Domestic 2004 Weekend 40
October 1-3, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 22 | Spider-Man 2 | $179,950 | -38.1% | 182 | -32 | $988 | $371,795,119 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 44 | 36 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $64,387 | -53.3% | 164 | -82 | $392 | $249,133,782 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 66 | 57 | The Day After Tomorrow | $28,973 | -25.2% | 51 | -28 | $568 | $186,687,402 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 13 | The Bourne Supremacy | $628,045 | -49% | 604 | -423 | $1,039 | $173,252,190 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 27 | 30 | I, Robot | $192,816 | -9.8% | 253 | -92 | $762 | $143,629,781 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 26 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $65,046 | -73.7% | 128 | -475 | $508 | $119,078,393 | 15 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | 46 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $50,218 | -38.9% | 85 | -39 | $590 | $114,242,918 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 50 | 38 | The Village | $55,408 | -54.6% | 107 | -88 | $517 | $113,313,702 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 12 | Collateral | $703,378 | -51.6% | 802 | -485 | $877 | $99,341,934 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 23 | 15 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $301,663 | -70.1% | 609 | -799 | $495 | $93,797,142 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | 28 | The Notebook | $161,092 | -30.5% | 245 | -78 | $657 | $80,313,619 | 15 | New Line Cinema |
| 33 | 32 | Alien vs. Predator | $109,356 | -38.6% | 212 | -107 | $515 | $79,667,848 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 65 | 51 | Garfield: The Movie | $30,360 | -46% | 76 | -38 | $399 | $75,293,935 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 24 | The Manchurian Candidate | $92,376 | -63.2% | 156 | -233 | $592 | $65,432,569 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 9 | Without a Paddle | $1,288,613 | -45.2% | 1,439 | -880 | $895 | $55,421,867 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 61 | 54 | Space Station 3D | $34,170 | -23.6% | 13 | - | $2,628 | $54,621,071 | 129 | IMAX |
| 81 | 75 | King Arthur | $14,056 | -40.5% | 23 | -20 | $611 | $51,864,276 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 45 | 42 | A Cinderella Story | $61,609 | -35.3% | 188 | -60 | $327 | $51,343,453 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 10 | Hero | $1,235,134 | -46.3% | 1,140 | -573 | $1,083 | $51,149,752 | 6 | Miramax |
| 98 | 92 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $7,435 | -8.2% | 3 | - | $2,478 | $49,222,637 | 311 | IMAX |
| 1 | - | Shark Tale | $47,604,606 | - | 4,016 | - | $11,853 | $47,604,606 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 8 | 4 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $2,310,267 | -42.8% | 1,986 | -850 | $1,163 | $47,027,651 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 49 | 29 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $56,213 | -74.8% | 98 | -255 | $573 | $41,529,870 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 34 | Catwoman | $73,591 | -55.2% | 166 | -44 | $443 | $40,120,369 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 1 | The Forgotten | $11,820,733 | -43.8% | 3,144 | +40 | $3,759 | $38,085,523 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 12 | 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,391,097 | -23.1% | 855 | -169 | $1,627 | $37,614,092 | 17 | - |
| 21 | 17 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $326,392 | -57.3% | 412 | -642 | $792 | $31,363,565 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | 2 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $3,278,417 | -50.8% | 2,721 | -449 | $1,204 | $30,590,216 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 41 | Open Water | $107,591 | +11.5% | 198 | +10 | $543 | $30,500,882 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 6 | Cellular | $2,000,000 | -44.4% | 2,020 | -743 | $990 | $28,200,000 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | 14 | Garden State | $802,063 | -26.1% | 428 | -237 | $1,873 | $23,717,421 | 10 | - |
| 2 | - | Ladder 49 | $22,088,204 | - | 3,260 | - | $6,775 | $22,088,204 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Mr. 3000 | $2,526,420 | -50.4% | 2,239 | -497 | $1,128 | $19,101,298 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 49 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $58,991 | -14.9% | 37 | -3 | $1,594 | $18,827,094 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 106 | 120 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $4,807 | +87.9% | 4 | +2 | $1,201 | $16,489,151 | 78 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 18 | Paparazzi | $120,442 | -76.5% | 244 | -488 | $493 | $15,552,250 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 16 | Vanity Fair | $317,088 | -60.1% | 331 | -504 | $957 | $15,547,161 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 11 | 7 | Wimbledon | $1,739,075 | -47.7% | 1,705 | -334 | $1,019 | $14,837,630 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 58 | 47 | De-Lovely | $45,690 | -44.3% | 85 | -81 | $537 | $13,245,783 | 14 | United Artists |
| 55 | 53 | Bugs! | $46,863 | -8.7% | 26 | +1 | $1,802 | $13,076,564 | 82 | SK Films |
| 31 | 20 | The Cookout | $147,304 | -65.3% | 206 | -319 | $715 | $11,472,307 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 62 | 62 | Haunted Castle | $32,500 | -1.5% | 3 | - | $10,833 | $9,158,807 | 189 | - |
| 56 | 23 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $46,643 | -83.1% | 188 | -398 | $248 | $9,109,322 | 6 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 107 | 65 | Suspect Zero | $4,321 | -85.5% | 13 | -64 | $332 | $8,680,502 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 43 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $72,050 | -24% | 15 | - | $4,803 | $8,357,129 | 103 | Giant Screen Films |
| 68 | 68 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,836 | -8.6% | 5 | - | $4,967 | $7,474,894 | 104 | Giant Screen Films |
| 9 | 5 | First Daughter | $2,158,637 | -46.1% | 2,280 | +20 | $946 | $7,125,371 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 133 | 132 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,100 | +10% | 1 | - | $1,100 | $7,017,325 | 293 | - |
| 7 | 8 | Shaun of the Dead | $2,400,000 | -27.3% | 645 | +38 | $3,720 | $6,900,000 | 2 | Rogue Pictures |
| 29 | 31 | Maria Full of Grace | $173,875 | -13.2% | 122 | -3 | $1,425 | $5,895,011 | 12 | Fine Line Features |
| 125 | 105 | The Clearing | $2,413 | -50% | 8 | -4 | $301 | $5,761,124 | 14 | - |
| 64 | 52 | Before Sunset | $30,521 | -43.6% | 45 | -29 | $678 | $5,706,846 | 14 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 19 | 21 | What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? | $390,278 | +3.5% | 122 | +8 | $3,199 | $4,956,604 | 35 | - |
| 92 | 88 | Alien Adventure | $9,900 | +4.2% | 2 | - | $4,950 | $4,570,433 | 268 | - |
| 41 | 40 | A Day Without a Mexican | $70,531 | -35.7% | 39 | -17 | $1,808 | $3,983,364 | 21 | Televisa Cine |
| 135 | 137 | China: The Panda Adventure | $721 | -0.4% | 3 | +1 | $240 | $3,863,922 | 174 | IMAX |
| 73 | 64 | The Door in the Floor | $19,564 | -34.8% | 29 | -17 | $674 | $3,815,194 | 12 | Focus Features |
| 101 | 60 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $5,721 | -83.5% | 29 | -58 | $197 | $3,749,526 | 7 | - |
| 79 | 80 | Control Room | $15,475 | -7.8% | 22 | +1 | $703 | $2,532,559 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 6 | - | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $2,500,000 | - | 408 | - | $6,127 | $2,500,000 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 126 | 117 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $2,297 | -18% | 4 | -4 | $574 | $2,380,079 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 74 | Riding Giants | $10,213 | -57.3% | 20 | -1 | $510 | $2,201,357 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | 55 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $16,933 | -56.5% | 32 | -41 | $529 | $2,002,356 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 51 | 50 | Intimate Strangers | $54,133 | -7% | 50 | -16 | $1,082 | $1,977,161 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 91 | 70 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $10,029 | -60.3% | 10 | -4 | $1,002 | $1,742,832 | 18 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | 66 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $28,138 | +0.3% | 21 | +2 | $1,339 | $1,731,845 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 15 | 35 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,085,460 | +579.2% | 67 | +64 | $16,200 | $1,341,265 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 128 | 124 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $1,933 | -8% | 8 | +1 | $241 | $1,213,301 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 100 | 77 | The Best Two Years | $6,155 | -66.6% | 11 | -1 | $559 | $1,150,968 | 33 | - |
| 110 | 86 | Nicotina | $3,675 | -70.2% | 3 | -8 | $1,225 | $1,117,039 | 7 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 63 | 72 | Festival Express | $31,376 | +29.9% | 38 | +10 | $825 | $1,081,340 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 108 | 97 | A Home at the End of the World | $4,033 | -37.1% | 13 | -1 | $310 | $1,018,538 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 57 | 45 | Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $45,842 | -44.5% | 22 | -12 | $2,083 | $976,859 | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 26 | 19 | A Dirty Shame | $274,235 | -38.9% | 131 | -2 | $2,093 | $936,376 | 3 | Fine Line Features |
| 75 | 111 | The Mother | $19,156 | +416.6% | 21 | +15 | $912 | $928,003 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 27 | Silver City | $103,555 | -57.6% | 92 | -70 | $1,125 | $872,141 | 3 | Newmarket Films |
| 52 | 44 | Criminal | $50,582 | -46.4% | 67 | -23 | $754 | $828,500 | 4 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 84 | 73 | Saints and Soldiers | $12,407 | -48.6% | 16 | -9 | $775 | $771,557 | 9 | Excel Entertainment |
| 42 | 39 | Bright Young Things | $69,312 | -39.6% | 56 | -36 | $1,237 | $770,447 | 7 | THINKFilm |
| 86 | 76 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $11,449 | -48.9% | 16 | -4 | $715 | $727,883 | 18 | Newmarket Films |
| 38 | 37 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $92,217 | -32% | 51 | -4 | $1,808 | $695,714 | 3 | - |
| 96 | 93 | Monty Python's Life of Brian 2004 Re-release | $8,370 | +6.8% | 20 | +11 | $418 | $632,342 | 23 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 136 | 146 | Love Me If You Dare | $690 | +150.9% | 6 | +3 | $115 | $548,707 | 20 | Paramount Classics |
| 83 | 59 | Mean Creek | $12,869 | -65.6% | 25 | -24 | $514 | $546,274 | 7 | Paramount Classics |
| 112 | 121 | Facing Windows | $3,587 | +43.8% | 8 | +2 | $448 | $539,700 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | 94 | Touch of Pink | $3,350 | -53.9% | 6 | -8 | $558 | $538,311 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | 113 | The Twilight Samurai 2004 Re-release | $5,464 | +60.5% | 7 | +3 | $780 | $536,743 | 24 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 137 | 142 | Strayed | $654 | +45.7% | 1 | - | $654 | $469,333 | 21 | Wellspring Media |
| 74 | 84 | Rosenstrasse | $19,454 | +43.5% | 11 | -5 | $1,768 | $447,918 | 10 | IDP Distribution |
| 59 | 58 | Red Lights | $42,532 | +11.2% | 18 | -2 | $2,362 | $397,182 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 131 | 133 | Godzilla | $1,633 | +77.1% | 2 | +1 | $816 | $393,115 | 22 | Rialto Pictures |
| 141 | 136 | The Hunting of the President | $352 | -53.9% | 1 | -4 | $352 | $375,100 | 16 | Regent Releasing |
| 20 | - | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $357,000 | - | 32 | - | $11,156 | $357,000 | 1 | - |
| 119 | 115 | She Hate Me | $2,965 | -1.8% | 10 | -1 | $296 | $354,768 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 106 | Seducing Doctor Lewis 2004 Re-release | $16,783 | +289.1% | 5 | - | $3,356 | $350,618 | 16 | Wellspring Media |
| 109 | 143 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $3,954 | +786.5% | 4 | - | $988 | $341,483 | 16 | Paramount Classics |
| 80 | 96 | The Brown Bunny | $15,313 | +122.3% | 14 | +6 | $1,093 | $314,959 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 36 | 33 | The Last Shot | $96,440 | -41.5% | 35 | - | $2,755 | $312,044 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 85 | 87 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | $12,059 | +19.2% | 14 | +5 | $861 | $299,523 | 17 | Dada Films |
| 24 | - | I Heart Huckabees | $292,177 | - | 4 | - | $73,044 | $292,177 | 1 | - |
| 25 | - | Going Upriver | $279,219 | - | 163 | - | $1,713 | $279,219 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 94 | 95 | Ju-on: The Grudge | $9,424 | +31.8% | 7 | - | $1,346 | $270,927 | 11 | Vitagraph Films |
| 76 | 67 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $18,832 | -32.3% | 10 | - | $1,883 | $264,971 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 104 | 85 | Imelda | $4,925 | -61.6% | 1 | -5 | $4,925 | $185,407 | 17 | Unico Entertainment |
| 48 | 61 | Head in the Clouds | $57,303 | +68.6% | 47 | +27 | $1,219 | $170,463 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | 83 | Bush's Brain | $10,722 | -28.6% | 8 | +1 | $1,340 | $158,012 | 7 | Tartan |
| 117 | 100 | The Five Obstructions | $3,271 | -44.5% | 3 | - | $1,090 | $157,535 | 19 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 93 | 63 | When Will I Be Loved | $9,877 | -68.8% | 8 | -12 | $1,234 | $140,257 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 116 | 104 | Zhou Yu's Train 2004 Re-release | $3,298 | -33.2% | 12 | +1 | $274 | $129,833 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 48 | Guiana 1838 | $35,970 | -49.3% | 1 | - | $35,970 | $106,880 | 2 | RBC Radio |
| 99 | 98 | Remember Me, My Love | $6,444 | +2.2% | 2 | - | $3,222 | $97,822 | 5 | IDP Distribution |
| 140 | 112 | Distant | $457 | -87.1% | 1 | - | $457 | $95,182 | 30 | New Yorker Films |
| 87 | 91 | Testosterone | $11,195 | +32.5% | 4 | +1 | $2,798 | $92,223 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 47 | 71 | The Yes Men | $58,495 | +140% | 21 | +18 | $2,785 | $91,533 | 2 | United Artists |
| 72 | 78 | Zelary | $20,347 | +13.5% | 9 | +3 | $2,260 | $86,752 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 127 | 128 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | $2,186 | +37.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,093 | $83,778 | 16 | First Run |
| 97 | - | Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi | $8,238 | - | 4 | - | $2,059 | $63,703 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 70 | 69 | Infernal Affairs | $21,205 | -17.4% | 5 | - | $4,241 | $59,035 | 2 | Miramax |
| 134 | 110 | Gozu | $938 | -75.1% | 1 | -3 | $938 | $54,419 | 10 | - |
| 120 | 141 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $2,738 | +458.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,369 | $50,605 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 124 | 99 | Reconstruction | $2,463 | -60.2% | 4 | -5 | $615 | $49,535 | 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 123 | 126 | Proteus | $2,466 | +35.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,233 | $47,311 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | 139 | Un monde presque paisible 2004 Re-release | $10,036 | +1,505.8% | 3 | +2 | $3,345 | $46,980 | 7 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 54 | - | In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed | $46,975 | - | 6 | - | $7,829 | $46,975 | 1 | - |
| 115 | 138 | You'll Get Over It | $3,318 | +400.5% | 1 | - | $3,318 | $46,401 | 16 | - |
| 113 | 89 | Malevolence | $3,406 | -63.8% | 4 | -3 | $851 | $44,700 | 4 | - |
| 82 | 81 | Hollywood Buddha | $13,664 | -18.5% | 4 | - | $3,416 | $38,166 | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 95 | 90 | The Take | $9,120 | +5.7% | 1 | - | $9,120 | $30,380 | 2 | Icarus Films |
| 139 | 127 | Chooch | $544 | -69.3% | 2 | - | $272 | $29,229 | 6 | Artistic License |
| 122 | 125 | Bright Leaves | $2,497 | +25.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,248 | $28,296 | 6 | First Run |
| 130 | 134 | The Inheritance | $1,795 | +115.7% | 2 | +1 | $897 | $28,082 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 69 | - | Tying the Knot | $24,517 | - | 8 | - | $3,064 | $24,517 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 129 | 118 | Incident at Loch Ness | $1,887 | -29.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,887 | $24,119 | 3 | Abramorama |
| 71 | - | Dig! | $20,437 | - | 2 | - | $10,218 | $20,437 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 132 | 116 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | $1,464 | -51.2% | 1 | - | $1,464 | $14,060 | 3 | Wellspring Media |
| 105 | 103 | The Raspberry Reich | $4,838 | -6.7% | 1 | - | $4,838 | $13,834 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 142 | 107 | Merci Dr Rey! | $320 | -92.5% | 1 | -4 | $320 | $13,025 | 3 | Regent Releasing |
| 103 | 108 | Anatomy of Hell | $4,945 | +16.2% | 3 | +1 | $1,648 | $12,397 | 2 | Tartan |
| 111 | 101 | Incantato 2004 Re-release | $3,626 | -36.4% | 1 | - | $3,626 | $11,434 | 2 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 121 | 102 | Mind the Gap | $2,674 | -51.4% | 1 | - | $2,674 | $9,496 | 2 | - |
| 138 | 109 | Rick | $550 | -85.6% | 2 | +1 | $275 | $6,074 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 118 | - | Home of the Brave | $3,185 | - | 1 | - | $3,185 | $3,185 | 1 | Emerging Pictures |
