Australian Box Office For 2004
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | Drumline | $1,099 | 1 | $1,099 | Feb 12 | - |
| 242 | The Statement | $1,313 | 1 | $1,313 | May 20 | - |
| 241 | The Heart of Me | $2,318 | 1 | $2,318 | Apr 29 | - |
| 240 | Solarmax 2004 Re-release | $3,276 | 2 | $3,276 | Mar 18 | - |
| 239 | The Legend of Suriyothai | $3,828 | 1 | $3,828 | Jun 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 238 | Bus 174 | $4,787 | 1 | $4,787 | Apr 8 | - |
| 237 | Two Men Went to War | $5,625 | 1 | $5,625 | Jun 17 | Rialto Distribution |
| 236 | Monsieur Ibrahim | $6,934 | 1 | $6,934 | May 20 | - |
| 235 | The Cremaster Cycle | $7,407 | 1 | $7,407 | Feb 8 | - |
| 234 | The Hebrew Hammer | $12,458 | 7 | $12,458 | Mar 25 | - |
| 233 | Duplex | $18,318 | 6 | $18,318 | Jun 17 | Buena Vista International |
| 232 | Facing Windows | $22,424 | 5 | $22,424 | May 20 | - |
| 231 | The Singing Detective | $24,768 | 11 | $24,768 | Jul 8 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 230 | Elephant | $26,783 | 4 | $26,783 | Apr 1 | - |
| 229 | Secondhand Lions | $29,262 | 40 | $29,262 | Feb 26 | - |
| 228 | The Final Cut | $31,942 | 14 | $33,216 | Nov 11 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 227 | Anatomy of Hell | $35,057 | 3 | $35,057 | Jul 1 | Potential Films |
| 226 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | $35,954 | 16 | $35,954 | May 13 | - |
| 225 | Catch That Kid | $37,186 | 16 | $37,186 | Apr 8 | - |
| 224 | Irreversible | $37,270 | 3 | $37,270 | Feb 12 | - |
| 223 | Club Dread | $38,042 | 15 | $38,042 | Jun 24 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 222 | Paparazzi | $38,662 | 48 | $38,662 | Nov 11 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 221 | Beyond Borders | $40,761 | 40 | $40,761 | Mar 18 | - |
| 220 | Camp | $41,118 | 15 | $41,118 | Mar 4 | - |
| 219 | Pieces of April | $42,607 | 10 | $42,607 | Mar 4 | - |
| 218 | The Station Agent | $47,433 | 7 | $47,433 | Feb 5 | - |
| 217 | Against the Ropes | $47,596 | 64 | $47,596 | Aug 5 | United International Pictures |
| 216 | Welcome to Mooseport | $48,643 | 30 | $48,643 | Apr 29 | - |
| 215 | Donnie Darko 2004 Director's Cut | $56,825 | 3 | $56,825 | Aug 12 | Imagine Entertainment |
| 214 | The Company | $57,186 | 12 | $57,186 | May 13 | - |
| 213 | The Order | $57,613 | 20 | $57,613 | Feb 19 | - |
| 212 | Swades | $58,208 | 8 | $58,208 | Dec 16 | MG Distribution |
| 211 | Capturing the Friedmans | $58,234 | 11 | $65,409 | Mar 25 | - |
| 210 | The Fog of War | $62,955 | 5 | $62,922 | Mar 18 | - |
| 209 | A Man's Gotta Do | $67,012 | 46 | $77,896 | Nov 4 | Hopscotch Films |
| 208 | Step Into Liquid | $68,191 | 17 | $137,290 | Jan 15 | - |
| 207 | Owning Mahowny 2004 Re-release | $68,932 | 9 | $94,942 | Jul 1 | Sharmill Films |
| 206 | Nathalie... | $69,999 | 7 | $69,999 | Apr 8 | - |
| 205 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $80,562 | 2 | $428,978 | Sep 2 | IMAX |
| 204 | Under the Radar | $89,935 | 65 | $89,935 | Jul 29 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 203 | Tom White | $91,214 | 12 | $103,817 | Aug 19 | Palace Films |
| 202 | Sylvia | $92,042 | 29 | $92,042 | Jan 29 | - |
| 201 | S.W.A.T. | $92,076 | 246 | $5,911,294 | Nov 27 | - |
| 200 | Japanese Story | $92,625 | 58 | $2,862,768 | Sep 25 | Big Bull Productions |
| 199 | The Cat in the Hat | $94,741 | 295 | $105,645 | Apr 1 | - |
| 198 | Shattered Glass | $96,186 | 36 | $96,186 | Feb 12 | - |
| 197 | The Mother | $99,957 | 12 | $133,933 | Jul 1 | Dendy Films |
| 196 | Bright Young Things | $100,169 | 28 | $232,680 | Dec 26 | - |
| 195 | Wonderland | $103,137 | 31 | $103,137 | Jan 29 | - |
| 194 | My Life Without Me | $108,441 | 8 | $118,726 | Jul 15 | Palace Films |
| 193 | Wicker Park | $109,870 | 97 | $109,870 | Dec 9 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 192 | The Crop | $115,217 | 87 | $115,217 | Aug 19 | Miracle Films |
| 191 | The Young Black Stallion | $120,718 | 2 | $120,718 | Apr 1 | - |
| 190 | Roar: Lions of the Kalahari | $122,268 | 2 | $219,867 | May 14 | IMAX |
| 189 | Après Vous | $124,249 | 14 | $337,776 | Dec 16 | Sharmill Films |
| 188 | The Return | $126,743 | 8 | $134,714 | Jul 1 | Palace Films |
| 187 | The Human Stain | $128,964 | 33 | $131,596 | Mar 4 | - |
| 186 | I'm Not Scared | $132,277 | 7 | $137,855 | Aug 12 | Buena Vista International |
| 185 | Billabong Odyssey | $149,823 | 25 | $170,247 | Mar 25 | - |
| 184 | Thirteen | $157,272 | 16 | $163,839 | Mar 11 | - |
| 183 | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights | $165,221 | 15 | $165,584 | May 13 | - |
| 182 | The Dreamers | $168,475 | 16 | $168,475 | Apr 29 | - |
| 181 | Bon Voyage 2004 Re-release | $178,051 | 9 | $191,291 | Jun 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 180 | Stage Beauty | $181,268 | 57 | $181,268 | Nov 25 | Dendy Films |
| 179 | The Triplets of Belleville | $196,135 | 10 | $203,767 | May 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 178 | Veer Zaara | $207,696 | 8 | $207,696 | Nov 11 | MG Distribution |
| 177 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $209,201 | 6 | $213,019 | Sep 23 | Rialto Distribution |
| 176 | Journey | $215,957 | 3 | $222,645 | May 27 | Warren Miller Entertainment |
| 175 | Saved! | $225,685 | 43 | $225,685 | Oct 28 | Becker Film Group |
| 174 | Intermission | $226,705 | 32 | $229,857 | Jun 3 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 173 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | $227,825 | 26 | $532,443 | Dec 18 | - |
| 172 | School of Rock | $228,687 | 397 | $6,274,337 | - | Big Bull Productions |
| 171 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 2004 Re-release | $237,105 | 15 | $245,765 | Sep 2 | Buena Vista International |
| 170 | The Big Bounce | $238,839 | 96 | $238,839 | Mar 11 | - |
| 169 | Spartan | $240,518 | 37 | $242,935 | Jul 15 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 168 | Deep Blue | $257,148 | 49 | $491,879 | Dec 9 | Hopscotch Films |
| 167 | Ocean Wonderland | $275,326 | 2 | $1,700,329 | Feb 11 | IMAX |
| 166 | Veronica Guerin | $284,193 | 25 | $284,193 | Jan 15 | - |
| 165 | EuroTrip | $284,626 | 94 | $287,939 | Aug 12 | United International Pictures |
| 164 | A Very Long Engagement | $286,683 | 34 | $1,125,972 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 163 | Two Brothers | $289,856 | 136 | $289,856 | Nov 25 | United International Pictures |
| 162 | Undertaking Betty | $290,779 | 40 | $356,862 | Mar 11 | - |
| 161 | Coffee and Cigarettes | $293,658 | 11 | $295,526 | Aug 19 | Rialto Distribution |
| 160 | Twin Sisters 2004 Re-release | $304,435 | 12 | $356,589 | Jun 3 | Hopscotch Films |
| 159 | I Heart Huckabees | $311,490 | 38 | $595,305 | Dec 16 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 158 | Osama | $317,402 | 8 | $317,402 | Apr 29 | - |
| 157 | Elf | $330,001 | 195 | $6,122,569 | - | Roadshow Films |
| 156 | Open Water | $344,778 | 156 | $1,789,399 | Oct 14 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 155 | The Corporation 2004 Re-release | $349,870 | 15 | $365,510 | Sep 2 | Gil Scrine Films |
| 154 | Napoleon Dynamite | $364,123 | 26 | $386,604 | Nov 11 | United International Pictures |
| 153 | Wondrous Oblivion | $369,314 | 44 | $385,581 | May 20 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 152 | The Cooler | $383,231 | 14 | $401,974 | May 20 | United International Pictures |
| 151 | Open Range | $389,456 | 94 | $389,456 | Feb 12 | - |
| 150 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $395,967 | 13 | $395,967 | Sep 16 | Dendy Films |
| 149 | The Fighting Temptations | $398,925 | 115 | $398,925 | Mar 4 | - |
| 148 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $409,521 | 15 | $448,840 | Apr 8 | - |
| 147 | Laws of Attraction | $413,795 | 87 | $413,795 | Jul 22 | Roadshow Films |
| 146 | In America | $430,945 | 50 | $488,227 | Jan 22 | - |
| 145 | In My Father's Den | $436,387 | 18 | $460,993 | Oct 28 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 144 | House of 1000 Corpses | $483,183 | 81 | $483,183 | Mar 11 | - |
| 143 | Evelyn | $495,276 | 39 | $495,276 | May 6 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 142 | Love's Brother | $503,398 | 42 | $544,527 | Apr 1 | - |
| 141 | Dirty Pretty Things | $506,929 | 14 | $506,929 | Jun 10 | - |
| 140 | Ruby & Quentin | $568,168 | 13 | $696,082 | Apr 8 | - |
| 139 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $569,259 | 14 | $972,374 | Sep 30 | Dendy Films |
| 138 | Scary Movie 3 | $605,523 | 305 | $6,072,297 | Dec 11 | - |
| 137 | To Be and to Have | $613,936 | 8 | $643,435 | Apr 29 | Palace Films |
| 136 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $650,096 | 43 | $2,639,811 | Dec 16 | Dendy Films |
| 135 | Thunderstruck | $660,193 | 162 | $660,193 | May 20 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 134 | The Whole Ten Yards | $691,373 | 128 | $691,373 | Jul 8 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 133 | Before Sunset | $704,568 | 24 | $704,568 | - | Roadshow Films |
| 132 | House of Sand and Fog | $721,379 | 40 | $721,379 | Feb 12 | - |
| 131 | The Girl Next Door | $722,226 | 126 | $722,226 | Aug 26 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 130 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | $722,896 | 126 | $722,896 | Feb 19 | - |
| 129 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $723,511 | 228 | $2,891,437 | Dec 11 | - |
| 128 | Good Bye Lenin! | $731,920 | 17 | $884,367 | Dec 26 | Hopscotch Films |
| 127 | Vanity Fair | $763,268 | 71 | $763,268 | Sep 30 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 126 | Twisted | $789,328 | 138 | $789,328 | May 20 | United International Pictures |
| 125 | Godsend | $806,503 | 111 | $806,503 | Jul 8 | - |
| 124 | One Perfect Day | $823,024 | 152 | $841,761 | Feb 19 | - |
| 123 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $869,617 | 127 | $869,617 | Oct 28 | Roadshow Films |
| 122 | Out of Time | $875,451 | 149 | $875,451 | Jan 29 | - |
| 121 | You Got Served | $901,845 | 94 | $901,845 | Sep 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 120 | Timeline | $941,902 | 130 | $941,902 | Feb 5 | - |
| 119 | The Ladykillers | $946,419 | 161 | $948,698 | Aug 19 | Buena Vista International |
| 118 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $966,407 | 178 | $1,697,872 | - | United International Pictures |
| 117 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | $980,699 | 62 | $980,699 | Aug 26 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 116 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $991,674 | 163 | $2,111,682 | Oct 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 115 | Jersey Girl | $1,006,952 | 147 | $1,009,363 | Aug 12 | Buena Vista International |
| 114 | Thunderbirds | $1,047,754 | 170 | $1,074,500 | Sep 16 | Buena Vista International |
| 113 | Hidalgo | $1,120,659 | 150 | $1,120,659 | Mar 18 | - |
| 112 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $1,162,602 | 2 | $2,596,425 | Sep 4 | IMAX |
| 111 | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | $1,204,848 | 120 | $1,204,848 | Apr 8 | - |
| 110 | Shaun of the Dead | $1,216,734 | 120 | $1,241,586 | - | United International Pictures |
| 109 | Ella Enchanted | $1,237,809 | 193 | $1,399,482 | Dec 2 | Buena Vista International |
| 108 | Garden State | $1,264,958 | 60 | $1,426,698 | Nov 25 | Buena Vista International |
| 107 | Around the World in 80 Days | $1,266,493 | 106 | $1,266,493 | Aug 26 | Roadshow Films |
| 106 | The Phantom of the Opera | $1,290,133 | 236 | $5,374,535 | Dec 26 | United International Pictures |
| 105 | Home on the Range | $1,295,379 | 227 | $1,295,379 | Sep 16 | Buena Vista International |
| 104 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $1,297,669 | 101 | $1,297,669 | Sep 23 | Roadshow Films |
| 103 | Somersault | $1,340,621 | 41 | $1,390,102 | Sep 16 | Hopscotch Films |
| 102 | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - Pyramid of Light | $1,346,878 | 102 | $1,356,017 | Sep 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 101 | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | $1,400,178 | 145 | $1,400,178 | Apr 8 | - |
| 100 | Paycheck | $1,415,367 | 192 | $1,415,367 | Mar 18 | - |
| 99 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | $1,423,971 | 148 | $1,423,971 | Feb 5 | - |
| 98 | Connie and Carla | $1,546,443 | 130 | $1,546,443 | Aug 5 | Roadshow Films |
| 97 | Walking Tall | $1,666,725 | 193 | $1,666,725 | Aug 12 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 96 | The Punisher | $1,696,074 | 145 | $1,696,074 | Jun 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 95 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | $1,761,306 | 171 | $1,761,306 | Mar 18 | - |
| 94 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $1,790,024 | 152 | $1,790,024 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 93 | Dawn of the Dead | $1,905,374 | 157 | $1,943,631 | Jun 10 | United International Pictures |
| 92 | Touching the Void | $1,969,457 | 38 | $2,156,790 | Jun 24 | Hopscotch Films |
| 91 | Super Size Me | $1,983,163 | 63 | $2,016,222 | Jun 3 | Dendy Films |
| 90 | Catwoman | $1,986,194 | 173 | $1,986,194 | Sep 16 | Roadshow Films |
| 89 | Taxi 2004 Re-release | $2,016,008 | 161 | $2,019,193 | Nov 11 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 88 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $2,019,042 | 41 | $2,106,567 | Mar 11 | Roadshow Films |
| 87 | The Prince and Me | $2,059,404 | 146 | $2,101,904 | Jun 24 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 86 | New York Minute | $2,106,513 | 143 | $2,106,513 | Jul 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 85 | Monster | $2,119,596 | 46 | $2,119,596 | Mar 25 | Icon Film Distribution |
| 84 | Torque | $2,146,563 | 135 | $2,146,563 | Jan 22 | - |
| 83 | Blade: Trinity | $2,154,910 | 184 | $5,285,142 | Dec 26 | Roadshow Films |
| 82 | Collateral | $2,197,550 | 274 | $6,199,325 | Oct 14 | United International Pictures |
| 81 | The Notebook | $2,252,224 | 155 | $4,400,951 | - | Roadshow Films |
| 80 | Mystic River | $2,327,851 | 83 | $4,765,090 | Nov 20 | - |
| 79 | 21 Grams | $2,363,809 | 135 | $2,363,809 | Jan 22 | - |
| 78 | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,378,563 | 199 | $2,378,563 | Oct 28 | United International Pictures |
| 77 | Hellboy | $2,433,233 | 223 | $2,433,233 | Aug 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 76 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $2,443,654 | 325 | $10,396,176 | Dec 4 | - |
| 75 | The Grudge | $2,543,767 | 184 | $4,644,328 | Nov 18 | Roadshow Films |
| 74 | Taking Lives | $2,555,432 | 145 | $2,569,295 | Apr 15 | - |
| 73 | The Chronicles of Riddick | $2,679,001 | 226 | $2,679,001 | Jul 29 | United International Pictures |
| 72 | Peter Pan | $2,735,892 | 269 | $6,298,228 | Dec 18 | - |
| 71 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | $2,753,427 | 60 | $2,753,427 | - | Roadshow Films |
| 70 | The Forgotten | $2,754,072 | 200 | $2,754,072 | Nov 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 69 | Bad Santa | $2,799,300 | 183 | $2,799,300 | - | Park Circus |
| 68 | Without a Paddle | $2,868,648 | 140 | $2,868,648 | Nov 18 | United International Pictures |
| 67 | Saw | $2,917,594 | 161 | $3,378,214 | Dec 2 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 66 | Secret Window | $3,050,588 | 195 | $3,050,588 | Apr 8 | - |
| 65 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $3,082,382 | 199 | $3,084,292 | Feb 26 | - |
| 64 | The Missing | $3,086,851 | 210 | $3,086,851 | Mar 4 | - |
| 63 | The Terminal | $3,093,176 | 205 | $3,093,176 | Sep 9 | United International Pictures |
| 62 | A Cinderella Story | $3,109,062 | 150 | $3,418,229 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | Gothika | $3,234,371 | 187 | $3,234,371 | Apr 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 60 | Strange Bedfellows | $3,333,383 | 195 | $3,419,349 | Apr 22 | Becker Film Group |
| 59 | Raising Helen | $3,404,432 | 199 | $3,461,693 | Jun 3 | Buena Vista International |
| 58 | Christmas with the Kranks | $3,446,136 | 230 | $3,587,314 | Dec 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 57 | Big Fish | $3,550,148 | 228 | $3,644,554 | Feb 5 | - |
| 56 | White Chicks | $3,569,265 | 168 | $3,569,265 | Aug 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 55 | The Butterfly Effect | $3,606,914 | 172 | $3,650,075 | Mar 11 | - |
| 54 | Honey | $3,701,912 | 126 | $3,701,912 | Jan 8 | - |
| 53 | Underworld | $3,715,582 | 150 | $3,715,582 | Jan 22 | - |
| 52 | Lost in Translation | $4,017,553 | 146 | $4,682,460 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 51 | Man on Fire | $4,017,973 | 263 | $4,040,305 | Aug 5 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 50 | Wimbledon | $4,135,922 | 249 | $4,141,940 | Sep 30 | United International Pictures |
| 49 | Hero | $4,161,480 | 165 | $4,171,004 | Nov 4 | Buena Vista International |
| 48 | De-Lovely | $4,167,386 | 36 | $1,113,338 | Nov 4 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 47 | Stuck on You | $4,231,128 | 192 | $4,237,674 | Feb 12 | - |
| 46 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | $4,273,308 | 243 | $7,218,652 | Dec 16 | United International Pictures |
| 45 | The Haunted Mansion | $4,351,777 | 240 | $4,363,575 | Mar 25 | - |
| 44 | The Stepford Wives | $4,418,044 | 231 | $4,418,044 | Jul 15 | United International Pictures |
Data courtesy of Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia
