Domestic 2005 Weekend 1
January 7-9, 2005
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Meet the Fockers | $28,498,160 | -31.7% | 3,527 | +3 | $8,080 | $204,297,870 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | - | White Noise | $24,113,565 | - | 2,261 | - | $10,665 | $24,113,565 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | The Aviator | $7,600,000 | -32.1% | 1,867 | +71 | $4,070 | $42,900,000 | 4 | Miramax |
| 4 | 2 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $7,438,867 | -49% | 3,343 | -280 | $2,225 | $105,568,980 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Fat Albert | $5,748,443 | -43.5% | 2,675 | -69 | $2,148 | $41,022,439 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | Ocean's Twelve | $5,310,434 | -43.7% | 3,010 | -280 | $1,764 | $115,312,023 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 7 | Spanglish | $4,251,776 | -31.2% | 2,587 | +98 | $1,643 | $37,508,732 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 6 | National Treasure | $4,250,658 | -37.2% | 2,177 | -105 | $1,952 | $160,521,536 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | The Phantom of the Opera | $3,420,307 | -28.2% | 622 | - | $5,498 | $21,548,803 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 11 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $2,744,639 | -38% | 1,105 | - | $2,483 | $19,449,138 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Darkness | $2,300,000 | -48.9% | 1,714 | -4 | $1,341 | $20,300,000 | 3 | Dimension Films |
| 12 | 15 | Finding Neverland | $2,264,995 | -12.6% | 1,077 | +23 | $2,103 | $27,893,366 | 9 | Miramax |
| 13 | 8 | The Polar Express | $2,068,051 | -63.1% | 2,007 | -506 | $1,030 | $158,656,180 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 12 | The Incredibles | $2,057,544 | -50.5% | 1,619 | -96 | $1,270 | $254,738,382 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 27 | Million Dollar Baby | $1,920,418 | +607.4% | 109 | +100 | $17,618 | $3,107,704 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 17 | Sideways | $1,907,439 | -11.3% | 365 | -5 | $5,225 | $25,123,613 | 12 | - |
| 17 | 16 | Closer | $1,712,924 | -23.2% | 1,098 | +4 | $1,560 | $30,301,153 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 13 | Flight of the Phoenix | $1,578,988 | -48.2% | 1,643 | -730 | $961 | $19,351,986 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 14 | Blade: Trinity | $1,449,611 | -51.7% | 1,507 | -700 | $961 | $50,674,554 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 20 | 32 | Hotel Rwanda | $1,171,250 | +722.6% | 105 | +98 | $11,154 | $1,673,743 | 3 | United Artists |
| 21 | 19 | Beyond the Sea | $1,006,019 | -25% | 383 | - | $2,626 | $3,421,575 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | 20 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $858,303 | -31.1% | 842 | -226 | $1,019 | $83,126,525 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | Kinsey | $841,093 | +58.3% | 588 | +360 | $1,430 | $7,833,174 | 9 | - |
| 24 | 22 | A Very Long Engagement | $614,964 | -11.1% | 164 | -3 | $3,749 | $3,615,445 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 25 | 21 | House of Flying Daggers | $552,031 | -25.6% | 142 | -19 | $3,887 | $5,011,446 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | 24 | Ray | $374,295 | -16.7% | 394 | +51 | $949 | $72,143,190 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 27 | 18 | Christmas with the Kranks | $301,214 | -81.6% | 898 | -927 | $335 | $73,701,902 | 7 | Revolution Studios |
| 28 | 93 | Birth | $242,185 | +58,540.4% | 453 | +448 | $534 | $5,005,883 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 29 | 26 | Bad Education | $233,059 | -17.5% | 42 | -5 | $5,549 | $2,125,543 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 28 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $208,308 | +9.8% | 123 | +30 | $1,693 | $16,025,595 | 16 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 29 | Shall We Dance? | $174,928 | -2.4% | 300 | -6 | $583 | $57,395,414 | 13 | Miramax |
| 32 | 30 | Ladder 49 | $161,094 | -2.6% | 241 | -14 | $668 | $74,108,717 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 31 | In Good Company | $144,149 | -5% | 3 | - | $48,049 | $438,714 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 34 | 35 | The Woodsman | $141,019 | +69.7% | 34 | +21 | $4,147 | $381,528 | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 35 | 34 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $123,760 | -6.1% | 221 | +5 | $560 | $40,069,690 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 36 | 38 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $88,838 | +29.8% | 64 | +6 | $1,388 | $10,230,192 | 49 | - |
| 37 | 45 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $78,210 | +108.3% | 32 | +27 | $2,444 | $153,324 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 38 | 33 | Swades | $72,411 | -45.4% | 50 | -10 | $1,448 | $1,174,643 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 40 | After the Sunset | $68,504 | +8.7% | 159 | +13 | $430 | $28,226,095 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 40 | 36 | The Work and the Glory | $53,831 | -33.5% | 25 | +6 | $2,153 | $1,260,765 | 7 | Excel Entertainment |
| 41 | 41 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $52,810 | -15.8% | 88 | +11 | $600 | $36,436,447 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | 37 | The Merchant of Venice | $48,946 | -29.9% | 4 | - | $12,236 | $168,716 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | 39 | Space Station 3D | $46,965 | -26.5% | 6 | -3 | $7,827 | $56,595,670 | 143 | IMAX |
| 44 | 54 | The Sea Inside | $44,612 | +137.5% | 12 | +7 | $3,717 | $197,281 | 4 | Fine Line Features |
| 45 | 43 | Being Julia | $44,462 | -7.1% | 39 | -4 | $1,140 | $3,628,523 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 44 | Alexander | $42,775 | -9.7% | 73 | -159 | $585 | $34,072,020 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 51 | I Heart Huckabees | $41,654 | +59.4% | 45 | +2 | $925 | $12,654,923 | 15 | - |
| 48 | 42 | Napoleon Dynamite | $39,725 | -17.1% | 80 | -34 | $496 | $44,478,018 | 31 | - |
| 49 | 48 | Without a Paddle | $35,508 | +22.9% | 25 | - | $1,420 | $58,156,431 | 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 50 | - | Bugs! | $31,958 | - | 17 | - | $1,879 | $14,194,583 | 96 | SK Films |
| 51 | 46 | Haunted Castle | $30,000 | -7.7% | 5 | - | $6,000 | $10,187,855 | 203 | - |
| 52 | 47 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $25,367 | -13% | 13 | -5 | $1,951 | $19,591,509 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 53 | 50 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $25,226 | -6.6% | 8 | - | $3,153 | $8,934,272 | 117 | Giant Screen Films |
| 54 | 55 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,889 | +34.8% | 5 | - | $4,977 | $7,784,914 | 118 | Giant Screen Films |
| 55 | 53 | Vera Drake | $24,365 | +9.6% | 37 | +18 | $658 | $2,162,855 | 14 | Fine Line Features |
| 56 | - | Travelers and Magicians | $22,793 | - | 3 | - | $7,597 | $22,793 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 57 | 58 | Veer Zaara | $19,974 | +40.2% | 10 | - | $1,997 | $2,900,082 | 9 | Yash Raj Films |
| 58 | 56 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $15,289 | -10.9% | 4 | +1 | $3,822 | $102,433 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 59 | 49 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $14,285 | -49.4% | 6 | -2 | $2,380 | $69,028 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 60 | 73 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $13,659 | +186.7% | 3 | +2 | $4,553 | $49,686,271 | 325 | IMAX |
| 61 | 57 | Team America: World Police | $13,353 | -12.6% | 26 | -15 | $513 | $32,774,834 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 62 | 59 | The Machinist | $13,073 | -3.6% | 26 | - | $502 | $1,027,672 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 63 | 84 | Red Lights | $11,568 | +671.2% | 7 | +5 | $1,652 | $646,395 | 21 | Wellspring Media |
| 64 | 64 | Tarnation | $10,736 | +45.3% | 10 | +3 | $1,073 | $492,963 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 65 | 61 | Garden State | $9,753 | -9% | 17 | -7 | $573 | $26,770,913 | 24 | - |
| 66 | 62 | Callas Forever | $9,658 | -5.6% | 3 | -3 | $3,219 | $345,011 | 10 | Regent Releasing |
| 67 | 63 | Paper Clips | $9,233 | +8.5% | 7 | +1 | $1,319 | $128,768 | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 68 | - | Straight-Jacket | $8,916 | - | 3 | - | $2,972 | $29,975 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 69 | 52 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $8,586 | -63% | 5 | -8 | $1,717 | $1,540,520 | 12 | IMAX |
| 70 | 60 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $7,495 | -32.9% | 1 | - | $7,495 | $66,725 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 71 | 75 | Moolaadé | $6,458 | +56.6% | 3 | +1 | $2,152 | $119,378 | 13 | New Yorker Films |
| 72 | 79 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $6,405 | +153.7% | 4 | +2 | $1,601 | $43,353 | 6 | Tartan |
| 73 | 72 | Lightning in a Bottle | $5,978 | +21.5% | 8 | +2 | $747 | $146,648 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | - | Days of Being Wild | $5,455 | - | 1 | - | $5,455 | $76,499 | 8 | Kino International |
| 75 | - | Brother to Brother | $5,314 | - | 1 | - | $5,314 | $50,697 | 10 | Wolfe Releasing |
| 76 | 71 | Alfie | $5,088 | -4.4% | 14 | -6 | $363 | $13,395,939 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 77 | 66 | Our Music | $4,404 | -39.2% | 4 | +1 | $1,101 | $77,418 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 78 | 69 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $4,353 | -28.7% | 5 | +1 | $870 | $16,616,249 | 92 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 79 | 68 | The Young Black Stallion | $4,246 | -37.2% | 4 | - | $1,061 | $6,623,091 | 55 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 80 | - | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $4,130 | - | 5 | - | $826 | $144,852 | 14 | - |
| 81 | 70 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,076 | -33% | 2 | -1 | $2,038 | $77,233 | 12 | - |
| 82 | 74 | Alien Adventure | $4,000 | -11.1% | 2 | - | $2,000 | $4,710,716 | 282 | - |
| 83 | 81 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $3,900 | +81.9% | 3 | -4 | $1,300 | $1,780,019 | 15 | - |
| 84 | 67 | Postmen in the Mountains | $3,796 | -47.5% | 4 | +1 | $949 | $123,958 | 55 | Shadow Distribution |
| 85 | 76 | Galapagos | $3,627 | +15.3% | 1 | - | $3,627 | $14,622,503 | 272 | IMAX |
| 86 | 80 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $3,499 | +41.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,749 | $474,735 | 30 | Wellspring Media |
| 87 | 78 | Rosenstrasse | $2,382 | -19.3% | 4 | - | $595 | $732,036 | 24 | IDP Distribution |
| 88 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $2,306 | - | 1 | - | $2,306 | $29,372 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 89 | 65 | Bear Cub | $2,169 | -70.1% | 2 | -2 | $1,084 | $71,617 | 10 | TLA Releasing |
| 90 | 82 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $1,654 | -21.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,654 | $75,598 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | - | Testosterone | $1,520 | - | 2 | - | $760 | $177,492 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | 88 | Untold Scandal | $1,509 | +154% | 3 | +1 | $503 | $46,389 | 13 | Kino International |
| 93 | 95 | Enduring Love | $1,499 | +443.1% | 5 | +4 | $299 | $350,903 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 94 | - | Solitude | $1,480 | - | 2 | - | $740 | $1,480 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 95 | 86 | Saints and Soldiers | $1,263 | +32.3% | 2 | - | $631 | $1,143,095 | 23 | Excel Entertainment |
| 96 | - | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $1,085 | - | 1 | - | $1,085 | $39,185 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 97 | 89 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $966 | +75.3% | 1 | - | $966 | $25,184 | 8 | The Cinema Guild |
| 98 | 87 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $900 | +2.9% | 1 | - | $900 | $7,034,400 | 307 | - |
| 99 | - | The Raspberry Reich | $832 | - | 1 | - | $832 | $31,211 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | - | Anatomy of Hell | $723 | - | 1 | - | $723 | $33,267 | 16 | Tartan |
| 101 | - | Vodka Lemon | $640 | - | 1 | - | $640 | $33,648 | 14 | New Yorker Films |
| 102 | - | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $616 | - | 2 | - | $308 | $345,701 | 31 | Dada Films |
| 103 | 85 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $571 | -45.9% | 1 | - | $571 | $90,679 | 21 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 104 | - | Bright Leaves | $375 | - | 1 | - | $375 | $62,849 | 20 | First Run |
| 105 | 92 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $374 | -24% | 1 | - | $374 | $22,525 | 9 | First Run |
| 106 | - | The Brown Bunny | $317 | - | 1 | - | $317 | $366,301 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 107 | 96 | The Deserted Station | $310 | +162.7% | 1 | - | $310 | $12,363 | 28 | First Run |
| 108 | 77 | Wonderful Days | $294 | -90.3% | 1 | - | $294 | $5,738 | 2 | - |
