| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | $900,754 | - | 63 | - | $14,297 | $900,754 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $265,417 | - | 40 | - | $6,635 | $265,417 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Polar Express | $120,477 | - | 58 | - | $2,077 | $120,477 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 1 | Hero | $117,418 | -37% | 23 | - | $5,105 | $349,234 | 2 | Buena Vista International | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Shall We Dance? | $87,619 | -41.3% | 58 | - | $1,510 | $761,954 | 4 | Buena Vista International | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Without a Paddle | $72,577 | -45.7% | 45 | +1 | $1,612 | $206,281 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $61,156 | -44% | 34 | -1 | $1,798 | $325,131 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $42,104 | -41.7% | 24 | -2 | $1,754 | $262,044 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | In My Father's Den | $34,023 | -25.6% | 19 | +1 | $1,790 | $709,887 | 7 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Manchurian Candidate | $27,380 | -61.6% | 33 | -7 | $829 | $179,502 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | The Forgotten | $23,780 | -58.8% | 26 | -20 | $914 | $337,617 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Collateral | $23,462 | -58.6% | 23 | -22 | $1,020 | $639,408 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Bad Santa | $20,275 | -57.2% | 19 | -6 | $1,067 | $156,066 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | The Notebook | $19,599 | -59.5% | 24 | -4 | $816 | $512,736 | 6 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 15 | - | Garden State | $19,208 | - | 14 | - | $1,372 | $19,208 | - | Buena Vista International | - | false |
| 16 | 12 | Shark Tale | $15,420 | -54.3% | 36 | -15 | $428 | $1,753,988 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Touching the Void | $10,058 | -5.6% | 16 | +3 | $628 | $482,919 | 14 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | De-Lovely | $9,767 | -11.4% | 11 | +1 | $887 | $190,760 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Garfield: The Movie | $9,074 | -25.5% | 32 | -6 | $283 | $1,557,158 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 20 | - | Soul Plane | $8,880 | - | 10 | - | $888 | $103,908 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
