| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Shall We Dance? | $163,727 | - | 58 | - | $2,822 | $525,094 | 2 | Buena Vista International | false | false |
| 2 | - | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $154,788 | - | 35 | - | $4,422 | $154,788 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Forgotten | $83,970 | - | 47 | - | $1,786 | $256,079 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Manchurian Candidate | $80,905 | - | 38 | - | $2,129 | $80,905 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Collateral | $79,905 | - | 50 | - | $1,598 | $559,265 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Notebook | $62,661 | - | 32 | - | $1,958 | $444,699 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 7 | - | In My Father's Den | $60,813 | - | 23 | - | $2,644 | $630,161 | 5 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | - | Bad Santa | $55,908 | - | 25 | - | $2,236 | $88,402 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 9 | - | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $31,031 | - | 35 | - | $886 | $593,712 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $29,241 | - | 25 | - | $1,169 | $98,200 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 11 | - | Shark Tale | $23,970 | - | 50 | - | $479 | $1,704,837 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | De-Lovely | $19,404 | - | 10 | - | $1,940 | $169,965 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | - | Alien vs. Predator | $16,696 | - | 33 | - | $505 | $1,008,824 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Stepford Wives | $15,888 | - | 27 | - | $588 | $513,364 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Before Sunset | $15,842 | - | 7 | - | $2,263 | $75,575 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | Garfield: The Movie | $13,808 | - | 44 | - | $313 | $1,535,898 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 17 | - | Touching the Void | $10,085 | - | 15 | - | $672 | $462,208 | 12 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 18 | - | Coffee and Cigarettes | $10,058 | - | 5 | - | $2,011 | $90,128 | 4 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | - | Wimbledon | $8,286 | - | 25 | - | $331 | $571,616 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | Ruby & Quentin | $7,076 | - | 10 | - | $707 | $341,620 | 12 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
