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The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, I, Robot, Ocean's Twelve and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

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Top grossing films

See also: List of 2004 box office number-one films in the United States

Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2004. The top ten films of 2004, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

2004 Rank Title Studio Worldwide Gross U.S./Canada Gross U.K. Gross Australia Gross
1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $919,838,758 $441,226,247 $88,273,679 $35,456,463
2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $795,634,069 $249,541,069 $84,787,188 $23,184,488
3 Spider-Man 2 Columbia $783,766,341 $373,585,825 $49,702,580 $17,818,025
4 The Incredibles Disney / Pixar $631,442,092 $261,441,092 $61,929,959 $20,930,973
5 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket $611,899,420 $370,782,930 $20,441,388 $11,712,188
6 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox $544,272,402 $186,740,799 $45,996,901 $14,214,949
7 Meet the Fockers Universal $516,642,939 $279,261,160 $54,428,276 $26,916,341
8 Troy Warner Bros. $497,409,852 $133,378,256 $31,684,507 $16,409,921
9 Shark Tale DreamWorks $367,275,019 $160,861,908 $41,435,801 $10,933,195
10 Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362,744,280 $125,544,280 $23,591,650 $12,024,975


These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2004 Yearly Box Office Results.

2004 produced fifty-seven films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Eight films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.

Shrek 2, the highest grossing film of the year, has grossed $919 million, making it the tenth highest grossing film in history, as well as becoming the highest grossing animated film of all time. On July 7, Spider Man 2 reached a $200 million domestic gross in a record time of 8 days. On July 18, after 19 days in release, Spider Man 2 reached $300 million domestically in another record time. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has the highest international revenue of $546 million compared to Shrek 2's $478.6 million.

The controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, helmed by Mel Gibson became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004 and also the highest grossing R-rated film. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both released by Universal.

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January 25 Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Lost in Translation.
27 Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are:

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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. And going on to earn over $119M in domestic box office earnings!
October 29 Voices of Iraq released, the first "wikified" documentary film created by sending multiple DV cameras to participants.
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.
21 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces seven films are eligible for the Academy Award for Visual Effects:
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.

Awards

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside (The Sea Inside), directed by Alejandro Amenábar, Spain / France / Italy
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, United States

Golden Globe Awards

Drama
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Musical or comedy
Best Picture: Sideways
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia
Other
Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign Language Film: Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), Spain / France / Italy

BAFTA Awards

Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh, U.K. / France / New Zealand

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Head-On (Gegen die Wand), directed by Fatih Akin, Germany / Turkey

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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:

Date Name Age Cinematic Notability
January 2 Etta Moten Barnett 102 actress
7 Ingrid Thulin 77 actress
14 Uta Hagen 84 actress
Ron O'Neal 66 actor
17 Ray Stark 88 producer
22 Ann Miller 80 actress and dancer
31 Suraiya 75 actress and singer
February 15 Jan Miner 86 actress
23 Vijay Anand 70 director
March 2 Mercedes McCambridge 85 Oscar-winning actress
3 Cecily Adams 39 actress
6 Frances Dee 96 actress
7 Paul Winfield 63 actor
9 Robert Pastorelli 49 actor
18 Guillermo Rivas 72 actor
26 Jan Sterling 82 actress
28 Peter Ustinov 82 actor
April 1 Carrie Snodgress 57 actress
5 Austin Willis 86 actor
17 Soundarya 32 actress
25 Feridun Karakaya 76 actor
May 3 Anthony Ainley 71 actor
9 Alan King 76 actor
14 Anna Lee 91 actress
16 Marika Rökk 90 actress
17 Tony Randall 84 actor
19 Mary Dresselhuys 97 actress
June 4 Nino Manfredi 83 actor
5 Ronald Reagan 93 actor and President of the United States
6 Necdet Mahfi Ayral 96 actor
Robert Lees 91 screenwriter
7 Donald Trumbull 95 special effects producer
14 Max Rosenberg 89 producer
26 Yash Johar 75 producer
July 1 Marlon Brando 80 actor
3 John Barron 83 actor
6 Eric Douglas 46 actor
8 Jean Lefebvre 84 actor
9 Isabel Sanford 86 actress
11 Dorothy Hart 82 actress
17 Pat Roach 67 actor
19 Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth 78 director
21 Jerry Goldsmith 75 composer
23 Mehmood 72 actor
Serge Reggiani 82 actor
28 Sam Edwards 89 actor
Eugene Roche 75 actor
30 Andre Noble 25 actor
31 Laura Betti 70 actress
Virginia Grey 87 actress
August 3 Margo McLennan 66 actress
8 Dimitris Papamichael 70 actor
Fay Wray 96 actress
9 David Raksin 92 score composer
13 Julia Child 91 TV chef
15 Neal Fredericks 35 cinematographer
18 Elmer Bernstein 82 composer
20 Maria Antonieta Pons 82 actress
22 Daniel Petrie 83 director
George Kirgo 78 screenwriter
26 Laura Branigan 47 soundtrack composer
27 Suzanne Kaaren 92 actress
William Pierson 78 actor
September 5 Fritha Goodey 31 actress
6 Elly Annie Schneider 90 actress
8 Frank Thomas 91 animator
14 Ove Sprogøe 84 actor
18 Russ Meyer 82 director
24 Tim Choate 49 actor
25 Marvin Davis 79 studio executive
30 Ignatius Wolfington 84 actor
Gamini Fonseka 68 actor
3 Janet Leigh 77 actress
5 Rodney Dangerfield 82 actor
10 Christopher Reeve 52 actor
11 Gulshan Rai 80 producer and distributor
17 Julius Harris 81 actor
November 26 Philippe de Broca 71 director
29 John Drew Barrymore 72 actor
December 3 Maria Perschy 66 actress
14 Fernando Poe, Jr. 65 actor and director
22 Lucile Layton 101 actress
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 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films met these criteria in 2004 and dates are given for the North America release.

January - March

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My Baby's Daddy Miramax Films Michael Imperioli
16 Along Came Polly Universal Studios Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Teacher's Pet Walt Disney Pictures Nathan Lane, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Stiller
Torque Warner Bros. Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur
23 The Butterfly Effect New Line Cinema Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! DreamWorks Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel
30 The Big Bounce Warner Bros. Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman
The Perfect Score Paramount Pictures Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
You Got Served Screen Gems Lil' Kim
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Catch That Kid 20th Century Fox Kristen Stewart, Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals
Miracle Walt Disney Pictures Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
13 50 First Dates Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin
20 Against the Ropes Paramount Pictures Meg Ryan, Omar Epps
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Walt Disney Pictures Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Carol Kane
Eurotrip DreamWorks Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lucy Lawless, Matt Damon, Joanna Lumley
Welcome to Mooseport 20th Century Fox Gene Hackman, Ray Romano
25 The Passion of the Christ Newmarket Films Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson (director)
27 Club Dread Fox Searchlight Pictures Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Lions Gate Entertainment Romola Garai, Diego Luna
Twisted Paramount Pictures Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
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Starsky & Hutch Warner Bros. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn
12 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Frankie Muñiz, Anthony Anderson
Secret Window Columbia Pictures Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Charles S. Dutton, Timothy Hutton, Ving Rhames, Stephen King (screenwriter)
Spartan Warner Bros. Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, David Mamet (director)
19 Dawn of the Dead Universal Studios Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus Features Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood
Taking Lives Warner Bros. Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
26 Jersey Girl Miramax Films Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Kevin Smith (director)
The Ladykillers Touchstone Pictures Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (directors, producers, screenwriters)
Never Die Alone Fox Searchlight Pictures David Arquette, DMX
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Warner Bros. Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Seth Green

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Home on the Range Walt Disney Pictures Judi Dench, Roseanne Barr, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Randy Quaid, Steve Buscemi
The Prince and Me Paramount Pictures Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson
Walking Tall Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville
7 Johnson Family Vacation 20th Century Fox Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa L. Williams, Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Shannon Elizabeth
9 The Alamo Touchstone Pictures Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric
Ella Enchanted Miramax Films Anne Hathaway, Vivica A. Fox
The Girl Next Door 20th Century Fox James Remar, Elisha Cuthbert
The Whole Ten Yards Warner Bros. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
16 Connie and Carla Universal Studios Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Debbie Reynolds
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Miramax Films Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino (director)
The Punisher Lions Gate Entertainment Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn
21 Man on Fire 20th Century Fox Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken
23 13 Going on 30 Revolution Studios Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo
30 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Bobby Jones Films LLC Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani
Envy DreamWorks Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Christopher Walken, Barry Levinson (director)
Godsend Lions Gate Entertainment Greg Kinnear, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Romijn
Laws of Attraction New Line Cinema Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Nora Dunn, Frances Fisher, Parker Posey
Mean Girls Paramount Pictures Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey
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Van Helsing Universal Studios Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh
14 Breakin' All the Rules Screen Gems Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito
Troy Warner Bros. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole
19 Shrek 2 DreamWorks Animation Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Saunders, John Cleese
28 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Perry King
Raising Helen Touchstone Pictures Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, Paris Hilton
Soul Plane Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
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11 The Chronicles of Riddick Universal Studios Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
Garfield: The Movie 20th Century Fox Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Napoleon Dynamite ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures Jon Heder, Jared Hess (director)
The Stepford Wives Paramount Pictures Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Glenn Close
16 Around the World in 80 Days Walt Disney Pictures Jackie Chan, Rob Schneider, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Wilson, Kathy Bates, John Cleese
18 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 20th Century Fox Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
The Terminal DreamWorks Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Steven Spielberg (director)
23 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions Gate Entertainment Michael Moore, George W. Bush
White Chicks Columbia Pictures Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans (director)
25 The Notebook New Line Cinema Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner
Two Brothers Universal Studios Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Jacques Annaud (director)
30 Spider-Man 2 Columbia Pictures Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi (director)

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9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy DreamWorks Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Jack Black
Sleepover Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington
16 I, Robot 20th Century Fox Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
A Cinderella Story Warner Bros. Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray
23 The Bourne Supremacy Universal Studios Matt Damon
Catwoman Warner Bros. Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone
28 Garden State ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
30 Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle New Line Cinema John Cho, Kal Penn, Danny Leiner (director)
The Manchurian Candidate Paramount Pictures Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Thunderbirds Universal Studios Brady Corbet, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley
The Village Touchstone Pictures William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
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Little Black Book Revolution Studios Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates
Open Water ‡ Lions Gate Entertainment Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis
11 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Walt Disney Pictures Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews
13 Alien vs. Predator 20th Century Fox Sanaa Lathan
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Warner Bros. Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart
20 Benji: Off the Leash! Mulberry Square Joe Camp (director)
Exorcist: The Beginning Warner Bros. Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan Ford, Ben Cross
Without a Paddle Paramount Pictures Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds
27 Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Screen Gems Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
Hero Miramax Films Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Quentin Tarantino (presented)
SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Triumph Films Jon Voight
Suspect Zero Paramount Pictures Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss
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3 The Cookout Lions Gate Entertainment Danny Glover, Queen Latifah
Paparazzi 20th Century Fox Cole Hauser, Larry Cedar, Tom Sizemore
Wicker Park Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard
10 Cellular New Line Cinema Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
Resident Evil: Apocalypse Screen Gems Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr
17 Mr. 3000 Touchstone Pictures Bernie Mac
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers P & A Releasing Will Friedle
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Paramount Pictures Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Laurence Olivier
Wimbledon Universal Studios Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany
24 First Daughter 20th Century Fox Katie Holmes
The Forgotten Revolution Studios Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard
Shaun of the Dead Rogue Pictures Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran, Nick Frost

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Ladder 49 Touchstone Pictures Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta
Shark Tale DreamWorks Animation Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Martin Scorsese
6 Taxi 20th Century Fox Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen
8 Friday Night Lights Universal Studios Billy Bob Thornton
Raise Your Voice New Line Cinema Hilary Duff
15 Shall We Dance Miramax Films Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon
Team America: World Police Paramount Pictures Trey Parker and Matt Stone (producers and directors)
22 The Grudge Columbia Pictures Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
Sideways ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
Surviving Christmas DreamWorks Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini
29 Ray Universal Studios Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington
Saw Lions Gate Entertainment Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell
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The Incredibles Pixar Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, John Ratzenberger, Jason Lee, Elizabeth Pena, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Wallace Shawn, Jean Sincere, Brad Bird
10 The Polar Express Warner Bros. Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara
12 After the Sunset New Line Cinema Pierce Brosnan, Selma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ‡ Universal Studios Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Finding Neverland ‡ Miramax Films Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman
Seed of Chucky Rogue Pictures Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Billy Boyd
19 National Treasure Walt Disney Pictures Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Christopher Plummer, Sean Bean, Jon Turteltaub (director)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Paramount Pictures Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Scarlett Johansson, Mr. Lawrence, Jeffrey Tambor, David Hasselhoff, Alec Baldwin, Stephen Hillenburg (director & writer)
24 Alexander Warner Bros. Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Oliver Stone (director)
Christmas with the Kranks Revolution Studios Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
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House of Flying Daggers ‡ Sony Pictures Classics Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yimou (director)
8 Blade: Trinity New Line Cinema Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Triple H (Paul Levesque)
10 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ‡ Touchstone Pictures Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum
Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac
15 Million Dollar Baby ‡ Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
17 The Aviator ‡ Miramax Films Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Gwen Stefani
Flight of the Phoenix 20th Century Fox Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Paramount Pictures Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken
Spanglish Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman
22 Hotel Rwanda ‡ United Artists Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo
Meet the Fockers Universal Studios Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand
The Phantom of the Opera Warner Bros. Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver
23 Darkness Dimension Films Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Giancarlo Giannini
Fat Albert 20th Century Fox Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt
29 In Good Company ‡ Universal Studios Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson, Topher Grace, Selma Blair

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