| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Butterfly Effect | $17,100,000 | - | - | - | 2,605 | $17,100,000 | - | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Along Came Polly | $16,600,000 | $16,352,625 | -$247,375 | -1.5% | 2,995 | $53,500,000 | $53,263,615 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | $7,500,000 | $7,320,066 | -$179,934 | -2.4% | 2,711 | $7,500,000 | $7,320,066 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Big Fish | $7,300,000 | $7,110,138 | -$189,862 | -2.6% | 2,438 | $49,100,000 | $48,934,111 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $6,800,000 | $6,786,756 | -$13,244 | -0.2% | 2,558 | $337,900,000 | $337,817,998 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Cheaper by the Dozen | $6,600,000 | $6,381,508 | -$218,492 | -3.3% | 2,810 | $122,800,000 | $122,533,720 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Cold Mountain | $5,000,000 | - | - | - | 2,802 | $72,600,000 | - | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Torque | $4,400,000 | $4,492,005 | +$92,005 | +2.1% | 2,463 | $17,200,000 | $17,278,318 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Something's Gotta Give | $4,100,000 | $4,017,675 | -$82,325 | -2% | 2,143 | $107,100,000 | $107,054,327 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Mystic River | $3,100,000 | $3,368,197 | +$268,197 | +8.7% | 1,327 | $58,500,000 | $58,766,374 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Calendar Girls | $2,400,000 | $2,385,676 | -$14,324 | -0.6% | 966 | $21,600,000 | $21,529,440 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | The Last Samurai | $2,100,000 | $2,177,479 | +$77,479 | +3.7% | 1,115 | $105,400,000 | $105,521,192 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | My Baby's Daddy | $2,033,788 | - | - | - | 1,227 | $15,644,789 | - | 3 | Miramax | - |
