Domestic 2004 Week 41
October 8-14, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Shark Tale | $40,698,935 | -27.3% | 4,070 | +54 | $9,999 | $96,718,911 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | - | Friday Night Lights | $25,602,575 | - | 2,667 | - | $9,599 | $25,602,575 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Ladder 49 | $17,323,314 | -38% | 3,261 | +1 | $5,312 | $45,243,957 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 19 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $15,379,471 | +2,376.3% | 3,001 | +2,392 | $5,124 | $16,000,550 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | The Forgotten | $10,036,934 | -32.4% | 2,981 | -163 | $3,366 | $51,152,579 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 6 | - | Raise Your Voice | $5,144,496 | - | 2,521 | - | $2,040 | $5,144,496 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | 4 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $3,090,343 | -27.8% | 1,743 | -978 | $1,773 | $34,681,072 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $1,707,454 | -43.8% | 1,217 | -769 | $1,403 | $49,465,240 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 8 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $1,497,606 | -48.5% | 428 | +20 | $3,499 | $4,408,054 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 10 | 12 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,452,411 | -19.9% | 715 | -140 | $2,031 | $39,487,913 | 18 | - |
| 11 | 10 | Cellular | $1,365,750 | -46.9% | 1,152 | -868 | $1,185 | $30,079,170 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | 6 | Mr. 3000 | $1,284,798 | -59% | 1,386 | -853 | $926 | $20,996,677 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 23 | I Heart Huckabees | $1,275,932 | +211.1% | 44 | +40 | $28,998 | $1,686,113 | 2 | - |
| 14 | 11 | Wimbledon | $992,040 | -56.3% | 800 | -905 | $1,240 | $16,358,720 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | Hero | $913,240 | -43.9% | 667 | -473 | $1,369 | $52,454,637 | 7 | Miramax |
| 16 | 9 | First Daughter | $840,067 | -69.2% | 1,023 | -1,257 | $821 | $8,530,889 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 16 | Garden State | $806,282 | -24.6% | 344 | -84 | $2,343 | $24,790,438 | 12 | - |
| 18 | 14 | Without a Paddle | $741,597 | -52.5% | 905 | -534 | $819 | $56,435,074 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 17 | Collateral | $590,110 | -37.3% | 526 | -276 | $1,121 | $100,170,152 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 20 | 20 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $572,609 | -4% | 131 | +9 | $4,371 | $5,735,632 | 36 | Captured Light |
| 21 | 18 | The Bourne Supremacy | $552,995 | -33.6% | 411 | -193 | $1,345 | $174,010,525 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 31 | Spider-Man 2 | $476,513 | +106.8% | 271 | +89 | $1,758 | $372,322,091 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | 5 | Shaun of the Dead | $269,524 | -91.8% | 675 | +30 | $399 | $9,727,028 | 3 | Rogue Pictures |
| 24 | 48 | The Village | $267,347 | +239.1% | 247 | +140 | $1,082 | $113,604,475 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 15 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $256,818 | -83.2% | 167 | +100 | $1,537 | $3,549,950 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 26 | 22 | Vanity Fair | $223,711 | -49.2% | 188 | -143 | $1,189 | $15,894,010 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 28 | I, Robot | $203,516 | -20.3% | 208 | -45 | $978 | $143,895,806 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 25 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $194,466 | -48.6% | 267 | -342 | $728 | $94,068,541 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 30 | Maria Full of Grace | $189,986 | -21.9% | 106 | -16 | $1,792 | $6,154,443 | 13 | Fine Line Features |
| 30 | 27 | Going Upriver | $175,376 | -52.8% | 136 | -27 | $1,289 | $546,692 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 31 | 21 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $171,688 | -63.1% | 32 | - | $5,365 | $637,120 | 2 | - |
| 32 | 26 | A Dirty Shame | $169,739 | -54.7% | 79 | -52 | $2,148 | $1,206,788 | 4 | Fine Line Features |
| 33 | 29 | The Notebook | $164,315 | -32.8% | 170 | -75 | $966 | $80,561,194 | 16 | New Line Cinema |
| 34 | 42 | Space Station 3D | $157,245 | +57.5% | 12 | -1 | $13,103 | $54,843,995 | 130 | IMAX |
| 35 | 36 | Alien vs. Predator | $144,311 | -6.1% | 169 | -43 | $853 | $79,856,442 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 24 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $104,138 | -73% | 170 | -242 | $612 | $31,526,393 | 7 | Screen Gems |
| 37 | 53 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $86,162 | +19.6% | 12 | -3 | $7,180 | $8,443,291 | 104 | Giant Screen Films |
| 38 | 46 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $84,771 | +2% | 35 | -2 | $2,422 | $18,935,948 | 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 38 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $78,520 | -40.5% | 45 | -6 | $1,744 | $813,936 | 4 | - |
| 40 | 39 | The Manchurian Candidate | $77,589 | -38% | 85 | -71 | $912 | $65,543,016 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | 37 | Silver City | $74,351 | -46.2% | 77 | -15 | $965 | $981,066 | 4 | Newmarket Films |
| 42 | 60 | Red Lights | $70,133 | +38.3% | 28 | +10 | $2,504 | $475,479 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 43 | 45 | Bright Young Things | $69,760 | -22.8% | 57 | +1 | $1,223 | $861,246 | 8 | THINKFilm |
| 44 | 59 | Haunted Castle | $64,200 | +19.4% | 5 | +2 | $12,840 | $9,244,257 | 190 | - |
| 45 | 51 | The Yes Men | $64,103 | -16.6% | 32 | +11 | $2,003 | $173,983 | 3 | United Artists |
| 46 | 47 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $63,252 | -22.5% | 119 | -45 | $531 | $249,214,277 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | - | Stage Beauty | $60,729 | - | 3 | - | $20,243 | $60,729 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 48 | 44 | A Day Without a Mexican | $56,070 | -39.8% | 31 | -8 | $1,808 | $4,062,069 | 22 | Televisa Cine |
| 49 | 40 | The Last Shot | $52,924 | -57.2% | 23 | -12 | $2,301 | $392,068 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 77 | Rosenstrasse | $47,242 | +91.8% | 17 | +6 | $2,778 | $500,334 | 11 | IDP Distribution |
| 51 | 32 | The Cookout | $46,267 | -74.5% | 87 | -119 | $531 | $11,552,836 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 54 | Intimate Strangers | $46,251 | -35.1% | 37 | -13 | $1,250 | $2,040,512 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 53 | 49 | A Cinderella Story | $45,948 | -41.4% | 110 | -78 | $417 | $51,406,157 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 43 | Catwoman | $44,199 | -53.2% | 96 | -70 | $460 | $40,185,327 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 56 | De-Lovely | $43,832 | -34.8% | 53 | -32 | $827 | $13,311,186 | 15 | United Artists |
| 56 | - | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $43,799 | - | 13 | - | $3,369 | $43,799 | 1 | - |
| 57 | 55 | Criminal | $42,058 | -39.3% | 42 | -25 | $1,001 | $889,276 | 5 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 58 | 64 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $40,682 | -4.1% | 22 | +1 | $1,849 | $1,786,817 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 59 | 61 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $40,420 | -18.9% | 15 | +9 | $2,694 | $90,280 | 2 | - |
| 60 | 72 | The Mother | $40,323 | +46.2% | 36 | +15 | $1,120 | $976,754 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 33 | Paparazzi | $39,415 | -75.6% | 74 | -170 | $532 | $15,632,469 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 62 | 78 | Saints and Soldiers | $38,700 | +68.2% | 17 | +1 | $2,276 | $820,865 | 10 | Excel Entertainment |
| 63 | - | Primer | $36,926 | - | 4 | - | $9,231 | $36,926 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 64 | 75 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $35,752 | +39.2% | 2 | -1 | $17,876 | $49,276,629 | 312 | IMAX |
| 65 | 50 | Head in the Clouds | $34,972 | -55.1% | 28 | -19 | $1,249 | $226,079 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | - | Vera Drake | $34,790 | - | 2 | - | $17,395 | $34,790 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 67 | 71 | Dig! | $32,561 | +15.6% | 10 | +8 | $3,256 | $60,737 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 68 | 57 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $32,329 | -51.2% | 47 | -38 | $687 | $114,291,297 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 69 | 58 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $32,187 | -48.2% | 15 | -7 | $2,145 | $1,025,374 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 70 | 63 | Before Sunset | $30,666 | -31.5% | 32 | -13 | $958 | $5,751,776 | 15 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 71 | 76 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $30,306 | +22% | 6 | +1 | $5,051 | $7,505,200 | 105 | Giant Screen Films |
| 72 | 70 | Zelary | $27,656 | -3.8% | 11 | +2 | $2,514 | $122,800 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 66 | Garfield: The Movie | $27,483 | -26.9% | 59 | -17 | $465 | $75,328,664 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 74 | 52 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $27,247 | -63.7% | 49 | -49 | $556 | $41,576,029 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 75 | - | Around the Bend | $25,182 | - | 4 | - | $6,295 | $25,182 | 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 76 | 62 | Festival Express | $23,521 | -51.6% | 28 | -10 | $840 | $1,122,082 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 77 | 112 | Tarnation | $23,135 | +322.9% | 1 | - | $23,135 | $28,605 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 78 | 102 | Remember Me, My Love | $20,842 | +169% | 3 | +1 | $6,947 | $119,969 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 79 | 90 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $20,490 | +26.3% | 10 | -6 | $2,049 | $753,147 | 20 | Newmarket Films |
| 80 | 73 | The Door in the Floor | $19,152 | -29.9% | 26 | -3 | $736 | $3,842,119 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 81 | 74 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $18,826 | -30.6% | 9 | -1 | $2,091 | $292,096 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 65 | The Day After Tomorrow | $18,198 | -54.6% | 20 | -31 | $909 | $186,716,750 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 83 | 84 | Mean Creek | $17,745 | -8.3% | 24 | -1 | $739 | $570,503 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 84 | 82 | The Brown Bunny | $17,304 | -16.8% | 12 | -2 | $1,442 | $337,750 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 85 | 89 | Riding Giants | $16,803 | -0.3% | 18 | -2 | $933 | $2,224,797 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 67 | Guiana 1838 | $16,610 | -53.8% | 1 | - | $16,610 | $123,490 | 3 | RBC Radio |
| 87 | 80 | Control Room | $16,207 | -22.9% | 17 | -5 | $953 | $2,554,324 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 88 | 81 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $16,202 | -22.6% | 8 | +3 | $2,025 | $370,968 | 18 | Wellspring Media |
| 89 | 79 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $15,996 | -29.9% | 21 | -11 | $761 | $2,024,231 | 9 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 90 | 69 | Infernal Affairs | $15,784 | -46.8% | 2 | -3 | $7,892 | $83,286 | 3 | Miramax |
| 91 | - | Vodka Lemon | $13,815 | - | 2 | - | $6,907 | $13,815 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 92 | 92 | Alien Adventure | $13,700 | -7.5% | 2 | - | $6,850 | $4,589,048 | 269 | - |
| 93 | 98 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $12,965 | +15.4% | 6 | +2 | $2,160 | $79,667 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 94 | 103 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $12,718 | +74.5% | 4 | - | $3,179 | $16,504,350 | 79 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 95 | 87 | Hollywood Buddha | $12,485 | -32% | 3 | -1 | $4,161 | $55,352 | 3 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 96 | 83 | King Arthur | $11,760 | -42% | 11 | -12 | $1,069 | $51,882,244 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 97 | 85 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $11,354 | -39.9% | 10 | - | $1,135 | $1,763,052 | 19 | THINKFilm |
| 98 | 96 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $11,194 | -12.5% | 8 | +1 | $1,399 | $285,491 | 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 99 | 68 | Tying the Knot | $9,376 | -69.9% | 5 | -3 | $1,875 | $40,576 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 100 | - | The Young Black Stallion | $8,955 | - | 1 | - | $8,955 | $6,529,701 | 43 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 101 | 91 | Bush's Brain | $8,884 | -41.4% | 4 | -4 | $2,221 | $171,345 | 8 | Tartan |
| 102 | 97 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $7,748 | -36.6% | 10 | -10 | $774 | $643,947 | 24 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 103 | 93 | When Will I Be Loved | $7,664 | -44.6% | 5 | -3 | $1,532 | $151,874 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 104 | 128 | The Inheritance | $7,595 | +193.9% | 1 | -1 | $7,595 | $35,890 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 105 | 105 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $6,859 | -1.5% | 16 | -13 | $428 | $3,757,624 | 8 | - |
| 106 | 132 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $6,234 | +185.2% | 4 | +2 | $1,558 | $90,012 | 17 | First Run |
| 107 | 100 | Touch of Pink | $5,825 | -29.4% | 8 | +2 | $728 | $549,041 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | 86 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $5,600 | -69.5% | 6 | -8 | $933 | $311,435 | 18 | Dada Films |
| 109 | 108 | The Five Obstructions | $5,560 | -7.7% | 3 | - | $1,853 | $165,845 | 21 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 110 | 101 | The Raspberry Reich | $5,551 | -28.9% | 1 | - | $5,551 | $22,349 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 111 | 94 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $5,332 | -60.9% | 2 | -1 | $2,666 | $52,312 | 8 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 112 | 88 | Testosterone | $5,007 | -71.3% | 3 | -1 | $1,669 | $101,456 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 113 | 104 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $4,441 | -36.7% | 4 | - | $1,110 | $348,985 | 18 | Paramount Classics |
| 114 | 119 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $4,399 | +13.4% | 6 | +4 | $733 | $56,195 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 115 | 95 | The Best Two Years | $3,991 | -69.4% | 2 | -9 | $1,995 | $1,163,142 | 34 | - |
| 116 | 113 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $3,787 | -22.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,893 | $16,491 | 3 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 117 | 109 | Imelda | $3,584 | -39.6% | 1 | - | $3,584 | $190,000 | 19 | Unico Entertainment |
| 118 | 130 | Godzilla | $3,522 | +42% | 3 | +1 | $1,174 | $397,484 | 23 | Rialto Pictures |
| 119 | 110 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $3,377 | -39.5% | 7 | -5 | $482 | $135,492 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 120 | - | Transfixed | $3,316 | - | 1 | - | $3,316 | $15,768 | 11 | - |
| 121 | 107 | A Home at the End of the World | $3,286 | -47.7% | 10 | -3 | $328 | $1,024,068 | 12 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 122 | 99 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $2,956 | -69.7% | 2 | -6 | $1,478 | $544,101 | 25 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 123 | 123 | Reconstruction | $2,955 | -15.1% | 3 | -1 | $985 | $53,508 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 124 | 118 | Facing Windows | $2,953 | -31.1% | 4 | -4 | $738 | $543,354 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 125 | - | Silent Waters | $2,723 | - | 1 | - | $2,723 | $2,723 | 1 | First Run |
| 126 | 129 | Bright Leaves | $2,682 | +7.4% | 1 | -1 | $2,682 | $30,978 | 8 | First Run |
| 127 | - | The Child I Never Was | $2,609 | - | 1 | - | $2,609 | $2,609 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 128 | 117 | You'll Get Over It | $2,577 | -41.6% | 1 | - | $2,577 | $50,073 | 17 | - |
| 129 | - | The Hillside Strangler | $2,426 | - | 1 | - | $2,426 | $2,732 | 3 | Tartan |
| 130 | 127 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,417 | -7.6% | 5 | -3 | $483 | $1,216,402 | 14 | IFC Films |
| 131 | 106 | Suspect Zero | $2,287 | -64.4% | 10 | -3 | $228 | $8,684,884 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 132 | 135 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,997 | +118.7% | 1 | -2 | $1,997 | $3,866,111 | 175 | IMAX |
| 133 | - | The Seagull's Laughter | $1,909 | - | 1 | - | $1,909 | $69,634 | 35 | The Cinema Guild |
| 134 | 133 | Gozu | $1,725 | -20% | - | - | - | $57,362 | 11 | - |
| 135 | 124 | Incident at Loch Ness | $1,715 | -40.2% | 1 | - | $1,715 | $26,816 | 4 | Abramorama |
| 136 | - | Postmen in the Mountains | $1,585 | - | 1 | - | $1,585 | $55,089 | 43 | Shadow Distribution |
| 137 | 122 | Proteus | $1,506 | -58.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,506 | $49,991 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 138 | 134 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,300 | -8.8% | 1 | - | $1,300 | $7,018,950 | 294 | - |
| 139 | 136 | Strayed | $964 | +11.1% | 1 | - | $964 | $470,511 | 22 | Wellspring Media |
| 140 | - | Untold Scandal | $737 | - | - | - | - | $737 | 1 | Kino International |
| 141 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $566 | - | 1 | - | $566 | $11,523 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 142 | 114 | Malevolence | $532 | -88.6% | - | - | - | $46,469 | 5 | - |
| 143 | 138 | Grand Champion | $513 | +0.6% | 1 | - | $513 | $42,131 | 7 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 144 | 116 | She Hate Me | $456 | -89.7% | 3 | -7 | $152 | $356,690 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 145 | 139 | Merci Dr Rey! | $442 | -2% | 1 | - | $442 | $13,598 | 4 | Regent Releasing |
| 146 | 111 | Anatomy of Hell | $402 | -92.7% | 1 | -2 | $402 | $13,390 | 3 | Tartan |
| 147 | 126 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $378 | -85.6% | 1 | -3 | $378 | $2,380,788 | 28 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 148 | 131 | Love Me If You Dare | $350 | -85.7% | 1 | -5 | $350 | $550,816 | 21 | Paramount Classics |
