2004 in film

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, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, 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.

Highest-grossing films
These are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004. The top ten films of 2004, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:-

Shrek 2 set a new record for total gross by an animated film marking it the highest grossing animated film of all time, the record was latter surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010, as well as the 3D rereleases of The Lion King and Finding Nemo in late 2011 and late 2012 (which are the second and third highest grossing animated films 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 domestically. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both released by Universal.

Awards

 * 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, United Kingdom


 * Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):


 * Head-On, directed by Fatih Akin, Germany & Turkey

Wide-release films
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 cinemas in North America. Films are listed in order of their first theatrical release.

Films released in 2004

 * American films


 * Argentine films


 * Australian films


 * Bengali films


 * Bollywood films


 * Brazilian films


 * British films


 * Chinese films


 * French films


 * Hong Kong films


 * Italian films


 * Japanese films


 * Mexican films


 * Pakistani films


 * Russian films


 * South Korean films


 * Spanish films


 * Tamil films


 * Telugu films

Film debuts

 * Josh Duhamel