Domestic 2004 Week 53
December 31-January 6, 2005
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Meet the Fockers | $55,080,125 | -42.8% | 3,524 | +6 | $15,630 | $175,799,710 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $18,100,587 | -45.5% | 3,623 | - | $4,996 | $98,130,113 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 5 | The Aviator | $15,129,469 | -19.6% | 1,796 | - | $8,423 | $35,306,195 | 3 | Miramax |
| 4 | 4 | Ocean's Twelve | $12,428,444 | -35.9% | 3,290 | - | $3,777 | $110,001,589 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 3 | Fat Albert | $12,124,439 | -47.6% | 2,744 | +70 | $4,418 | $35,273,996 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 9 | National Treasure | $8,516,685 | -20.1% | 2,282 | +81 | $3,732 | $156,270,878 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 8 | Spanglish | $8,439,333 | -25.2% | 2,489 | +48 | $3,390 | $33,256,956 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 6 | The Polar Express | $7,084,784 | -55.2% | 2,513 | -105 | $2,819 | $156,588,129 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 11 | The Phantom of the Opera | $6,712,298 | -26.2% | 622 | - | $10,791 | $18,128,496 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 10 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $6,333,793 | -36.4% | 1,105 | - | $5,731 | $16,704,499 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | Darkness | $6,060,370 | -49.5% | 1,718 | +18 | $3,527 | $18,071,428 | 2 | Dimension Films |
| 12 | 12 | The Incredibles | $5,184,229 | -30.8% | 1,715 | -17 | $3,022 | $252,680,838 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | Blade: Trinity | $4,145,206 | -30.1% | 2,207 | -111 | $1,878 | $49,224,943 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | 14 | Flight of the Phoenix | $4,103,391 | -29.9% | 2,373 | -231 | $1,729 | $17,772,998 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 17 | Finding Neverland | $3,542,312 | -4% | 1,054 | +121 | $3,360 | $25,628,371 | 8 | Miramax |
| 16 | 16 | Closer | $3,358,608 | -22.9% | 1,094 | +25 | $3,070 | $28,588,229 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 18 | Sideways | $2,962,366 | +1.3% | 370 | +6 | $8,006 | $23,216,174 | 11 | - |
| 18 | 15 | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,961,207 | -62.2% | 1,825 | -310 | $1,074 | $73,400,688 | 7 | Revolution Studios |
| 19 | 25 | Beyond the Sea | $1,838,573 | +260% | 383 | - | $4,800 | $2,415,556 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | 19 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $1,614,474 | -37.6% | 1,068 | -248 | $1,511 | $82,268,222 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $1,044,106 | -22.3% | 161 | -4 | $6,485 | $4,459,415 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 21 | A Very Long Engagement | $1,039,414 | -6.9% | 167 | - | $6,224 | $3,000,481 | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 23 | 22 | Kinsey | $789,120 | -0.8% | 228 | -6 | $3,461 | $6,992,081 | 8 | - |
| 24 | 23 | Ray | $607,160 | -2% | 343 | +69 | $1,770 | $71,768,895 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 35 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | $481,719 | +142.2% | 13 | -2 | $37,055 | $1,531,934 | 11 | IMAX |
| 26 | 24 | Shark Tale | $441,147 | -27.1% | 407 | - | $1,083 | $160,861,908 | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 27 | 26 | Bad Education | $415,858 | -14.7% | 47 | -3 | $8,848 | $1,892,484 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | 27 | Million Dollar Baby | $414,609 | -4.7% | 9 | - | $46,067 | $1,187,286 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 30 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $282,141 | -7.3% | 93 | +1 | $3,033 | $15,817,288 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 30 | 32 | Shall We Dance? | $249,852 | -5.9% | 306 | -35 | $816 | $57,220,486 | 12 | Miramax |
| 31 | 31 | Ladder 49 | $242,117 | -10.2% | 255 | - | $949 | $73,947,623 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 44 | In Good Company | $221,284 | +202% | 3 | - | $73,761 | $294,565 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | 33 | Hotel Rwanda | $218,068 | -9.9% | 7 | - | $31,152 | $502,493 | 3 | United Artists |
| 34 | 34 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $199,740 | -8.6% | 216 | +28 | $924 | $39,945,930 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 28 | Swades | $174,509 | -55.8% | 60 | -10 | $2,908 | $1,102,232 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 36 | The Work and the Glory | $127,791 | -24.8% | 22 | +5 | $5,808 | $1,206,934 | 7 | Excel Entertainment |
| 37 | 39 | The Woodsman | $125,963 | +10% | 13 | - | $9,689 | $240,509 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 38 | 29 | Space Station 3D | $120,900 | -62.9% | 9 | -1 | $13,433 | $56,548,705 | 142 | IMAX |
| 39 | 37 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $117,867 | -3.1% | 54 | - | $2,182 | $10,141,354 | 48 | - |
| 40 | 45 | After the Sunset | $106,715 | +70.8% | 146 | -12 | $730 | $28,157,591 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 41 | 54 | The Merchant of Venice | $86,378 | +158.7% | 4 | - | $21,594 | $119,770 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 43 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $84,075 | -4.2% | 77 | -22 | $1,091 | $36,383,637 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 40 | Alexander | $76,328 | -23.3% | 232 | - | $329 | $34,029,245 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 42 | Being Julia | $76,282 | -16.9% | 43 | -14 | $1,774 | $3,584,061 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 38 | Napoleon Dynamite | $75,141 | -37% | 114 | -27 | $659 | $44,438,293 | 30 | - |
| 46 | 64 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $57,406 | +224.2% | 5 | - | $11,481 | $75,114 | 2 | THINKFilm |
| 47 | 63 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $44,053 | +115.9% | 1 | -1 | $44,053 | $49,672,612 | 324 | IMAX |
| 48 | 49 | Haunted Castle | $43,000 | -4.4% | 5 | - | $8,600 | $10,157,855 | 202 | - |
| 49 | 51 | I Heart Huckabees | $42,423 | +2.4% | 43 | -1 | $986 | $12,613,269 | 14 | - |
| 50 | 48 | Without a Paddle | $41,824 | -10.4% | 25 | -17 | $1,672 | $58,120,927 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 51 | 66 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $41,215 | +204.7% | 8 | - | $5,151 | $54,743 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 53 | Vera Drake | $38,073 | +1.2% | 19 | -10 | $2,003 | $2,138,490 | 13 | Fine Line Features |
| 53 | 46 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $36,892 | -38.5% | 18 | - | $2,049 | $19,566,142 | 43 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 50 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $33,846 | -22% | 3 | - | $11,282 | $87,135 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 55 | 52 | The Sea Inside | $28,979 | -24.3% | 5 | -1 | $5,795 | $152,669 | 3 | Fine Line Features |
| 56 | 57 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $27,005 | +8.7% | 8 | - | $3,375 | $8,909,046 | 116 | Giant Screen Films |
| 57 | 55 | Team America: World Police | $26,937 | -18% | 41 | +7 | $657 | $32,761,481 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 58 | 60 | The Machinist | $23,645 | +10.1% | 26 | - | $909 | $1,014,599 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 59 | 62 | Veer Zaara | $19,929 | -3.3% | 10 | -2 | $1,992 | $2,880,108 | 9 | Yash Raj Films |
| 60 | 61 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $18,458 | -12.7% | 5 | - | $3,691 | $7,760,025 | 117 | Giant Screen Films |
| 61 | 58 | Garden State | $17,626 | -24.6% | 24 | -4 | $734 | $26,761,160 | 24 | - |
| 62 | 77 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $15,355 | +143.7% | 1 | - | $15,355 | $59,230 | 5 | THINKFilm |
| 63 | 56 | Callas Forever | $14,820 | -50.3% | 6 | -5 | $2,470 | $335,353 | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 64 | 59 | Paper Clips | $12,810 | -42.5% | 6 | -1 | $2,135 | $119,535 | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 65 | 65 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $11,838 | -16.6% | 4 | -2 | $2,959 | $16,611,896 | 91 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 66 | 72 | Tarnation | $11,503 | +35.6% | 7 | -1 | $1,643 | $482,227 | 14 | Wellspring Media |
| 67 | 67 | The Young Black Stallion | $11,190 | -16% | 4 | - | $2,797 | $6,618,845 | 55 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 68 | 80 | Bear Cub | $10,611 | +100.8% | 4 | +1 | $2,652 | $69,448 | 9 | TLA Releasing |
| 69 | 69 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $10,154 | +2% | 3 | - | $3,384 | $73,157 | 11 | - |
| 70 | 86 | Our Music | $9,972 | +378% | 3 | +1 | $3,324 | $73,014 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 71 | 68 | Alfie | $9,861 | -10.3% | 20 | -12 | $493 | $13,390,851 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 72 | 79 | Postmen in the Mountains | $9,731 | +62.8% | 3 | +1 | $3,243 | $120,162 | 55 | Shadow Distribution |
| 73 | 76 | Lightning in a Bottle | $9,223 | +41.9% | 6 | +2 | $1,537 | $140,670 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 74 | Alien Adventure | $7,800 | -2.5% | 2 | - | $3,900 | $4,706,716 | 281 | - |
| 75 | - | Moolaadé | $7,253 | - | 2 | - | $3,626 | $112,920 | 12 | New Yorker Films |
| 76 | 73 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $6,217 | -23% | 1 | - | $6,217 | $1,752,043 | 120 | IMAX |
| 77 | - | Wonderful Days | $5,444 | - | 1 | - | $5,444 | $5,444 | 1 | - |
| 78 | 78 | Rosenstrasse | $5,138 | -15.2% | 4 | - | $1,284 | $729,654 | 23 | IDP Distribution |
| 79 | - | Galapagos | $4,322 | - | 1 | - | $4,322 | $14,618,876 | 271 | IMAX |
| 80 | 83 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $4,158 | +8% | 3 | -3 | $1,386 | $471,236 | 30 | Wellspring Media |
| 81 | 75 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $3,763 | -48.6% | 2 | - | $1,881 | $36,948 | 5 | Tartan |
| 82 | - | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $3,107 | - | 2 | - | $1,553 | $73,944 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 83 | 70 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $2,971 | -68.6% | 7 | -23 | $424 | $1,776,119 | 14 | - |
| 84 | 85 | Red Lights | $2,263 | -22.6% | 2 | -4 | $1,131 | $634,827 | 20 | Wellspring Media |
| 85 | 84 | Saints and Soldiers | $1,566 | -54.4% | 2 | -2 | $783 | $1,141,832 | 22 | Excel Entertainment |
| 86 | 81 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,232 | -71.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,232 | $90,108 | 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 87 | 91 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,200 | +9.1% | 1 | - | $1,200 | $7,033,500 | 306 | - |
| 88 | 87 | Untold Scandal | $875 | -47.3% | 2 | +1 | $437 | $44,827 | 13 | Kino International |
| 89 | 94 | Zelary | $834 | +75.2% | 1 | - | $834 | $330,033 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 90 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $804 | -33.9% | 1 | - | $804 | $24,218 | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
| 91 | - | L'autre monde 2004 Re-release | $747 | - | 1 | - | $747 | $2,494 | 22 | ArtMattan Productions |
| 92 | - | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $660 | - | 1 | - | $660 | $22,151 | 8 | First Run |
| 93 | 98 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $610 | +51% | 1 | -2 | $610 | $22,541 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 94 | 88 | Birth | $586 | -64.4% | 5 | -5 | $117 | $4,763,698 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 95 | 101 | Enduring Love | $563 | +107.7% | 1 | -4 | $563 | $349,404 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 96 | 95 | A Talking Picture | $516 | +9.8% | 1 | - | $516 | $10,774 | 4 | Kino International |
| 97 | 92 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $500 | -50% | 1 | - | $500 | $27,066 | 16 | Wellspring Media |
| 98 | - | The Deserted Station | $334 | - | 1 | - | $334 | $12,053 | 27 | First Run |
| 99 | 100 | Head in the Clouds | $171 | -51.8% | 1 | -1 | $171 | $398,278 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
