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

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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.
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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Top grossing films

Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004.

The controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, helmed by Mel Gibson became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004 and also the highest grossing R-rated film. Taking only eight days, Spider-Man 2 became the fastest film to reach $200 million in North American gross box office sales while Shrek 2 became the highest-grossing animated film and Fahrenheit 9/11 becomes the highest-grossing documentary in history, respectively. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both released by Universal. These are the top 10 grossing estimates:

2004 Rank Title Studio Worldwide Gross U.S/Canada Gross U.K. Gross Australia Gross
1. Shrek 2 DreamWorks $919,838,758 $441,226,247 £48,100,000 $50,121,453
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $795,541,069 $249,541,069 £46,080,000 $33,030,534
3. Spider-Man 2 Columbia $783,766,341 $373,585,825 £26,720,000 $24,263,992
4. The Incredibles Disney/Pixar $631,442,092 $261,441,092 £32,270,000 $26,582,338
5. The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $611,899,420 $370,782,930 £11,080,000 $15,183,802
6. The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox $542,771,772 $186,740,799 £25,210,000 $20,138,137
7. Meet the Fockers Universal $516,642,939 $279,261,160 £28,549,465 $34,806,130
8. Troy Warner Bros. $497,409,852 $133,378,256 £18,001,854 $23,447,161
9. Shark Tale DreamWorks $367,275,019 $160,861,908 £22,820,000 $15,180,246
10. Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362,744,280 $125,544,280 £12,030,148 $15,584,836


International and U.S. and Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, UK results in British pounds and Australian results in Australian dollars.

So far worldwide, 57 films released in 2004 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Of that group, 24 grossed more than $200 million, 13 more than $300 million, eight more than $400 million, seven films grossed more than $500 million, five films grossed more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million and one film more than $900 million.

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

Awards

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Best Foreign Language Film: Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), directed by Alejandro Amenábar, Spain / France / Italy
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, United States

Golden Globe Awards

Drama
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Musical or comedy
Best Picture: Sideways
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia
Other
Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign Language Film: Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), Spain / France / Italy

BAFTA Awards

Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh, U.K. / France / New Zealand

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Head-On (Gegen die Wand), directed by Fatih Akin, Germany / Turkey

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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 3 Janet Leigh 77 actress
5 Rodney Dangerfield 82 actor
10 Christopher Reeve 52 actor
11 Gulshan Rai 80 producer and distributor
17 Julius Harris 81 actor
November 26 Philippe de Broca 71 director
29 John Drew Barrymore 72 actor
December 3 Maria Perschy 66 actress
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.

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month Day Title Studio/Distributor Notable Cast/Crew
January 9 My Baby's Daddy Miramax Films Michael Imperioli
Chasing Liberty Warner Bros. Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon
16 Along Came Polly Universal Studios Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Teacher's Pet Walt Disney Pictures Nathan Lane (voice), David Ogden Stiers (voice), Jerry Stiller (voice)
Torque Warner Bros. Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur
23 The Butterfly Effect New Line Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! DreamWorks SKG Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel
30 The Big Bounce Warner Bros./Shangri-La Entertainment Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman
The Perfect Score Paramount Pictures Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
You Got Served Screen Gems Lil' Kim
February 6 Barbershop 2: Back in Business MGM Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Queen Latifah
Catch That Kid 20th Century Fox Kristen Stewart, Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals
Miracle Touchstone Pictures/Walt Disney Pictures Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
13 50 First Dates Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin
20 Against the Ropes Paramount Pictures Meg Ryan, Omar Epps
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Walt Disney Pictures Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Carol Kane
Eurotrip DreamWorks SKG/Blue Sea Productions Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lucy Lawless, Matt Damon, Joanna Lumley
Welcome to Mooseport 20th Century Fox Gene Hackman, Ray Romano
25 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson (director)
27 Club Dread Fox Searchlight Pictures Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Artisan Entertainment Romola Garai, Diego Luna
Twisted Paramount Pictures Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
March 5 Starsky & Hutch Warner Bros. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn
Hidalgo Touchstone Pictures/Disney Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Timothy Dalton
12 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London MGM Frankie Muñiz, Anthony Anderson
Secret Window Columbia Pictures Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Charles S. Dutton, Timothy Hutton, Ving Rhames, Stephen King (screenwriter)
Spartan Warner Bros. Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, David Mamet (director)
19 Dawn of the Dead Universal Pictures Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus Features Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood
Taking Lives Warner Bros. Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
26 Jersey Girl Miramax Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Kevin Smith (director)
The Ladykillers Touchstone Pictures Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (directors, producers, screenwriters)
Never Die Alone Fox Searchlight Pictures David Arquette, DMX
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Warner Bros. Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Seth Green

April-June

Dates given are for North American release dates.

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month Day Title Studio/Distributor Notable Cast/Crew
April 2 Hellboy Revolution Studios Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, John Hurt, Guillermo del Toro (director)
Home on the Range Walt Disney Pictures Judi Dench (voice), Roseanne Barr (voice), Jennifer Tilly (voice), Cuba Gooding Jr. (voice), Randy Quaid

(voice), Steve Buscemi (voice)
The Prince & Me Paramount Pictures/Lions Gate Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson
Walking Tall MGM The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Johnny Knoxville
7 Johnson Family Vacation 20th Century Fox Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Shannon Elizabeth
9 The Whole Ten Yards Warner Bros. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
The Alamo Touchstone Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric
The Girl Next Door 20th Century Fox James Remar, Elisha Cuthbert
Ella Enchanted Miramax Anne Hathaway, Vivica A. Fox
16 Connie and Carla Universal/Spyglass Entertainment Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Debbie Reynolds
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Miramax Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino (director)
The Punisher Lions Gate Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn
21 Man on Fire 20th Century Fox/Regency Pictures Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken