Box office number-one films of 2004 (USA)

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

# Weekend End Date Film Total Weekend Gross Notes
1 02004-01-04 4 January 2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $28,180,378
2 02004-01-11 11 January 2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $14,209,098
3 02004-01-18 18 January 2004 Along Came Polly

$27,721,185
4 02004-01-25 25 January 2004 The Butterfly Effect

$17,065,227
5 02004-02-01 1 February 2004 You Got Served $16,123,105
6 02004-02-08 8 February 2004 BarberShop 2: Back in Business $24,241,612
7 02004-02-15 15 February 2004 50 First Dates $39,852,237 50 First Dates broke Sweet Home Alabama's record ($35.6 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a romantic comedy.
8 02004-02-22 22 February 2004 50 First Dates $20,427,325
9 02004-02-29 29 February 2004 The Passion of the Christ $83,848,082 The Passion of the Christ broke Hannibal's record ($58.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut in February.
10 02004-03-07 7 March 2004 The Passion of the Christ

$53,246,801
11 02004-03-14 14 March 2004 The Passion of the Christ $32,130,978
12 02004-03-21 21 March 2004 Dawn of the Dead $26,722,575
13 02004-03-28 28 March 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed $29,438,331
14 02004-04-04 4 April 2004 Hellboy

$23,172,440
15 02004-04-11 11 April 2004 The Passion of the Christ $15,216,723 The Passion of the Christ reclaimed #1 in its seventh weekend of release due to Easter holiday.
16 02004-04-18 18 April 2004 Kill Bill Volume 2 $25,104,949
17 02004-04-25 25 April 2004 Man on Fire $22,751,490
18 02004-05-02 2 May 2004 Mean Girls $24,432,195
19 02004-05-09 9 May 2004 Van Helsing $51,748,040
20 02004-05-16 16 May 2004 Troy $46,865,412
21 02004-05-23 23 May 2004 Shrek 2 $108,038,878 Shrek 2 broke Finding Nemo's record ($70.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film. Shrek 2 had the highest weekend debut of 2004.
22 02004-05-30 30 May 2004 Shrek 2 $72,170,363 Shrek 2 broke Spider-Man's record ($71.4 mil) for the highest 2nd weekend gross, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($72.13 mil) for the highest Memorial Day weekend ever.
23 02004-06-06 6 June 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

$93,687,367

 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban broke Hulk's record ($62.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in June.
24 02004-06-13 13 June 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

$34,910,393
25 02004-06-20 20 June 2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story $30,070,196
26 02004-06-27 27 June 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 $23,920,637 Fahrenhelt 9/11 held the record for the highest weekend debut in less than 1,000 theatres.
27 02004-07-04 4 July 2004 Spider-Man 2 $88,156,227 Spider-Man 2 broke Austin Powers in Goldmember's record ($73.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July, and Men in Black II's record ($52.1 mil) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut.
28 02004-07-11 11 July 2004 Spider-Man 2 $45,180,743
29 02004-07-18 18 July 2004 I, Robot

$52,179,887
30 02004-07-25 25 July 2004 The Bourne Supremacy $52,521,865
31 02004-08-01 1 August 2004 The Village $50,746,142
32 02004-08-08 8 August 2004 Collateral $24,701,458
33 02004-08-15 15 August 2004 Alien vs. Predator $38,291,056
34 02004-08-22 22 August 2004 Exorcist: The Beginning

$18,054,001
35 02004-08-29 29 August 2004 Hero

$18,004,319
36 02004-09-05 5 September 2004 Hero $8,807,757
37 02004-09-12 12 September 2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse $23,036,273
38 02004-09-19 19 September 2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow $15,580,278
39 02004-09-26 26 September 2004 The Forgotten $21,022,111
40 02004-10-03 3 October 2004 Shark Tale $47,604,606
41 02004-10-10 10 October 2004 Shark Tale $31,330,299
42 02004-10-17 17 October 2004 Shark Tale $22,005,952
43 02004-10-24 24 October 2004 The Grudge $39,128,715
44 02004-10-31 31 October 2004 The Grudge $21,817,598
45 02004-11-07 7 November 2004 The Incredibles

$70,467,423

 The Incredibles is the highest opening for a Pixar film beating out Finding Nemo's record at $70,251,710.
46 02004-11-14 14 November 2004 The Incredibles

$50,251,359
47 02004-11-21 21 November 2004 National Treasure

$35,142,554
48 02004-11-28 28 November 2004 National Treasure

$32,156,917
49 02004-12-05 5 December 2004 National Treasure

$17,004,967
50 02004-12-12 12 December 2004 Ocean's Twelve

$39,153,380
51 02004-12-19 19 December 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events $30,061,756
52 02004-12-26 26 December 2004 Meet the Fockers

$46,120,980

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Box office number-one films of 2003 (USA)		 Box office number-one films of 2004 (USA)
2004		 Succeeded by
Box office number-one films of 2005 (USA)
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