List of 2004 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2004.

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	January 4, 2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$28,180,378
2	January 11, 2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$14,209,098
3	January 18, 2004	Along Came Polly	$27,721,185
4	January 25, 2004	The Butterfly Effect	$17,065,227
5	February 1, 2004	You Got Served	$16,123,105
6	February 8, 2004	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	$24,241,612
7	February 15, 2004	50 First Dates	$39,852,237	50 First Dates broke Sweet Home Alabama's record ($35.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a romantic comedy and Dracula's record ($30.5 million) for highest weekend debut for a film released during the Friday the 13th weekend.
8	February 22, 2004	50 First Dates	$20,427,325
9	February 29, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	$83,848,082	The Passion of the Christ broke Hannibal's record ($58.0 million) for the highest weekend debut in February. The Passion of the Christ also broke Finding Nemo's record ($70.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-franchise based film.
10	March 7, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	$53,246,801
11	March 14, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	$32,130,978
12	March 21, 2004	Dawn of the Dead	$26,722,575	Dawn of the Dead broke Resident Evil's record ($17.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a zombie film.
13	March 28, 2004	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	$29,438,331	James Gunn became the first screenwriter in history to have two back to back number 1 films as he wrote both Dawn of the Dead and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
14	April 4, 2004	Hellboy	$23,172,440
15	April 11, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	$15,216,723	The Passion of the Christ reclaimed #1 in its seventh weekend on the Easter holiday.
16	April 18, 2004	Kill Bill: Volume 2	$25,104,949
17	April 25, 2004	Man on Fire	$22,751,490
18	May 2, 2004	Mean Girls	$24,432,195
19	May 9, 2004	Van Helsing	$51,748,040	Van Helsing broke Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles's record ($36.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a vampire film.
20	May 16, 2004	Troy	$46,865,412
21	May 23, 2004	Shrek 2	$108,038,878	Shrek 2 broke Finding Nemo's record ($70.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film. Its $44.8 million gross on Saturday broke Spider-Man's record ($43.6 million) for largest single day tally of all time. Shrek 2 had the highest weekend debut of 2004.
22	May 30, 2004	Shrek 2	$72,170,363	Shrek 2 broke Spider-Man's record ($71.4 million) for the highest second weekend gross, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($72.1 million) for the highest Memorial Day weekend ever.
23	June 6, 2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$93,687,367	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban broke Hulk's record ($62.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in June.
24	June 13, 2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$34,910,393
25	June 20, 2004	DodgeBall	$30,070,196
26	June 27, 2004	Fahrenheit 9/11	$23,920,637	Fahrenhelt 9/11 held the record for the highest weekend debut in less than 1,000 theaters.
27	July 4, 2004	Spider-Man 2	$88,156,227	Spider-Man 2 broke Austin Powers in Goldmember's record ($73.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, and Men in Black II's record ($52.1 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. Its $40.4 million Wednesday gross broke The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's record ($34.5 million) for the highest-grossing Wednesday of all time.
28	July 11, 2004	Spider-Man 2	$45,180,743
29	July 18, 2004	I, Robot	$52,179,887
30	July 25, 2004	The Bourne Supremacy	$52,521,865
31	August 1, 2004	The Village	$50,746,142	The Village broke Scary Movie 3's record ($48.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
32	August 8, 2004	Collateral	$24,701,458
33	August 15, 2004	Alien vs. Predator	$38,291,056
34	August 22, 2004	Exorcist: The Beginning	$18,054,001
35	August 29, 2004	Hero	$18,004,319
36	September 5, 2004	Hero	$8,807,757
37	September 12, 2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	$23,036,273
38	September 19, 2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	$15,580,278
39	September 26, 2004	The Forgotten	$21,022,111
40	October 3, 2004	Shark Tale	$47,604,606
41	October 10, 2004	Shark Tale	$31,330,299
42	October 17, 2004	Shark Tale	$22,005,952
43	October 24, 2004	The Grudge	$39,128,715
44	October 31, 2004	The Grudge	$21,817,598
45	November 7, 2004	The Incredibles	$70,467,423	The Incredibles broke Finding Nemo's record ($70.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel animated film, as well as for a non-adaptation movie overall.
46	November 14, 2004	The Incredibles	$50,251,359
47	November 21, 2004	National Treasure	$35,142,554
48	November 28, 2004	National Treasure	$32,156,917
49	December 5, 2004	National Treasure	$17,004,967
50	December 12, 2004	Ocean's Twelve	$39,153,380
51	December 19, 2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	$30,061,756
52	December 26, 2004	Meet the Fockers	$46,120,980
53	January 2, 2005	Meet the Fockers	$41,741,785

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2004

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic Gross
1.	Shrek 2	DreamWorks	$441,226,247
2.	Spider-Man 2	Columbia	$373,585,825
3.	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	$370,782,930
4.	Meet the Fockers	Universal	$279,261,160
5.	The Incredibles	Disney	$261,441,092
6.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	$249,541,069
7.	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	$186,740,799
8.	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	$183,373,735
9.	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal	$176,241,941
10.	National Treasure	Disney	$173,008,894

See also

• List of American films — American films by year