Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Dec 26, 2004–Jan 1, 2005
All 100 films
$356,699,059#1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | $90,559,979 | 3,703 | $262,230,583 |
| 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Fox | $56,135,964 | 3,307 | $63,975,558 |
| 3 | Cold Mountain | Mira. | $27,651,961 | 2,163 | $32,157,475 |
| 4 | Something's Gotta Give | Sony | $27,420,609 | 2,709 | $69,506,553 |
| 5 | Paycheck | Par. | $23,654,241 | 2,762 | $28,807,139 |
| 6 | Peter Pan | Uni. | $21,872,360 | 2,813 | $25,360,480 |
| 7 | Mona Lisa Smile | SonR | $21,831,141 | 2,677 | $41,705,972 |
| 8 | The Last Samurai | WB | $16,646,461 | 2,557 | $82,643,618 |
| 9 | Elf | NL | $7,791,413 | 2,015 | $168,534,077 |
| 10 | Bad Santa | Dim. | $7,550,664 | 1,710 | $53,971,859 |
| 11 | Stuck on You | Fox | $7,133,508 | 2,400 | $27,918,986 |
| 12 | The Haunted Mansion | BV | $6,040,389 | 1,622 | $67,916,500 |
| 13 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | WB | $4,778,780 | 1,133 | $18,256,851 |
| 14 | Big Fish | Sony | $4,458,319 | 125 | $5,909,758 |
| 15 | House of Sand and Fog | DW | $3,504,271 | 438 | $3,595,370 |
| 16 | The Cat in the Hat | Uni. | $2,643,770 | 1,299 | $98,395,200 |
| 17 | Honey | Uni. | $2,522,995 | 760 | $27,744,345 |
| 18 | 21 Grams | Focus | $2,383,355 | 291 | $5,931,294 |
| 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Fox | $2,360,887 | 701 | $81,888,264 |
| 20 | Calendar Girls | BV | $2,163,606 | 745 | $2,516,112 |
| 21 | In America | FoxS | $2,154,256 | 327 | $4,076,446 |
| 22 | Love Actually | Uni. | $1,640,285 | 408 | $56,697,160 |
| 23 | The Young Black Stallion (IMAX) | BV | $1,522,192 | 51 | $1,594,595 |
| 24 | Brother Bear | BV | $1,165,918 | 564 | $82,768,239 |
| 25 | Gothika | WB | $1,000,522 | 406 | $57,848,673 |
| 26 | Lost in Translation | Focus | $800,873 | 117 | $31,086,702 |
| 27 | Mystic River | WB | $670,275 | 201 | $53,890,707 |
| 28 | The Cooler | Lions | $609,704 | 77 | $1,496,222 |
| 29 | School of Rock | Par. | $527,911 | 279 | $79,967,424 |
| 30 | Santa Vs. the Snowman - Season 2 (IMAX) | Imax | $515,059 | 45 | $2,830,880 |
100 films charted.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.