| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Recruit | $16,500,000 | $16,302,063 | -$197,937 | -1.2% | 2,376 | $16,500,000 | $16,302,063 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Final Destination 2 | $16,200,000 | - | - | - | 2,834 | $16,200,000 | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Biker Boyz | $10,100,000 | $10,106,992 | +$6,992 | <0.1% | 1,766 | $10,100,000 | $10,106,992 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Kangaroo Jack | $9,000,000 | $9,048,362 | +$48,362 | +0.5% | 2,848 | $45,900,000 | $45,886,113 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 6 | +1 | Darkness Falls | $7,500,000 | $7,018,472 | -$481,528 | -6.4% | 2,865 | $22,300,000 | $21,802,315 | 2 | Revolution Studios | - |
| 6 | 5 | -1 | Chicago | $7,100,000 | - | - | - | 623 | $50,700,000 | - | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $5,000,000 | $5,088,421 | +$88,421 | +1.8% | 2,175 | $315,900,000 | $316,026,494 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 8 | 9 | +1 | Just Married | $4,900,000 | $4,811,257 | -$88,743 | -1.8% | 2,408 | $49,800,000 | $49,730,339 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 8 | -1 | Catch Me If You Can | $4,800,000 | $5,075,589 | +$275,589 | +5.7% | 2,316 | $151,900,000 | $152,158,678 | 6 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | About Schmidt | $4,700,000 | - | - | - | 1,236 | $44,400,000 | - | 8 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | National Security | $4,500,000 | $4,313,606 | -$186,394 | -4.1% | 2,494 | $32,500,000 | $32,352,076 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | $4,300,000 | - | - | - | 1,776 | $12,400,000 | - | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | Gangs of New York | $2,210,773 | - | - | - | 1,485 | $68,764,382 | - | 7 | Miramax | - |
| 14 | 15 | +1 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $1,538,527 | - | - | - | 1,076 | $238,540,872 | - | 42 | IFC Films | - |
| 15 | 49 | +34 | Lost in La Mancha | $20,000 | $63,303 | +$43,303 | +216.5% | 8 | $20,000 | $63,303 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
