Information about 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.

Events

Month	Day	Event
January	25	Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include and Lost in Translation.
	27	Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are: 11: 10: 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	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 and actor Sylvester Stallone for .
	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.
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.

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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:

2004 Rank	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

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

Films released in 2004

#

• 13 Going on 30
• 2046
• 50 First Dates

A

• After the Sunset
• Against the Ropes
• The Alamo
• Alexander
• Alfie
• Alien vs. Predator
• Along Came Polly
• America's Heart and Soul
• American Crime
• Amrutham
• Anand, directed by Sekhar Kammula (Tollywood film)
• 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
• Before Sunset
• Being Julia
• Benji Off the Leash
• The Big Bounce
• Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker (short)
• Birth
• The Blue Butterfly
• Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
• Born into Brothels (documentary)
• The Bourne Supremacy
• Breakin' All the Rules
• Bride and Prejudice
• 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
• A Dirty Shame
• 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

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
• 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

• 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
• Mondovino (documentary)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
• Mr. 3000
• My Baby's Daddy

N

• Napoleon Dynamite
• 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 Punisher

R

• Raise Your Voice
• Raising Helen
• Ray
• Riding Giants (documentary)
• Riding the Bullet

S

• Sacred Planet
• Saved!
• Saw
• 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
• Super Size Me
• Surviving Christmas
• Suspect Zero

T

• Taegukgi
• Taking Lives
• Taxi
• Teacher's Pet
• 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

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:

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

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.

‡ 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		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
			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		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
			Warner Bros.	Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Seth Green

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
			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		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)

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		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		Walt Disney Pictures	Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews
	13	Alien vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Lance Henriksen
			Warner Bros.	Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart (voices)
	20	Benji Off the Leash	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
	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
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		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

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		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
		‡	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		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, 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
	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

• Box Office Mojo: 'Passion of the Christ,' 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Tops in 2004