| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | - | - | - | $19,542,490 | 3,554 | $279,261,160 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Fat Albert | - | - | - | $5,550,217 | 2,744 | $48,116,322 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | - | - | - | $4,303,746 | 3,623 | $118,634,549 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Aviator | - | - | - | $4,240,000 | 2,530 | $102,610,330 | Dec 17 | Miramax | true |
| 5 | Ocean's Twelve | - | - | - | $3,363,323 | 3,290 | $125,544,280 | Dec 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Darkness | - | - | - | $3,298,000 | 1,718 | $22,163,442 | Dec 25 | Dimension Films | true |
| 7 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | - | - | - | $2,405,132 | 1,105 | $24,020,403 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Spanglish | - | - | - | $1,882,307 | 2,587 | $42,726,869 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | The Polar Express | - | - | - | $1,643,282 | 3,650 | $162,775,358 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | $1,541,226 | 1,515 | $51,268,815 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | National Treasure | - | - | - | $1,420,368 | 3,243 | $173,008,894 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Blade: Trinity | - | - | - | $1,238,000 | 2,912 | $52,411,906 | Dec 8 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 13 | Flight of the Phoenix | - | - | - | $1,055,902 | 2,604 | $21,009,180 | Dec 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Christmas with the Kranks | - | - | - | $844,437 | 3,416 | $73,780,539 | Nov 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 15 | The Incredibles | - | - | - | $710,896 | 3,933 | $261,441,092 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Closer | - | - | - | $607,707 | 1,098 | $33,987,757 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Finding Neverland | - | - | - | $480,000 | 1,411 | $51,680,613 | Nov 12 | Miramax | true |
| 18 | Sideways | - | - | - | $400,272 | 1,786 | $71,503,593 | Oct 22 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 19 | House of Flying Daggers | - | - | - | $269,000 | 1,189 | $11,050,094 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | true |
| 20 | A Very Long Engagement | - | - | - | $149,032 | 219 | $6,524,389 | Nov 26 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | false |
| 21 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | - | - | - | $137,275 | 3,307 | $85,417,988 | Nov 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Kinsey | - | - | - | $116,804 | 588 | $10,254,979 | Nov 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 23 | Ray | - | - | - | $79,460 | 2,474 | $75,331,600 | Oct 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Million Dollar Baby | - | - | - | $79,301 | 2,375 | $100,492,203 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Shark Tale | - | - | - | $48,456 | 4,070 | $160,861,908 | Oct 1 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 26 | Hotel Rwanda | - | - | - | $35,576 | 824 | $23,530,892 | Dec 22 | United Artists | false |
| 27 | The Woodsman | - | - | - | $21,050 | 84 | $1,576,231 | Dec 24 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 28 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | - | - | - | $17,860 | 2,473 | $40,226,215 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | Beyond the Sea | - | - | - | $15,763 | 383 | $6,318,709 | Dec 17 | Lionsgate | false |
| 30 | Alexander | - | - | - | $14,091 | 2,445 | $34,297,191 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Napoleon Dynamite | - | - | - | $12,243 | 1,027 | $44,540,956 | Jun 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 32 | Friday Night Lights | - | - | - | $11,960 | 3,004 | $61,255,921 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Saw | - | - | - | $8,173 | 2,467 | $55,185,045 | Oct 29 | Lionsgate | false |
| 34 | I Heart Huckabees | - | - | - | $6,106 | 901 | $12,785,432 | Oct 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 35 | Without a Paddle | - | - | - | $5,102 | 2,756 | $58,169,327 | Aug 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 36 | Team America: World Police | - | - | - | $3,611 | 2,620 | $32,786,074 | Oct 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Machinist | - | - | - | $2,995 | 72 | $1,082,715 | Oct 22 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 38 | Garden State | - | - | - | $2,360 | 813 | $26,782,316 | Jul 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 39 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $1,629 | 73 | $21,583,831 | Mar 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Alfie | - | - | - | $1,008 | 2,215 | $13,399,812 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
