Week Domestic Box Office September 24, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | The Forgotton | $26,264,790 | 3,104 | $8,462 | $26,264,790 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $8,452,641 | -55% | 3,170 | $2,666 | $27,311,799 | 14 | |
| 3 | (3) | Mr. 3000 | $6,250,857 | -39% | 2,736 | $2,285 | $16,574,878 | 14 | |
| 4 | (2) | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $5,289,713 | -52% | 2,836 | $1,865 | $44,717,384 | 21 | |
| 5 | (new) | First Daughter | $4,966,734 | 2,260 | $2,198 | $4,966,734 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Cellular | $4,732,567 | -44% | 2,763 | $1,713 | $26,143,434 | 21 | |
| 7 | (new) | Shaun of the Dead | $4,452,421 | 607 | $7,335 | $4,452,421 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (4) | Wimbledon | $4,301,525 | -51% | 2,039 | $2,110 | $13,098,555 | 14 | |
| 9 | (6) | Without a Paddle | $3,003,645 | -32% | 2,319 | $1,295 | $54,133,254 | 42 | |
| 10 | (7) | Jet Li’s Hero | $2,927,677 | -22% | 1,713 | $1,709 | $49,914,618 | 35 | |
| 11 | (9) | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,309,664 | -19% | 1,027 | $2,249 | $36,222,995 | 112 | |
| 12 | (8) | Collateral | $1,963,923 | -34% | 1,287 | $1,526 | $98,638,556 | 56 | |
| 13 | (10) | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,637,555 | -30% | 1,027 | $1,595 | $172,624,145 | 70 | |
| 14 | (12) | Garden State | $1,488,702 | -30% | 665 | $2,239 | $22,915,358 | 65 | |
| 15 | (11) | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $1,258,406 | -45% | 1,408 | $894 | $93,495,479 | 51 | |
| 16 | (13) | Vanity Fair | $1,112,713 | -47% | 835 | $1,333 | $15,230,073 | 30 | |
| 17 | (14) | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $935,577 | -51% | 1,054 | $888 | $31,037,173 | 35 | |
| 18 | (15) | Paparazzi | $689,683 | -61% | 732 | $942 | $15,431,808 | 28 | |
| 19 | (68) | A Dirty Shame | $622,940 | +1,489% | 133 | $4,684 | $662,141 | 14 | |
| 20 | (22) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $577,481 | +11% | 114 | $5,066 | $4,566,326 | 238 | |
| 21 | (17) | The Cookout | $521,864 | -54% | 525 | $994 | $11,325,003 | 28 | |
| 22 | (16) | Wicker Park | $417,973 | -68% | 574 | $728 | $13,001,257 | 28 | |
| 23 | (37) | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $382,938 | +98% | 603 | $635 | $119,013,347 | 100 | |
| 24 | (26) | Spider-Man 2 | $367,065 | -13% | 214 | $1,715 | $371,615,169 | 93 | |
| 25 | (23) | The Notebook | $339,262 | -31% | 323 | $1,050 | $80,152,527 | 98 | |
| 26 | (18) | The Manchurian Candidate | $331,075 | -56% | 389 | $851 | $65,340,193 | 63 | |
| 27 | (25) | Silver City | $327,631 | -26% | 162 | $2,022 | $768,586 | 14 | |
| 28 | (21) | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $321,928 | -45% | 586 | $549 | $9,062,679 | 35 | |
| 29 | (20) | Exorcist: The Beginning | $289,014 | -56% | 353 | $819 | $41,473,657 | 42 | |
| 30 | (29) | Maria Full of Grace | $282,023 | -26% | 125 | $2,256 | $5,721,136 | 77 | |
| 31 | (19) | I, Robot | $277,402 | -60% | 345 | $804 | $143,436,965 | 77 | |
| 32 | (new) | The Motorcycle Diaries | $255,805 | 3 | $85,268 | $255,805 | 7 | ||
| 33 | (24) | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $233,944 | -47% | 319 | $733 | $79,558,492 | 49 | |
| 34 | (new) | The Last Shot | $215,604 | 35 | $6,160 | $215,604 | 7 | ||
| 35 | (32) | Catwoman | $207,208 | -22% | 210 | $987 | $40,046,778 | 70 | |
| 36 | (27) | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $189,559 | -54% | 55 | $3,447 | $603,497 | 14 | |
| 37 | (36) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $175,378 | -16% | 246 | $713 | $249,069,395 | 119 | |
| 38 | (38) | Bright Young Things | $157,963 | -14% | 92 | $1,717 | $701,135 | 42 | |
| 39 | (31) | The Village | $156,016 | -44% | 195 | $800 | $113,258,294 | 63 | |
| 40 | (35) | A Day Without a Mexican | $143,277 | -34% | 56 | $2,559 | $3,912,833 | 140 | |
| 41 | (30) | Open Water | $142,465 | -55% | 188 | $758 | $30,393,291 | 56 | |
| 42 | (34) | De-Lovely | $134,068 | -40% | 166 | $808 | $13,200,093 | 98 | |
| 43 | (33) | Criminal | $132,211 | -48% | 90 | $1,469 | $777,918 | 21 | |
| 44 | (41) | A Cinderella Story | $119,720 | -18% | 248 | $483 | $51,281,844 | 77 | |
| 45 | (42) | Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $112,674 | -23% | 34 | $3,314 | $931,017 | 28 | |
| 46 | (43) | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $101,245 | -25% | 124 | $816 | $114,192,700 | 105 | |
| 47 | (47) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $95,050 | -9% | 40 | $2,376 | $18,768,103 | 203 | |
| 48 | (48) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $94,762 | -8% | 15 | $6,317 | $8,285,079 | 714 | |
| 49 | (45) | Intimate Strangers | $81,131 | -37% | 66 | $1,229 | $1,923,028 | 63 | |
| 50 | (40) | Before Sunset | $80,027 | -48% | 74 | $1,081 | $5,676,325 | 91 | |
| 51 | (new) | Guiana 1838 | $70,910 | 1 | $70,910 | $70,910 | 7 | ||
| 52 | (51) | Garfield The Movie | $66,396 | -22% | 114 | $582 | $75,263,575 | 112 | |
| 53 | (52) | Mean Creek | $54,883 | -35% | 49 | $1,120 | $533,405 | 42 | |
| 54 | (39) | Suspect Zero | $54,379 | -67% | 77 | $706 | $8,676,181 | 35 | |
| 55 | (49) | Red Lights | $53,969 | -38% | 20 | $2,698 | $354,650 | 42 | |
| 56 | (58) | Festival Express | $53,368 | -11% | 28 | $1,906 | $1,049,964 | 70 | |
| 57 | (44) | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $52,974 | -59% | 73 | $726 | $1,985,423 | 49 | |
| 58 | (46) | The Day After Tomorrow | $51,648 | -53% | 79 | $654 | $186,658,429 | 126 | |
| 59 | (62) | The Corporation | $48,657 | -9% | 19 | $2,561 | $1,703,707 | 258 | |
| 60 | (56) | Head in the Clouds | $48,349 | -25% | 20 | $2,417 | $113,160 | 14 | |
| 61 | (70) | When Will I Be Loved | $46,182 | +27% | 20 | $2,309 | $130,380 | 21 | |
| 62 | (50) | The Door in the Floor | $45,908 | -47% | 46 | $998 | $3,795,630 | 79 | |
| 63 | (61) | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $45,199 | -17% | 10 | $4,520 | $246,139 | 42 | |
| 64 | (54) | Yu-Gi-Oh | $44,125 | -42% | 109 | $405 | $19,701,547 | 49 | |
| 65 | (67) | The Best Two Years | $40,515 | +2% | 12 | $3,376 | $1,144,813 | 224 | |
| 66 | (55) | Benji: Off the Leash! | $39,879 | -41% | 87 | $458 | $3,743,805 | 42 | |
| 67 | (59) | King Arthur | $38,434 | -32% | 43 | $894 | $51,850,220 | 86 | |
| 68 | (new) | Infernal Affairs | $37,830 | 5 | $7,566 | $37,830 | 7 | ||
| 69 | (60) | Saints and Soldiers | $36,744 | -35% | 25 | $1,470 | $759,150 | 56 | |
| 70 | (new) | Yes Men | $33,038 | 3 | $11,013 | $33,038 | 7 | ||
| 71 | (65) | Donnie Darko | $32,078 | -29% | 20 | $1,604 | $1,233,809 | 1,071 | |
| 72 | (57) | Riding Giants | $30,552 | -52% | 21 | $1,455 | $2,191,144 | 84 | |
| 73 | (73) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $27,164 | -15% | 5 | $5,433 | $7,450,058 | 721 | |
| 74 | (72) | Control Room | $26,411 | -23% | 21 | $1,258 | $2,517,084 | 133 | |
| 75 | (66) | Zelary | $25,395 | -38% | 6 | $4,233 | $66,405 | 14 | |
| 76 | (new) | Hollywood Buddha | $24,502 | 4 | $6,126 | $24,502 | 7 | ||
| 77 | (64) | Rosenstrasse | $20,858 | -54% | 16 | $1,304 | $428,464 | 42 | |
| 78 | (123) | Imelda | $19,486 | +1,473% | 6 | $3,248 | $180,481 | 112 | |
| 79 | (76) | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | $17,395 | -35% | 18 | $966 | $853,718 | 70 | |
| 80 | (69) | Super Size Me | $16,204 | -58% | 20 | $810 | $11,529,368 | 147 | |
| 81 | (78) | Nicotina | $12,314 | -46% | 11 | $1,119 | $1,109,100 | 42 | |
| 82 | (74) | Ju-On: The Grudge | $12,155 | -61% | 7 | $1,736 | $261,503 | 70 | |
| 83 | (98) | The Life of Brian | $11,400 | +28% | 9 | $1,267 | $20,013,225 | 9,177 | |
| 84 | (71) | The Brown Bunny | $11,041 | -69% | 8 | $1,380 | $299,646 | 35 | |
| 85 | (79) | Touch of Pink | $10,976 | -51% | 14 | $784 | $534,961 | 77 | |
| 86 | (81) | Remember Me, My Love | $10,506 | -52% | 2 | $5,253 | $91,378 | 28 | |
| 87 | (80) | A Home at the End of the World | $9,819 | -56% | 14 | $701 | $1,014,505 | 70 | |
| 88 | (85) | Reconstruction | $8,538 | -52% | 9 | $949 | $47,072 | 21 | |
| 89 | (93) | The Clearing | $7,888 | -17% | 12 | $657 | $5,758,711 | 91 | |
| 90 | (new) | Incantato | $7,808 | 1 | $7,808 | $7,808 | 7 | ||
| 91 | (97) | Zhou Yu's Train | $7,079 | -22% | 11 | $644 | $126,535 | 91 | |
| 92 | (116) | Gozu | $6,834 | +204% | 4 | $1,709 | $53,481 | 63 | |
| 93 | (new) | Mind the Gap | $6,822 | 1 | $6,822 | $6,822 | 7 | ||
| 94 | (95) | The Mother | $6,809 | -27% | 6 | $1,135 | $908,847 | 126 | |
| 95 | (117) | The Five Obstructions | $5,893 | +170% | 3 | $1,964 | $150,966 | 126 | |
| 96 | (101) | Facing Window | $5,725 | -19% | 6 | $954 | $536,113 | 105 | |
| 97 | (83) | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $5,492 | -72% | 8 | $687 | $2,377,782 | 182 | |
| 98 | (-) | Distant | $4,773 | 1 | $4,773 | $94,725 | 203 | ||
| 99 | (99) | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $4,698 | -41% | 1 | $4,698 | $12,596 | 14 | |
| 100 | (102) | She Hate Me | $4,580 | -33% | 11 | $416 | $351,803 | 63 | |
| 101 | (88) | Grande Seduction, La | $4,313 | -66% | 5 | $863 | $9,679,612 | 448 | |
| 102 | (84) | Incident at Loch Ness | $3,705 | -80% | 2 | $1,853 | $22,232 | 14 | |
| 103 | (106) | The Twilight Samurai | $3,404 | -35% | 4 | $851 | $529,212 | 161 | |
| 104 | (107) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,216 | -29% | 2 | $1,608 | $16,484,344 | 539 | |
| 105 | (89) | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $3,021 | -73% | 7 | $432 | $1,211,368 | 84 | |
| 106 | (112) | Chooch | $2,791 | -5% | 2 | $1,396 | $28,685 | 35 | |
| 107 | (114) | Bang Rajan | $2,596 | -9% | 4 | $649 | $22,826 | 56 | |
| 108 | (113) | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,996 | -31% | 4 | $499 | $337,529 | 105 | |
| 109 | (91) | Danny Deckchair | $1,553 | -85% | 8 | $194 | $159,279 | 51 | |
| 110 | (-) | Grand Champion | $1,270 | 6 | $212 | $40,874 | 35 | ||
| 111 | (111) | Love Me If You Dare | $845 | -73% | 3 | $282 | $548,017 | 135 | |
| 112 | (120) | Strayed | $800 | -48% | 1 | $800 | $468,679 | 140 | |
| 113 | (-) | You'll Get Over It | $663 | 1 | $663 | $42,811 | 105 | ||
| 114 | (119) | Father and Son | $551 | -67% | 1 | $551 | $38,150 | 105 | |
| 115 | (104) | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $490 | -91% | 1 | $490 | $47,867 | 28 | |
| 116 | (-) | The Burial Society | $240 | 1 | $240 | $20,580 | 126 | ||
| Reporting movies: 116 | $91,321,532 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forgotton | $26,264,790 | 3,104 | $26,264,790 |
| 2 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $8,452,641 | 3,170 | $27,311,799 |
| 3 | Mr. 3000 | $6,250,857 | 2,736 | $16,574,878 |
| 4 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $5,289,713 | 2,836 | $44,717,384 |
| 5 | First Daughter | $4,966,734 | 2,260 | $4,966,734 |
| 6 | Cellular | $4,732,567 | 2,763 | $26,143,434 |
| 7 | Shaun of the Dead | $4,452,421 | 607 | $4,452,421 |
| 8 | Wimbledon | $4,301,525 | 2,039 | $13,098,555 |
| 9 | Without a Paddle | $3,003,645 | 2,319 | $54,133,254 |
| 10 | Jet Li’s Hero | $2,927,677 | 1,713 | $49,914,618 |
| 11 | Napoleon Dynamite | $2,309,664 | 1,027 | $36,222,995 |
| 12 | Collateral | $1,963,923 | 1,287 | $98,638,556 |
| 13 | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,637,555 | 1,027 | $172,624,145 |
| 14 | Garden State | $1,488,702 | 665 | $22,915,358 |
| 15 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $1,258,406 | 1,408 | $93,495,479 |
| 16 | Vanity Fair | $1,112,713 | 835 | $15,230,073 |
| 17 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $935,577 | 1,054 | $31,037,173 |
| 18 | Paparazzi | $689,683 | 732 | $15,431,808 |
| 19 | A Dirty Shame | $622,940 | 133 | $662,141 |
| 20 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $577,481 | 114 | $4,566,326 |
| 21 | The Cookout | $521,864 | 525 | $11,325,003 |
| 22 | Wicker Park | $417,973 | 574 | $13,001,257 |
| 23 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $382,938 | 603 | $119,013,347 |
| 24 | Spider-Man 2 | $367,065 | 214 | $371,615,169 |
| 25 | The Notebook | $339,262 | 323 | $80,152,527 |
| 26 | The Manchurian Candidate | $331,075 | 389 | $65,340,193 |
| 27 | Silver City | $327,631 | 162 | $768,586 |
| 28 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $321,928 | 586 | $9,062,679 |
| 29 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $289,014 | 353 | $41,473,657 |
| 30 | Maria Full of Grace | $282,023 | 125 | $5,721,136 |
| 31 | I, Robot | $277,402 | 345 | $143,436,965 |
| 32 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $255,805 | 3 | $255,805 |
| 33 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $233,944 | 319 | $79,558,492 |
| 34 | The Last Shot | $215,604 | 35 | $215,604 |
| 35 | Catwoman | $207,208 | 210 | $40,046,778 |
| 36 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $189,559 | 55 | $603,497 |
| 37 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $175,378 | 246 | $249,069,395 |
| 38 | Bright Young Things | $157,963 | 92 | $701,135 |
| 39 | The Village | $156,016 | 195 | $113,258,294 |
| 40 | A Day Without a Mexican | $143,277 | 56 | $3,912,833 |
| 41 | Open Water | $142,465 | 188 | $30,393,291 |
| 42 | De-Lovely | $134,068 | 166 | $13,200,093 |
| 43 | Criminal | $132,211 | 90 | $777,918 |
| 44 | A Cinderella Story | $119,720 | 248 | $51,281,844 |
| 45 | Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $112,674 | 34 | $931,017 |
| 46 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $101,245 | 124 | $114,192,700 |
| 47 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $95,050 | 40 | $18,768,103 |
| 48 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $94,762 | 15 | $8,285,079 |
| 49 | Intimate Strangers | $81,131 | 66 | $1,923,028 |
| 50 | Before Sunset | $80,027 | 74 | $5,676,325 |
| 51 | Guiana 1838 | $70,910 | 1 | $70,910 |
| 52 | Garfield The Movie | $66,396 | 114 | $75,263,575 |
| 53 | Mean Creek | $54,883 | 49 | $533,405 |
| 54 | Suspect Zero | $54,379 | 77 | $8,676,181 |
| 55 | Red Lights | $53,969 | 20 | $354,650 |
| 56 | Festival Express | $53,368 | 28 | $1,049,964 |
| 57 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $52,974 | 73 | $1,985,423 |
| 58 | The Day After Tomorrow | $51,648 | 79 | $186,658,429 |
| 59 | The Corporation | $48,657 | 19 | $1,703,707 |
| 60 | Head in the Clouds | $48,349 | 20 | $113,160 |
| 61 | When Will I Be Loved | $46,182 | 20 | $130,380 |
| 62 | The Door in the Floor | $45,908 | 46 | $3,795,630 |
| 63 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $45,199 | 10 | $246,139 |
| 64 | Yu-Gi-Oh | $44,125 | 109 | $19,701,547 |
| 65 | The Best Two Years | $40,515 | 12 | $1,144,813 |
| 66 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $39,879 | 87 | $3,743,805 |
| 67 | King Arthur | $38,434 | 43 | $51,850,220 |
| 68 | Infernal Affairs | $37,830 | 5 | $37,830 |
| 69 | Saints and Soldiers | $36,744 | 25 | $759,150 |
| 70 | Yes Men | $33,038 | 3 | $33,038 |
| 71 | Donnie Darko | $32,078 | 20 | $1,233,809 |
| 72 | Riding Giants | $30,552 | 21 | $2,191,144 |
| 73 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $27,164 | 5 | $7,450,058 |
| 74 | Control Room | $26,411 | 21 | $2,517,084 |
| 75 | Zelary | $25,395 | 6 | $66,405 |
| 76 | Hollywood Buddha | $24,502 | 4 | $24,502 |
| 77 | Rosenstrasse | $20,858 | 16 | $428,464 |
| 78 | Imelda | $19,486 | 6 | $180,481 |
| 79 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | $17,395 | 18 | $853,718 |
| 80 | Super Size Me | $16,204 | 20 | $11,529,368 |
| 81 | Nicotina | $12,314 | 11 | $1,109,100 |
| 82 | Ju-On: The Grudge | $12,155 | 7 | $261,503 |
| 83 | The Life of Brian | $11,400 | 9 | $20,013,225 |
| 84 | The Brown Bunny | $11,041 | 8 | $299,646 |
| 85 | Touch of Pink | $10,976 | 14 | $534,961 |
| 86 | Remember Me, My Love | $10,506 | 2 | $91,378 |
| 87 | A Home at the End of the World | $9,819 | 14 | $1,014,505 |
| 88 | Reconstruction | $8,538 | 9 | $47,072 |
| 89 | The Clearing | $7,888 | 12 | $5,758,711 |
| 90 | Incantato | $7,808 | 1 | $7,808 |
| 91 | Zhou Yu's Train | $7,079 | 11 | $126,535 |
| 92 | Gozu | $6,834 | 4 | $53,481 |
| 93 | Mind the Gap | $6,822 | 1 | $6,822 |
| 94 | The Mother | $6,809 | 6 | $908,847 |
| 95 | The Five Obstructions | $5,893 | 3 | $150,966 |
| 96 | Facing Window | $5,725 | 6 | $536,113 |
| 97 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $5,492 | 8 | $2,377,782 |
| 98 | Distant | $4,773 | 1 | $94,725 |
| 99 | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $4,698 | 1 | $12,596 |
| 100 | She Hate Me | $4,580 | 11 | $351,803 |
| 101 | Grande Seduction, La | $4,313 | 5 | $9,679,612 |
| 102 | Incident at Loch Ness | $3,705 | 2 | $22,232 |
| 103 | The Twilight Samurai | $3,404 | 4 | $529,212 |
| 104 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $3,216 | 2 | $16,484,344 |
| 105 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $3,021 | 7 | $1,211,368 |
| 106 | Chooch | $2,791 | 2 | $28,685 |
| 107 | Bang Rajan | $2,596 | 4 | $22,826 |
| 108 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $1,996 | 4 | $337,529 |
| 109 | Danny Deckchair | $1,553 | 8 | $159,279 |
| 110 | Grand Champion | $1,270 | 6 | $40,874 |
| 111 | Love Me If You Dare | $845 | 3 | $548,017 |
| 112 | Strayed | $800 | 1 | $468,679 |
| 113 | You'll Get Over It | $663 | 1 | $42,811 |
| 114 | Father and Son | $551 | 1 | $38,150 |
| 115 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $490 | 1 | $47,867 |
| 116 | The Burial Society | $240 | 1 | $20,580 |
| Reporting: 116 | $91,321,532 | total | ||