This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2004.[1]
| Date | Film | Gross (USD) | Openings in the top ten | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother Bear | $2,234,015 | Cheaper by the Dozen (#3), Timeline (#6) | |
| 2 | $1,417,897 | In the Cut (#6) | ||
| 3 | The Last Samurai | $2,941,964 | Uptown Girls (#6) | |
| 4 | $2,075,335 | The Rundown (#2), Lost in Translation (#9) | ||
| 5 | The Haunted Mansion | $3,141,930 | Something's Gotta Give (#3), Paycheck (#4) | |
| 6 | $1,647,350 | (#2) | ||
| 7 | $1,450,688 | House of the Dead (#6) | ||
| 8 | Gothika | $1,256,764 | Cold Mountain (#3), Good Boy! (#6), School of Rock (#7) | |
| 9 | $1,244,546 | Big Fish (#8) | ||
| 10 | Along Came Polly | $1,228,812 | Sexo con Amor (#7) | |
| 11 | Scary Movie 3 | $2,264,480 | Monster (#4), The Last Temptation of Christ (#7) | |
| 12 | The Passion of the Christ | $7,877,513 | Cold Creek Manor (#6) | |
| 13 | $4,557,112 | |||
| 14 | $3,870,404 | Dawn of the Dead (#4) | ||
| 15 | $2,281,970 | |||
| 16 | 50 First Dates | $1,003,294 | Starsky & Hutch (#3), Taking Lives (#4), The Girl Next Door (#6), Twisted (#8) | |
| 17 | Secret Window | $968,923 | ||
| 18 | $1,909,420 | Hidalgo (#2), El Cid: La leyenda (#10) | ||
| 19 | Van Helsing | $3,123,133 | ||
| 20 | Troy | $5,620,021 | The Human Stain (#5) | |
| 21 | $4,077,039 | (#3), The Prince and Me (#4) | ||
| 22 | The Day After Tomorrow | $7,956,951 | Décalage Horaire (#9), Girl with a Pearl Earring (#10) | |
| 23 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | $7,391,093 | The Ladykillers (#4) | |
| 24 | $3,785,069 | The Punisher (#3), 7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos (#5) | ||
| 25 | Shrek 2 | $10,882,587 | ||
| 26 | $6,880,100 | Mean Girls (#4), Godsend (#5) | ||
| 27 | Spider-Man 2 | $10,430,232 | ||
| 28 | $5,309,547 | The Stepford Wives (#3), The Butterfly Effect (#4), Raising Helen (#5), House of 1000 Corpses (#10) | ||
| 29 | $3,874,504 | Matando Cabos (#3), The Chronicles of Riddick (#5), My Boss's Daughter (#9) | ||
| 30 | Home on the Range | $2,104,241 | Hellboy (#4), New York Minute (#6), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#10) | |
| 31 | I, Robot | $3,193,515 | Around the World in 80 Days (#7) | |
| 32 | A Day Without a Mexican | $2,676,484 | King Arthur (#2), 13 Going on 30 (#6), Thunderbirds (#8), The Whole Ten Yards (#9) | |
| 33 | Catwoman | $1,579,914 | Man on Fire (#4) | |
| 34 | Collateral | $1,783,629 | (#6) | |
| 35 | $1,716,689 | (#5), Darkness (#7), The Notebook (#10) | ||
| 36 | The Bourne Supremacy | $1,386,529 | ||
| 37 | Alien vs. Predator | $2,122,889 | Fahrenheit 9/11 (#2) | |
| 38 | The Village | $3,147,273 | A Cinderella Story (#2), La Mala Educación (#4) | |
| 39 | $1,874,330 | The Terminal (#3), Padre Nuestro (#9) | ||
| 40 | $1,099,644 | White Chicks (#2), The Manchurian Candidate (#5), Conejo en la luna (#8) | ||
| 41 | Shark Tale | $3,497,886 | The Motorcycle Diaries (#2) | |
| 42 | $2,336,888 | Open Water (#4) | ||
| 43 | The Forgotten | $1,617,961 | Desnudos (#9) | |
| 44 | $1,849,136 | The Clearing (#8), Wimbledon (#10) | ||
| 45 | $892,473 | Alfie (#4), Wicker Park (#10) | ||
| 46 | Shall We Dance? | $840,516 | Surviving Christmas (#3), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (#6) | |
| 47 | $952,270 | Cellular (#3), Criminal (#7), Out of Time (#9) | ||
| 48 | The Polar Express | $1,866,695 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (#4), Santos Peregrinos (#5), Hero (#7) | |
| 49 | Alexander | $2,094,715 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (#3), Ladder 49 (#4) | |
| 50 | $1,304,306 | Christmas with the Kranks (#4), Cero Y Van Cuatro (#5), (#8) | ||
| 51 | The Incredibles | $6,060,797 | ||
| 52 | $4,408,539 | Suspect Zero (#10) |
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross (USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shrek 2 | $27,636,511 | ||
| 2. | Spider-Man 2 | $20,582,311 | ||
| 3. | The Day After Tomorrow | $19,014,036 | ||
| 4. | The Passion of the Christ | 20th Century Fox | $18,880,455 | |
| 5. | The Incredibles | $16,019,958 | ||
| 6. | Troy | $15,024,128 | ||
| 7. | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Warner Bros. | $14,635,326 | |
| 8. | Shark Tale | Universal | $9,340,045 | |
| 9. | Warner Bros. | $9,149,902 | ||
| 10. | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros. | $8,772,452 |