Week Domestic Box Office December 31, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Meet the Fockers | $55,080,125 | -43% | 3,524 | $15,630 | $175,799,710 | 16 | |
| 2 | (2) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $18,100,587 | -46% | 3,623 | $4,996 | $98,130,113 | 21 | |
| 3 | (5) | The Aviator | $15,129,469 | -20% | 1,796 | $8,424 | $35,306,195 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Ocean's Twelve | $12,428,444 | -36% | 3,290 | $3,778 | $110,001,589 | 28 | |
| 5 | (3) | Fat Albert | $12,124,439 | -48% | 2,744 | $4,419 | $35,273,996 | 13 | |
| 6 | (9) | National Treasure | $8,516,685 | -20% | 2,282 | $3,732 | $156,270,878 | 49 | |
| 7 | (8) | Spanglish | $8,439,333 | -25% | 2,489 | $3,391 | $33,256,956 | 21 | |
| 8 | (6) | The Polar Express | $7,084,784 | -55% | 2,513 | $2,819 | $156,589,607 | 58 | |
| 9 | (11) | The Phantom of the Opera | $6,712,298 | -26% | 622 | $10,791 | $18,128,496 | 16 | |
| 10 | (10) | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $6,333,793 | -36% | 1,105 | $5,732 | $16,704,499 | 28 | |
| 11 | (7) | Darkness | $6,060,370 | -50% | 1,718 | $3,528 | $18,071,428 | 13 | |
| 12 | (12) | The Incredibles | $5,184,229 | -31% | 1,715 | $3,023 | $252,680,838 | 63 | |
| 13 | (13) | Blade: Trinity | $4,145,206 | -30% | 2,207 | $1,878 | $49,224,943 | 30 | |
| 14 | (14) | Flight of the Phoenix | $4,103,391 | -30% | 2,373 | $1,729 | $17,772,998 | 21 | |
| 15 | (17) | Finding Neverland | $3,542,312 | -4% | 1,054 | $3,361 | $25,628,371 | 56 | |
| 16 | (16) | Closer | $3,358,608 | -23% | 1,094 | $3,070 | $28,588,229 | 35 | |
| 17 | (18) | Sideways | $2,962,366 | +1% | 370 | $8,006 | $23,216,174 | 77 | |
| 18 | (15) | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,961,207 | -62% | 1,825 | $1,075 | $73,400,688 | 44 | |
| 19 | (24) | Beyond the Sea | $1,838,573 | +260% | 383 | $4,800 | $2,415,556 | 21 | |
| 20 | (19) | SpongeBob SquarePants | $1,614,474 | -38% | 1,068 | $1,512 | $82,268,222 | 49 | |
| 21 | (20) | House of Flying Daggers | $1,044,106 | -22% | 161 | $6,485 | $4,459,415 | 35 | |
| 22 | (21) | A Very Long Engagement | $1,039,414 | -7% | 167 | $6,224 | $3,000,481 | 42 | |
| 23 | (22) | Kinsey | $789,120 | -1% | 228 | $3,461 | $6,992,081 | 56 | |
| 24 | (-) | Shark Tale | $771,239 | 407 | $1,895 | $161,192,000 | 98 | ||
| 25 | (23) | Ray | $607,160 | -2% | 343 | $1,770 | $71,768,895 | 70 | |
| 26 | (25) | Bad Education | $415,858 | -15% | 47 | $8,848 | $1,892,484 | 49 | |
| 27 | (26) | Million Dollar Baby | $414,609 | -5% | 9 | $46,068 | $1,187,286 | 23 | |
| 28 | (28) | The Motorcycle Diaries | $282,141 | -7% | 93 | $3,034 | $15,817,287 | 105 | |
| 29 | (30) | Shall We Dance? | $249,852 | -6% | 306 | $817 | $57,220,486 | 84 | |
| 30 | (29) | Ladder 49 | $242,117 | -10% | 255 | $949 | $73,947,623 | 98 | |
| 31 | (-) | In Good Company | $221,284 | 3 | $73,761 | $294,565 | 9 | ||
| 32 | (32) | Hotel Rwanda | $218,068 | -10% | 7 | $31,153 | $502,493 | 16 | |
| 33 | (33) | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | $199,740 | -9% | 216 | $925 | $39,945,930 | 56 | |
| 34 | (27) | Swades | $174,409 | -56% | 60 | $2,907 | $1,102,232 | 21 | |
| 35 | (34) | The Work and the Glory | $127,791 | -25% | 19 | $6,726 | $1,206,934 | 44 | |
| 36 | (37) | The Woodsman | $125,963 | +10% | 13 | $9,689 | $240,509 | 14 | |
| 37 | (31) | Space Station | $120,900 | -52% | 9 | $13,433 | $55,829,070 | 994 | |
| 38 | (35) | What the #$'! Do We Know | $117,867 | -3% | 54 | $2,183 | $10,141,354 | 336 | |
| 39 | (42) | After the Sunset | $106,715 | +71% | 146 | $731 | $28,157,591 | 56 | |
| 40 | (-) | The Merchant of Venice | $86,378 | 4 | $21,595 | $119,770 | 9 | ||
| 41 | (40) | Taxi | $84,075 | -4% | 77 | $1,092 | $36,383,637 | 93 | |
| 42 | (38) | Alexander | $76,328 | -23% | 232 | $329 | $34,029,245 | 44 | |
| 43 | (39) | Being Julia | $76,282 | -17% | 43 | $1,774 | $3,584,061 | 84 | |
| 44 | (36) | Napoleon Dynamite | $75,141 | -37% | 114 | $659 | $44,438,293 | 210 | |
| 45 | (-) | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $57,406 | 5 | $11,481 | $75,114 | 9 | ||
| 46 | (41) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $52,747 | -30% | 13 | $4,057 | $5,681,502 | 793 | |
| 47 | (-) | Haunted Castle | $43,000 | 5 | $8,600 | $10,157,855 | 1,407 | ||
| 48 | (46) | I Heart Huckabees | $42,423 | +2% | 43 | $987 | $12,613,269 | 98 | |
| 49 | (44) | Without a Paddle | $41,828 | -10% | 25 | $1,673 | $58,120,927 | 140 | |
| 50 | (-) | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $41,215 | 8 | $5,152 | $54,743 | 9 | ||
| 51 | (48) | Vera Drake | $38,073 | +1% | 19 | $2,004 | $2,138,490 | 89 | |
| 52 | (43) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $37,363 | -38% | 18 | $2,076 | $19,566,613 | 301 | |
| 53 | (45) | In the Realms of the Unreal | $33,846 | -22% | 3 | $11,282 | $87,144 | 14 | |
| 54 | (47) | The Sea Inside | $28,979 | -24% | 5 | $5,796 | $152,669 | 21 | |
| 55 | (51) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $27,005 | +9% | 8 | $3,376 | $8,909,046 | 812 | |
| 56 | (49) | Team America: World Police | $26,931 | -18% | 41 | $657 | $32,761,481 | 84 | |
| 57 | (53) | The Machinist | $23,645 | +10% | 26 | $909 | $1,014,599 | 77 | |
| 58 | (55) | Veer-Zaara | $19,929 | -3% | 10 | $1,993 | $2,880,108 | 56 | |
| 59 | (54) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $18,458 | -13% | 5 | $3,692 | $7,760,025 | 819 | |
| 60 | (52) | Garden State | $17,626 | -25% | 24 | $734 | $26,761,160 | 163 | |
| 61 | (50) | Callas Forever | $14,820 | -50% | 6 | $2,470 | $335,352 | 63 | |
| 62 | (58) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $14,562 | +11% | 1 | $14,562 | $48,025,247 | 2,268 | |
| 63 | (56) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $11,838 | -17% | 4 | $2,960 | $16,611,896 | 637 | |
| 64 | (63) | Tarnation | $11,503 | +36% | 7 | $1,643 | $482,227 | 93 | |
| 65 | (57) | Young Black Stallion | $11,190 | -16% | 4 | $2,798 | $6,618,845 | 379 | |
| 66 | (68) | Bear Cub | $10,611 | +101% | 4 | $2,653 | $69,448 | 63 | |
| 67 | (59) | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $10,485 | -6% | 1 | $10,485 | $59,230 | 30 | |
| 68 | (61) | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $10,154 | +2% | 3 | $3,385 | $73,157 | 77 | |
| 69 | (74) | Notre Musique | $9,972 | +378% | 3 | $3,324 | $73,014 | 44 | |
| 70 | (60) | Alfie | $9,861 | -10% | 20 | $493 | $13,390,851 | 63 | |
| 71 | (67) | Postmen in the Mountains | $9,731 | +63% | 3 | $3,244 | $120,162 | 371 | |
| 72 | (65) | Lightning in a Bottle | $9,223 | +42% | 6 | $1,537 | $140,670 | 77 | |
| 73 | (-) | Alien Adventure | $7,800 | 2 | $3,900 | $4,706,716 | 1,729 | ||
| 74 | (-) | Moolaadé | $7,253 | 2 | $3,627 | $112,920 | 84 | ||
| 75 | (new) | Sky Blue | $5,444 | 1 | $5,444 | $5,444 | 7 | ||
| 76 | (66) | Rosenstrasse | $5,138 | -15% | 4 | $1,285 | $729,654 | 140 | |
| 77 | (-) | Galapagos | $4,323 | 1 | $4,323 | $13,104,389 | 1,897 | ||
| 78 | (71) | Grande Seduction, La | $4,158 | +8% | 3 | $1,386 | $9,817,013 | 546 | |
| 79 | (-) | A Tale of Two Sisters | $3,763 | 2 | $1,882 | $36,948 | 35 | ||
| 80 | (-) | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $3,107 | 2 | $1,554 | $73,944 | 42 | ||
| 81 | (62) | Therese | $2,971 | -69% | 7 | $424 | $1,776,119 | 98 | |
| 82 | (73) | Red Lights | $2,263 | -23% | 2 | $1,132 | $634,827 | 140 | |
| 83 | (72) | Saints and Soldiers | $1,566 | -54% | 2 | $783 | $1,141,832 | 154 | |
| 84 | (69) | Almost Peaceful | $1,232 | -72% | 1 | $1,232 | $90,108 | 140 | |
| 85 | (-) | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,200 | 1 | $1,200 | $7,033,500 | 2,142 | ||
| 86 | (-) | Untold Scandal | $875 | 2 | $438 | $44,880 | 84 | ||
| 87 | (-) | Petite Lili, La | $660 | 1 | $660 | $22,151 | 56 | ||
| 88 | (75) | Birth | $586 | -64% | 5 | $117 | $4,763,698 | 70 | |
| 89 | (-) | Enduring Love | $563 | 1 | $563 | $349,404 | 70 | ||
| 90 | (79) | Zelary | $524 | +10% | 1 | $524 | $329,723 | 112 | |
| 91 | (-) | A Talking Picture | $516 | 1 | $516 | $10,774 | 28 | ||
| 92 | (-) | Days of Being Wild | $420 | 1 | $420 | $71,044 | 49 | ||
| 93 | (-) | Deserted Station | $334 | 1 | $334 | $12,053 | 210 | ||
| 94 | (82) | Head in the Clouds | $72 | -80% | 1 | $72 | $398,179 | 112 | |
| Reporting movies: 94 | $193,126,442 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Fockers | $55,080,125 | 3,524 | $175,799,710 |
| 2 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $18,100,587 | 3,623 | $98,130,113 |
| 3 | The Aviator | $15,129,469 | 1,796 | $35,306,195 |
| 4 | Ocean's Twelve | $12,428,444 | 3,290 | $110,001,589 |
| 5 | Fat Albert | $12,124,439 | 2,744 | $35,273,996 |
| 6 | National Treasure | $8,516,685 | 2,282 | $156,270,878 |
| 7 | Spanglish | $8,439,333 | 2,489 | $33,256,956 |
| 8 | The Polar Express | $7,084,784 | 2,513 | $156,589,607 |
| 9 | The Phantom of the Opera | $6,712,298 | 622 | $18,128,496 |
| 10 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | $6,333,793 | 1,105 | $16,704,499 |
| 11 | Darkness | $6,060,370 | 1,718 | $18,071,428 |
| 12 | The Incredibles | $5,184,229 | 1,715 | $252,680,838 |
| 13 | Blade: Trinity | $4,145,206 | 2,207 | $49,224,943 |
| 14 | Flight of the Phoenix | $4,103,391 | 2,373 | $17,772,998 |
| 15 | Finding Neverland | $3,542,312 | 1,054 | $25,628,371 |
| 16 | Closer | $3,358,608 | 1,094 | $28,588,229 |
| 17 | Sideways | $2,962,366 | 370 | $23,216,174 |
| 18 | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,961,207 | 1,825 | $73,400,688 |
| 19 | Beyond the Sea | $1,838,573 | 383 | $2,415,556 |
| 20 | SpongeBob SquarePants | $1,614,474 | 1,068 | $82,268,222 |
| 21 | House of Flying Daggers | $1,044,106 | 161 | $4,459,415 |
| 22 | A Very Long Engagement | $1,039,414 | 167 | $3,000,481 |
| 23 | Kinsey | $789,120 | 228 | $6,992,081 |
| 24 | Shark Tale | $771,239 | 407 | $161,192,000 |
| 25 | Ray | $607,160 | 343 | $71,768,895 |
| 26 | Bad Education | $415,858 | 47 | $1,892,484 |
| 27 | Million Dollar Baby | $414,609 | 9 | $1,187,286 |
| 28 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $282,141 | 93 | $15,817,287 |
| 29 | Shall We Dance? | $249,852 | 306 | $57,220,486 |
| 30 | Ladder 49 | $242,117 | 255 | $73,947,623 |
| 31 | In Good Company | $221,284 | 3 | $294,565 |
| 32 | Hotel Rwanda | $218,068 | 7 | $502,493 |
| 33 | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | $199,740 | 216 | $39,945,930 |
| 34 | Swades | $174,409 | 60 | $1,102,232 |
| 35 | The Work and the Glory | $127,791 | 19 | $1,206,934 |
| 36 | The Woodsman | $125,963 | 13 | $240,509 |
| 37 | Space Station | $120,900 | 9 | $55,829,070 |
| 38 | What the #$'! Do We Know | $117,867 | 54 | $10,141,354 |
| 39 | After the Sunset | $106,715 | 146 | $28,157,591 |
| 40 | The Merchant of Venice | $86,378 | 4 | $119,770 |
| 41 | Taxi | $84,075 | 77 | $36,383,637 |
| 42 | Alexander | $76,328 | 232 | $34,029,245 |
| 43 | Being Julia | $76,282 | 43 | $3,584,061 |
| 44 | Napoleon Dynamite | $75,141 | 114 | $44,438,293 |
| 45 | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | $57,406 | 5 | $75,114 |
| 46 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $52,747 | 13 | $5,681,502 |
| 47 | Haunted Castle | $43,000 | 5 | $10,157,855 |
| 48 | I Heart Huckabees | $42,423 | 43 | $12,613,269 |
| 49 | Without a Paddle | $41,828 | 25 | $58,120,927 |
| 50 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | $41,215 | 8 | $54,743 |
| 51 | Vera Drake | $38,073 | 19 | $2,138,490 |
| 52 | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | $37,363 | 18 | $19,566,613 |
| 53 | In the Realms of the Unreal | $33,846 | 3 | $87,144 |
| 54 | The Sea Inside | $28,979 | 5 | $152,669 |
| 55 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $27,005 | 8 | $8,909,046 |
| 56 | Team America: World Police | $26,931 | 41 | $32,761,481 |
| 57 | The Machinist | $23,645 | 26 | $1,014,599 |
| 58 | Veer-Zaara | $19,929 | 10 | $2,880,108 |
| 59 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $18,458 | 5 | $7,760,025 |
| 60 | Garden State | $17,626 | 24 | $26,761,160 |
| 61 | Callas Forever | $14,820 | 6 | $335,352 |
| 62 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $14,562 | 1 | $48,025,247 |
| 63 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $11,838 | 4 | $16,611,896 |
| 64 | Tarnation | $11,503 | 7 | $482,227 |
| 65 | Young Black Stallion | $11,190 | 4 | $6,618,845 |
| 66 | Bear Cub | $10,611 | 4 | $69,448 |
| 67 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $10,485 | 1 | $59,230 |
| 68 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $10,154 | 3 | $73,157 |
| 69 | Notre Musique | $9,972 | 3 | $73,014 |
| 70 | Alfie | $9,861 | 20 | $13,390,851 |
| 71 | Postmen in the Mountains | $9,731 | 3 | $120,162 |
| 72 | Lightning in a Bottle | $9,223 | 6 | $140,670 |
| 73 | Alien Adventure | $7,800 | 2 | $4,706,716 |
| 74 | Moolaadé | $7,253 | 2 | $112,920 |
| 75 | Sky Blue | $5,444 | 1 | $5,444 |
| 76 | Rosenstrasse | $5,138 | 4 | $729,654 |
| 77 | Galapagos | $4,323 | 1 | $13,104,389 |
| 78 | Grande Seduction, La | $4,158 | 3 | $9,817,013 |
| 79 | A Tale of Two Sisters | $3,763 | 2 | $36,948 |
| 80 | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | $3,107 | 2 | $73,944 |
| 81 | Therese | $2,971 | 7 | $1,776,119 |
| 82 | Red Lights | $2,263 | 2 | $634,827 |
| 83 | Saints and Soldiers | $1,566 | 2 | $1,141,832 |
| 84 | Almost Peaceful | $1,232 | 1 | $90,108 |
| 85 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,200 | 1 | $7,033,500 |
| 86 | Untold Scandal | $875 | 2 | $44,880 |
| 87 | Petite Lili, La | $660 | 1 | $22,151 |
| 88 | Birth | $586 | 5 | $4,763,698 |
| 89 | Enduring Love | $563 | 1 | $349,404 |
| 90 | Zelary | $524 | 1 | $329,723 |
| 91 | A Talking Picture | $516 | 1 | $10,774 |
| 92 | Days of Being Wild | $420 | 1 | $71,044 |
| 93 | Deserted Station | $334 | 1 | $12,053 |
| 94 | Head in the Clouds | $72 | 1 | $398,179 |
| Reporting: 94 | $193,126,442 | total | ||