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2004 in Film
2004 in Film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels
took place. It included blockbuster films like Troy, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
List (table)
Azkaban, The Bourne Supremacy, Van Helsing, The Passion of the Christ, Resident
of
Evil: Apocalypse, Thunderbirds, Meet the Fockers, Harold and Kumar, The Day
years
After Tomorrow, Anchorman, Saw, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator,
in
The Incredibles, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, I, Robot, Ocean's Twelve and
film
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Films released in 2004
Notable deaths
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Highest-grossing films
Highest-grossing films of 2004[1]
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $919,838,758
2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $796,668,549
3 Spider-Man 2 Columbia $783,766,341
4 The Incredibles Disney $633,019,734
5 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $611,899,420
6 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox $544,272,402
7 Meet the Fockers Universal / DreamWorks $516,642,939
8 Troy Warner Bros. $497,409,852
9 Shark Tale DreamWorks $367,275,019
10 Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362,744,280
Shrek 2 set a new record for total gross by an animated film making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time. The record was
later surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010. On July 7, Spider-Man 2 reached a $200 million domestic gross in a record time of eight days.
On July 18, after 19 days in release, Spider-Man 2 reached $300 million domestically in another record time. Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban has the highest international revenue of $546 million compared toShrek 2's $478.6 million.
The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson, became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004 and also the highest grossing
R-rated film domestically. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both released
by Universal.
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.
26 Golden Raspberry Award nominations announced, leading films are:
9: Gigli
8: The Cat in the Hat
8: From Justin to Kelly
7: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
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
February 4 9th Empire Awards: Major winners include Love Actually and The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King
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 5 The 2004 MTV Movie Awards were held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City,
California and hosted by Lindsay Lohan.
27 Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the
United States for a documentary, earning $23.9 million. And going on to earn
over $119M in domestic box office earnings.
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.
Awards
62nd Golden Globe 11th
10th
Awards Screen 59th 77th
Critics'
January 16, 2005 Actors BAFTA Academy
Choice
Category/Organization Guild Awards Awards
Awards Musical Awards February February
January Drama or February 12, 2005 27, 2005
10, 2005 Comedy 5, 2005
Million
The
Best Film Sideways Sideways N/A The Aviator Dollar
Aviator
Baby
Clint
Martin Eastwood
Clint Eastwood Mike Leigh
Best Director Scorsese N/A Million
Million Dollar Baby Vera Drake
The Aviator Dollar
Baby
Leonardo
Jamie Foxx DiCaprio Jamie Foxx
Best Actor
Ray The Ray
Aviator
Hilary Hilary
Annette
Swank Imelda Swank
Hilary Swank Bening
Best Actress Million Staunton Million
Million Dollar Baby Being
Dollar Vera Drake Dollar
Julia
Baby Baby
Morgan Morgan
Thomas
Freeman Freeman
Haden Clive Owen Clive Owen
Best Supporting Actor Million Million
Church Closer Closer
Dollar Dollar
Sideways
Baby Baby
Virginia
Natalie Portman Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actress Madsen
Closer The Aviator
Sideways
Sideways
Best Screenplay, N/A Alexander Payne and Jim
Adapted
Taylor
Eternal
Sunshine
Sideways Eternal of the
Sideways
Alexander Sunshine of Spotless
Alexander Payne and
Payne and the Mind
Best Screenplay, Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor N/A Spotless Charlie
Original
Mind Kaufman,
Charlie Michel
Kaufman Gondry,
and Pierre
Bismuth
The
Best Foreign Language The Sea
The Sea Inside N/A Motorcycle
Film Inside
Diaries
The
Best Animated Film N/A N/A N/A The Incredibles
Incredibles
January–March
Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre Medium
J Andy Cadiff (director); Derek
A Guiley, David Schneiderman
N Warner Bros. (screenplay); Mandy Moore,
Romance,
U Chasing Liberty Pictures / Alcon Matthew Goode, Jeremy Live action
Comedy
A Entertainment Piven, Annabella Sciorra,
R Caroline Goodall, Mark
Y Harmon
Cheryl Dunye (director);
9 Eddie Griffin, Damon 'Coke'
Daniels, Brent Goldberg,
David T. Wagner
(screenplay); Eddie Griffin,
My Baby's Daddy Miramax Films Comedy Live action
Anthony Anderson, Michael
Imperioli, Method Man, John
Amos, Paula Jai Parker,
Joanna Bacalso, Bai Ling,
Marsha Thomason
John Hamburg
(director/screenplay); Ben
Along Came Universal Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Romance,
Live action
Polly Pictures Seymour Hoffman, Debra Comedy
Messing, Hank Azaria, Bryan
Brown, Alec Baldwin
Timothy Björklund (director);
Gary Baseman, Bill
Steinkellner, Cheri
Steinkellner (screenplay);
Nathan Lane, Kelsey Comedy,
Walt Disney
Teacher's Pet Grammer, Shaun Fleming, Musical, Animation
16 Pictures
Debra Jo Rupp, David Ogden Family
Stiers, Jerry Stiller, Paul
Reubens, Rob Paulsen,
Wallace Shawn, Estelle
Harris, Jay Thomas
Joseph Kahn (director); Matt
Warner Bros. Johnson (screenplay);Martin
Pictures / Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet
Torque Village Mazur, Adam Scott, Matt Action Live action
Roadshow Schulze, Jaime Pressly, Jay
Pictures Hernandez, Will Yun Lee,
Max Beesley
Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
(directors/screenplay);Ashton
Kutcher, Amy Smart, Elden
The Butterfly New Line
22 Henson, William Lee Scott, Thriller Live action
Effect Cinema
Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee,
Logan Lerman, Melora
Walters
Robert Luketic (director);
Victor Levin (screenplay);
Win a Date with DreamWorks Kate Bosworth, Josh Romance,
23 Live action
Tad Hamilton! Pictures Duhamel, Topher Grace, Comedy
Gary Cole, Ginnifer Goodwin,
Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane
30 George Armitage (director);
Sebastian Gutierrez
Warner Bros.
(screenplay); Owen Wilson,
Pictures / Comedy,
The Big Bounce Morgan Freeman, Gary Live action
Shangri-La Crime
Sinise, Sara Foster, Willie
Entertainment
Nelson, Vinnie Jones, Bebe
Neuwirth, Charlie Sheen
The Perfect Paramount Brian Robbins (director); Comedy Live action
Score Pictures / MTV Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman,
Films Jon Zack (screenplay);Erika
Christensen, Chris Evans,
Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett
Johansson, Darius Miles,
Leonardo Nam
Chris Stokes
(director/screenplay);
Omarion Grandberry,
Marques Houston, Jennifer
Dance,
You Got Served Screen Gems Freeman, Jarell Houston, Live action
Drama
De'Mario Thornton, Dreux
Frédéric, Michael Taliferro,
Alani Vazquez, Meagan
Good, Steve Harvey
F Kevin Rodney Sullivan
E (director); Don D. Scott
B (screenplay); Ice Cube,
R Cedric the Entertainer, Sean
U Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy
A Barbershop 2: Metro-Goldwyn- Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard
Comedy Live action
R Back in Business Mayer Earl Howze, Harry Lennix,
Y Robert Wisdom, Jazsmin
Lewis, Carl Wright, Garcelle
Beauvais-Nilon, DeRay
Davis, Kenan Thompson,
Queen Latifah
6
Bart Freundlich (director);
Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
(screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Action,
20th Century
Catch That Kid Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Comedy, Live action
Fox
Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, Family
John Carroll Lynch, James
LeGros
Gavin O'Connor (director);
Eric Guggenheim
Walt Disney Sports,
Miracle (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Live action
Pictures Drama
Patricia Clarkson, Noah
Emmerich
Daniel Robichaud (director);
Claude Scasso (screenplay);
CinéGroupe / Malcolm McDowell, Whoopi
Family,
9 Pinocchio 3000 Filmax / Anima Goldberg, Howie Mandel, Animation
Fantasy
Kids Helena Evangeliou, Gabrielle
Elfassy, Howard Ryshpan,
Sonja Ball
Peter Segal (director);
George Wing (screenplay);
Columbia Adam Sandler, Drew Romance,
13 50 First Dates Live action
Pictures Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Comedy
Sean Astin, Blake Clark, Dan
Aykroyd
20 Charles S. Dutton (director);
Cheryl Edwards (screenplay);
Against the Paramount Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Tony Sports,
Live action
Ropes Pictures Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Kerry Drama
Washington, Charles S.
Dutton
Confessions of a Walt Disney Sara Sugarman (director); Teen, Live action
Teenage Drama Pictures Gail Parent (screenplay); Comedy,
Queen Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Drama,
Glenne Headly, Alison Pill, Eli Family
Marienthal, Megan Fox, Carol
Kane
Jeff Schaffer
(director/screenplay); Alec
Berg, David Mandel
(screenplay); Scott
DreamWorks
EuroTrip Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Comedy Live action
Pictures
Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis
Wester, Vinnie Jones, Lucy
Lawless, Diedrich Bader, Matt
Damon, Patrick Malahide
Donald Petrie (director); Doug
Richardson (screenplay);
Gene Hackman, Ray
Welcome to 20th Century
Romano, Marcia Gay Harden, Comedy Live action
Mooseport Fox
Maura Tierney, Christine
Baranski, Fred Savage, Rip
Torn
Mel Gibson
(director/screenplay);
Benedict Fitzgerald
The Passion of Icon
25 (screenplay); Jim Caviezel, Drama Live action
the Christ Productions
Monica Bellucci, Claudia
Gerini, Maia Morgenstern,
Sergio Rubini
Jay Chandrasekhar (director);
Broken Lizard (screenplay);
Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin
Fox Searchlight Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Comedy,
Club Dread Live action
Pictures Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Horror
Brittany Daniel, Jordan Ladd,
M. C. Gainey, Lindsay Price,
Bill Paxton
27 Philip Kaufman (director);
Sarah Thorp (screenplay);
Ashley Judd, Samuel L.
Jackson, Andy García, David
Paramount
Twisted Strathairn, Russel Wong, Thriller Live action
Pictures
Camryn Manheim, Mark
Pellegrino, Titus Welliver, D.
W. Moffett, Richard T. Jones,
Leland Orser
M Joe Johnston (director); John
A Fusco (screenplay); Viggo
R Mortensen, Omar Sharif,
Touchstone Biographical,
C Hidalgo Louise Lombard, Saïd Live action
Pictures Western
H Taghmaoui, Peter Mensah, J.
K. Simmons, Zuleikha
Robinson
5 Todd Phillips
(director/screenplay); John
O'Brien, Scot Armstrong
Warner Bros.
(screenplay); Ben Stiller,
Pictures / Action,
Starsky & Hutch Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Live action
Dimension Comedy
Juliette Lewis, Fred
Films
Williamson, Jason Bateman,
Chris Penn, Carmen Electra,
Amy Smart, Snoop Dogg
12 Agent Cody Metro-Goldwyn- Kevin Allen (director); Don Action, Live action
Banks 2: Mayer Rhymer (screenplay); Frankie Comedy,
Destination Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Family
London Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia
Stevenson, Daniel Roebuck,
Anna Chancellor, Keith Allen,
James Faulkner, Keith David
David Koepp
(director/screenplay); Johnny
Columbia Depp, John Turturro, Maria Horror,
Secret Window Live action
Pictures Bello, Timothy Hutton, Thriller
Charles S. Dutton, Len
Cariou
David Mamet
Warner Bros.
(director/screenplay); Val
Pictures / Thriller,
Spartan Kilmer, Derek Luke, William Live action
Franchise Drama
H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Kristen
Pictures
Bell, Tia Texada, Clark Gregg
Zack Snyder (director);
James Gunn (screenplay);
Dawn of the Universal
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Horror Live action
Dead Pictures
Jake Weber, Ty Burrell,
Mekhi Phifer
Michel Gondry (director);
Charlie Kaufman
Eternal Sunshine (screenplay); Jim Carrey, Comedy,
of the Spotless Focus Features Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Drama, Live action
19 Mind Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo, Romance
Elijah Wood, Jane Adams,
David Cross
D. J. Caruso (director); Jon
Warner Bros. Bokenkamp (screenplay);
Pictures / Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke,
Taking Lives Village Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Thriller Live action
Roadshow Martinez, Tchéky Karyo,
Pictures Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gena
Rowlands
Raja Gosnell (director);
James Gunn (screenplay);
Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah
Scooby-Doo 2:
Warner Bros. Michelle Gellar, Matthew Comedy, Live
20 Monsters
Pictures Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Family action/Animation
Unleashed
Green, Peter Boyle, Tim
Blake Nelson, Alicia
Silverstone
Kevin Smith
(director/screenplay); Ben
Affleck, Liv Tyler, George
Jersey Girl Miramax Films Comedy Live action
Carlin, Stephen Root, Mike
Starr, Raquel Castro, Jason
Biggs, Jennifer Lopez
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
(directors/screenplay);Tom
26 Touchstone Comedy,
The Ladykillers Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Live action
Pictures Thriller
Wayans, J. K. Simmons, Tzi
Ma, Ryan Hurst
Ernest Dickerson (director);
James Gibson (screenplay);
Fox Searchlight Crime,
Never Die Alone DMX, David Arquette, Live action
Pictures Thriller
Michael Ealy, Clifton Powell,
Reagan Gomez-Preston
April–June
Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre Medium
A Guillermo del Toro
P Columbia (director/screenplay); Ron
R Pictures / Perlman, Selma Blair, Action,
Hellboy Live action
I Revolution Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Fantasy
L Studios Roden, Rupert Evans, Doug
Jones, John Hurt
Will Finn, John Sanford
Comedy,
(directors/screenplay);
Western,
Home on the Walt Disney Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench,
Musical, Animation
Range Pictures Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding
Adventure,
Jr., Randy Quaid, Steve
Family
Buscemi
Martha Coolidge (director);
2 Jack Amiel, Michael Begler,
Katherine Fugate
The Prince and Paramount Romance,
(screenplay); Julia Stiles, Live action
Me Pictures Comedy
Luke Mably, Ben Miller,
James Fox, Miranda
Richardson
Kevin Bray (director); David
Klass, Channing Gibson,
David Levien, Brian
Koppelman (screenplay);
Metro-Goldwyn-
Walking Tall Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Action Live action
Mayer
Knoxville, Neal McDonough,
Kristen Wilson, Ashley
Scott, Khleo Thomas, Kevin
Durand, Michael Bowen
Christopher Erskin
(director); Todd R. Jones,
Earl Richey Jones
(screenplay); Cedric the
Johnson Family Fox Searchlight
Entertainer, Vanessa L. Comedy Live action
Vacation Pictures
Williams, Bow Wow, Gabby
Soleil, Solange Knowles,
Shannon Elizabeth, Steve
Harvey
Jean-Jacques Annaud
(director); Alain Godard,
7
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Universal
Two Brothers (screenplay); Guy Pearce, Drama Live action
Pictures
Jean-Claude Dreyfus,
Freddie Highmore, Oanh
Nguyen, Philippe Leroy
Howard Deutch (director);
Warner Bros. George Gallo (screenplay);
The Whole Ten Pictures / Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Comedy,
Live action
Yards Franchise Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak, Crime
Pictures Natasha Henstridge, Frank
Collison, Silas Weir Mitchell
9 John Lee Hancock
(director); Leslie Bohem,
Touchstone Stephen Gaghan
Pictures / (screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Action,
The Alamo Live action
Imagine Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Drama
Entertainment Patric, Patrick Wilson, Jordi
Mollà, Emilio Echevarría,
Marc Blucas, Leon Rippy
Ella Enchanted Miramax Films Tommy O'Haver (director); Comedy, Live action
Laurie Craig, Karen Fantasy,
McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Family
Smith, Jennifer Heath,
Michele J. Wolff
(screenplay); Anne
Hathaway, Hugh Dancy,
Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Fox,
Joanna Lumley, Jimi Mistry,
Steve Coogan, Heidi Klum,
Minnie Driver, Patrick
Bergin, Eric Idle
Luke Greenfield (director);
Stuart Blumberg, David T.
20th Century Fox Wagner, Brent Goldberg
The Girl Next
/ Regency (screenplay); Emile Hirsch, Comedy Live action
Door
Enterprises Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy
Olyphant, James Remar,
Chris Marquette, Paul Dano
Edgar Wright
Universal (director/screenplay); Simon
Pictures / Pegg (screenplay); Simon
Shaun of the Comedy,
StudioCanal / Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Live action
Dead Horror
Working Title Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan
Films Moran, Bill Nighy, Penelope
Wilton
Michael Lembeck (director);
Universal Nia Vardalos (screenplay);
Connie and Pictures / Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, Musical,
Live action
Carla Spyglass David Duchovny, Stephen Comedy
Entertainment Spinella, Dash Mihok,
Robert John Burke
Quentin Tarantino
(director/screenplay); Uma
Thurman, David Carradine, Action,
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Miramax Films Live action
Daryl Hannah, Michael Drama
16 Madsen, Michael Parks,
Gordon Liu, Vivica A. Fox
Jonathan Hensleigh
(director/screenplay);
Michael France
(screenplay); Thomas Jane, Action,
The Punisher Lions Gate Films John Travolta, Will Patton, Thriller, Live action
Roy Scheider, Laura Drama
Harring, Ben Foster,
Samantha Mathis, Rebecca
Romijn
23 Gary Winick (director);
Cathy Yuspa, Josh
Columbia
Goldsmith, Niels Mueller
Pictures / Romance,
13 Going on 30 (screenplay); Jennifer Live action
Revolution Comedy
Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy
Studios
Greer, Andy Serkis, Kathy
Baker
Robert Ramirez
(director/screenplay); Rhett
Reese (screenplay); John
Warner Bros. Ritter, Cree Summer, Kel
Musical,
Clifford's Really Pictures / Mitchell, Grey DeLisle,
Comedy, Animation
Big Movie Scholastic Wayne Brady, Jenna
Family
Entertainment Elfman, Wilmer Valderrama,
Jess Harnell, Judge
Reinhold, John Goodman,
Kath Soucie, Ernie Hudson
Man on Fire 20th Century Fox Tony Scott (director); Brian Thriller, Live action
/ Regency Helgeland (screenplay); Drama
Enterprises / Denzel Washington, Dakota
Scott Free Fanning, Christopher
Productions Walken, Giancarlo Giannini,
Radha Mitchell, Marc
Anthony, Rachel Ticotin,
Mickey Rourke
Rowdy Herrington
(director/screenplay); Bill
Pryor, Tony DePaul
Biographical,
Bobby Jones: Columbia (screenplay); Jim Caviezel,
Sports, Live action
Stroke of Genius Pictures Claire Forlani, Jeremy
Drama
Northam, Connie Ray, Brett
Rice, Malcolm McDowell,
Aidan Quinn
DreamWorks Barry Levinson (director);
Pictures / Steve Adams (screenplay);
Columbia Ben Stiller, Jack Black,
Envy Comedy Live action
Pictures / Castle Rachel Weisz, Amy
Rock Poehler, Christopher
Entertainment Walken
Nick Hamm (director); Mark
Bomback (screenplay);
Science
Greg Kinnear, Rebecca
Godsend Lions Gate Films fiction, Live action
Romijn, Robert De Niro,
Horror
30 Cameron Bright,
Christopher Britton
Peter Howitt (director); Aline
Brosh McKenna, Robert
Harling (screenplay); Pierce
Laws of New Line Romance,
Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Live action
Attraction Cinema Comedy
Parker Posey, Michael
Sheen, Nora Dunn, Frances
Fisher
Mark Waters (director); Tina
Fey (screenplay); Lindsay
Lohan, Rachel McAdams,
Tim Meadows, Amy
Paramount Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Comedy,
Mean Girls Live action
Pictures Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Teen
Caplan, Daniel Franzese,
Neil Flynn, Jonathan
Bennett, Amanda Seyfried,
Tina Fey
M Stephen Sommers
A (director/screenplay); Hugh
Y Jackman, Kate Beckinsale,
Action,
Universal Richard Roxburgh, David
5 Van Helsing Adventure, Live action
Pictures Wenham, Will Kemp, Kevin
Fantasy
J. O'Connor, Shuler
Hensley, Alun Armstrong,
Elena Anaya
Dennie Gordon (director);
Emily Fox, Adam Cooper,
Bill Collage (screenplay);
Warner Bros.
7 New York Minute Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Comedy Live action
Pictures
Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy
Richter, Jared Padalecki,
Riley Smith, Andrea Martin
14 Troy Warner Bros. Wolfgang Petersen War, Drama Live action
Pictures (director); David Benioff
(screenplay); Brad Pitt, Eric
Bana, Orlando Bloom,
Diane Kruger, Brian Cox,
Sean Bean, Brendan
Gleeson, Saffron Burrows,
Julie Christie, Peter O'Toole,
Rose Byrne, Garrett
Hedlund
Daniel Taplitz
(director/screenplay); Jamie
Breakin' All the Live action /
Screen Gems Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Comedy
Rules Animation
Gabrielle Union, Jennifer
Esposito, Peter MacNicol
Andrew Adamson, Kelly
Asbury, Conrad Vernon
(directors); Andrew
Adamson Joe Stillman, J.
DreamWorks David Stern, David N. Weiss Comedy,
21 Shrek 2 Animation / (screenplay); Mike Myers, Fantasy, Animation
PDI/DreamWorks Eddie Murphy, Cameron Family
Diaz, Julie Andrews,
Antonio Banderas, John
Cleese, Rupert Everett,
Jennifer Saunders
Roland Emmerich
(director/screenplay);
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
(screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Action,
20th Century Fox
The Day After Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Disaster,
24 / Centropolis Live action
Tomorrow Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward, Science
Entertainment
Dash Mihok, Jay O. fiction
Sanders, Austin Nichols,
Tamlyn Tomita, Nestor
Serrano
Garry Marshall (director);
Jack Amiel, Michael Begler
Touchstone (screenplay); Kate Hudson,
Comedy,
Raising Helen Pictures / John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Live action
Drama
Beacon Pictures Hayden Panettiere, Spencer
Breslin, Abigail Breslin,
Helen Mirren
Jessy Terrero (director); Bo
28 Zenga, Chuck Wilson
(screenplay); Tom Arnold,
Kevin Hart, Method Man,
Snoop Dogg, K. D. Aubert,
Metro-Goldwyn-
Soul Plane Godfrey, Brian Hooks, D. L. Comedy Live action
Mayer
Hughley, Arielle Kebbel,
Mo'Nique, Ryan Pinkston,
Missi Pyle, Sommore, Sofía
Vergara, Gary Anthony
Williams, John Witherspoon
Alfonso Cuarón (director);
Steve Kloves (screenplay);
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma
Watson, Rupert Grint,
Michael Gambon, Maggie
Harry Potter and Smith, David Thewlis, Gary
Warner Bros.
31 the Prisoner of Oldman, Robbie Coltrane, Fantasy Live action
Pictures
Azkaban Alan Rickman, Emma
Thompson, Julie Walters,
Richard Griffiths, Fiona
Shaw, David Bradley,
Devon Murray, Tom Felton,
Bonnie Wright
J 11 The Chronicles Universal David Twohy Science Live action
U of Riddick Pictures (director/screenplay); Vin fiction, Action
N Diesel, Thandie Newton,
E Karl Urban, Colm Feore,
Linus Roache, Keith David,
Yorick van Wageningen,
Alexa Davalos, Nick
Chinlund, Judi Dench
Pete Hewitt (director); Joel
Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Garfield: The (screenplay); Breckin Comedy, Live
20th Century Fox
Movie Meyer, Jennifer Love Family action/Animation
Hewitt, Stephen
Tobolowsky, Bill Murray
Jared Hess
(director/screenplay);
Fox Searchlight
Jerusha Hess (screenplay);
Pictures /
Napoleon Jon Heder, Jon Gries,
Paramount Comedy Live action
Dynamite Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez,
Pictures / MTV
Tina Majorino, Diedrich
Films
Bader, Sandy Martin, Haylie
Duff
Frank Oz (director); Paul
Rudnick (screenplay);
Paramount
Nicole Kidman, Matthew Comedy,
The Stepford Pictures /
Broderick, Bette Midler, Science Live action
Wives DreamWorks
Christopher Walken, Roger fiction
Pictures
Bart, Faith Hill, Jon Lovitz,
Glenn Close
Frank Coraci (director);
David Titcher, David
Walt Disney Benullo, David Goldstein
Around the Adventure,
16 Pictures / (screenplay); Jackie Chan, Live action
World in 80 Days Comedy
Walden Media Steve Coogan, Cécile de
France, Jim Broadbent,
Ewen Bremner
Rawson Marshall Thurber
(director/screenplay); Vince
DodgeBall: A Vaughn, Ben Stiller,
Comedy,
True Underdog 20th Century Fox Christine Taylor, Rip Torn, Live action
Sports
Story Gary Cole, Justin Long,
Missi Pyle, Alan Tudyk,
18 Stephen Root
Steven Spielberg (director);
Sacha Gervasi, Jeff
DreamWorks Nathanson (screenplay); Comedy,
The Terminal Live action
Pictures Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta- Drama
Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi
McBride, Diego Luna
Keenen Ivory Wayans
(director/screenplay);
Shawn Wayans, Marlon
Wayans, Andrew McElfresh,
Michael Anthony Snowden,
Columbia Xavier Cook (screenplay);
Pictures / Marlon Wayans, Shawn
23 White Chicks Comedy Live action
Revolution Wayans, Jaime King,
Studios Frankie Faison, Lochlyn
Munro, John Heard, Busy
Philipps, Terry Crews,
Brittany Daniel, Jessica
Cauffiel, Rochelle Aytes,
Jennifer Carpenter
25 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions Gate Films Michael Moore Documentary Live action
(director/screenplay);
Michael Moore
Nick Cassavetes (director);
Jeremy Leven (screenplay);
Ryan Gosling, Rachel
New Line Romance,
The Notebook McAdams, James Garner, Live action
Cinema Drama
Gena Rowlands, James
Marsden, Kevin Connolly,
Sam Shepard, Joan Allen
Sam Raimi (director); Alvin
Sargent (screenplay); Tobey
Columbia
Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Action,
30 Spider-Man 2 Pictures / Marvel Live action
James Franco, Alfred Superhero
Enterprises
Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.
K. Simmons, Donna Murphy
July–September
Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre Medium
J Warner
Richard Linklater (director/screenplay);
U Independent
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke Romance, Live
L 2 Before Sunset Pictures /
(screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Julie Drama action
Y Castle Rock
Delpy
Entertainment
Antoine Fuqua (director); David
Franzoni (screenplay); Clive Owen,
Touchstone
Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Drama,
Pictures / Jerry Live
7 King Arthur Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsgård, Action,
Bruckheimer action
Ray Winstone, Hugh Dancy, Til Adventure
Films
Schweiger, Mads Mikkelsen, Ken
Stott, Joel Edgerton
Adam McKay (director/screenplay);
Anchorman: The
DreamWorks Will Ferrell (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Live
Legend of Ron Comedy
Pictures Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve action
Burgundy
Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard
9 Joe Nussbaum (director); Elisa Bell
(screenplay); Alexa Vega, Mika
Metro-Goldwyn- Live
Sleepover Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington, Comedy
Mayer action
Sara Paxton, Brie Larson, Steve
Carell, Jeff Garlin
Zhang Yimou (director/screenplay);
House of Flying Sony Pictures Feng Li, Bin Wang; (screenplay); Martial Live
Daggers Classics Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang arts action
Ziyi
15 Alex Proyas (director); Jeff Vintar,
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Will Action,
20th Century Live
I, Robot Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Science
Fox action
Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi fiction
McBride, Shia LaBeouf, Alan Tudyk
Mark Rosman (director); Leigh Dunlap
Warner Bros.
A Cinderella (screenplay); Hilary Duff, Chad Comedy, Live
16 Pictures /
Story Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Romance action
Gaylord Films
Dan Byrd, Regina King
Warner Bros. Pitof (director); John Brancato, Michael
Pictures / Ferris, John Rogers (screenplay);
Action, Live
22 Catwoman Village Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon
Superhero action
Roadshow Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances
Pictures Conroy, Alex Borstein
23 Rajiv Rai (director/screenplay); Naeem
Sha (screenplay); Arjun Rampal,
Action, Live
Asambhav Trimurti Films Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah,
Thriller action
Dipannita Sharma, Mukesh Rishi,
Milind Gunaji, Mohan Agashe
Paul Greengrass (director); Tony
Gilroy (screenplay); Matt Damon,
The Bourne Universal Action, Live
Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia
Supremacy Pictures Thriller action
Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan
Allen
Michael Mayer (director); Michael
Warner
A Home at the Cunningham (screenplay); Colin Live
Independent Drama
End of the World Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas action
Pictures
Roberts, Sissy Spacek
Thunderbirds Universal Jonathan Frakes (director); William Science Live
Pictures / Osborne, Michael McCullers fiction, action
StudioCanal / (screenplay); Brady Corbet, Bill Action,
Working Title Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Ben Adventure,
Films Kingsley
Teen,
Family
Fox Searchlight Zach Braff (director/screenplay); Zach
Comedy, Live
28 Garden State Pictures / Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter
Drama action
Miramax Films Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Method Man
Danny Leiner (director); Jon Hurwitz,
Harold & Kumar
New Line Hayden Schlossberg (screenplay); Live
Go to White Comedy
Cinema John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick action
Castle
Harris
Jonathan Demme (director); Daniel
Pyne, Dean Georgaris (screenplay);
The Manchurian Paramount Live
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Thriller
30 Candidate Pictures action
Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise,
Jeffrey Wright, Ted Levine
M. Night Shyamalan
Touchstone
(director/screenplay); Joaquin
Pictures / Thriller, Live
The Village Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrien
Blinding Edge Mystery action
Brody, Sigourney Weaver, William
Pictures
Hurt, Brendan Gleeson
A Michael Mann (director); Stuart Beattie
Thriller,
U DreamWorks (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Live
Collateral Crime,
G Pictures Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, action
Drama
U Peter Berg, Bruce McGill
S 5
T Hatsuki Tsuji (director); Dan Green,
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Warner Bros. Eric Stuart, Wayne Grayson, Frank Action,
Movie: Pyramid Pictures / 4Kids Frankson, Amy Birnbaum, Tara Jayne, Fantasy, Animation
of Light Entertainment Maddie Blaustein, Darren Dunstan, Family
Scottie Ray
Nick Hurran (director); Melissa Carter,
Columbia
Elisa Bell (screenplay);Brittany
Pictures / Romance, Live
Little Black Book Murphy, Holly Hunter, Ron Livingston,
Revolution Comedy action
6 Julianne Nicholson, Stephen
Studios
Tobolowsky, Kathy Bates
Lions Gate Chris Kentis (director/screenplay); Horror, Live
Open Water
Films Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis Drama action
Garry Marshall (director); Shonda
The Princess Rhimes (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Comedy,
Walt Disney Live
11 Diaries 2: Royal Julie Andrews, Héctor Elizondo, Drama,
Pictures action
Engagement Heather Matarazzo, John Rhys- Family
Davies, Chris Pine
Paul W. S. Anderson
Horror,
(director/screenplay); Sanaa Lathan,
Alien vs. 20th Century Science Live
12 Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen
Predator Fox fiction, action
Bremner, Colin Salmon, Tommy
Action
Flanagan
Warner Bros. Renny Harlin (director); Alexi Hawley
Exorcist: The Pictures / (screenplay); Stellan Skarsgård, Live
Horror
Beginning Morgan Creek Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan action
Productions Ford, Ben Cross
20 Steven Brill (director); Jay Leggett,
Mitch Rouse (screenplay); Seth Green,
Paramount Live
Without a Paddle Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Ethan Comedy
Pictures action
Suplee, Abraham Benrubi, Ray Baker,
Rachel Blanchard, Burt Reynolds
27 Anacondas: The Screen Gems Dwight H. Little (director); John Claflin, Adventure, Live
Hunt for the Daniel Zelman, Michael Miner, Edward Horror action
Blood Orchid Neumeier (screenplay); Johnny
Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew
Marsden, Eugene Byrd, Salli
Richardson-Whitfield, Nicholas
Gonzalez, Karl Yune, Morris Chestnut
Matthew Vaughn (director); J. J.
Connolly (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Crime, Live
Layer Cake Vertigo Films
Sienna Miller, Colm Meaney, Michael Thriller action
Gambon
E. Elias Merhige (director); Zak Penn,
Paramount Billy Ray (screenplay); Aaron Eckhart, Live
Suspect Zero Thriller
Pictures Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, action
Harry Lennix
S Mira Nair (director); Matthew Faulk,
E Mark Skeet, Julian Fellowes
P (screenplay); Reese Witherspoon,
Live
T 1 Vanity Fair Focus Features Eileen Atkins, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Drama
action
E Byrne, Romola Garai, Bob Hoskins,
M Rhys Ifans, James Purefoy, Jonathan
B Rhys Meyers
E
R Lance Rivera (director); Laurie B.
Turner, Ramsey Gbelawoe, Jeffrey
Brian Holmes (screenplay); Storm P ,
Lions Gate Live
The Cookout Ja Rule, Tim Meadows, Jenifer Lewis, Comedy
Films action
Meagan Good, Jonathan Silverman,
Farrah Fawcett, Danny Glover, Queen
Latifah
3 Paul Abascal (director);Forrest Smith
20th Century
(screenplay); Cole Hauser, Robin Live
Paparazzi Fox / Icon Action
Tunney, Dennis Farina, Daniel action
Productions
Baldwin, Tom Sizemore
Metro-Goldwyn- Paul McGuigan (director); Brandon
Mayer / Boyce (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Drama, Live
Wicker Park
Lakeshore Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard, Diane Mystery action
Entertainment Kruger
David R. Ellis (director); Chris Morgan
(screenplay); Kim Basinger, Chris
New Line Action, Live
Cellular Evans, Jason Statham, William H.
Cinema Thriller action
Macy, Eric Christian Olsen, Noah
Emmerich
Alexander Witt (director); Paul W. S. Science
10
Resident Evil: Anderson (screenplay); Milla Jovovich, fiction, Live
Screen Gems
Apocalypse Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Action, action
Kretschmann, Jared Harris, Mike Epps Horror
Warner Gregory Jacobs (director/screenplay);
Live
Criminal Independent Mike Lowry (screenplay); John C. Crime
action
Pictures Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal
17 Touchstone
Charles Stone III (director); Eric
Pictures /
Champnella, Keith Mitchell, Howard
Dimension Comedy, Live
Mr. 3000 Michael Gould (screenplay);Bernie
Films / Sports action
Mac, Angela Bassett, Paul Sorvino,
Spyglass
Chris Noth, Michael Rispoli
Entertainment
Kerry Conran (director/screenplay);
Paramount Science
Sky Captain and Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina
Pictures / fiction, Live
the World of Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael
Brooklyn Films / Action, action
Tomorrow Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili,
Filmauro Adventure
Laurence Olivier
Universal
Richard Loncraine (director); Adam
Pictures / Romance,
Brooks, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Live
Wimbledon StudioCanal / Comedy,
(screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Paul action
Working Title Sports
Bettany, Sam Neill, Jon Favreau
Films
Funky Monkey Warner Bros. Harry Basil (director); Lance Kinsey, Comedy Live
Pictures / Gene Quintano (screenplay); Matthew action
Franchise Modine, Roma Downey, Seth Adkins,
Pictures Taylor Negron, Gilbert Gottfried,
Jeffrey Tambor
Science-
Ghost in the Go Fish
Mamoru Oshii (director/screenplay); fiction,
Shell 2: Pictures / Animation
Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka Action,
Innocence Production I.G
Anime,
Forest Whitaker (director); Jessica
20th Century Bendinger, Kate Kondell (screenplay);
Romance, Live
First Daughter Fox / Regency Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie,
Comedy action
Enterprises Margaret Colin, Lela Rochon Fuqua,
Michael Keaton
Columbia Joseph Ruben (director); Gerald Di
Science
Pictures / Pego (screenplay); Julianne Moore, Live
24 The Forgotten fiction,
Revolution Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre action
Thriller
Studios Woodard, Anthony Edwards
Jeff Nathanson (director/screenplay);
Touchstone
Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni
Pictures / Action, Live
The Last Shot Collette, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta,
Mandeville Comedy action
Tim Blake Nelson, James Rebhorn,
Films
Tony Shalhoub
October–December
Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre Medium
O David O. Russell
C (director/screenplay); Jeff
T Baena (screenplay); Dustin
I Heart Fox Searchlight Comedy,
O Hoffman, Isabelle Huppert, Live action
Huckabees Pictures Drama
B Jude Law, Jason
E Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin,
R Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts
Jay Russell (director); Lewis
Touchstone
Colick (screenplay); Joaquin
Pictures /
Phoenix, John Travolta,
Beacon
Ladder 49 Jacinda Barrett, Morris Drama Live action
Pictures /
Chestnut, Robert Patrick,
Casey Silver
Balthazar Getty, Jay
Productions
Hernandez
1 Rob Letterman
(director/screenplay); Bibo
Bergeron, Vicky Jenson
DreamWorks (directors); Michael J. Wilson Comedy,
Shark Tale Animation
Animation (screenplay); Will Smith, Jack Family
Black, Robert De Niro, Renée
Zellweger, Angelina Jolie,
Martin Scorsese
James Wan
(director/screenplay); Leigh
Lions Gate Whannell (screenplay); Cary
Saw Films / Twisted Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Horror Live action
Pictures Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken
Leung, Tobin Bell, Leigh
Whannell
Gurinder Chadha
(director/screenplay); Paul
Mayeda Berges (screenplay);
Comedy,
Bride and Aishwarya Rai, Martin
4 Miramax Films Drama, Live action
Prejudice Henderson Nadira Babbar,
Romance
Anupam Kher, Naveen
Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar,
Sonali Kulkarni
Tim Story (director); Robert
Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon,
20th Century Jim Kouf (screenplay); Queen Comedy,
6 Taxi Live action
Fox Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Action
Bündchen, Jennifer Esposito,
Henry Simmons, Ann-Margret
8 Peter Berg
(director/screenplay); David
Aaron Cohen (screenplay);
Universal
Billy Bob Thornton, Derek
Friday Night Pictures / Drama,
Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Live action
Lights Imagine Sports
Black, Garrett Hedlund, Tim
Entertainment
McGraw, Lee Thompson
Young, Connie Britton, Amber
Heard
Sean McNamara (director);
Sam Schreiber (screenplay);
Hilary Duff, Oliver James, Drama,
New Line
Raise Your Voice Jason Ritter, Dana Davis, Kat Teen, Live action
Cinema
Dennings, Rita Wilson, David Musical
Keith, Rebecca De Mornay,
John Corbett
Around the Bend Warner Jordan Roberts Comedy, Live action
Independent (director/screenplay); Drama
Pictures Christopher Walken, Josh
Lucas, Michael Caine,
Glenne Headly, Jonah Bobo
Peter Chelsom (director);
Audrey Wells (screenplay);
Richard Gere, Jennifer
Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Romance,
Shall We Dance? Miramax Films Stanley Tucci, Lisa Ann Comedy, Live action
Walter, Richard Jenkins, Drama
Bobby Cannavale, Omar
Benson Miller, Mýa Harrison,
15 Ja Rule, Nick Cannon
Trey Parker
(director/screenplay); Matt
Stone, Pam Brady
Team America: Paramount
(screenplay); Trey Parker, Comedy Puppetry
World Police Pictures
Matt Stone, Kristen Miller,
Masasa, Daran Norris, Phil
Hendrie, Maurice LaMarche
Charles Shyer
(director/screenplay); Elaine
Pope (screenplay); Jude Law, Romance,
Paramount
Alfie Marisa Tomei, Susan Comedy, Live action
Pictures
Sarandon, Omar Epps, Nia Drama
Long, Jane Krakowski,
Sienna Miller
Takashi Shimizu (director);
Stephen Susco (screenplay);
Columbia
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason
The Grudge Pictures / Ghost Horror Live action
Behr, KaDee Strickland,
House Pictures
Grace Zabriskie, Rosa Blasi,
Clea DuVall, Bill Pullman
Alexander Payne
22 (director/screenplay); Jim
Fox Searchlight Taylor (screenplay); Paul Comedy,
Sideways Live action
Pictures Giamatti, Thomas Haden Drama
Church, Virginia Madsen,
Sandra Oh
Mike Mitchell (director);
Deborah Kaplan, Harry
Elfont, Jeffrey Ventimilia,
Joshua Sternin (screenplay);
Ben Affleck, James
Surviving DreamWorks
Gandolfini, Christina Comedy Live action
Christmas Pictures
Applegate, Catherine O'Hara,
Josh Zuckerman, Bill Macy,
Jennifer Morrison, Udo Kier,
David Selby, Stephanie
Faracy, Stephen Root
Marc Forster (director); David
Magee (screenplay); Johnny
Finding Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Biography,
Miramax Films Live action
Neverland Christie, Radha Mitchell, Drama
Dustin Hoffman, Freddie
Highmore
29 Taylor Hackford (director);
James L. White (screenplay);
Universal
Jamie Foxx, Kerry Biography,
Pictures / Bristol
Ray Washington, Clifton Powell, Musical, Live action
Bay
Harry Lennix, Terrence Drama
Productions
Howard, Larenz Tate, Richard
Schiff, Regina King
N 5 The Incredibles Walt Disney Brad Bird Action, Animation
O Pictures / Pixar (director/screenplay); Craig T. Superhero,
V Animation Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel Family
E Studios L. Jackson, Jason Lee,
M Elizabeth Peña, Sarah
B Vowell, Spencer Fox, Wallace
E Shawn
R
Beeban Kidron (director);
Universal
Andrew Davies, Helen
Pictures /
Bridget Jones: Fielding, Richard Curtis,
StudioCanal / Romance,
The Edge of Adam Brooks (screenplay); Live action
Miramax Films / Comedy
Reason Renée Zellweger, Hugh
Working Title
Grant, Colin Firth, Jim
Films
10 Broadbent, Gemma Jones
Warner Bros.
Pictures / Robert Zemeckis
Fantasy,
The Polar Castle Rock (director/screenplay); William
Christmas, Animation
Express Entertainment / Broyles Jr. (screenplay); Tom
Family
Shangri-La Hanks, Daryl Sabara
Entertainment
Brett Ratner (director); Paul
Zbyszewski, Craig Rosenberg
New Line (screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Action,
11 After the Sunset Live action
Cinema Salma Hayek, Woody Comedy
Harrelson, Don Cheadle,
Naomie Harris
Don Mancini
(director/screenplay); Brad
Horror,
12 Seed of Chucky Rogue Pictures Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Billy Live action
Comedy
Boyd, Redman, Hannah
Spearritt, John Waters
Jon Turteltaub (director); Jim
Kouf, Cormac Wibberley,
Walt Disney Marianne Wibberley
National Pictures / Jerry (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Action,
Live action
Treasure Bruckheimer Jon Voight, Sean Bean, Adventure
Films Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha,
Harvey Keitel, Christopher
Plummer
Stephen Hillenburg
(director/screenplay); Derek
Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent
Osborne, Aaron Springer,
Paul Tibbitt (screenplay); Tom
19 Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke,
Clancy Brown, Rodger
Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Alec
Paramount Baldwin, David Hasselhoff,
The SpongeBob Comedy,
Pictures / Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey
SquarePants Adventure, Animation
Nickelodeon Tambor, Jill Talley, Carolyn
Movie Family
Movies Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett,
Lori Alan, Dee Bradley Baker,
Carlos Alazraqui, Neil Ross,
Kristopher Logan, D.P.
FitzGerald, Cole McKay,
Dylan Haggerty, Bart
McCarthy, Henry Kingi,
Michael Patrick Bell, Mageina
Tovah
21 Alexander Warner Bros. Oliver Stone Drama, Live action
Pictures / (director/screenplay); Action
Intermedia Christopher Kyle, Laeta
Kalogridis (screenplay); Colin
Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val
Kilmer, Christopher Plummer,
Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson,
Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan
Rhys Meyers, Brian Blessed,
Tim Pigott-Smith, Toby
Kebbell
Joe Roth (director); Chris
Columbia Columbus (screenplay); Tim
Christmas with Pictures / Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Comedy,
24 Live action
the Kranks Revolution Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Family
Studios Cheech Marin, Jake Busey,
M. Emmet Walsh
D Mike Nichols (director);
E Columbia Patrick Marber (screenplay);
3 Closer Drama Live action
C Pictures Julia Roberts, Jude Law,
E Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
M
B David S. Goyer
E New Line (director/screenplay); Wesley
Action,
R Cinema / Snipes, Kris Kristofferson,
8 Blade: Trinity Superhero, Live action
Marvel Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds,
Fantasy
Entertainment Parker Posey, Dominic
Purcell, Triple H
Steven Soderbergh (director);
Warner Bros. George Nolfi (screenplay);
Pictures / George Clooney, Brad Pitt,
Comedy,
9 Ocean's Twelve Village Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta- Live action
Crime
Roadshow Jones, Andy García, Don
Pictures Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia
Roberts
Joel Schumacher
(director/screenplay); Andrew
Lloyd Webber (screenplay);
The Phantom of Warner Bros. Musical,
10 Gerard Butler, Emmy Live action
the Opera Pictures Drama
Rossum, Patrick Wilson,
Miranda Richardson, Minnie
Driver
Stephen Chow
(director/screenplay); Kan-
Cheung Tsang, Xin Huo, Man
Sony Pictures Martial arts,
13 Kung Fu Hustle Keung Chan (screenplay); Live action
Classics Comedy
Stephen Chow, Danny Chan,
Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Eva
Huang
Clint Eastwood (director);Paul
Warner Bros. Haggis (screenplay); Clint
Million Dollar Pictures / Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Sports,
15 Live action
Baby Lakeshore Morgan Freeman, Jay Drama
Entertainment Baruchel, Anthony Mackie;
Margo Martindale
Brad Silberling (director);
Robert Gordon (screenplay);
Paramount
Lemony Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Liam
Pictures /
Snicket's A Aiken, Emily Browning,
DreamWorks Fantasy,
16 Series of Timothy Spall, Catherine Live action
Pictures / Family
Unfortunate O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric
Nickelodeon
Events the Entertainer, Luis Guzmán,
Movies
Jennifer Coolidge, Meryl
Streep
17 Flight of the 20th Century John Moore (director); Scott Action, Live action
Phoenix Fox Frank, Edward Burns Drama
(screenplay); Dennis Quaid,
Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese
Gibson, Miranda Otto, Hugh
Laurie
James L. Brooks
Columbia (director/screenplay); Adam Comedy,
Spanglish Live action
Pictures Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Drama
Vega, Cloris Leachman
Terry George
(director/screenplay); Keir
Hotel Rwanda United Artists Pearson (screenplay); Don Drama Live action
Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo,
Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
22 Jay Roach (director); Jim
Herzfeld, John Hamburg
Universal (screenplay); Ben Stiller,
Meet the Fockers Comedy Live action
Pictures Robert De Niro, Dustin
Hoffman, Barbra Streisand,
Blythe Danner, Teri Polo
Martin Scorsese (director);
John Logan (screenplay);
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate
Miramax Films /
Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Biographical,
The Aviator Warner Bros. Live action
John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Drama
Pictures
Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny
Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude
Law
Joel Zwick (director); Bill
Cosby, Charles Kipps
25 20th Century (screenplay); Kenan Comedy, Live
Fat Albert
Fox Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Family action/Animation
Marques Houston, Omarion
Grandberry, Bill Cosby
Wes Anderson
(director/screenplay); Noah
The Life Aquatic Baumbach (screenplay); Bill
Touchstone Comedy,
with Steve Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Live action
Pictures Drama
Zissou Blanchett, Anjelica Huston,
Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum,
Michael Gambon, Bud Cort
Paul Weitz
(director/screenplay); Dennis
Comedy,
In Good Universal Quaid, Scarlett Johansson,
29 Drama, Live action
Company Pictures Topher Grace, Marg
Romance
Helgenberger, David Paymer,
Clark Gregg, Philip Baker Hall
Notable deaths
Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 2 Etta Moten 102 USA Actress Flying Down to Rio · Gold
Barnett Diggers of 1933
A League of Their Own ·
Lynn
2 76 USA Actress The Garbage Pail Kids
Cartwright
Movie
Poltergeist II: The Other
4 Brian Gibson 59 UK Director
Side · Still Crazy
The World Is Not Enough ·
4 Jeff Nuttall 70 UK Actor
Damage
Superman III · Reach for the
6 Philip Gilbert 72 Canada Actor
Sky
Wild Strawberries · Cries
7 Ingrid Thulin 77 Sweden Actress
and Whispers
9 Lyndon Brook 77 UK Writer, Actor The Longest Day · Plenty
Spalding The Paper · Swimming to
10 62 USA Actor
Gray Cambodia
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy
10 Sidney Miller 87 USA Actor, Director Rock · Get Yourself a
College Girl
Robin and the 7 Hoods ·
13 Phillip Crosby 69 USA Actor
None but the Brave
Reversal of Fortune · The
14 Uta Hagen 84 Germany Actress
Boys from Brazil
14 Ron O'Neal 66 USA Actor, Director Super Fly · Red Dawn
The Strange Love of Martha
Catherine
14 88 USA Actress Ivers · You Were Never
Craig
Lovelier
Noble City Slickers · Good
17 72 USA Actor
Willingham Morning, Vietnam
17 Ray Stark 89 USA Producer Funny Girl · Steel Magnolias
Mulholland Drive · On the
22 Ann Miller 83 USA Actress, Dancer
Town
H.B. The Muppet Movie ·
27 78 USA Actor
Haggerty Earthquake
27 Jack Paar 85 USA Actor Easy Living · Love Nest
28 Elroy Hirsch 80 USA Actor Unchained · Zero Hour!
Analyze This · Bullets over
28 Joe Viterelli 66 USA Actor
Broadway
29 Mary-Ellis 57 USA Writer, Producer The Real Cancun
Bunim
February 4 Michael P. 59 USA Actor Scarface · Carlito's Way
Moran
Robert F.
8 57 USA Producer Mississippi Burning · K-PAX
Colesberry
The Abyss · Days of
10 J. C. Quinn 63 USA Actor
Thunder
Breakfast at Tiffany's ·
12 Martin Jurow 92 USA Producer
Terms of Endearment
Who Framed Roger Rabbit ·
11 Tony Pope 56 USA Voice Actor
Cats Don't Dance
The Rocky Horror Picture
11 Hugh Cecil 90 UK Actor
Show · Spice World
15 Jan Miner 86 USA Actress Lenny · Mermaids
Carl Jesus Christ Superstar ·
23 58 USA Singer, Actor
Anderson The Color Purple
John
23 88 USA Actor Serpico · You've Got Mail
Randolph
Russell
26 79 UK Actor Taste the Blood of Dracula
Hunter
Ralph E.
26 94 USA Film Editor Ben-Hur · The Pink Panther
Winters
28 Ken Carter 60 USA Actor Don't Go in the Woods
March 2 Mercedes 87 USA Actress The Exorcist · All the King's
McCambridge Men
Friday the 13th · Trading
5 Walt Gorney 91 Austria Actor
Places
Four Faces West · Little
6 Frances Dee 94 USA Actress
Women
7 Paul Winfield 64 USA Actor The Terminator · Sounder
Michael Production Casino Royale · A Shot in
7 79 UK
Stringer Designer the Dark
Robert Michael · Dances with
8 50 USA Actor
Pastorelli Wolves
Wilhelm von
10 63 Germany Actor Die Hard · Ghostbusters II
Homburg
Animator,
15 René Laloux 74 France Fantastic Planet · Gandahar
Director
Production
15 John Vallone 50 USA Predator · Die Hard 2
Designer
Richard The African Queen · The
18 82 Russia Actor
Marner Sum of All Fears
Ludmilla Actress, The Red Shoes · The Tales
21 79 France
Tchérina Choreographer of Hoffmann
Richard The Dam Busters · Night of
24 81 UK Actor
Leech the Demon
Little Shop of Horrors · A
25 Robert Arden 81 UK Actor, Producer Little Shop of Horrors · A
Matter of Life and Death
Ace in the Hole · The High
26 Jan Sterling 82 USA Actress
and the Mighty
Peter An American Werewolf in
27 74 UK Actor, Stuntman
Diamond London · Victor Victoria
28 Peter Ustinov 82 UK Actor, Director Spartacus · Topkapi
Simone No Pity for Women ·
29 93 France Actress
Renant Bedevilled
April 1 Carrie 58 USA Actress Diary of a Mad Housewife ·
Snodgress Pale Rider
4 Austin Willis 87 Canada Actor Goldfinger · Firefox
Ralph The African Queen · The
4 91 UK Film Editor
Kemplen Dark Crystal
King of New York · Bad
7 Victor Argo 69 USA Actor
Lieutenant
The Empire Strikes Back ·
17 Bruce Boa 73 Canada Actor
Full Metal Jacket
Frances The Hidden Eye · Money
18 81 USA Actress
Rafferty Madness
19 Philip Locke 76 UK Actor Thunderball · Porridge
Director,
19 Tim Burstall 77 Australia Kangaroo · Attack Force Z
Screenwriter
Raiders of the Lost Ark ·
21 Mary Selway 68 UK Casting Director
Return of the Jedi
Robert A Fish Called Wanda ·
24 71 UK Actor
McBain Bullseye!
Mehed ei nuta · Noor
24 Lia Laats 78 Estonia Actress
pensionär · Siin me oleme
May 1 Nelson 84 USA Screenwriter I Want to Live! · The
Gidding Haunting
Anthony The Land That Time Forgot
3 71 UK Actor
Ainley · The Blood on Satan's Claw
Back to the Future Part III ·
4 Hugh Gillin 78 USA Actor
Airplane II: The Sequel
An Officer and a Gentleman
5 Vern Taylor 71 USA Actor
· Harry and the Hendersons
Virginia Ferris Bueller's Day Off ·
6 78 USA Actress
Capers Beethoven's 2nd
Tommy Breakfast at Tiffany's ·
9 82 USA Actress
Farrell Singin' in the Rain
Just Tell Me What You Want
9 Alan King 76 USA Actor
· Casino
The Sound of Music · How
14 Anna Lee 91 UK Actress
Green Was My Valley
Pillow Talk · 7 Faces of Dr.
17 Tony Randall 84 USA Actor
Lao
The Fighting Sullivans ·
23 Trudy 84 USA Actress The Fighting Sullivans ·
Marshall Once Is Not Enough
Patience Donnie Darko: The
27 73 USA Actress
Cleveland Director's Cut · Psycho III
Irene Yankee Doodle Dandy · The
28 91 USA Actress
Manning Desert Song
Jack
29 72 UK Writer, Producer Yentl
Rosenthal
June 3 Harold 86 UK Actor The Bridge on the River
Goodwin Kwai · The Longest Day
Charles Animal House · Star Trek III:
4 60 USA Cinematographer
Correll The Search for Spock
Between Miracles · Café
4 Nino Manfredi 83 Italy Actor, Director
Express
Actor, 40th
Ronald Hellcats of the Navy · Kings
5 93 USA President of the
Reagan Row
United States
On Her Majesty's Secret
5 Virginia North 58 UK Actress Service · The Abominable
Dr. Phibes
Mark
5 54 UK Actor Willow · Hardware
Northover
Judy Convoy · Mr. Forbush and
6 88 UK Actress
Campbell the Penguins
Star Wars · Close
Donald
7 95 USA Visual Effects Encounters of the Third
Trumbull
Kind
Barbara Beware, My Lovely ·
9 73 USA Actress
Whiting Smith Dangerous When Wet
The Blues Brothers · Spy
10 Ray Charles 73 USA Singer, Actor
Hard
Dr. Who and the Daleks ·
Max
14 89 USA Producer Daleks – Invasion Earth:
Rosenberg
2150 A.D.
The Lost Weekend · Bitter
18 Doris Dowling 81 USA Actress
Rice
George Buck Back to the Future · They
18 66 USA Actor
Flower Live
Frederick
18 76 Spain Actor Ice Cold in Alex
Jaeger
Colin
19 62 UK Actor Death Line · First Knight
McCormack
Muriel The Way of All Flesh · The
26 92 UK Actress
Angelus Great McGinty
July Marlon On the Waterfront · The
1 80 USA Actor
Brando Godfather
The Golden Child · Delta
6 Eric Douglas 46 USA Actor
Force 3: The Killing Game
Film debuts
Emily Blunt – My Summer of Love
Eddie Cahill – Miracle
Josh Duhamel – The Picture of Dorian Gray
Megan Fox – Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Nick Frost – Shaun of the Dead
Amber Heard – Friday Night Lights
Jon Heder – Napoleon Dynamite
Ed Helms – Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Jonah Hill – I Heart Huckabees
Toby Kebbell – Dead Man's Shoes
Brie Larson – 13 Going on 30
Chris Pine – The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Amanda Seyfried – Mean Girls
Notes
1. "2004 Worldwide Grosses" (http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm). Box Office
Mojo. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
External links
Internet Movie Database- Release dates for movies scheduled for release in 2004 in various countries
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
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