Week Domestic Box Office December 24, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (3) | Meet the Fockers | $96,322,845 | +295% | 3,518 | $27,380 | $120,719,585 | 9 | |
| 2 | (1) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $33,230,036 | -29% | 3,623 | $9,172 | $80,029,526 | 14 | |
| 3 | (new) | Fat Albert | $23,149,557 | 2,674 | $8,657 | $23,149,557 | 6 | ||
| 4 | (2) | Ocean's Twelve | $19,374,096 | -30% | 3,290 | $5,889 | $97,573,145 | 21 | |
| 5 | (16) | The Aviator | $18,821,988 | +1,289% | 1,796 | $10,480 | $20,176,726 | 14 | |
| 6 | (4) | The Polar Express | $15,797,359 | -15% | 2,618 | $6,034 | $149,504,823 | 51 | |
| 7 | (new) | Darkness | $12,011,058 | 1,700 | $7,065 | $12,011,058 | 6 | ||
| 8 | (5) | Spanglish | $11,277,367 | -17% | 2,441 | $4,620 | $24,817,623 | 14 | |
| 9 | (6) | National Treasure | $10,653,913 | +3% | 2,201 | $4,840 | $147,754,193 | 42 | |
| 10 | (28) | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $9,962,833 | +5,010% | 1,105 | $9,016 | $10,370,706 | 21 | |
| 11 | (15) | The Phantom of the Opera | $9,094,521 | +293% | 622 | $14,621 | $11,416,198 | 9 | |
| 12 | (10) | The Incredibles | $7,487,942 | +22% | 1,732 | $4,323 | $247,496,609 | 56 | |
| 13 | (7) | Blade: Trinity | $5,932,296 | -43% | 2,318 | $2,559 | $45,079,737 | 23 | |
| 14 | (9) | Flight of the Phoenix | $5,857,031 | -25% | 2,604 | $2,249 | $13,669,607 | 14 | |
| 15 | (8) | Christmas with the Kranks | $5,190,104 | -46% | 2,135 | $2,431 | $71,439,481 | 37 | |
| 16 | (11) | Closer | $4,358,218 | -20% | 1,069 | $4,077 | $25,229,621 | 28 | |
| 17 | (13) | Finding Neverland | $3,688,505 | +7% | 933 | $3,953 | $22,086,059 | 49 | |
| 18 | (14) | Sideways | $2,923,248 | +26% | 359 | $8,143 | $20,253,808 | 70 | |
| 19 | (12) | SpongeBob SquarePants | $2,588,979 | -30% | 1,316 | $1,967 | $80,653,748 | 42 | |
| 20 | (17) | House of Flying Daggers | $1,344,348 | +6% | 165 | $8,148 | $3,415,309 | 28 | |
| 21 | (22) | A Very Long Engagement | $1,116,972 | +109% | 167 | $6,688 | $1,961,067 | 35 | |
| 22 | (19) | Kinsey | $795,649 | +3% | 234 | $3,400 | $6,202,961 | 49 | |
| 23 | (18) | Ray | $619,425 | -27% | 274 | $2,261 | $71,161,735 | 63 | |
| 24 | (42) | Beyond the Sea | $510,703 | +671% | 6 | $85,117 | $576,983 | 14 | |
| 25 | (26) | Bad Education | $487,575 | +108% | 50 | $9,752 | $1,476,626 | 42 | |
| 26 | (25) | Million Dollar Baby | $435,136 | +54% | 9 | $48,348 | $772,677 | 16 | |
| 27 | (23) | Swades | $394,908 | -26% | 70 | $5,642 | $927,823 | 14 | |
| 28 | (24) | The Motorcycle Diaries | $304,411 | -14% | 92 | $3,309 | $15,535,146 | 98 | |
| 29 | (38) | Ladder 49 | $269,726 | +204% | 255 | $1,058 | $73,705,506 | 91 | |
| 30 | (29) | Shall We Dance? | $265,558 | +37% | 341 | $779 | $56,970,634 | 77 | |
| 31 | (-) | Space Station | $252,497 | 10 | $25,250 | $55,708,170 | 987 | ||
| 32 | (-) | Hotel Rwanda | $242,130 | 7 | $34,590 | $284,425 | 9 | ||
| 33 | (21) | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | $218,640 | -60% | 188 | $1,163 | $39,746,190 | 49 | |
| 34 | (35) | The Work and the Glory | $169,910 | +80% | 17 | $9,995 | $1,079,143 | 37 | |
| 35 | (30) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $121,646 | -37% | 54 | $2,253 | $10,023,487 | 329 | |
| 36 | (27) | Napoleon Dynamite | $119,279 | -48% | 141 | $846 | $44,363,152 | 203 | |
| 37 | (new) | The Woodsman | $114,546 | 6 | $19,091 | $114,546 | 7 | ||
| 38 | (20) | Alexander | $99,467 | -83% | 232 | $429 | $33,952,917 | 37 | |
| 39 | (31) | Being Julia | $91,801 | -42% | 57 | $1,611 | $3,507,779 | 77 | |
| 40 | (36) | Taxi | $87,768 | -7% | 99 | $887 | $36,299,562 | 86 | |
| 41 | (-) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $75,358 | 15 | $5,024 | $5,628,755 | 786 | ||
| 42 | (32) | After the Sunset | $62,490 | -52% | 158 | $396 | $28,050,876 | 49 | |
| 43 | (53) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $60,096 | +172% | 18 | $3,339 | $19,529,250 | 294 | |
| 44 | (43) | Without a Paddle | $46,679 | -25% | 42 | $1,111 | $58,079,099 | 133 | |
| 45 | (new) | In the Realms of the Unreal | $43,373 | 3 | $14,458 | $53,298 | 7 | ||
| 46 | (37) | I Heart Huckabees | $41,421 | -54% | 44 | $941 | $12,570,846 | 91 | |
| 47 | (39) | The Sea Inside | $38,293 | -55% | 6 | $6,382 | $123,690 | 14 | |
| 48 | (45) | Vera Drake | $37,629 | -20% | 29 | $1,298 | $2,100,417 | 82 | |
| 49 | (44) | Team America: World Police | $32,861 | -36% | 34 | $967 | $32,734,550 | 77 | |
| 50 | (50) | Callas Forever | $29,832 | +23% | 11 | $2,712 | $320,532 | 56 | |
| 51 | (49) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,833 | -10% | 8 | $3,104 | $8,882,041 | 805 | |
| 52 | (48) | Garden State | $23,367 | -41% | 28 | $835 | $26,743,534 | 156 | |
| 53 | (40) | The Machinist | $21,481 | -74% | 26 | $826 | $990,954 | 70 | |
| 54 | (51) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $21,152 | -10% | 5 | $4,230 | $7,741,567 | 812 | |
| 55 | (46) | Veer-Zaara | $20,616 | -56% | 12 | $1,718 | $2,860,179 | 49 | |
| 56 | (68) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $14,189 | +133% | 6 | $2,365 | $16,600,058 | 630 | |
| 57 | (66) | Young Black Stallion | $13,323 | +113% | 4 | $3,331 | $6,607,655 | 372 | |
| 58 | (-) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $13,082 | 2 | $6,541 | $48,010,685 | 2,261 | ||
| 59 | (54) | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $11,170 | -31% | 1 | $11,170 | $48,745 | 23 | |
| 60 | (47) | Alfie | $10,994 | -76% | 32 | $344 | $13,380,990 | 56 | |
| 61 | (55) | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $9,958 | -27% | 3 | $3,319 | $63,003 | 70 | |
| 62 | (-) | Therese | $9,459 | 30 | $315 | $1,773,148 | 91 | ||
| 63 | (60) | Tarnation | $8,481 | -2% | 8 | $1,060 | $470,724 | 86 | |
| 64 | (-) | Apollo 13 | $8,077 | 1 | $8,077 | $173,762,581 | 3,472 | ||
| 65 | (59) | Lightning in a Bottle | $6,499 | -44% | 4 | $1,625 | $131,447 | 70 | |
| 66 | (61) | Rosenstrasse | $6,058 | -29% | 4 | $1,515 | $724,516 | 133 | |
| 67 | (-) | Postmen in the Mountains | $5,976 | 2 | $2,988 | $110,431 | 364 | ||
| 68 | (73) | Bear Cub | $5,284 | +20% | 3 | $1,761 | $58,837 | 56 | |
| 69 | (81) | Almost Peaceful | $4,383 | +65% | 2 | $2,192 | $88,876 | 133 | |
| 70 | (-) | Vodka Lemon | $3,929 | 1 | $3,929 | $33,008 | 84 | ||
| 71 | (56) | Grande Seduction, La | $3,851 | -71% | 6 | $642 | $9,812,855 | 539 | |
| 72 | (69) | Saints and Soldiers | $3,436 | -42% | 4 | $859 | $1,140,266 | 147 | |
| 73 | (63) | Red Lights | $2,923 | -63% | 6 | $487 | $632,564 | 133 | |
| 74 | (70) | Notre Musique | $2,086 | -63% | 1 | $2,086 | $63,042 | 37 | |
| 75 | (78) | Birth | $1,646 | -53% | 10 | $165 | $4,763,112 | 63 | |
| 76 | (85) | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $1,500 | +10% | 1 | $1,500 | $27,066 | 105 | |
| 77 | (-) | Fear and Trembling | $1,216 | 1 | $1,216 | $23,414 | 42 | ||
| 78 | (72) | Imelda | $890 | -82% | 1 | $890 | $200,992 | 203 | |
| 79 | (62) | Zelary | $476 | -94% | 1 | $476 | $329,199 | 105 | |
| 80 | (-) | Testosterone | $432 | 2 | $216 | $175,972 | 112 | ||
| 81 | (71) | Fabled | $392 | -93% | 1 | $392 | $18,224 | 21 | |
| 82 | (80) | Head in the Clouds | $355 | -89% | 2 | $178 | $398,107 | 105 | |
| 83 | (-) | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $316 | 3 | $105 | $21,843 | 28 | ||
| 84 | (87) | Fade to Black | $271 | -75% | 1 | $271 | $728,802 | 56 | |
| 85 | (86) | Bright Leaves | $223 | -82% | 1 | $223 | $62,474 | 126 | |
| Reporting movies: 85 | $306,514,347 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | $96,322,845 | 3,518 | $120,719,585 |
| 2 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $33,230,036 | 3,623 | $80,029,526 |
| 3 | Fat Albert | $23,149,557 | 2,674 | $23,149,557 |
| 4 | Ocean's Twelve | $19,374,096 | 3,290 | $97,573,145 |
| 5 | The Aviator | $18,821,988 | 1,796 | $20,176,726 |
| 6 | The Polar Express | $15,797,359 | 2,618 | $149,504,823 |
| 7 | Darkness | $12,011,058 | 1,700 | $12,011,058 |
| 8 | Spanglish | $11,277,367 | 2,441 | $24,817,623 |
| 9 | National Treasure | $10,653,913 | 2,201 | $147,754,193 |
| 10 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $9,962,833 | 1,105 | $10,370,706 |
| 11 | The Phantom of the Opera | $9,094,521 | 622 | $11,416,198 |
| 12 | The Incredibles | $7,487,942 | 1,732 | $247,496,609 |
| 13 | Blade: Trinity | $5,932,296 | 2,318 | $45,079,737 |
| 14 | Flight of the Phoenix | $5,857,031 | 2,604 | $13,669,607 |
| 15 | Christmas with the Kranks | $5,190,104 | 2,135 | $71,439,481 |
| 16 | Closer | $4,358,218 | 1,069 | $25,229,621 |
| 17 | Finding Neverland | $3,688,505 | 933 | $22,086,059 |
| 18 | Sideways | $2,923,248 | 359 | $20,253,808 |
| 19 | SpongeBob SquarePants | $2,588,979 | 1,316 | $80,653,748 |
| 20 | House of Flying Daggers | $1,344,348 | 165 | $3,415,309 |
| 21 | A Very Long Engagement | $1,116,972 | 167 | $1,961,067 |
| 22 | Kinsey | $795,649 | 234 | $6,202,961 |
| 23 | Ray | $619,425 | 274 | $71,161,735 |
| 24 | Beyond the Sea | $510,703 | 6 | $576,983 |
| 25 | Bad Education | $487,575 | 50 | $1,476,626 |
| 26 | Million Dollar Baby | $435,136 | 9 | $772,677 |
| 27 | Swades | $394,908 | 70 | $927,823 |
| 28 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $304,411 | 92 | $15,535,146 |
| 29 | Ladder 49 | $269,726 | 255 | $73,705,506 |
| 30 | Shall We Dance? | $265,558 | 341 | $56,970,634 |
| 31 | Space Station | $252,497 | 10 | $55,708,170 |
| 32 | Hotel Rwanda | $242,130 | 7 | $284,425 |
| 33 | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | $218,640 | 188 | $39,746,190 |
| 34 | The Work and the Glory | $169,910 | 17 | $1,079,143 |
| 35 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $121,646 | 54 | $10,023,487 |
| 36 | Napoleon Dynamite | $119,279 | 141 | $44,363,152 |
| 37 | The Woodsman | $114,546 | 6 | $114,546 |
| 38 | Alexander | $99,467 | 232 | $33,952,917 |
| 39 | Being Julia | $91,801 | 57 | $3,507,779 |
| 40 | Taxi | $87,768 | 99 | $36,299,562 |
| 41 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $75,358 | 15 | $5,628,755 |
| 42 | After the Sunset | $62,490 | 158 | $28,050,876 |
| 43 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $60,096 | 18 | $19,529,250 |
| 44 | Without a Paddle | $46,679 | 42 | $58,079,099 |
| 45 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $43,373 | 3 | $53,298 |
| 46 | I Heart Huckabees | $41,421 | 44 | $12,570,846 |
| 47 | The Sea Inside | $38,293 | 6 | $123,690 |
| 48 | Vera Drake | $37,629 | 29 | $2,100,417 |
| 49 | Team America: World Police | $32,861 | 34 | $32,734,550 |
| 50 | Callas Forever | $29,832 | 11 | $320,532 |
| 51 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $24,833 | 8 | $8,882,041 |
| 52 | Garden State | $23,367 | 28 | $26,743,534 |
| 53 | The Machinist | $21,481 | 26 | $990,954 |
| 54 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $21,152 | 5 | $7,741,567 |
| 55 | Veer-Zaara | $20,616 | 12 | $2,860,179 |
| 56 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $14,189 | 6 | $16,600,058 |
| 57 | Young Black Stallion | $13,323 | 4 | $6,607,655 |
| 58 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $13,082 | 2 | $48,010,685 |
| 59 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $11,170 | 1 | $48,745 |
| 60 | Alfie | $10,994 | 32 | $13,380,990 |
| 61 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $9,958 | 3 | $63,003 |
| 62 | Therese | $9,459 | 30 | $1,773,148 |
| 63 | Tarnation | $8,481 | 8 | $470,724 |
| 64 | Apollo 13 | $8,077 | 1 | $173,762,581 |
| 65 | Lightning in a Bottle | $6,499 | 4 | $131,447 |
| 66 | Rosenstrasse | $6,058 | 4 | $724,516 |
| 67 | Postmen in the Mountains | $5,976 | 2 | $110,431 |
| 68 | Bear Cub | $5,284 | 3 | $58,837 |
| 69 | Almost Peaceful | $4,383 | 2 | $88,876 |
| 70 | Vodka Lemon | $3,929 | 1 | $33,008 |
| 71 | Grande Seduction, La | $3,851 | 6 | $9,812,855 |
| 72 | Saints and Soldiers | $3,436 | 4 | $1,140,266 |
| 73 | Red Lights | $2,923 | 6 | $632,564 |
| 74 | Notre Musique | $2,086 | 1 | $63,042 |
| 75 | Birth | $1,646 | 10 | $4,763,112 |
| 76 | Goodbye Dragon Inn | $1,500 | 1 | $27,066 |
| 77 | Fear and Trembling | $1,216 | 1 | $23,414 |
| 78 | Imelda | $890 | 1 | $200,992 |
| 79 | Zelary | $476 | 1 | $329,199 |
| 80 | Testosterone | $432 | 2 | $175,972 |
| 81 | Fabled | $392 | 1 | $18,224 |
| 82 | Head in the Clouds | $355 | 2 | $398,107 |
| 83 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $316 | 3 | $21,843 |
| 84 | Fade to Black | $271 | 1 | $728,802 |
| 85 | Bright Leaves | $223 | 1 | $62,474 |
| Reporting: 85 | $306,514,347 | total | ||