Weekend Domestic Box Office December 24, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Meet the Fockers | $46,120,980 | 3,518 | $13,110 | $70,517,720 | 5 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $12,611,876 | -58% | 3,623 | $3,481 | $59,411,366 | 10 | |
| 3 | (new) | $10,021,510 | 2,674 | $3,748 | $10,021,510 | 2 | |||
| 4 | (14) | The Aviator | $8,631,367 | +906% | 1,796 | $4,806 | $9,986,105 | 10 | |
| 5 | (2) | Ocean's Twelve | $8,401,175 | -54% | 3,290 | $2,554 | $86,600,224 | 17 | |
| 6 | (4) | The Polar Express | $6,527,163 | -22% | 2,868 | $2,276 | $140,234,627 | 47 | |
| 7 | (new) | $6,163,306 | 1,700 | $3,625 | $6,163,306 | 2 | |||
| 8 | (3) | Spanglish | $4,641,492 | -47% | 2,441 | $1,901 | $18,181,748 | 10 | |
| 9 | (31) | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $4,547,181 | +4,503% | 1,105 | $4,115 | $4,955,054 | 17 | |
| 10 | (new) | The Phantom of the Opera | $4,001,890 | 622 | $6,434 | $6,323,567 | 5 | ||
| 11 | (6) | National Treasure | $3,964,473 | -34% | 2,201 | $1,801 | $141,064,753 | 38 | |
| 12 | (5) | Blade: Trinity | $2,952,129 | -57% | 2,318 | $1,274 | $42,099,570 | 19 | |
| 13 | (8) | Flight of the Phoenix | $2,666,898 | -47% | 2,604 | $1,024 | $10,479,474 | 10 | |
| 14 | (7) | Christmas with the Kranks | $2,586,277 | -52% | 2,135 | $1,211 | $68,835,654 | 33 | |
| 15 | (10) | The Incredibles | $2,417,309 | -23% | 1,732 | $1,396 | $242,425,976 | 52 | |
| 16 | (9) | Closer | $1,692,847 | -49% | 1,069 | $1,584 | $22,564,250 | 24 | |
| 17 | (12) | Finding Neverland | $1,361,370 | -31% | 933 | $1,459 | $19,758,924 | 45 | |
| 18 | (13) | Sideways | $1,169,527 | -22% | 359 | $3,258 | $18,500,087 | 66 | |
| 19 | (11) | SpongeBob SquarePants | $714,503 | -64% | 1,316 | $543 | $78,779,272 | 38 | |
| 20 | (15) | House of Flying Daggers | $662,342 | -19% | 165 | $4,014 | $2,733,303 | 24 | |
| 21 | (22) | A Very Long Engagement | $453,025 | +89% | 167 | $2,713 | $1,297,120 | 31 | |
| 22 | (17) | Kinsey | $331,067 | -35% | 234 | $1,415 | $5,738,379 | 45 | |
| 23 | (18) | Swades | $260,486 | -39% | 70 | $3,721 | $793,401 | 10 | |
| 24 | (16) | Ray | $252,270 | -54% | 274 | $921 | $70,794,580 | 59 | |
| 25 | (30) | Bad Education | $244,614 | +139% | 50 | $4,892 | $1,233,665 | 38 | |
| 26 | (24) | Million Dollar Baby | $189,597 | +5% | 9 | $21,066 | $527,138 | 12 | |
| 27 | (23) | The Motorcycle Diaries | $127,386 | -37% | 92 | $1,385 | $15,358,121 | 94 | |
| 28 | (new) | Hotel Rwanda | $100,091 | 7 | $14,299 | $142,386 | 5 | ||
| 29 | (27) | Shall We Dance? | $94,499 | -17% | 341 | $277 | $56,799,575 | 73 | |
| 30 | (44) | Ladder 49 | $92,121 | +170% | 255 | $361 | $73,527,901 | 87 | |
| 31 | (20) | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | $67,220 | -80% | 188 | $358 | $39,594,770 | 45 | |
| 32 | (new) | The Woodsman | $53,985 | 6 | $8,998 | $53,985 | 3 | ||
| 33 | (-) | Space Station | $47,602 | 10 | $4,760 | $55,503,275 | 983 | ||
| 34 | (29) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $45,244 | -58% | 54 | $838 | $9,947,085 | 325 | |
| 35 | (28) | Being Julia | $42,090 | -62% | 57 | $738 | $3,458,068 | 73 | |
| 36 | (26) | Napoleon Dynamite | $41,148 | -67% | 141 | $292 | $44,285,021 | 199 | |
| 37 | (19) | Alexander | $41,134 | -89% | 232 | $177 | $33,894,584 | 33 | |
| 38 | (36) | Taxi | $37,208 | -38% | 99 | $376 | $36,249,002 | 82 | |
| 39 | (40) | Beyond the Sea | $36,711 | -19% | 6 | $6,119 | $102,991 | 10 | |
| 40 | (41) | The Work and the Glory | $32,691 | -21% | 17 | $1,923 | $941,924 | 33 | |
| 41 | (35) | Friday Night Lights | $30,680 | -51% | 104 | $295 | $61,188,085 | 80 | |
| 42 | (33) | After the Sunset | $27,592 | -67% | 158 | $175 | $28,015,978 | 45 | |
| 43 | (46) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,833 | -10% | 8 | $3,104 | $8,882,041 | 801 | |
| 44 | (50) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $21,152 | -10% | 5 | $4,230 | $7,741,567 | 808 | |
| 45 | (32) | Saw | $20,502 | -77% | 100 | $205 | $55,153,403 | 59 | |
| 46 | (38) | The Sea Inside | $19,690 | -65% | 6 | $3,282 | $105,087 | 10 | |
| 47 | (37) | I Heart Huckabees | $18,098 | -68% | 44 | $411 | $12,547,523 | 87 | |
| 48 | (43) | Veer-Zaara | $17,175 | -51% | 12 | $1,431 | $2,856,738 | 45 | |
| 49 | (45) | Vera Drake | $16,910 | -48% | 29 | $583 | $2,079,698 | 78 | |
| 50 | (-) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $15,685 | 15 | $1,046 | $5,569,082 | 782 | ||
| 51 | (new) | In the Realms of the Unreal | $15,477 | 3 | $5,159 | $25,402 | 3 | ||
| 52 | (42) | Without a Paddle | $14,693 | -63% | 42 | $350 | $58,047,113 | 129 | |
| 53 | (52) | Callas Forever | $14,360 | -15% | 11 | $1,305 | $305,060 | 52 | |
| 54 | (48) | Team America: World Police | $11,062 | -58% | 34 | $325 | $32,712,751 | 73 | |
| 55 | (39) | The Machinist | $9,114 | -83% | 26 | $351 | $978,587 | 66 | |
| 56 | (49) | Garden State | $8,367 | -68% | 28 | $299 | $26,728,534 | 152 | |
| 57 | (53) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $7,422 | -44% | 18 | $412 | $19,476,576 | 290 | |
| 58 | (-) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $6,728 | 2 | $3,364 | $48,004,331 | 2,257 | ||
| 59 | (58) | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,631 | -42% | 3 | $1,544 | $57,676 | 66 | |
| 60 | (56) | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $4,315 | -53% | 1 | $4,315 | $41,890 | 19 | |
| 61 | (-) | Therese | $3,953 | 30 | $132 | $1,767,642 | 87 | ||
| 62 | (64) | Rosenstrasse | $3,941 | -31% | 4 | $985 | $722,399 | 129 | |
| 63 | (60) | I, Robot | $3,422 | -50% | 16 | $214 | $144,795,350 | 164 | |
| 64 | (62) | Tarnation | $3,271 | -46% | 8 | $409 | $465,514 | 82 | |
| 65 | (47) | Alfie | $3,144 | -88% | 32 | $98 | $13,373,140 | 52 | |
| 66 | (55) | Grande Seduction, La | $3,000 | -69% | 6 | $500 | $9,812,004 | 535 | |
| 67 | (57) | Lightning in a Bottle | $2,794 | -65% | 4 | $699 | $127,742 | 66 | |
| 68 | (80) | Almost Peaceful | $2,681 | +16% | 2 | $1,341 | $87,174 | 129 | |
| 69 | (-) | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,429 | 2 | $1,215 | $106,884 | 360 | ||
| 70 | (72) | Bear Cub | $2,369 | -29% | 3 | $790 | $55,922 | 52 | |
| 71 | (76) | L.A. Twister | $2,312 | -20% | 1 | $2,312 | $50,980 | 136 | |
| 72 | (83) | Young Black Stallion | $2,276 | +14% | 4 | $569 | $6,596,608 | 368 | |
| 73 | (-) | Vodka Lemon | $2,094 | 1 | $2,094 | $31,173 | 80 | ||
| 74 | (65) | Red Lights | $1,907 | -64% | 6 | $318 | $631,548 | 129 | |
| 75 | (73) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $1,896 | -42% | 6 | $316 | $16,587,765 | 626 | |
| 76 | (-) | Apollo 13 | $1,367 | 1 | $1,367 | $173,755,871 | 3,468 | ||
| 77 | (77) | Saints and Soldiers | $805 | -71% | 4 | $201 | $1,137,635 | 143 | |
| 78 | (92) | Sex is Comedy | $790 | +12% | 2 | $395 | $37,212 | 68 | |
| 79 | (81) | Birth | $778 | -65% | 10 | $78 | $4,762,244 | 59 | |
| 80 | (-) | Open My Heart | $772 | 1 | $772 | $3,771 | 10 | ||
| 81 | (89) | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $750 | -22% | 1 | $750 | $26,316 | 101 | |
| 82 | (75) | Notre Musique | $701 | -77% | 1 | $701 | $61,657 | 33 | |
| 83 | (74) | Imelda | $650 | -79% | 1 | $650 | $200,752 | 199 | |
| 84 | (-) | Fear and Trembling | $531 | 1 | $531 | $22,729 | 38 | ||
| 85 | (-) | Testosterone | $432 | 2 | $216 | $175,972 | 108 | ||
| 86 | (68) | Fabled | $392 | -90% | 1 | $392 | $18,224 | 17 | |
| 87 | (63) | Zelary | $340 | -94% | 1 | $340 | $329,063 | 101 | |
| 88 | (-) | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $314 | 3 | $105 | $21,841 | 24 | ||
| 89 | (91) | Fade to Black | $271 | -66% | 1 | $271 | $728,802 | 52 | |
| 90 | (88) | Bright Leaves | $222 | -78% | 1 | $222 | $62,473 | 122 | |
| 91 | (82) | Head in the Clouds | $122 | -94% | 2 | $61 | $397,874 | 101 | |
| Reporting movies: 91 | $134,805,016 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | $46,120,980 | 3,518 | $70,517,720 |
| 2 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $12,611,876 | 3,623 | $59,411,366 |
| 3 | $10,021,510 | 2,674 | $10,021,510 | |
| 4 | The Aviator | $8,631,367 | 1,796 | $9,986,105 |
| 5 | Ocean's Twelve | $8,401,175 | 3,290 | $86,600,224 |
| 6 | The Polar Express | $6,527,163 | 2,868 | $140,234,627 |
| 7 | $6,163,306 | 1,700 | $6,163,306 | |
| 8 | Spanglish | $4,641,492 | 2,441 | $18,181,748 |
| 9 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $4,547,181 | 1,105 | $4,955,054 |
| 10 | The Phantom of the Opera | $4,001,890 | 622 | $6,323,567 |
| 11 | National Treasure | $3,964,473 | 2,201 | $141,064,753 |
| 12 | Blade: Trinity | $2,952,129 | 2,318 | $42,099,570 |
| 13 | Flight of the Phoenix | $2,666,898 | 2,604 | $10,479,474 |
| 14 | Christmas with the Kranks | $2,586,277 | 2,135 | $68,835,654 |
| 15 | The Incredibles | $2,417,309 | 1,732 | $242,425,976 |
| 16 | Closer | $1,692,847 | 1,069 | $22,564,250 |
| 17 | Finding Neverland | $1,361,370 | 933 | $19,758,924 |
| 18 | Sideways | $1,169,527 | 359 | $18,500,087 |
| 19 | SpongeBob SquarePants | $714,503 | 1,316 | $78,779,272 |
| 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $662,342 | 165 | $2,733,303 |
| 21 | A Very Long Engagement | $453,025 | 167 | $1,297,120 |
| 22 | Kinsey | $331,067 | 234 | $5,738,379 |
| 23 | Swades | $260,486 | 70 | $793,401 |
| 24 | Ray | $252,270 | 274 | $70,794,580 |
| 25 | Bad Education | $244,614 | 50 | $1,233,665 |
| 26 | Million Dollar Baby | $189,597 | 9 | $527,138 |
| 27 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $127,386 | 92 | $15,358,121 |
| 28 | Hotel Rwanda | $100,091 | 7 | $142,386 |
| 29 | Shall We Dance? | $94,499 | 341 | $56,799,575 |
| 30 | Ladder 49 | $92,121 | 255 | $73,527,901 |
| 31 | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | $67,220 | 188 | $39,594,770 |
| 32 | The Woodsman | $53,985 | 6 | $53,985 |
| 33 | Space Station | $47,602 | 10 | $55,503,275 |
| 34 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $45,244 | 54 | $9,947,085 |
| 35 | Being Julia | $42,090 | 57 | $3,458,068 |
| 36 | Napoleon Dynamite | $41,148 | 141 | $44,285,021 |
| 37 | Alexander | $41,134 | 232 | $33,894,584 |
| 38 | Taxi | $37,208 | 99 | $36,249,002 |
| 39 | Beyond the Sea | $36,711 | 6 | $102,991 |
| 40 | The Work and the Glory | $32,691 | 17 | $941,924 |
| 41 | Friday Night Lights | $30,680 | 104 | $61,188,085 |
| 42 | After the Sunset | $27,592 | 158 | $28,015,978 |
| 43 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,833 | 8 | $8,882,041 |
| 44 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $21,152 | 5 | $7,741,567 |
| 45 | Saw | $20,502 | 100 | $55,153,403 |
| 46 | The Sea Inside | $19,690 | 6 | $105,087 |
| 47 | I Heart Huckabees | $18,098 | 44 | $12,547,523 |
| 48 | Veer-Zaara | $17,175 | 12 | $2,856,738 |
| 49 | Vera Drake | $16,910 | 29 | $2,079,698 |
| 50 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $15,685 | 15 | $5,569,082 |
| 51 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $15,477 | 3 | $25,402 |
| 52 | Without a Paddle | $14,693 | 42 | $58,047,113 |
| 53 | Callas Forever | $14,360 | 11 | $305,060 |
| 54 | Team America: World Police | $11,062 | 34 | $32,712,751 |
| 55 | The Machinist | $9,114 | 26 | $978,587 |
| 56 | Garden State | $8,367 | 28 | $26,728,534 |
| 57 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $7,422 | 18 | $19,476,576 |
| 58 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $6,728 | 2 | $48,004,331 |
| 59 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $4,631 | 3 | $57,676 |
| 60 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $4,315 | 1 | $41,890 |
| 61 | Therese | $3,953 | 30 | $1,767,642 |
| 62 | Rosenstrasse | $3,941 | 4 | $722,399 |
| 63 | I, Robot | $3,422 | 16 | $144,795,350 |
| 64 | Tarnation | $3,271 | 8 | $465,514 |
| 65 | Alfie | $3,144 | 32 | $13,373,140 |
| 66 | Grande Seduction, La | $3,000 | 6 | $9,812,004 |
| 67 | Lightning in a Bottle | $2,794 | 4 | $127,742 |
| 68 | Almost Peaceful | $2,681 | 2 | $87,174 |
| 69 | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,429 | 2 | $106,884 |
| 70 | Bear Cub | $2,369 | 3 | $55,922 |
| 71 | L.A. Twister | $2,312 | 1 | $50,980 |
| 72 | Young Black Stallion | $2,276 | 4 | $6,596,608 |
| 73 | Vodka Lemon | $2,094 | 1 | $31,173 |
| 74 | Red Lights | $1,907 | 6 | $631,548 |
| 75 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $1,896 | 6 | $16,587,765 |
| 76 | Apollo 13 | $1,367 | 1 | $173,755,871 |
| 77 | Saints and Soldiers | $805 | 4 | $1,137,635 |
| 78 | Sex is Comedy | $790 | 2 | $37,212 |
| 79 | Birth | $778 | 10 | $4,762,244 |
| 80 | Open My Heart | $772 | 1 | $3,771 |
| 81 | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $750 | 1 | $26,316 |
| 82 | Notre Musique | $701 | 1 | $61,657 |
| 83 | Imelda | $650 | 1 | $200,752 |
| 84 | Fear and Trembling | $531 | 1 | $22,729 |
| 85 | Testosterone | $432 | 2 | $175,972 |
| 86 | Fabled | $392 | 1 | $18,224 |
| 87 | Zelary | $340 | 1 | $329,063 |
| 88 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $314 | 3 | $21,841 |
| 89 | Fade to Black | $271 | 1 | $728,802 |
| 90 | Bright Leaves | $222 | 1 | $62,473 |
| 91 | Head in the Clouds | $122 | 2 | $397,874 |
| Reporting: 91 | $134,805,016 | total | ||