| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Last Samurai | $4,648,285 | -26.4% | 846 | +17 | $5,494 | $10,963,811 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $4,103,069 | -41.3% | 1,098 | -109 | $3,736 | $81,983,270 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Lost in Translation | $1,007,531 | -0.9% | 116 | +28 | $8,685 | $2,023,721 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Honey | $910,621 | -28.5% | 359 | -2 | $2,536 | $7,431,916 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Recruit | $847,815 | - | 154 | - | $5,505 | $847,815 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Calendar Girls | $728,511 | -2.2% | 135 | +30 | $5,396 | $2,337,568 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Finding Nemo | $701,658 | -32.3% | 829 | -26 | $846 | $52,383,146 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Luther | $624,902 | -9.9% | 402 | +10 | $1,554 | $18,231,813 | 12 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Love Actually | $516,185 | -23.2% | 314 | -15 | $1,643 | $14,143,737 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Sams in Gefahr | $476,411 | -19.5% | 562 | +9 | $847 | $4,538,383 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Stuck on You | $399,204 | -43.2% | 497 | -2 | $803 | $2,709,455 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | - | Wacky Class Welcome | $339,932 | - | 31 | - | $10,965 | $339,932 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | Freaky Friday | $321,720 | -17.6% | 432 | +12 | $744 | $5,938,881 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $289,510 | -33.3% | 204 | - | $1,419 | $1,492,621 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | The Miracle of Bern | $285,910 | -8.3% | 310 | -5 | $922 | $23,042,913 | 14 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | $184,991 | -23.4% | 44 | - | $4,204 | $1,074,225 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $163,587 | +3.7% | 27 | +2 | $6,058 | $321,272 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | - | Mondays in the Sun | $137,806 | - | 27 | - | $5,103 | $137,806 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 19 | - | The Divorce | $125,569 | - | 50 | - | $2,511 | $125,569 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 20 | 18 | The Human Stain | $108,612 | -16.5% | 75 | +14 | $1,448 | $975,192 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | - | Osama | $60,311 | - | 15 | - | $4,020 | $60,311 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
