| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Elf | $27,200,000 | - | - | - | 3,381 | $71,300,000 | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $25,700,000 | $25,105,990 | -$594,010 | -2.3% | 3,101 | $25,700,000 | $25,105,990 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | The Matrix Revolutions | $16,300,000 | $16,415,384 | +$115,384 | +0.7% | 3,502 | $114,200,000 | $114,268,949 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Brother Bear | $12,000,000 | $12,056,067 | +$56,067 | +0.5% | 3,030 | $63,000,000 | $63,057,769 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $9,500,000 | $9,317,371 | -$182,629 | -1.9% | 2,903 | $9,500,000 | $9,317,371 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Love Actually | $8,900,000 | $8,698,030 | -$201,970 | -2.3% | 1,177 | $19,000,000 | $18,861,700 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Scary Movie 3 | $6,100,000 | - | - | - | 2,960 | $102,300,000 | - | 4 | Dimension Films | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Radio | $5,000,000 | $4,808,366 | -$191,634 | -3.8% | 2,416 | $43,700,000 | $43,516,338 | 4 | Revolution Studios | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Tupac: Resurrection | $4,700,000 | $4,632,847 | -$67,153 | -1.4% | 801 | $4,700,000 | $4,632,847 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Mystic River | $3,300,000 | $3,244,465 | -$55,535 | -1.7% | 1,550 | $45,600,000 | $45,568,765 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Runaway Jury | $2,900,000 | $2,784,130 | -$115,870 | -4% | 1,582 | $44,600,000 | $44,523,427 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $2,600,000 | - | - | - | 1,607 | $77,700,000 | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $1,427,946 | - | - | - | 903 | $67,406,938 | - | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 14 | 15 | +1 | Lost in Translation | $706,284 | - | - | - | 301 | $27,310,371 | - | 10 | Focus Features | - |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $604,338 | - | - | - | 425 | $303,581,609 | - | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | The Human Stain | $562,423 | - | - | - | 213 | $3,050,763 | - | 3 | Miramax | - |
| 17 | 19 | +2 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $446,130 | - | - | - | 383 | $42,086,848 | - | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 18 | 20 | +2 | The Gospel of John | $367,838 | - | - | - | 113 | $1,914,986 | - | 8 | THINKFilm | - |
| 19 | 21 | +2 | The Station Agent | $354,065 | - | - | - | 120 | $2,058,865 | - | 7 | Miramax | - |
| 20 | 25 | +5 | Shattered Glass | $242,632 | - | - | - | 66 | $576,625 | - | 3 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 21 | 34 | +13 | Elephant | $157,150 | $65,000 | -$92,150 | -58.6% | 38 | $666,521 | $619,371 | 4 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 22 | 29 | +7 | Sylvia | $106,212 | - | - | - | 79 | $1,002,851 | - | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 23 | 37 | +14 | Wonderland | $57,231 | - | - | - | 71 | $981,999 | - | 7 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 24 | 44 | +20 | American Splendor | $39,250 | - | - | - | 40 | $5,918,942 | - | 14 | Fine Line Features | - |
| 25 | 45 | +20 | My Architect | $37,929 | - | - | - | 2 | $50,504 | - | 1 | New Yorker Films | - |
| 26 | 51 | +25 | Cabin Fever | $31,408 | - | - | - | 49 | $21,113,424 | - | 10 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 27 | 54 | +27 | Anything But Love | $24,641 | - | - | - | 16 | $24,641 | - | 1 | IDP Distribution | - |
| 28 | 63 | +35 | Dirty Pretty Things | $16,402 | - | - | - | 20 | $7,980,378 | - | 18 | Miramax | - |
| 29 | 72 | +43 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $13,354 | - | - | - | 46 | $111,057,208 | - | 17 | Dimension Films | - |
| 30 | 78 | +48 | City of God | $9,053 | - | - | - | 3 | $4,714,214 | - | 44 | Miramax | - |
| 31 | 83 | +52 | Casa de los babys | $7,856 | - | - | - | 11 | $466,960 | - | 9 | IFC Films | - |
| 32 | 86 | +54 | Girls Will Be Girls | $5,746 | - | - | - | 12 | $115,566 | - | 6 | IFC Films | - |
| 33 | 125 | +92 | Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero | $552 | - | - | - | 1 | $156,443 | - | 19 | TLA Releasing | - |
