| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 2 | +1 | The Haunted Mansion | $25,300,000 | $24,278,410 | -$1,021,590 | -4% | 3,122 | $35,000,000 | $34,046,111 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | -1 | The Cat in the Hat | $24,700,000 | $24,459,685 | -$240,315 | -1% | 3,467 | $77,000,000 | $75,830,805 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Elf | $22,200,000 | - | - | - | 3,202 | $130,100,000 | - | 4 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 4 | 6 | +2 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $12,700,000 | $12,048,731 | -$651,269 | -5.1% | 2,703 | $67,500,000 | $66,632,517 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 4 | -1 | Gothika | $12,700,000 | $12,868,471 | +$168,471 | +1.3% | 2,382 | $41,100,000 | $41,277,711 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 5 | -1 | Bad Santa | $12,500,000 | - | - | - | 2,005 | $16,800,000 | - | 1 | Dimension Films | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Missing | $11,700,000 | $10,833,633 | -$866,367 | -7.4% | 2,756 | $16,500,000 | $15,232,287 | 1 | Revolution Studios | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Timeline | $8,500,000 | $8,440,629 | -$59,371 | -0.7% | 2,787 | $12,600,000 | $12,424,762 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Love Actually | $7,800,000 | $8,218,630 | +$418,630 | +5.4% | 1,714 | $43,200,000 | $43,390,140 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Brother Bear | $4,900,000 | $4,872,344 | -$27,656 | -0.6% | 2,034 | $77,700,000 | $77,695,232 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | The Matrix Revolutions | $4,300,000 | $4,787,326 | +$487,326 | +11.3% | 2,055 | $133,100,000 | $133,332,436 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $2,400,000 | $2,507,465 | +$107,465 | +4.5% | 2,135 | $18,500,000 | $18,672,060 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 13 | 15 | +2 | Scary Movie 3 | $1,118,090 | - | - | - | 1,324 | $108,497,871 | - | 6 | Dimension Films | - |
| 14 | 19 | +5 | Lost in Translation | $544,363 | - | - | - | 177 | $28,901,635 | - | 12 | Focus Features | - |
| 15 | 20 | +5 | The Human Stain | $514,498 | - | - | - | 355 | $4,728,987 | - | 5 | Miramax | - |
