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The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Passion of the Christ Meet the Fockers Blade: Trinity Spider-Man 2 Alien vs. Predator Kill Bill Vol. 2 Fahrenheit 9/11 I Robot Ocean's Twelve and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Contents 1 Highest-grossing films 2 Events 3 Awards 4 Wide-release films 4.1 January - March 4.2 April - June 4.3 July - September 4.4 October - December 5 Films released in 2004 6 Notable deaths 7 Film debuts 8 Notes 9 External links Highest-grossing films See also: List of 2004 box office number-one films in Canada the United Kingdom and the United States

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 in 2004. The top ten films of 2004 by worldwide gross in United States dollars as well as the United States Canada United Kingdom and Australia grosses are as follows: Highest-grossing films of 20041 Rank Title Studio Worldwide United States and Canada United Kingdom Australia 1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $919838758 $441226247 $88273679 $35456463 2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $795634069 $249541069 $84787188 $23184488 3 Spider-Man 2 Columbia $783766341 $373585825 $49702580 $17818025 4 The Incredibles Disney/Pixar $631442092 $261441092 $61929959 $20930973 5 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $611899420 $370782930 $20441388 $11712188 6 The Day After Tomorrow Fox $544272402 $186740799 $45996901 $14214949 7 Meet the Fockers Universal $516642939 $279261160 $54428276 $26916341 8 Troy Warner Bros. $497409852 $133378256 $31684507 $16409921 9 Shark Tale DreamWorks $367275019 $160861908 $41435801 $10933195 10 Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362744280 $125544280 $23591650 $12024975

Shrek 2 grossed more than $919 million making it the thirteenth-highest-grossing film in history. Four other films Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Spider-Man 2 and The Incredibles are also in the list of the fifty highest-grossing films.

Shrek 2 set a new record for total gross by an animated filmthe record was surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010. 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. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has the highest international revenue of $546 million compared to Shrek 2's $478.6 million.

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 domestically. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both released by Universal. Events Years in film 1870s 1880s 1890s 1890  1891  1892  1893  1894 1895  1896  1897  1898  1899 1900s 1900  1901  1902  1903  1904 1905  1906  1907  1908  1909 1910s 1910  1911  1912  1913  1914 1915  1916  1917  1918  1919 1920s 1920  1921  1922  1923  1924 1925  1926  1927  1928  1929 1930s 1930  1931  1932  1933  1934 1935  1936  1937  1938  1939 1940s 1940  1941  1942  1943  1944 1945  1946  1947  1948  1949 1950s 1950  1951  1952  1953  1954 1955  1956  1957  1958  1959 1960s 1960  1961  1962  1963  1964 1965  1966  1967  1968  1969 1970s 1970  1971  1972  1973  1974 1975  1976  1977  1978  1979 1980s 1980  1981  1982  1983  1984 1985  1986  1987  1988  1989 1990s 1990  1991  1992  1993  1994 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999 2000s 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 2010s 2010  2011  2012 and beyond 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

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 Rene 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. 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 Category/Organization 62nd Golden Globe Awards January 16 2005 59th BAFTA Awards February 12 2005 77th Academy Awards February 27 2005 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film The Aviator Sideways The Aviator Million Dollar Baby Best Director Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby Mike Leigh Vera Drake Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio The Aviator Jamie Foxx Ray Jamie Foxx Ray Jamie Foxx Ray Best Actress Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Annette Bening Being Julia Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actor Clive Owen Closer Clive Owen Closer Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actress Natalie Portman Closer Cate Blanchett The Aviator Cate Blanchett The Aviator Best Screenplay Adapted Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Best Screenplay Original Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth Best Foreign Language Film The Sea Inside The Motorcycle Diaries The Sea Inside Best Animated Film The Incredibles 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 United Kingdom Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival) Head-On directed by Fatih Akin Germany & Turkey Wide-release films

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 cinemas in the United States and Canada. Films are listed in order of their first theatrical release. January - March Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew J A N U A R Y 9 Chasing Liberty Warner Bros. Mandy Moore Matthew Goode Mark Harmon My Baby's Daddy Miramax Films Michael Imperioli Anthony Anderson 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 David Ogden Stiers Jerry Stiller Torque Warner Bros. Martin Henderson Ice Cube Monet Mazur Adam Scott Jaime Pressly 22 The Butterfly Effect New Line Cinema Ashton Kutcher Amy Smart Eric Stoltz Ethan Suplee 23 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! DreamWorks Kate Bosworth Josh Duhamel Topher Grace Ginnifer Goodwin 30 The Big Bounce Warner Bros. Owen Wilson Morgan Freeman Sara Foster Charlie Sheen Bebe Neuwirth The Perfect Score Paramount Pictures Scarlett Johansson Erika Christensen Chris Evans You Got Served Screen Gems Omarion Grandberry Marques Houston B2K F E B R U A R Y 6 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer Queen Latifah Catch That Kid 20th Century Fox Kristen Stewart Max Thieriot Corbin Bleu Jennifer Beals John Carroll Lynch Miracle Walt Disney Pictures Kurt Russell Patricia Clarkson Noah Emmerich 13 50 First Dates Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore Rob Schneider Sean Astin Blake Clark 20 Against the Ropes Paramount Pictures Meg Ryan Omar Epps Kerry Washington Tony Shalhoub Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Walt Disney Pictures Lindsay Lohan Adam Garcia Carol Kane Megan Fox EuroTrip DreamWorks Scott Mechlowicz Michelle Trachtenberg Lucy Lawless Matt Damon Joanna Lumley Welcome to Mooseport 20th Century Fox Gene Hackman Ray Romano Maura Tierney Christine Baranski Fred Savage 25 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films Jim Caviezel Mel Gibson (director) 27 Club Dread Fox Searchlight Pictures Jay Chandrasekhar Bill Paxton Brittany Daniel Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Lions Gate Entertainment Romola Garai Diego Luna Sela Ward Patrick Swayze Twisted Paramount Pictures Ashley Judd Samuel L. Jackson Andy Garca M A R C H 5 Hidalgo Touchstone Pictures Viggo Mortensen Omar Sharif Timothy Dalton Starsky & Hutch Warner Bros. Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Snoop Dogg Vince Vaughn Chris Penn 12 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Frankie Muiz Anthony Anderson Hannah Spearritt Secret Window Columbia Pictures Johnny Depp John Turturro Maria Bello Charles S. Dutton Timothy Hutton Ving Rhames Spartan Warner Bros. Val Kilmer William H. Macy David Mamet (director) 19 Dawn of the Dead Universal Studios Sarah Polley Ving Rhames Mekhi Phifer Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus Features Jim Carrey Kate Winslet Kirsten Dunst Tom Wilkinson Elijah Wood Mark Ruffalo Taking Lives Warner Bros. Angelina Jolie Ethan Hawke Kiefer Sutherland Gena Rowlands Olivier Martinez 20 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Warner Bros. Matthew Lillard Sarah Michelle Gellar Freddie Prinze Jr. Linda Cardellini Seth Green Alicia Silverstone 26 Jersey Girl Miramax Films Ben Affleck Liv Tyler George Carlin Jason Biggs Kevin Smith Jennifer Lopez (director) The Ladykillers Touchstone Pictures Tom Hanks Marlon Wayans Irma P. HallJ.K. Simmons Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (directors producers screenwriters) Never Die Alone Fox Searchlight Pictures David Arquette DMX April - June Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew A P R I L 2 Hellboy Columbia Pictures Ron Perlman David Hyde Pierce John Hurt Guillermo del Toro (director) Home on the Range Walt Disney Pictures Judi Dench Roseanne Barr Jennifer Tilly Cuba Gooding Jr. Randy Quaid Steve Buscemi The Prince and Me Paramount Pictures Julia Stiles Luke Mably Miranda Richardson Walking Tall Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dwayne Johnson Johnny Knoxville 7 The Alamo Touchstone Pictures Dennis Quaid Billy Bob Thornton Jason Patric Johnson Family Vacation 20th Century Fox Cedric the Entertainer Vanessa L. Williams Bow Wow Solange Knowles Shannon Elizabeth Two Brothers Universal Studios Guy Pearce Freddie Highmore Jean-Jacques Annaud (director) The Whole Ten Yards Warner Bros. Bruce Willis Matthew Perry Natasha Henstridge Amanda Peet 9 Ella Enchanted Miramax Films Anne Hathaway Hugh Dancy Cary Elwes Joanna Lumley Steve Coogan Minnie Driver The Girl Next Door 20th Century Fox James Remar Elisha Cuthbert Shaun of the Dead Universal Studios Simon Pegg Dylan Moran Nick Frost 16 Connie and Carla Universal Studios Nia Vardalos Toni Collette David Duchovny Debbie Reynolds Kill Bill Vol. 2 Miramax Films Uma Thurman David Carradine Daryl Hannah Vivica A. Fox Lucy Liu Quentin Tarantino (director) The Punisher Lions Gate Entertainment Thomas Jane John Travolta Rebecca Romijn 23 13 Going on 30 Columbia Pictures Jennifer Garner Mark Ruffalo Man on Fire 20th Century Fox Denzel Washington Dakota Fanning Christopher Walken Tony Scott (director) 30 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Columbia Pictures Jim Caviezel Claire Forlani Envy DreamWorks Jack Black Ben Stiller Christopher Walken Barry Levinson (director) Godsend Lions Gate Entertainment Greg Kinnear Robert De Niro Rebecca Romijn Laws of Attraction New Line Cinema Pierce Brosnan Julianne Moore Nora Dunn Frances Fisher Parker Posey Mean Girls Paramount Pictures Lindsay Lohan Rachel McAdams Tina Fey Lacey Chabert Amanda Seyfried Tim Meadows M A Y 5 Van Helsing Universal Studios Hugh Jackman Kate Beckinsale Richard Roxburgh 7 New York Minute Warner Bros. Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen Eugene Levy Andy Richter Andrea Martin 13 Troy Warner Bros. Brad Pitt Eric Bana Orlando Bloom Peter O'Toole 14 Breakin' All the Rules Screen Gems Jamie Foxx Morris Chestnut Gabrielle Union Peter MacNicol Jennifer Esposito 21 Shrek 2 DreamWorks Mike Myers Eddie Murphy Cameron Diaz Antonio Banderas John Cleese Rupert Everett Simon Cowell Jenifer Saunders 26 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal Sela Ward Perry King 28 Raising Helen Touchstone Pictures Kate Hudson Joan Cusack Hayden Panettiere John Corbett Helen Mirren Paris Hilton Soul Plane Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tom Arnold Kevin Hart Method Man Snoop Dogg K.D. Aubert Godfrey Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson 31 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson Rupert Grint Michael Gambon Maggie Smith David Thewlis Gary Oldman Robbie Coltrane Alan Rickman Emma Thompson Richard Griffiths Julie Walters J U N E 11 The Chronicles of Riddick Universal Studios Vin Diesel Judi Dench Colm Feore Garfield: The Movie 20th Century Fox Bill Murray Breckin Meyer Jennifer Love Hewitt Napoleon Dynamite Fox Searchlight Pictures Jon Heder Jared Hess (director) The Stepford Wives Paramount Pictures 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 18 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 20th Century Fox Vince Vaughn Christine Taylor Ben Stiller Rip Torn The Terminal DreamWorks Tom Hanks Catherine Zeta-Jones Stanley Tucci Steven Spielberg (director) 23 White Chicks Columbia Pictures Marlon Wayans Shawn Wayans Keenen Ivory Wayans (director) 25 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions Gate Entertainment Michael Moore George W. Bush The Notebook New Line Cinema Ryan Gosling Rachel McAdams James Garner Gena Rowlands 30 Spider-Man 2 Columbia Pictures Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dunst James Franco Alfred Molina Rosemary Harris Sam Raimi (director) July - September Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew J U L Y 7 King Arthur Touchstone Pictures Clive Owen Keira Knightley Ioan Gruffudd Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) 9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy DreamWorks Will Ferrell Christina Applegate Vince Vaughn Paul Rudd Jack Black Sleepover Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Alexa Vega Mika Boorem Jane Lynch Sam Huntington 15 House of Flying Daggers Sony Pictures Classics Takeshi Kaneshiro Andy Lau Zhang Ziyi Zhang Yimou (director) I Robot 20th Century Fox Will Smith Bridget Moynahan 16 A Cinderella Story Warner Bros. Hilary Duff Jennifer Coolidge Chad Michael Murray 22 Catwoman Warner Bros. Halle Berry Benjamin Bratt Sharon Stone 23 The Bourne Supremacy Universal Studios Matt Damon Joan Allen Brian Cox Julia Stiles Thunderbirds Universal Studios Brady Corbet Bill Paxton Ben Kingsley 28 Garden State Fox Searchlight Pictures Zach Braff Natalie Portman Peter Sarsgaard 30 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle New Line Cinema John Cho Kal Penn Danny Leiner (director) The Manchurian Candidate Paramount Pictures Denzel Washington Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber Jonathan Demme (director) The Village Touchstone Pictures William Hurt Adrien Brody Joaquin Phoenix Sigourney Weaver M. Night Shyamalan (director) A U G U S T 5 Collateral DreamWorks Tom Cruise Jamie Foxx Jada Pinkett Smith Mark Ruffalo Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Warner Bros. Dan Green Wayne Grayson Amy Birnbaum Eric Stuart 6 Little Black Book Columbia Pictures Brittany Murphy Ron Livingston Holly Hunter Kathy Bates Open Water Lions Gate Entertainment Blanchard Ryan Daniel Travis 11 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Walt Disney Pictures Anne Hathaway Julie Andrews 12 Alien vs. Predator 20th Century Fox Sanaa Lathan 20 Exorcist: The Beginning Warner Bros. Stellan Skarsgrd Izabella Scorupco James D'Arcy Alan Ford Ben Cross Without a Paddle Paramount Pictures Seth Green Matthew Lillard Dax Shepard Burt Reynolds 26 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Screen Gems Johnny Messner KaDee Strickland Matthew Marsden 27 SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Triumph Films Jon Voight Suspect Zero Paramount Pictures Aaron Eckhart Ben Kingsley Carrie-Anne Moss S E P T E M B E R 1 Vanity Fair Focus Features Reese Witherspoon 3 The Cookout Lions Gate Entertainment Danny Glover Queen Latifah Paparazzi 20th Century Fox Cole Hauser Larry Cedar Tom Sizemore Wicker Park Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Josh Hartnett Rose Byrne Matthew Lillard 10 Cellular New Line Cinema Kim Basinger Chris Evans Jason Statham William H. Macy Resident Evil: Apocalypse Screen Gems Milla Jovovich Sienna Guillory Oded Fehr 17 Mr. 3000 Touchstone Pictures Bernie Mac Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Paramount Pictures Jude Law Gwyneth Paltrow Angelina Jolie Giovanni Ribisi Michael Gambon Laurence Olivier Wimbledon Universal Studios Kirsten Dunst Paul Bettany 20 Shark Tale DreamWorks Will Smith Robert De Niro Rene Zellweger Angelina Jolie Jack Black Martin Scorsese 24 First Daughter 20th Century Fox Katie Holmes The Forgotten Columbia Pictures Julianne Moore Alfre Woodard October - December Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew O C T O B E R 1 I Heart Huckabees Fox Searchlight Jason Schwartzman Dustin Hoffman Jude Law Lily Tomlin Naomi Watts Ladder 49 Touchstone Pictures Joaquin Phoenix John Travolta Saw Lions Gate Entertainment Cary Elwes Leigh Whannell 4 Bride and Prejudice Miramax Films Aishwarya Rai Martin Henderson 6 Taxi 20th Century Fox Queen Latifah Jimmy Fallon Gisele Bndchen 8 Friday Night Lights Universal Studios Billy Bob Thornton Raise Your Voice New Line Cinema Hilary Duff 15 Shall We Dance Miramax Films Jennifer Lopez Richard Gere Susan Sarandon Team America: World Police Paramount Pictures Trey Parker and Matt Stone (producers and directors) 22 Alfie Paramount Pictures Jude Law Omar Epps Nia Long The Grudge Columbia Pictures Sarah Michelle Gellar Jason Behr Sideways Fox Searchlight Pictures Paul Giamatti Thomas Haden Church Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh Surviving Christmas DreamWorks Ben Affleck Christina Applegate James Gandolfini 29 Finding Neverland Miramax Films Johnny Depp Kate Winslet Dustin Hoffman Ray Universal Studios Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington N O V E M B E R 5 The Incredibles Disney Pixar Craig T. Nelson Holly Hunter Samuel L. Jackson John Ratzenberger Jason Lee Elizabeth Pena Sarah Vowell Spencer Fox Wallace Shawn 10 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Universal Studios Rene Zellweger Colin Firth Hugh Grant The Polar Express Warner Bros. Tom Hanks Daryl Sabara 11 After the Sunset New Line Cinema Pierce Brosnan Salma Hayek Woody Harrelson Don Cheadle Naomie Harris 12 Seed of Chucky Universal Studios Brad Dourif Jennifer Tilly Billy Boyd 19 National Treasure Walt Disney Pictures Nicolas Cage Jon Voight Diane Kruger Christopher Plummer Justin Bartha Sean Bean Jon Turteltaub (director) The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Paramount Pictures Tom Kenny Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass Bill Fagerbakke Scarlett Johansson Jeffrey Tambor David Hasselhoff Alec Baldwin Stephen Hillenburg (director & writer) 21 Alexander Warner Bros. Colin Farrell Angelina Jolie Val Kilmer Rosario Dawson Jared Leto Oliver Stone (director) 24 Christmas with the Kranks Columbia Pictures Tim Allen Jamie Lee Curtis Dan Aykroyd D E C E M B E R 3 Closer Columbia Pictures Julia Roberts Jude Law Natalie Portman Clive Owen 8 Blade: Trinity New Line Cinema Wesley Snipes Kris Kristofferson Jessica Biel Parker Posey Dominic Purcell Triple H 9 Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. George Clooney Brad Pitt Matt Damon Catherine Zeta-Jones Andy Garca Don Cheadle 10 The Phantom of the Opera Warner Bros. Gerard Butler Emmy Rossum Patrick Wilson Miranda Richardson Minnie Driver 13 Kung Fu Hustle Sony Pictures Classics Stephen Chow Yuen Wah 15 Million Dollar Baby Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood Hilary Swank Morgan Freeman Jay Baruchel Anthony Mackie 16 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Paramount Pictures Jim Carrey Meryl Streep Emily Browning Liam Aiken 17 Flight of the Phoenix 20th Century Fox Dennis Quaid Giovanni Ribisi Tyrese Gibson Spanglish Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler Ta Leoni Paz Vega Cloris Leachman 22 Hotel Rwanda United Artists Don Cheadle Sophie Okonedo Meet the Fockers Universal Studios Ben Stiller Robert De Niro Dustin Hoffman Blythe Danner Barbra Streisand 25 The Aviator Miramax Films Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale Gwen Stefani Jude Law Ian Holm Martin Scorsese (director) Fat Albert 20th Century Fox Kenan Thompson Kyla Pratt The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Touchstone Pictures Bill Murray Cate Blanchett Owen Wilson Anjelica Huston Michael Gambon Jeff Goldblum 29 In Good Company Universal Studios Dennis Quaid Scarlett Johansson Topher Grace Selma Blair Films released in 2004 For complete lists see 2004 films and 2004 television films American films Argentine films Australian films Bengali films Bollywood films Brazilian films British films French films Hong Kong films Italian films Japanese films Mexican films Pakistani films Russian films South Korean films Spanish films Tamil films Telugu films Notable deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 2 Etta Moten Barnett 102 Actress Flying Down to Rio Gold Diggers of 1933 2 Lynn Cartwright 76 Actress A League of Their Own The Garbage Pail Kids Movie The Wasp Woman The Cry Baby Killer 4 Brian Gibson 59 Director Poltergeist II: The Other Side Still Crazy The Juror Kilroy Was Here 7 Ingrid Thulin 77 Actress Wild Strawberries Cries and Whispers The House of Smiles The Silence 10 Spalding Gray 62 Actor The Paper Kate and Leopold The Killing Fields Beaches How High 14 Uta Hagen 84 Actress Reversal of Fortune The Boys from Brazil The Other 14 Ron O'Neal 66 Actor Director Super Fly Red Dawn When a Stranger Calls The Final Countdown 17 Ray Stark 89 Producer Funny Girl Steel Magnolias Annie The Way We Were The World of Suzie Wong The Goodbye Girl 28 Noble Willingham 72 Actor City Slickers Steel Magnolias Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Chinatown Good Morning Vietnam The Last Boy Scout Paper Moon Norma Rae 22 Ann Miller 83 Actor Mulholland Dr. On the Town 17 Joe Viterelli 66 Actor Analyze This Bullets Over Broadway Shallow Hal Eraser Mobsters See Spot Run February 8 Robert F. Colesberry 57 Producer Mississippi Burning K-PAX The King of Comedy 10 J.C. Quinn 63 Actor The Abyss Days of Thunder Turner & Hooch Primary Colors Heartbreak Ridge Animal Factory Barfly 11 Tony Pope 56 Voice Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit Akira 11 Hugh Cecil 90 Actor The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spice World 15 Jan Miner 86 Actress Lenny Mermaids Endless Love 23 Carl Anderson 58 Singer Actor Jesus Christ Superstar The Color Purple 23 John Randolph 88 Actress Serpico You've Got Mail Prizzi's Honor National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Earthquake March 2 Mercedes McCambridge 87 Actress The Exorcist All the King's Men Giant Johnny Guitar 5 Walt Gorney 91 Actor Friday the 13th Trading Places 6 Frances Dee 94 Actress Little Women I Walked with a Zombie 7 Paul Winfield 64 Actor The Terminator Sounder Mars Attacks! Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Presumed Innocent Cliffhanger 8 Robert Pastorelli 83 Actor Michael Dances with Wolves Striking Distance The Fairy Godmother Be Cool Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 10 Wilhelm von Homburg 63 Actor Die Hard Ghostbusters II 18 Richard Marner 82 Actor The African Queen The Sum of All Fears Birth of the Beatles 28 Peter Ustinov 82 Actor Spartacus Logan's Run The Sundowners Blackbeard's Ghost One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing April 4 Austin Willis 87 Actor Goldfinger Firefox The Boston Strangler 7 Victor Argo 69 Actor Taxi Driver Bad Lieutenant True Romance Don't Say a Word King of New York Monkey Trouble Angel Eyes Coyote Ugly 17 Bruce Boa 73 Actor The Empire Strikes Back Full Metal Jacket The Omen Octopussy Return to Oz 19 Tim Burstall 77 Director Screenwriter Producer Kangaroo Attack Force Z Alvin Purple Stork May 3 Anthony Ainley 71 Actor The Land That Time Forgot Blood on Satan's Claw Assault Inspector Clouseau 6 Virginia Capers 78 Actress Ferris Bueller's Day Off Beethoven's 2nd Lady Sing the Blues Howard the Duck 9 Tommy Farrell 82 Actress Breakfast at Tiffany's Singin' in the Rain Strangers on a Train Little Caesar 9 Alan King 76 Actor The Helen Morgan Story Casino Rush Hour 2 The Bonfire of the Vanities Cat's Eye Bye Bye Braverman 14 Anna Lee 91 Actress The Sound of Music What Can I Do How Green Was My Valley His Lordship 17 Tony Randall 84 Actor Pillow Talk Lover Come Back Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter Gremlins 2: The New Batch Down with Love 26 Trudy Marshall 84 Actor The Fighting Sullivans Once Is Not Enough The Fuller Brush Man 27 Patience Cleveland 73 Actress Donnie Darko Psycho III 28 Irene Manning 91 Actress Yankee Doodle Dandy The Desert Song Shine On Harvest Moon The Old Corral June 5 Ronald Reagan 93 Actor 40th President of the United States Hellcats of the Navy Kings Row Knute Rockne All American Million Dollar Baby This Is the Army Cattle Queen of Montana The Young Doctors Bedtime for Bonzo 6 Judy Campbell 88 Actress Convoy Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Saloon Bar East of Piccadilly 7 Donald Trumbull 95 Visual Effects Artist Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Close Encounters of the Third Kind Star Trek: The Motion Picture Spaceballs The Wizard of Oz 9 Barbara Whiting Smith 73 Actress Home Sweet Homicide Paris Follies of 1956 Carnival in Costa Rica Dangerous When Wet Centennial Summer Beware My Lovely 10 Ray Charles 73 Singer Actor The Blues Brothers Spy Hard 18 George 'Buck' Flower 66 Actor Back to the Future They Live Escape from New York Starman The Fog Mac and Me July 1 Marlon Brando 80 Actor On the Waterfront The Godfather Superman Apocalypse Now A Streetcar Named Desire Julius Caesar One-Eyed Jacks Sayonara Viva Zapata! Mutiny on the Bounty Don Juan DeMarco Last Tango in Paris The Freshman Guys and Dolls The Island of Dr. Moreau 6 Eric Douglas 46 Actor The Golden Child Delta Force 3: The Killing Game The Flamingo Kid 6 Jimmie Skaggs 59 Actor Lethal Weapon Catch Me if You Can Hollow Man Cutthroat Island Pink Cadillac Dragnet 9 Isabel Sanford 86 Actress Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Lady Sings the Blues Up the Sandbox Love at First Bite The New Centurions 12 Jeff Morris 69 Actor The Blues Brothers Anger Management Kelly's Heroes The Two Jakes Ironweed 13 George Mallaby 64 Actor The Spy Who Loved Me Eliza Fraser Petersen 15 Pat Roach 67 Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark A Clockwork Orange Clash of the Titans Conan the Destroyer Never Say Never Again Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Willow Superman III Red Sonja 21 Jerry Goldsmith 75 Composer Alien Patton The Secret of NIMH Rudy Chinatown The Ghost and the Darkness First Blood Hoosiers The Omen Gremlins Dennis the Menace Total Recall Planet of the Apes L.A. Confidential Twilight Zone: The Movie Poltergeist Basic Instinct Congo Executive Decision The Mummy The Sum of All Fears Star Trek: The Motion Picture Psycho II Small Soldiers Capricorn One Looney Tunes: Back in Action Mulan City Hall First Knight The 'Burbs Rio Lobo The Russia House Air Force One Supergirl Hollow Man Chain Reaction Lionheart Medicine Man U.S. Marshals Logan's Run 27 Sam Edwards 89 Actor Twelve O'Clock High Operation Pacific Escape to Witch Mountain The Postman Always Rings Twice Bambi 31 Virginia Grey 87 Actress Uncle Tom's Cabin Airport The Rose Tattoo The Women Tarzan's New York Adventure Gold Diggers of 1935 August 8 Paul Garner 95 Actor The Onion Movie Saturday the 14th 8 Fay Wray 96 Actress King Kong Hell on Frisco Bay When Knights Were Bold Gideon's Trumpet Blind Husbands 13 Julia Child 91 TV Chef Actress We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 14 Neal Fredericks 35 Cinematographer The Blair Witch Project 11 Elmer Bernstein 82 Composer Ghostbusters To Kill a Mockingbird The Magnificent Seven Airplane! Far from Heaven Cape Fear Slap Shot The Great Escape The Ten Commandments Hud Wild Wild West The Black Cauldron The Blues Brothers True Grit The Age of Innocence Trading Places Heavy Metal An American Werewolf in Paris Three Amigos My Left Foot 22 Daniel Petrie 83 Director A Raisin in the Sun Cocoon: The Return Resurrection Fort Apache The Bronx 27 William Pierson 78 Actor Stalag 17 Corvette Summer Fun with Dick and Jane September 5 Fritha Goodey 31 Actress About a Boy 6 Elly Annie Schneider 90 Actress The Wizard of Oz A Low Down Dirty Shame Scary Movie 2 7 Frank Thomas 92 Animator Lady and the Tramp The Aristocats The Fox and the Hound Mary Poppins Robin Hood Fantasia The Jungle Book Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 10 O.L. Duke 51 Actor Malcolm X Antwone Fisher The Return of Superfly Out of Time 18 Russ Meyer 82 Director Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Vixen! Finders Keepers Lovers Weepers! The Immoral Mr. Teas 24 Tim Choate 49 Actor Soapdish Pearl Harbour The Europeans 30 Ignatius Wolfington 83 Actor 1941 Herbie Rides Again Hex The Strongest Man in the World Penelope October 3 Janet Leigh 77 Actress Psycho Touch of Evil The Manchurian Candidate The Fog Little Women Houdini The Vikings Hello Down There Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 5 Rodney Dangerfield 82 Actor Back to School Caddyshack Rover Dangerfield Natural Born Killers Little Nicky Casper 10 Christopher Reeve 52 Actor Director Superman Superman II Everyone's Hero Village of the Damned The Bostonians Deathtrap 17 Julius Harris 81 Actor The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Darkman Live and Let Die Going Berserk Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Hell Up in Harlem Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence Looking for Mr. Goodbar November 6 Elizabeth Rogers 70 Actor An Officer and a Gentlemen The Towering Inferno The Poseidon Adventure Grand Theft Auto The Swarm 7 Howard Keel 85 Actror Waco Annie Get Your Gun Jupiter's Darling The Big Fisherman The Hoaxters Texas Carnival 11 Dayton Allen 85 Voice Actor Actor The Cotton Club Appointment with Fear 12 Norman Rose 87 Actor Radio Days The Anderson Tapes Message From Space Love and Death 15 Helmut Griem 72 Actor Cabaret Voyage of the Damned The McKenzie Break Put on Ice Ludwig 20 Anna Keaveney 55 Actress Vera Drake Formula 51 Ali G Indahouse December 15 Maria Perschy 66 Actress Secret of the Sphinx The Password is Courage Five Golden Dragons 21 Richard Hamilton 83 Actor Men in Black Pale Rider Arthur Ironweed On Deadly Ground Death to Smoochy Home Alone 3 28 Jerry Orbach 69 Actor Beauty and the Beast Dirty Dancing Prince of the City Universal Soldier Crimes and Misdemeanors 29 William Boyett 77 Actor The Rocketeer Newsies When a Stranger Calls The Hidden Sam's Son Airport 29 Liddy Holloway 59 Actress Without a Paddle Queen City Rocker Film debuts Josh Duhamel Notes "2004 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/view2worldwide&yr2004&p.htm. 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