The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy was distributed by Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista in Europe , Australia and New Zealand .
Shooting was completed in August 2004 and the movie was released on 28 April 2005 by Touchstone Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures in Europe , Australia and New Zealand , and on the following day in Canada and the United States .
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