Weekend Domestic Chart for December 31, 2004
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weekends In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Meet the Fockers | Universal | $41,741,785 | -9% | 3,524 | +6 | $11,845 | $162,461,370 | 2 |
| 2 | (2) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Paramount Pi… | $14,587,219 | +16% | 3,623 | n/c | $4,026 | $94,616,745 | 3 |
| 3 | (4) | The Aviator | Miramax | $11,364,664 | +32% | 1,796 | n/c | $6,328 | $31,541,390 | 3 |
| 4 | (3) | Fat Albert | 20th Century… | $10,176,065 | +2% | 2,744 | +70 | $3,708 | $33,325,622 | 2 |
| 5 | (5) | Ocean's Twelve | Warner Bros. | $9,433,199 | +12% | 3,290 | n/c | $2,867 | $107,006,344 | 4 |
| 6 | (11) | National Treasure | Walt Disney | $6,768,112 | +71% | 2,282 | +81 | $2,966 | $154,522,305 | 7 |
| 7 | (8) | Spanglish | Sony Pictures | $6,183,965 | +33% | 2,489 | +48 | $2,485 | $31,001,588 | 3 |
| 8 | (6) | The Polar Express | Warner Bros. | $5,609,096 | -14% | 2,513 | -355 | $2,232 | $155,113,919 | 8 |
| 9 | (10) | The Phantom of the Opera | Warner Bros. | $4,762,233 | +19% | 622 | n/c | $7,656 | $16,178,431 | 2 |
| 10 | (7) | Darkness | Miramax/Dime… | $4,615,762 | -25% | 1,718 | +18 | $2,687 | $16,626,820 | 2 |
| 11 | (9) | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Walt Disney | $4,424,122 | -3% | 1,105 | n/c | $4,004 | $14,794,828 | 4 |
| 12 | (15) | The Incredibles | Walt Disney | $4,160,395 | +72% | 1,715 | -17 | $2,426 | $251,657,004 | 9 |
| 13 | (13) | Flight of the Phoenix | 20th Century… | $3,050,635 | +14% | 2,373 | -231 | $1,286 | $16,720,242 | 3 |
| 14 | (12) | Blade: Trinity | New Line | $3,000,202 | +2% | 2,207 | -111 | $1,359 | $48,079,939 | 4 |
| 15 | (17) | Finding Neverland | Miramax | $2,590,313 | +90% | 1,054 | +121 | $2,458 | $24,676,372 | 8 |
| 16 | (16) | Closer | Sony Pictures | $2,231,133 | +32% | 1,094 | +25 | $2,039 | $27,460,754 | 5 |
| 17 | (18) | Sideways | Fox Searchlight | $2,150,398 | +84% | 370 | +11 | $5,812 | $22,404,206 | 11 |
| 18 | (14) | Christmas with the Kranks | Sony Pictures | $1,637,528 | -37% | 1,825 | -310 | $897 | $73,077,009 | 6 |
| 19 | (39) | Beyond the Sea | Lionsgate | $1,340,773 | +3,552% | 383 | +377 | $3,501 | $1,917,756 | 3 |
| 20 | (19) | SpongeBob SquarePants | Paramount Pi… | $1,246,327 | +74% | 1,068 | -248 | $1,167 | $81,900,075 | 7 |
| 21 | (20) | House of Flying Daggers | Sony Picture… | $741,890 | +12% | 161 | -4 | $4,608 | $4,157,199 | 5 |
| 22 | (21) | A Very Long Engagement | Warner Bros. | $692,062 | +53% | 167 | n/c | $4,144 | $2,653,129 | 6 |
| 23 | (22) | Kinsey | Fox Searchlight | $531,360 | +60% | 228 | -6 | $2,331 | $6,734,321 | 8 |
| 24 | (24) | Ray | Universal | $449,330 | +78% | 343 | +69 | $1,310 | $71,611,065 | 10 |
| 25 | (-) | Shark Tale | Dreamworks SKG | $341,261 | 407 | $838 | $160,762,022 | 14 | ||
| 26 | (25) | Bad Education | Sony Picture… | $282,562 | +16% | 47 | -3 | $6,012 | $1,759,188 | 7 |
| 27 | (26) | Million Dollar Baby | Warner Bros. | $271,472 | +43% | 9 | n/c | $30,164 | $1,044,149 | 3 |
| 28 | (27) | The Motorcycle Diaries | Focus Features | $189,754 | +49% | 93 | +1 | $2,040 | $15,724,900 | 15 |
| 29 | (29) | Shall We Dance? | Miramax | $179,234 | +90% | 306 | -35 | $586 | $57,149,868 | 12 |
| 30 | (30) | Ladder 49 | Walt Disney | $165,335 | +79% | 255 | n/c | $648 | $73,870,841 | 14 |
| 31 | N | In Good Company | Universal | $151,750 | 3 | $50,583 | $225,031 | 1 | ||
| 32 | (28) | Hotel Rwanda | MGM | $142,378 | +42% | 7 | n/c | $20,340 | $426,803 | 2 |
| 33 | (23) | Swades | UTV Communic… | $132,726 | -49% | 60 | -10 | $2,212 | $1,060,549 | 3 |
| 34 | (31) | Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason | Universal | $131,755 | +96% | 216 | +28 | $610 | $39,877,945 | 8 |
| 35 | (32) | The Woodsman | Newmarket Films | $83,077 | +54% | 13 | +7 | $6,391 | $197,623 | 2 |
| 36 | (40) | The Work and the Glory | Excel Entert… | $80,904 | +147% | 19 | +2 | $4,258 | $1,160,047 | 6 |
| 37 | N | The Merchant of Venice | Sony Picture… | $69,868 | 4 | $17,467 | $103,260 | 1 | ||
| 38 | (34) | What the #$'! Do We Know | Captured Light | $68,416 | +51% | 54 | n/c | $1,267 | $10,091,903 | 48 |
| 39 | (33) | Space Station | IMAX Films | $63,908 | +34% | 9 | -1 | $7,101 | $55,772,078 | 142 |
| 40 | (42) | After the Sunset | New Line | $63,049 | +129% | 146 | -12 | $432 | $28,113,925 | 8 |
| 41 | (38) | Taxi | 20th Century… | $62,725 | +69% | 77 | -22 | $815 | $36,362,287 | 13 |
| 42 | (36) | Napoleon Dynamite | Fox Searchlight | $47,898 | +16% | 114 | -27 | $420 | $44,411,050 | 30 |
| 43 | (35) | Being Julia | Sony Pictures | $47,841 | +14% | 43 | -14 | $1,113 | $3,555,620 | 12 |
| 44 | (37) | Alexander | Warner Bros. | $47,387 | +15% | 232 | n/c | $204 | $34,000,304 | 6 |
| 45 | N | The Assassination of Richard Nixon | ThinkFilm | $37,547 | 5 | $7,509 | $55,255 | 1 | ||
| 46 | (-) | Haunted Castle | nWave Pictures | $32,500 | 5 | $6,500 | $10,147,355 | 201 | ||
| 47 | (57) | NASCAR: The IMAX Experience | Warner Bros. | $29,147 | +293% | 18 | n/c | $1,619 | $19,558,397 | 43 |
| 48 | (52) | Without a Paddle | Paramount Pi… | $28,883 | +97% | 25 | -17 | $1,155 | $58,107,982 | 20 |
| 49 | N | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Lionsgate | $28,243 | 8 | $3,530 | $41,771 | 1 | ||
| 50 | (43) | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | Giant Screen… | $27,005 | +9% | 8 | n/c | $3,376 | $8,909,046 | 116 |
| 51 | (47) | I Heart Huckabees | Fox Searchlight | $26,129 | +44% | 43 | -1 | $608 | $12,596,975 | 14 |
| 52 | (50) | Santa vs. The Snowman | IMAX Films | $23,209 | +48% | 13 | -2 | $1,785 | $5,651,964 | 113 |
| 53 | (49) | Vera Drake | Fine Line | $22,226 | +31% | 19 | -10 | $1,170 | $2,122,643 | 13 |
| 54 | (46) | The Sea Inside | Fine Line | $18,784 | -5% | 5 | -1 | $3,757 | $142,474 | 3 |
| 55 | (44) | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | Giant Screen… | $18,458 | -13% | 5 | n/c | $3,692 | $7,760,025 | 117 |
| 56 | (51) | In the Realms of the Unreal | WellSpring | $17,167 | +11% | 3 | n/c | $5,722 | $70,465 | 2 |
| 57 | (54) | Team America: World Police | Paramount Pi… | $15,278 | +38% | 41 | +7 | $373 | $32,749,828 | 12 |
| 58 | (48) | Veer-Zaara | Yash Raj Films | $14,246 | -17% | 10 | -2 | $1,425 | $2,874,425 | 8 |
| 59 | (55) | The Machinist | Paramount Va… | $13,557 | +49% | 26 | n/c | $521 | $1,004,511 | 11 |
| 60 | (56) | Garden State | Fox Searchlight | $10,717 | +28% | 24 | -4 | $447 | $26,754,251 | 23 |
| 61 | (53) | Callas Forever | Regent Relea… | $10,228 | -29% | 6 | -5 | $1,705 | $330,760 | 9 |
| 62 | (64) | Tarnation | WellSpring | $7,388 | +126% | 7 | -1 | $1,055 | $478,112 | 13 |
| 63 | (70) | Bear Cub | TLA Releasing | $7,259 | +206% | 4 | +1 | $1,815 | $66,096 | 9 |
| 64 | (82) | Notre Musique | WellSpring | $7,240 | +933% | 3 | +2 | $2,413 | $70,282 | 6 |
| 65 | (69) | Postmen in the Mountains | Shadow | $7,225 | +197% | 3 | +1 | $2,408 | $117,656 | 53 |
| 66 | (72) | Young Black Stallion | Walt Disney | $6,762 | +197% | 4 | n/c | $1,691 | $6,614,417 | 54 |
| 67 | (60) | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | ThinkFilm | $6,300 | +46% | 1 | n/c | $6,300 | $55,045 | 4 |
| 68 | (75) | Ghosts of the Abyss | Walt Disney | $6,103 | +222% | 4 | -2 | $1,526 | $16,606,161 | 91 |
| 69 | (59) | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | Mela Films | $6,081 | +31% | 3 | n/c | $2,027 | $69,084 | 11 |
| 70 | (65) | Alfie | Paramount Pi… | $5,322 | +69% | 20 | -12 | $266 | $13,386,312 | 9 |
| 71 | (67) | Lightning in a Bottle | Sony Picture… | $4,920 | +76% | 6 | +2 | $820 | $136,367 | 11 |
| 72 | (58) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | IMAX Films | $4,765 | -29% | 1 | -1 | $4,765 | $48,015,450 | 324 |
| 73 | (-) | Alien Adventure | nWave Pictures | $4,500 | 2 | $2,250 | $4,703,416 | 247 | ||
| 74 | (-) | Moolaadé | New Yorker | $4,123 | 2 | $2,062 | $109,790 | 12 | ||
| 75 | (-) | Galapagos | IMAX Films | $3,146 | 1 | $3,146 | $13,103,212 | 271 | ||
| 76 | N | Sky Blue | Maxmedia/End… | $3,022 | 1 | $3,022 | $3,022 | 1 | ||
| 77 | (62) | Rosenstrasse | IDP Distribu… | $2,951 | -25% | 4 | n/c | $738 | $727,467 | 20 |
| 78 | (-) | A Tale of Two Sisters | Tartan Films | $2,525 | 2 | $1,263 | $35,710 | 5 | ||
| 79 | (66) | Grande Seduction, La | Odeon Films | $2,473 | -18% | 3 | -3 | $824 | $9,815,328 | 78 |
| 80 | (61) | Therese | Luke Films | $2,144 | -46% | 7 | -23 | $306 | $1,775,292 | 14 |
| 81 | (-) | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst | Magnolia Pic… | $2,096 | 2 | $1,048 | $72,933 | 6 | ||
| 82 | (76) | Apollo 13 | Universal | $1,668 | +22% | 1 | n/c | $1,668 | $173,764,249 | 497 |
| 83 | (74) | Red Lights | WellSpring | $1,500 | -21% | 2 | -4 | $750 | $634,064 | 20 |
| 84 | (68) | Almost Peaceful | Empire Pictures | $1,055 | -61% | 1 | -1 | $1,055 | $89,931 | 20 |
| 85 | (77) | Saints and Soldiers | Excel Entert… | $955 | +19% | 2 | -2 | $478 | $1,141,221 | 22 |
| 86 | (-) | Encounter in the Third Dimension | nWave Pictures | $875 | 1 | $875 | $7,033,175 | 306 | ||
| 87 | (-) | Untold Scandal | Kino Interna… | $594 | 2 | $297 | $44,599 | 12 | ||
| 88 | (84) | Fear and Trembling | Cinema Guild | $551 | +4% | 1 | n/c | $551 | $23,965 | 7 |
| 89 | (87) | Zelary | Sony Picture… | $524 | +54% | 1 | n/c | $524 | $329,723 | 16 |
| 90 | (-) | Petite Lili, La | First Run Fe… | $492 | 1 | $492 | $21,983 | 8 | ||
| 91 | (-) | Days of Being Wild | Kino Interna… | $420 | 1 | $420 | $71,044 | 7 | ||
| 92 | (79) | Birth | New Line | $413 | -47% | 5 | -5 | $83 | $4,763,525 | 10 |
| 93 | (-) | A Talking Picture | Kino Interna… | $387 | 1 | $387 | $10,645 | 4 | ||
| 94 | (-) | Enduring Love | Paramount Va… | $276 | 1 | $276 | $349,117 | 10 | ||
| 95 | (-) | Deserted Station | First Run Fe… | $118 | 1 | $118 | $11,837 | 30 | ||
| 96 | (91) | Head in the Clouds | Sony Pictures | $72 | -41% | 1 | -1 | $72 | $398,179 | 16 |
| 96 | $146,591,437 |