Domestic 2004 Week 36
September 3-9, 2004
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Without a Paddle | $10,166,019 | -13% | 2,756 | +26 | $3,688 | $41,006,011 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Paparazzi | $9,234,915 | - | 2,115 | - | $4,366 | $9,234,915 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 2 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $8,918,727 | -43.7% | 2,905 | - | $3,070 | $24,771,005 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | 4 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $8,362,834 | -23.8% | 3,139 | -192 | $2,664 | $86,326,308 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | - | Wicker Park | $7,922,924 | - | 2,598 | - | $3,049 | $7,922,924 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 6 | Collateral | $7,557,311 | -13.4% | 2,348 | -380 | $3,218 | $89,973,703 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | - | The Cookout | $6,893,156 | - | 1,303 | - | $5,290 | $6,893,156 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 9 | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,061,520 | -4.6% | 1,717 | -362 | $3,530 | $165,516,620 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $5,247,227 | -44.5% | 2,452 | -361 | $2,139 | $38,782,407 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 12 | Garden State | $4,472,929 | +10.3% | 813 | +68 | $5,501 | $16,595,011 | 7 | - |
| 11 | 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $4,320,836 | +36.7% | 886 | +180 | $4,876 | $27,777,518 | 13 | - |
| 12 | 8 | Open Water | $3,732,586 | -43.2% | 1,929 | -780 | $1,934 | $28,810,283 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 7 | Alien vs. Predator | $3,682,005 | -44.1% | 1,944 | -936 | $1,894 | $77,533,547 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 10 | Suspect Zero | $3,026,628 | -35.7% | 1,501 | +1 | $2,016 | $7,732,168 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,964,629 | -20.6% | 1,085 | -399 | $2,732 | $62,872,196 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | 11 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $2,812,920 | -34.3% | 1,276 | - | $2,204 | $7,095,238 | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 17 | 1 | Hero | $2,707,022 | -88.6% | 2,092 | +61 | $1,293 | $35,237,282 | 2 | Miramax |
| 18 | 16 | Spider-Man 2 | $1,709,811 | -19.6% | 807 | -379 | $2,118 | $370,078,207 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 19 | Vanity Fair | $1,435,025 | +26.1% | 1,051 | +50 | $1,365 | $7,406,660 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 15 | The Village | $1,232,098 | -50.7% | 751 | -809 | $1,640 | $112,347,167 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 18 | I, Robot | $1,053,050 | -37.1% | 551 | -452 | $1,911 | $142,019,137 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 20 | The Notebook | $856,448 | -18.1% | 562 | +81 | $1,523 | $78,686,529 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | 17 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie | $815,369 | -54.9% | 1,103 | -1,017 | $739 | $19,382,409 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 24 | De-Lovely | $656,750 | -12.5% | 320 | +13 | $2,052 | $12,487,960 | 10 | United Artists |
| 25 | 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $633,181 | -5.4% | 391 | - | $1,619 | $248,415,371 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 28 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $581,478 | +17.7% | 190 | +100 | $3,060 | $1,516,118 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 27 | 26 | Maria Full of Grace | $559,303 | +2.8% | 119 | -4 | $4,700 | $4,642,069 | 8 | Fine Line Features |
| 28 | 27 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $480,449 | -7.2% | 245 | -67 | $1,961 | $118,124,262 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | 22 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $477,407 | -42.5% | 406 | -353 | $1,175 | $3,478,708 | 3 | - |
| 30 | - | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $436,640 | - | 29 | - | $15,056 | $436,640 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 31 | 39 | Before Sunset | $405,555 | +115.3% | 197 | +109 | $2,058 | $5,244,269 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 32 | 29 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $381,928 | +20% | 43 | +3 | $8,882 | $2,988,082 | 31 | - |
| 33 | 32 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $317,450 | +8.5% | 238 | -9 | $1,333 | $113,763,872 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 23 | Little Black Book | $317,059 | -61.5% | 309 | -458 | $1,026 | $20,343,552 | 5 | Revolution Studios |
| 35 | 30 | Intimate Strangers | $313,700 | +2.7% | 94 | +3 | $3,337 | $1,534,310 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 36 | 36 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $272,558 | +24.5% | 58 | +2 | $4,699 | $18,453,438 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 35 | Garfield: The Movie | $255,047 | +14.1% | 209 | -27 | $1,220 | $75,026,721 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 38 | A Cinderella Story | $225,167 | +13.2% | 208 | +5 | $1,082 | $50,835,376 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 34 | King Arthur | $222,345 | -16.9% | 186 | -51 | $1,195 | $51,655,217 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 40 | 31 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $220,362 | -26% | 129 | -41 | $1,708 | $18,155,080 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 41 | 46 | Bugs! | $173,904 | +35.6% | 31 | - | $5,609 | $12,750,787 | 79 | SK Films |
| 42 | 51 | Festival Express | $159,317 | +34.9% | 43 | +9 | $3,705 | $847,956 | 7 | THINKFilm |
| 43 | 43 | The Day After Tomorrow | $156,693 | -4.4% | 129 | -49 | $1,214 | $186,402,045 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 50 | Mean Creek | $153,321 | +26.5% | 41 | +18 | $3,739 | $318,696 | 3 | Paramount Classics |
| 45 | 33 | Nicotina | $149,550 | -45.6% | 55 | -41 | $2,719 | $1,012,302 | 3 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 46 | 41 | The Door in the Floor | $140,662 | -14.8% | 76 | -7 | $1,850 | $3,563,241 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 47 | 52 | Rosenstrasse | $121,066 | +13.5% | 24 | +3 | $5,044 | $296,473 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 48 | 58 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $120,253 | +57.8% | 19 | +3 | $6,329 | $564,952 | 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 49 | 54 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $114,578 | +8.6% | 17 | - | $6,739 | $7,978,318 | 99 | Giant Screen Films |
| 50 | 45 | Riding Giants | $108,306 | -24.5% | 59 | -3 | $1,835 | $2,012,888 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 42 | Catwoman | $105,841 | -35.6% | 121 | -45 | $874 | $39,535,225 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | 60 | The Brown Bunny | $104,823 | +41.4% | 10 | +7 | $10,482 | $178,981 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 53 | 44 | A Day Without a Mexican | $104,617 | -30.4% | 36 | -6 | $2,906 | $3,503,047 | 17 | Televisa Cine |
| 54 | 49 | Dhoom | $87,449 | -31.2% | 29 | -3 | $3,015 | $214,563 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 55 | 115 | Red Lights | $87,304 | +2,831.6% | 4 | +3 | $21,826 | $95,306 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 56 | 61 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $84,868 | +15.5% | 24 | -2 | $3,536 | $1,545,295 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 57 | 59 | Saints and Soldiers | $84,574 | +14% | 25 | -1 | $3,382 | $595,306 | 5 | Excel Entertainment |
| 58 | 57 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $79,577 | -4.2% | 34 | -2 | $2,340 | $1,622,917 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 59 | 47 | The Stepford Wives | $75,300 | -41.1% | 63 | -70 | $1,195 | $59,460,391 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 60 | 68 | Bright Young Things | $68,617 | +27.7% | 15 | +10 | $4,574 | $189,109 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 61 | 64 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $63,270 | -3.6% | 53 | +14 | $1,193 | $769,562 | 7 | Miramax |
| 62 | 63 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $58,088 | -11.9% | 18 | - | $3,227 | $165,686 | 3 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 63 | 71 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $56,892 | +26.8% | 8 | - | $7,111 | $7,352,426 | 100 | Giant Screen Films |
| 64 | 56 | Around the World in 80 Days | $55,686 | -37.3% | 63 | -53 | $883 | $23,988,194 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 65 | 40 | Space Station 3D | $54,677 | -68.6% | 8 | -1 | $6,834 | $54,258,179 | 125 | IMAX |
| 66 | 66 | Super Size Me | $52,571 | -16.4% | 31 | -9 | $1,695 | $11,417,153 | 18 | IDP Distribution |
| 67 | 69 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $52,513 | +1.7% | 29 | +5 | $1,810 | $130,923 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 68 | 73 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $50,784 | +20.9% | 17 | - | $2,987 | $357,728 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 69 | 72 | Haunted Castle | $45,875 | +2.9% | 1 | -2 | $45,875 | $8,975,092 | 185 | - |
| 70 | 55 | A Home at the End of the World | $45,845 | -50.1% | 34 | -20 | $1,348 | $962,012 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 71 | 84 | The Hunting of the President | $41,313 | +138.7% | 17 | +7 | $2,430 | $338,913 | 12 | Regent Releasing |
| 72 | 70 | Phir Milenge | $36,867 | -23.8% | 22 | -5 | $1,675 | $85,237 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 73 | 76 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $36,135 | +3.5% | 4 | - | $9,033 | $102,850 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | 74 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $34,012 | -14% | 2 | -1 | $17,006 | $49,155,969 | 307 | IMAX |
| 75 | 81 | Bush's Brain | $33,689 | +50.8% | 9 | +3 | $3,743 | $71,477 | 3 | Tartan |
| 76 | 67 | Control Room | $30,437 | -44.4% | 18 | -11 | $1,690 | $2,424,630 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 77 | 65 | The Best Two Years | $27,740 | -56.7% | 29 | +8 | $956 | $1,055,108 | 29 | - |
| 78 | - | Remember Me, My Love | $25,213 | - | 2 | - | $12,606 | $25,213 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 79 | 78 | She Hate Me | $22,514 | -32.1% | 17 | -2 | $1,324 | $327,519 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | - | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $22,503 | - | 4 | - | $5,625 | $22,503 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 90 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $20,881 | +55% | 6 | -1 | $3,480 | $307,455 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 82 | 77 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $19,614 | -41.7% | 25 | -4 | $784 | $1,181,574 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 83 | 79 | Mean Girls | $17,620 | -35.8% | 13 | -66 | $1,355 | $86,050,784 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 84 | 82 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $16,461 | -26.2% | 5 | -7 | $3,292 | $2,339,216 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 85 | 83 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $15,431 | -12.7% | 7 | -2 | $2,204 | $186,679 | 7 | Vitagraph Films |
| 86 | 85 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $15,129 | -11.8% | 8 | +2 | $1,891 | $253,693 | 13 | Dada Films |
| 87 | 94 | Facing Windows | $13,971 | +22.4% | 6 | -2 | $2,328 | $511,862 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | 88 | Alien Adventure | $13,885 | -1.5% | 2 | - | $6,942 | $4,517,383 | 264 | - |
| 89 | 87 | Touch of Pink | $13,393 | -8.8% | 10 | - | $1,339 | $477,527 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 103 | The Mother | $11,648 | +74.3% | 5 | - | $2,329 | $883,163 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 91 | 80 | The Clearing | $11,538 | -55.7% | 12 | -11 | $961 | $5,727,515 | 10 | - |
| 92 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $10,929 | - | 1 | - | $10,929 | $10,929 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 93 | 106 | L.A. Twister | $10,154 | +100.2% | 2 | -2 | $5,077 | $26,868 | 4 | Indican Pictures |
| 94 | 101 | Bright Leaves | $8,225 | -1.8% | 1 | - | $8,225 | $20,250 | 3 | First Run |
| 95 | 99 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,704 | -18.8% | 3 | -1 | $2,568 | $16,471,993 | 74 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 96 | 105 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $6,836 | +30.1% | 3 | - | $2,278 | $603,661 | 19 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 97 | 95 | Imelda | $6,461 | -40.4% | 1 | -2 | $6,461 | $157,755 | 14 | Unico Entertainment |
| 98 | 86 | Chooch | $6,091 | -59.1% | 2 | -1 | $3,045 | $20,978 | 2 | Artistic License |
| 99 | - | Virgin | $6,074 | - | 1 | - | $6,074 | $6,074 | 1 | Artistic License |
| 100 | 98 | Proteus | $5,893 | -39.1% | 3 | +1 | $1,964 | $41,655 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 101 | 114 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $5,579 | +81.7% | 3 | -3 | $1,859 | $329,749 | 13 | Paramount Classics |
| 102 | 111 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $4,846 | +47.7% | 1 | - | $4,846 | $87,092 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 103 | 96 | This Old Cub | $4,560 | -57.5% | 2 | - | $2,280 | $270,014 | 24 | Emerging Pictures |
| 104 | 92 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $4,481 | -66.1% | 3 | -5 | $1,493 | $512,953 | 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 105 | 100 | The Return | $4,111 | -53.7% | 3 | -2 | $1,370 | $504,256 | 31 | Kino International |
| 106 | 112 | The Young Black Stallion | $3,932 | +21.1% | 1 | -1 | $3,932 | $6,512,741 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 107 | 116 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $3,870 | +32.1% | 2 | - | $1,935 | $15,154 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 108 | 117 | China: The Panda Adventure | $3,459 | +59.3% | 2 | -1 | $1,729 | $3,856,319 | 170 | IMAX |
| 109 | 107 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $3,454 | -29% | 1 | - | $3,454 | $62,495 | 12 | First Run |
| 110 | - | A Letter to True | $3,180 | - | 1 | - | $3,180 | $3,190 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 111 | 93 | Raising Helen | $2,860 | -78% | 8 | -12 | $357 | $37,486,512 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 112 | 109 | The Five Obstructions | $2,644 | -21% | 1 | - | $2,644 | $136,603 | 16 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 113 | 97 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $2,548 | -75.5% | 1 | - | $2,548 | $30,278 | 3 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 114 | 108 | Johnson Family Vacation | $2,382 | -46.2% | 4 | -7 | $595 | $31,203,964 | 23 | - |
| 115 | 113 | Distant | $2,293 | -26.8% | 1 | - | $2,293 | $89,952 | 26 | New Yorker Films |
| 116 | 89 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $1,820 | -87% | 2 | -4 | $910 | $107,265 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 117 | 121 | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $1,492 | -9.1% | 1 | - | $1,492 | $813,059 | 35 | Rialto Pictures |
| 118 | 91 | Godzilla | $1,404 | -89.4% | 1 | -3 | $1,404 | $387,089 | 18 | Rialto Pictures |
| 119 | 124 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,250 | +13.6% | 1 | - | $1,250 | $7,012,357 | 289 | - |
| 120 | - | Big Girls Don't Cry | $1,238 | - | 1 | - | $1,238 | $1,238 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 121 | 120 | Twist | $1,171 | -32.7% | 1 | - | $1,171 | $44,921 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 122 | 123 | Brothers in Arms | $850 | -32.4% | 2 | +1 | $425 | $2,107 | 2 | First Run |
| 123 | 126 | Love Me If You Dare | $623 | -33.5% | 3 | - | $207 | $542,175 | 16 | Paramount Classics |
| 124 | 127 | Father and Son | $500 | -32% | 1 | - | $500 | $35,279 | 12 | Wellspring Media |
| 125 | 110 | My Wife Maurice 2004 Re-release | $467 | -86% | 1 | - | $467 | $3,803 | 2 | TLA Releasing |
| 126 | - | Twentynine Palms | $350 | - | 1 | - | $350 | $54,211 | 22 | Wellspring Media |
