Domestic 2004 Week 39
September 24-30, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Forgotten | $26,264,790 | - | 3,104 | - | $8,461 | $26,264,790 | 1 | Revolution Studios |
| 2 | 1 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $8,452,641 | -55.2% | 3,170 | - | $2,666 | $27,311,799 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | Mr. 3000 | $6,250,857 | -39.5% | 2,736 | - | $2,284 | $16,574,878 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $5,289,713 | -52.1% | 2,836 | -448 | $1,865 | $44,717,384 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 5 | - | First Daughter | $4,966,734 | - | 2,260 | - | $2,197 | $4,966,734 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | Cellular | $4,732,567 | -44.3% | 2,763 | +14 | $1,712 | $26,143,434 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | - | Shaun of the Dead | $4,452,421 | - | 607 | - | $7,335 | $4,452,421 | 1 | Rogue Pictures |
| 8 | 4 | Wimbledon | $4,301,525 | -51.1% | 2,039 | +5 | $2,109 | $13,098,555 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Without a Paddle | $3,003,645 | -32.3% | 2,319 | -291 | $1,295 | $54,133,254 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | Hero | $2,927,677 | -21.6% | 1,713 | -213 | $1,709 | $49,914,618 | 5 | Miramax |
| 11 | 9 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,309,664 | -19.1% | 1,024 | - | $2,255 | $36,222,995 | 16 | - |
| 12 | 8 | Collateral | $1,963,923 | -33.9% | 1,287 | -318 | $1,525 | $98,638,556 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 13 | 10 | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,637,555 | -30.4% | 1,027 | -209 | $1,594 | $172,624,145 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | Garden State | $1,488,702 | -29.8% | 665 | -90 | $2,238 | $22,915,358 | 10 | - |
| 15 | 11 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $1,258,406 | -45% | 1,408 | -494 | $893 | $93,495,479 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 13 | Vanity Fair | $1,112,713 | -47% | 995 | - | $1,118 | $15,230,073 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 14 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $935,577 | -50.5% | 1,054 | -656 | $887 | $31,037,173 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | 15 | Paparazzi | $689,683 | -61% | 732 | -735 | $942 | $15,431,808 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 70 | A Dirty Shame | $622,940 | +1,489.1% | 133 | +132 | $4,683 | $662,141 | 2 | Fine Line Features |
| 20 | 22 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $577,481 | +10.9% | 114 | +26 | $5,065 | $4,566,326 | 34 | - |
| 21 | 17 | The Cookout | $521,864 | -53.9% | 525 | -326 | $994 | $11,325,003 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | 37 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $382,938 | +98.1% | 603 | +441 | $635 | $119,013,347 | 15 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 26 | Spider-Man 2 | $367,065 | -13.2% | 214 | -47 | $1,715 | $371,615,169 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 16 | Wicker Park | $341,155 | -73.7% | 574 | -870 | $594 | $12,924,439 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 25 | 23 | The Notebook | $339,262 | -30.6% | 323 | -67 | $1,050 | $80,152,527 | 14 | New Line Cinema |
| 26 | 18 | The Manchurian Candidate | $331,075 | -56.1% | 389 | -239 | $851 | $65,340,193 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 25 | Silver City | $327,631 | -25.7% | 162 | +48 | $2,022 | $768,586 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 28 | 21 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $321,928 | -45.1% | 586 | -355 | $549 | $9,062,679 | 5 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 29 | 20 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $289,014 | -56.4% | 353 | -352 | $818 | $41,473,657 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 29 | Maria Full of Grace | $282,023 | -25.8% | 125 | - | $2,256 | $5,721,136 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 31 | 19 | I, Robot | $277,402 | -59.8% | 345 | -633 | $804 | $143,436,965 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | - | The Motorcycle Diaries | $255,805 | - | 3 | - | $85,268 | $255,805 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 33 | 24 | Alien vs. Predator | $233,944 | -47.2% | 319 | -205 | $733 | $79,558,492 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | - | The Last Shot | $215,604 | - | 35 | - | $6,160 | $215,604 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | 32 | Catwoman | $207,208 | -21.5% | 210 | -20 | $986 | $40,046,778 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 27 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $189,559 | -54.2% | 55 | +8 | $3,446 | $603,497 | 2 | - |
| 37 | 36 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $175,378 | -16.2% | 246 | +18 | $712 | $249,069,395 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 38 | Bright Young Things | $157,963 | -13.9% | 92 | +27 | $1,716 | $701,135 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 39 | 31 | The Village | $156,016 | -44.3% | 195 | -69 | $800 | $113,258,294 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 40 | 35 | A Day Without a Mexican | $143,277 | -34.1% | 56 | -11 | $2,558 | $3,912,833 | 20 | Televisa Cine |
| 41 | 30 | Open Water | $142,465 | -55.2% | 188 | -106 | $757 | $30,393,291 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | 55 | Space Station 3D | $138,185 | +83.9% | 13 | -1 | $10,629 | $54,586,901 | 128 | IMAX |
| 43 | 34 | De-Lovely | $134,068 | -39.6% | 166 | -46 | $807 | $13,200,093 | 13 | United Artists |
| 44 | 33 | Criminal | $132,211 | -48.1% | 90 | +3 | $1,469 | $777,918 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 45 | 41 | A Cinderella Story | $119,720 | -18.5% | 248 | -42 | $482 | $51,281,844 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 42 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $112,674 | -23.1% | 34 | +1 | $3,313 | $931,017 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 47 | 43 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $101,245 | -25.2% | 124 | -57 | $816 | $114,192,700 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 48 | 48 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $94,762 | -7.6% | 15 | - | $6,317 | $8,285,079 | 102 | Giant Screen Films |
| 49 | 47 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $93,091 | -12.4% | 40 | -6 | $2,327 | $18,768,103 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 49 | Bugs! | $91,507 | -7.1% | 25 | -5 | $3,660 | $13,029,701 | 82 | SK Films |
| 51 | 45 | Intimate Strangers | $81,131 | -36.8% | 66 | -6 | $1,229 | $1,923,028 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 52 | 40 | Before Sunset | $80,027 | -47.5% | 74 | -13 | $1,081 | $5,676,325 | 13 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 53 | - | Guiana 1838 | $70,910 | - | 1 | - | $70,910 | $70,910 | 1 | RBC Radio |
| 54 | 52 | Garfield: The Movie | $66,396 | -21.7% | 114 | -35 | $582 | $75,263,575 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 55 | 53 | Mean Creek | $54,883 | -34.5% | 49 | +2 | $1,120 | $533,405 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 56 | 39 | Suspect Zero | $54,379 | -67.1% | 77 | -242 | $706 | $8,676,181 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 57 | 50 | Red Lights | $53,969 | -38.3% | 20 | +2 | $2,698 | $354,650 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 58 | 59 | Festival Express | $53,368 | -10.9% | 28 | -9 | $1,906 | $1,049,964 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 59 | 44 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $52,974 | -58.9% | 73 | -4 | $725 | $1,985,423 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 60 | 46 | The Day After Tomorrow | $51,648 | -53.2% | 79 | -105 | $653 | $186,658,429 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 61 | 64 | Haunted Castle | $50,000 | -4.8% | 3 | - | $16,666 | $9,126,307 | 188 | - |
| 62 | 63 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $48,657 | -8.8% | 21 | -3 | $2,317 | $1,703,707 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 63 | 57 | Head in the Clouds | $48,349 | -25.4% | 20 | +10 | $2,417 | $113,160 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 72 | When Will I Be Loved | $46,182 | +26.6% | 20 | +10 | $2,309 | $130,380 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 65 | 51 | The Door in the Floor | $45,908 | -47.4% | 46 | -9 | $998 | $3,795,630 | 12 | Focus Features |
| 66 | 62 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $45,199 | -17.3% | 10 | - | $4,519 | $246,139 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 67 | 54 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $44,125 | -41.7% | 109 | -57 | $404 | $19,701,547 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | 69 | The Best Two Years | $40,515 | +2% | 12 | +4 | $3,376 | $1,144,813 | 32 | - |
| 69 | 56 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $39,879 | -40.6% | 87 | -39 | $458 | $3,743,805 | 6 | - |
| 70 | 60 | King Arthur | $38,434 | -32.2% | 43 | -22 | $893 | $51,850,220 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 71 | - | Infernal Affairs | $37,830 | - | 5 | - | $7,566 | $37,830 | 1 | Miramax |
| 72 | 61 | Saints and Soldiers | $36,744 | -34.9% | 25 | -6 | $1,469 | $759,150 | 8 | Excel Entertainment |
| 73 | - | The Yes Men | $33,038 | - | 3 | - | $11,012 | $33,038 | 1 | United Artists |
| 74 | 67 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $32,078 | -28.7% | 20 | -2 | $1,603 | $716,434 | 18 | Newmarket Films |
| 75 | 58 | Riding Giants | $30,552 | -52% | 21 | -18 | $1,454 | $2,191,144 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 76 | 75 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $27,164 | -15.1% | 5 | - | $5,432 | $7,450,058 | 103 | Giant Screen Films |
| 77 | 79 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $26,571 | -1.2% | 18 | -7 | $1,476 | $862,894 | 10 | Miramax |
| 78 | 74 | Control Room | $26,411 | -22.5% | 21 | +2 | $1,257 | $2,517,084 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | 68 | Zelary | $25,395 | -38.1% | 6 | - | $4,232 | $66,405 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 66 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $25,256 | -43.9% | 14 | -3 | $1,804 | $1,732,803 | 17 | THINKFilm |
| 81 | - | Hollywood Buddha | $24,502 | - | 4 | - | $6,125 | $24,502 | 1 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 82 | 71 | Super Size Me | $23,259 | -40.3% | 20 | -10 | $1,162 | $11,536,423 | 21 | IDP Distribution |
| 83 | 78 | Bush's Brain | $21,564 | -25.2% | 7 | - | $3,080 | $147,290 | 6 | Tartan |
| 84 | 65 | Rosenstrasse | $20,858 | -54.3% | 16 | -5 | $1,303 | $428,464 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 85 | 134 | Imelda | $19,486 | +1,471.5% | 6 | +5 | $3,247 | $180,482 | 17 | Unico Entertainment |
| 86 | 81 | Nicotina | $16,578 | -27% | 11 | -1 | $1,507 | $1,113,364 | 6 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 87 | 86 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $15,949 | -21.2% | 3 | -1 | $5,316 | $49,215,202 | 310 | IMAX |
| 88 | 109 | The Take | $14,260 | +103.7% | 1 | - | $14,260 | $21,260 | 2 | Icarus Films |
| 89 | 90 | Alien Adventure | $14,000 | -6.7% | 2 | - | $7,000 | $4,560,533 | 267 | - |
| 90 | 85 | Uncovered: The War on Iraq | $13,742 | -37.1% | 16 | +4 | $858 | $238,924 | 6 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 91 | 77 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | $13,293 | -57.2% | 15 | -3 | $886 | $432,577 | 8 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 92 | 97 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $12,798 | +23.6% | 9 | +3 | $1,422 | $287,464 | 16 | Dada Films |
| 93 | 94 | Malevolence | $12,527 | +11.6% | 7 | +5 | $1,789 | $41,294 | 3 | - |
| 94 | 80 | Testosterone | $12,276 | -50.7% | 3 | - | $4,092 | $81,028 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 95 | 76 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $12,155 | -61.1% | 7 | -4 | $1,736 | $261,503 | 10 | Vitagraph Films |
| 96 | 103 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $11,400 | +27.9% | 9 | +3 | $1,266 | $623,972 | 22 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 97 | 73 | The Brown Bunny | $11,041 | -68.8% | 8 | -4 | $1,380 | $299,646 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 98 | 82 | Touch of Pink | $10,976 | -51.2% | 14 | +1 | $784 | $534,961 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 99 | 84 | Remember Me, My Love | $10,506 | -52.3% | 2 | -3 | $5,253 | $91,378 | 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 100 | 83 | A Home at the End of the World | $9,819 | -56.2% | 14 | - | $701 | $1,014,505 | 10 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 101 | 127 | The Five Obstructions | $9,191 | +321.6% | 3 | +2 | $3,063 | $154,264 | 19 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 102 | - | The Raspberry Reich | $8,996 | - | 1 | - | $8,996 | $8,996 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 103 | 89 | Reconstruction | $8,538 | -51.7% | 9 | +5 | $948 | $47,072 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 104 | 98 | The Clearing | $7,888 | -16.7% | 12 | +3 | $657 | $5,758,711 | 13 | - |
| 105 | - | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $7,808 | - | 1 | - | $7,808 | $7,808 | 1 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 106 | - | Anatomy of Hell | $7,452 | - | 2 | - | $3,726 | $7,452 | 1 | Tartan |
| 107 | 102 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $7,079 | -22.1% | 11 | +1 | $643 | $126,535 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | 128 | Gozu | $6,834 | +244.5% | 4 | +3 | $1,708 | $53,481 | 9 | - |
| 109 | - | Mind the Gap | $6,822 | - | 1 | - | $6,822 | $6,822 | 1 | - |
| 110 | 100 | The Mother | $6,809 | -26.7% | 6 | -3 | $1,134 | $908,847 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 111 | 111 | Merci Dr Rey! | $5,954 | -11.8% | 5 | +3 | $1,190 | $12,705 | 2 | Regent Releasing |
| 112 | 108 | Facing Windows | $5,725 | -19.2% | 6 | -1 | $954 | $536,113 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | - | Bright Leaves | $5,549 | - | 1 | - | $5,549 | $25,876 | 6 | First Run |
| 114 | - | Rick | $5,524 | - | 1 | - | $5,524 | $5,524 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 115 | 87 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $5,492 | -72.5% | 8 | -1 | $686 | $2,377,782 | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 116 | 116 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $5,471 | +4.4% | 5 | +2 | $1,094 | $532,271 | 23 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 117 | 101 | Crutch | $4,939 | -46.6% | 1 | - | $4,939 | $14,189 | 2 | Illuminare Entertainment |
| 118 | - | Distant | $4,773 | - | 1 | - | $4,773 | $94,725 | 29 | New Yorker Films |
| 119 | 104 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $4,698 | -40.5% | 1 | - | $4,698 | $12,596 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 120 | 110 | She Hate Me | $4,580 | -32.8% | 11 | -1 | $416 | $351,803 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 121 | 125 | Bang Rajan 2004 Re-release | $4,399 | +53.7% | 4 | +3 | $1,099 | $24,629 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 122 | 91 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $4,313 | -66.3% | 5 | -4 | $862 | $333,835 | 16 | Wellspring Media |
| 123 | 107 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $4,188 | -42.6% | 2 | - | $2,094 | $81,592 | 15 | First Run |
| 124 | 88 | Incident at Loch Ness | $3,705 | -80% | 2 | - | $1,852 | $22,231 | 2 | Abramorama |
| 125 | - | Moog | $3,604 | - | 1 | - | $3,604 | $3,604 | 1 | Plexifilm |
| 126 | - | Two Men Went to War | $3,324 | - | 1 | - | $3,324 | $143,646 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 127 | 117 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,216 | -29.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,608 | $16,484,344 | 77 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 128 | - | Proteus | $3,190 | - | 1 | - | $3,190 | $44,845 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 129 | 93 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $3,021 | -73.2% | 9 | -10 | $335 | $1,211,368 | 12 | IFC Films |
| 130 | 123 | Chooch | $2,791 | -5.4% | 2 | - | $1,395 | $27,920 | 5 | Artistic License |
| 131 | 96 | Danny Deckchair 2004 Re-release | $2,550 | -75.5% | 8 | -15 | $318 | $160,276 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 132 | 95 | The Hunting of the President | $2,023 | -81% | 5 | -6 | $404 | $374,747 | 15 | Regent Releasing |
| 133 | 124 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,996 | -31.3% | 4 | -2 | $499 | $337,529 | 16 | Paramount Classics |
| 134 | 130 | Father and Son | $1,692 | +1.4% | 2 | -1 | $846 | $39,291 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 135 | 119 | The Inheritance | $1,667 | -58% | 1 | -1 | $1,667 | $26,287 | 12 | The Cinema Guild |
| 136 | 121 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,603 | -55.6% | 2 | - | $801 | $3,863,201 | 173 | IMAX |
| 137 | 106 | Lost Boys of Sudan | $1,533 | -79.4% | 2 | -1 | $766 | $188,467 | 58 | Shadow Distribution |
| 138 | 105 | Grand Champion | $1,504 | -80.1% | 6 | -7 | $250 | $41,108 | 5 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 139 | 129 | Godzilla | $1,438 | -26.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,438 | $391,482 | 21 | Rialto Pictures |
| 140 | 118 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,350 | -68.4% | 1 | - | $1,350 | $36,944 | 6 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 141 | 133 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,300 | +0.4% | 1 | - | $1,300 | $7,016,225 | 292 | - |
| 142 | 135 | It's Easier for a Camel... | $1,172 | +21.7% | 1 | - | $1,172 | $16,150 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
| 143 | 120 | You'll Get Over It | $935 | -74.4% | 1 | - | $935 | $43,083 | 15 | - |
| 144 | 126 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $875 | -62.2% | 1 | - | $875 | $90,281 | 30 | Indican Pictures |
| 145 | 122 | Love Me If You Dare | $845 | -73.3% | 3 | -3 | $281 | $548,017 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 146 | 131 | Strayed | $800 | -48.1% | 1 | - | $800 | $468,679 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 147 | 112 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $490 | -91.2% | 1 | -4 | $490 | $47,867 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 148 | - | The Burial Society | $424 | - | 1 | - | $424 | $20,764 | 18 | Regent Releasing |
| 149 | - | The Hillside Strangler | $306 | - | 1 | - | $306 | $306 | 1 | Tartan |
| 150 | - | Hukkle | $186 | - | 1 | - | $186 | $53,715 | 46 | Shadow Distribution |
