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Documentary Movies Released in 2004
This list shows all Documentary films released in 2004, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Documentary Movies for 2004
Release
Date | Movie | Creative Type | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 2004 |
| January 7 |
Yves St. Laurent |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,360,096 |
|
| |
| January 9 |
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Ki… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$118,973 |
|
| |
| January 16 |
Cuba: Island of Music |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,806 |
|
| |
| January 17 |
The Corporation |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,843,572 |
|
| February, 2004 |
| February 6 |
Hiding and Seeking |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$51,091 |
|
|
What the #$'! Do We Know |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$11,704,768 |
|
| |
| February 19 |
Coral Reef Adventure |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$63,262 |
|
| |
| February 20 |
Lost Boys of Sudan |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$182,839 |
|
| March, 2004 |
| March 5 |
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$97,447 |
|
|
Red Trousers - The Life of the Hong K… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| March 12 |
Maestro |
|
Theatrical |
$25,315 |
|
|
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$22,199,356 |
|
|
Power Trip |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$38,593 |
|
| |
| March 19 |
Divan |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$56,214 |
|
| |
| March 26 |
I'll Sing for You |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$8,798 |
|
|
Mayor of the Sunset Strip |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$262,564 |
|
|
This Old Cub |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$253,531 |
|
| April, 2004 |
| April 9 |
Los rubios |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 21 |
This So-Called Disaster |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$45,195 |
|
| |
| April 22 |
Sacred Planet |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 23 |
The Agronomist |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$254,346 |
|
|
Faster |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$16,265 |
|
| |
| April 30 |
People Say I'm Crazy |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$15,679 |
|
| May, 2004 |
| May 7 |
Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$396,803 |
|
|
Super Size Me |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$22,233,808 |
|
| |
| May 14 |
Lions 3D: Roar of the Kalahari |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$436,705 |
|
|
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,624 |
|
|
With All Deliberate Speed |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$4,920 |
|
| |
| May 19 |
S-21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$21,678 |
|
| |
| May 21 |
Control Room |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,724,826 |
|
| |
| May 28 |
Bukowski: Born Into This |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$328,898 |
|
|
De fem benspaend |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$262,413 |
|
|
Warren Miller's Journey |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$226,550 |
|
|
Word Wars |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$76,481 |
|
| June, 2004 |
| June 4 |
The Story of the Weeping Camel |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,966,448 |
|
| |
| June 11 |
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Lege… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$391,718 |
|
|
The Hunting of the President |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$405,472 |
|
|
Imelda |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$500,992 |
|
| |
| June 18 |
Howard Zinn |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$120,250 |
|
|
Saints and Sinners |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,826 |
|
| |
| June 23 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$221,148,959 |
|
| July, 2004 |
| July 2 |
America's Heart and Soul |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$314,000 |
|
| |
| July 9 |
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,223,844 |
|
|
Riding Giants |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,292,333 |
|
| |
| July 14 |
Let's Get Frank |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$9,386 |
|
| |
| July 16 |
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$11,255 |
|
| |
| July 23 |
Orwell Rolls in His Grave |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$19,257 |
|
| |
| July 28 |
Los Angeles Plays Itself |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$327,152 |
|
| |
| July 30 |
Proteus |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$62,673 |
|
| August, 2004 |
| August 5 |
The President Versus David Hicks |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$7,504 |
|
| |
| August 6 |
Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Jo… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$449,487 |
|
| |
| August 13 |
Tom Dowd and the Language of Music |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$40,238 |
|
|
Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the … |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$190,424 |
|
| |
| August 20 |
Bush's Brain |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$176,610 |
|
|
End of the Century: The Story of the … |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$478,809 |
|
|
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,668 |
|
| |
| August 27 |
Bright Leaves |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$77,888 |
|
|
Brothers in Arms |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,270 |
|
| September, 2004 |
| September 8 |
A Letter to True |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$13,835 |
|
| |
| September 17 |
Incident at Loch Ness |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$56,073 |
|
| |
| September 23 |
Letters to Ali |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$16,132 |
|
| |
| September 24 |
Moog |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,227 |
|
|
The Yes Men |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$274,204 |
|
| October, 2004 |
| October 1 |
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Whi… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Dig |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$567,702 |
|
|
Going Upriver: The Long War of John K… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$614,152 |
|
|
In the Face of Evil |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$110,577 |
|
|
Tying the Knot |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$37,464 |
|
| |
| October 6 |
Tarnation |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,162,014 |
|
| |
| October 11 |
Natural Disasters: Forces of Nature |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$999,457 |
|
| |
| October 22 |
Lightning in a Bottle |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$213,091 |
|
|
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$439,651 |
|
| |
| October 29 |
Voices of Iraq |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$57,102 |
|
| November, 2004 |
| November 5 |
Beyond the Gates of Splendor |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$36,412 |
|
|
Fade to Black |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$728,802 |
|
|
Still, the Children are Here |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$2,210 |
|
| |
| November 9 |
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age |
Factual |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| November 10 |
Overnight |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$15,577 |
|
| |
| November 24 |
Paper Clips |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$1,153,221 |
|
| |
| November 26 |
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$101,439 |
|
| December, 2004 |
| December 3 |
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Jesus, You Know |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$604 |
|
|
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$27,301 |
|
| |
| December 8 |
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Li… |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$3,735,969 |
|
| |
| December 10 |
Adventures in Animation 3D |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$29,924 |
|
|
Deep Blue |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$19,332,261 |
|
| |
| December 24 |
In the Realms of the Unreal |
Factual |
Theatrical |
$413,708 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
Arna's Children |
Factual |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of … |
Factual |
Unknown |
$0 |
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