| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Coach Carter | $32,241,815 | $24,182,961 | 75% | $8,058,854 | 25% | 2,524 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Meet the Fockers | $25,766,695 | $19,316,095 | 75% | $6,450,600 | 25% | 3,554 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Racing Stripes | $20,273,135 | $13,920,052 | 68.7% | $6,353,083 | 31.3% | 3,185 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | In Good Company | $18,940,995 | $14,289,750 | 75.4% | $4,651,245 | 24.6% | 1,566 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Elektra | $16,407,637 | $12,804,793 | 78% | $3,602,844 | 22% | 3,204 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | White Noise | $15,349,050 | $12,067,290 | 78.6% | $3,281,760 | 21.4% | 2,279 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $5,891,920 | $4,040,709 | 68.6% | $1,851,211 | 31.4% | 2,540 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Phantom of the Opera | $5,676,486 | $3,669,147 | 64.6% | $2,007,339 | 35.4% | 907 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Ocean's Twelve | $4,059,687 | $2,984,382 | 73.5% | $1,075,305 | 26.5% | 2,105 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Fat Albert | $4,044,653 | $2,800,707 | 69.2% | $1,243,946 | 30.8% | 2,043 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | National Treasure | $3,684,603 | $2,657,763 | 72.1% | $1,026,840 | 27.9% | 1,610 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Sideways | $3,397,220 | $2,164,549 | 63.7% | $1,232,671 | 36.3% | 370 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Million Dollar Baby | $2,789,346 | $1,813,881 | 65% | $975,465 | 35% | 122 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | House of Flying Daggers | $2,733,861 | $1,737,497 | - | - | - | 1,189 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 15 | Finding Neverland | $2,626,602 | $1,756,690 | - | - | - | 1,000 | 10 | Miramax | - | true |
| 16 | Spanglish | $2,341,540 | $1,716,450 | 73.3% | $625,090 | 26.7% | 1,662 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Hotel Rwanda | $2,165,035 | $1,460,089 | 67.4% | $704,946 | 32.6% | 192 | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| 18 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $1,932,616 | $1,350,164 | 69.9% | $582,452 | 30.1% | 907 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Incredibles | $1,703,787 | $1,056,191 | 62% | $647,596 | 38% | 1,002 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Polar Express | $1,558,925 | $1,009,858 | 64.8% | $549,067 | 35.2% | 445 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Assault on Precinct 13 | $1,538,130 | - | - | - | - | 2,233 | 1 | Rogue Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Aviator | $1,292,542 | $4,800,000 | - | - | - | 1,956 | 5 | Miramax | - | true |
| 23 | Closer | $1,287,284 | $788,325 | 61.2% | $498,959 | 38.8% | 737 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | Beyond the Sea | $958,098 | $639,209 | 66.7% | $318,889 | 33.3% | 383 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 25 | Darkness | $845,751 | $670,289 | - | - | - | 955 | 4 | Dimension Films | - | true |
| 26 | A Very Long Engagement | $753,464 | $525,765 | 69.8% | $227,699 | 30.2% | 219 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - | false |
| 27 | Kinsey | $592,044 | $408,060 | 68.9% | $183,984 | 31.1% | 339 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Bad Education | $571,368 | $376,845 | 66% | $194,523 | 34% | 60 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 29 | Blade: Trinity | $537,578 | $412,265 | 76.7% | $125,313 | 23.3% | 707 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 30 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | $485,008 | $317,906 | 65.6% | $167,102 | 34.4% | 440 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Ray | $477,530 | $286,005 | 59.9% | $191,525 | 40.1% | 286 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Flight of the Phoenix | $463,712 | $347,735 | 75% | $115,977 | 25% | 519 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 33 | The Woodsman | $319,798 | $218,982 | 68.5% | $100,816 | 31.5% | 62 | 4 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 34 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $248,180 | $158,760 | 64% | $89,420 | 36% | 96 | 17 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 35 | The Merchant of Venice | $173,342 | $118,379 | 68.3% | $54,963 | 31.7% | 15 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 36 | Shall We Dance? | $158,008 | $107,825 | 68.2% | $50,183 | 31.8% | 254 | 14 | Miramax | - | false |
| 37 | Ladder 49 | $154,621 | $108,006 | 69.8% | $46,615 | 30.2% | 190 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $137,770 | $84,935 | 61.6% | $52,835 | 38.4% | 64 | 50 | Captured Light | - | false |
| 39 | Alexander | $137,062 | $91,463 | 66.7% | $45,599 | 33.3% | 223 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Space Station 3D | $124,006 | $59,628 | 48.1% | $64,378 | 51.9% | 11 | 144 | IMAX | - | false |
| 41 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $96,855 | $63,220 | 65.3% | $33,635 | 34.7% | 116 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Appleseed | $92,295 | $66,869 | 72.4% | $25,426 | 27.6% | 31 | 1 | Geneon Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $89,317 | $55,933 | 62.6% | $33,384 | 37.4% | 23 | 16 | Luke Films Inc. | - | false |
| 44 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $89,242 | $58,648 | 65.7% | $30,594 | 34.3% | 26 | 4 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 45 | Bugs! | $85,875 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 98 | SK Films | - | false |
| 46 | The Work and the Glory | $81,021 | $51,894 | 64% | $29,127 | 36% | 21 | 9 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 47 | Being Julia | $74,180 | $37,395 | 50.4% | $36,785 | 49.6% | 25 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $64,810 | $49,254 | 76% | $15,556 | 24% | 15 | 45 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 49 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $60,099 | $43,552 | 72.5% | $16,547 | 27.5% | 76 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 50 | The Sea Inside | $54,305 | $30,844 | 56.8% | $23,461 | 43.2% | 12 | 5 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 51 | After the Sunset | $47,688 | $26,012 | 54.6% | $21,676 | 45.4% | 74 | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 52 | Vera Drake | $46,614 | $26,670 | 57.2% | $19,944 | 42.8% | 41 | 15 | Fine Line Features | - | false |
| 53 | I Heart Huckabees | $45,023 | $29,295 | 65.1% | $15,728 | 34.9% | 46 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Haunted Castle | $40,000 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 204 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | The Chorus 2005 Re-release | $28,841 | $18,355 | 63.6% | $10,486 | 36.4% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 56 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $28,451 | $23,651 | 83.1% | $4,800 | 16.9% | 8 | 118 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 57 | Napoleon Dynamite | $27,808 | $19,347 | 69.6% | $8,461 | 30.4% | 46 | 32 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $27,116 | $23,458 | 86.5% | $3,658 | 13.5% | 5 | 119 | Giant Screen Films | - | false |
| 59 | Swades | $21,864 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $21,482 | $12,403 | 57.7% | $9,079 | 42.3% | 6 | 5 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 61 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $20,049 | $9,896 | 49.4% | $10,153 | 50.6% | 1 | 13 | Mela Films LLC | - | false |
| 62 | Travelers and Magicians | $15,874 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 63 | Lightning in a Bottle | $13,278 | $9,590 | 72.2% | $3,688 | 27.8% | 7 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 64 | The Machinist | $13,191 | $8,366 | 63.4% | $4,825 | 36.6% | 12 | 13 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 65 | Paper Clips | $11,194 | $7,257 | 64.8% | $3,937 | 35.2% | 6 | 9 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 66 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $11,175 | $6,705 | 60% | $4,470 | 40% | 1 | 7 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 67 | Moolaadé | $10,261 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 68 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $9,206 | $7,306 | 79.4% | $1,900 | 20.6% | 4 | 93 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Callas Forever | $8,560 | $5,207 | 60.8% | $3,353 | 39.2% | 2 | 11 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | The Young Black Stallion | $7,932 | $5,731 | 72.2% | $2,201 | 27.8% | 5 | 57 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Red Lights | $7,724 | $5,951 | 77% | $1,773 | 23% | 4 | 22 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 72 | Straight-Jacket | $7,532 | $5,319 | 70.6% | $2,213 | 29.4% | 4 | 8 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 73 | Alien Adventure | $6,994 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 283 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | Postmen in the Mountains | $6,725 | $6,418 | 95.4% | $307 | 4.6% | 3 | 57 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 75 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $6,585 | $4,139 | 62.8% | $2,446 | 37.2% | 2 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 76 | Days of Being Wild | $5,823 | $4,272 | 73.4% | $1,551 | 26.6% | 1 | 9 | Kino International | - | false |
| 77 | Our Music | $5,726 | $3,157 | 55.1% | $2,569 | 44.9% | 3 | 9 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 78 | Tarnation | $5,652 | $3,058 | 54.1% | $2,594 | 45.9% | 1 | 16 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 79 | Garden State | $5,281 | $3,137 | 59.4% | $2,144 | 40.6% | 10 | 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Saints and Soldiers | $5,134 | $3,007 | 58.6% | $2,127 | 41.4% | 3 | 24 | Excel Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | Testosterone | $3,460 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $3,027 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Tartan | - | false |
| 83 | Brother to Brother | $2,103 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | Wolfe Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Machuca | $1,715 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Menemsha Films | - | false |
| 85 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $1,488 | $1,488 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 86 | Enduring Love | $1,221 | $474 | 38.8% | $747 | 61.2% | 5 | 12 | Paramount Classics | - | false |
| 87 | Vodka Lemon | $1,104 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 88 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,100 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 308 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 89 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $928 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 90 | Sex Is Comedy 2004 Re-release | $813 | $569 | 70% | $244 | 30% | 1 | 14 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 91 | Bright Leaves | $740 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 | First Run | - | false |
| 92 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $722 | $439 | 60.8% | $283 | 39.2% | 2 | 18 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
| 93 | Untold Scandal | $666 | $357 | 53.6% | $309 | 46.4% | 1 | 15 | Kino International | - | false |
| 94 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $655 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America | $399 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Lumiere Productions | - | false |
| - | Birth | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 12 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | $17,817 | - | - | - | 4 | 326 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Rosenstrasse | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 25 | IDP Distribution | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | $4,732 | - | - | - | 2 | 273 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Wonderful Days | - | $2,008 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | End Game Productions Inc. | - | false |
| - | China: The Panda Adventure | - | $704 | - | - | - | 1 | 189 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | $2,537 | - | - | - | 1 | 122 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | The Deserted Station | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 29 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | First Run | - | false |
| - | A Talking Picture | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | A Silent Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Atopia | - | false |
| - | Christmas with the Kranks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Revolution Studios | - | false |
| - | Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Malevolence | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Painted Zebra Productions Inc. | - | false |
| - | Bear Cub | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| - | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | Wellspring Media | - | false |
