Fall 2004

Title Opening Closing Gross Theaters 1st Wk % Per Thtr Distributor
Total Opening Opening Widest
(Sep 1 - Nov 4)
1 Shark Tale 10-01-04 01-06-05 160,762,022 47,604,606 4016 4070 29.61 39,499 DreamWorks
2 Grudge, The 10-22-04 12-23-04 110,175,871 39,128,715 3245 3348 35.51 32,908 Sony
3 Ray 10-29-04 03-17-05 75,305,995 20,039,730 2006 2474 26.61 30,439 Universal
4 Ladder 49 10-01-04 03-01-05 74,541,707 22,088,204 3260 3261 29.63 22,859 Buena Vista
5 Sideways 10-22-04 05-19-05 71,502,303 1,414,773 4 1786 1.98 40,035 Fox Searchlight
6 Forgotten, The 09-24-04 11-25-04 66,641,205 21,022,111 3104 3144 31.55 21,196 Sony
7 Friday Night Lights 10-08-04 12-30-04 61,188,085 20,269,025 2667 3004 33.13 20,369 Universal
8 Shall We Dance? 10-15-04 02-24-05 57,887,882 11,783,467 1772 2542 20.36 22,773 Miramax
9 Saw 10-29-04 12-30-04 55,153,403 18,276,468 2315 2467 33.14 22,356 Lions Gate
10 Resident Evil: Apocalypse 09-10-04 11-04-04 50,740,078 23,036,273 3284 3284 45.40 15,451 Sony
11 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 09-17-04 12-23-04 37,760,080 15,580,278 3170 3170 41.26 11,912 Paramount
12 Taxi 10-06-04 02-24-05 36,609,966 12,029,832 3001 3001 32.86 12,199 Fox
13 Team America: World Police 10-15-04 01-13-05 32,774,834 12,120,358 2539 2620 36.98 12,509 Paramount
14 Cellular 09-10-04 12-16-04 32,003,620 10,100,571 2749 2749 31.56 11,642 New Line
15 Mr. 3000 09-17-04 12-23-04 21,800,302 8,679,028 2736 2736 39.81 7,968 Buena Vista
16 Wimbledon 09-17-04 10-28-04 16,831,505 7,118,985 2034 2039 42.30 8,255 Universal
17 Motorcycles Diaries, The 09-24-04 02-17-05 16,756,372 1,510,020 3 268 9.01 62,524 Focus
18 Vanity Fair 09-01-04 11-11-04 * 16,123,851 6,268,925 1051 1054 38.88 15,298 Focus
19 Paparazzi 09-03-04 11-18-04 * 15,712,072 7,855,111 2115 2153 49.99 7,298 Fox
20 Shaun of the Dead 09-24-04 12-02-04 13,464,388 3,330,781 607 675 24.74 19,947 Focus