2004 in film

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The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. 2004 was the year when the another battle of the sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Spider-Man 2 and Ocean's 12, the next part of these films battled in the biggest sequel battle in 2007.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 2004
4.1 Films released in 2004 by country
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 Wide-release movies
7.1 January - March
7.2 April-June
7.3 July-September
7.4 October-December
8 Notes
9 External links
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[edit] Events
Month
Day
Event
January
25
Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Lost in Translation.
27
Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are:
11: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
10: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
7: Cold Mountain
7: Seabiscuit
6: Mystic River
Keisha Castle-Hughes, at 13, becomes the youngest nominee ever for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
February
15
BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Scarlett Johansson, Best Actress and Bill Murray, Best Actor
22
Screen Actors Guild Awards: Charlize Theron, The Actor for Best Female Actor, Johnny Depp, The Actor for Best Male Actor, Tim Robbins, The Actor for Best Male Supporting Actor, Renée Zellweger, The Actor for Best Female Supporting Actor.
23
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King becomes the second film in history to gross more than $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts.
25
The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's major motion picture about the last days of Jesus's life on Earth, opens huge in time for Lent.
28
Gigli dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 6 awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Jennifer Lopez), Worst Actor (Ben Affleck), Worst Director (Martin Brest), Worst Screenplay (Brest) and worst on-screen couple (Lopez and Affleck). Worst supporting acting awards went to actress Demi Moore for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and actor Sylvester Stallone for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.
29
76th Academy Awards: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins picture and director awards as well as nine others for a total of 11 Academy Awards, a tie for the most ever won by a single film.
May
22
Fahrenheit 9/11, a controversial documentary by Michael Moore wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival.
June
27
Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the United States for a documentary, earning $23.9 million.
October
29
Voices of Iraq released, the first "wikified" documentary film created by sending multiple DV cameras to participants.
December
13
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2005 Golden Globes awards with comedy Sideways garnering seven nominations and actor Jamie Foxx with three for his work in both film and television.
21
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces seven films are eligible for the Academy Award for Visual Effects:
The Aviator
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spider-Man 2
28
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces that 267 films released in 2004 are eligible for consideration of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Top grossing films
Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004.
The controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, helmed by Mel Gibson became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004. Taking only eight days, Spider-Man 2 became the fastest film to reach $200m in North American gross box office sales while Shrek 2 and Fahrenheit 9/11 became the highest-grossing animated film and documentary in history, respectively. These are the top 10 grossing estimates:
2004Rank
Title
Studio
Box Office Gross
Total Int'l[1]
US/Canada[2]
U. K.[3]
Australia[4]
1.
Shrek 2
DreamWorks
$920,665,658
$441,226,247
£48,100,000
$50,121,453
2.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Warner Bros.
$795,804,554
$249,541,069
£46,080,000
$33,030,534
3.
Spider-Man 2
Columbia Pictures
$783,766,341
$373,585,825
£26,720,000
$24,263,992
4.
The Incredibles
Disney/Pixar
$631,436,092
$261,441,092
£32,270,000
$26,582,338
5.
The Passion of the Christ
Newmarket Films
$611,899,420
$370,782,930
£11,080,000
$15,183,802
6.
The Day After Tomorrow
20th Century Fox
$542,771,772
$186,740,799
£25,210,000
$20,138,137
7.
Meet the Fockers
Universal Pictures
$516,533,043
$279,261,160
£28,549,465
$34,806,130
8.
Troy
Warner Bros.
$497,409,852
$133,378,256
£18,001,854
$23,447,161
9.
Shark Tale
DreamWorks
$363,530,196
$160,861,908
£22,820,000
$15,180,246
10.
Ocean's Twelve
Warner Bros.
$362,744,280
$125,544,280
£12,030,148
$15,584,836
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, UK results in Great Britain pounds and Australian results in Australian dollars.
So far worldwide, 51 films released in 2004 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Of that group, 21 grossed more than $200 million, 13 more than $300 million, eight more than $400 million, six films grossed more than $500 million, five films grossed more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million and one film more than $900 million.
For a complete list of 2004's top-grossing films, follow these links:
Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm
North America: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2004&p=.htm
United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/boxaus2004.html

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards
Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Achievement in directing: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Best Foreign Language Film: Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), directed by Alejandro Amenábar, Spain / France / Italy
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, United States
Golden Globe Awards
Drama
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Musical or comedy
Best Picture: Sideways
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia
Other
Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign Language Film: Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), Spain / France / Italy
BAFTA Awards
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh, U.K. / France / New Zealand
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Head-On (Gegen die Wand), directed by Fatih Akin, Germany / Turkey

[edit] Films released in 2004
#
13 Going on 30
2046
50 First Dates
A
After the Sunset
Against the Ropes
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
The Alamo
Alexander
Alfie
Alien vs. Predator
Along Came Polly
America's Heart and Soul
American Crime
Amrutham
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Anand, directed by Sekhar Kammula (Tollywood film)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married
Appleseed
Around the Bend, starring Michael Caine and Christopher Walken
Around the World in 80 Days
Arya, directed by Sukumar (Tollywood film)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese - Golden Globe (drama) and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
B
BAADASSSSS!
Bad Education
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Before Sunset
Being Julia
Benji Off the Leash
The Big Bounce
Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker (short)
Birth
Blade: Trinity
The Blue Butterfly
Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
Born into Brothels (documentary)
The Bourne Supremacy
Breakin' All the Rules
Bride and Prejudice
The Edge of Reason
Brother to Brother
The Butterfly Effect
C
Catch That Kid
Catwoman
Cellular
Chasing Liberty
Childstar
Les Choristes (The Chorus)
Christmas with the Kranks
The Chronicles of Riddick
A Cinderella Story
The Clearing
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Closer
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Club Dread
Collateral
Colour Blossoms
Communication Breakdown
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Connie and Carla
Control Room
The Cookout
Crash
Creep
Criminal
D
Dance with the Wind
Danny Deckchair
Dawn of the Dead
The Day After Tomorrow
A Day Without a Mexican
De-Lovely
Decoys
Dhoom
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
A Dirty Shame
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Donnie Darko (re-release: director's cut)
The Door in the Floor
Downfall (Der Untergang)
E
The Eliminator
Ella Enchanted
Enduring Love
Envy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eulogy
EuroTrip
Exorcist: The Beginning
F
Fade to Black (documentary)
Fahrenheit 9/11 - Palm d'Or award
Fat Albert
The Final Cut
Finding Neverland
First Daughter
Flight of the Phoenix
Flying Boys
The Forgotten
Formula 17
The Football Factory
Forbidden Forest
Four Shades of Brown
Fracture
Friday Night Lights
G
Gamebox 1.0
Garden State
Garfield
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
The Girl Next Door
Godzilla Final Wars
Godsend
Going the Distance
The Golden Blaze
The Grudge
H
Hair Show
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Head in the Clouds
Head-On (Gegen die Wand) - Golden Bear award
Heights
Hellboy
Helter Skelter -(film only mentioned in article)
Her Summer
Hidalgo
A Home at the End of the World
Home Beyond the Sun
Home on the Range
Hotel Rwanda
House of Flying Daggers
Howl's Moving Castle
Hum Tum
I
I ♥ Huckabees
The Hunting of the President
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
I, Robot
In Good Company
The Incredibles - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Ister
J
Jandek on Corwood (documentary)
Jersey Girl
Johnson Family Vacation
K
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
Kill Bill Vol. 2
King Arthur
Kinsey
Kung Fu Hustle
L
Ladder 49
The Ladykillers
The Last Road Trip
The Last Shot
Laws of Attraction
Layer Cake
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Little Black Book
Look at Me (Comme une image)
Love, So Divine
A Love Song for Bobby Long
M
The Machinist
Main Hoon Na
Malliswari
Man on Fire
The Manchurian Candidate
Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) - Acad. and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Maria Full of Grace (Maria Llena Eres de Gracia)
Mass, directed by Raghava Lawrence (Tollywood film)
Mean Creek
Mean Girls
Meet the Fockers
Melinda and Melinda
Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood - Academy Award for Best Picture
Mindhunters
Miracle
Modigliani
Mojados: Through the Night
Mondovino (documentary)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
Mr. 3000
My Baby's Daddy
N
Napoleon Dynamite
NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience
National Treasure
Never Die Alone
New York Minute
Night Watch
Nobody Knows
Noddy Saves Christmas (short, animation)
Noel
The Notebook
November
O
Ocean's Twelve
Omagh
P
Paparazzi
The Passion of the Christ
The Perfect Score
The Phantom of the Opera
The Polar Express
Primer
The Prince & Me
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
The Punisher
R
Raise Your Voice
Raising Helen
Ray
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Riding Giants (documentary)
Riding the Bullet
S
Sacred Planet
Saved!
Saw
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
The Sea Inside (see Mar adentro)
Secret Window
Seed of Chucky
Shall We Dance?
Shankar Dada MBBS, directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee (Tollywood film)
Shark Tale
Shaun of the Dead
She Hate Me
Shrek 2
Sideways - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Skeleton Man (TV film)
Silver City
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sleepover
Some Kind of Monster
Soul Plane
Spanglish
Spartan
Speak
Spider Forest
Spider-Man 2
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Spy Girl
Stage Beauty
Starsky & Hutch
Stateside
Steamboy
The Stepford Wives
Straight-Jacket
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Super Size Me
Surviving Christmas
Suspect Zero
T
Taegukgi
Taking Lives
Taxi
Teacher's Pet
Team America: World Police
The Terminal
Thunderbirds
Torque
Touch of Pink
Troy
Turtles Can Fly
Twisted
Two Brothers
Tying the Knot
U
Under Blackpool Lights
Undertow
The United States of Leland
University Heights
Unleashed (aka Danny the Dog)
V
Van Helsing
Vanity Fair
Varsham, directed by Sobhan (Tollywood film)
Veer-Zaara
Vera Drake - Golden Lion award
A Very Long Engagement - Acad.Awards: Best Art Director, Best Cinematography
The Village
Voces inocentes (Innocent Voices) - Golden Space Needle award (2005)
"Voices of Iraq" - first user generated documentary film
W
Walking Tall
Watermarks
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Welcome to Mooseport
When Will I Be Loved
White Chicks
The Whole Ten Yards
Wicker Park
Wild Side
Wimbledon
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
With All Deliberate Speed
Without a Paddle
Woman Thou Art Loosed
The Woodsman
The Work and the Glory
Y
The Year of the Yao (documentary)
You Got Served
Yu-Gi-Oh! the Movie: Pyramid of Light

[edit] Films released in 2004 by country
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[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths
Notable film celebrities who died in 2004 include actors Marlon Brando, Tony Randall, Ronald Reagan and Fay Wray.
A more complete list of notable deaths is as follows:
Date
Name
Age
Cinematic Notability
January
2
Etta Moten Barnett
102
actress
7
Ingrid Thulin
77
actress
14
Uta Hagen
84
actress
Ron O'Neal
66
actor
17
Ray Stark
88
producer
22
Ann Miller
80
actress and dancer
31
Suraiya
75
actress and singer
February
15
Jan Miner
86
actress
23
Vijay Anand
70
director
March
2
Mercedes McCambridge
85
Oscar-winning actress
3
Cecily Adams
39
actress
6
Frances Dee
96
actress
7
Paul Winfield
63
actor
9
Robert Pastorelli
49
actor
18
Guillermo Rivas
72
actor
26
Jan Sterling
82
actress
28
Peter Ustinov
82
actor
April
1
Carrie Snodgress
57
actress
5
Austin Willis
86
actor
17
Soundarya
32
actress
25
Feridun Karakaya
76
actor
May
3
Anthony Ainley
71
actor
9
Alan King
76
actor
14
Anna Lee
91
actress
16
Marika Rökk
90
actress
17
Tony Randall
84
actor
19
Mary Dresselhuys
97
actress
June
4
Nino Manfredi
83
actor
5
Ronald Reagan
93
actor
6
Necdet Mahfi Ayral
96
actor
Robert Lees
91
screenwriter
7
Donald Trumbull
95
special effects producer
14
Max Rosenberg
89
producer
26
Yash Johar
75
producer
July
1
Marlon Brando
80
actor
3
John Barron
83
actor
6
Eric Douglas
46
actor
8
Jean Lefebvre
84
actor
9
Isabel Sanford
86
actress
11
Dorothy Hart
82
actress
17
Pat Roach
67
actor
19
Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth
78
director
21
Jerry Goldsmith
75
composer
23
Mehmood
72
actor
Serge Reggiani
82
actor
28
Sam Edwards
89
actor
Eugene Roche
75
actor
30
Andre Noble
25
actor
31
Laura Betti
70
actress
Virginia Grey
87
actress
August
3
Margo McLennan
66
actress
8
Dimitris Papamichael
70
actor
Fay Wray
96
actress
9
David Raksin
92
score composer
15
Neal Fredericks
35
cinematographer
18
Elmer Bernstein
82
composer
20
Maria Antonieta Pons
82
actress
22
Daniel Petrie
83
director
George Kirgo
78
screenwriter
26
Laura Branigan
47
soundtrack composer
27
Suzanne Kaaren
92
actress
William Pierson
78
actor
September
5
Fritha Goodey
31
actress
6
Elly Annie Schneider
90
actress
8
Frank Thomas
91
animator
14
Ove Sprogøe
84
actor
18
Russ Meyer
82
director
24
Tim Choate
49
actor
25
Marvin Davis
79
studio executive
30
Ignatius Wolfington
84
actor
Gamini Fonseka
68
actor
October
3
Janet Leigh
77
actress
5
Rodney Dangerfield
82
actor
10
Christopher Reeve
52
actor
11
Gulshan Rai
80
producer and distributor
17
Julius Harris
81
actor
November
26
Philippe de Broca
71
director
29
John Drew Barrymore
72
actor
December
3
Maria Perschy
66
actress
22
Lucile Layton
101
actress
28
Jerry Orbach
69
actor

[edit] Wide-release movies
In the film industry, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films met these criteria in 2004:

[edit] January - March
Dates given are for North American release dates.
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month
Day
Title
Studio/Distributor
Notable Cast/Crew
January
9
My Baby's Daddy
Universal Studios
Michael Imperioli
Chasing Liberty
Warner Bros.
Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon
16
Along Came Polly
Universal Studios
Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Teacher's Pet
Walt Disney Pictures
Nathan Lane (voice), David Ogden Stiers (voice), Jerry Stiller (voice)
Torque
Warner Bros.
Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur
23
The Butterfly Effect
New Line
Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
DreamWorks SKG
Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel
30
The Big Bounce
Warner Bros./Shangri-La Entertainment
Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman
The Perfect Score
Paramount Pictures
Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
You Got Served
Screen Gems
Lil' Kim
February
6
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
MGM
Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Queen Latifah
Catch That Kid
20th Century Fox
Kristen Stewart, Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals
Miracle
Touchstone Pictures/Walt Disney Pictures
Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
13
50 First Dates
Columbia Pictures
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin
20
Against the Ropes
Paramount Pictures
Meg Ryan, Omar Epps
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Walt Disney Pictures
Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Carol Kane
Eurotrip
DreamWorks SKG/Blue Sea Productions
Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lucy Lawless, Matt Damon, Joanna Lumley
Welcome to Mooseport
20th Century Fox
Gene Hackman, Ray Romano
25
The Passion of the Christ
Newmarket Films
Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson (director)
27
Club Dread
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Artisan Entertainment
Romola Garai, Diego Luna
Twisted
Paramount Pictures
Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
March
5
Starsky & Hutch
Warner Brothers
Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn
Hidalgo
Touchstone Pictures/Disney
Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Timothy Dalton
12
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
MGM
Frankie Muñiz, Anthony Anderson
Secret Window
Columbia Pictures
Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Charles S. Dutton, Timothy Hutton, Ving Rhames, Stephen King (screenwriter)
Spartan
Warner Bros.
Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, David Mamet (director)
19
Dawn of the Dead
Universal Pictures
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Focus Features
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood
Taking Lives
Warner Bros.
Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
26
Jersey Girl
Miramax
Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Kevin Smith (director)
The Ladykillers
Touchstone Pictures
Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (directors, producers, screenwriters)
Never Die Alone
Fox Searchlight Pictures
David Arquette, DMX
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Warner Bros.
Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Seth Green

[edit] April-June
Dates given are for North American release dates.
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month
Day
Title
Studio/Distributor
Notable Cast/Crew
April
2
Hellboy
Revolution Studios
Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, John Hurt, Guillermo del Toro (director)
Home on the Range
Walt Disney Pictures
Judi Dench (voice), Roseanne Barr (voice), Jennifer Tilly (voice), Cuba Gooding Jr. (voice), Randy Quaid
(voice), Steve Buscemi (voice)
The Prince & Me
Paramount Pictures/Lions Gate
Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson
Walking Tall
MGM
The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Johnny Knoxville
7
Johnson Family Vacation
20th Century Fox
Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Shannon Elizabeth
9
The Whole Ten Yards
Warner Bros.
Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
The Alamo
Touchstone
Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric
The Girl Next Door
20th Century Fox
James Remar, Elisha Cuthbert
Ella Enchanted
Miramax
Anne Hathaway, Vivica A. Fox
16
Connie and Carla
Universal/Spyglass Entertainment
Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Debbie Reynolds
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Miramax
Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino (director)
The Punisher
Lions Gate
Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn
21
Man on Fire
20th Century Fox/Regency Pictures
Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken
23
13 Going on 30
Columbia Pictures
Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo
30
Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
Bobby Jones Films LLC
Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani
Envy
Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks SKG
Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Christopher Walken, Barry Levinson (director)
Godsend
Lions Gate
Greg Kinnear, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Romijn
Laws of Attraction
New Line
Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Nora Dunn, Frances Fisher, Parker Posey
Mean Girls
Paramount Pictures
Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey
May
7
Van Helsing
Universal Pictures
Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh
New York Minute
Warner Bros.
Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Andrea Martin
14
Troy
Warner Bros.
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole
Breakin' All the Rules
Screen Gems
Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito
19
Shrek 2
DreamWorks SKG
Mike Myers (voice), Eddie Murphy (voice), Cameron Diaz (voice), Antonio Banderas (voice), Jennifer Saunders (voice), John Cleese (voice), Julie Andrews (voice), Larry King (voice), Rupert Everett (voice)
28
The Day After Tomorrow
20th Century Fox
Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Perry King
Raising Helen
Touchstone Pictures
Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, Paris Hilton
Soul Plane
MGM
Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
June
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Warner Bros.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman
11
The Chronicles of Riddick
Universal Pictures
Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
Garfield: The Movie
20th Century Fox
Bill Murray (voice), Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Napoleon Dynamite ‡
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jon Heder, Jared Hess (director)
The Stepford Wives
Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks SKG
Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Glenn Close
16
Around the World in 80 Days
Walt Disney Pictures
Jackie Chan, Rob Schneider, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Wilson, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Johnny Knoxville, Jim Broadbent, Richard Branson
18
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
20th Century Fox
Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
The Terminal
DreamWorks SKG
Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Steven Spielberg (director)
23
Fahrenheit 9/11
Lions Gate/IFC Films
Michael Moore, George W. Bush
White Chicks
Columbia Pictures
Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans (director)
25
The Notebook
New Line
Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner
Two Brothers
Universal Pictures
Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Jacques Annaud (director)
30
Spider-Man 2
Columbia Pictures
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi (director)

[edit] July-September
Dates given are for North American release dates.
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month
Day
Title
Studio/Distributor
Notable Cast/Crew
July
7
King Arthur
Touchstone Pictures
Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
9
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
DreamWorks SKG
Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Jack Black
Sleepover
MGM
Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington
16
I, Robot
20th Century Fox
Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
A Cinderella Story
Warner Bros.
Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray
23
The Bourne Supremacy
Universal Pictures
Matt Damon
Catwoman
Warner Bros.
Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone
28
Garden State ‡
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
30
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
New Line
John Cho, Kal Penn, Danny Leiner (director)
The Manchurian Candidate
Paramount Pictures
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Thunderbirds
Universal Pictures
Brady Corbet, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley
The Village
Buena Vista
William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
August
6
Collateral
DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
Little Black Book
Revolution Studios
Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates
Open Water ‡
Lions Gate
Chris Kentis (director)
11
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Walt Disney Pictures
Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews
13
Alien vs. Predator
20th Century Fox
Lance Henriksen
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
Warner Bros.
Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart (voices)
20
Benji Off the Leash
Mulberry Square
Exorcist: The Beginning
Warner Bros.
Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan Ford, Ben Cross
Without a Paddle
Paramount Pictures
Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds
27
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Screen Gems
Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
Hero
Miramax
Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Quentin Tarantino (presented)
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Triumph Films
Jon Voight
Suspect Zero
Paramount Pictures
Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss
September
1
Vanity Fair
Focus Features
Reese Witherspoon
3
Wicker Park
MGM
Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard
Paparazzi
20th Century Fox
Cole Hauser, Larry Cedar, Tom Sizemore
The Cookout
Lions Gate
Danny Glover, Queen Latifah
10
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Screen Gems
Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
Cellular
New Line
Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
17
Mr. 3000
Touchstone Pictures
Bernie Mac
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
P & A Releasing
Will Friedle,
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Paramount Pictures
Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon
Wimbledon
Universal Pictures/Dimension
Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany
24
First Daughter
20th Century Fox
Katie Holmes
The Forgotten
Revolution Studios
Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard
Shaun of the Dead ‡
Rogue Pictures
Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran, Nick Frost

[edit] October-December
Dates given are for North American release dates.
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month
Day
Title
Studio/Distributor
Notable Cast/Crew
October
1
I ♥ Huckabees ‡
Fox Searchlight
Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Jude Law, Lily Tomlin, Naomi Watts
Ladder 49
Touchstone
Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta
Shark Tale
DreamWorks
Will Smith (voice), Robert De Niro (voice), Renée Zellweger (voice), Angelina Jolie (voice), Jack Black (voice), Martin Scorsese (voice)
6
Taxi
20th Century Fox
Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bundchen
8
Friday Night Lights
Universal Studios
Billy Bob Thornton
Raise Your Voice
New Line
Hilary Duff
15
Team America: World Police
Paramount Pictures
Trey Parker and Matt Stone (producers and directors)
Shall We Dance
Miramax
Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon
22
The Grudge
Columbia Pictures
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
Sideways ‡
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Surviving Christmas
Columbia Pictures
Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini
29
Ray
Universal Pictures
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington
Saw
Lions Gate Films
Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell
November
5
The Incredibles
Pixar
Craig T. Nelson (voice), Holly Hunter (voice), Samuel L. Jackson (voice), John Ratzenberger (voice), Jason Lee (voice)
Alfie
Paramount Pictures
Jude Law, Omar Epps, Nia Long
10
The Polar Express
Warner Bros.
Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara (voice)
12
After the Sunset
New Line
Pierce Brosnan, Selma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ‡
Universal Pictures
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Finding Neverland ‡
Miramax
Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman
Seed of Chucky
Focus Features
Brad Dourif (voice), Jennifer Tilly, Billy Boyd (voice)
19
National Treasure
Walt Disney Pictures
Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Christopher Plummer, Sean Bean, Jon Turteltaub (director)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Paramount Pictures
Tom Kenny (voice), Stephen Hillenburg (director & writer), Clancy Brown (voice)
24
Alexander
Warner Bros.
Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Oliver Stone (director)
Christmas with the Kranks
Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures
Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
December
3
Closer ‡
Columbia Pictures
Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
House of Flying Daggers ‡
Sony Pictures Classics
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Yimou Zhang (director)
8
Blade: Trinity
New Line
Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Triple H (Paul Levesque)
10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ‡
Touchstone Pictures
Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum
Ocean's Twelve
Warner Bros.
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts
15
Million Dollar Baby ‡
Warner Bros.
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
17
The Aviator ‡
Miramax
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Gwen Stefani
Flight of the Phoenix
20th Century Fox
Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Paramount Pictures
Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken
Spanglish
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman
22
Hotel Rwanda ‡
United Artists
Don Cheadle, Sophe Okenedo
Meet the Fockers
Universal Pictures
Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand
The Phantom of the Opera ‡
Warner Bros.
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver
25
Darkness
Dimension Studios
Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Giancarlo Giannini
Fat Albert
20th Century Fox
Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt
29
In Good Company ‡
Universal Pictures
Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson, Topher Grace, Selma Blair

[edit] Notes
^ "2004 International Grosses" (top 100), webpage: BOM-World-2004.
^ "2004 Domestic Grosses" (top 100), webpage: BOM-2004.
^ "2004 UK Film Council" (top 100), webpage: UKFC-2004.
^ "Australia: Movie Marshal Total 2004 " (top 100), webpage: MMBO-2004.

[edit] External links
Box Office Mojo: 'Passion of the Christ,' 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Tops in 2004