2004 in film

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The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Ocean's Twelve and , the next part of these films were released in 2007. __TOC__

Events

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0" |- bgcolor="#dae3e7" align="center" | Month || Day || Event |- valign="top" |rowspan="2" | January || 25 || Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include and Lost in Translation. |- valign="top" | 27 || Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are:

Keisha Castle-Hughes, at 13, becomes the youngest nominee ever for the Academy Award for Best Actress. |- valign="top" |rowspan="6"| February || 15 || BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Scarlett Johansson, Best Actress and Bill Murray, Best Actor |- valign="top" | 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. |- valign="top" | 23 || becomes the second film in history to gross more than $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts. |- valign="top" | 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. |- valign="top" | 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 and actor Sylvester Stallone for . |- valign="top" | 29 || 76th Academy Awards: 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. |- valign="top" | May || 22 || Fahrenheit 9/11, a controversial documentary by Michael Moore wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. |- valign="top" | June || 27 || Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the United States for a documentary, earning $23.9 million. |- valign="top" | October || 29 ||Voices of Iraq released, the first "wikified" documentary film created by sending multiple DV cameras to participants. |- valign="top" |rowspan="3"| 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. |- valign="top" | 21 || The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces seven films are eligible for the Academy Award for Visual Effects:

|- valign="top" | 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 and also the highest grossing R-rated film. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both released by Universal. International and U.S. and Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, UK results in British pounds and Australian results in Australian dollars. These are the top 10 grossing estimates:

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="left" style="margin:auto;" !2004 Rank!!Title!!Studio!!Worldwide Gross!!U.S/Canada Gross!!U.K. Gross!!Australia Gross |- | 1. || Shrek 2 || DreamWorks || $919,838,758 || $441,226,247 || £48,100,000 || $50,121,453 |- | 2. || Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban || Warner Bros. || $795,541,069 || $249,541,069 || £46,080,000 || $33,030,534 |- | 3. || Spider-Man 2 || Columbia || $783,766,341 || $373,585,825 || £26,720,000 || $24,263,992 |- | 4. || The Incredibles || DisneyPixar|| $631,442,092 || $261,441,092 || £32,270,000 || $26,582,338 |- | 5. || The Passion of the Christ || Newmarket || $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 || $516,642,939 || $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 || $367,275,019 || $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 |}

As of December, 2008, fifty-seven films released in 2004 have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Eight films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status. One film (Shrek 2) has grossed $920 million, making it the tenth highest grossing film in history. On July 7, Spider Man 2 reached a $200 million domestic gross in a record time of 8 days. On July 18, after 19 days in release, Spider Man 2 reached $300 million domestically in another record time.

For a complete list of 2004's top-grossing films, follow these links:

Awards

Academy Awards

:Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby :Best Director: 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

Films released in 2004

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U 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
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Films released in 2004 by country

Births

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: {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#e7e0ef" align="left" | colspan=2 | Date || Name || Age || Cinematic Notability |- valign="top" |rowspan="7"| January || 2 || Etta Moten Barnett || 102 || actress |- | 7 || Ingrid Thulin || 77 || actress |- valign="top" |rowspan="2"| 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 |- valign="top" |rowspan="2"| February || 15 || Jan Miner || 86 || actress |- | 23 || Vijay Anand || 70 || director |- valign="top" |rowspan="8"| 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 |- valign="top" |rowspan="4"| April || 1 || Carrie Snodgress || 57 || actress |- | 5 || Austin Willis || 86 || actor |- | 17 || Soundarya || 32 || actress |- | 25 || Feridun Karakaya || 76 || actor |- valign="top" |rowspan="6"| 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 |- valign="top" |rowspan="7"| June || 4 || Nino Manfredi || 83 || actor |- | 5 || Ronald Reagan || 93 || actor and President of the United States |- |rowspan="2"| 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 |- valign="top" |rowspan="16"| 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 23 || Mehmood || 72 || actor |- | Serge Reggiani || 82 || actor |- |rowspan="2"| 28 || Sam Edwards || 89 || actor |- | Eugene Roche || 75 || actor |- | 30 || Andre Noble || 25 || actor |- |rowspan="2"| 31 || Laura Betti || 70 || actress |- | Virginia Grey || 87 || actress |- valign="top" |rowspan="12"| August || 3 || Margo McLennan || 66 || actress |- |rowspan="2"| 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 22 || Daniel Petrie || 83 || director |- | George Kirgo || 78 || screenwriter |- | 26 || Laura Branigan || 47 || soundtrack composer |- |rowspan="2"| 27 || Suzanne Kaaren || 92 || actress |- | William Pierson || 78 || actor |- valign="top" |rowspan="9"| 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 30 || Ignatius Wolfington || 84 || actor |- | Gamini Fonseka || 68 || actor |- valign="top" |rowspan="5"| 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 |- valign="top" |rowspan="2"| November || 26 || Philippe de Broca || 71 || director |- | 29 || John Drew Barrymore || 72 || actor |- valign="top" |rowspan="4"| December || 3 || Maria Perschy || 66 || actress |- | 14 || Fernando Poe, Jr. || 65 || actor and director |- | 22 || Lucile Layton || 101 || actress |- | 28 || Jerry Orbach || 69 || actor |}

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:

January - March

Dates given are for North American release dates.

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" |+ "align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. |- bgcolor="#dae3e7" align="center" | Month | Day | Title | Studio/Distributor | Notable Cast/Crew |- |rowspan="10"| January ||rowspan="2"| 9 || My Baby's Daddy || Miramax Films || Michael Imperioli |- | Chasing Liberty || Warner Bros. || Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 23 || The Butterfly Effect || New Line || Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart |- | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! || DreamWorks SKG || Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |- |rowspan="12"| February ||rowspan="3"| 6 || || MGM || Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Queen Latifah |- | Catch That Kid || 20th Century Fox || Kristen Stewart, Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals |- | Miracle || Touchstone PicturesWalt Disney Pictures || Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson |- | 13 || 50 First Dates || Columbia Pictures || Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin |- |rowspan="4"| 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 SKGBlue 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) |- |rowspan="3"| 27 || Club Dread || Fox Searchlight Pictures || Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton |- | || Artisan Entertainment || Romola Garai, Diego Luna |- | Twisted || Paramount Pictures || Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia |- |rowspan="12"| March ||rowspan="2"| 5 || Starsky & Hutch || Warner Bros. || Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn |- | Hidalgo || Touchstone PicturesDisney || Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Timothy Dalton |- |rowspan="3"| 12 || || 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) |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |- |rowspan="4"| 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 |- | || Warner Bros. || Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Seth Green |}

April-June

Dates given are for North American release dates. {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" |+ align=bottom | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. |- bgcolor="#dae3e7" align="center" | Month | Day | Title | Studio/Distributor | Notable Cast/Crew |- |rowspan="19"| April ||rowspan="4"| 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 PicturesLions 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 |- |rowspan="4"| 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 |- |rowspan="3"| 16 || Connie and Carla || UniversalSpyglass 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 FoxRegency Pictures || Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken |- | 23 || 13 Going on 30 || Columbia Pictures || Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo |- |rowspan="5"| 30 || || Bobby Jones Films LLC || Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani |- | Envy || Columbia PicturesDreamWorks 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 |- |rowspan="8"| May ||rowspan="2"| 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 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) |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |- |rowspan="13"| June || 4 || Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban || Warner Bros. || Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman |- |rowspan="4"| 11 || The Chronicles of Riddick || Universal Pictures || Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore |- | || 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 PicturesDreamWorks 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 18 || || 20th Century Fox || Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller |- | The Terminal || DreamWorks SKG || Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Steven Spielberg (director) |- |rowspan="2"| 23 || Fahrenheit 9/11 || Lions GateIFC Films || Michael Moore, George W. Bush |- | White Chicks || Columbia Pictures || Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans (director) |- |rowspan="2"| 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) |- |}

July-September

Dates given are for North American release dates. {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" |+ align=bottom | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. |- bgcolor="#dae3e7" align="center" | Month | Day | Title | Studio/Distributor | Notable Cast/Crew |- |rowspan="12"| July || 7 || King Arthur || Touchstone Pictures || Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) |- |rowspan="2"| 9 || || DreamWorks SKG || Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Jack Black |- | Sleepover || MGM || Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington |- |rowspan="2"| 16 || I, Robot || 20th Century Fox || Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan |- | A Cinderella Story || Warner Bros. || Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray |- |rowspan="2"| 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 |- |rowspan="4"| 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) |- |rowspan="13"| August ||rowspan="3"| 6 || Collateral || DreamWorks SKGParamount 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 (film) ‡|| Lions Gate || Chris Kentis (director) |- | 11 || || Walt Disney Pictures || Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews |- |rowspan="2"| 13 || Alien vs. Predator || 20th Century Fox || Sanaa Lathan |- | || Warner Bros. || Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart (voices) |- |rowspan="3"| 20 || || Mulberry Square || |- | || 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 |- |rowspan="4"| 27 || || Screen Gems || Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden |- | Hero || Miramax || Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Quentin Tarantino (presented) |- | || Triumph Films || Jon Voight |- | Suspect Zero || Paramount Pictures || Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss |- |rowspan="13"| September || 1 || Vanity Fair || Focus Features || Reese Witherspoon |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 10 || || Screen Gems || Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr |- | Cellular || New Line || Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy |- |rowspan="4"| 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 PicturesDimension || Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany |- |rowspan="3"| 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 |}

October-December

Dates given are for North American release dates. {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" |+ align=bottom | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. |- bgcolor="#dae3e7" align="center" | Month | Day | Title | Studio/Distributor | Notable Cast/Crew |- |rowspan="13"| October ||rowspan="3"| 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 Bündchen |- |rowspan="2"| 8 || Friday Night Lights || Universal Studios || Billy Bob Thornton |- | Raise Your Voice || New Line || Hilary Duff |- |rowspan="2"| 15 || || Paramount Pictures || Trey Parker and Matt Stone (producers and directors) |- | Shall We Dance || Miramax || Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon |- |rowspan="3"| 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 || DreamWorks Pictures || Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini |- |rowspan="2"| 29 || Ray || Universal Pictures || Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington |- | Saw || Lions Gate Films || Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell |- |rowspan="11"| November ||rowspan="2"| 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) |- |rowspan="4"| 12 || After the Sunset || New Line || Pierce Brosnan, Selma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris |- | ‡ || 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) |- |rowspan="2"| 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) |- |rowspan="2"| 24 || Alexander || Warner Bros. || Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Oliver Stone (director) |- | Christmas with the Kranks || Revolution StudiosColumbia Pictures || Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd |- |rowspan="16"| December ||rowspan="2"| 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, Zhang Yimou (director) |- | 8 || || New Line || Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Triple H (Paul Levesque) |- |rowspan="2"| 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 |- |rowspan="4"| 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 |- |rowspan="3"| 22 || Hotel Rwanda ‡ || United Artists || Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo |- | 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 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 |}

Notes

External links

  • [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news?id=1668&p=.htm Box Office Mojo: 'Passion of the Christ,' 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Tops in 2004]

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