Domestic 2004 Weekend 53
December 31-January 2, 2005
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | $42,474,620 | -8.6% | 29% | 4 | Meet the Fockers | $41,741,785 | 98.3% | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | $20,152,534 | +5.1% | 13.8% | 6 | Ocean's Twelve | $9,433,199 | 46.8% | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 3 | $15,883,029 | +18.9% | 10.9% | 5 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $14,587,219 | 91.8% | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 5 | $15,530,829 | +40.9% | 10.6% | 6 | National Treasure | $6,768,112 | 43.6% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 6 | $13,969,547 | +28.7% | 9.5% | 3 | The Aviator | $11,200,000 | 80.2% | 3 | Miramax |
| 6 | 4 | $13,289,425 | +4.4% | 9.1% | 3 | Fat Albert | $10,176,065 | 76.6% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 8 | $8,415,098 | +32.8% | 5.8% | 2 | Spanglish | $6,183,965 | 73.5% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 7 | $4,500,000 | -29.7% | 3.1% | 1 | Darkness | $4,500,000 | 100% | 2 | Dimension Films |
| 9 | 9 | $3,063,664 | +2.8% | 2.1% | 3 | Blade: Trinity | $3,000,202 | 97.9% | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 11 | $2,766,502 | +76.4% | 1.9% | 5 | Sideways | $2,150,398 | 77.7% | 11 | - |
| 11 | 10 | $1,637,528 | -36.7% | 1.1% | 1 | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,637,528 | 100% | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 12 | 19 | $1,369,016 | +2,292.8% | 0.9% | 2 | Beyond the Sea | $1,340,773 | 97.9% | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 13 | 12 | $1,147,677 | +20.5% | 0.8% | 7 | House of Flying Daggers | $741,890 | 64.6% | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | 13 | $692,062 | +52.8% | 0.5% | 1 | A Very Long Engagement | $692,062 | 100% | 6 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 15 | 15 | $341,261 | +94.2% | 0.2% | 1 | Shark Tale | $341,261 | 100% | 14 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 16 | 16 | $189,754 | +49% | 0.1% | 1 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $189,754 | 100% | 15 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 17 | $142,378 | +42.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Hotel Rwanda | $142,378 | 100% | 2 | United Artists |
| 18 | 14 | $132,726 | -49% | <0.1% | 1 | Swades | $132,726 | 100% | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 18 | $96,696 | +35.5% | <0.1% | 5 | Space Station 3D | $63,908 | 66.1% | 142 | IMAX |
| 20 | 20 | $83,077 | +53.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Woodsman | $83,077 | 100% | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 21 | 25 | $81,859 | +144.4% | <0.1% | 2 | The Work and the Glory | $80,904 | 98.8% | 6 | Excel Entertainment |
| 22 | 22 | $68,416 | +51.2% | <0.1% | 1 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $68,416 | 100% | 48 | - |
| 23 | 32 | $48,717 | +1,029% | <0.1% | 2 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $37,547 | 77.1% | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 24 | 21 | $45,463 | -1.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $27,005 | 59.4% | 116 | Giant Screen Films |
| 25 | 24 | $41,010 | +12% | <0.1% | 2 | Vera Drake | $22,226 | 54.2% | 13 | Fine Line Features |
| 26 | 23 | $37,875 | -7.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Haunted Castle | $32,500 | 85.8% | 202 | - |
| 27 | 26 | $35,768 | +42.5% | <0.1% | 5 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $17,167 | 48% | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 28 | 27 | $14,246 | -17.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Veer Zaara | $14,246 | 100% | 8 | Yash Raj Films |
| 29 | 30 | $13,833 | +43.3% | <0.1% | 2 | The Machinist | $13,557 | 98% | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 30 | 28 | $10,228 | -28.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Callas Forever | $10,228 | 100% | 9 | Regent Releasing |
| 31 | 29 | $8,510 | -35.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Paper Clips | $8,510 | 100% | 6 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 32 | 38 | $7,259 | +206.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Bear Cub | $7,259 | 100% | 9 | TLA Releasing |
| 33 | 37 | $7,225 | +197.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Postmen in the Mountains | $7,225 | 100% | 54 | Shadow Distribution |
| 34 | 31 | $6,081 | +31.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $6,081 | 100% | 11 | - |
| 35 | 40 | $4,123 | +96.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Moolaadé | $4,123 | 100% | 12 | New Yorker Films |
| 37 | 34 | $2,951 | -25.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Rosenstrasse | $2,951 | 100% | 23 | IDP Distribution |
| 38 | 39 | $2,525 | +13.9% | <0.1% | 1 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $2,525 | 100% | 5 | Tartan |
| 39 | 33 | $2,144 | -45.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $2,144 | 100% | 14 | - |
| 41 | 36 | $1,055 | -60.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $1,055 | 100% | 20 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 42 | 44 | $981 | +1.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Untold Scandal | $594 | 60.6% | 12 | Kino International |
| 43 | 50 | $610 | +174.8% | <0.1% | 2 | La petite Lili 2004 Re-release | $492 | 80.7% | 8 | First Run |
| 44 | 47 | $551 | +3.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Fear and Trembling 2004 Re-release | $551 | 100% | 7 | The Cinema Guild |
