2004 in film
See also: 2003 in film, other events of 2004, 2005 in film and the list of 'years in film'
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 became the highest-grossing animated film in history. These are the top 10 grossing estimates as of July 18, 2004 (U.S. and Canada) and July 11, 2004 (United Kingdom):
Events
Top-Grossing Films of the Year
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.
| 2004 Rank | Title | Studio | Total Int'l Box Office Gross | North American Box Office Gross | United Kingdom Box Office Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shrek 2 | Dreamworks | $681,081,513 | $424,781,000 | ã28,510,031 |
| 2. | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Warner Bros | $643,516,000 | $238,216,000 | ã43,340,179 |
| 3. | The Passion of the Christ | Newmarket Films | $609,464,700 | $370,245,479 | ã10,604,723 |
| 4. | The Day After Tomorrow | 20th Century Fox | $517,955,670 | $183,252,000 | ã24,540,860 |
| 5. | Troy (movie)>Troy | Warner Bros | $476,629,994 | $132,329,994 | ã17,794,703 |
| 6. | Spider-Man 2 | Columbia Pictures | $415,618,316 | $301,712,000 | July 16 release |
| 7. | '\'Van Helsing'' | Universal Pictures | $265,429,295 | $119,429,295 | ã15,019,852 |
| 8. | 50 First Dates | Columbia Pictures | $190,390,451 | $120,870,628 | ã7,708,648 |
| 9. | Warner Bros | $177,380,072 | $83,645,303 | ã16,372,417 | |
| 10. | Along Came Polly | Universal Studios | $170,570,642 | $88,097,164 | ã7,599,946 |
So far worldwide, 17 films released in 2004 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Of that group, seven grossed more than $200 million, six more than $400 million, four films grossed more than $500 million and three films grossed more than $600 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
The following deaths are listed by date, name, age and legacy in film.- 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, 71, 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 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 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
Wide-Release Movies in 2004 (North America)
(Movies released in at least 1,000 North American theatres)
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial weekend.
Other Movies Released in 2004
- America's Heart and Soul
- Baadasssss
- Beauty Shop
- Before Sunset
- (originally released in Japan)
- The Blue Butterfly
- Bon voyage
- The Clearing
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- De-Lovely
- Decoys
- Dogville
- Donnie Darko (re-release)
- The Door in the Floor
- The Dreamers
- Eulogy
- Facing Windows
- Formula 17
- Highwaymen
- House of D
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- I'm Not Scared
- Japanese Story
- Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare)
- (originally released in France)
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
- La Meglio gioventù (The Best of Youth outside of Italy)
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- The Mother
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Napoleon Dynamite
- NASCAR 3D
- Open Water
- The Reckoning
- Riding Giants
- Sacred Planet
- Saw
- Secret Things
- Shaun of the Dead
- Showboy
- Speak
- Stage Beauty
- Stateside
- Super Size Me
- Touch of Pink
- Touching the Void
- The United States of Leland
- ValentÃÂn
- Young Adam
Films scheduled (as of August 2003) to be released in 2004 include:
- 88 Minutes - Al Pacino
A-D
- Alexander - November 5 wide release - Colin Farrell, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Oliver Stone (director)
- Alien vs. Predator - August 6 wide release - Lance Henriksen
- - August 27 wide release
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon - Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Naomi Watts, Niels Mueller (director)
- Artemis Fowl
- - December 10 wide release - Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell
- - November 19 - Renée Zellweger
- The Burial Society
- Capoeira
- Carolina - Julia Stiles
- Cellular - September 17 wide release - Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
- Collateral - August 6 wide release - Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx
- Colour Me Kubrick - John Malkovich, Brian W. Cook (director)
- The Cookout - September 3 wide release - Tim Meadows, Eve, Ja Rule, Farrah Fawcett, Danny Glover
- Country of My Skull
- Crazy in Love - Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell
- Danny Deckchair - July 30 limited release - Rhys Ifans
- '\'''
- A Dirty Shame - September 24 British and American releases - Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair
- Driver
E-I
- Edison - Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Spacey
- The Eliminator - Michael Rooker
- Emile
- - August 20 wide release
- Father and Son
- Finding Neverland - October 22 limited release - Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman
- Fracture - scheduled for release in New Zealand - Kate Elliott
- Friday Night Lights - October 15 wide release - Billy Bob Thornton
- Garden State - July 30 wide release - Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm
- Going the Distance - scheduled to be released sometime in 2004
- The Grudge - Japanese release in October; October 24 American wide release - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
- Halloween 9
- Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle - July 30 wide release - John Cho, Kal Penn
- Head in the Clouds - Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend
- Hero - August 20 - Jet Li
- A Home at the End of the World - July 23 limited release - Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Sissy Spacek, Dallas Roberts
- The Hunting of the President
- The Incredibles - November 5 wide release - Pixar - Craig T. Nelson (voice), Holly Hunter (voice), Samuel L. Jackson (voice), John Ratzenberger (voice), Jason Lee (voice)
J-P
- Kinsey - November 12 limited release - Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
- Ladder 49 - October 8 wide release - Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Hopkins (director)
- Little Black Book - August 6 wide release - Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates
- Lord of War - Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland
- The Machinist - Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Man-Thing - September 23 wide release
- The Manchurian Candidate - July 30 wide release - Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
- Maria Full of Grace
- Mean Creek
- Modigliani
- Mr. 3000 - September 24 wide release - Bernie Mac
- National Treasure - November 24 wide release - Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean, Christopher Plummer, Harvey Keitel, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
- 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 Polar Express - November 10 wide release - Tom Hanks Chris Coppola, Robert Zemeckis (director)
- - August 11 wide release - Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway
R-T
- Raise Your Voice - October 8 wide release - Hilary Duff
- Ray - October 29 wide release - Jamie Foxx, Taylor Hackford (director)
- - September 10 wide release - Milla Jovovich
- The Ring 2 - November 10
- RPM
- Santa's Slay - scheduled to be released sometime in 2004 - Bill Goldberg
- Seed of Chucky - October 29 wide release - Brad Gourif (voice), Jennifer Tilly (voice)
- Shark Tale - October 1 wide release - Will Smith (voice), Robert De Niro (voice), Angelina Jolie (voice), Jack Black (voice)
- She Hate Me - July 30 American wide release; August 13 Canadian limited release - Spike Lee (director)
- Shinobi
- Skeleton Man - Casper Van Dien, Michael Rooker
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - September 17 wide release - Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
- ''A Slipping-Down Life
- Son of the Mask - October 5 wide release - Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming
- The Spongebob Squarepants Movie - November 19 wide release - Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence (voices)
- - September 3 wide release - Jon Voight
- Suspect Zero - scheduled to be released sometime in 2004 - Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss
- Swing - Jacqueline Bisset, Jonathan Winters
- Taxi - Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bundchen
- Thunderbirds
- The Transporter 2 - Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Corey Yuen (director)
- Twist
V-Z
- Vanity Fair - September 1 - Reese Witherspoon
- The Village - July 30 wide release - William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
- Wake of Death - Jean-Claude Van Damme
- We Don't Live Here Anymore - August 13 limited release - Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts
- Wicker Park - September 3 wide release - Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard
- Without a Paddle - August 20 wide release - Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds
- The Woodsman - Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Eve, Mos Def, David Alan Grier, Benjamin Bratt
- The Yes Men
- Yu-Gi-Oh - August 13 wide release - Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart (voices)
- Zhou Yu's Train
External links
- upcomingmovies.com - Website monitoring progress of in-production movies (commercial site owned by Yahoo!)
- imdb.com - Release dates for movies scheduled for release in 2004 in various countries