Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2004 | ||
 Shark Tale
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Thriller
With: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie 1 hr 30 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 Ladder 49
Action
Drama
Thriller
With: Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Jacinda Barrett, Robert Patrick 1 hr 55 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Woman Thou Art Loosed
Drama
With: Kimberly Elise, T.D. Jakes, Michael Boatman, Loretta Devine 1 hr 34 min | Magnolia Pictures | Limited |
 Going Upriver
Biography
Documentary
History
With: John Kerry, David Alston, Dan Barbiero, Douglas Brinkley 1 hr 27 min | THINKFilm | Limited |
 Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Biography
Drama
Family
History
With: Lindsay Younce, Leonardo Defilippis, Patti Defilippis, Jen Nikolaisen 1 hr 36 min | Luke Films Inc. | Limited |
 Tying the Knot
Documentary
History
Romance
With: Bob Barr, Mary Bonauto, Brian Brown, Martin Bubbly 1 hr 21 min | IDP Distribution | Limited |
 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed
Documentary
With: William P. Clark Jr., Oleg Kalugin, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Stanislav Lunev 1 hr 50 min | Nonfiction Films | Limited |
 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 Dig!
Documentary
Music
With: Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood 1 hr 47 min | Palm Pictures | Limited |
 Home of the Brave
Documentary
With: Julie Stevens, Stockard Channing, Molly Howe, Viola Gregg Liuzzo 1 hr 15 min | Emerging Pictures | Limited |
 Les aimants
Comedy
Romance
With: Emmanuel Bilodeau, Isabelle Blais, Isabelle Cyr, Josée Deschênes 1 hr 31 min | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Limited |
 The ChorusQuebec Release
Drama
Music
With: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Kad Merad 1 hr 37 min | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Limited |
| October 6, 2004 | ||
 Taxi2004 Re-release
Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
With: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Gisele Bündchen, Henry Simmons 1 hr 37 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Tarnation
Biography
Documentary
With: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis 1 hr 28 min | Wellspring Media | Limited |
| 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 | Halestone Distribution | 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 | 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 | 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 | Limited |
 Being Julia
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Maury Chaykin, Jeremy Irons 1 hr 44 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | 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 |
 | Screen Media Films | Limited |
| Fox Searchlight Pictures | Wide |
 Sideways
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh 2 hr 7 min | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 The Manson Family
Crime
Drama
History
Horror
Thriller
With: Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Maureen Allisse 1 hr 35 min | Zion Films | Limited |
 The Machinist
Drama
Thriller
With: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian 1 hr 41 min | Paramount 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 |
 Lightning in a Bottle
Documentary
Music
With: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Buddy Guy, Solomon Burke, Mavis Staples 1 hr 43 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 Fish Without a Bicycle
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jenna Mattison, Brad Rowe, Bryan Callen, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn 1 hr 37 min | Echelon Entertainment | Limited |
 Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela
Documentary
With: Jasper Johal, Justin Davis, Swami Krishnanad, Pilot Baba 1 hr 25 min | Mela Films LLC | 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 | 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
Adventure
Comedy
Drama
Thriller
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 |
 Shooting Dogs
Drama
History
War
With: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Louis Mahoney 1 hr 55 min | Every Tribe Entertainment | Limited |
 Callas Forever
Biography
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan 1 hr 48 min | Regent Releasing | Limited |
 Intoxicating
Drama
Thriller
With: Kirk Harris, John Savage, Eric Roberts, Camilla Overbye Roos 1 hr 49 min | Rogue Arts | Limited |
 | Wolfe Releasing | Limited |
 Bear Cub
Comedy
Drama
With: José Luis García-Pérez, David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo 1 hr 40 min | TLA Releasing | Limited |
 | Icarus Films | Limited |
