| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $3,461,313 | -38.2% | 370 | - | $9,354 | $9,065,869 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Grudge | $1,953,576 | - | 184 | - | $10,617 | $1,953,781 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Polar Express | $1,186,771 | - | 226 | - | $5,251 | $1,187,199 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $585,860 | -43.6% | 161 | - | $3,638 | $1,627,286 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Hero | $557,737 | -42.8% | 162 | -2 | $3,442 | $3,660,789 | 3 | Buena Vista International | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Shall We Dance? | $549,326 | -29.7% | 247 | -4 | $2,223 | $6,886,719 | 5 | Buena Vista International | false | false |
| 7 | - | Without a Paddle | $548,062 | - | 140 | - | $3,914 | $548,062 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Forgotten | $406,063 | -43.7% | 194 | -5 | $2,093 | $25,555,209 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Notebook | $259,929 | -27% | 139 | -16 | $1,869 | $4,247,209 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Manchurian Candidate | $215,417 | -41% | 157 | -29 | $1,372 | $2,333,312 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Collateral | $159,953 | -47% | 99 | -73 | $1,615 | $6,140,086 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | De-Lovely | $145,537 | -19.2% | 35 | - | $4,158 | $573,937 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | 17 | Napoleon Dynamite | $80,587 | +4.4% | 10 | - | $8,058 | $172,870 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Somersault | $79,263 | -15.8% | 38 | - | $2,085 | $1,390,102 | 10 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Shark Tale | $75,681 | -56.5% | 120 | -40 | $630 | $11,359,275 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Veer Zaara | $74,418 | -19.4% | 8 | - | $9,302 | $166,701 | 2 | MG Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | In My Father's Den | $67,743 | -14% | 17 | -1 | $3,984 | $372,698 | 4 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | - | Garden State | $57,147 | - | 47 | - | $1,215 | $66,406 | - | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $40,734 | +4.6% | 14 | +3 | $2,909 | $569,259 | 8 | Dendy Films | false | false |
| 20 | 13 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $39,105 | -58.5% | 43 | -38 | $909 | $1,697,872 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
