Domestic 2004 Week 43
October 22-28, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Grudge | $48,867,029 | - | 3,245 | - | $15,059 | $48,867,029 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Shark Tale | $16,682,794 | -35.7% | 3,656 | -292 | $4,563 | $139,356,983 | 4 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 3 | 2 | Shall We Dance? | $11,826,031 | -25.3% | 2,419 | +647 | $4,888 | $27,654,156 | 2 | Miramax |
| 4 | 4 | Friday Night Lights | $8,537,270 | -42% | 2,969 | +205 | $2,875 | $48,859,290 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Team America: World Police | $8,434,125 | -46.4% | 2,620 | +81 | $3,219 | $24,161,489 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Ladder 49 | $6,821,385 | -36.8% | 2,802 | -453 | $2,434 | $62,862,433 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Surviving Christmas | $5,544,775 | - | 2,750 | - | $2,016 | $5,544,775 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 8 | 6 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $4,988,158 | -48.1% | 2,357 | -644 | $2,116 | $30,594,215 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 7 | The Forgotten | $4,129,899 | -45.4% | 2,253 | -515 | $1,833 | $62,840,257 | 5 | Revolution Studios |
| 10 | 12 | I Heart Huckabees | $3,829,798 | +214.1% | 785 | +720 | $4,878 | $6,735,094 | 4 | - |
| 11 | 9 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,930,698 | -19.1% | 260 | +10 | $7,425 | $8,310,156 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 8 | Raise Your Voice | $1,315,538 | -59.2% | 1,509 | -1,012 | $871 | $9,686,498 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | 14 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $1,009,054 | +13.7% | 521 | +87 | $1,936 | $6,304,606 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | Shaun of the Dead | $846,885 | -43.8% | 571 | -101 | $1,483 | $12,512,987 | 5 | Rogue Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | Napoleon Dynamite | $814,232 | -30.1% | 479 | -140 | $1,699 | $41,466,847 | 20 | - |
| 16 | 10 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $748,758 | -52.4% | 872 | -336 | $858 | $37,002,454 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 18 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $594,836 | +5.3% | 146 | +14 | $4,074 | $6,895,302 | 38 | - |
| 18 | 17 | Garden State | $415,519 | -32.4% | 216 | -85 | $1,923 | $25,820,640 | 14 | - |
| 19 | 52 | Vera Drake | $397,116 | +576.1% | 46 | +44 | $8,632 | $490,645 | 3 | Fine Line Features |
| 20 | 19 | The Bourne Supremacy | $387,470 | -18.6% | 304 | -42 | $1,274 | $174,873,745 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 16 | Cellular | $359,506 | -52% | 433 | -308 | $830 | $31,188,208 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 22 | 32 | Being Julia | $319,213 | +88.4% | 35 | +26 | $9,120 | $488,623 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 15 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $314,446 | -64.2% | 370 | -417 | $849 | $50,658,776 | 7 | Screen Gems |
| 24 | - | Sideways | $305,471 | - | 4 | - | $76,367 | $305,471 | 1 | - |
| 25 | 24 | Spider-Man 2 | $267,086 | -22.4% | 238 | -8 | $1,122 | $372,933,452 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 20 | Hero | $227,790 | -52% | 226 | -169 | $1,007 | $53,157,169 | 9 | Miramax |
| 27 | 39 | Stage Beauty | $218,503 | +80.6% | 59 | +38 | $3,703 | $400,214 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 28 | 26 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $187,626 | -35.9% | 49 | -6 | $3,829 | $1,117,668 | 4 | - |
| 29 | 25 | The Final Cut | $186,060 | -40% | 117 | - | $1,590 | $496,227 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 22 | Without a Paddle | $179,762 | -54.4% | 312 | -196 | $576 | $57,009,427 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 28 | I, Robot | $179,497 | -13.6% | 181 | -21 | $991 | $144,283,044 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 29 | The Village | $151,880 | -26.5% | 201 | -34 | $755 | $113,963,063 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 54 | The Manchurian Candidate | $146,191 | +167.6% | 208 | +159 | $702 | $65,743,828 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 31 | Space Station 3D | $141,482 | -21.9% | 15 | -1 | $9,432 | $55,166,576 | 132 | IMAX |
| 35 | 40 | Haunted Castle | $136,667 | +15% | 9 | - | $15,185 | $9,499,724 | 192 | - |
| 36 | 23 | Wimbledon | $122,745 | -67.8% | 179 | -243 | $685 | $16,862,585 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | 35 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $118,600 | -12.2% | 160 | -34 | $741 | $94,322,296 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 38 | 21 | Mr. 3000 | $116,285 | -72.6% | 194 | -359 | $599 | $21,538,024 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 33 | Maria Full of Grace | $111,734 | -27.5% | 90 | -17 | $1,241 | $6,420,190 | 15 | Fine Line Features |
| 40 | 34 | Alien vs. Predator | $102,962 | -30.5% | 147 | -19 | $700 | $80,107,585 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 37 | The Notebook | $97,576 | -21.3% | 116 | -28 | $841 | $80,782,701 | 18 | New Line Cinema |
| 42 | 43 | Tarnation | $94,702 | +1.7% | 22 | +16 | $4,304 | $216,442 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 43 | - | Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | $93,000 | - | 116 | - | $801 | $93,000 | 1 | Citizens United |
| 44 | 30 | Hair Show | $92,394 | -50.5% | 35 | -3 | $2,639 | $278,920 | 2 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 45 | 27 | First Daughter | $91,767 | -62.2% | 161 | -220 | $569 | $8,865,585 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 46 | - | The Machinist | $90,791 | - | 3 | - | $30,263 | $90,791 | 1 | Paramount Classics |
| 47 | 47 | Primer | $87,619 | +15.1% | 29 | +10 | $3,021 | $200,653 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 48 | 45 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $79,141 | -7.3% | 34 | - | $2,327 | $19,100,439 | 33 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 42 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $70,528 | -34.6% | 140 | -62 | $503 | $41,754,430 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 41 | Bugs! | $66,828 | -42.9% | 27 | -1 | $2,475 | $13,408,684 | 86 | SK Films |
| 51 | 57 | Around the Bend | $62,015 | +27.9% | 47 | +20 | $1,319 | $135,695 | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 52 | 63 | Head in the Clouds | $60,894 | +56.1% | 23 | -3 | $2,647 | $325,981 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 46 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $59,640 | -27% | 12 | - | $4,970 | $8,584,664 | 106 | Giant Screen Films |
| 54 | 44 | Saints and Soldiers | $54,017 | -37.7% | 26 | -11 | $2,077 | $961,595 | 12 | Excel Entertainment |
| 55 | - | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $53,455 | - | 202 | - | $264 | $19,755,002 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 51 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $50,750 | -18.2% | 55 | -19 | $922 | $249,327,065 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 38 | Vanity Fair | $49,536 | -59.5% | 70 | -72 | $707 | $16,065,883 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 58 | 62 | Zelary | $42,672 | +8% | 19 | +3 | $2,245 | $204,993 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 48 | A Dirty Shame | $42,615 | -42.5% | 28 | -14 | $1,521 | $1,323,528 | 6 | Fine Line Features |
| 60 | 76 | P.S. | $37,959 | +35.9% | 6 | +3 | $6,326 | $65,894 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 61 | 49 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $36,401 | -41.6% | 3 | -1 | $12,133 | $49,375,331 | 314 | IMAX |
| 62 | - | Undertow | $35,245 | - | 6 | - | $5,874 | $35,245 | 1 | United Artists |
| 63 | 66 | A Day Without a Mexican | $30,466 | -17.1% | 20 | -3 | $1,523 | $4,129,266 | 24 | Televisa Cine |
| 64 | 81 | Before Sunset | $27,691 | +18.1% | 21 | -6 | $1,318 | $5,802,923 | 17 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 65 | 69 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $26,437 | -19.5% | 19 | -8 | $1,391 | $1,846,094 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 66 | 56 | The Mother | $25,623 | -47.9% | 18 | -17 | $1,423 | $1,051,593 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | 75 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,966 | -12.3% | 6 | - | $4,161 | $7,558,644 | 107 | Giant Screen Films |
| 68 | 50 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $24,708 | -60.3% | 31 | -19 | $797 | $900,912 | 6 | - |
| 69 | 59 | Rosenstrasse | $24,005 | -45.7% | 15 | -8 | $1,600 | $568,577 | 13 | IDP Distribution |
| 70 | 71 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $21,559 | -32.5% | 11 | -2 | $1,959 | $97,303 | 3 | - |
| 71 | 55 | Red Lights | $20,936 | -61.1% | 19 | -10 | $1,101 | $550,212 | 10 | Wellspring Media |
| 72 | 80 | Dig! | $20,369 | -13.4% | 9 | +2 | $2,263 | $104,629 | 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 73 | 72 | Paparazzi | $20,213 | -32% | 36 | -33 | $561 | $15,682,386 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 74 | 79 | Guiana 1838 | $20,136 | -16.9% | 2 | - | $10,068 | $167,845 | 5 | RBC Radio |
| 75 | 53 | Eulogy | $17,097 | -70.5% | 22 | - | $777 | $75,076 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 76 | 64 | The Last Shot | $17,056 | -55.5% | 17 | -23 | $1,003 | $447,462 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | 88 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $16,043 | -0.4% | 8 | -1 | $2,005 | $324,250 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 78 | - | Fish Without a Bicycle | $15,971 | - | 1 | - | $15,971 | $2,971 | 1 | - |
| 79 | 84 | Moolaadé | $15,242 | -11.7% | 2 | - | $7,621 | $32,508 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 80 | 93 | Galapagos | $15,120 | +3.7% | 2 | - | $7,560 | $14,536,834 | 261 | IMAX |
| 81 | 74 | Intimate Strangers | $14,703 | -49.5% | 15 | -15 | $980 | $2,084,328 | 13 | Paramount Classics |
| 82 | - | Hearts and Minds | $13,485 | - | 2 | - | $6,742 | $13,485 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 83 | 77 | Criminal | $13,432 | -49.4% | 15 | -21 | $895 | $929,233 | 7 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 84 | 67 | Bright Young Things | $13,417 | -61.6% | 15 | -25 | $894 | $909,621 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 85 | - | The Manson Family | $13,102 | - | 4 | - | $3,275 | $13,102 | 1 | - |
| 86 | 108 | Riding Giants | $13,003 | +51% | 7 | -3 | $1,857 | $2,246,412 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 83 | Remember Me, My Love | $12,941 | -29.8% | 4 | -1 | $3,235 | $151,340 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 88 | 58 | Going Upriver | $12,874 | -73.3% | 17 | -36 | $757 | $607,750 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 89 | 90 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $12,802 | -18.3% | 14 | -11 | $914 | $114,319,767 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 90 | 82 | Garfield: The Movie | $12,513 | -41% | 25 | -11 | $500 | $75,362,397 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 91 | 92 | Control Room | $11,406 | -22.2% | 8 | -8 | $1,425 | $2,580,394 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | 106 | Untold Scandal | $11,346 | +26.9% | 8 | +4 | $1,418 | $21,021 | 3 | Kino International |
| 93 | 87 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $11,268 | -32.7% | 6 | -4 | $1,878 | $398,980 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 94 | 95 | Alien Adventure | $11,000 | -20% | 2 | - | $5,500 | $4,613,806 | 271 | - |
| 95 | 125 | Testosterone | $10,528 | +251.5% | 4 | +2 | $2,632 | $116,979 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 96 | 73 | Silver City | $10,108 | -65.7% | 20 | -25 | $505 | $1,020,656 | 6 | Newmarket Films |
| 97 | 112 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $9,780 | +39.7% | 15 | -3 | $652 | $2,041,014 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 98 | 65 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $9,753 | -73.8% | 38 | -68 | $256 | $3,804,534 | 10 | - |
| 99 | 102 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $8,942 | -16.3% | 4 | - | $2,235 | $16,523,979 | 81 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 100 | 78 | Festival Express | $8,745 | -64.3% | 7 | -13 | $1,249 | $1,155,304 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 101 | 94 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $8,214 | -42.7% | 4 | -4 | $2,053 | $308,037 | 14 | Vitagraph Films |
| 102 | - | Lightning in a Bottle | $7,791 | - | 2 | - | $3,895 | $7,791 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 96 | The Day After Tomorrow | $7,301 | -43.9% | 12 | -3 | $608 | $186,737,076 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 104 | 98 | Mean Creek | $6,990 | -44.2% | 14 | -9 | $499 | $590,022 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 105 | - | Evil Remains | $6,984 | - | 4 | - | $1,746 | $6,984 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 106 | 109 | The Inheritance | $6,535 | -23.9% | 2 | - | $3,267 | $51,592 | 16 | The Cinema Guild |
| 107 | 127 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $6,483 | +151.9% | 5 | +1 | $1,296 | $65,202 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | 111 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $6,174 | -21.1% | 10 | +1 | $617 | $325,436 | 20 | Dada Films |
| 109 | 140 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $5,875 | +353.7% | 1 | - | $5,875 | $7,170 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 110 | 104 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $5,283 | -49.1% | 4 | +1 | $1,320 | $105,676 | 19 | First Run |
| 111 | 114 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $4,909 | -25.3% | 3 | - | $1,636 | $91,150 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 112 | 101 | Anatomy of Hell | $4,812 | -56.7% | 1 | -1 | $4,812 | $29,321 | 5 | Tartan |
| 113 | - | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,499 | - | 1 | - | $4,499 | $4,499 | 1 | - |
| 114 | 97 | Malevolence | $4,497 | -64.1% | 5 | -1 | $899 | $63,286 | 7 | - |
| 115 | - | Stella Street | $4,119 | - | 10 | - | $411 | $4,119 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 116 | 115 | The Young Black Stallion | $4,004 | -25.8% | 1 | - | $4,004 | $6,539,103 | 45 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 117 | 134 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $3,805 | +133.1% | 3 | -2 | $1,268 | $140,929 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 119 | The Raspberry Reich | $3,657 | -16.4% | 1 | - | $3,657 | $30,379 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | 139 | Postmen in the Mountains | $3,652 | +182% | 2 | +1 | $1,826 | $60,036 | 45 | Shadow Distribution |
| 120 | - | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $3,425 | - | - | - | - | $3,425 | 1 | IMAX |
| 121 | 129 | Merci Dr Rey! | $3,303 | +51.7% | 2 | - | $1,651 | $19,079 | 6 | Regent Releasing |
| 122 | - | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $3,004 | - | 4 | - | $751 | $646,951 | 26 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 123 | 149 | Rick | $2,722 | +1,501.2% | 2 | - | $1,361 | $11,991 | 5 | Vitagraph Films |
| 124 | 89 | Face | $2,480 | -84.5% | 1 | -2 | $2,480 | $18,528 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 125 | - | The Battle of Algiers 2004 Re-release | $2,458 | - | 2 | - | $1,229 | $822,941 | 42 | Rialto Pictures |
| 126 | 107 | The Brown Bunny | $2,441 | -72.1% | 4 | - | $610 | $348,931 | 9 | Wellspring Media |
| 127 | 121 | Reconstruction | $2,222 | -46.6% | 2 | -1 | $1,111 | $59,890 | 7 | Palm Pictures |
| 128 | - | Proteus | $2,215 | - | 2 | - | $1,107 | $52,206 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 129 | - | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $2,141 | - | 1 | - | $2,141 | $163,577 | 44 | Kino International |
| 130 | 123 | A Home at the End of the World | $2,101 | -43.3% | 9 | - | $233 | $1,029,872 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 131 | 130 | Bright Leaves | $2,070 | +6.2% | 1 | -1 | $2,070 | $34,997 | 10 | First Run |
| 132 | 117 | Touch of Pink | $2,058 | -57.2% | 3 | -7 | $686 | $555,908 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 133 | 124 | Strayed | $1,749 | -51.9% | 2 | -2 | $874 | $475,895 | 24 | Wellspring Media |
| 134 | 136 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,612 | +12.4% | 1 | - | $1,612 | $3,869,157 | 177 | IMAX |
| 135 | 116 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $1,394 | -71% | 4 | - | $348 | $96,488 | 4 | - |
| 136 | - | The Hunting of the President | $1,335 | - | 2 | - | $667 | $376,498 | 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 137 | 138 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,300 | -7.1% | 1 | - | $1,300 | $7,021,650 | 296 | - |
| 138 | 118 | Bush's Brain | $1,231 | -72.8% | 2 | -2 | $615 | $177,525 | 10 | Tartan |
| 139 | 91 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $1,183 | -91.9% | 2 | -7 | $591 | $1,041,235 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 140 | - | Twist | $1,105 | - | 2 | - | $552 | $47,370 | 23 | Strand Releasing |
| 141 | 143 | She Hate Me | $1,037 | +8.1% | 3 | -1 | $345 | $358,686 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 142 | 113 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $908 | -86.7% | 1 | -6 | $908 | $356,703 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 143 | - | Brothers in Arms | $830 | - | 2 | - | $415 | $3,664 | 9 | First Run |
| 144 | 145 | Virgin | $747 | +35.1% | 1 | - | $747 | $8,788 | 8 | Artistic License |
| 145 | 131 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $56 | -97% | 1 | - | $56 | $18,419 | 5 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
