Domestic 2004 Week 37
September 10-16, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $28,374,671 | - | 3,284 | - | $8,640 | $28,374,671 | 1 | Screen Gems |
| 2 | - | Cellular | $12,914,026 | - | 2,749 | - | $4,697 | $12,914,026 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | 17 | Hero | $6,021,848 | +122.5% | 2,175 | +83 | $2,768 | $43,253,653 | 3 | Miramax |
| 4 | 1 | Without a Paddle | $5,688,110 | -44% | 2,754 | -2 | $2,065 | $46,694,121 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Paparazzi | $3,739,038 | -59.5% | 2,153 | +38 | $1,736 | $12,973,953 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 6 | Collateral | $3,730,974 | -50.6% | 2,024 | -324 | $1,843 | $93,704,677 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 7 | 4 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $3,624,549 | -56.7% | 2,452 | -687 | $1,478 | $89,950,857 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 19 | Vanity Fair | $3,534,254 | +146.3% | 1,054 | +3 | $3,353 | $12,016,579 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 9 | 3 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $3,439,819 | -61.4% | 2,544 | -361 | $1,352 | $28,210,824 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 10 | 5 | Wicker Park | $3,362,844 | -57.6% | 2,598 | - | $1,294 | $11,285,768 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $3,279,470 | -24.1% | 921 | +35 | $3,560 | $31,056,988 | 14 | - |
| 12 | 8 | The Bourne Supremacy | $3,115,590 | -48.6% | 1,494 | -223 | $2,085 | $168,632,210 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 7 | The Cookout | $2,777,421 | -59.7% | 1,303 | - | $2,131 | $9,670,577 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 10 | Garden State | $2,710,998 | -39.4% | 800 | -13 | $3,388 | $19,306,009 | 8 | - |
| 15 | 9 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $1,738,917 | -66.9% | 1,603 | -849 | $1,084 | $40,521,324 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 15 | The Manchurian Candidate | $1,383,293 | -53.3% | 886 | -199 | $1,561 | $64,255,489 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | Alien vs. Predator | $1,347,956 | -63.4% | 1,205 | -739 | $1,118 | $78,881,503 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 12 | Open Water | $1,122,451 | -69.9% | 1,007 | -922 | $1,114 | $29,932,734 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 16 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $1,059,105 | -62.3% | 1,276 | - | $830 | $8,154,343 | 3 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 20 | 18 | Spider-Man 2 | $747,254 | -56.3% | 476 | -331 | $1,569 | $370,825,461 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 14 | Suspect Zero | $724,300 | -76.1% | 1,244 | -257 | $582 | $8,456,468 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | The Notebook | $638,008 | -25.5% | 468 | -94 | $1,363 | $79,324,537 | 12 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | 32 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $480,079 | +25.7% | 71 | +28 | $6,761 | $3,463,661 | 32 | - |
| 24 | 20 | The Village | $474,868 | -61.5% | 442 | -309 | $1,074 | $112,822,035 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 21 | I, Robot | $450,888 | -57.2% | 374 | -177 | $1,205 | $142,470,025 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 27 | Maria Full of Grace | $417,158 | -25.4% | 127 | +8 | $3,284 | $5,059,227 | 9 | Fine Line Features |
| 27 | - | Criminal | $390,966 | - | 77 | - | $5,077 | $390,966 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 28 | 24 | De-Lovely | $356,232 | -45.8% | 293 | -27 | $1,215 | $12,844,192 | 11 | United Artists |
| 29 | 34 | Little Black Book | $355,116 | +12% | 133 | -176 | $2,670 | $20,698,668 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 30 | 28 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $312,837 | -34.9% | 220 | -25 | $1,421 | $118,437,099 | 13 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 26 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $287,304 | -50.6% | 164 | -26 | $1,751 | $1,803,422 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 32 | 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $269,395 | -57.5% | 321 | -70 | $839 | $248,684,766 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 30 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $235,229 | -46.1% | 31 | +2 | $7,588 | $671,863 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 34 | 31 | Before Sunset | $199,557 | -50.8% | 140 | -57 | $1,425 | $5,443,826 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 35 | 23 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $199,262 | -75.6% | 445 | -658 | $447 | $19,581,671 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 33 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $192,278 | -39.4% | 191 | -47 | $1,006 | $113,956,150 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 38 | A Cinderella Story | $179,870 | -20.1% | 333 | +125 | $540 | $51,015,246 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 35 | Intimate Strangers | $179,300 | -42.8% | 90 | -4 | $1,992 | $1,713,610 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 39 | 60 | Bright Young Things | $170,557 | +148.6% | 35 | +20 | $4,873 | $359,666 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 40 | 29 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $158,083 | -66.9% | 262 | -144 | $603 | $3,636,791 | 4 | - |
| 41 | 55 | Red Lights | $117,881 | +35% | 17 | +13 | $6,934 | $213,187 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 42 | 65 | Space Station 3D | $115,402 | +111.1% | 12 | +4 | $9,616 | $54,373,581 | 126 | IMAX |
| 43 | 36 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $115,253 | -57.7% | 50 | -8 | $2,305 | $18,568,691 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 49 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $109,487 | -4.4% | 17 | - | $6,440 | $8,087,805 | 100 | Giant Screen Films |
| 45 | 39 | King Arthur | $99,846 | -55.1% | 120 | -66 | $832 | $51,755,063 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 46 | The Door in the Floor | $99,166 | -29.5% | 72 | -4 | $1,377 | $3,662,408 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 47 | 40 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $95,470 | -56.7% | 102 | -27 | $935 | $18,250,550 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 48 | 43 | The Day After Tomorrow | $94,312 | -39.8% | 99 | -30 | $952 | $186,496,357 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 41 | Bugs! | $88,875 | -48.9% | 31 | - | $2,866 | $12,839,662 | 80 | SK Films |
| 50 | 42 | Festival Express | $88,772 | -44.3% | 41 | -2 | $2,165 | $936,728 | 8 | THINKFilm |
| 51 | 37 | Garfield: The Movie | $85,690 | -66.4% | 142 | -67 | $603 | $75,112,411 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 50 | Riding Giants | $84,001 | -22.4% | 44 | -15 | $1,909 | $2,096,889 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 44 | Mean Creek | $76,034 | -50.4% | 36 | -5 | $2,112 | $394,730 | 4 | Paramount Classics |
| 54 | 48 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $74,390 | -38.1% | 19 | - | $3,915 | $639,450 | 16 | Newmarket Films |
| 55 | 52 | The Brown Bunny | $74,231 | -29.2% | 19 | +9 | $3,906 | $253,212 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 56 | 57 | Saints and Soldiers | $70,671 | -16.4% | 33 | +8 | $2,141 | $665,977 | 6 | Excel Entertainment |
| 57 | 47 | Rosenstrasse | $65,444 | -45.9% | 24 | - | $2,726 | $361,917 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 58 | 45 | Nicotina | $61,761 | -58.7% | 31 | -24 | $1,992 | $1,074,063 | 4 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 59 | 66 | Super Size Me | $57,069 | +8.6% | 43 | +12 | $1,327 | $11,474,222 | 19 | IDP Distribution |
| 60 | 56 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $56,409 | -33.5% | 21 | -3 | $2,686 | $1,601,704 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | 53 | A Day Without a Mexican | $49,219 | -53% | 22 | -14 | $2,237 | $3,552,266 | 18 | Televisa Cine |
| 62 | 69 | Haunted Castle | $48,715 | +6.2% | 3 | +2 | $16,238 | $9,023,807 | 186 | - |
| 63 | - | When Will I Be Loved | $47,728 | - | 8 | - | $5,966 | $47,728 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 64 | - | Testosterone | $43,847 | - | 4 | - | $10,961 | $43,847 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 65 | 73 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $43,408 | +20.1% | 5 | +1 | $8,681 | $146,255 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 66 | 51 | Catwoman | $40,338 | -61.9% | 65 | -56 | $620 | $39,575,563 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 61 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $39,862 | -37% | 42 | -11 | $949 | $809,424 | 8 | Miramax |
| 68 | 58 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $39,615 | -50.2% | 23 | -11 | $1,722 | $1,662,532 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 69 | 63 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $38,485 | -32.4% | 6 | -2 | $6,414 | $7,390,911 | 101 | Giant Screen Films |
| 70 | 62 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $37,649 | -35.2% | 22 | +4 | $1,711 | $203,335 | 4 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 71 | 78 | Remember Me, My Love | $33,631 | +33.4% | 7 | +5 | $4,804 | $58,844 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 72 | 76 | Control Room | $31,949 | +5% | 18 | - | $1,774 | $2,456,579 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 85 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $31,405 | +103.5% | 11 | +4 | $2,855 | $218,084 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 74 | 68 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $30,527 | -39.9% | 18 | +1 | $1,695 | $388,255 | 6 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 75 | 75 | Bush's Brain | $25,416 | -24.6% | 5 | -4 | $5,083 | $96,893 | 4 | Tartan |
| 76 | 89 | Touch of Pink | $23,986 | +79.1% | 10 | - | $2,398 | $501,513 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | 71 | The Hunting of the President | $23,848 | -42.3% | 20 | +3 | $1,192 | $362,090 | 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 78 | 74 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $23,054 | -32.2% | 2 | - | $11,527 | $49,179,023 | 308 | IMAX |
| 79 | - | Reconstruction | $20,866 | - | 2 | - | $10,433 | $20,866 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 80 | 70 | A Home at the End of the World | $20,277 | -55.8% | 23 | -11 | $881 | $982,289 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 81 | 64 | Around the World in 80 Days | $19,943 | -64.2% | 27 | -36 | $738 | $24,008,137 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 82 | 59 | The Stepford Wives | $19,531 | -74.1% | 36 | -27 | $542 | $59,479,922 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 83 | 80 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $19,281 | -14.3% | 9 | +5 | $2,142 | $41,784 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | - | Malevolence | $17,544 | - | 2 | - | $8,772 | $17,544 | 1 | - |
| 85 | 67 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $16,415 | -68.7% | 20 | -9 | $820 | $147,338 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 86 | 82 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $15,496 | -21% | 20 | -5 | $774 | $1,197,070 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 87 | 88 | Alien Adventure | $14,150 | +1.9% | 2 | - | $7,075 | $4,531,533 | 265 | - |
| 88 | 91 | The Clearing | $13,833 | +19.9% | 16 | +4 | $864 | $5,741,348 | 11 | - |
| 89 | 84 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $13,119 | -20.3% | 7 | +2 | $1,874 | $2,352,335 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 79 | She Hate Me | $12,885 | -42.8% | 14 | -3 | $920 | $340,404 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 91 | 109 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $12,619 | +265.3% | 1 | - | $12,619 | $66,602 | 13 | First Run |
| 92 | 87 | Facing Windows | $11,438 | -18.1% | 11 | +5 | $1,039 | $523,300 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 93 | 86 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $10,622 | -29.8% | - | - | - | $264,315 | 14 | Dada Films |
| 94 | 90 | The Mother | $9,580 | -17.8% | 7 | +2 | $1,368 | $892,743 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 77 | The Best Two Years | $9,488 | -65.8% | 5 | -24 | $1,897 | $1,064,596 | 30 | - |
| 96 | 81 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $9,266 | -55.6% | 4 | -2 | $2,316 | $316,721 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 97 | 110 | A Letter to True | $7,200 | +126.4% | 1 | - | $7,200 | $10,380 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 98 | 104 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $7,164 | +59.9% | 9 | +6 | $796 | $519,707 | 21 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 99 | 72 | Phir Milenge | $6,731 | -81.7% | 18 | -4 | $373 | $91,968 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 100 | 112 | The Five Obstructions | $6,290 | +137.9% | 2 | +1 | $3,145 | $142,893 | 17 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 101 | - | Bulgarian Lovers | $5,531 | - | 1 | - | $5,531 | $60,712 | 20 | TLA Releasing |
| 102 | 95 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $4,579 | -40.6% | 3 | - | $1,526 | $16,476,572 | 75 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 103 | - | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $4,108 | - | 2 | - | $2,054 | $55,465 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 93 | L.A. Twister | $3,924 | -61.4% | 1 | -1 | $3,924 | $30,792 | 5 | Indican Pictures |
| 105 | 116 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $3,108 | +70.8% | 4 | +2 | $777 | $110,373 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | 101 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,877 | -48.4% | 4 | +1 | $719 | $332,626 | 14 | Paramount Classics |
| 107 | 106 | The Young Black Stallion | $2,435 | -38.1% | 1 | - | $2,435 | $6,515,176 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 108 | 107 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,213 | -42.8% | 1 | -1 | $2,213 | $17,367 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 109 | 97 | Imelda | $2,001 | -69% | 1 | - | $2,001 | $159,756 | 15 | Unico Entertainment |
| 110 | 98 | Chooch | $1,967 | -67.7% | 2 | - | $983 | $22,945 | 3 | Artistic License |
| 111 | 123 | Love Me If You Dare | $1,831 | +193.9% | 3 | - | $610 | $544,006 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 112 | 108 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,667 | -51.8% | 2 | - | $833 | $3,857,986 | 171 | IMAX |
| 113 | 99 | Virgin | $1,415 | -76.7% | 1 | - | $1,415 | $7,489 | 2 | Artistic License |
| 114 | 119 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,273 | +1.8% | 1 | - | $1,273 | $7,013,630 | 290 | - |
| 115 | - | Grand Champion | $1,214 | - | 5 | - | $242 | $32,049 | 3 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 116 | 113 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,048 | -58.9% | 1 | - | $1,048 | $32,086 | 4 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 117 | 118 | Godzilla | $1,000 | -28.8% | 4 | +3 | $250 | $388,089 | 19 | Rialto Pictures |
| 118 | 121 | Twist | $831 | -29% | 1 | - | $831 | $45,752 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | - | The Mudge Boy | $804 | - | 1 | - | $804 | $62,852 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | 124 | Father and Son | $652 | +30.4% | 1 | - | $652 | $35,931 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 121 | - | Lost Boys of Sudan | $485 | - | 2 | - | $242 | $179,499 | 56 | Shadow Distribution |
| 122 | 126 | Twentynine Palms | $312 | -10.9% | 1 | - | $312 | $54,523 | 23 | Wellspring Media |
| 123 | 122 | Brothers in Arms | $252 | -70.4% | 1 | -1 | $252 | $2,359 | 3 | First Run |
