2004 in film
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b See also: 2003 in film, other events of 2004, 2005 in film and the list of 'years in film'
Events
- January 25 - Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include and Lost in Translation.
- January 27 - Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are (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 - 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 and actor Sylvester Stallone for .
- February 29 - 76th Academy Awards: 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. [1] [1]
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.
The controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, helmed by Mel Gibson became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004. These are the top 10 grossing as of April 23, 2004:
| 2004 Rank | title | Studio | Total Int'l Box Office Gross | North American Box Office Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Passion of the Christ | Newmarket Films | $549,899,000 | $362,759,000 |
| 2. | Along Came Polly | Universal Studios | $166,092,000 | $87,887,505 |
| 3. | 50 First Dates | Columbia Pictures | $145,533,000 | $119,067,547 |
| 4. | Columbia Pictures | $140,312,000 | $74,112,000 | |
| 5. | Starsky and Hutch (movie)>Starsky and Hutch | Warner Bros | $126,707,000 | $86,247,401 |
| 6. | Jet Li's Hero | Miramax | $104,400,000 | (Opens August 20) |
| 7. | Hidalgo (movie)>Hidalgo | Touchstone Pictures | $90,366,000 | $64,266,271 |
| 8. | Good bye, Lenin | Sony Pictures Classics | $76,449,000 | $2,316,082 |
| 9. | Dawn of the Dead (2004)>Dawn of the Dead | Universal Studios | $70,309,000 | $57,233,395 |
| 10. | Miracle (movie)>Miracle | Walt Disney Pictures | $64,279,933 | $64,279,933 |
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
Deaths
- January 2 - Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
- January 7 - Ingrid Thulin, 77, Swedish actress
- January 14 - Uta Hagen, 84, actress
- January 14 - Ron O'Neal, 66, actor
- January 17 - Ray Stark, 88, producer of Funny Girl
- January 22 - Ann Miller, 80, actress and dancer
- February 15 - Jan Miner, 86, American actress
- February 23 - Vijay Anand, 71, Bollywood director
- March 6 - Frances Dee, 96, actress
- March 7 - Paul Winfield, 63, actor
- March 28 - Peter Ustinov, 82, actor
Wide-Release Movies in 2004 (North America)
(Movies released in at least 1,000 North American theatres)
Other Movies Released in 2004
- The Blue Butterfly
- Bon voyage
- \Coffee and Cigarettes
- Decoys
- Dogville
- The Dreamers
- Highwaymen
- I'm Not Scared
- Japanese Story
- Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare)
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- NASCAR 3D
- Open Water
- The Reckoning
- Sacred Planet
- Saved
- Secret Things
- Shaun of the Dead
- Speak
- Touching the Void
- The United States of Leland
- Valentin
- Young Adam
Films scheduled (as of August 2003) to be released in 2004 include:
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
- Anchorman - July 9 wide release - Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Jack Black
- Around the World in 80 Days - June 16 wide release - Jackie Chan, Rob Schneider, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Wilson, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Johnny Knoxville, Jim Broadbent, Richard Branson
- Artemis Fowl
- Baadasssss - Mario Van Peebles (director)
- Before Sunset - June 25 wide release - Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
- - December 10 wide release - Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell
- - originally released in Japan; July 4 limited release - Takeshi Kitano (actor and director)
- The Bourne Supremacy - July 23 wide release - Matt Damon
- Breakin' All the Rules - May 14 wide release - Jamie Foxx, Peter MacNicol
- Carolina - Julia Stiles
- Catwoman - July 30 wide release - Halle Berry, Sharon Stone
- The Chronicles of Riddick - June 11 wide release - Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
- A Cinderella Story - July 16 wide release - Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Carmen Rasmusen
- The Clearing - May 21 wide release - Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe
- Danny Deckchair - July 30 limited release - Rhys Ifans
- The Day After Tomorrow - May 28 wide release - Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Perry King
- De-Lovely - June 25 limited release - Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd
- - June 18 wide release - Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
- Driver
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- Emile
- Eulogy - May 21 limited release - Hank Azaria, Rip Torn, Piper Laurie, Ray Romano, Kelly Preston, Debra Winger
- Fracture - scheduled for release in New Zealand - Kate Elliott
- Garfield - June 25 wide release - Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Halloween 9
- Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle - July 30 wide release - John Cho, Kal Penn
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - June 4 wide release - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Julie Christie, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith
- head in the Clouds - Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend
- A Home at the End of the World - July 23 limited release - Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Sissy Spacek, Dallas Roberts
- I, Robot - July 16 - Will Smith
- The Incredibles - November 5 wide release - Pixar - Craig T. Nelson (voice), Holly Hunter (voice), Samuel L. Jackson (voice), John Ratzenberger (voice), Jason Lee (voice)
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- J.M. Barrie's Neverland - October 22 limited release - Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman
- - originally released in France; June 18 limited release - Kirsten Dunst (voice), Richard Harris (voice), Anjelica Huston (voice)
- King Arthur - July 7 wide release - Clive Owen, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
- - June 1 limited release
- The Machinist - Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Man-Thing - September 23 wide release
- Mean Creek
- Modigliani
- Mr. 3000 - September 24 wide release - Bernie Mac
- The Notebook - June 25 wide release - Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner
- Ocean's Twelve
- The Polar Express - November 10 wide release - Tom Hanks Chris Coppola, Robert Zemeckis (director)
- - August 11 wide release - Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway
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- Raising Helen - May 26 limited release - Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, Paris Hilton
- - October 1 wide release - Milla Jovovich
- The Ring 2
- RPM
- Santa's Slay - Bill Goldberg
- Shark Tale - October 1 wide release - Will Smith (voice), Robert De Niro (voice), Angelina Jolie (voice), Jack Black (voice)
- Shinobi
- Shrek 2 - May 21 wide release - Mike Myers (voice), Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Saunders, John Cleese, John Lithgow, Julie Andrews, Larry King, Rupert Everett
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - September 17 wide release - Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
- Sleepover - July 9 wide release - Alexa Vega
- ''A Slipping-Down Life
- Son of the Mask - October 5 wide release - Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming
- Soul Plane - May 28 wide release - Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg, Tom Arnold
- Spongebob Squarepants - November 19 wide release
- Spider-Man 2 - July 2 wide release - Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Sam Raimi (director)
- Stateside - May 21 wide release - Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer
- The Stepford Wives - June 11 wide release - Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Glenn Close
- Super Size Me
- Swing - Jacqueline Bisset, Jonathan Winters
- The Terminal - June 18 wide release - Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Steven Spielberg (director)
- Thunderbirds
- Troy - May 14 wide release - Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole
- Two Brothers - July 9 wide release - Guy Pearce
V-W
- The Village - July 30 wide release - William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
- White Chicks - June 25 wide release - Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
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