9 Mandarin films of 2004 ranked by box office. #1: House of Flying Daggers ($92.9 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Flying Daggers | Zhang Yimou | $12 million | $92.9 million | 7.74x | |
| 2 | 2046 | Wong Kar-wai | $12 million | $19.5 million | 1.63x | |
| 3 | Three... Extremes | Fruit Chan | $1.5 million | |||
| 4 | The Beautiful Country | Hans Petter Moland | $6 million | $878,325 | 0.15x | |
| 5 | 20 30 40 | Sylvia Chang | $704,550 | |||
| 6 | Take Out | Sean Baker | $3,000 | $69,816 | 23.27x | |
| Akai Tsuki | Yasuo Furuhata | ¥910 million | ||||
| A World Without Thieves | Feng Xiaogang | CN¥100 million | ||||
| Jasmine Women | Hou Yong | CN¥5.2 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.