Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2004 | ||
 Friday Night Lights
Action
Drama
Sport
With: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke, Lucas Black 1 hr 58 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Raise Your Voice
Family
Music
Musical
Romance
With: Hilary Duff, John Corbett, Rebecca De Mornay, Oliver James 1 hr 47 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 Baptists at Our Barbecue
Comedy
Romance
With: Steve Anderson, Heather Beers, Wayne Brennan, Katherine Brim 1 hr 32 min | - | Limited |
 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | Limited |
 Primer
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya 1 hr 17 min | THINKFilm | Limited |
 | Lionsgate Films | Limited |
 Vera Drake
Crime
Drama
With: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham 2 hr 5 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Vodka Lemon
Comedy
Drama
With: Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian, Ivan Franek, Ruzan Mesropyan 1 hr 30 min | New Yorker Films | Limited |
 The Child I Never Was
Crime
Drama
With: Tobias Schenke, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter Gontermann 1 hr 23 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 Silent Waters
Drama
With: Kirron Kher, Aamir Ali Malik, Navtej Singh Johar, Salman Shahid 1 hr 39 min | First Run | Limited |
| October 13, 2004 | ||
 | Kino International | Limited |
| October 15, 2004 | ||
 Team America: World Police
Action
Comedy
With: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Elle Russ, Kristen Miller 1 hr 38 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Shall We Dance?
Comedy
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci 1 hr 46 min | Miramax | Wide |
 The Final Cut
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Robin Williams, Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk 1 hr 35 min | Lionsgate Films | Limited |
 Riding the Bullet
Horror
Thriller
With: Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette, Barbara Hershey, Cliff Robertson 1 hr 38 min | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | Limited |
 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | Limited |
 The Dust Factory
Drama
Family
Fantasy
With: Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Kelley, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Kim Myers 1 hr 39 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 | Lionsgate Films | Limited |
 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | Limited |
 Being Julia
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Maury Chaykin, Jeremy Irons 1 hr 44 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 | Indican Pictures | Limited |
 P.S.
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Marcia Gay Harden, Gabriel Byrne 1 hr 37 min | Newmarket Films | Limited |
 Moolaadé
Drama
With: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda 2 hr 4 min | New Yorker Films | Limited |
| October 20, 2004 | ||
 Sex Is Comedy2004 Re-release
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger 1 hr 32 min | IFC Films | Limited |
| October 22, 2004 | ||
 The Grudge
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
With: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall, William Mapother 1 hr 31 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Surviving Christmas
Comedy
Romance
With: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara 1 hr 31 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die
Documentary
War
With: Fred Thompson, Michael Moore, John Kerry, Madeleine Albright 1 hr 12 min | Citizens United | Limited |
 | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 | United Artists | Limited |
 | - | Wide |
 | Screen Media Films | Limited |
 Sideways
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh 2 hr 7 min | - | Limited |
 The Manson Family
Crime
Drama
History
Horror
Thriller
With: Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Maureen Allisse 1 hr 35 min | - | Limited |
 The Machinist
Drama
Thriller
With: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian 1 hr 41 min | Paramount Classics | Limited |
 Lightning in a Bottle
Documentary
Music
With: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Buddy Guy, Solomon Burke, Mavis Staples 1 hr 43 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Hearts and Minds
Documentary
History
War
With: Tin Chan, Chau Diem, Ngo Dinh Diem, John Foster Dulles 1 hr 52 min | Rialto Pictures | Limited |
 Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela
Documentary
With: Jasper Johal, Justin Davis, Swami Krishnanad, Pilot Baba 1 hr 25 min | - | Limited |
 Fish Without a Bicycle
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jenna Mattison, Brad Rowe, Bryan Callen, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn 1 hr 37 min | - | Limited |
 Santa vs. the Snowman 3D2004 Re-release
Animation
Comedy
Family
Short
IMAX With: Jonathan Winters, Ben Stein, Victoria Jackson, Don LaFontaine 32 min | IMAX | Limited |
| October 29, 2004 | ||
 | Lionsgate Films | Wide |
 Ray
Biography
Drama
Music
With: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell 2 hr 32 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Birth
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Thriller
With: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston 1 hr 40 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 Enduring Love
Drama
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
With: Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Bill Weston 1 hr 40 min | Paramount Classics | Limited |
 It's All About Love
Drama
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn, Douglas Henshall 1 hr 46 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 Eight Hundred Bullets2004 Re-release
Action
Comedy
Drama
Western
With: Sancho Gracia, Ángel de Andrés López, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela 2 hr 4 min | TLA Releasing | Limited |
 A Silent Love
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Noel Burton, Vanessa Bauche, Susana Salazar, Maka Kotto 1 hr 40 min | Atopia | Limited |
| November 5, 2004 | ||
 The Incredibles
Action
Adventure
Animation
Family
With: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee 1 hr 55 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Paramount Classics | Limited |
 Callas Forever
Biography
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan 1 hr 48 min | Regent Releasing | Limited |
 Shooting Dogs
Drama
History
War
With: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Louis Mahoney 1 hr 55 min | - | Limited |
 Intoxicating
Drama
Thriller
With: Kirk Harris, John Savage, Eric Roberts, Camilla Overbye Roos 1 hr 49 min | Rogue Arts | Limited |
 Bear Cub
Comedy
Drama
With: José Luis García-Pérez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo 1 hr 40 min | TLA Releasing | Limited |
 | Wolfe Releasing | Limited |
 | Icarus Films | Limited |
| November 10, 2004 | ||
 The Polar Express
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Musical
3D IMAX With: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter, Leslie Zemeckis 1 hr 40 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 | THINKFilm | Limited |
| November 11, 2004 | ||
 Veer Zaara
Drama
Family
Musical
Romance
With: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity G Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kirron Kher 3 hr 12 min | Yash Raj Films | Limited |
| November 12, 2004 | ||
 After the Sunset
Action
Comedy
Crime
Drama
With: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle 1 hr 37 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 Seed of Chucky
Comedy
Horror
Thriller
With: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, John Waters, Billy Boyd 1 hr 27 min | Rogue Pictures | Wide |
 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones 1 hr 48 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 Finding Neverland
Biography
Drama
Family
With: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell 1 hr 46 min | Miramax | Limited |
 Master of the Game
Drama
Thriller
With: Uygar Aktan, Garry Peters, Steven Chester Prince, Alex Affolter 1 hr 40 min | Sundance Film Series | Limited |
 Kinsey
Biography
Drama
Romance
With: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard 1 hr 58 min | - | Limited |
 La petite Lili2004 Re-release
Drama
Romance
With: Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine Sagnier 1 hr 44 min | First Run | Limited |
 Who Killed Bambi?
Drama
Thriller
With: Sophie Quinton, Laurent Lucas, Catherine Jacob, Yasmine Belmadi 2 hr 6 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 | Palm Pictures | Limited |
 | - | Limited |
 Aitraaz
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Amrish Puri 2 hr 40 min | - | Limited |
