Week Domestic Box Office August 27, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Jet Li’s Hero | $23,722,503 | 2,031 | $11,680 | $23,722,503 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $15,852,278 | 2,905 | $5,457 | $15,852,278 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Without a Paddle | $11,682,763 | -39% | 2,730 | $4,279 | $30,839,992 | 14 | |
| 4 | (3) | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $10,981,714 | -42% | 3,331 | $3,297 | $77,963,474 | 23 | |
| 5 | (1) | Exorcist: The Beginning | $9,449,191 | -61% | 2,813 | $3,359 | $33,535,180 | 14 | |
| 6 | (6) | Collateral | $8,728,121 | -38% | 2,728 | $3,199 | $82,416,392 | 28 | |
| 7 | (4) | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $6,585,918 | -61% | 2,880 | $2,287 | $73,851,542 | 21 | |
| 8 | (5) | Open Water | $6,575,481 | -57% | 2,709 | $2,427 | $25,077,697 | 28 | |
| 9 | (7) | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,352,370 | -31% | 2,079 | $3,055 | $159,455,100 | 42 | |
| 10 | (new) | Suspect Zero | $4,705,540 | 1,500 | $3,137 | $4,705,540 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (new) | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $4,282,318 | 1,276 | $3,356 | $4,282,318 | 7 | ||
| 12 | (10) | Garden State | $4,056,275 | -11% | 745 | $5,445 | $12,122,082 | 37 | |
| 13 | (8) | The Manchurian Candidate | $3,734,077 | -34% | 1,484 | $2,516 | $59,907,567 | 35 | |
| 14 | (14) | Napoleon Dynamite | $3,159,981 | +6% | 706 | $4,476 | $23,456,682 | 84 | |
| 15 | (9) | The Village | $2,497,193 | -53% | 1,560 | $1,601 | $111,115,069 | 35 | |
| 16 | (12) | Spider-Man 2 | $2,126,658 | -39% | 1,186 | $1,793 | $368,368,396 | 65 | |
| 17 | (11) | Yu-Gi-Oh | $1,808,467 | -60% | 2,120 | $853 | $18,567,040 | 21 | |
| 18 | (13) | I, Robot | $1,673,715 | -51% | 1,003 | $1,669 | $140,966,087 | 49 | |
| 19 | (17) | The Notebook | $869,134 | -31% | 481 | $1,807 | $77,653,416 | 70 | |
| 20 | (16) | Benji: Off the Leash! | $829,842 | -61% | 759 | $1,093 | $3,001,301 | 14 | |
| 21 | (15) | Little Black Book | $823,246 | -64% | 767 | $1,073 | $20,026,493 | 28 | |
| 22 | (19) | De-Lovely | $750,235 | -13% | 307 | $2,444 | $11,831,210 | 70 | |
| 23 | (24) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $669,269 | +18% | 391 | $1,712 | $247,782,190 | 91 | |
| 24 | (21) | Maria Full of Grace | $544,244 | -20% | 123 | $4,425 | $4,082,766 | 49 | |
| 25 | (18) | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $517,603 | -46% | 312 | $1,659 | $117,643,813 | 72 | |
| 26 | (33) | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $494,221 | +69% | 90 | $5,491 | $934,640 | 21 | |
| 27 | (23) | Nicotina | $424,460 | -28% | 96 | $4,421 | $1,012,306 | 14 | |
| 28 | (31) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $318,379 | +4% | 40 | $7,959 | $2,606,154 | 210 | |
| 29 | (29) | Intimate Strangers | $305,403 | -15% | 91 | $3,356 | $1,220,610 | 35 | |
| 30 | (20) | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $297,784 | -63% | 170 | $1,752 | $17,934,718 | 35 | |
| 31 | (26) | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $292,580 | -32% | 247 | $1,185 | $113,446,422 | 77 | |
| 32 | (27) | King Arthur | $267,581 | -33% | 237 | $1,129 | $51,432,872 | 58 | |
| 33 | (28) | Garfield The Movie | $223,486 | -43% | 236 | $947 | $74,771,674 | 84 | |
| 34 | (30) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $222,072 | -28% | 56 | $3,966 | $18,180,880 | 175 | |
| 35 | (25) | A Cinderella Story | $198,905 | -54% | 203 | $980 | $50,610,209 | 49 | |
| 36 | (34) | Before Sunset | $188,377 | -28% | 88 | $2,141 | $4,838,714 | 63 | |
| 37 | (35) | The Door in the Floor | $165,043 | -36% | 83 | $1,988 | $3,422,580 | 51 | |
| 38 | (22) | Catwoman | $164,306 | -73% | 166 | $990 | $39,429,384 | 42 | |
| 39 | (32) | The Day After Tomorrow | $163,831 | -46% | 178 | $920 | $186,245,352 | 98 | |
| 40 | (91) | A Day Without a Mexican | $150,344 | +10,148% | 42 | $3,580 | $3,398,430 | 112 | |
| 41 | (39) | Riding Giants | $143,456 | -29% | 62 | $2,314 | $1,904,582 | 56 | |
| 42 | (37) | The Stepford Wives | $127,742 | -45% | 133 | $960 | $59,385,091 | 84 | |
| 43 | (59) | Mean Creek | $121,227 | +175% | 23 | $5,271 | $165,375 | 14 | |
| 44 | (44) | Festival Express | $118,113 | +10% | 34 | $3,474 | $688,639 | 42 | |
| 45 | (51) | Rosenstrasse | $106,620 | +55% | 21 | $5,077 | $175,407 | 14 | |
| 46 | (43) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $105,487 | -6% | 17 | $6,205 | $7,863,740 | 686 | |
| 47 | (41) | A Home at the End of the World | $91,925 | -30% | 54 | $1,702 | $916,167 | 42 | |
| 48 | (38) | Around the World in 80 Days | $88,774 | -56% | 116 | $765 | $23,932,508 | 79 | |
| 49 | (54) | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $83,034 | +35% | 36 | $2,307 | $1,543,340 | 91 | |
| 50 | (55) | Donnie Darko | $76,216 | +40% | 16 | $4,764 | $962,074 | 1,043 | |
| 51 | (45) | Saints and Soldiers | $74,183 | -28% | 26 | $2,853 | $510,732 | 28 | |
| 52 | (new) | The Brown Bunny | $74,158 | 3 | $24,719 | $74,158 | 7 | ||
| 53 | (46) | The Corporation | $73,505 | -21% | 26 | $2,827 | $1,460,427 | 230 | |
| 54 | (40) | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | $65,637 | -60% | 39 | $1,683 | $706,292 | 42 | |
| 55 | (68) | The Best Two Years | $64,013 | +157% | 21 | $3,048 | $1,027,368 | 196 | |
| 56 | (50) | Super Size Me | $62,872 | -12% | 40 | $1,572 | $11,364,582 | 119 | |
| 57 | (53) | Bright Young Things | $53,712 | -20% | 5 | $10,742 | $120,492 | 14 | |
| 58 | (76) | Danny Deckchair | $51,629 | +657% | 24 | $2,151 | $78,410 | 23 | |
| 59 | (57) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $44,857 | -5% | 8 | $5,607 | $7,295,534 | 693 | |
| 60 | (63) | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $33,651 | -5% | 29 | $1,160 | $1,161,960 | 56 | |
| 61 | (49) | She Hate Me | $33,145 | -55% | 19 | $1,744 | $305,005 | 35 | |
| 62 | (47) | Mean Girls | $27,440 | -68% | 79 | $347 | $86,033,164 | 126 | |
| 63 | (48) | Code 46 | $26,050 | -69% | 15 | $1,737 | $197,148 | 28 | |
| 64 | (58) | The Clearing | $26,039 | -43% | 23 | $1,132 | $5,715,977 | 63 | |
| 65 | (66) | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $22,320 | -15% | 12 | $1,860 | $2,322,755 | 154 | |
| 66 | (new) | Chooch | $14,887 | 3 | $4,962 | $14,887 | 7 | ||
| 67 | (64) | Touch of Pink | $14,688 | -52% | 10 | $1,469 | $464,134 | 49 | |
| 68 | (84) | Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version | $14,665 | +268% | 4 | $3,666 | $387,089 | 119 | |
| 69 | (85) | Zhou Yu's Train | $13,998 | +352% | 6 | $2,333 | $105,445 | 63 | |
| 70 | (67) | Grande Seduction, La | $13,470 | -46% | 6 | $2,245 | $9,632,351 | 420 | |
| 71 | (56) | Raising Helen | $12,979 | -75% | 20 | $649 | $37,483,652 | 98 | |
| 72 | (new) | Bright Leaves | $12,025 | 1 | $12,025 | $12,025 | 7 | ||
| 73 | (69) | Facing Window | $11,413 | -37% | 8 | $1,427 | $497,891 | 77 | |
| 74 | (72) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $9,489 | -7% | 4 | $2,372 | $16,464,289 | 511 | |
| 75 | (-) | The Return | $8,882 | 5 | $1,776 | $500,145 | 210 | ||
| 76 | (71) | Johnson Family Vacation | $6,807 | -52% | 11 | $619 | $31,203,964 | 149 | |
| 77 | (81) | The Mother | $6,682 | +31% | 5 | $1,336 | $871,515 | 98 | |
| 78 | (65) | Man on Fire | $5,512 | -81% | 11 | $501 | $77,906,816 | 133 | |
| 79 | (89) | The Life of Brian | $5,255 | +168% | 2 | $2,628 | $19,994,989 | 9,149 | |
| 80 | (-) | L.A. Twister | $5,072 | 4 | $1,268 | $16,714 | 21 | ||
| 81 | (-) | Howard Zinn | $4,862 | 1 | $4,862 | $59,041 | 77 | ||
| 82 | (new) | My Wife Maurice | $3,336 | 1 | $3,336 | $3,336 | 7 | ||
| 83 | (-) | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $3,282 | 1 | $3,282 | $82,246 | 182 | ||
| 84 | (77) | Young Black Stallion | $3,247 | -51% | 2 | $1,624 | $6,508,809 | 253 | |
| 85 | (78) | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $3,070 | -49% | 6 | $512 | $324,170 | 77 | |
| 86 | (82) | Red Lights | $2,978 | -41% | 1 | $2,978 | $8,002 | 14 | |
| 87 | (94) | Strayed | $1,928 | +157% | 1 | $1,928 | $466,337 | 112 | |
| 88 | (92) | The Battle of Algiers | $1,641 | +19% | 1 | $1,641 | $811,567 | 238 | |
| 89 | (73) | Tom Dowd and the Language of Music | $1,071 | -89% | 2 | $536 | $40,238 | 21 | |
| 90 | (70) | Last Life in the Universe | $1,012 | -94% | 2 | $506 | $31,747 | 28 | |
| 91 | (new) | Brothers in Arms | $945 | 1 | $945 | $945 | 7 | ||
| 92 | (88) | Love Me If You Dare | $937 | -52% | 3 | $312 | $541,552 | 107 | |
| 93 | (86) | Father and Son | $735 | -73% | 1 | $735 | $34,779 | 77 | |
| 94 | (87) | How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass | $544 | -79% | 3 | $181 | $365,248 | 98 | |
| 95 | (90) | I'm not Scared | $112 | -93% | 2 | $56 | $1,615,118 | 147 | |
| Reporting movies: 95 | $138,836,237 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jet Li’s Hero | $23,722,503 | 2,031 | $23,722,503 |
| 2 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $15,852,278 | 2,905 | $15,852,278 |
| 3 | Without a Paddle | $11,682,763 | 2,730 | $30,839,992 |
| 4 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $10,981,714 | 3,331 | $77,963,474 |
| 5 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $9,449,191 | 2,813 | $33,535,180 |
| 6 | Collateral | $8,728,121 | 2,728 | $82,416,392 |
| 7 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $6,585,918 | 2,880 | $73,851,542 |
| 8 | Open Water | $6,575,481 | 2,709 | $25,077,697 |
| 9 | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,352,370 | 2,079 | $159,455,100 |
| 10 | Suspect Zero | $4,705,540 | 1,500 | $4,705,540 |
| 11 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $4,282,318 | 1,276 | $4,282,318 |
| 12 | Garden State | $4,056,275 | 745 | $12,122,082 |
| 13 | The Manchurian Candidate | $3,734,077 | 1,484 | $59,907,567 |
| 14 | Napoleon Dynamite | $3,159,981 | 706 | $23,456,682 |
| 15 | The Village | $2,497,193 | 1,560 | $111,115,069 |
| 16 | Spider-Man 2 | $2,126,658 | 1,186 | $368,368,396 |
| 17 | Yu-Gi-Oh | $1,808,467 | 2,120 | $18,567,040 |
| 18 | I, Robot | $1,673,715 | 1,003 | $140,966,087 |
| 19 | The Notebook | $869,134 | 481 | $77,653,416 |
| 20 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $829,842 | 759 | $3,001,301 |
| 21 | Little Black Book | $823,246 | 767 | $20,026,493 |
| 22 | De-Lovely | $750,235 | 307 | $11,831,210 |
| 23 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $669,269 | 391 | $247,782,190 |
| 24 | Maria Full of Grace | $544,244 | 123 | $4,082,766 |
| 25 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $517,603 | 312 | $117,643,813 |
| 26 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $494,221 | 90 | $934,640 |
| 27 | Nicotina | $424,460 | 96 | $1,012,306 |
| 28 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $318,379 | 40 | $2,606,154 |
| 29 | Intimate Strangers | $305,403 | 91 | $1,220,610 |
| 30 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $297,784 | 170 | $17,934,718 |
| 31 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $292,580 | 247 | $113,446,422 |
| 32 | King Arthur | $267,581 | 237 | $51,432,872 |
| 33 | Garfield The Movie | $223,486 | 236 | $74,771,674 |
| 34 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $222,072 | 56 | $18,180,880 |
| 35 | A Cinderella Story | $198,905 | 203 | $50,610,209 |
| 36 | Before Sunset | $188,377 | 88 | $4,838,714 |
| 37 | The Door in the Floor | $165,043 | 83 | $3,422,580 |
| 38 | Catwoman | $164,306 | 166 | $39,429,384 |
| 39 | The Day After Tomorrow | $163,831 | 178 | $186,245,352 |
| 40 | A Day Without a Mexican | $150,344 | 42 | $3,398,430 |
| 41 | Riding Giants | $143,456 | 62 | $1,904,582 |
| 42 | The Stepford Wives | $127,742 | 133 | $59,385,091 |
| 43 | Mean Creek | $121,227 | 23 | $165,375 |
| 44 | Festival Express | $118,113 | 34 | $688,639 |
| 45 | Rosenstrasse | $106,620 | 21 | $175,407 |
| 46 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $105,487 | 17 | $7,863,740 |
| 47 | A Home at the End of the World | $91,925 | 54 | $916,167 |
| 48 | Around the World in 80 Days | $88,774 | 116 | $23,932,508 |
| 49 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $83,034 | 36 | $1,543,340 |
| 50 | Donnie Darko | $76,216 | 16 | $962,074 |
| 51 | Saints and Soldiers | $74,183 | 26 | $510,732 |
| 52 | The Brown Bunny | $74,158 | 3 | $74,158 |
| 53 | The Corporation | $73,505 | 26 | $1,460,427 |
| 54 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | $65,637 | 39 | $706,292 |
| 55 | The Best Two Years | $64,013 | 21 | $1,027,368 |
| 56 | Super Size Me | $62,872 | 40 | $11,364,582 |
| 57 | Bright Young Things | $53,712 | 5 | $120,492 |
| 58 | Danny Deckchair | $51,629 | 24 | $78,410 |
| 59 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $44,857 | 8 | $7,295,534 |
| 60 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $33,651 | 29 | $1,161,960 |
| 61 | She Hate Me | $33,145 | 19 | $305,005 |
| 62 | Mean Girls | $27,440 | 79 | $86,033,164 |
| 63 | Code 46 | $26,050 | 15 | $197,148 |
| 64 | The Clearing | $26,039 | 23 | $5,715,977 |
| 65 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $22,320 | 12 | $2,322,755 |
| 66 | Chooch | $14,887 | 3 | $14,887 |
| 67 | Touch of Pink | $14,688 | 10 | $464,134 |
| 68 | Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version | $14,665 | 4 | $387,089 |
| 69 | Zhou Yu's Train | $13,998 | 6 | $105,445 |
| 70 | Grande Seduction, La | $13,470 | 6 | $9,632,351 |
| 71 | Raising Helen | $12,979 | 20 | $37,483,652 |
| 72 | Bright Leaves | $12,025 | 1 | $12,025 |
| 73 | Facing Window | $11,413 | 8 | $497,891 |
| 74 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $9,489 | 4 | $16,464,289 |
| 75 | The Return | $8,882 | 5 | $500,145 |
| 76 | Johnson Family Vacation | $6,807 | 11 | $31,203,964 |
| 77 | The Mother | $6,682 | 5 | $871,515 |
| 78 | Man on Fire | $5,512 | 11 | $77,906,816 |
| 79 | The Life of Brian | $5,255 | 2 | $19,994,989 |
| 80 | L.A. Twister | $5,072 | 4 | $16,714 |
| 81 | Howard Zinn | $4,862 | 1 | $59,041 |
| 82 | My Wife Maurice | $3,336 | 1 | $3,336 |
| 83 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $3,282 | 1 | $82,246 |
| 84 | Young Black Stallion | $3,247 | 2 | $6,508,809 |
| 85 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $3,070 | 6 | $324,170 |
| 86 | Red Lights | $2,978 | 1 | $8,002 |
| 87 | Strayed | $1,928 | 1 | $466,337 |
| 88 | The Battle of Algiers | $1,641 | 1 | $811,567 |
| 89 | Tom Dowd and the Language of Music | $1,071 | 2 | $40,238 |
| 90 | Last Life in the Universe | $1,012 | 2 | $31,747 |
| 91 | Brothers in Arms | $945 | 1 | $945 |
| 92 | Love Me If You Dare | $937 | 3 | $541,552 |
| 93 | Father and Son | $735 | 1 | $34,779 |
| 94 | How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass | $544 | 3 | $365,248 |
| 95 | I'm not Scared | $112 | 2 | $1,615,118 |
| Reporting: 95 | $138,836,237 | total | ||