
| 75 | 87 | L.A. Twister | $2,312 | -19.9% | 1 | - | $2,312 | $50,980 | 20 | Indican Pictures |
| 76 | 94 | The Young Black Stallion | $2,276 | +14% | 4 | +1 | $569 | $6,596,608 | 53 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | 59 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $2,216 | -83.4% | 2 | -7 | $1,108 | $28,075 | 4 | Tartan |
| 78 | - | Vodka Lemon | $2,094 | - | 1 | - | $2,094 | $31,173 | 12 | New Yorker Films |
| 79 | 95 | The Life | $1,966 | +0.1% | 1 | - | $1,966 | $5,130 | 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 80 | 75 | Red Lights | $1,907 | -63.5% | 6 | -1 | $317 | $631,548 | 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 81 | 84 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $1,896 | -41.7% | 6 | +1 | $316 | $16,587,765 | 90 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 82 | - | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $1,631 | - | 3 | - | $543 | $138,363 | 12 | - |
| 83 | - | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $1,367 | - | 1 | - | $1,367 | $1,739,116 | 119 | IMAX |
| 84 | 104 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $900 | -5.3% | 1 | - | $900 | $7,032,100 | 305 | - |
| 85 | - | Untold Scandal | $816 | - | 1 | - | $816 | $43,160 | 11 | Kino International |
| 86 | 88 | Saints and Soldiers | $805 | -70.6% | 4 | -1 | $201 | $1,137,635 | 21 | Excel Entertainment |
| 87 | 107 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $790 | +12.4% | 2 | - | $395 | $37,212 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 88 | 91 | Birth | $778 | -65.1% | 10 | -11 | $77 | $4,762,244 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 89 | 93 | Open My Heart | $772 | -62.3% | 1 | - | $772 | $3,771 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | 103 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $750 | -22.4% | 1 | - | $750 | $26,316 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 91 | 86 | Our Music | $701 | -76.5% | 1 | -2 | $701 | $61,657 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 92 | - | Imelda | $650 | - | 1 | - | $650 | $200,747 | 29 | Unico Entertainment |
| 93 | - | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $531 | - | 1 | - | $531 | $22,729 | 6 | The Cinema Guild |
| 94 | - | Producing Adults | $459 | - | 1 | - | $459 | $935 | 1 | Wolfe Releasing |
| 95 | 70 | Testosterone | $432 | -93% | 2 | -2 | $216 | $175,972 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 96 | 78 | Fabled | $392 | -90.1% | 1 | -1 | $392 | $18,224 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 97 | 72 | Zelary | $340 | -94.3% | 1 | -13 | $340 | $329,063 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 98 | - | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $314 | - | 3 | - | $104 | $21,841 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 99 | 106 | Fade to Black | $271 | -65.6% | 5 | +1 | $54 | $728,802 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 100 | 76 | Enduring Love | $271 | -94.3% | 5 | -8 | $54 | $348,841 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 101 | 102 | Bright Leaves | $222 | -78.1% | 1 | -1 | $222 | $62,474 | 18 | First Run |
| 102 | 101 | A Talking Picture | $152 | -85.8% | 1 | - | $152 | $9,940 | 3 | Kino International |
| 103 | 92 | Head in the Clouds | $122 | -94.4% | 2 | -3 | $61 | $397,874 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
