Domestic 2004 Week 1
January 2-8, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $35,881,255 | -60.4% | 3,703 | - | $9,689 | $298,111,838 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $25,420,935 | -54.7% | 3,307 | - | $7,687 | $89,396,493 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | Cold Mountain | $15,301,241 | -44.7% | 2,216 | +53 | $6,904 | $47,458,716 | 3 | Miramax |
| 4 | 4 | Something's Gotta Give | $15,281,402 | -44.3% | 2,808 | +99 | $5,442 | $84,787,955 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | Paycheck | $12,489,587 | -47.2% | 2,762 | - | $4,521 | $41,296,726 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 7 | Mona Lisa Smile | $10,794,260 | -50.6% | 2,714 | +37 | $3,977 | $52,500,232 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 7 | 6 | Peter Pan | $10,465,665 | -52.2% | 2,813 | - | $3,720 | $35,826,145 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | The Last Samurai | $9,987,290 | -40% | 2,401 | -156 | $4,159 | $92,630,908 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 20 | Calendar Girls | $6,173,383 | +185.3% | 745 | - | $8,286 | $8,689,495 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 14 | Big Fish | $3,665,826 | -17.8% | 125 | - | $29,326 | $9,575,584 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 10 | Bad Santa | $3,652,795 | -51.6% | 1,710 | - | $2,136 | $57,624,654 | 7 | Dimension Films |
| 12 | 11 | Stuck on You | $3,584,168 | -49.8% | 2,064 | -336 | $1,736 | $31,503,154 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 12 | The Haunted Mansion | $2,900,249 | -52% | 1,501 | -121 | $1,932 | $70,816,749 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 9 | Elf | $2,699,221 | -65.4% | 1,768 | -247 | $1,526 | $171,233,298 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 15 | 15 | House of Sand and Fog | $2,461,163 | -29.8% | 442 | +4 | $5,568 | $6,056,533 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 16 | 13 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $2,223,708 | -53.5% | 1,015 | -118 | $2,190 | $20,480,559 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 18 | 21 Grams | $1,938,686 | -18.7% | 289 | -2 | $6,708 | $7,869,980 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 21 | In America | $1,646,341 | -23.6% | 327 | - | $5,034 | $5,722,787 | 7 | - |
| 19 | 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,503,603 | -36.3% | 701 | - | $2,144 | $83,391,867 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 17 | Honey | $1,296,650 | -48.6% | 674 | -86 | $1,923 | $29,040,995 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 16 | The Cat in the Hat | $1,141,360 | -56.8% | 1,057 | -242 | $1,079 | $99,536,560 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | Love Actually | $986,530 | -39.9% | 406 | -2 | $2,429 | $57,683,690 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | The Young Black Stallion | $861,084 | -43.4% | 51 | - | $16,884 | $2,455,679 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 26 | Lost in Translation | $686,218 | -14.3% | 123 | +6 | $5,579 | $31,772,920 | 17 | Focus Features |
| 25 | 24 | Brother Bear | $634,770 | -45.6% | 532 | -32 | $1,193 | $83,403,009 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 27 | Mystic River | $568,884 | -15.1% | 201 | - | $2,830 | $54,459,591 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 25 | Gothika | $508,173 | -49.2% | 406 | - | $1,251 | $58,356,846 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 28 | The Cooler | $480,184 | -21.2% | 77 | - | $6,236 | $1,976,406 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | 29 | School of Rock | $357,352 | -32.3% | 237 | -42 | $1,507 | $80,324,776 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 43 | Monster | $337,037 | +61.7% | 14 | +6 | $24,074 | $562,243 | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 31 | 38 | The Triplets of Belleville | $309,415 | -17.3% | 43 | -3 | $7,195 | $1,124,232 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 37 | Red Nose | $309,183 | -17.7% | 44 | -14 | $7,026 | $1,840,693 | 6 | Christal Films |
| 33 | 36 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $304,413 | -21.1% | 26 | - | $11,708 | $959,305 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 34 | 32 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $261,729 | -39.3% | 336 | - | $778 | $20,717,143 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 31 | The Matrix Revolutions | $250,535 | -46.7% | 116 | - | $2,159 | $138,358,821 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 34 | Radio | $241,537 | -39.3% | 193 | -33 | $1,251 | $51,854,967 | 11 | Revolution Studios |
| 37 | 39 | Scary Movie 3 | $202,593 | -32% | 201 | +6 | $1,007 | $109,607,992 | 11 | Dimension Films |
| 38 | 30 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $198,276 | -61.5% | 39 | -6 | $5,084 | $3,029,156 | 10 | IMAX |
| 39 | 40 | The Station Agent | $189,594 | -25.2% | 105 | -18 | $1,805 | $4,689,943 | 14 | Miramax |
| 40 | 33 | Space Station 3D | $168,500 | -60.9% | 13 | -3 | $12,961 | $46,433,946 | 90 | IMAX |
| 41 | 42 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $160,449 | -26.2% | 158 | - | $1,015 | $43,371,830 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 41 | The Missing | $144,905 | -38.4% | 146 | - | $992 | $26,150,419 | 7 | Revolution Studios |
| 43 | 45 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $139,137 | -20% | 48 | -6 | $2,898 | $806,045 | 7 | Miramax |
| 44 | 44 | The Company | $128,843 | -32% | 11 | - | $11,713 | $352,717 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 53 | The Fog of War | $118,369 | -0.5% | 6 | +1 | $19,728 | $313,369 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 47 | Underworld | $115,582 | -23.2% | 103 | - | $1,122 | $51,928,256 | 16 | Screen Gems |
| 47 | 51 | Alexandra's Project | $105,202 | -19.4% | 10 | - | $10,520 | $296,993 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 48 | 50 | Runaway Jury | $97,190 | -29.3% | 110 | +3 | $883 | $49,050,781 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 49 | The Statement | $91,001 | -35.8% | 16 | -1 | $5,687 | $348,696 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 48 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $77,457 | -45.9% | 33 | -16 | $2,347 | $319,697 | 3 | - |
| 51 | 46 | Freaky Friday | $72,738 | -52.6% | 106 | -18 | $686 | $110,195,485 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 35 | LOC: Kargil | $69,670 | -82.3% | 56 | -2 | $1,244 | $616,553 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 53 | 56 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $62,922 | -14.5% | 38 | -10 | $1,655 | $69,677,818 | 13 | Miramax |
| 54 | 59 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $61,981 | -4.2% | 53 | +2 | $1,169 | $80,305,188 | 12 | New Line Cinema |
| 55 | - | Bugs! | $52,102 | - | 13 | - | $4,007 | $4,376,636 | 44 | SK Films |
| 56 | 61 | Shattered Glass | $49,686 | -1.6% | 35 | - | $1,419 | $2,128,485 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 57 | 62 | My Architect | $47,735 | +6.6% | 4 | +1 | $11,933 | $384,790 | 9 | New Yorker Films |
| 58 | 55 | Timeline | $47,274 | -44.5% | 270 | -50 | $175 | $19,125,356 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 59 | 60 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $42,130 | -25.3% | 3 | -1 | $14,043 | $46,880,496 | 272 | IMAX |
| 60 | 58 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $38,649 | -42.6% | 44 | -15 | $878 | $111,685,000 | 24 | Dimension Films |
| 61 | 80 | Japanese Story | $33,157 | +279.5% | 5 | - | $6,631 | $41,894 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 62 | 54 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $29,959 | -65.4% | 15 | -6 | $1,997 | $1,944,478 | 7 | Yash Raj Films |
| 63 | 64 | Intolerable Cruelty | $29,709 | -29.7% | 24 | -7 | $1,237 | $35,303,447 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 64 | 65 | Pieces of April | $29,524 | -13.4% | 28 | +3 | $1,054 | $2,405,676 | 12 | United Artists |
| 65 | - | Incantato | $28,058 | - | 8 | - | $3,507 | $79,491 | 3 | Odeon |
| 66 | 66 | Elephant | $27,519 | -10.9% | 13 | -1 | $2,116 | $1,266,955 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 67 | 63 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $24,379 | -42.9% | 6 | - | $4,063 | $15,290,096 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | 72 | Haunted Castle | $20,000 | <0.1% | 5 | - | $4,000 | $7,979,685 | 150 | - |
| 69 | 67 | Pride and Prejudice | $17,930 | -31.9% | 4 | - | $4,482 | $162,514 | 5 | Excel Entertainment |
| 70 | - | To Be and to Have | $15,903 | - | 5 | - | $3,180 | $549,531 | 16 | New Yorker Films |
| 71 | - | Secret Things | $15,036 | - | 1 | - | $15,036 | $15,036 | 1 | First Run |
| 72 | 70 | Out of Time | $14,446 | -35.2% | 12 | -27 | $1,203 | $41,070,138 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 73 | 71 | The Gospel of John | $13,308 | -33.7% | 14 | -4 | $950 | $3,100,306 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 74 | 77 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $13,218 | +8.1% | 7 | - | $1,888 | $380,687 | 16 | Artistic License |
| 75 | 74 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $12,391 | -16.7% | 3 | -1 | $4,130 | $8,039,917 | 26 | Odeon |
| 76 | - | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | $10,793 | - | 3 | - | $3,597 | $62,276 | 8 | Kino International |
| 77 | 68 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $10,478 | -59.4% | 27 | -7 | $388 | $305,413,918 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 78 | 73 | The Hebrew Hammer | $9,690 | -48.8% | 2 | -3 | $4,845 | $65,600 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | 69 | The Human Stain | $9,064 | -61.7% | 21 | -7 | $431 | $5,364,701 | 10 | Miramax |
| 80 | 83 | City of God | $8,804 | +3.8% | 6 | +2 | $1,467 | $4,795,285 | 51 | Miramax |
| 81 | 76 | The Bread, My Sweet | $8,550 | -37.7% | 5 | -1 | $1,710 | $996,622 | 156 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 82 | 82 | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,549 | -0.8% | 8 | - | $1,068 | $8,078,656 | 25 | Miramax |
| 83 | 79 | The Gatekeeper | $7,818 | -20.8% | 2 | - | $3,909 | $174,719 | 37 | - |
| 84 | 89 | Millennium Mambo | $7,364 | +149.1% | 1 | - | $7,364 | $10,320 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 85 | 57 | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $6,855 | -90.3% | 2 | -5 | $3,427 | $77,705 | 2 | Kino International |
| 86 | - | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $6,614 | - | 3 | - | $2,204 | $1,827,696 | 134 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 87 | - | AKA | $6,348 | - | 2 | - | $3,174 | $22,921 | 4 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 88 | - | Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times | $6,210 | - | 1 | - | $6,210 | $6,210 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 89 | 90 | Bus 174 | $5,487 | +126.5% | 3 | +2 | $1,829 | $168,247 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 90 | 91 | Bonhoeffer | $4,878 | +115% | 1 | - | $4,878 | $273,902 | 29 | First Run |
| 91 | 86 | Galapagos | $4,182 | +1.5% | 1 | -1 | $4,182 | $14,260,740 | 219 | IMAX |
| 92 | - | Porn Theatre | $4,094 | - | 1 | - | $4,094 | $29,170 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | 84 | Good Boy | $2,694 | -56.8% | 20 | -37 | $134 | $37,653,951 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 94 | 85 | Yossi & Jagger | $2,569 | -48.5% | 1 | - | $2,569 | $192,331 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 95 | - | The Weather Underground | $2,423 | - | 1 | - | $2,423 | $501,688 | 32 | Shadow Distribution |
| 96 | 88 | Party Monster | $2,415 | -22% | 1 | - | $2,415 | $732,224 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 97 | 95 | The Flower of Evil | $2,225 | +152.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,112 | $180,344 | 13 | Palm Pictures |
| 98 | 81 | Rivers and Tides | $2,009 | -76.9% | 1 | -2 | $2,009 | $2,198,237 | 81 | Roxie Releasing |
| 99 | 96 | The Singing Detective | $1,815 | +142% | 5 | +2 | $363 | $328,046 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 100 | 92 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $1,805 | -6.4% | 2 | - | $902 | $15,606,139 | 192 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | - | Seaside | $1,348 | - | 1 | - | $1,348 | $15,114 | 23 | First Run |
| 102 | 97 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,211 | +73.2% | 1 | - | $1,211 | $6,955,705 | 254 | - |
| 103 | - | Hukkle | $1,124 | - | 1 | - | $1,124 | $12,850 | 8 | Shadow Distribution |
| 104 | - | Blue Gate Crossing | $1,039 | - | 1 | - | $1,039 | $4,327 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | 93 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $744 | -44.1% | 1 | - | $744 | $974,693 | 19 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 106 | 101 | Carnage | $648 | +1,078.2% | 1 | - | $648 | $53,066 | 18 | Wellspring Media |
| 107 | - | Demonlover | $603 | - | 1 | - | $603 | $227,695 | 16 | Palm Pictures |
| 108 | 99 | Alien Adventure | $575 | +4.5% | 1 | - | $575 | $4,320,359 | 229 | - |
| 109 | 78 | The Animation Show | $556 | -94.4% | 2 | - | $278 | $305,162 | 18 | - |
| 110 | 98 | China: The Panda Adventure | $466 | -23.6% | 1 | - | $466 | $3,681,839 | 135 | IMAX |
| 111 | 75 | Postmen in the Mountains | $391 | -97.2% | 1 | - | $391 | $17,286 | 3 | Shadow Distribution |
| 112 | - | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | $202 | - | 1 | - | $202 | $15,232 | 20 | First Run |
