Summer 2004

Title Opening Closing Gross Theaters 1st Wk % Per Thtr Distributor
Total Opening Opening Widest
(May 7 - Aug 31)
1 Shrek 2 05-19-04 08-26-04 436,721,703 108,037,878 4163 4223 24.74 103,415 DreamWorks
2 Spider-Man 2 06-30-04 11-18-04 373,377,893 88,156,227 4152 4166 23.61 89,625 Sony
3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 06-04-04 11-04-04 249,358,727 93,687,367 3855 3855 37.57 64,684 Warner Bros.
4 Day After Tomorrow, The 05-28-04 11-04-04 * 186,739,919 85,807,341 3425 3444 45.95 54,222 Fox
5 Bourne Supremacy, The 07-23-04 12-02-04 176,049,130 52,521,865 3165 3304 29.83 53,284 Universal
6 I, Robot 07-16-04 12-30-04 144,795,350 52,179,887 3420 3494 36.04 41,441 Fox
7 Troy 05-14-04 08-19-04 133,228,348 46,865,412 3411 3411 35.18 39,058 Warner Bros.
8 Van Helsing 05-07-04 08-05-04 120,025,245 51,748,040 3575 3580 43.11 33,527 Universal
9 Fahrenheit 9/11 06-23-04 10-28-04 119,200,329 23,920,637 868 2011 20.07 59,274 Lions Gate
10 Dodgeball 06-18-04 11-04-04 114,324,072 30,070,196 2694 3020 26.30 37,856 Fox
11 Village, The 07-30-04 12-02-04 114,195,633 50,746,142 3730 3733 44.44 30,591 Buena Vista
12 Collateral 08-06-04 10-14-04 100,003,492 24,701,458 3188 3205 24.70 31,202 DreamWorks
13 Princess Diaries 2 08-11-04 12-23-04 95,149,435 22,956,453 3472 3490 24.13 27,263 Buena Vista
14 Anchorman 07-09-04 08-26-04 84,136,909 28,416,365 3091 3104 33.77 27,106 DreamWorks
15 Notebook, The 06-25-04 11-25-04 81,001,787 13,464,745 2303 2323 16.62 34,869 New Line
16 Alien vs. Predator 08-13-04 12-02-04 80,281,096 38,291,056 3395 3401 47.70 23,605 Fox
17 Terminal, The 06-18-04 08-26-04 77,032,279 19,053,199 2811 2914 24.73 26,435 DreamWorks
18 Garfield: The Movie 06-11-04 11-04-04 75,367,693 21,727,611 3094 3150 28.83 23,926 Fox
19 White Chicks 06-23-04 08-19-04 69,148,997 19,676,748 2726 2800 28.46 24,696 Sony
20 Manchurian Candidate, The 07-30-04 11-18-04 65,948,711 20,018,620 2867 2867 30.35 23,003 Paramount
21 Stepford Wives, The 06-11-04 09-16-04 59,475,623 21,406,781 3057 3057 35.99 19,456 Paramount
22 Without A Paddle 08-20-04 01-13-05 58,156,435 13,528,946 2730 2756 23.26 21,102 Paramount
23 Chronicles of Riddick, The 06-11-04 08-19-04 57,637,485 24,289,165 2757 2757 42.14 20,906 Universal
24 Hero 08-27-04 11-25-04 53,583,486 18,004,319 2031 2175 33.60 24,636 Miramax
25 King Arthur 07-07-04 10-14-04 51,877,963 15,193,907 3086 3086 29.29 16,811 Buena Vista
26 Cinderella Story, A 07-16-04 10-21-04 51,431,160 13,623,350 2625 2625 26.49 19,593 Warner Bros.
27 Napoleon Dynamite 06-11-04 02-10-05 44,540,956 513,387 6 1027 1.15 43,370 Fox Searchlight
28 Exorcist: The Beginning 08-20-04 11-11-04 41,814,863 18,054,001 2803 2813 43.18 14,865 Warner Bros.
29 Catwoman 07-23-04 10-21-04 40,198,710 16,728,411 3117 3117 41.61 12,897 Warner Bros.
30 Raising Helen 05-28-04 09-09-04 * 37,486,138 14,239,252 2717 2721 37.99 13,777 Buena Vista