Week Domestic Box Office October 1, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Shark Tale | $56,019,976 | 4,016 | $13,949 | $56,019,976 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Ladder 49 | $27,920,643 | 3,260 | $8,565 | $27,920,643 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | The Forgotton | $14,850,855 | -43% | 3,144 | $4,724 | $41,115,645 | 14 | |
| 4 | (2) | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $4,278,930 | -49% | 2,721 | $1,573 | $31,590,729 | 21 | |
| 5 | (7) | Shaun of the Dead | $3,296,970 | -26% | 645 | $5,112 | $7,749,391 | 14 | |
| 6 | (3) | Mr. 3000 | $3,137,001 | -50% | 2,239 | $1,401 | $19,711,879 | 21 | |
| 7 | (4) | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $3,040,402 | -43% | 1,986 | $1,531 | $47,757,786 | 28 | |
| 8 | (new) | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $2,910,448 | 408 | $7,133 | $2,910,448 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (5) | First Daughter | $2,724,088 | -45% | 2,280 | $1,195 | $7,690,822 | 14 | |
| 10 | (6) | Cellular | $2,569,986 | -46% | 2,020 | $1,272 | $28,713,420 | 28 | |
| 11 | (8) | Wimbledon | $2,268,125 | -47% | 1,705 | $1,330 | $15,366,680 | 21 | |
| 12 | (11) | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,812,507 | -22% | 855 | $2,120 | $38,035,502 | 119 | |
| 13 | (10) | Jet Li’s Hero | $1,626,779 | -44% | 1,140 | $1,427 | $51,541,397 | 42 | |
| 14 | (9) | Without a Paddle | $1,560,223 | -48% | 1,439 | $1,084 | $55,693,477 | 49 | |
| 15 | (32) | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,527,307 | +497% | 67 | $22,796 | $1,783,112 | 14 | |
| 16 | (14) | Garden State | $1,068,798 | -28% | 428 | $2,497 | $23,984,156 | 72 | |
| 17 | (12) | Collateral | $941,486 | -52% | 802 | $1,174 | $99,580,042 | 63 | |
| 18 | (13) | The Bourne Supremacy | $833,385 | -49% | 604 | $1,380 | $173,457,530 | 77 | |
| 19 | (20) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $596,697 | +3% | 122 | $4,891 | $5,163,023 | 245 | |
| 20 | (new) | Therese | $465,432 | 32 | $14,545 | $465,432 | 7 | ||
| 21 | (16) | Vanity Fair | $440,226 | -60% | 331 | $1,330 | $15,670,299 | 37 | |
| 22 | (new) | I Heart Huckabees | $410,181 | 4 | $102,545 | $410,181 | 7 | ||
| 23 | (17) | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $385,082 | -59% | 412 | $935 | $31,422,255 | 42 | |
| 24 | (15) | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $378,596 | -70% | 609 | $622 | $93,874,075 | 58 | |
| 25 | (19) | A Dirty Shame | $374,908 | -40% | 131 | $2,862 | $1,037,049 | 21 | |
| 26 | (new) | Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry | $371,316 | 163 | $2,278 | $371,316 | 7 | ||
| 27 | (31) | I, Robot | $255,325 | -8% | 253 | $1,009 | $143,692,290 | 84 | |
| 28 | (25) | The Notebook | $244,352 | -28% | 245 | $997 | $80,396,879 | 105 | |
| 29 | (30) | Maria Full of Grace | $243,321 | -14% | 122 | $1,994 | $5,964,457 | 84 | |
| 30 | (24) | Spider-Man 2 | $230,409 | -37% | 182 | $1,266 | $371,845,578 | 100 | |
| 31 | (21) | The Cookout | $181,566 | -65% | 206 | $881 | $11,506,569 | 35 | |
| 32 | (18) | Paparazzi | $161,246 | -77% | 244 | $661 | $15,593,054 | 35 | |
| 33 | (33) | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $153,639 | -34% | 212 | $725 | $79,712,131 | 56 | |
| 34 | (36) | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $131,919 | -30% | 51 | $2,587 | $735,416 | 21 | |
| 35 | (26) | The Manchurian Candidate | $125,234 | -62% | 156 | $803 | $65,465,427 | 70 | |
| 36 | (34) | The Last Shot | $123,540 | -43% | 35 | $3,530 | $339,144 | 14 | |
| 37 | (41) | Open Water | $107,591 | -24% | 198 | $543 | $30,500,882 | 63 | |
| 38 | (23) | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $101,170 | -74% | 128 | $790 | $119,114,517 | 107 | |
| 39 | (35) | Catwoman | $94,350 | -54% | 166 | $568 | $40,141,128 | 77 | |
| 40 | (40) | A Day Without a Mexican | $93,166 | -35% | 35 | $2,662 | $4,005,999 | 147 | |
| 41 | (38) | Bright Young Things | $90,351 | -43% | 56 | $1,613 | $791,486 | 49 | |
| 42 | (47) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $83,124 | -13% | 37 | $2,247 | $18,851,227 | 210 | |
| 43 | (37) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $81,630 | -53% | 164 | $498 | $249,151,025 | 126 | |
| 44 | (39) | The Village | $78,834 | -49% | 107 | $737 | $113,337,128 | 70 | |
| 45 | (44) | A Cinderella Story | $78,365 | -35% | 188 | $417 | $51,360,209 | 84 | |
| 46 | (60) | Head in the Clouds | $77,947 | +61% | 47 | $1,658 | $191,107 | 21 | |
| 47 | (70) | Yes Men | $76,842 | +133% | 21 | $3,659 | $109,880 | 14 | |
| 48 | (29) | Exorcist: The Beginning | $75,125 | -74% | 98 | $767 | $41,548,782 | 49 | |
| 49 | (48) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $72,050 | -24% | 15 | $4,803 | $8,357,129 | 721 | |
| 50 | (49) | Intimate Strangers | $71,233 | -12% | 50 | $1,425 | $1,994,261 | 70 | |
| 51 | (43) | Criminal | $69,300 | -48% | 67 | $1,034 | $847,218 | 28 | |
| 52 | (42) | De-Lovely | $67,261 | -50% | 85 | $791 | $13,267,354 | 105 | |
| 53 | (46) | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $66,268 | -35% | 85 | $780 | $114,258,968 | 112 | |
| 54 | (45) | Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $62,170 | -45% | 22 | $2,826 | $993,187 | 35 | |
| 55 | (55) | Red Lights | $50,696 | -6% | 18 | $2,816 | $405,346 | 49 | |
| 56 | (56) | Festival Express | $48,597 | -9% | 38 | $1,279 | $1,098,561 | 77 | |
| 57 | (28) | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $46,643 | -86% | 188 | $248 | $9,109,322 | 42 | |
| 58 | (50) | Before Sunset | $44,785 | -44% | 45 | $995 | $5,721,110 | 98 | |
| 59 | (58) | The Day After Tomorrow | $40,123 | -22% | 51 | $787 | $186,698,552 | 133 | |
| 60 | (52) | Garfield The Movie | $37,606 | -43% | 76 | $495 | $75,301,181 | 119 | |
| 61 | (51) | Guiana 1838 | $35,970 | -49% | 1 | $35,970 | $106,880 | 14 | |
| 62 | (new) | Tying the Knot | $31,200 | 8 | $3,900 | $31,200 | 7 | ||
| 63 | (68) | Infernal Affairs | $29,672 | -22% | 5 | $5,934 | $67,502 | 14 | |
| 64 | (75) | Zelary | $28,739 | +13% | 9 | $3,193 | $95,144 | 21 | |
| 65 | (new) | Dig | $28,176 | 2 | $14,088 | $28,176 | 7 | ||
| 66 | (94) | The Mother | $27,584 | +305% | 21 | $1,314 | $936,431 | 133 | |
| 67 | (62) | The Door in the Floor | $27,337 | -40% | 29 | $943 | $3,822,967 | 86 | |
| 68 | (63) | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $27,131 | -40% | 10 | $2,713 | $273,270 | 49 | |
| 69 | (73) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,836 | -9% | 5 | $4,967 | $7,474,894 | 728 | |
| 70 | (77) | Rosenstrasse | $24,628 | +18% | 11 | $2,239 | $453,092 | 49 | |
| 71 | (69) | Saints and Soldiers | $22,815 | -38% | 16 | $1,426 | $781,965 | 63 | |
| 72 | (57) | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $22,812 | -57% | 32 | $713 | $2,008,235 | 56 | |
| 73 | (101) | Grande Seduction, La | $20,931 | +385% | 5 | $4,186 | $9,700,543 | 455 | |
| 74 | (84) | The Brown Bunny | $20,800 | +88% | 14 | $1,486 | $320,446 | 42 | |
| 75 | (67) | King Arthur | $20,264 | -47% | 23 | $881 | $51,870,484 | 93 | |
| 76 | (53) | Mean Creek | $19,353 | -65% | 25 | $774 | $552,758 | 49 | |
| 77 | (-) | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $18,895 | 10 | $1,890 | $1,751,698 | 126 | ||
| 78 | (76) | Hollywood Buddha | $18,365 | -25% | 4 | $4,591 | $42,867 | 14 | |
| 79 | (72) | Riding Giants | $16,850 | -45% | 20 | $843 | $2,207,994 | 91 | |
| 80 | (71) | Donnie Darko | $16,223 | -49% | 16 | $1,014 | $1,250,032 | 1,078 | |
| 81 | (61) | When Will I Be Loved | $13,830 | -70% | 8 | $1,729 | $144,210 | 28 | |
| 82 | (65) | The Best Two Years | $13,045 | -68% | 11 | $1,186 | $1,157,858 | 231 | |
| 83 | (82) | Ju-On: The Grudge | $12,794 | +5% | 7 | $1,828 | $274,297 | 77 | |
| 84 | (85) | Touch of Pink | $8,255 | -25% | 6 | $1,376 | $543,216 | 84 | |
| 85 | (86) | Remember Me, My Love | $7,749 | -26% | 2 | $3,875 | $99,127 | 35 | |
| 86 | (104) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,288 | +127% | 4 | $1,822 | $16,491,632 | 546 | |
| 87 | (108) | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $7,015 | +251% | 4 | $1,754 | $344,544 | 112 | |
| 88 | (66) | Benji: Off the Leash! | $6,960 | -83% | 29 | $240 | $3,750,765 | 49 | |
| 89 | (54) | Suspect Zero | $6,416 | -88% | 13 | $494 | $8,682,597 | 42 | |
| 90 | (87) | A Home at the End of the World | $6,277 | -36% | 13 | $483 | $1,020,782 | 77 | |
| 91 | (78) | Imelda | $5,935 | -70% | 1 | $5,935 | $186,416 | 119 | |
| 92 | (91) | Zhou Yu's Train | $5,580 | -21% | 12 | $465 | $132,115 | 98 | |
| 93 | (90) | Incantato | $4,896 | -37% | 1 | $4,896 | $12,704 | 14 | |
| 94 | (100) | She Hate Me | $4,431 | -3% | 10 | $443 | $356,234 | 70 | |
| 95 | (96) | Facing Window | $4,288 | -25% | 8 | $536 | $540,401 | 112 | |
| 96 | (115) | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $3,879 | +692% | 2 | $1,940 | $51,746 | 35 | |
| 97 | (89) | The Clearing | $3,814 | -52% | 8 | $477 | $5,762,525 | 98 | |
| 98 | (88) | Reconstruction | $3,481 | -59% | 4 | $870 | $50,553 | 28 | |
| 99 | (99) | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $2,738 | -42% | 1 | $2,738 | $15,334 | 21 | |
| 100 | (97) | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $2,628 | -52% | 4 | $657 | $2,380,410 | 189 | |
| 101 | (105) | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,617 | -13% | 8 | $327 | $1,213,985 | 91 | |
| 102 | (92) | Gozu | $938 | -86% | 1 | $938 | $54,419 | 70 | |
| 103 | (112) | Strayed | $868 | +9% | 1 | $868 | $469,547 | 147 | |
| 104 | (111) | Love Me If You Dare | $690 | -18% | 6 | $115 | $548,707 | 142 | |
| 105 | (98) | Distant | $574 | -88% | 1 | $574 | $95,299 | 210 | |
| 106 | (106) | Chooch | $569 | -80% | 2 | $285 | $29,254 | 42 | |
| Reporting movies: 106 | $139,996,261 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shark Tale | $56,019,976 | 4,016 | $56,019,976 |
| 2 | Ladder 49 | $27,920,643 | 3,260 | $27,920,643 |
| 3 | The Forgotton | $14,850,855 | 3,144 | $41,115,645 |
| 4 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $4,278,930 | 2,721 | $31,590,729 |
| 5 | Shaun of the Dead | $3,296,970 | 645 | $7,749,391 |
| 6 | Mr. 3000 | $3,137,001 | 2,239 | $19,711,879 |
| 7 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $3,040,402 | 1,986 | $47,757,786 |
| 8 | Woman Thou Art Loosed | $2,910,448 | 408 | $2,910,448 |
| 9 | First Daughter | $2,724,088 | 2,280 | $7,690,822 |
| 10 | Cellular | $2,569,986 | 2,020 | $28,713,420 |
| 11 | Wimbledon | $2,268,125 | 1,705 | $15,366,680 |
| 12 | Napoleon Dynamite | $1,812,507 | 855 | $38,035,502 |
| 13 | Jet Li’s Hero | $1,626,779 | 1,140 | $51,541,397 |
| 14 | Without a Paddle | $1,560,223 | 1,439 | $55,693,477 |
| 15 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $1,527,307 | 67 | $1,783,112 |
| 16 | Garden State | $1,068,798 | 428 | $23,984,156 |
| 17 | Collateral | $941,486 | 802 | $99,580,042 |
| 18 | The Bourne Supremacy | $833,385 | 604 | $173,457,530 |
| 19 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $596,697 | 122 | $5,163,023 |
| 20 | Therese | $465,432 | 32 | $465,432 |
| 21 | Vanity Fair | $440,226 | 331 | $15,670,299 |
| 22 | I Heart Huckabees | $410,181 | 4 | $410,181 |
| 23 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | $385,082 | 412 | $31,422,255 |
| 24 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | $378,596 | 609 | $93,874,075 |
| 25 | A Dirty Shame | $374,908 | 131 | $1,037,049 |
| 26 | Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry | $371,316 | 163 | $371,316 |
| 27 | I, Robot | $255,325 | 253 | $143,692,290 |
| 28 | The Notebook | $244,352 | 245 | $80,396,879 |
| 29 | Maria Full of Grace | $243,321 | 122 | $5,964,457 |
| 30 | Spider-Man 2 | $230,409 | 182 | $371,845,578 |
| 31 | The Cookout | $181,566 | 206 | $11,506,569 |
| 32 | Paparazzi | $161,246 | 244 | $15,593,054 |
| 33 | AVP: Alien Vs. Predator | $153,639 | 212 | $79,712,131 |
| 34 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | $131,919 | 51 | $735,416 |
| 35 | The Manchurian Candidate | $125,234 | 156 | $65,465,427 |
| 36 | The Last Shot | $123,540 | 35 | $339,144 |
| 37 | Open Water | $107,591 | 198 | $30,500,882 |
| 38 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $101,170 | 128 | $119,114,517 |
| 39 | Catwoman | $94,350 | 166 | $40,141,128 |
| 40 | A Day Without a Mexican | $93,166 | 35 | $4,005,999 |
| 41 | Bright Young Things | $90,351 | 56 | $791,486 |
| 42 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $83,124 | 37 | $18,851,227 |
| 43 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $81,630 | 164 | $249,151,025 |
| 44 | The Village | $78,834 | 107 | $113,337,128 |
| 45 | A Cinderella Story | $78,365 | 188 | $51,360,209 |
| 46 | Head in the Clouds | $77,947 | 47 | $191,107 |
| 47 | Yes Men | $76,842 | 21 | $109,880 |
| 48 | Exorcist: The Beginning | $75,125 | 98 | $41,548,782 |
| 49 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $72,050 | 15 | $8,357,129 |
| 50 | Intimate Strangers | $71,233 | 50 | $1,994,261 |
| 51 | Criminal | $69,300 | 67 | $847,218 |
| 52 | De-Lovely | $67,261 | 85 | $13,267,354 |
| 53 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $66,268 | 85 | $114,258,968 |
| 54 | Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War | $62,170 | 22 | $993,187 |
| 55 | Red Lights | $50,696 | 18 | $405,346 |
| 56 | Festival Express | $48,597 | 38 | $1,098,561 |
| 57 | Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | $46,643 | 188 | $9,109,322 |
| 58 | Before Sunset | $44,785 | 45 | $5,721,110 |
| 59 | The Day After Tomorrow | $40,123 | 51 | $186,698,552 |
| 60 | Garfield The Movie | $37,606 | 76 | $75,301,181 |
| 61 | Guiana 1838 | $35,970 | 1 | $106,880 |
| 62 | Tying the Knot | $31,200 | 8 | $31,200 |
| 63 | Infernal Affairs | $29,672 | 5 | $67,502 |
| 64 | Zelary | $28,739 | 9 | $95,144 |
| 65 | Dig | $28,176 | 2 | $28,176 |
| 66 | The Mother | $27,584 | 21 | $936,431 |
| 67 | The Door in the Floor | $27,337 | 29 | $3,822,967 |
| 68 | End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones | $27,131 | 10 | $273,270 |
| 69 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $24,836 | 5 | $7,474,894 |
| 70 | Rosenstrasse | $24,628 | 11 | $453,092 |
| 71 | Saints and Soldiers | $22,815 | 16 | $781,965 |
| 72 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | $22,812 | 32 | $2,008,235 |
| 73 | Grande Seduction, La | $20,931 | 5 | $9,700,543 |
| 74 | The Brown Bunny | $20,800 | 14 | $320,446 |
| 75 | King Arthur | $20,264 | 23 | $51,870,484 |
| 76 | Mean Creek | $19,353 | 25 | $552,758 |
| 77 | The Story of the Weeping Camel | $18,895 | 10 | $1,751,698 |
| 78 | Hollywood Buddha | $18,365 | 4 | $42,867 |
| 79 | Riding Giants | $16,850 | 20 | $2,207,994 |
| 80 | Donnie Darko | $16,223 | 16 | $1,250,032 |
| 81 | When Will I Be Loved | $13,830 | 8 | $144,210 |
| 82 | The Best Two Years | $13,045 | 11 | $1,157,858 |
| 83 | Ju-On: The Grudge | $12,794 | 7 | $274,297 |
| 84 | Touch of Pink | $8,255 | 6 | $543,216 |
| 85 | Remember Me, My Love | $7,749 | 2 | $99,127 |
| 86 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,288 | 4 | $16,491,632 |
| 87 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | $7,015 | 4 | $344,544 |
| 88 | Benji: Off the Leash! | $6,960 | 29 | $3,750,765 |
| 89 | Suspect Zero | $6,416 | 13 | $8,682,597 |
| 90 | A Home at the End of the World | $6,277 | 13 | $1,020,782 |
| 91 | Imelda | $5,935 | 1 | $186,416 |
| 92 | Zhou Yu's Train | $5,580 | 12 | $132,115 |
| 93 | Incantato | $4,896 | 1 | $12,704 |
| 94 | She Hate Me | $4,431 | 10 | $356,234 |
| 95 | Facing Window | $4,288 | 8 | $540,401 |
| 96 | Warriors of Heaven and Earth | $3,879 | 2 | $51,746 |
| 97 | The Clearing | $3,814 | 8 | $5,762,525 |
| 98 | Reconstruction | $3,481 | 4 | $50,553 |
| 99 | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $2,738 | 1 | $15,334 |
| 100 | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | $2,628 | 4 | $2,380,410 |
| 101 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $2,617 | 8 | $1,213,985 |
| 102 | Gozu | $938 | 1 | $54,419 |
| 103 | Strayed | $868 | 1 | $469,547 |
| 104 | Love Me If You Dare | $690 | 6 | $548,707 |
| 105 | Distant | $574 | 1 | $95,299 |
| 106 | Chooch | $569 | 2 | $29,254 |
| Reporting: 106 | $139,996,261 | total | ||