2004

This is a list of film-related events in 2004.
==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.
January 	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
* 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
February	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.
February	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.
February	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.
February	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.
February	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. Acting honors were as follows:
* Best Actor: Sean Penn for Mystic River
* Best Actress: Charlize Theron for Monster
* Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins for Mystic River
* Best Supporting Actress: Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain.
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.
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.
December	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
December	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.
==Top grossing films==
Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004.
The controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, helmed by Mel Gibson became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004. Taking only eight days, Spider-Man 2 became the fastest film to reach $200 in North American gross box office sales while Shrek 2 and Fahrenheit 9/11 became the highest-grossing animated film and documentary in history, respectively. These are the top 10 grossing estimates:
2004Rank	Title 	Studio 	Total Int'lBox Office Gross	U.S. & CanadaBox Office Gross	United KingdomBox Office Gross	AustraliaBox Office Gross
1. 	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros. 	$789,791,069 	$249,541,069 	£46,080,000 	$33,030,534
2. 	Spider-Man 2 	Columbia Pictures 	$783,964,497 	$373,585,825 	£26,720,000 	$24,263,992
3. 	The Passion of the Christ 	Newmarket Films 	$611,899,420 	$370,782,930 	£11,080,000 	$15,183,802
4. 	The Day After Tomorrow 	20th Century Fox 	$542,771,772 	$186,740,799 	£25,210,000 	$20,138,137
5. 	Troy 	Warner Bros. 	$497,378,256 	$133,378,256 	£18,001,854 	$23,447,161
6. 	Meet the Fockers 	Universal Pictures	$514,426,182 	$279,261,160 	£27,346,857 	$34,806,130
7. 	Shark Tale 	DreamWorks 	$363,460,806 	$160,861,908 	£22,820,000 	$15,180,246
8. 	Ocean's Twelve 	Warner Bros. 	$362,744,280 	$125,544,280 	£12,030,148 	$15,584,836
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, UK results in Great Britain pounds and Australian results in Australian dollars.
So far worldwide, 51 films released in 2004 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Of that group, 21 grossed more than $200 million, 13 more than $300 million, eight more than $400 million, six films grossed more than $500 million, five films grossed more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million and one film more than $900 million.
For a complete list of 2004's top-grossing films, follow these links:
*Worldwide: &yr=2004&p=.htm http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm
**North America: &p=.htm http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2004&p=.htm
**United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
**United States: http://www.moviemarshal.com/boxoffice.html
==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:
===January–April===
Month 	Day	Who 	Age	Known as a
January 	2 	Etta Moten Barnett 	102	actress
January 	7 	Ingrid Thulin 	77 	actress
January 	14 	Uta Hagen 	84 	actress
January 	14 	Ron O'Neal 	66 	actor
January 	17 	Ray Stark 	88 	producer
January 	22 	Ann Miller 	80 	actress and dancer
January 	31 	Suraiya 	75 	actress and singer
February	15 	Jan Miner 	86 	actress
February	23 	Vijay Anand 	70 	director
March 	2 	Mercedes McCambridge	85 	Oscar-winning actress
March 	3 	Cecily Adams 	39 	actress
March 	6 	Frances Dee 	96 	actress
March 	7 	Paul Winfield 	64 	actor
March 	9 	Robert Pastorelli 	49 	actor
March 	18 	Guillermo Rivas 	72 	actor
March 	26 	Jan Sterling 	82 	actress
March 	28 	Peter Ustinov 	82 	actor
April 	1 	Carrie Snodgress 	57 	actress
April 	5 	Austin Willis 	86 	actor
April 	17 	Soundarya 	32 	actress
April 	25 	Feridun Karakaya 	76 	actor
===May–June===
Month	Day	Who 	Age	Known as a
May 	3 	Anthony Ainley 	71 	actor
May 	9 	Alan King 	76 	actor
May 	14 	Anna Lee 	91 	actress
May 	16 	Marika Rökk 	90 	actress
May 	17 	Tony Randall 	84 	actor
May 	19 	Mary Dresselhuys 	97 	actress
June 	4 	Nino Manfredi 	83 	actor
June 	5 	Ronald Reagan 	93 	actor
June 	6 	Necdet Mahfi Ayral	96 	actor
June 	6 	Robert Lees 	91 	screenwriter
June 	7 	Donald Trumbull 	95 	special effects producer
June 	14 	Max Rosenberg 	89 	producer
June 	26 	Yash Johar 	75 	producer
===July===
Month	Day	Who 	Age	Known as a
July 	1 	Marlon Brando 	80 	actor
July 	3 	John Barron 	83 	actor
July 	6 	Eric Douglas 	46 	actor
July 	8 	Jean Lefebvre 	84 	actor
July 	9 	Isabel Sanford 	86 	actress
July 	11 	Dorothy Hart 	82 	actress
July 	17 	Pat Roach 	67 	actor
July 	19 	Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth	78 	director
July 	21 	Jerry Goldsmith 	75 	composer
July 	23 	Mehmood 	72 	actor
July 	23 	Serge Reggiani 	82 	actor
July 	28 	Sam Edwards 	89 	actor
July 	28 	Eugene Roche 	75 	actor
July 	30 	Andre Noble 	25 	actor
July 	31 	Laura Betti 	70 	actress
July 	31 	Virginia Grey 	87 	actress
===August–September===
Month 	Day	Who 	Age	Known as a
August 	3 	Margo McLennan 	66 	actress
August 	8 	Dimitris Papamichael	70 	actor
August 	8 	Fay Wray 	96 	actress
August 	9 	David Raksin 	92 	score composer
August 	15 	Neal Fredericks 	35 	cinematographer
August 	18 	Elmer Bernstein 	82 	composer
August 	20 	Maria Antonieta Pons	82 	actress
August 	22 	Daniel Petrie 	83 	director
August 	22 	George Kirgo 	78 	screenwriter
August 	26 	Laura Branigan 	52 	soundtrack composer
August 	27 	Suzanne Kaaren 	92 	actress
August 	27 	William Pierson 	78 	actor
September	5 	Fritha Goodey 	31 	actress
September	6 	Elly Annie Schneider	90 	actress
September	8 	Frank Thomas 	91 	animator
September	14 	Ove Sprogøe 	84 	actor
September	18 	Russ Meyer 	82 	director
September	24 	Tim Choate 	49 	actor
September	25 	Marvin Davis 	79 	studio executive
September	30 	Ignatius Wolfington 	84 	Actor
September	30 	Gamini Fonseka 	68 	actor
===October–December===
Month 	Day	Who 	Age	Known as a
October 	3 	Janet Leigh 	77 	actress
October 	5 	Rodney Dangerfield 	82 	actor
October 	10 	Christopher Reeve 	52 	actor
October 	11 	Gulshan Rai 	80 	producer and distributor
October 	17 	Julius Harris 	81 	actor
November	26 	Philippe de Broca 	71 	director
November	29 	John Drew Barrymore	72 	actor
December	3 	Maria Perschy 	66 	actress
December	22 	Lucile Layton 	101	actress
December	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 1,000 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 	Dimension Films 	Michael Imperioli
January 	9 	Chasing Liberty 	Warner Bros. 	Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon
January 	16 	Along Came Polly 	Universal Studios 	Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Philip Seymour Hoffman
January 	16 	Teacher's Pet 	Walt Disney Pictures 	Nathan Lane (voice), David Ogden Stiers (voice), Jerry Stiller
(voice)
January 	16 	Torque 	Warner Bros. 	Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur
January 	23 	The Butterfly Effect 	New Line 	Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
January 	23 	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 	DreamWorks SKG 	Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel
January 	30 	The Big Bounce 	Warner Bros./Shangri-La Entertainment 	Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman
January 	30 	The Perfect Score 	Paramount Pictures 	Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
January 	30 	You Got Served 	Screen Gems 	Lil' Kim
February	6 	Barbershop 2: Back in Business 	MGM 	Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Queen Latifah
February	6 	Catch That Kid 	20th Century Fox 	Kristen Stewart, Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals
February	6 	Miracle 	Touchstone Pictures/Walt Disney Pictures	Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
February	13 	50 First Dates 	Columbia Pictures 	Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin
February	20 	Against the Ropes 	Paramount Pictures 	Meg Ryan, Omar Epps
February	20 	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 	Walt Disney Pictures 	Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Carol Kane
February	20 	Eurotrip 	DreamWorks SKG/Blue Sea Productions 	Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lucy Lawless, Matt Damon, Joanna Lumley
February	20 	Welcome to Mooseport 	20th Century Fox 	Gene Hackman, Ray Romano
February	25 	The Passion of the Christ 	Newmarket Films 	Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson (director)
February	27 	Club Dread 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton
February	27 	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 	Artisan Entertainment 	Romola Garai, Diego Luna
February	27 	Twisted 	Paramount Pictures 	Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
March 	5 	Starsky and Hutch 	Warner Brothers 	Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn
March 	5 	Hidalgo 	Touchstone Pictures/Disney 	Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Timothy Dalton
March 	12 	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	MGM 	Frankie Muñiz, Anthony Anderson
March 	12 	Secret Window 	Columbia Pictures 	Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Charles S. Dutton, Timothy Hutton, Ving Rhames, Stephen King (screenwriter)
March 	12 	Spartan 	Warner Bros. 	Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, David Mamet (director)
March 	19 	Dawn of the Dead 	Universal Pictures 	Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
March 	19 	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 	Focus Features 	Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood
March 	19 	Taking Lives 	Warner Bros. 	Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
March 	26 	Jersey Girl 	Miramax 	Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Kevin Smith (director)
March 	26 	The Ladykillers 	Touchstone Pictures 	Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (directors, producers, screenwriters)
March 	26 	Never Die Alone 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	David Arquette, DMX
March 	26 	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) 	
April	2 	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) 	
April	2 	The Prince & Me 	Paramount Pictures/Lions Gate 	Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson 	
April	2 	Walking Tall 	MGM 	The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Johnny Knoxville 	
April	7 	Johnson Family Vacation 	20th Century Fox 	Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Shannon Elizabeth 	
April	9 	The Whole Ten Yards 	Warner Bros. 	Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet 	
April	9 	The Alamo 	Touchstone 	Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric 	
April	9 	The Girl Next Door 	20th Century Fox 	James Remar 	
April	9 	Ella Enchanted 	Miramax 	Anne Hathaway, Vivica A. Fox 	
April	16 	Connie and Carla 	Universal/Spyglass Entertainment 	Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Debbie Reynolds 	
April	16 	Kill Bill Vol. 2 	Miramax 	Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino (director) 	
April	16 	The Punisher 	Lions Gate 	Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos 	
April	21 	Man on Fire 	20th Century Fox/Regency Pictures 	Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken 	
April	23 	13 Going on 30 	Columbia Pictures 	Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo 	
April	30 	Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius 	Bobby Jones Films LLC 	Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani 	
April	30 	Envy 	Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks SKG 	Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Christopher Walken, Barry Levinson (director) 	
April	30 	Godsend 	Lions Gate 	Greg Kinnear, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos 	
April	30 	Laws of Attraction 	New Line 	Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Nora Dunn, Frances Fisher, Parker Posey 	
April	30 	Mean Girls 	Paramount Pictures 	Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey 	
May 	7 	Van Helsing 	Universal Pictures 	Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh 	
May 	7 	New York Minute 	Warner Bros. 	Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Andrea Martin 	
May 	14 	Troy 	Warner Bros. 	Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole 	
May 	14 	Breakin' All the Rules 	Screen Gems 	Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito 	
May 	28 	The Day After Tomorrow 	20th Century Fox 	Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Perry King 	
May 	28 	Raising Helen 	Touchstone Pictures 	Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, Paris Hilton 	
May 	28 	Soul Plane 	MGM 	Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson 	
May 	June	4 	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros. 	Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman
11 	June	The Chronicles of Riddick 	Universal Pictures 	Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore 	
11 	June	Garfield: The Movie 	20th Century Fox 	Bill Murray (voice), Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky 	
11 	June	Napoleon Dynamite ‡ 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	Jon Heder, Jared Hess (director) 	
11 	June	The Stepford Wives 	Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks SKG 	Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Glenn Close 	
16 	June	Around the World in 80 Days 	Walt Disney Pictures 	Jackie Chan, Rob Schneider, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Wilson, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Johnny Knoxville, Jim Broadbent, Richard Branson	
18 	June	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	20th Century Fox 	Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller 	
18 	June	The Terminal 	DreamWorks SKG 	Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Steven Spielberg (director) 	
23 	June	Fahrenheit 9/11 ‡ 	Lions Gate/IFC Films 	Michael Moore, George W. Bush 	
23 	June	White Chicks 	Columbia Pictures 	Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans (director) 	
25 	June	The Notebook 	New Line 	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner 	
25 	June	Two Brothers 	Universal Pictures 	Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Jacques Annaud (director) 	
30 	June	Spider-Man 2 	Columbia Pictures 	Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi (director) 	
===July–September===
Dates given are for North American release dates.
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month 	Day	Title 	Studio/Distributor 	Notable Cast/Crew
July 	7 	King Arthur 	Touchstone Pictures 	Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
July 	9 	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 	DreamWorks SKG 	Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Jack Black
July 	9 	Sleepover 	MGM 	Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington
July 	16 	I, Robot 	20th Century Fox 	Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
July 	16 	A Cinderella Story 	Warner Bros. 	Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray
July 	23 	The Bourne Supremacy 	Universal Pictures 	Matt Damon
July 	23 	Catwoman 	Warner Bros. 	Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone
July 	30 	Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 	New Line 	John Cho, Kal Penn, Danny Leiner (director)
July 	30 	The Manchurian Candidate 	Paramount Pictures 	Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
July 	30 	Thunderbirds 	Universal Pictures 	Brady Corbet, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley
July 	30 	The Village 	Buena Vista 	William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
August 	6 	Collateral 	DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures	Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
August 	6 	Little Black Book 	Revolution Studios 	Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates
August 	6 	Open Water ‡ 	Lions Gate 	Chris Kentis (director)
August 	11 	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Walt Disney Pictures 	Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews
August 	13 	Alien vs. Predator 	20th Century Fox 	Lance Henriksen
August 	13 	Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie 	Warner Bros. 	Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart (voices)
August 	20 	Exorcist: The Beginning 	Warner Bros. 	Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan Ford, Ben Cross
August 	20 	Without a Paddle 	Paramount Pictures 	Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds
August 	27 	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid	Screen Gems 	Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
August 	27 	Hero 	Miramax 	Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Quentin Tarantino (presented)
August 	27 	SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 	Triumph Films 	Jon Voight
August 	27 	Suspect Zero 	Paramount Pictures 	Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss
September	1 	Vanity Fair 	Focus Features 	Reese Witherspoon
September	3 	Wicker Park 	MGM 	Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard
September	3 	Paparazzi 	20th Century Fox 	Cole Hauser, Larry Cedar, Tom Sizemore
September	3 	The Cookout 	Lions Gate 	Danny Glover, Queen Latifah
September	10 	Resident Evil: Apocalypse 	Screen Gems 	Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
September	10 	Cellular 	New Line 	Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
September	17 	Mr. 3000 	Touchstone Pictures 	Bernie Mac
September	17 	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers 	P & A Releasing 	Will Friedle,
September	17 	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 	Paramount Pictures 	Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon
September	17 	Wimbledon 	Universal Pictures/Dimension 	Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany
September	24 	First Daughter 	20th Century Fox 	Katie Holmes
September	24 	The Forgotten 	Revolution Studios 	Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard
===October–December===
Dates given are for North American release dates.
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month 	Day	Title 	Studio/Distributor 	Notable Cast/Crew
October 	1 	Shark Tale 	DreamWorks 	Will Smith (voice), Robert De Niro (voice), Angelina Jolie (voice), Jack Black (voice)
October 	1 	Ladder 49 	Touchstone 	Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta
October 	6 	Taxi 	20th Century Fox 	Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bundchen
October 	8 	Friday Night Lights 	Universal Studios 	Billy Bob Thornton
October 	8 	Raise Your Voice 	New Line 	Hilary Duff
October 	15 	Team America: World Police 	Paramount Pictures 	Alec Baldwin, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (producers and directors)
October 	15 	Shall We Dance 	Miramax 	Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon
October 	22 	The Grudge 	Columbia Pictures 	Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
October 	22 	Sideways ‡ 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
October 	22 	Surviving Christmas 	Columbia Pictures 	Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini
October 	29 	Ray 	Universal Pictures 	Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington
October 	29 	Saw 	Lions Gate Films 	Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell
November	5 	The Incredibles 	Pixar 	Craig T. Nelson (voice), Holly Hunter (voice), Samuel L. Jackson (voice), John Ratzenberger (voice), Jason Lee (voice)
November	5 	Alfie 	Paramount Pictures 	Jude Law, Omar Epps, Nia Long
November	10 	The Polar Express 	Warner Bros. 	Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara (voice)
November	12 	After the Sunset 	New Line 	Pierce Brosnan, Selma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris
November	12 	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ‡ 	Universal Pictures 	Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
November	12 	Finding Neverland ‡ 	Miramax 	Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman
November	12 	Seed of Chucky 	Focus Features 	Brad Dourif (voice), Jennifer Tilly, Billy Boyd (voice)
November	19 	National Treasure 	Walt Disney Pictures 	Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Christopher Plummer, Sean Bean, Jon Turteltaub (director)
November	19 	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 	Paramount Pictures 	Tom Kenny (voice), Stephen Hillenburg (director & writer), Clancy Brown (voice)
November	24 	Alexander 	Warner Bros. 	Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Oliver Stone (director)
November	24 	Christmas with the Kranks 	Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures	Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
December	3 	Closer ‡ 	Columbia Pictures 	Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
December	3 	House of Flying Daggers ‡ 	Sony Pictures Classics 	Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Yimou Zhang (director)
December	8 	Blade: Trinity 	New Line 	Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Triple H (Paul Levesque)
December	10 	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ‡ 	Touchstone Pictures 	Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum
December	10 	Ocean's Twelve 	Warner Bros. 	George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts
December	15 	Million Dollar Baby ‡ 	Warner Bros. 	Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
December	17 	The Aviator ‡ 	Miramax 	Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Gwen Stefani
December	17 	Flight of the Phoenix 	20th Century Fox 	Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
December	17 	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures 	Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken
December	17 	Spanglish 	Sony Pictures Entertainment 	Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman
December	22 	Meet the Fockers 	Universal Pictures 	Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand
December	22 	The Phantom of the Opera ‡ 	Warner Bros. 	Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver
December	25 	Darkness 	Dimension Studios 	Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Giancarlo Giannini
December	25 	Fat Albert 	20th Century Fox 	Kyla Pratt
December	29 	In Good Company ‡ 	Universal Pictures 	Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson, Topher Grace, Selma Blair
==Other movies released==
Release dates:
* "WR": Wide-release to theaters
* "IMAX": Release to IMAX theaters
Film 	Date 	Studio 	Other notes
A Day Without a Mexican 	May 14 	 	
America's Heart and Soul 	 	Walt Disney Pictures 	IMAX
Around the Bend 	October 8 	Warner Independent Pictures 	Michael Caine, Christopher Walken
The Assassination of Richard Nixon 	 	 	
Baadasssss! 	May 28 	Sony Pictures Classics 	
Bad Education 	March 19 	Sony Pictures Classics 	Originally released in Spain
Beauty Shop 	 	MGM 	Queen Latifah
Before Sunset 	February 10	 	Originally release at the Berlin International Film Festival
Being Julia 	October 15 	 	Limited USA release
Benji Off the Leash! 	August 20 	Mulberry Square Releasing 	Limited USA release
Birth 	October 29 	 	Limited USA release
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi 	June 4 	Miramax Films 	Limited USA release
The Blue Butterfly 	 	 	
Bon Voyage 	 	 	Originally released in France
Bright Young Things 	August 20 	 	Limited USA release
Brother to Brother 	 	Wolfe Releasing 	
The Burial Society 	 	 	
Callas Forever 	 	 	Originally released in France
Carolina 	 	 	
The Clearing 	 	 	
Clifford's Really Big Movie 	 	Warner Bros. 	
Cloud Cuckoo Land 	 	 	
Code 46 	 	United Artists 	Originally released in UK
Coffee and Cigarettes 	 	United Artists 	
Control Room 	 	 	
The Corporation 	 	 	
Criminal 	 	 	
Danny Deckchair 	 	 	
Days of Being Wild 	 	 	Re-release, was released in 1991
De-Lovely 	 	MGM 	
Deathwatch 	 	 	
Decoys 	 	 	
Dhoom 	 	 	
A Dirty Shame 	 	 	
Dogville 	 	 	
Donnie Darko 	 	Newmarket Films 	Re-release
The Door in the Floor 	 	 	
The Dreamers 	 	 	
The Eliminator 	 	 	
Enduring Love 	 	 	
Eulogy 	 	 	
Fade to Black 	 	Paramount Classics 	
Father and Son 	 	 	
Facing Windows 	 	 	Originally released in Italy
Festival Express 	 	 	
The Final Cut 	 	 	
Formula 17 	 	 	
The Football Factory 	 	 	
Forbidden Forest 	 	 	
Fracture 	 	 	
Garden State 	 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	Directed by Zach Braff
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed 	 	 	
Going the Distance 	 	 	
Grand Theft Parsons 	 	 	
Hair Show 	 	 	
Head in the Clouds 	 	Sony Pictures Classics 	
Helter Skelter 	 	 	
Highwaymen 	 	 	
A Home at the End of the World 	 	 	
Hotel Rwanda 	 	United Artists/Lions Gate Films	Don Cheadle
House of D 	 	 	
Howl's Moving Castle 	 	Walt Disney Pictures 	November 20 - Japan; directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Hunting of the President 	 	 	
I am David 	 	Lions Gate Films/Walden Media 	
I'm Not Scared 	 	 	Originally released in Italy
I Heart Huckabees 	 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 	 	Paramount Classics 	
Imagining Argentina 	 	 	
Infernal Affairs 	 	 	
Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 	 	DreamWorks SKG 	
Intermission 	 	IFC Films 	
Jandek on Corwood 	 	 	
Japanese Story 	 	 	
Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare)	 	 	
Ju-on: The Grudge 	 	Lions Gate Films/Vitaphone 	
Kaena: The Prophecy 	 	Samuel Goldwyn Films 	Originally released in France
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol 	 	 	Originally released in China
Kinsey 	 	Fox Searchlight Pictures 	
Kitchen Stories 	 	 	Originally released in Norway
The Last Road Trip: Paris to Dakar 	 	 	
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 	 	HBO Films 	Made-for-TV movie
The Last Shot 	 	Touchstone Pictures 	Matthew Broderick
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra 	 	TriStar Pictures 	
A Love Song for Bobby Long 	 	 	
The Machinist 	 	 	
Maria Full of Grace 	 	Fine Line Features 	
Mean Creek 	 	 	
La Meglio gioventù 	 	 	The Best of Youth outside of Italy
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 	 	IFC Films 	
Modigliani 	 	 	
Monsieur Ibrahim 	 	 	
The Mother 	 	 	
The Motorcycle Diaries 	 	Focus Features 	
NASCAR 3D 	 	Warner Bros./IMAX Corporation 	Narrated by Tom Cruise; IMAX
Ned Kelly 	 	Universal Pictures 	
Noel 	 	 	
Omagh 	 	 	
Osama 	 	United Artists 	
The Reckoning 	 	 	
Remember Me, My Love 	 	Samuel Goldwyn Films 	
Riding Giants 	 	Sony Pictures Classics 	
Riding the Bullet 	 	 	
Sacred Planet 	 	 	
Saved! 	 	United Artists 	Macaulay Culkin
The Sea Inside 	 	Fine Line Features 	
Secret Things 	 	 	
Shaolin Soccer 	 	Miramax Films 	Originally released in Hong Kong
Shaun of the Dead 	 	Focus Features 	
She Hate Me 	 	Sony Pictures Classics 	A Spike Lee Joint
Showboy 	 	 	
Skeleton Man 	 	 	
Silver City 	 	 	
A Slipping-Down Life 	 	 	
Speak 	 	 	
Stage Beauty 	 	 	
Stateside 	 	 	
Straight-Jacket 	 	 	
Super Size Me 	 	Samuel Goldwyn Films 	
Swing 	 	 	
Taegukgi 	 	 	Originally released in South Korea
Tokyo Godfathers 	 	Samuel Goldwyn Films 	Originally released in Japan
Touch of Pink 	 	 	
Touching the Void 	 	IFC Films 	
Twist 	 	 	
Tying the Knot 	 	 	
The United States of Leland 	 	Paramount Classics 	
Undertow 	 	 	
Valentín 	 	 	
Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) 	6 February 	Kino International 	Originally released in Russia
Watermarks 	 	 	
Warriors of Heaven and Earth 	 	Sony Pictures Classics 	
We Don't Live Here Anymore 	 	Warner Independent Pictures 	
When Will I Be Loved 	 	 	
With All Deliberate Speed 	 	 	
Woman Thou Art Loosed 	 	Magnolia Pictures 	Based on the book by T. D. Jakes
The Woodsman 	 	 	
The Yes Men 	 	 	
Young Adam 	 	 	
Zhou Yu's Train 	 	 	
==External links==
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