Week Domestic Box Office September 3, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Jet Li’s Hero | $13,509,302 | -43% | 2,092 | $6,458 | $37,231,805 | 14 | |
| 2 | (3) | Without a Paddle | $10,166,019 | -13% | 2,756 | $3,689 | $41,006,011 | 21 | |
| 3 | (new) | Paparazzi | $9,234,915 | 2,115 | $4,366 | $9,234,915 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (2) | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $8,918,727 | -44% | 2,905 | $3,070 | $24,771,005 | 14 | |
| 5 | (4) | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $8,362,834 | -24% | 3,139 | $2,664 | $86,326,308 | 30 | |
| 6 | (new) | Wicker Park | $7,922,924 | 2,598 | $3,050 | $7,922,924 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (6) | Collateral | $7,557,311 | -13% | 2,348 | $3,219 | $89,973,703 | 35 | |
| 8 | (-) | Vanity Fair | $7,344,590 | 1,051 | $6,988 | $8,482,325 | 9 | ||
| 9 | (new) | The Cookout | $6,893,156 | 1,303 | $5,290 | $6,893,156 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (9) | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,061,520 | -5% | 1,717 | $3,530 | $165,516,620 | 49 | |
| 11 | (5) | Exorcist: The Beginning | $5,247,227 | -44% | 2,452 | $2,140 | $38,782,407 | 21 | |
| 12 | (12) | Garden State | $4,472,929 | +10% | 813 | $5,502 | $16,595,011 | 44 | |
| 13 | (14) | Napoleon Dynamite | $4,320,836 | +37% | 886 | $4,877 | $27,777,518 | 91 | |
| 14 | (8) | Open Water | $3,732,586 | -43% | 1,929 | $1,935 | $28,810,283 | 35 | |
| 15 | (7) | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $3,682,005 | -44% | 1,944 | $1,894 | $77,533,547 | 28 | |
| 16 | (10) | Suspect Zero | $3,026,628 | -36% | 1,501 | $2,016 | $7,732,168 | 14 | |
| 17 | (13) | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,964,629 | -21% | 1,085 | $2,732 | $62,872,196 | 42 | |
| 18 | (11) | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $2,812,920 | -34% | 1,276 | $2,204 | $7,095,238 | 14 | |
| 19 | (16) | Spider-Man 2 | $1,709,811 | -20% | 807 | $2,119 | $370,078,207 | 72 | |
| 20 | (15) | The Village | $1,232,098 | -51% | 751 | $1,641 | $112,347,167 | 42 | |
| 21 | (18) | I, Robot | $1,053,050 | -37% | 551 | $1,911 | $142,019,137 | 56 | |
| 22 | (19) | The Notebook | $1,033,113 | +19% | 562 | $1,838 | $78,686,529 | 77 | |
| 23 | (17) | Yu-Gi-Oh | $815,369 | -55% | 1,103 | $739 | $19,382,409 | 28 | |
| 24 | (22) | De-Lovely | $656,750 | -12% | 320 | $2,052 | $12,487,960 | 77 | |
| 25 | (23) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $633,181 | -5% | 391 | $1,619 | $248,415,371 | 98 | |
| 26 | (26) | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $581,478 | +18% | 190 | $3,060 | $1,516,118 | 28 | |
| 27 | (24) | Maria Full of Grace | $559,303 | +3% | 119 | $4,700 | $4,642,069 | 56 | |
| 28 | (25) | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $480,449 | -7% | 245 | $1,961 | $118,124,262 | 79 | |
| 29 | (20) | Benji: Off the Leash! | $477,407 | -42% | 406 | $1,176 | $3,478,708 | 21 | |
| 30 | (new) | Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $436,640 | 29 | $15,057 | $436,640 | 7 | ||
| 31 | (36) | Before Sunset | $405,555 | +115% | 197 | $2,059 | $5,244,269 | 70 | |
| 32 | (28) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $381,928 | +20% | 43 | $8,882 | $2,988,082 | 217 | |
| 33 | (31) | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $317,450 | +9% | 238 | $1,334 | $113,763,872 | 84 | |
| 34 | (21) | Little Black Book | $317,059 | -61% | 309 | $1,026 | $20,343,552 | 35 | |
| 35 | (29) | Intimate Strangers | $313,700 | +3% | 94 | $3,337 | $1,534,310 | 42 | |
| 36 | (34) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $272,558 | +23% | 58 | $4,699 | $18,453,438 | 182 | |
| 37 | (33) | Garfield The Movie | $255,047 | +14% | 209 | $1,220 | $75,026,721 | 91 | |
| 38 | (35) | A Cinderella Story | $225,167 | +13% | 208 | $1,083 | $50,835,376 | 56 | |
| 39 | (32) | King Arthur | $222,345 | -17% | 186 | $1,195 | $51,655,217 | 65 | |
| 40 | (30) | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $220,362 | -26% | 129 | $1,708 | $18,155,080 | 42 | |
| 41 | (44) | Festival Express | $159,317 | +35% | 43 | $3,705 | $847,956 | 49 | |
| 42 | (39) | The Day After Tomorrow | $156,693 | -4% | 129 | $1,215 | $186,402,045 | 105 | |
| 43 | (43) | Mean Creek | $153,321 | +26% | 41 | $3,740 | $318,696 | 21 | |
| 44 | (37) | The Door in the Floor | $140,662 | -15% | 76 | $1,851 | $3,563,242 | 58 | |
| 45 | (45) | Rosenstrasse | $121,066 | +14% | 24 | $5,044 | $296,473 | 21 | |
| 46 | (50) | Donnie Darko | $120,253 | +58% | 19 | $6,329 | $1,082,327 | 1,050 | |
| 47 | (46) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $114,578 | +9% | 17 | $6,740 | $7,978,318 | 693 | |
| 48 | (41) | Riding Giants | $108,306 | -25% | 59 | $1,836 | $2,012,888 | 63 | |
| 49 | (38) | Catwoman | $105,841 | -36% | 121 | $875 | $39,535,225 | 49 | |
| 50 | (52) | The Brown Bunny | $104,823 | +41% | 10 | $10,482 | $178,981 | 14 | |
| 51 | (40) | A Day Without a Mexican | $104,617 | -30% | 36 | $2,906 | $3,503,047 | 119 | |
| 52 | (86) | Red Lights | $87,304 | +2,832% | 4 | $21,826 | $95,306 | 21 | |
| 53 | (53) | The Corporation | $84,868 | +15% | 24 | $3,536 | $1,545,295 | 237 | |
| 54 | (51) | Saints and Soldiers | $84,574 | +14% | 25 | $3,383 | $595,306 | 35 | |
| 55 | (49) | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $79,577 | -4% | 34 | $2,341 | $1,622,917 | 98 | |
| 56 | (42) | The Stepford Wives | $75,300 | -41% | 63 | $1,195 | $59,460,391 | 91 | |
| 57 | (57) | Bright Young Things | $68,617 | +28% | 15 | $4,574 | $189,109 | 21 | |
| 58 | (54) | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | $63,270 | -4% | 53 | $1,194 | $769,562 | 49 | |
| 59 | (59) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $56,892 | +27% | 8 | $7,112 | $7,352,426 | 700 | |
| 60 | (48) | Around the World in 80 Days | $55,686 | -37% | 63 | $884 | $23,988,194 | 86 | |
| 61 | (56) | Super Size Me | $52,571 | -16% | 31 | $1,696 | $11,417,153 | 126 | |
| 62 | (58) | Danny Deckchair | $52,513 | +2% | 29 | $1,811 | $130,923 | 30 | |
| 63 | (47) | A Home at the End of the World | $45,845 | -50% | 34 | $1,348 | $962,012 | 49 | |
| 64 | (-) | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $36,128 | 4 | $9,032 | $102,850 | 21 | ||
| 65 | (-) | Control Room | $30,457 | 18 | $1,692 | $2,424,630 | 112 | ||
| 66 | (55) | The Best Two Years | $27,740 | -57% | 17 | $1,632 | $1,055,108 | 203 | |
| 67 | (new) | Remember Me, My Love | $25,213 | 2 | $12,607 | $25,213 | 7 | ||
| 68 | (61) | She Hate Me | $22,514 | -32% | 17 | $1,324 | $327,519 | 42 | |
| 69 | (new) | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $22,503 | 4 | $5,626 | $22,503 | 7 | ||
| 70 | (70) | Grande Seduction, La | $20,881 | +55% | 6 | $3,480 | $9,653,232 | 427 | |
| 71 | (60) | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $19,614 | -42% | 25 | $785 | $1,181,574 | 63 | |
| 72 | (65) | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $16,461 | -26% | 5 | $3,292 | $2,339,216 | 161 | |
| 73 | (62) | Mean Girls | $14,063 | -49% | 13 | $1,082 | $86,047,227 | 133 | |
| 74 | (73) | Facing Window | $13,971 | +22% | 6 | $2,329 | $511,862 | 84 | |
| 75 | (67) | Touch of Pink | $13,393 | -9% | 10 | $1,339 | $477,527 | 56 | |
| 76 | (77) | The Mother | $11,648 | +74% | 5 | $2,330 | $883,163 | 105 | |
| 77 | (64) | The Clearing | $11,538 | -56% | 12 | $962 | $5,727,515 | 70 | |
| 78 | (81) | Howard Zinn | $11,454 | +136% | 1 | $11,454 | $70,495 | 84 | |
| 79 | (80) | L.A. Twister | $10,154 | +100% | 2 | $5,077 | $26,868 | 28 | |
| 80 | (72) | Bright Leaves | $8,225 | -32% | 1 | $8,225 | $20,250 | 14 | |
| 81 | (74) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,704 | -19% | 3 | $2,568 | $16,471,993 | 518 | |
| 82 | (79) | The Life of Brian | $6,836 | +30% | 3 | $2,279 | $20,001,825 | 9,156 | |
| 83 | (-) | Imelda | $6,461 | 1 | $6,461 | $157,755 | 91 | ||
| 84 | (66) | Chooch | $6,091 | -59% | 2 | $3,046 | $20,978 | 14 | |
| 85 | (new) | Virgin | $6,074 | 1 | $6,074 | $6,074 | 7 | ||
| 86 | (85) | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $5,579 | +82% | 3 | $1,860 | $329,749 | 84 | |
| 87 | (83) | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $4,846 | +48% | 1 | $4,846 | $87,092 | 189 | |
| 88 | (84) | Young Black Stallion | $3,932 | +21% | 1 | $3,932 | $6,512,741 | 260 | |
| 89 | (-) | Bang Rajan | $3,870 | 2 | $1,935 | $15,154 | 35 | ||
| 90 | (71) | Raising Helen | $1,876 | -86% | 8 | $235 | $37,485,528 | 105 | |
| 91 | (69) | Zhou Yu's Train | $1,820 | -87% | 2 | $910 | $107,265 | 70 | |
| 92 | (75) | The Return | $1,607 | -82% | 2 | $804 | $501,752 | 217 | |
| 93 | (88) | The Battle of Algiers | $1,492 | -9% | 1 | $1,492 | $813,059 | 245 | |
| 94 | (91) | Brothers in Arms | $1,162 | +23% | 2 | $581 | $2,107 | 14 | |
| 95 | (92) | Love Me If You Dare | $623 | -34% | 3 | $208 | $542,175 | 114 | |
| 96 | (93) | Father and Son | $500 | -32% | 1 | $500 | $35,279 | 84 | |
| 97 | (-) | Twentynine Palms | $350 | 1 | $350 | $54,211 | 154 | ||
| Reporting movies: 97 | $131,404,152 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jet Li’s Hero | $13,509,302 | 2,092 | $37,231,805 |
| 2 | Without a Paddle | $10,166,019 | 2,756 | $41,006,011 |
| 3 | Paparazzi | $9,234,915 | 2,115 | $9,234,915 |
| 4 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $8,918,727 | 2,905 | $24,771,005 |
| 5 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $8,362,834 | 3,139 | $86,326,308 |
| 6 | Wicker Park | $7,922,924 | 2,598 | $7,922,924 |
| 7 | Collateral | $7,557,311 | 2,348 | $89,973,703 |
| 8 | Vanity Fair | $7,344,590 | 1,051 | $8,482,325 |
| 9 | The Cookout | $6,893,156 | 1,303 | $6,893,156 |
| 10 | The Bourne Supremacy | $6,061,520 | 1,717 | $165,516,620 |
| 11 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $5,247,227 | 2,452 | $38,782,407 |
| 12 | Garden State | $4,472,929 | 813 | $16,595,011 |
| 13 | Napoleon Dynamite | $4,320,836 | 886 | $27,777,518 |
| 14 | Open Water | $3,732,586 | 1,929 | $28,810,283 |
| 15 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $3,682,005 | 1,944 | $77,533,547 |
| 16 | Suspect Zero | $3,026,628 | 1,501 | $7,732,168 |
| 17 | The Manchurian Candidate | $2,964,629 | 1,085 | $62,872,196 |
| 18 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $2,812,920 | 1,276 | $7,095,238 |
| 19 | Spider-Man 2 | $1,709,811 | 807 | $370,078,207 |
| 20 | The Village | $1,232,098 | 751 | $112,347,167 |
| 21 | I, Robot | $1,053,050 | 551 | $142,019,137 |
| 22 | The Notebook | $1,033,113 | 562 | $78,686,529 |
| 23 | Yu-Gi-Oh | $815,369 | 1,103 | $19,382,409 |
| 24 | De-Lovely | $656,750 | 320 | $12,487,960 |
| 25 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $633,181 | 391 | $248,415,371 |
| 26 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $581,478 | 190 | $1,516,118 |
| 27 | Maria Full of Grace | $559,303 | 119 | $4,642,069 |
| 28 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $480,449 | 245 | $118,124,262 |
| 29 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $477,407 | 406 | $3,478,708 |
| 30 | Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $436,640 | 29 | $436,640 |
| 31 | Before Sunset | $405,555 | 197 | $5,244,269 |
| 32 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $381,928 | 43 | $2,988,082 |
| 33 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $317,450 | 238 | $113,763,872 |
| 34 | Little Black Book | $317,059 | 309 | $20,343,552 |
| 35 | Intimate Strangers | $313,700 | 94 | $1,534,310 |
| 36 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $272,558 | 58 | $18,453,438 |
| 37 | Garfield The Movie | $255,047 | 209 | $75,026,721 |
| 38 | A Cinderella Story | $225,167 | 208 | $50,835,376 |
| 39 | King Arthur | $222,345 | 186 | $51,655,217 |
| 40 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | $220,362 | 129 | $18,155,080 |
| 41 | Festival Express | $159,317 | 43 | $847,956 |
| 42 | The Day After Tomorrow | $156,693 | 129 | $186,402,045 |
| 43 | Mean Creek | $153,321 | 41 | $318,696 |
| 44 | The Door in the Floor | $140,662 | 76 | $3,563,242 |
| 45 | Rosenstrasse | $121,066 | 24 | $296,473 |
| 46 | Donnie Darko | $120,253 | 19 | $1,082,327 |
| 47 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $114,578 | 17 | $7,978,318 |
| 48 | Riding Giants | $108,306 | 59 | $2,012,888 |
| 49 | Catwoman | $105,841 | 121 | $39,535,225 |
| 50 | The Brown Bunny | $104,823 | 10 | $178,981 |
| 51 | A Day Without a Mexican | $104,617 | 36 | $3,503,047 |
| 52 | Red Lights | $87,304 | 4 | $95,306 |
| 53 | The Corporation | $84,868 | 24 | $1,545,295 |
| 54 | Saints and Soldiers | $84,574 | 25 | $595,306 |
| 55 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $79,577 | 34 | $1,622,917 |
| 56 | The Stepford Wives | $75,300 | 63 | $59,460,391 |
| 57 | Bright Young Things | $68,617 | 15 | $189,109 |
| 58 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | $63,270 | 53 | $769,562 |
| 59 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $56,892 | 8 | $7,352,426 |
| 60 | Around the World in 80 Days | $55,686 | 63 | $23,988,194 |
| 61 | Super Size Me | $52,571 | 31 | $11,417,153 |
| 62 | Danny Deckchair | $52,513 | 29 | $130,923 |
| 63 | A Home at the End of the World | $45,845 | 34 | $962,012 |
| 64 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $36,128 | 4 | $102,850 |
| 65 | Control Room | $30,457 | 18 | $2,424,630 |
| 66 | The Best Two Years | $27,740 | 17 | $1,055,108 |
| 67 | Remember Me, My Love | $25,213 | 2 | $25,213 |
| 68 | She Hate Me | $22,514 | 17 | $327,519 |
| 69 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $22,503 | 4 | $22,503 |
| 70 | Grande Seduction, La | $20,881 | 6 | $9,653,232 |
| 71 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $19,614 | 25 | $1,181,574 |
| 72 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $16,461 | 5 | $2,339,216 |
| 73 | Mean Girls | $14,063 | 13 | $86,047,227 |
| 74 | Facing Window | $13,971 | 6 | $511,862 |
| 75 | Touch of Pink | $13,393 | 10 | $477,527 |
| 76 | The Mother | $11,648 | 5 | $883,163 |
| 77 | The Clearing | $11,538 | 12 | $5,727,515 |
| 78 | Howard Zinn | $11,454 | 1 | $70,495 |
| 79 | L.A. Twister | $10,154 | 2 | $26,868 |
| 80 | Bright Leaves | $8,225 | 1 | $20,250 |
| 81 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,704 | 3 | $16,471,993 |
| 82 | The Life of Brian | $6,836 | 3 | $20,001,825 |
| 83 | Imelda | $6,461 | 1 | $157,755 |
| 84 | Chooch | $6,091 | 2 | $20,978 |
| 85 | Virgin | $6,074 | 1 | $6,074 |
| 86 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $5,579 | 3 | $329,749 |
| 87 | Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer | $4,846 | 1 | $87,092 |
| 88 | Young Black Stallion | $3,932 | 1 | $6,512,741 |
| 89 | Bang Rajan | $3,870 | 2 | $15,154 |
| 90 | Raising Helen | $1,876 | 8 | $37,485,528 |
| 91 | Zhou Yu's Train | $1,820 | 2 | $107,265 |
| 92 | The Return | $1,607 | 2 | $501,752 |
| 93 | The Battle of Algiers | $1,492 | 1 | $813,059 |
| 94 | Brothers in Arms | $1,162 | 2 | $2,107 |
| 95 | Love Me If You Dare | $623 | 3 | $542,175 |
| 96 | Father and Son | $500 | 1 | $35,279 |
| 97 | Twentynine Palms | $350 | 1 | $54,211 |
| Reporting: 97 | $131,404,152 | total | ||