2004 Top Grossing Movies

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17 thoughts on “2004 Top Grossing Movies

  1. Okay let’s see… Ive seen 88 of the 321 films on the chart. Take away the 100 or so obscure never heard of before titles on there and my tally looks a bit more impressive. 🙂

    Looking at my files I have 112 films from 2004 in my movie collection.

    Favorites include –

    Alien vs Predator
    Anchorman
    Aviator ,The
    Blade Trinity
    Bourne Supremacy ,The
    Cellular
    Chronicles of Riddick ,The
    Collateral
    Dawn of the Dead
    Day After Tomorrow ,The
    Dodgeball
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Hellboy
    I Robot
    Incredibles ,The
    Kill Bill vol.2
    Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ,The
    Man on Fire
    National Treasure
    Polar Express ,The
    Punisher ,The
    Resident Evil – Apocalypse
    Shark Tale
    Shaun of the Dead
    Shrek 2
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    Spider-Man 2
    Troy
    Van Helsing
    zz-China – House of Flying Daggers
    zz-China – Kung Fu Hustle
    zz-Japan – Godzilla Final Wars
    zz-Japan Anime – Appleseed
    zz-Japan Anime – Ghost in the Shell-Innocence
    zz-Japan Anime – Howl’s Moving Castle
    zz-Japan Anime – Steamboy

    I have Shaolin Soccer on my list of favorites from 2001, it’s year of release in HK.

    The 2004 films I’ve watched most often are probably – I, Robot, The Incredibles, Chronicles of Riddick, Bourne Supremacy, Spider-Man 2, Van Helsing and Hellboy.

    Top rated films from 2004 I haven’t seen include – Before Sunset, Sideways, Vera Drake and Hotel Rwanda.

    Looking at the box office chart – Shrek 2 was a surprise at no.1 beating Spider-Man 2, Harry Potter 3 and The Incredibles!

    Good work as always Bruce though like I mentioned earlier there are far too many barely known or obscure films on there e.g. Marebito, Crutch, Yuva, Shwaas??

    Vote Up!

    1. Hey Steve
      1. Thanks for checking out our 2004 yearly page….and thanks for the comment and tally count.
      2. 88 movies seen in this year…..now we are talking….getting close to triple figures again…..a tally I was expecting from you.
      3. I agree 100% with you that there are many movies like Crutch and Yuva on the table….many of these movies were “pulled” directly from the internet….and especially made the list if they earned a single buck at the box office.
      4. If you look at BoxOfficeMojo’s list they have about 700 movies per year…..I rarely if ever get past the Top 200….so I feel that is what is going to happen on these pages as well.
      5. I have seen all of your “Hollywood” favorites….and a few of your “zz” movies.
      6. I liked all the ones you really liked with the exception of Kill Bill….for some reason that QT movie never registered with me.
      7. Shrek 2 was a monster monster hit or should I say ogre ogre hit…currently 38th on the all-time adjusted domestic box office charts…right behind Ghostbusters and right ahead of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
      8. I have seen all of the top rated movies that you have not seen…would recommend Sideways (very funny in parts)…the other three are all good movies…but one and done movies for me.
      Good feedback as always.

  2. BRUCE

    See my earlier post about 2004. A lot of 2003 films seem to be reproduced on this page? All but one of the films on chronological table are 2003

  3. I have seen 10 of the 30 Top Grossing films domestically in the above tables and I can list overall 13 movies that really pleased me. They are-

    Troy
    Aviator
    Collateral-I have gone off Cruise since then
    Million Dollar Baby
    Cellular – even Statham couldn’t spoil that one for me!
    Sideways
    Shall we Dance
    Secret Window-Held my attention but mystified me.
    Manchurian Candidate***
    Twisted
    Man on Fire***Can’t get enough of Denzel!
    The Grudge
    Downfall

    The overall Cogerson review average for these 13 is a respectable 68.2%. Not bad for your boy Ma and those who think he doesn’t watch stuff of reasonable quality – and you know who you are- should maybe think again!

    NOTE: A rare Cogerson mistake? I’ll Sleep when I’m Dead is listed by Bruce in both the 2003 and 2004 reviews and I included it among my personal faves in my 2003 comments and indeed I understand that 2003 is the correct year and it seems to have made so little money that a re-release seems unlikely.

    Anyway I’m pleased that Bruce gave it a 61% -slightly better than “good”-rating as I have fond memories of it having watched it on DVD during to my one visit to Australia in January 2007 [when I was also able to watch Roger Federer play Andy Roddick in the flesh at the Oz Open!]

    1. Hey Bob….thanks for checking out this yearly review. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead has been fixed…it is now only listed on the 2003 yearly review. Of your 13 favorites…seen them all except for Shall We Dance. Two Denzel movies in the Top 13….I like both movies. Sideways was a good movie..but not as great as the critics made it out to be. Downfall is a movie that gets used on You Tube all the time…usually as spoof on something going on currently….but that is an excellent movie with an incredible performance by Bruno Ganz. Cool that you got to see Roger in a Grand Slam finale. I am impressed. Good stuff as always.

      1. HEY BRUCE Thanks for feedback. Jimmy Connors was coaching Roddick at that time and when Andy was thrashed by Roger Jimmy hotfooted it back to the dressing room to be there to sympthize with Andy, and Jimmy hastily brushed by my brother and me. The latter was a great fan of Jimmy in his heyday so the encounter was a thrill for my brother even though of course Connors was oblivious to to us.

        It would be a bit like Sir Maurice brushing against you in a rush: you would be quickly on the phone to say to W o C “He touched me! He touched me!”; or you and Mr Gimme More accidentally colliding when Gimme’s ex was in a hurry : “W o C – He swore at me! He swore at me!”

        By the way I have always felt sorry for but admired Roddick. He was World No1 and with a single grandslam to his credit when Roger came on the scene and Roger quickly took the No 1 spot away from him and Andy never won another grandslam. In fact Roger could be said to have ruined his career to an extent, Andy ever winning just one of their 14 encounters.

        Still they remained friends with a genuine fondness for each other and Andy displayed a sense of humor on that one occasion that he did beat Federer. When they handed him the trophy he turned round to Roger and said “Is it OK if I keep this one?”

        You have to admire that when other ‘rivals’ are backbiting each other and indeed McEnroe admits today that back when they were in competition he and Connors wouldn’t speak to each other even when they were on the same team during the Davis Cup. Connors once threatened Lendl with physical violence on court and shouted “Commie!” at Ivan as he came from an Iron Curtain country

        By the way there is a gambling casino where the “high rollers” go right beside the Australian Open tournament stadium and the evening we were there the word spread that Roddick who liked to play the tables had gone there after the Federer match with Andy’s then girllfriend Maria Sharapova.

  4. 2004 was the last year I saw a film in Manhattan, The In-Laws. Actually it had been 2 years before that when I saw the previous 1. I had seen S1mone there and then some Matthew Perry pic and that was it. These are the 95 2004’s I saw in the cinema.

    13 GOING ON 30
    50 FIRST DATES (seen on my birthday)
    AGENT CODY BANKS 2: DESTINATION LONDON
    ALEXANDER
    ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
    ALONG CAME POLLY
    ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGONDY
    ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
    AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
    BARBERSHOP 2: BACK IN BUSINESS
    BEYOND THE SEA
    BIG BOUNCE
    BLADE: TRINITY
    BOURNE SUPREMACY
    BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON
    BUTTERFLY EFFECT
    CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS
    CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
    CINDERELLA STORY
    COLLATERAL
    DAWN OF THE DEAD
    DAY AFTER TOMORROW
    DE-LOVELY
    ENVY
    EUROTRIP
    FAHRENHEIT 9/11
    FAT ALBERT
    FIRST DAUGHTER
    FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
    FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
    HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
    HIDALGO
    HOME ON THE RANGE
    I, ROBOT
    IN GOOD COMPANY
    KILL BILL VOL. 2
    KING ARTHUR
    LADDER 49
    LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
    LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISOU
    MAN ON FIRE
    MEAN GIRLS
    MEET THE FOCKERS
    MILLION DOLLAR BABY
    MIRACLE
    MR. 3000
    NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
    NATIONAL TREASURE
    NEW YORK MINUTE
    OCEAN’S TWELVE
    PASSION OF THE CHRIST
    PERFECT SCORE
    POLAR EXPRESS
    PRINCE AND ME
    PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
    RAISE YOUR VOICE
    RAISING HELEN
    RAY
    RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE
    SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED
    SECRET WINDOW
    SHARK TALE
    SHAUN OF THE DEAD (U.K.)
    SHREK 2
    SIDEWAYS
    SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
    SLEEPOVER
    SPANGLISH
    SPIDERMAN 2 (seen at the Town Hall in Bar Harbor, Maine on opening weekend)
    SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE
    STARSKY AND HUTCH
    STEPFORD WIVES
    SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
    TAKING LIVES
    TAXI
    TEACHER’S PET
    TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
    THE ALAMO
    THE AVIATOR
    THE FORGOTTEN
    THE GRUDGE
    THE INCREDIBLES
    THE PUNISHER
    THE VILLAGE
    TORQUE
    TROY
    TWISTED
    VAN HELSING
    VANITY FAIR
    WALKING TALL
    WHITE CHICKS
    WHOLE TEN YARDS
    WICKER PARK
    WIMBLETON
    WITHOUT A PADDLE

    The following 71 2004 films I saw on DVD within a year of their release.

    AFTER THE SUNSET
    AGAINST THE ROPES
    ALFIE
    ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID
    AROUND BEND
    BAADASSSSS!
    BENJI RETURNS
    BIRTH
    BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS
    BREAKING ALL THE RULES
    BROKEN LIZARD’S CLUB DREAD
    CAROLINA
    CATCH THAT KID
    CATWOMAN
    CELLULAR
    CHASING LIBERTY
    CLOSER
    CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN
    CONNIE AND CARLA
    DARKNESS
    DIE MOMMIE DIE
    DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY
    DONNY DECKCHAIR
    ELLA ENCHANTED
    ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
    EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING
    FINAL CUT
    FINDING NEVERLAND
    GARFIELD: THE MOVIE
    GIRL NEXT DOOR
    GODSEND
    HAIR SALON
    HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
    HAVANA NIGHTS: DIRTY DANCING 2
    HELLBOY
    HOTEL RWANDA
    HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (H.K.)
    JERSEY GIRL
    JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION
    KINSEY
    LAST SHOT
    LAWS OF ATTRACTION
    LITTLE BLACK BOOK
    LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG
    MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
    MARIS FULL OF GRACE
    MERCHANT OF VENICE
    MY BABY’S DADDY
    NEVER DIE ALONE
    NORA’S HAIR SALON
    OPEN WATER
    OUTFOXED (DOC.)
    PAPARAZZI
    SAW
    SEED OF CHUCKY
    SHALL WE DANCE
    SHE HATE ME
    SILVER HAWK
    SOUL PLANE
    STILL WE BELIEVE: THE BOSTON RED SOX FILM
    SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2
    THE COOKOUT
    THE LADYKILLERS
    THE NOTEBOOK
    THE TERMINAL
    THUNDERBIRDS
    TWO BROTHERS
    WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT
    WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON
    YOU GOT SERVED
    YU-GI-OH: THE MOVIE

    Isn’t Baby Geniuses 2 usually in the IMDB’s 10 worst films of all time? Memory shot, can’t remember my best films of 2004 and 2005. Maybe I’ll add the films seen since for these years later.

    1. The following 108 2004 films I have seen since 2006 on DVD and TV.

      30 MILES
      95 MILES TO GO (DOC.)
      ADMISSIONS
      AMERICA’S HEART AND SOUL (DOC.)
      ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON
      BAHAMA HUSTLE
      BARBERSHOP BLUES
      BARBIE AS PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER
      BEFORE SUNSET
      BEING JULIA
      BLAST
      BLUE BUTTERFLY
      BOA VS. PYTHON
      BORN TO FIGHT (THAI)
      BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
      BUDS FOR LIFE
      BUG ZIMO & THE SNORKS (GER-SP.)
      BUSH’S BRAIN (DOC.)
      CHESTNUT: HERO OF CENTRAL PARK
      CLEARING, THE
      CRIMSON RIVER 2: ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE
      CURSE OF THE KOMODS
      DARKNESS
      DEAD OF NIGHT
      DIGGIN’ FOR DOLLARS
      DINOCROCK
      DIRTY SHAME
      DOOR IN THE FLOOR
      DUST FACTORY
      ELIMINATOR, THE
      ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
      EMMANUELLE VS. DRACULA
      ENDURING LOVE (U.K.)
      EULOGY
      EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING
      FOREIGN AFFAIR
      GARDEN STATE
      GARGOYLE: WINGS OF DARKNESS
      GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
      GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS (DOC.)
      GOING THE DISTANCE (CAN.)
      GOOD SHEPHERD
      HAVEN
      HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
      HOODRATS
      I HATE YOU
      I HEART HUCKABEES
      IMAGINING ARGENTINA
      IMPACT
      IN ENEMY HANDS
      INSIDE
      KING OF THE CORNER
      LADIES IN LAVENDER (U.K.)
      LATIN DRAGON
      LOVE ON THE SIDE
      MELINDA AND MELINDA
      MICKEY, DONALD, GOOFY: THE THREE MUSKETEERS
      MODIGLIANI
      MOSCOW HEAT
      MOTIVES
      MOTORCROSS KIDS
      NATIONAL LAMPOON’S GOLD DIGGERS
      NATURE UNLEASHED
      NATURE UNLEASHED – FIRE
      NATURE UNLEASHED: AVALANCHE
      NEW POLICE STORY (H.K. – CHINA)
      NOISE
      OFF THE BEATEN PATH
      ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE HOOD
      ORIGINS OF AIDS (DOC.)
      OUT THERE (U.K.)
      P.S.
      POWER CORPS. (CAN.)
      PRIEST (U.K.)
      RECKONING, THE (U.K.)
      RETROGRADE
      RIDING GIANTS (DOC.)
      RIDING THE BULLET
      SAVED!
      SCARECROW GONE WILD
      SCARECROW SLAYER
      SENORITA JUSTICE
      SEVEN TIMES LUCKY (CAN.)
      SILVER CITY
      SLIPPING DOWN LITE
      SNAKEHEAD TERROR
      SOCCER DOG: EUROPEAN CUP
      SPIRIT HUNTER: LA HORONA
      STAGE BEAUTY
      STANDER (CAN-GER-S.AFR-U.K.)
      STATESIDE
      STEAMBOY (JAP.)
      STELLA STREET
      STONE COLD KILLERS
      STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS
      STRIKE FORCE
      THERESE
      THIS SO-CALLED DISASTER (DOC.)
      TREMORS 4: THE LEGEND BEGINS
      UNDERTOW
      VEGGIE TALES: AN EASTER CAROL
      VERA DRAKE
      VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
      WHAT THE (BLEEP) DO YOU KNOW
      WOLVES (CAN.)
      XTREME FIGHTER
      YEAR OF THE YAO (DOC.)
      ZOMBIE HONEYMOON

      1. Hey Dan….thanks for posting these epic lists of movies.

        So The In-Laws was the last one…..too bad it was not the original…..at least that way it would have been going out with a good movie….at least in my opinion.

        Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 is actually ranked as the 3rd lowest rated movie on IMDb….at least at this time……so good memory there….we won’t mention that you do not remember your favorite movie of the year….lol.

  5. Ah, now I have seen the lowest number of yearly review films for which I comment on the page.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Million Dollar Baby.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Incredibles.

    Favourite 2004 Movies:

    The Aviator
    Finding Neverland
    The Notebook
    Phantom of the Opera
    Ray

    Other 2004 Movies I Have Seen:

    Ray
    13 Going on 30
    Shall We Dance

    1. Hey Flora….I agree…..8 is your lowest total so far. Well in time…that number will only go up. I have seen 7 of the 8 you have seem. Finding Neverland would be the one I like the most….The Notebook and 13 Going On 30 getting a lot of playtime in this house…though it is not normally with me in the room. Good stuff…..and it is really appreciated since I know this year is not nearly one of your favorites.

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