Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 2004
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | $79,277 | ||
| 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 | $34,516,558 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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, re-release) | 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 | $439,820,881 |
| 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. | $251,405,744 |
| 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. | $251,405,744 | |
| 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 | $81,582,653 |
| 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 | $375,828,527 |
| 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) | 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 | $1,334,074 | |
| 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 | $14,558,590 | |
| 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 12 | Cutting Edge: The Magic Of Movie Editing (Festival Screening) | ||
| 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. | $198,889,696 |
| Overnight (Limited) | ThinkFilm | ||
| November 12 | After the Sunset (Wide) | New Line | $28,328,132 |
| Bright Future (Wide) | Palm Pictures | $5,166 | |
| 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. | $51,363,743 | |
| 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 |