Domestic 2004 Week 44
October 29-November 4, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Grudge | $27,213,141 | -44.3% | 3,348 | +103 | $8,128 | $76,080,170 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | - | Ray | $25,996,785 | - | 2,006 | - | $12,959 | $25,996,785 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | - | Saw | $24,301,242 | - | 2,315 | - | $10,497 | $24,301,242 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 2 | Shark Tale | $10,119,102 | -39.3% | 3,381 | -275 | $2,992 | $149,476,085 | 5 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 5 | 3 | Shall We Dance? | $8,826,128 | -25.4% | 2,476 | +57 | $3,564 | $36,480,284 | 3 | Miramax |
| 6 | 4 | Friday Night Lights | $5,422,595 | -36.5% | 3,004 | +35 | $1,805 | $54,281,885 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Ladder 49 | $4,444,605 | -34.8% | 2,382 | -420 | $1,865 | $67,307,038 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Team America: World Police | $4,440,002 | -47.4% | 2,335 | -285 | $1,901 | $28,601,491 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Surviving Christmas | $3,459,841 | -37.6% | 2,755 | +5 | $1,255 | $9,004,616 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 10 | 8 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $2,812,779 | -43.6% | 1,884 | -473 | $1,492 | $33,406,994 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 10 | I Heart Huckabees | $2,386,043 | -37.7% | 901 | +116 | $2,648 | $9,121,137 | 5 | - |
| 12 | 9 | The Forgotten | $2,264,444 | -45.2% | 1,735 | -518 | $1,305 | $65,104,701 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 13 | 11 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,387,416 | -28.1% | 264 | +4 | $5,255 | $9,697,572 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 14 | - | Birth | $1,282,000 | - | 550 | - | $2,330 | $1,282,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 15 | 15 | Napoleon Dynamite | $595,080 | -26.9% | 387 | -92 | $1,537 | $42,061,927 | 21 | - |
| 16 | 24 | Sideways | $564,512 | +84.8% | 16 | +12 | $35,282 | $869,983 | 2 | - |
| 17 | 23 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $542,677 | +72.6% | 196 | -174 | $2,768 | $51,201,453 | 8 | Screen Gems |
| 18 | 14 | Shaun of the Dead | $538,038 | -36.5% | 516 | -55 | $1,042 | $13,051,025 | 6 | Rogue Pictures |
| 19 | 17 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $476,564 | -19.9% | 144 | -2 | $3,309 | $7,371,866 | 39 | - |
| 20 | 12 | Raise Your Voice | $462,245 | -64.9% | 635 | -874 | $727 | $10,148,743 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | 19 | Vera Drake | $411,670 | +3.7% | 87 | +41 | $4,731 | $902,315 | 4 | Fine Line Features |
| 22 | 22 | Being Julia | $409,254 | +28.2% | 64 | +29 | $6,394 | $897,877 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 13 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $392,408 | -61.1% | 402 | -119 | $976 | $6,697,014 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 24 | 20 | The Bourne Supremacy | $323,055 | -16.6% | 277 | -27 | $1,166 | $175,196,800 | 15 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 16 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $289,331 | -61.4% | 335 | -537 | $863 | $37,291,785 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 26 | 18 | Garden State | $260,138 | -37.4% | 181 | -35 | $1,437 | $26,080,778 | 15 | - |
| 27 | 28 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $248,396 | +32.4% | 65 | +16 | $3,821 | $1,366,064 | 5 | - |
| 28 | 21 | Cellular | $214,266 | -40.4% | 308 | -125 | $695 | $31,402,474 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 29 | 25 | Spider-Man 2 | $188,313 | -29.5% | 205 | -33 | $918 | $373,121,765 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | 27 | Stage Beauty | $154,730 | -29.2% | 70 | +11 | $2,210 | $554,944 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 34 | Space Station 3D | $147,806 | +4.5% | 15 | - | $9,853 | $55,314,382 | 133 | IMAX |
| 32 | 35 | Haunted Castle | $141,281 | +3.4% | 9 | - | $15,697 | $9,641,005 | 193 | - |
| 33 | 30 | Without a Paddle | $130,526 | -27.4% | 174 | -138 | $750 | $57,139,953 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 26 | Hero | $123,909 | -45.6% | 144 | -82 | $860 | $53,281,078 | 10 | Miramax |
| 35 | 31 | I, Robot | $119,151 | -33.6% | 152 | -29 | $783 | $144,402,195 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 50 | Bugs! | $103,701 | +55.2% | 27 | - | $3,840 | $13,512,385 | 87 | SK Films |
| 37 | 32 | The Village | $100,773 | -33.6% | 175 | -26 | $575 | $114,063,836 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 38 | 33 | The Manchurian Candidate | $98,170 | -32.8% | 140 | -68 | $701 | $65,841,998 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 39 | 46 | The Machinist | $74,984 | -17.4% | 8 | +5 | $9,373 | $165,775 | 2 | Paramount Classics |
| 40 | 41 | The Notebook | $74,635 | -23.5% | 99 | -17 | $753 | $80,857,336 | 19 | New Line Cinema |
| 41 | 40 | Alien vs. Predator | $68,778 | -33.2% | 139 | -8 | $494 | $80,176,363 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | 48 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $67,326 | -14.9% | 35 | +1 | $1,923 | $19,167,765 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 54 | Saints and Soldiers | $66,347 | +22.8% | 31 | +5 | $2,140 | $1,027,942 | 13 | Excel Entertainment |
| 44 | 39 | Maria Full of Grace | $66,241 | -40.7% | 69 | -21 | $960 | $6,486,431 | 16 | Fine Line Features |
| 45 | 47 | Primer | $63,940 | -27% | 31 | +2 | $2,062 | $264,593 | 4 | THINKFilm |
| 46 | 53 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $57,194 | -4.1% | 12 | - | $4,766 | $8,641,858 | 107 | Giant Screen Films |
| 47 | 37 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $55,764 | -53% | 115 | -45 | $484 | $94,378,060 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | - | Enduring Love | $51,590 | - | 5 | - | $10,318 | $51,590 | 1 | Paramount Classics |
| 49 | 45 | First Daughter | $51,518 | -43.9% | 118 | -43 | $436 | $8,917,103 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 50 | 38 | Mr. 3000 | $50,728 | -56.4% | 115 | -79 | $441 | $21,588,752 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | 29 | The Final Cut | $45,441 | -75.6% | 49 | -68 | $927 | $541,668 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 42 | Tarnation | $43,205 | -54.4% | 19 | -3 | $2,273 | $259,647 | 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 53 | 69 | Rosenstrasse | $42,724 | +78% | 18 | +3 | $2,373 | $611,301 | 14 | IDP Distribution |
| 54 | 49 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $40,677 | -42.3% | 124 | -16 | $328 | $41,795,107 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 68 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $40,432 | +63.6% | 47 | +16 | $860 | $941,344 | 7 | - |
| 56 | 56 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $40,122 | -20.9% | 55 | - | $729 | $249,367,187 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | - | Voices of Iraq | $38,668 | - | 12 | - | $3,222 | $38,668 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 58 | 51 | Around the Bend | $38,579 | -37.8% | 51 | +4 | $756 | $174,274 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 59 | 57 | Vanity Fair | $34,965 | -29.4% | 56 | -14 | $624 | $16,100,848 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 60 | 62 | Undertow | $34,599 | -1.8% | 20 | +14 | $1,729 | $69,844 | 2 | United Artists |
| 61 | 52 | Head in the Clouds | $33,185 | -45.5% | 31 | +8 | $1,070 | $359,166 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 61 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $27,490 | -24.5% | 4 | +1 | $6,872 | $49,402,821 | 315 | IMAX |
| 63 | 60 | P.S. | $27,124 | -28.5% | 14 | +8 | $1,937 | $93,018 | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 64 | 58 | Zelary | $25,752 | -39.7% | 11 | -8 | $2,341 | $230,745 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 67 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $22,485 | -9.9% | 6 | - | $3,747 | $7,581,129 | 108 | Giant Screen Films |
| 66 | 44 | Hair Show | $19,744 | -78.6% | 22 | -13 | $897 | $298,664 | 3 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 67 | 65 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $19,475 | -26.3% | 18 | -1 | $1,081 | $1,865,569 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 68 | 77 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $18,464 | +15.1% | 7 | -1 | $2,637 | $342,714 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | 63 | A Day Without a Mexican | $18,014 | -40.9% | 14 | -6 | $1,286 | $4,147,280 | 25 | Televisa Cine |
| 70 | 70 | Baptists at Our Barbecue | $17,323 | -19.6% | 11 | - | $1,574 | $114,626 | 4 | - |
| 71 | 82 | Hearts and Minds | $13,496 | <0.1% | 2 | - | $6,748 | $26,981 | 2 | Rialto Pictures |
| 72 | 59 | A Dirty Shame | $12,799 | -70% | 12 | -16 | $1,066 | $1,336,327 | 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 73 | 64 | Before Sunset | $12,646 | -54.3% | - | - | - | $5,815,569 | 18 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 74 | 71 | Red Lights | $12,293 | -41.3% | 9 | -10 | $1,365 | $562,505 | 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 75 | 80 | Galapagos | $12,290 | -18.7% | 4 | +2 | $3,072 | $14,549,124 | 262 | IMAX |
| 76 | 135 | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $12,077 | +766.4% | 4 | - | $3,019 | $108,565 | 5 | - |
| 77 | 84 | Bright Young Things | $12,053 | -10.2% | 16 | +1 | $753 | $921,674 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 78 | 102 | Lightning in a Bottle | $11,240 | +44.3% | 3 | +1 | $3,746 | $19,031 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 76 | The Last Shot | $11,081 | -35% | 23 | +6 | $481 | $458,543 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 80 | 74 | Guiana 1838 | $10,899 | -45.9% | 2 | - | $5,449 | $178,744 | 6 | RBC Radio |
| 81 | 55 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $10,866 | -79.7% | 66 | -136 | $164 | $19,765,868 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 82 | 78 | Fish Without a Bicycle | $10,557 | -33.9% | 1 | - | $10,557 | $26,642 | 2 | - |
| 83 | 94 | Alien Adventure | $10,500 | -4.5% | 2 | - | $5,250 | $4,624,306 | 272 | - |
| 84 | 79 | Moolaadé | $10,441 | -31.5% | 2 | - | $5,220 | $42,949 | 3 | New Yorker Films |
| 85 | 100 | Festival Express | $9,935 | +13.6% | 7 | - | $1,419 | $1,165,239 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 86 | 73 | Paparazzi | $9,922 | -50.9% | 24 | -12 | $413 | $15,692,308 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 87 | 81 | Intimate Strangers | $9,886 | -32.8% | 14 | -1 | $706 | $2,094,214 | 14 | Paramount Classics |
| 88 | 66 | The Mother | $9,467 | -63.1% | 8 | -10 | $1,183 | $1,061,060 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 91 | Control Room | $9,222 | -19.1% | 13 | +5 | $709 | $2,589,616 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 90 | 87 | Remember Me, My Love | $8,911 | -31.1% | 3 | -1 | $2,970 | $160,251 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 91 | 72 | Dig! | $8,900 | -56.3% | 5 | -4 | $1,780 | $113,529 | 5 | Palm Pictures |
| 92 | 99 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,738 | -13.5% | 4 | - | $1,934 | $16,531,717 | 82 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 93 | 90 | Garfield: The Movie | $7,192 | -42.5% | 25 | - | $287 | $75,369,589 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 94 | 114 | Malevolence | $7,169 | +59.4% | 4 | -1 | $1,792 | $70,690 | 8 | - |
| 95 | 89 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $6,969 | -45.6% | 10 | -4 | $696 | $114,326,736 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 96 | 101 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $6,715 | -18.2% | 11 | +7 | $610 | $314,833 | 15 | Vitagraph Films |
| 97 | 108 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $6,685 | +8.3% | 8 | -2 | $835 | $332,121 | 21 | Dada Films |
| 98 | 88 | Going Upriver | $6,388 | -50.4% | 10 | -7 | $638 | $614,138 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 99 | 116 | The Young Black Stallion | $5,628 | +40.6% | 1 | - | $5,628 | $6,544,731 | 46 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 100 | 127 | Reconstruction | $5,377 | +142% | 3 | +1 | $1,792 | $65,267 | 8 | Palm Pictures |
| 101 | 86 | Riding Giants | $5,045 | -61.2% | 4 | -3 | $1,261 | $2,251,457 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | 107 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $4,802 | -25.9% | 3 | -2 | $1,600 | $70,004 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | - | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $4,734 | - | 3 | - | $1,578 | $70,523 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 104 | - | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $4,340 | - | 1 | - | $4,340 | $20,701 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 105 | 109 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $4,255 | -27.6% | 1 | - | $4,255 | $11,425 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 106 | - | It's All About Love | $4,247 | - | 2 | - | $2,123 | $4,247 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | 93 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $4,011 | -64.4% | 3 | -3 | $1,337 | $402,991 | 21 | Wellspring Media |
| 108 | 145 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $3,770 | +6,632.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,885 | $22,189 | 6 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 109 | 103 | The Day After Tomorrow | $3,723 | -49% | 11 | -1 | $338 | $186,740,799 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 110 | 95 | Testosterone | $3,543 | -66.3% | 3 | -1 | $1,181 | $120,522 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 111 | - | A Silent Love | $3,475 | - | 1 | - | $3,475 | $3,475 | 1 | Atopia |
| 112 | 92 | Untold Scandal | $3,437 | -69.7% | 4 | -4 | $859 | $24,459 | 4 | Kino International |
| 113 | 104 | Mean Creek | $3,090 | -55.8% | 11 | -3 | $280 | $593,112 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 114 | 139 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $2,841 | +140.2% | 3 | +1 | $947 | $1,044,076 | 9 | IDP Distribution |
| 115 | 119 | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,508 | -31.3% | 4 | +2 | $627 | $62,544 | 46 | Shadow Distribution |
| 116 | 106 | The Inheritance | $2,272 | -65.2% | 2 | - | $1,136 | $53,865 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 117 | 98 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $2,261 | -76.8% | 19 | -19 | $119 | $3,807,524 | 11 | - |
| 118 | 120 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $2,219 | -35.2% | 1 | - | $2,219 | $5,644 | 2 | IMAX |
| 119 | 110 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $2,111 | -60% | 3 | -1 | $703 | $107,787 | 20 | First Run |
| 120 | - | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $1,864 | - | 1 | - | $1,864 | $550,713 | 28 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 121 | 105 | Evil Remains | $1,763 | -74.8% | 3 | -1 | $587 | $8,747 | 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 122 | 134 | China: The Panda Adventure | $1,744 | +8.2% | 2 | +1 | $872 | $3,870,901 | 178 | IMAX |
| 123 | 111 | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $1,575 | -67.9% | 2 | -1 | $787 | $92,725 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 124 | - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | $1,269 | - | 2 | - | $634 | $13,070 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 125 | 137 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,250 | -3.8% | 1 | - | $1,250 | $7,022,900 | 297 | - |
| 126 | 126 | The Brown Bunny | $943 | -61.4% | 1 | -3 | $943 | $349,874 | 10 | Wellspring Media |
| 127 | 144 | Virgin | $826 | +10.6% | 1 | - | $826 | $9,614 | 9 | Artistic License |
| 128 | 121 | Merci Dr Rey! | $788 | -76.1% | 1 | -1 | $788 | $19,867 | 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 129 | 132 | Touch of Pink | $655 | -68.2% | 1 | -2 | $655 | $556,563 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 130 | 133 | Strayed | $500 | -71.4% | 1 | -1 | $500 | $476,395 | 25 | Wellspring Media |
| 131 | 131 | Bright Leaves | $494 | -76.1% | 1 | - | $494 | $35,491 | 11 | First Run |
| 132 | 138 | Bush's Brain | $375 | -69.5% | 2 | - | $187 | $177,485 | 11 | Tartan |
| 133 | 117 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $248 | -93.5% | 2 | -1 | $124 | $141,177 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 134 | 141 | She Hate Me | $237 | -77.1% | 1 | -2 | $237 | $230,745 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 135 | - | The Tracker 2004 Re-release | $167 | - | 1 | - | $167 | $50,171 | 42 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 136 | 142 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $128 | -85.9% | 1 | - | $128 | $356,831 | 21 | Paramount Classics |
| 137 | - | Tattoo Bar | $127 | - | 1 | - | $127 | $2,826 | 122 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 138 | 136 | The Hunting of the President | $114 | -91.5% | 1 | -1 | $114 | $376,612 | 20 | Regent Releasing |
