Domestic 2004 Week 38
September 17-23, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $18,859,158 | - | 3,170 | - | $5,949 | $18,859,158 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $11,053,000 | -61% | 3,284 | - | $3,365 | $39,427,671 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 3 | - | Mr. 3000 | $10,324,021 | - | 2,736 | - | $3,773 | $10,324,021 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | - | Wimbledon | $8,797,030 | - | 2,034 | - | $4,324 | $8,797,030 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Cellular | $8,496,841 | -34.2% | 2,749 | - | $3,090 | $21,410,867 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 4 | Without a Paddle | $4,435,488 | -22% | 2,610 | -144 | $1,699 | $51,129,609 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 3 | Hero | $3,733,288 | -38% | 1,926 | -249 | $1,938 | $46,986,941 | 4 | Miramax |
| 8 | 6 | Collateral | $2,969,956 | -20.4% | 1,605 | -419 | $1,850 | $96,674,633 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 9 | 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,856,343 | -12.9% | 1,024 | +103 | $2,789 | $33,913,331 | 15 | - |
| 10 | 12 | The Bourne Supremacy | $2,354,380 | -24.4% | 1,236 | -258 | $1,904 | $170,986,590 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $2,286,216 | -36.9% | 1,902 | -550 | $1,202 | $92,237,073 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 14 | Garden State | $2,120,647 | -21.8% | 755 | -45 | $2,808 | $21,426,656 | 9 | - |
| 13 | 8 | Vanity Fair | $2,100,781 | -40.6% | 995 | -59 | $2,111 | $14,117,360 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 14 | 9 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $1,890,772 | -45% | 1,710 | -834 | $1,105 | $30,101,596 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 15 | 5 | Paparazzi | $1,768,172 | -52.7% | 1,467 | -686 | $1,205 | $14,742,125 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 10 | Wicker Park | $1,297,516 | -61.4% | 1,444 | -1,154 | $898 | $12,583,284 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | 13 | The Cookout | $1,132,562 | -59.2% | 851 | -452 | $1,330 | $10,803,139 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 18 | 16 | The Manchurian Candidate | $753,629 | -45.5% | 628 | -258 | $1,200 | $65,009,118 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 25 | I, Robot | $689,538 | +52.9% | 978 | +604 | $705 | $143,159,563 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 15 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $663,319 | -61.9% | 705 | -898 | $940 | $41,184,643 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 19 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $586,408 | -44.6% | 941 | -335 | $623 | $8,740,751 | 4 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 22 | 23 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $520,684 | +8.5% | 88 | +17 | $5,916 | $3,988,845 | 33 | - |
| 23 | 22 | The Notebook | $488,728 | -23.4% | 390 | -78 | $1,253 | $79,813,265 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 24 | 17 | Alien vs. Predator | $443,045 | -67.1% | 524 | -681 | $845 | $79,324,548 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | - | Silver City | $440,955 | - | 114 | - | $3,868 | $440,955 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 26 | 20 | Spider-Man 2 | $422,643 | -43.4% | 261 | -215 | $1,619 | $371,248,104 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | - | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $413,938 | - | 47 | - | $8,807 | $413,938 | 1 | - |
| 28 | - | Gold Diggers | $403,164 | - | 1,062 | - | $379 | $403,164 | 1 | - |
| 29 | 26 | Maria Full of Grace | $379,886 | -8.9% | 125 | -2 | $3,039 | $5,439,113 | 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 30 | 18 | Open Water | $318,092 | -71.7% | 294 | -713 | $1,081 | $30,250,826 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 24 | The Village | $280,243 | -41% | 264 | -178 | $1,061 | $113,102,278 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 66 | Catwoman | $264,007 | +554.5% | 230 | +165 | $1,147 | $39,839,570 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 27 | Criminal | $254,741 | -34.8% | 87 | +10 | $2,928 | $645,707 | 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 34 | 28 | De-Lovely | $221,833 | -37.7% | 212 | -81 | $1,046 | $13,066,025 | 12 | United Artists |
| 35 | 61 | A Day Without a Mexican | $217,290 | +341.5% | 67 | +45 | $3,243 | $3,769,556 | 19 | Televisa Cine |
| 36 | 32 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $209,251 | -22.3% | 228 | -93 | $917 | $248,894,017 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 30 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $193,310 | -38.2% | 162 | -58 | $1,193 | $118,630,409 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 39 | Bright Young Things | $183,506 | +7.6% | 65 | +30 | $2,823 | $543,172 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 39 | 21 | Suspect Zero | $165,334 | -77.2% | 319 | -925 | $518 | $8,621,802 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 34 | Before Sunset | $152,472 | -23.6% | 87 | -53 | $1,752 | $5,596,298 | 12 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 41 | 37 | A Cinderella Story | $146,878 | -18.3% | 290 | -43 | $506 | $51,162,124 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 33 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $146,474 | -37.7% | 33 | +2 | $4,438 | $818,343 | 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 43 | 36 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $135,305 | -29.6% | 181 | -10 | $747 | $114,091,455 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 31 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $129,027 | -55.1% | 77 | -87 | $1,675 | $1,932,449 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 45 | 38 | Intimate Strangers | $128,287 | -28.5% | 72 | -18 | $1,781 | $1,841,897 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 46 | 48 | The Day After Tomorrow | $110,424 | +17.1% | 184 | +85 | $600 | $186,606,781 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 43 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $106,321 | -7.7% | 46 | -4 | $2,311 | $18,675,012 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 44 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $102,512 | -6.4% | 15 | -2 | $6,834 | $8,190,317 | 101 | Giant Screen Films |
| 49 | 49 | Bugs! | $98,532 | +10.9% | 30 | -1 | $3,284 | $12,938,194 | 81 | SK Films |
| 50 | 41 | Red Lights | $87,494 | -25.8% | 18 | +1 | $4,860 | $300,681 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 51 | 46 | The Door in the Floor | $87,314 | -12% | 55 | -17 | $1,587 | $3,749,722 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 52 | 51 | Garfield: The Movie | $84,768 | -1.1% | 149 | +7 | $568 | $75,197,179 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 53 | Mean Creek | $83,792 | +10.2% | 47 | +11 | $1,782 | $478,522 | 5 | Paramount Classics |
| 54 | 35 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $75,751 | -62% | 166 | -279 | $456 | $19,657,422 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 42 | Space Station 3D | $75,135 | -34.9% | 14 | +2 | $5,366 | $54,448,716 | 127 | IMAX |
| 56 | 40 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $67,135 | -57.5% | 126 | -136 | $532 | $3,703,926 | 5 | - |
| 57 | - | Head in the Clouds | $64,811 | - | 10 | - | $6,481 | $64,811 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | 52 | Riding Giants | $63,703 | -24.2% | 39 | -5 | $1,633 | $2,160,592 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 50 | Festival Express | $59,868 | -32.6% | 37 | -4 | $1,618 | $996,596 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 60 | 45 | King Arthur | $56,723 | -43.2% | 65 | -55 | $872 | $51,811,786 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 61 | 56 | Saints and Soldiers | $56,429 | -20.2% | 31 | -2 | $1,820 | $722,406 | 7 | Excel Entertainment |
| 62 | 65 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $54,685 | +26% | 10 | +5 | $5,468 | $200,940 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 63 | 60 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $53,346 | -5.4% | 24 | +3 | $2,222 | $1,655,050 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 64 | 62 | Haunted Castle | $52,500 | +7.8% | 3 | - | $17,500 | $9,076,307 | 187 | - |
| 65 | 57 | Rosenstrasse | $45,689 | -30.2% | 21 | -3 | $2,175 | $407,606 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 66 | 68 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $45,015 | +13.6% | 17 | -6 | $2,647 | $1,707,547 | 16 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | 54 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $45,014 | -39.5% | 22 | +3 | $2,046 | $684,356 | 17 | Newmarket Films |
| 68 | - | Zelary | $41,010 | - | 6 | - | $6,835 | $41,010 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 95 | The Best Two Years | $39,702 | +318.4% | 8 | +3 | $4,962 | $1,104,298 | 31 | - |
| 70 | - | A Dirty Shame | $39,201 | - | 1 | - | $39,201 | $39,201 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 71 | 59 | Super Size Me | $38,942 | -31.8% | 30 | -13 | $1,298 | $11,513,164 | 20 | IDP Distribution |
| 72 | 63 | When Will I Be Loved | $36,470 | -23.6% | 10 | +2 | $3,647 | $84,198 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 73 | 55 | The Brown Bunny | $35,393 | -52.3% | 12 | -7 | $2,949 | $288,605 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 74 | 72 | Control Room | $34,094 | +6.7% | 19 | +1 | $1,794 | $2,490,673 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 69 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $31,983 | -16.9% | 5 | -1 | $6,396 | $7,422,894 | 102 | Giant Screen Films |
| 76 | 73 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $31,264 | -0.4% | 11 | - | $2,842 | $249,348 | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 77 | 74 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $31,029 | +1.6% | 18 | - | $1,723 | $419,284 | 7 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 78 | 75 | Bush's Brain | $28,833 | +13.4% | 7 | +2 | $4,119 | $125,726 | 5 | Tartan |
| 79 | 67 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $26,899 | -32.5% | 25 | -17 | $1,075 | $836,323 | 9 | Miramax |
| 80 | 64 | Testosterone | $24,905 | -43.2% | 3 | -1 | $8,301 | $68,752 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 81 | 58 | Nicotina | $22,723 | -63.2% | 12 | -19 | $1,893 | $1,096,786 | 5 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 82 | 76 | Touch of Pink | $22,472 | -6.3% | 13 | +3 | $1,728 | $523,985 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 83 | 80 | A Home at the End of the World | $22,397 | +10.5% | 14 | -9 | $1,599 | $1,004,686 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 84 | 71 | Remember Me, My Love | $22,028 | -34.5% | 5 | -2 | $4,405 | $80,872 | 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 85 | 70 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $21,847 | -42% | 12 | -10 | $1,820 | $225,182 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 86 | 78 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $20,230 | -12.2% | 4 | +2 | $5,057 | $49,199,253 | 309 | IMAX |
| 87 | 89 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $19,955 | +52.1% | 9 | +2 | $2,217 | $2,372,290 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | - | Incident at Loch Ness | $18,527 | - | 2 | - | $9,263 | $18,527 | 1 | Abramorama |
| 89 | 79 | Reconstruction | $17,668 | -15.3% | 4 | +2 | $4,417 | $38,534 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 90 | 87 | Alien Adventure | $15,000 | +6% | 2 | - | $7,500 | $4,546,533 | 266 | - |
| 91 | 96 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $12,801 | +38.2% | 9 | +5 | $1,422 | $329,522 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 92 | - | Bukowski: Born into This | $12,702 | - | 4 | - | $3,175 | $318,816 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 93 | 86 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $11,277 | -27.2% | 19 | -1 | $593 | $1,208,347 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 94 | 84 | Malevolence | $11,223 | -36% | 2 | - | $5,611 | $28,767 | 2 | - |
| 95 | 77 | The Hunting of the President | $10,637 | -55.4% | 11 | -9 | $967 | $372,706 | 14 | Regent Releasing |
| 96 | 85 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $10,388 | -36.7% | 23 | +3 | $451 | $157,726 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 97 | 93 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $10,351 | -2.6% | 6 | - | $1,725 | $274,666 | 15 | Dada Films |
| 98 | 88 | The Clearing | $9,475 | -31.5% | 9 | -7 | $1,052 | $5,750,823 | 12 | - |
| 99 | - | Cowboys and Angels | $9,326 | - | 5 | - | $1,865 | $9,326 | 1 | TLA Releasing |
| 100 | 94 | The Mother | $9,295 | -3% | 9 | +2 | $1,032 | $902,038 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | - | Crutch | $9,250 | - | 1 | - | $9,250 | $9,250 | 1 | Illuminare Entertainment |
| 102 | 105 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $9,083 | +192.2% | 10 | +6 | $908 | $119,456 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | - | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $8,911 | - | 6 | - | $1,485 | $612,572 | 21 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 104 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $7,898 | - | 1 | - | $7,898 | $7,898 | 1 | Wellspring Media |
| 105 | 115 | Grand Champion | $7,555 | +522.3% | 13 | +8 | $581 | $39,604 | 4 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 106 | 121 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $7,435 | +1,433% | 3 | +1 | $2,478 | $186,285 | 57 | Shadow Distribution |
| 107 | 91 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $7,298 | -42.2% | 2 | +1 | $3,649 | $77,404 | 14 | First Run |
| 108 | 92 | Facing Windows | $7,088 | -38% | 7 | -4 | $1,012 | $530,388 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 109 | - | The Take | $7,000 | - | 1 | - | $7,000 | $7,000 | 1 | Icarus Films |
| 110 | 90 | She Hate Me | $6,819 | -47.1% | 12 | -2 | $568 | $347,223 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 111 | - | Merci Dr Rey! | $6,751 | - | 2 | - | $3,375 | $6,751 | 1 | Regent Releasing |
| 112 | 83 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $5,593 | -71% | 5 | -4 | $1,118 | $47,377 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 107 | The Young Black Stallion | $5,570 | +128.7% | 1 | - | $5,570 | $6,520,746 | 40 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 114 | - | Particles of Truth | $5,348 | - | 1 | - | $5,348 | $5,348 | 1 | Dada Films |
| 115 | 97 | A Letter to True | $5,255 | -27% | 1 | - | $5,255 | $15,635 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 116 | 98 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $5,242 | -26.8% | 3 | -6 | $1,747 | $526,448 | 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 117 | 102 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $4,556 | -0.5% | 1 | -2 | $4,556 | $16,481,128 | 76 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 118 | 116 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $4,268 | +307.3% | 1 | - | $4,268 | $35,594 | 5 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 119 | - | The Inheritance | $3,973 | - | 2 | - | $1,986 | $24,620 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 120 | - | You'll Get Over It | $3,646 | - | 1 | - | $3,646 | $42,148 | 14 | - |
| 121 | 112 | China: The Panda Adventure | $3,612 | +116.7% | 2 | - | $1,806 | $3,861,598 | 172 | IMAX |
| 122 | 111 | Love Me If You Dare | $3,166 | +72.9% | 6 | +3 | $527 | $547,172 | 18 | Paramount Classics |
| 123 | 110 | Chooch | $2,949 | +49.9% | 2 | - | $1,474 | $25,894 | 4 | Artistic License |
| 124 | 106 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $2,907 | +1% | 6 | +2 | $484 | $335,533 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 125 | 108 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $2,863 | +29.4% | 1 | - | $2,863 | $20,230 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 126 | - | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $2,314 | - | 1 | - | $2,314 | $89,406 | 29 | Indican Pictures |
| 127 | 100 | The Five Obstructions | $2,180 | -65.3% | 1 | -1 | $2,180 | $145,073 | 18 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 128 | - | Gozu | $1,984 | - | 1 | - | $1,984 | $46,647 | 8 | - |
| 129 | 117 | Godzilla | $1,955 | +95.5% | 2 | -2 | $977 | $390,044 | 20 | Rialto Pictures |
| 130 | 120 | Father and Son | $1,668 | +155.8% | 3 | +2 | $556 | $37,599 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 131 | - | Strayed | $1,542 | - | 1 | - | $1,542 | $467,879 | 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 132 | 104 | L.A. Twister | $1,318 | -66.4% | 1 | - | $1,318 | $32,110 | 6 | Indican Pictures |
| 133 | 114 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,295 | +1.7% | 1 | - | $1,295 | $7,014,925 | 291 | - |
| 134 | 109 | Imelda | $1,240 | -38% | 1 | - | $1,240 | $160,996 | 16 | Unico Entertainment |
| 135 | - | It's Easier for a Camel... | $963 | - | 1 | - | $963 | $14,978 | 5 | New Yorker Films |
| 136 | 118 | Twist | $513 | -38.3% | 1 | - | $513 | $46,265 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 137 | - | The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 2004 Re-release | $158 | - | 1 | - | $158 | $4,490 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
