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Template:Globalize/USA The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Ocean's Twelve and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2004. The top ten films of 2004, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| 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 | $88,273,679 | $35,456,463 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Warner Bros. | $795,634,069 | $249,541,069 | $84,787,188 | $23,184,488 |
| 3 | Spider-Man 2 | Columbia | $783,766,341 | $373,585,825 | $49,702,580 | $17,818,025 |
| 4 | The Incredibles | Disney / Pixar | $631,442,092 | $261,441,092 | $61,929,959 | $20,930,973 |
| 5 | The Passion of the Christ | Newmarket | $611,899,420 | $370,782,930 | $20,441,388 | $11,712,188 |
| 6 | The Day After Tomorrow | 20th Century Fox | $544,272,402 | $186,740,799 | $45,996,901 | $14,214,949 |
| 7 | Meet the Fockers | Universal | $516,642,939 | $279,261,160 | $54,428,276 | $26,916,341 |
| 8 | Troy | Warner Bros. | $497,409,852 | $133,378,256 | $31,684,507 | $16,409,921 |
| 9 | Shark Tale | DreamWorks | $367,275,019 | $160,861,908 | $41,435,801 | $10,933,195 |
| 10 | Ocean's Twelve | Warner Bros. | $362,744,280 | $125,544,280 | $23,591,650 | $12,024,975 |
These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2004 Yearly Box Office Results.
2004 produced fifty-seven films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Eight films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.
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.
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.
Events
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| 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:
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: | |
| 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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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
- 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
- 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
- A Moment To Remember
- 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 Best Thief in the World
- The Big Bounce
- Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker (short)
- Birth
- Blade: Trinity
- The Blue Butterfly
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
- Book of Love
- Born into Brothels (documentary)
- The Bourne Supremacy
- Breakin' All the Rules
- Bride and Prejudice
- The Edge of Reason
- Brilliant
- 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
- Clean
- 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
- Connor's Heffalump Thanksgiving Movie
- Connor's Heffalump Halloween Movie
- Connor's Heffalump Movie
- Control Room
- The Cookout
- Crash
- Creep
- Criminal
D
- D.E.B.S.
- Dance with the Wind
- Danny Deckchair
- Dawn of the Dead
- The Day After Tomorrow
- A Day Without a Mexican
- De-Lovely
- Dead & Breakfast
- Dead Birds
- Decoys
- Dhoom
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
- A Dirty Shame
- Dirty War
- The District!
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- Donnie Darko (re-release: director's cut)
- The Door in the Floor
- Downfall (Der Untergang)
- Drum
E
- The Eliminator
- Enduring Love
- Envy
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Eulogy
- EuroTrip
- Exorcist: The Beginning
F
- Fade to Black (documentary)
- Fahrenheit 9/11 - Palme d'Or award
- FahrenHYPE 9/11 (documentary)
- Fat Albert
- The Final Cut
- Finding Neverland
- First Daughter
- Flight of the Phoenix
- Flying Boys
- Ae Fond Kiss...
- 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 Movie
- 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
- Half a Confession - Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
- 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
- Intimate Strangers
J
- Jandek on Corwood (documentary)
- Jersey Girl
- Johnson Family Vacation
K
L
- Ladder 49
- The Ladykillers
- The Land Has Eyes
- 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
- Mindbenders
- 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
P
- P.S.
- Pandora Machine
- 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
- Proud
- 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)
- Six: The Mark Unleashed
- Skeleton Man (TV film)
- Silver City
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Sleepover
- Some Kind of Monster
- Soul Plane
- Souli
- Spanglish
- Spartan
- Speak
- Species III
- 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
- Tower of the Firstborn
- Troy
- Twisted
- Two Brothers
- Tying the Knot (documentary)
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
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 and President of the United States | ||
| 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 | 1 | Kyle Stanger | 6 | actor | |
| 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 | |
| 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.
April-June
Dates given are for North American release dates.
July-September
Dates given are for North American release dates.
October-December
Dates given are for North American release dates.
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