Volume V No. 2

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Top 2004 Releases
(as of 1/9/05; domestic grosses in millions)
Bold type indicates films currently in release.
1.
Shrek 2 (DW)
$436.4
2.
Spider-Man 2 (Sony)
373.3
3.
The Passion of the Christ (Newmarket)
370.2
4.
The Incredibles (BV)
254.7
5.
Harry Potter/Prisoner of Azkaban (WB)
249.3
6.
Meet the Fockers (Uni)
204.2
7.
The Day After Tomorrow (Fox)
186.7
8.
The Bourne Supremacy (Uni)
176.0
9.
Shark Tale (DW)
160.7
10.
National Treasure (BV)
160.5
11.
The Polar Express (WB)
158.6
12.
I, Robot (Fox)
144.7
13.
Troy (WB)
133.2
14.
50 First Dates (Sony)
120.7
15.
Van Helsing (Uni)
120.0
16.
Fahrenheit 9/11 (LG)
119.0
17.
Ocean's Twelve (WB)
115.3
18.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Fox)
114.3
19.
The Village (BV)
114.1
20.
The Grudge (Sony)
110.1
21.
Lemony Snicket's/Unfortunate ... (Par)
105.5
22.
Collateral (DW)
100.0
23.
The Princess Diaries 2 (BV)
95.1
24.
Starsky & Hutch (WB)
88.2
25.
Along Came Polly (Uni)
87.8
26.
Mean Girls (Par)
86.0
27.
Anchorman (DW)
84.1
27.
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (WB)
84.1
29.
SpongeBob SquarePants (Par)
83.1
30.
The Notebook (NL)
81.0
31.
Alien vs. Predator (Fox)
80.2
32.
Man on Fire (Fox)
77.9
33.
The Terminal (DW)
77.0
34.
Garfield (Fox)
75.3
35.
Ladder 49 (BV)
74.1
36.
Christmas With the Kranks (Sony)
73.7
37.
Ray (Uni)
72.1
38.
White Chicks (Sony)
69.1
39.
Hidalgo (BV)
67.2
40.
The Forgotten (Sony)
66.6
41.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Mir)
66.2
42.
The Manchurian Candidate (Par)
65.9
43.
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (MGM)
64.9
44.
Miracle (BV)
64.3
45.
Friday Night Lights (Uni)
61.1
46.
The Stepford Wives (Par)
59.4
47.
Hellboy (Sony)
59.0
48.
Dawn of the Dead (Uni)
58.8
49.
Without a Paddle (Par)
58.1
50.
The Butterfly Effect (NL)
57.7
51.
The Chronicles of Riddick (Uni)
57.6
52.
Shall We Dance? (Mir)
57.3
53.
Saw (LG)
55.1
54.
13 Going on 30 (Sony)
55.0
55.
Hero (Mir)
53.5
56.
King Arthur (BV)
51.8
57.
A Cinderella Story (WB)
51.4
58.
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Sony)
50.7
59.
Blade: Trinity (NL)
50.6
60.
Home on the Range (BV)
50.0
61.
Secret Window (Sony)
47.7
62.
Walking Tall (MGM)
45.8
63.
Napoleon Dynamite (FS)
44.4
64.
The Aviator (Mir)
42.7
65.
Exorcist: The Beginning (WB)
41.8
66.
Fat Albert (Fox)
41.0
67.
Catwoman (WB)
40.1
68.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Uni)
40.0
69.
You Got Served (Sony)
40.0
70.
The Ladykillers (BV)
39.6
71.
Sky Captain and the World of . (Par)
37.7
72.
Spanglish (Sony)
37.5
73.
Raising Helen (BV)
37.4
74.
Taxi (Fox)
36.4
75.
Eternal Sunshine/Spotless Mind (Focus)
34.1
76.
Alexander (WB)
34.0
77.
The Punisher (LG)
33.6
78.
Team America: World Police (Par)
32.7
79.
Taking Lives (WB)
32.6
80.
Cellular (NL)
32.0
81.
Anacondas: The Hunt For the . (Sony)
31.5
82.
Johnson Family Vacation (Fox/FS)
31.2
83.
Open Water (LG)
30.5
84.
Closer (Sony)
30.3
85.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama . (BV)
29.3
86.
After the Sunset (NL)
28.2
87.
The Prince & Me (Par)
28.1
88.
Finding Neverland (Mir)
27.8
89.
Garden State (FS)
26.7
90.
Jersey Girl (Mir)
25.2
91.
Sideways (Fox)
25.1
92.
Twisted (Par)
25.1
93.
Around the World in 80 Days (BV)
24.0
94.
Agent Cody Banks 2 (MGM)
23.2
95.
Ella Enchanted (Mir)
22.9
96.
The Alamo (BV)
22.4
97.
Mr. 3000 (BV)
21.8
98.
The Phantom of the Opera (WB)
21.5
99.
Torque (WB)
21.1
100.
Little Black Book (Sony)
20.4
101.
Darkness (Mir)
20.2
102.
Yu-Gi-Oh! (WB)
19.7
103.
Nascar: The Imax Experience (WB)
19.5
104.
The Life Aquatic with Steve . (BV)
19.4
105.
Flight of the Phoenix (Fox)
19.3
106.
Two Brothers (Uni)
18.9
107.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (NL)
18.2
108.
Laws of Attraction (NL)
17.8
109.
Eurotrip (DW)
17.7
110.
My Baby's Daddy (Mir)
17.3
111.
Seed of Chucky (Focus)
17.0
112.
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (DW)
16.9
113.
Wimbledon (Uni)
16.8
114.
Catch That Kid (Fox)
16.7
115.
The Whole Ten Yards (WB)
16.3
116.
Vanity Fair (Focus)
16.1
117.
The Motorcycle Diaries (Focus)
16.0
118.
Paparazzi (Fox)
15.7
119.
The Girl Next Door (Fox)
14.5
120.
Welcome to Mooseport (Fox)
14.4
121.
Godsend (LG)
14.3
122.
Dirty Dancing Havana Nights (LG)
14.1
123.
New York Minute (WB)
14.0
124.
Soul Plane (MGM)
13.9
125.
Shaun of the Dead (Focus)
13.4
126.
Alfie (Par)
13.3
127.
De-Lovely (MGM)
13.3
128.
Wicker Park (MGM)
12.8
129.
Envy (DW)
12.7
130.
I Heart Huckabees (Fox)
12.6
131.
Chasing Liberty (WB)
12.1
132.
Breakin' All the Rules (Sony)
11.8
133.
Super Size Me (IDP)
11.5
133.
The Cookout (LG)
11.5
135.
Surviving Christmas (DW)
11.1
136.
Raise Your Voice (NL)
10.4
137.
The Perfect Score (Par)
10.3
138.
What the #$*! Do We Know? (IDP)
10.2
139.
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (Sony)
9.1
140.
First Daughter (Fox)
9.0
141.
Saved! (MGM)
8.7
141.
Suspect Zero (Par)
8.7
143.
Connie & Carla (Uni)
8.0
143.
Sleepover (MGM)
8.0
145.
Kinsey (FS)
7.8
146.
Woman Thou Art Loosed (Magnolia)
6.8
147.
Thunderbirds (Uni)
6.7
148.
Maria Full of Grace (FL/HBO)
6.5
149.
The Big Bounce (WB)
6.4
149.
Disney's Teacher's Pet (BV)
6.4
151.
Against the Ropes (Par)
5.8
152.
Before Sunset (WIP)
5.7
152.
The Clearing (FS)
5.7
154.
Never Die Alone (Fox/FS)
5.6
155.
Birth (NL)
5.0
156.
House of Flying Daggers (SPC)
5.0
157.
Broken Lizard's Club Dread (Fox/FS)
4.9
158.
Touching the Void (IFC)
4.5
159.
Spartan (WB)
4.3
160.
A Day Without a Mexican (Televisa)
4.1
161.
Good Bye, Lenin! (SPC)
4.0
162.
Benji Off the Leash! (Benji Returns)
3.8
162.
The Door in the Floor (Focus)
3.8
164.
A Very Long Engagement (WB)
3.6
165.
Being Julia (SPC)
3.6
166.
Beyond the Sea (LG)
3.4
167.
Million Dollar Baby (WB)
3.1
168.
Veer Zaara (Yash Raj)
2.8
169.
Clifford's Really Big Movie (WB)
2.8
169.
Monsieur Ibrahim (SPC)
2.8
171.
Bobby Jones: Stroke/Genius (Film Foundry)
2.6
172.
Control Room (Magnolia)
2.5
172.
The Dreamers (FS)
2.5
174.
Bon Voyage (SPC)
2.3
174.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . (SPC)
2.3
176.
Riding Giants (SPC)
2.2
177.
Bad Education (SPC)
2.1
178.
Vera Drake (FL)
2.1
179.
Intimate Strangers (PC)
2.1
180.
We Don't Live Here Anymore (WIP)
2.0
181.
Coffee and Cigarettes (MGM)
1.9
182.
The Corporation (Zeitgeist)
1.8
183.
Thérèse (Luke)
1.7
184.
The Story/Weeping Camel (ThinkFilm)
1.7
185.
Hotel Rwanda (MGM)
1.6
186.
Dogville (LG)
1.5
186.
I'm Not Scared (Mir)
1.5
188.
A Dirty Shame (FL)
1.3
189.
The Work and the Glory (Excel)
1.2
190.
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (IFC)
1.2
191.
Saints and Soldiers (Excel)
1.1
192.
Swades (UTV)
1.1
193.
The Best Two Years (Halestorm)
1.1
193.
Festival Express (ThinkFilm)
1.1
193.
Nicotina (Arenas)
1.1
193.
Osama (MGM)
1.1
197.
The Machinist (Par)
1.0
198.
A Home at the End of the World (WIP)
1.0
198.
The Mother (SPC)
1.0
198.
Silver City (Newmarket)
1.0
198.
Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War (IDP)
1.0
202.
Bright Young Things (ThinkFilm)
.93
203.
Criminal (WIP)
.92
203.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Go Fish)
.92
205.
Intermission (IFC)
.88
206.
Zatoichi (Mir)
.85
207.
The Battle of Algiers (Rialto)
.81
207.
Latter Days (TLA)
.81
209.
Hum Tum (Yash Raj)
.79
210.
Stage Beauty (LG)
.77
211.
Young Adam (SPC)
.76
212.
Lakshya (UTV)
.75
213.
Rosenstrasse (IDP)
.73
214.
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut (Newmarket)
.72
214.
Fade to Black (Par)
.72
216.
The Saddest Music in the World (IFC)
.66
217.
Red Lights (Wellspring)
.64
218.
Life of Brian [rr] (Rainbow)
.64
219.
Going Upriver: The Long War . (ThinkFilm)
.61
220.
Touch of Pink (SPC)
.56
221.
Facing Windows (SPC)
.54
221.
The Final Cut (LG)
.54
221.
Love Me If You Dare (PC)
.54
221.
The Twilight Samurai (Empire)
.54
225.
The Return (Kino)
.50
226.
Tarnation (Wellspring)
.49
227.
Shaolin Soccer (Mir)
.48
227.
Strayed (Wellspring)
.48
229.
Seducing Doctor Lewis (Wellspring)
.47
230.
The Last Shot (BV)
.46
231.
In Good Company (Uni)
.43
232.
Primer (ThinkFilm)
.42
233.
Godzilla (Rialto)
.41
234.
Broken Wings (SPC)
.40
234.
National Lampoon's Golddiggers (P&A)
.40
234.
Outfoxed: Rupert . (Cinema Libre)
.40
237.
Head in the Clouds (SPC)
.39
238.
End of the Century (Magnolia)
.39
238.
Still We Believe: The Boston . (ThinkFilm)
.39
240.
The Woodsman (Newmarket)
.38
241.
The Hunting of the President (Regent)
.37
242.
The Brown Bunny (Wellspring)
.36
243.
Baadasssss! (SPC)
.36
243.
Highwaymen (NL)
.36
243.
She Hate Me (SPC)
.36
246.
Enduring Love (PC)
.35
247.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (PC)
.35
248.
Broadway: The Golden Age (Dada)
.34
249.
Callas Forever (Regent)
.34
250.
Kitchen Stories (IFC)
.34
250.
Since Otar Left (Zeitgeist)
.34
250.
The United States of Leland (PC)
.34
253.
Wooly Boys (MAC)
.33
253.
Yuva (Net Effect)
.33
255.
Ju-On: The Grudge (Vitagraph)
.32
255.
Zelary (SPC)
.32
257.
America's Heart and Soul (BV)
.31
257.
Bukowski: Born Into This (Magnolia)
.31
259.
Hair Show (IFG)
.30
259.
Masti (Eros)
.30
261.
Mickey (Slugger)
.29
262.
I Am David (LG)
.28
263.
Valentin (Mir)
.27
264.
This Old Cub (Emerging)
.26
265.
Greendale (Shakey)
.25
265.
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (First Look)
.25
265.
The Reckoning (PC)
.25
268.
Dhoom (Yash Raj)
.24
269.
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (ThinkFilm)
.23
270.
The Agronomist (ThinkFilm)
.22
270.
Remember Me, My Love (IDP)
.22
272.
Carandiru (SPC)
.21
272.
Uncovered: War on Iraq (Cinema Libre)
.21
274.
The Sea Inside (FL)
.19
275.
Around the Bend (WB)
.19
275.
Code 46 (MGM)
.19
275.
Guiana (RBC)
.19
275.
The Home Teachers (Halestorm)
.19
275.
Imelda (Unico)
.19
275.
The Yes Men (MGM)
.19
281.
Lost Boys of Sudan (Shadow)
.18
282.
Testosterone (Strand)
.17
283.
Bush's Brain (Tartan)
.17
283.
P.S. (Newmarket)
.17
283.
Stateside (IDP)
.17
286.
The Merchant of Venice (Sony)
.16
287.
The Five Obstructions (Koch Lorber)
.16
288.
Assassination/Richard Nixon (ThinkFilm)
.15
289.
Danny Deckchair (LG)
.15
289.
When Will I Be Loved? (IFC)
.15
291.
Lightning in a Bottle (Sony)
.14
292.
Crimson Gold (Wellspring)
.14
292.
Zhou Yu's Train (SPC)
.14
294.
Baptists at Our Barbeque (Halestorm)
.13
294.
Crying Ladies (Unitel)
.13
294.
Robot Stories (PAK)
.13
297.
Dig! (Palm)
.12
297.
Tokyo Godfathers (IDP)
.12
298.
Undertow (MGM)
.12
300.
Moolaade (New Yorker)
.11
301.
Games People Play . (Artistic License)
.11
301.
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be . (First Run)
.11
301.
In the Face of Evil (Non Fiction)
.11
301.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (Sony)
.11
305.
In the Realms of the Unreal (Wellspring)
.10
306.
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (Strand)
.10
306.
Secret Things (First Run)
.10
306.
Stephen King's Riding the Bullet (IFG)
.10
309.
Almost Peaceful (Empire)
.09
310.
Aileen: The Life and Death . (Lantern)
.09
310.
Distant (New Yorker)
.09
310.
Flavors (Net Effect)
.09
310.
A Slipping Down Life (LG)
.09
310.
2 Men Went to War (Indican)
.09
310.
Yves Saint Laurent (Empire)
.09
316.
Infernal Affairs (Mir)
.08
316.
Malevolence (Painted Zebra)
.08
316.
My Mother Likes Women (Norador)
.08
316.
Phir Milenage (UTV)
.08
316.
Seeing Other People (Lantern Lane)
.08
316.
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (SPC)
.08
322.
Bear Cub (TLA)
.07
323.
Days of Being Wild (Kino)
.07
324.
Guerilla: The Taking/Patty Hearst (Magnolia)
.07
325.
Notre Music (Wellspring)
.07
326.
Eulogy (LG)
.07
326.
Ned Kelly (Focus)
.07
326.
Reconstruction (Palm)
.07
326.
The Seagull's Laughter (Cinema Guild)
.07
330.
A Love Song For Bobby Long (LG)
.06
331.
Born Into Brothels (ThinkFilm)
.06
332.
Bright Leaves (First Run)
.06
333.
Carlos Castaneda (Indican)
.06
333.
Her Majesty (Panorama)
.06
333.
Hollywood Buddha (Artistic License)
.06
333.
The Inheritance (Cinema Guild)
.06
333.
James' Journey to Jerusalem (Zeitgeist)
.06
333.
The Mudge Boy (Strand)
.06
333.
Noi (Palm)
.06
333.
Proteus (Strand)
.06
333.
Shortcut to Nirvana (Mela)
.06
333.
The Trilogy: On the Run (Magnolia)
.06
333.
Time of the Wolf (Palm)
.06
333.
Word Wars (7th Art)
.06
345.
Brother to Brother (Wolfe)
.05
346.
The Bulgarian Lovers (TLA)
.05
346.
Divan (Zeitgeist)
.05
346.
Gozu (Pathfinder)
.05
346.
Grand Champion (IFG)
.05
346.
Hiding and Seeking (First Run)
.05
346.
L.A. Twister (Indican)
.05
346.
The Tracker (Artmattan)
.05
346.
Twentynine Palms (Wellspring)
.05
346.
Voices of Iraq (Magnolia)
.05
346.
You'll Get Over It (Picture This)
.05
356.
A Tale of Two Sisters (Tartan)
.04
357.
Untold Scandal (Kino)
.04
358.
Adored: Diary of a Male Porn Star (Wolfe)
.04
358.
Alila (Kino)
.04
358.
Lana's Rain (ISA)
.04
358.
Springtime in a Small Town (Palm)
.04
358.
A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Strand)
.04
358.
The Trilogy: An Amazing Couple (Magnolia)
.04
358.
This So-Called Disaster (IFC)
.04
358.
Tom Dowd & the Language . (Palm)
.04
358.
Twist (Strand)
.04
367.
Anatomy of Hell (Tartan)
.03
368.
Raspberry Reich (Strand)
.03
369.
Sex is Comedy (IFC)
.03
370.
Vodka Lemon (New Yorker)
.03
371.
After Freedom (Vitagraph)
.03
371.
Blind Shaft (Kino)
.03
371.
Chooch (Artistic License)
.03
371.
Close Your Eyes (First Look)
.03
371.
Cowboys and Angels (TLA)
.03
371.
Father and Son (Wellspring)
.03
371.
Incident at Loch Ness (Eden)
.03
371.
L'Age D'Or (Kino)
.03
371.
La Vie Promise (Empire)
.03
371.
Last Life in the Universe (Palm)
.03
371.
Showboy (Regent)
.03
371.
Tying the Knot (IDP)
.03
383.
Fear and Trembling (Cinema Guild)
.02
384.
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Wellspring)
.02
385.
La Petit Lili (First Run)
.02
386.
Straight-Jacket (Regent)
.02
387.
After Midnight (Avatar)
.02
387.
Bang Rajan (Magnolia)
.02
387.
The Burial Society (Regent)
.02
387.
Cowards Bend the Knee (Zeitgeist)
.02
387.
Easy (Magic Lamp)
.02
387.
Fish Without a Bicycle (New Mark)
.02
387.
A Foreign Affair (IFG)
.02
387.
Frankie and Johnny Are Married (IFC)
.02
387.
Gypsy 83 (Small Planet)
.02
387.
Hearts and Minds [rr] (Rialto)
.02
387.
Incantato (Northern Arts)
.02
387.
Maestro (Artrution)
.02
387.
S-21: The Khmer Rouge Death . (First Run)
.02
387.
Shade (RKO)
.02
387.
Son Frere (Strand)
.02
387.
The Trilogy: Afterlife (Magnolia)
.02
387.
Weapons/Mass Destruction (Cinema Libre)
.02
404.
Deserted Station (First Run)
.01
405.
Crutch (Iluminare)
.01
405.
Eat This New York (Organic)
.01
405.
Fabled (Indican)
.01
405.
Face (Indican)
.01
405.
A Fond Kiss (Castle Hill)
.01
405.
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (Palm)
.01
405.
Intoxicating (Rogue)
.01
405.
It's Easier for a Camel (New Yorker)
.01
405.
La Mentale The Code (IDP)
.01
405.
A Letter to True (Zeitgeist)
.01
405.
Love Forbidden (Strand)
.01
405.
The Manson Family (Dinsdale)
.01
405.
Merci Docteur Rey (Regent)
.01
405.
Off the Lip (Hannover)
.01
405.
Orwell Rolls in His Grave (Sag Harbor)
.01
405.
Perfect Opposites (MAC)
.01
405.
Purple Butterfly (Palm)
.01
405.
Raja (Film Movement)
.01
405.
Reeseville (IFG)
.01
405.
Stander (Newmarket)
.01
405.
Superstar in a Housedress (Abramorama)
.01
405.
A Talking Picture (Kino)
.01
405.
Transfixed (Picture This)
.01
405.
The 24th Day (Screen Media)
.01
405.
Umbrellas of Cherbourg [rr] (Zeitgeist)
.01
405.
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (Regent)
.01
405.
You I Love (Picture This)
.01

 

 

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