Domestic Release Schedule for 2004

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 2004.

See also: Top 2004 Worldwide - Most Popular 2004

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January, 2004
January 2 Postmen in the Mountains (Limited) Shadow $203,975  
Secret Things (Limited) First Run Features $104,533  
 
January 7 Yves St. Laurent (Limited) Empire Pictures $97,092  
 
January 9 Chasing Liberty (Wide) Warner Bros. $12,189,514  
My Baby's Daddy (Wide) Miramax $17,321,573  
Big Fish (Expands Wide) Sony Pictures $66,432,867  
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (Limited) Lantern Lane Entertainment $85,992  
The Battle of Algiers (Limited, re-release) Rialto Pictures $859,868  
The Home Teachers (Limited) Halestorm Entertainment $202,268  
 
January 16 Along Came Polly (Wide) Universal $88,073,507  
Teacher's Pet: The Movie (Wide) Walt Disney $6,491,969  
Torque (Wide) Warner Bros. $21,176,322  
Crimson Gold (Limited) WellSpring $147,844  
Cuba: Island of Music (Limited) Cinema Four $8,806  
Tokyo Godfathers (Limited) IDP Distribution $366,566  
The Tracker (Limited) ArtMattan Films $54,274  
 
January 17 The Corporation (Limited) Zeitgeist $3,493,516  
 
January 23 The Butterfly Effect (Wide) New Line $57,924,679  
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $16,980,098  
Dirt (Limited)    
Khakee (Limited) Eros Entertainment $587,877  
Made-Up (Limited) $79,766  
Touching the Void (Limited) IFC Films $4,593,598  
Wooly Boys (Limited) $335,726  
 
January 30 The Big Bounce (Wide) Warner Bros. $6,471,394  
The Perfect Score (Wide) Paramount Pictures $10,387,706  
You Got Served (Wide) Sony Pictures $40,066,497  
Monster (Expands Wide) Newmarket Films $34,469,210  
The Golden Age (Limited) Kino International $32,712  
On the Run (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $64,796  
Eat This New York (Limited) $18,752  
Latter Days (Limited) TLA Releasing $833,118  
Osama (Limited) MGM $1,127,331  
February, 2004
February 6 Barbershop 2: Back in Business (Wide) MGM $65,070,412  
Catch That Kid (Wide) 20th Century Fox $16,703,799  
Blind Shaft (Wide) Kino International $33,272  
Miracle (Wide) Walt Disney $64,378,093  
An Amazing Couple (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $47,602  
The Dreamers (Limited) Fox Searchlight $2,531,462  
Hiding and Seeking (Limited) First Run Features $51,091  
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (Limited) $110,536  
A Piece of My Heart (Limited) $11,329  
The Return (Limited) Kino International $501,752  
What the #$'! Do We Know (Limited) Captured Light $10,941,801  
 
February 13 50 First Dates (Wide) Sony Pictures $120,776,832  
After the Life (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $38,773  
Cock Fight (Limited) $3,600  
Dans l'oeil Du Chat (Limited) $155,714  
Highwaymen (Limited) New Line $367,027  
Love Object (Limited) $6,028  
La mentale (Limited) $12,842  
Monsieur Ibrahim (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $2,824,365  
Robot Stories (Limited) Pak Films $131,451  
The Seagull's Laughter (Limited) Cinema Guild $72,527  
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Limited) $18,425  
 
February 20 Against the Ropes (Wide) Paramount Pictures $5,881,504  
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (Wide) Walt Disney $29,331,068  
Eurotrip (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $17,718,223  
Welcome to Mooseport (Wide) 20th Century Fox $14,469,428  
Abouna (Limited) Leisure Time Features $2,350  
The Best Two Years (Limited) Halestorm Entertainment $1,163,450  
The Blue Butterfly (Limited) Alliance Atlantis $1,610,194  
Crying Ladies (Limited) Unico Entertainment $132,920  
Big Animal (Limited) $3,733  
Effroyables Jardins (Limited) $78,668  
Jack Paradise (Limited) $79,974  
Kitchen Stories (Limited) IFC Films $349,315  
Lost Boys of Sudan (Limited) Shadow $182,839  
 
February 25 The Passion of the Christ (Wide) Newmarket Films $370,782,930  
 
February 27 Club Dread (Wide) Fox Searchlight $5,001,655  
Goodbye, Lenin! (Wide) Sony Pictures Classics $4,063,859  
Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2 (Wide) Lionsgate $14,140,215  
Twisted (Wide) Paramount Pictures $25,195,050  
Alila (Limited) Kino International $48,493  
Confessions of a Burning Man (Limited)    
Decoys (Limited) $84,733  
Greendale (Limited) Shakey Pictures $251,862  
Lana's Rain (Limited) ISA Releasing $44,287  
Risk/Reward (Limited) $2,517  
What Boys Like (Limited) $955  
March, 2004
March 5 Hidalgo (Wide) Walt Disney $67,286,731  
Starsky & Hutch (Wide) Warner Bros. $88,200,225  
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer (Limited) Indican Pictures $96,638  
James' Journey to Jerusalem (Limited) Zeitgeist $63,768  
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (Limited) $116,869  
MC5: A True Testimonial (Limited) $8,647  
The Promised Life (Limited) Empire Pictures $39,157  
The Reckoning (Limited) Paramount Vantage $256,620  
Red Trousers - The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen (Limited)    
 
March 12 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (Wide) MGM $23,514,247  
Secret Window (Wide) Sony Pictures $47,958,031  
Spartan (Wide) Warner Bros. $4,357,745  
Distant (Limited) New Yorker $106,873  
Games People Play (Limited) $111,336  
How to Draw a Bunny (Limited) $2,706  
Broken Wings (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $405,818  
Maestro (Limited) $25,315  
Power Trip (Limited) Artistic License $38,593  
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (Limited) ThinkFilm $233,053  
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) Warner Bros. $21,550,235  
 
March 19 Dawn of the Dead (Wide) Universal $58,990,765  
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Wide) Focus Features $34,366,518  
Taking Lives (Wide) Warner Bros. $32,682,342  
Bon Voyage (Limited) Sony Pictures $2,353,728  
Divan (Limited) Zeitgeist $56,214  
Intermission (Limited) IFC Films $889,857  
Noi Albinoi (Limited) Palm Pictures $60,135  
 
March 25 Immortel (ad vitam) (Wide)    
 
March 26 Jersey Girl (Wide) Miramax $25,266,129  
The Ladykillers (Wide) Walt Disney $39,692,139  
Never Die Alone (Wide) Fox Searchlight $5,644,575  
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Wide) Warner Bros. $84,185,387  
Le Dernier Tunnel (Limited) Christal Films $1,057,599  
Dogville (Limited) Lionsgate $1,530,386  
I'll Sing for You (Limited) First Run Features $8,798  
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (Limited) First Look $257,315  
Ned Kelly (Limited) Universal $86,959  
Raja (Limited) $13,000  
The Snow Walker (Limited) $201,149  
Tais Toi (Limited) $205,358  
This Old Cub (Limited) Emerging Pictures $253,531  
Two Men Went to War (Limited) Indican Pictures $151,133  
 
March 31 The Touch (Wide) Miramax    
April, 2004
April 2 Hellboy (Wide) Sony Pictures $59,623,958  
Home on the Range (Wide) Walt Disney $50,026,353  
The Prince & Me (Wide) Paramount Pictures $28,165,882  
A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Wide) Strand Releasing $45,933  
Walking Tall (Wide) MGM $46,213,824  
Dogville (Expands Wide) Lionsgate $1,530,386  
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $2,380,788  
Middle of the World (Limited)    
Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star (Limited) Wolfe Releasing $41,703  
Shaolin Soccer (Limited) Miramax $488,872  
Son Frere (Limited) Strand Releasing $22,503  
The United States of Leland (Limited) Paramount Vantage $343,816  
 
April 7 Johnson Family Vacation (Wide) Fox Searchlight $31,203,964  
 
April 9 The Alamo (Wide) Walt Disney $22,406,362  
Ella Enchanted (Wide) Miramax $22,913,677  
The Girl Next Door (Wide) 20th Century Fox $14,589,444  
The Whole Ten Yards (Wide) Warner Bros. $16,323,969  
I'm not Scared (Limited) Miramax $1,615,118  
Masti (Limited) $308,566  
Opus Data Test Movie (Limited) $20,561  
The Blonds (Limited)    
Run (2004) (Limited)    
Shade (Limited) $25,032  
Showboy (Limited) Regent Releasing $34,646  
Twentynine Palms (Limited) WellSpring $54,523  
 
April 16 Connie & Carla (Wide) Universal $8,047,525  
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (Wide) Miramax $66,207,920  
The Punisher (Wide) Lionsgate $33,664,370  
Big Ain't Bad (Limited) $12,288  
Close Call (Limited) Prime Media Pictures $12,077  
Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film (Limited) Distributor Unknown $2,164,047  
Gypsy 83 (Limited) Small Planet $29,367  
Young Adam (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $767,240  
 
April 21 Mariages! (Limited)    
This So-Called Disaster (Limited) IFC Films $45,195  
 
April 22 Sacred Planet (IMAX)    
 
April 23 13 Going On 30 (Wide) Sony Pictures $57,139,723  
Clifford's Really Big Movie (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,922,354  
Man on Fire (Wide) 20th Century Fox $77,906,816  
The Agronomist (Limited) ThinkFilm $226,189  
Close Your Eyes (Limited) $39,381  
Faster (Limited) Slamdance on the Road $16,265  
L'incomparable mademoiselle C. (Limited) $493,905  
Silmido (Limited) Cinema Service $298,347  
The Twilight Samurai (Limited) Empire Pictures $529,212  
 
April 30 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (Wide) Film Foundry $2,694,071  
Envy (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $13,548,322  
Godsend (Wide) Lionsgate $14,334,645  
Laws of Attraction (Wide) New Line $17,848,322  
Mean Girls (Wide) Paramount Pictures $86,047,227  
Her Majesty (Limited) Panorama Entertainment $56,921  
The Life of Brian (Limited, re-release) Rainbow Releasing $20,182,359  
Main Hoon Na (Limited) Eros Entertainment $1,722,453  
The Clay Bird (Limited)    
Mickey (Limited) Slugger Films $293,793  
Monica La Mitraille (Limited) Distributor Unknown $1,182,372  
The Bulgarian Lovers (Limited) TLA Releasing $249,530  
People Say I'm Crazy (Limited) Palo Alto Pictures $15,679  
Perico Ripiao (Limited)    
The Saddest Music in the World (Limited) IFC Films $669,128  
Since Otar Left (Limited) Zeitgeist $344,974  
May, 2004
May 5 The Karate Dog (Limited) Distributor Unknown    
 
May 7 New York Minute (Wide) Warner Bros. $14,018,364  
Van Helsing (Wide) Universal $120,150,546  
A Foreign Affair (Limited) Innovation Film Group $27,516  
Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version (Limited) Rialto Pictures $491,389  
The Mudge Boy (Limited) Strand Releasing $62,544  
Off the Lip (Limited) Hannover House $14,773  
Reeseville (Limited) Innovation Film Group $14,496  
Seeing Other People (Limited) Lantern Lane Entertainment $87,923  
Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (Limited) ThinkFilm $396,803  
Super Size Me (Limited) IDP Distribution $11,529,368  
Superstar in a Housedress (Limited) Distributor Unknown $19,050  
Valentin (Limited) Miramax $275,363  
Wasabi Tuna (Limited) Indican Pictures $51,036  
 
May 14 Breakin' All the Rules (Wide) 20th Century Fox $12,232,382  
Troy (Wide) Warner Bros. $133,298,577  
The 24th Day (Limited) Screen Media Films $14,107  
After Freedom (Limited) Vitagraph Films $35,639  
Asa Nu Maan Watna Da (Limited) Distributor Unknown $235,075  
Carandiru (Limited) Sony Pictures $213,954  
Coffee and Cigarettes (Limited) MGM $1,971,135  
A Day Without a Mexican (Limited) Televisa Cine $4,180,870  
Justice (Limited) Jujitsu Films $39,895  
The Last Place on Earth (Limited) Panorama Entertainment $6,505  
Reunion (Limited) FilmMates Partners    
A Slipping Down Life (Limited) Lionsgate $95,436  
Springtime in a Small Town (Limited) Palm Pictures $42,258  
Strayed (Limited) WellSpring $482,357  
With All Deliberate Speed (Limited) CameraPlanet/Discovery $4,920  
 
May 19 Shrek 2 (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $441,426,807  
Love Me If You Dare (Limited) Paramount Vantage $548,707  
S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine (Limited) First Run Features $21,678  
 
May 21 Control Room (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $2,589,616  
Crust (Limited)    
The Delicate Art of Parking (Limited) Distributor Unknown $156,697  
Kyon? Ho Gaya Na Pyar (Limited) $171,966  
My Mother Likes Women (Limited) Norador Productions $81,883  
The Rage in Placid Lake (Limited)    
Stateside (Limited) IDP Distribution $174,318  
Twist (Limited) Strand Releasing $50,968  
Yuva (Limited) Net Effect $331,166  
 
May 27 People: Jet Set 2 (Limited)    
 
May 28 The Day After Tomorrow (Wide) 20th Century Fox $186,740,799  
Raising Helen (Wide) Walt Disney $37,485,528  
Soul Plane (Wide) MGM $13,922,211  
Union Square (Wide) Alliance Atlantis    
Bukowski: Born Into This (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $311,431  
The Burial Society (Limited) Regent Releasing $20,580  
The Five Obstructions (Limited) Koch Lorber Films $150,966  
Frankie & Johnny Are Married (Limited) IFC Films $22,900  
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $365,248  
Hum Tum (Limited) Yash Raj Films $796,641  
The Mother (Limited) Sony Pictures $1,062,253  
On the Downlow (Limited) Cinema Con Sabor $1,987  
Saved! (Limited) MGM $8,886,160  
Wake (Limited) Newmarket Films $6,164  
Word Wars (Limited) Seventh Art Releasing $76,481  
June, 2004
June 4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Wide) Warner Bros. $249,757,726  
The Corporation (Limited) Zeitgeist $3,493,516  
Donnie Darko (Limited, re-release) Newmarket Films $1,480,006  
Firedancer (Limited) Cinema Four $2,422  
The Story of the Weeping Camel (Limited) ThinkFilm $1,751,698  
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (IMAX) Warner Bros. $249,757,726  
 
June 11 The Chronicles of Riddick (Wide) Universal $57,712,751  
Garfield The Movie (Wide) 20th Century Fox $75,367,693  
The Stepford Wives (Wide) Paramount Pictures $59,475,623  
Saved! (Expands Wide) MGM $8,886,160  
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (Limited) First Independent/Dada Films $353,580  
Deserted Station (Limited) First Run Features $74,791  
Dev (Limited) Distributor Unknown $84,728  
The Hunting of the President (Limited) Regent Releasing $376,552  
Imagining Argentina (Limited) Arenas Entertainment $7,951  
Imelda (Limited) Unico Entertainment $200,992  
Napoleon Dynamite (Limited) Fox Searchlight $44,540,956  
 
June 16 Around the World in 80 Days (Wide) Walt Disney $24,004,159  
 
June 18 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Wide) 20th Century Fox $114,326,736  
Saints and Sinners (Wide) Avatar $3,826  
The Terminal (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $77,073,959  
Anonymous (Limited) Bangor Films    
Facing Window (Limited) Sony Pictures $541,682  
Father and Son (Limited) WellSpring $38,150  
Grand Theft Parsons (Limited)    
Howard Zinn (Limited) First Run Features $120,250  
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Limited) Paramount Vantage $358,804  
Lakshya (Limited) UTV Communications $752,344  
The Man of the Year (Limited)    
Once Upon a Time in the Hood (Limited) Maverick Entertainment $1,292  
Seducing Doctor Lewis (Limited) WellSpring $9,832,874  
Swing (Limited) RMH Media/Dominion Entertainment $2,509  
Time of the Wolf (Limited) Palm Pictures $61,439  
You'll Get Over It (Limited) Picture This Entertainment $42,811  
 
June 23 Fahrenheit 9/11 (Wide) Lionsgate $119,114,517  
White Chicks (Wide) Sony Pictures $69,148,997  
 
June 25 The Notebook (Wide) New Line $81,001,787  
Two Brothers (Wide) Universal $19,176,754  
De-Lovely (Limited) MGM $13,337,299  
The Intended (Limited) IFC Films $7,522  
Kaena: The Prophecy (Limited) IDP Distribution $7,674  
 
June 30 Spider-Man 2 (Wide) Sony Pictures $374,333,180  
July, 2004
July 2 The Road to Love (Wide) Arab Film Distribution $867  
America's Heart and Soul (Limited) Walt Disney $314,000  
Before Sunset (Limited) Warner Independent $5,792,822  
The Clearing (Limited) Fox Searchlight $5,763,875  
Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi (Limited) Strand Releasing $107,063  
Zhou Yu's Train (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $141,666  
 
July 7 King Arthur (Wide) Walt Disney $51,877,963  
 
July 9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $84,136,909  
Sleepover (Wide) MGM $9,408,183  
The Inheritance (Limited) Cinema Guild $67,820  
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Limited) IFC Films $1,222,708  
Riding Giants (Limited) Sony Pictures $2,276,368  
 
July 14 Let's Get Frank (Wide) Random Media $9,386  
The Door in the Floor (Limited) Focus Features $3,835,551  
 
July 16 A Cinderella Story (Wide) Warner Bros. $51,438,175  
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (Wide) Palm/Manga $11,255  
I, Robot (Wide) 20th Century Fox $144,801,023  
Camping Sauvage (Limited) Alliance Atlantis $3,479,302  
Flavors (Limited) Net Effect $93,370  
Maria Full of Grace (Limited) New Line $6,529,624  
Touch of Pink (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $564,535  
 
July 23 The Bourne Supremacy (Wide) Universal $176,087,450  
Catwoman (Wide) Warner Bros. $40,202,379  
The Adventures of Ociee Nash (Limited) Flying Zebra Films    
Asambhav (Limited) Eros Entertainment $19,504  
Festival Express (Limited) ThinkFilm $1,174,079  
A Home at the End of the World (Limited) Warner Independent $1,029,017  
Ju-On: The Grudge (Limited) Vitagraph Films $325,661  
Orwell Rolls in His Grave (Limited) Sky Harbor Basement $19,257  
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (Limited) Miramax $853,718  
 
July 28 Garden State (Limited) Fox Searchlight $26,782,316  
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Limited) Submarine Deluxe    
 
July 30 Gozu (Wide) Pathfinder $54,419  
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (Wide) New Line $18,225,165  
The Manchurian Candidate (Wide) Paramount Pictures $65,948,711  
Proteus (Wide) Strand Releasing $62,673  
She Hate Me (Wide) Sony Pictures $365,134  
Thunderbirds (Wide) Universal $6,768,055  
The Village (Wide) Walt Disney $114,197,520  
Intimate Strangers (Limited) Paramount Vantage $2,106,677  
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (Limited) Zee Studios $833,648  
Tasuma (Limited) ArtMattan Films $479  
August, 2004
August 3 Free Radicals (Limited) Kino International $4,397  
 
August 6 Collateral (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $100,170,152  
Little Black Book (Wide) Sony Pictures $20,422,207  
Open Water (Wide) Lionsgate $30,500,882  
Garden State (Expands Wide) Fox Searchlight $26,782,316  
Bang Rajan (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $22,826  
Code 46 (Limited) MGM $197,148  
Last Life in the Universe (Limited) $31,747  
The Other World (Limited) ArtMattan Films $2,494  
Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (Limited) Cinema Libre $405,900  
Saints and Soldiers (Limited) Excel Entertainment $1,310,470  
Stander (Limited) $19,067  
 
August 11 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (Wide) Walt Disney $95,149,435  
Danny Deckchair (Limited) Lionsgate $159,279  
 
August 13 AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (Wide) 20th Century Fox $80,281,096  
Yu-Gi-Oh (Wide) Warner Bros. $19,762,690  
Cowards Bend the Knee (Limited) Zeitgeist $22,940  
L.A. Twister (Limited) Indican Pictures $54,444  
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music (Limited) Palm/Manga $40,238  
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (Limited) Cinema Libre $190,424  
We Don't Live Here Anymore (Limited) Warner Bros. $2,037,545  
 
August 20 Benji: Off the Leash! (Wide) Benji Returns $3,817,362  
Exorcist: The Beginning (Wide) Warner Bros. $41,814,863  
Without a Paddle (Wide) Paramount Pictures $58,156,435  
Bright Young Things (Limited) ThinkFilm $933,637  
Bush's Brain (Limited) Vitagraph Films $176,610  
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $391,950  
Fida (Limited) Rainbow Releasing    
It's Easier for a Camel (Limited) New Yorker $15,787  
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (Limited) New Yorker $2,668  
Mean Creek (Limited) Paramount Vantage $603,951  
Almost Peaceful (Limited) Empire Pictures $105,917  
Nicotina (Limited) Arenas Entertainment $1,109,100  
Red Lights (Limited) WellSpring $672,105  
Rosenstrasse (Limited) IDP Distribution $732,036  
 
August 27 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (Wide) Sony Pictures $31,526,393  
Jet Li's Hero (Wide) Miramax $53,652,140  
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (Wide) Sony Pictures $9,109,322  
Suspect Zero (Wide) Paramount Pictures $8,712,564  
Bright Leaves (Limited) First Run Features $77,888  
Brothers in Arms (Limited) First Run Features $3,270  
The Brown Bunny (Limited) WellSpring $366,301  
Chooch (Limited) Artistic License $30,792  
Dhoom (Limited) Yash Raj Films $245,756  
Grand Champion (Limited) IFG $40,874  
My Wife Maurice (Limited) TLA Releasing $3,657  
Persons of Interest (Limited) First Run/Icarus    
Phir Milenge (Limited) UTV Communications $89,868  
September, 2004
September 1 Vanity Fair (Wide, re-release) Focus Features $16,123,851  
 
September 3 The Cookout (Wide) Lionsgate $11,540,112  
Paparazzi (Wide) 20th Century Fox $15,712,072  
Wicker Park (Wide) MGM $13,001,257  
Remember Me, My Love (Limited) IDP Distribution $223,878  
Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Limited) IDP Distribution $1,110,186  
Virgin (Limited) Artistic License $9,501  
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Limited) Sony Pictures $82,382  
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (Limited) Regent Releasing $13,224  
 
September 8 A Letter to True (Limited) Zeitgeist $13,835  
 
September 10 Cellular (Wide) New Line $32,003,620  
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Wide) Sony Pictures $50,740,078  
Criminal (Limited) Warner Bros. $929,233  
Malevolence (Limited) Painted Zebra Releasing $126,021  
Reconstruction (Limited) Palm/Manga $73,287  
Testosterone (Limited) Strand Releasing $184,825  
When Will I Be Loved (Limited) IFC Films $159,429  
 
September 17 A Dirty Shame (Wide) Fine Line $1,339,668  
Mr. 3000 (Wide) Walt Disney $21,800,302  
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (Wide) P&A Releasing $392,000  
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Wide) Paramount Pictures $37,760,080  
Wimbledon (Wide) Universal $16,862,585  
Cowboys and Angels (Limited) TLA Releasing $33,700  
Crutch (Limited) Illuminare $14,189  
Funky Monkey (Limited) Warner Bros.    
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Limited) DreamWorks/Go Fish $1,043,896  
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Limited) WellSpring $34,720  
Head in the Clouds (Limited) Sony Pictures $398,179  
Incident at Loch Ness (Limited) Eden Rock/Abramorama $36,830  
Merci Docteur Rey (Limited) Regent Releasing $19,590  
Particles of Truth (Limited) Matter Productions    
Silver City (Limited) Newmarket Films $1,017,376  
Zelary (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $329,723  
 
September 24 First Daughter (Wide) 20th Century Fox $9,055,010  
The Forgotton (Wide) Sony Pictures $66,711,892  
Shaun of the Dead (Wide) Focus/Rogue Pictures $13,542,874  
Anatomy of Hell (Limited) Tartan Films $34,156  
BachelorMan (Limited) Profile Entertainment    
Guiana 1838 (Limited) RBC Radio $227,241  
The Hillside Strangler (Limited) Tartan Films $306  
Hollywood Buddha (Limited) Northern Arts Entertainment $72,115  
Incantato (Limited) Northern Arts Entertainment $22,758  
The Last Shot (Limited) Walt Disney $463,730  
Mind the Gap (Limited) Mind the Gap $9,496  
Moog (Limited) Plexifilm $2,227  
The Motorcycle Diaries (Limited) Focus Features $16,756,372  
Infernal Affairs (Limited) Miramax $89,594  
The Raspberry Reich (Limited) Strand Releasing $31,211  
Rick (Limited)    
Yes Men (Limited) MGM $198,975  
October, 2004
October 1 Ladder 49 (Wide) Walt Disney $74,541,707  
Shark Tale (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $161,412,000  
Black Cloud (Limited) Old Post Films    
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (Limited)    
Dig (Limited) Palm/Manga $127,067  
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (Limited) ThinkFilm $613,252  
I Heart Huckabees (Limited) Fox Searchlight $12,784,713  
In the Face of Evil (Limited) Non Fiction Films $110,577  
Therese (Limited) Luke Films $2,627,016  
Tying the Knot (Limited) IDP Distribution $37,464  
Woman Thou Art Loosed (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $6,879,730  
 
October 6 Taxi (Wide) 20th Century Fox $36,609,966  
Tarnation (Limited) WellSpring $592,014  
 
October 8 Friday Night Lights (Wide) Universal $61,255,921  
Raise Your Voice (Wide) New Line $10,411,980  
Andromedia (Limited) Pathfinder    
Around the Bend (Limited) Warner Independent $193,571  
The Child I Never Was (Limited) Strand Releasing $2,609  
Primer (Limited) ThinkFilm $424,760  
Silent Waters (Limited) First Run Features $7,384  
Stage Beauty (Limited) Artisan $776,691  
Vodka Lemon (Limited) New Yorker $63,672  
 
October 10 Vera Drake (Limited) Fine Line $3,753,806  
 
October 15 P.S. (Wide) Newmarket Films $175,408  
Riding the Bullet (Wide) Innovation Film Group $101,107  
Shall We Dance? (Wide) Miramax $57,887,882  
Team America: World Police (Wide) Paramount Pictures $32,774,834  
Untold Scandal (Wide) Kino International $63,332  
Being Julia (Limited) Sony Pictures $7,739,049  
The Dust Factory (Limited) $8,000  
Eulogy (Limited) Artisan $70,527  
Face (Limited) Indican Pictures $108,151  
The Final Cut (Limited) Lionsgate $548,039  
Hair Show (Limited) Innovation Film Group $302,990  
Moolaadé (Limited) New Yorker $214,605  
Spin (Limited) Innovation Film Group $9,858  
 
October 20 Sex is Comedy (Limited) IFC Films $40,274  
 
October 22 The Grudge (Wide) Sony Pictures $110,359,362  
Stella Street (Wide) Strand Releasing $2,574  
Surviving Christmas (Wide) Dreamworks SKG $11,198,345  
Evil Remains (Limited) Screen Media Films $8,396  
A Fish Without a Bicycle (Limited) Newmark/Echelon Ent. $26,642  
Hearts and Minds (Limited, re-release) Rialto Pictures $28,287  
Lightning in a Bottle (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $201,574  
The Machinist (Limited) Paramount Vantage $1,082,044  
The Manson Family (Limited) Dinsdale Releasing $11,657  
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela (Limited) Mela Films $381,225  
Sideways (Limited) Fox Searchlight $71,502,303  
Undertow (Limited) MGM $124,171  
 
October 29 Ray (Wide) Universal $75,305,995  
Saw (Wide) Lionsgate $55,968,727  
800 Bullets (Limited) TLA Releasing $866  
Artworks (Limited) Panorama Entertainment $2,186  
Birth (Limited) New Line $5,005,899  
Enduring Love (Limited) Paramount Vantage $358,262  
It's All About Love (Limited) Strand Releasing $5,494  
A Silent Love (Limited) Atopia $14,389  
Voices of Iraq (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $57,102  
November, 2004
November 5 Alfie (Wide) Paramount Pictures $13,395,939  
Bear Cub (Wide) TLA Releasing $99,261  
The Incredibles (Wide) Walt Disney $261,441,092  
Intoxicating (Wide) $11,560  
Baptists At Our Barbecue (Limited) Film Movement $173,106  
Beyond the Gates of Splendor (Limited) Every Tribe Entertainment $36,412  
Brother to Brother (Limited) Wolfe Releasing $79,315  
Callas Forever (Limited) Regent Releasing $445,996  
Fade to Black (Limited) Paramount Vantage $728,802  
Still, the Children are Here (Limited) First Run/Icarus $2,210  
 
November 10 The Polar Express (Wide) Warner Bros. $188,042,855  
Overnight (Limited) ThinkFilm    
 
November 12 After the Sunset (Wide) New Line $28,328,132  
Bright Future (Wide) Palm Pictures $4,762  
Petite Lili, La (Wide) First Run Features $34,398  
Seed of Chucky (Wide) Focus/Rogue Pictures $17,016,190  
Veer-Zaara (Wide) Yash Raj Films $2,938,532  
Who Killed Bambi? (Wide) Strand Releasing $14,400  
Aitraaz (Limited) Zee Studios    
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (Limited) Universal $40,203,020  
Finding Neverland (Limited) Miramax $51,676,606  
Kinsey (Limited) Fox Searchlight $10,214,647  
Master of the Game (Limited) RS Entertainment    
 
November 19 National Treasure (Wide) Walt Disney $173,005,002  
SpongeBob SquarePants (Wide) Paramount Pictures $85,416,609  
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (Expands Wide) Universal $40,203,020  
Days of Being Wild (Limited) Kino International $141,864  
Fear and Trembling (Limited) Cinema Guild $126,071  
Bad Education (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $5,211,842  
You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya) (Limited) Picture This Entertainment $60,674  
 
November 24 Alexander (Wide) Warner Bros. $34,297,191  
Christmas with the Kranks (Wide) Sony Pictures $73,701,902  
Notre Musique (Limited) WellSpring $139,922  
Nouvelle-France (Limited) Christal Films $921,364  
Paper Clips (Limited) Slowhand Cinema $1,121,744  
The Work and the Glory (Limited) Excel Entertainment $3,347,647  
 
November 26 The Chorus (Limited) Miramax $3,629,758  
Easy (Limited) Magic Lamp $21,589  
A Fond Kiss (Limited) Castle Hill Productions $28,292  
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (Limited) Magnolia Pictures $101,439  
Hulchul (Limited) $108,952  
Purple Butterfly (Limited) Palm Pictures $16,051  
Straight-Jacket (Limited) Regent Releasing $45,463  
A Very Long Engagement (Limited) Warner Bros. $6,167,817  
Viva Laldjerie (Limited) Film Movement    
December, 2004
December 2 Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag (IMAX)    
 
December 3 Closer (Limited) Sony Pictures $33,987,757  
Conspiracy of Silence (Limited) Watch Releasing $2,598  
After Midnight (Limited) Avatar $50,469  
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (Limited) ThinkFilm    
House of Flying Daggers (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $11,050,094  
I Am David (Limited) Lionsgate $284,002  
Jesus, You Know (Limited) Leisure Time Features $604  
A Tale of Two Sisters (Limited) Tartan Films $72,062  
This Girl's Life (Limited) Miracle Mile Films    
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (Limited) Cinema Libre $27,301  
 
December 8 Blade: Trinity (Wide) New Line $52,397,389  
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (Limited) ThinkFilm $3,430,117  
 
December 10 The Green Butchers (Wide) Newmarket Films $2,483  
Ocean's Twelve (Wide) Warner Bros. $125,531,634  
Bandido (Limited) IFG $4,064  
Dolls (Limited) Palm Pictures $4,067  
Fabled (Limited) Indican Pictures $31,425  
Freeze Frame (Limited) First Look    
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Limited) Walt Disney $24,006,726  
Shwaas (Limited) Kathi Arts $1,042  
A Talking Picture (Limited) Kino International $20,237  
 
December 15 Million Dollar Baby (Limited) Warner Bros. $100,492,203  
 
December 17 Flight of the Phoenix (Wide) 20th Century Fox $21,009,180  
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Wide) Paramount Pictures $118,627,117  
Spanglish (Wide) Sony Pictures $42,044,321  
Closer (Expands Wide) Sony Pictures $33,987,757  
The Aviator (Limited) Miramax $102,608,827  
Beyond the Sea (Limited) Lionsgate $6,144,806  
Imaginary Heroes (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $228,524  
The Sea Inside (Limited) Fine Line $2,086,345  
Open My Heart (Limited) Strand Releasing $3,771  
Swades (Limited) UTV Communications $1,223,240  
 
December 22 Meet the Fockers (Wide) Universal $279,167,575  
The Phantom of the Opera (Wide) Warner Bros. $51,225,796  
Hotel Rwanda (Limited) MGM $23,519,128  
 
December 24 In the Realms of the Unreal (Limited) WellSpring $413,708  
The Woodsman (Limited) Newmarket Films $1,566,812  
 
December 25 Darkness (Wide) Miramax/Dimension $22,163,442  
Fat Albert (Wide) 20th Century Fox $48,114,556  
The Aviator (Expands Wide) Miramax $102,608,827  
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Expands Wide) Walt Disney $24,006,726  
 
December 29 The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Limited) ThinkFilm $708,776  
In Good Company (Limited) Universal $45,489,752  
A Love Song for Bobby Long (Limited) Lionsgate $159,171  
The Merchant of Venice (Limited) Sony Pictures Classics $3,765,585  
 
December 31 Sky Blue (Limited) Maxmedia/Endgame $73,653