2004 in film
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See also: 2003 in film, other events of 2004, 2005 in film and the list of 'years in film'
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Events
- January 25 - Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include The Return of the King and Lost in Translation.
- January 27 - Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (11), Master and Commander (10), Seabiscuit (7), Mystic River (6), and Cold Mountain (6). 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, Renee Zellweger, The Actor for Best Female Supporting Actor.
- February 23 - Return of the King becomes the second film in history to gross more than $1 billion in worldwide box office reciepts.
- 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 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 where 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: Renee 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.
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 as of November 21, 2004 (U.S. and Canada) and November 14, 2004 (United Kingdom):
| 2004 Rank | Title | Studio | Total Int'l Box Office Gross | North American Box Office Gross | United Kingdom Box Office Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shrek 2 | DreamWorks | $885,670,147 | $441,192,868 | £47,548,741 |
| 2. | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Warner Bros. | $789,542,880 | $249,442,880 | £45,966,441 |
| 3. | Spider-Man 2 | Columbia Pictures | $783,756,565 | $373,377,893 | £26,419,256 |
| 4. | The Passion of the Christ | Newmarket Films | $609,493,825 | $370,270,943 | £10,604,723 |
| 5. | The Day After Tomorrow | 20th Century Fox | $542,440,599 | $186,740,799 | £25,049,442 |
| 6. | Troy | Warner Bros. | $497,378,256 | $133,378,256 | £18,001,854 |
| 7. | I, Robot | 20th Century Fox | $343,536,465 | $144,698,700 | £17,790,336 |
| 8. | Shark Tale | DreamWorks | $303,941,268 | $158,542,393 | £22,587,273 |
| 9. | Van Helsing | Universal Pictures | $300,157,638 | $120,177,084 | £15,019,852 |
| 10. | The Bourne Supremacy | Warner Bros. | $272,096,960 | $175,927,960 | £11,396,052 |
So far worldwide, 32 films released in 2004 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Of that group, 12 grossed more than $200 million, eight more than $300 million, six more than $400 million, five films grossed more than $500 million, four films grossed more than $600 million, three films more than $700 million and one film more than $800 million.
For a complete list of 2004's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm
- North America: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2004&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
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: The following deaths are listed by date, name, age and legacy in film.
January-April
- 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, 63, 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
- 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
- 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
- August 3 - Margo McLennan, 66, actress
- August 8 - Dimitris Papamichail, 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, 47, 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
- 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 29 - John Drew Barrymore, actor
Widely released movies (North America)
(Movies released in at least 1,000 North American theatres)
January - March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Other movies released
A-C
- A Day Without a Mexican
- Alien vs. Predator
- America's Heart and Soul
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon
- Baadasssss!
- Bad Education
- Beauty Shop
- Before Sunset
- Being Julia
- Birth
- The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (originally released in Japan)
- The Blue Butterfly
- Bon Voyage (originally released in France)
- Bright Young Things
- Brother to Brother
- The Burial Society
- Callas Forever (originally released in France)
- Carolina
- The Clearing
- Clifford's Really Big Movie
- Closer
- Code 46
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- Control Room
- The Corporation
- Criminal
D-G
- Danny Deckchair
- Days of Being Wild (re-release, was released in 1991)
- De-Lovely
- Deathwatch
- Decoys
- A Dirty Shame
- Dogville
- Donnie Darko (re-release)
- The Door in the Floor
- The Dreamers
- The Eliminator
- Enduring Love
- Eulogy
- Fade to Black
- Father and Son
- Facing Windows (originally released in Italy)
- Festival Express
- The Final Cut
- Finding Neverland
- Formula 17
- Forbidden Forest
- Fracture
- Garden State
- Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
- Going the Distance
- Grand Theft Parsons
H-L
- Hair Show
- Head in the Clouds
- Highwaymen
- A Home at the End of the World
- Hotel Rwanda
- House of D
- [[House of Flying Daggers
- The Hunting of the President
- I am David
- I'm Not Scared (originally released in Italy)
- I Heart Huckabees
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Imagining Argentina
- Infernal Affairs
- Innocence: Ghost in the Shell
- Intermission
- Japanese Story
- Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare)
- Ju-On: The Grudge
- Kaena: The Prophecy (originally released in France)
- Kinsey
- Kitchen Stories (originally released in Norway)
- The Last Road Trip: Paris to Dakar
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- The Last Shot
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
M-R
- The Machinist
- Maria Full of Grace
- Mean Creek
- La Meglio gioventù (The Best of Youth outside of Italy)
- Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
- Modigliani
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- The Mother
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- NASCAR 3D
- Ned Kelly
- Osama
- The Reckoning
- Remember Me, My Love
- Riding Giants
- Riding the Bullet
S-V
- Sacred Planet
- Saved!
- Secret Things
- Shaolin Soccer (originally released in Hong Kong)
- Shaun of the Dead
- She Hate Me
- Showboy
- Skeleton Man
- Sideways
- Silver City
- A Slipping-Down Life
- Speak
- Stage Beauty
- Stateside
- Super Size Me
- Swing
- Taegukgi (originally released in South Korea)
- Tokyo Godfathers (originally released in Japan)
- Touch of Pink
- Touching the Void
- Twist
- The United States of Leland
- Undertow
- Valentín
- Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) (originally released in Russia)
W-Z
- Warriors of Heaven and Earth
- We Don't Live Here Anymore
- When Will I Be Loved
- Woman Thou Art Loosed
- The Yes Men
- Young Adam
- Zhou Yu's Train
Films scheduled to be released in 2004
A-C
- The Aviator - December 17, goes wide December 25 - Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Gwen Stefani
- Beyond the Sea-December 17
- Blade: Trinity - December 10 wide release - Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Triple H (Paul Levesque)
F-M
- Fat Albert - December 25 - Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt
- Flight of the Phoenix - December 22 - Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - December 17 wide release - Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - December 1 wide release - Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum
- Meet the Fockers - December 22 wide release - Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand
- The Merchant of Venice - December 29 - Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons
N-W
- Ocean's Twelve - December 10 wide release - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts
- The Phantom of the Opera - December 10 British release; December 22 American limited release, goes wide January 21, 2005 - Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver
- Santa's Slay - December 25 - Bill Goldberg
- The Woodsman - December 24 - Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Eve, Mos Def, David Alan Grier, Benjamin Bratt
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