Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 4 October 2004, gross was 125 per cent of net for all films. Post-amendment, gross fell to 115 per cent of net.[1] The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹59.09 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.[2]
A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2004:
Box office collection
| Rank | Film | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Ghilli | ₹50 crore (initial run)[3][4]
₹26–32.50 (re-release)[a] |
List of Tamil films
January—March
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
J
A
N | 1 | Baabi | M. V. Gopalan | | | |
| Kadhal Saregama | Ameerjan | Kaushik | | |
| 14 | Engal Anna | Siddique | Vijayakanth, Prabhu Deva, Swarnamalya, Namitha, Vadivelu | | |
| Image | Alex Pandian | Jaivarma, Abhinayashree | | [10] |
| Jai | S. Narayan | Prashanth, Anshu Ambani, Thyagarajan, Rajkiran | | |
| Kovil | Hari | Silambarasan, Sonia Agarwal, Rajkiran, Nassar | | |
| Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan | S. S. Stanley | Dhanush, Aparna Pillai | | |
| Virumaandi | Kamal Haasan | Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Napoleon, Pasupathy | | |
F
E
B | 6 | Thendral | Thangar Bachan | Parthiban, Uma | | |
| Vayasu Pasanga | Bharathi Kannan | Anush, Jai Arvind, Master Manikandan, Vindhya | | |
| 13 | Kamaraj | A. Balakrishnan | Richard Mathuram, Vijayan, V. S. Raghavan | | |
| Varnajalam | Nakulan Ponnusamy | Srikanth, Sadha, Kutty Radhika | | |
| 20 | Autograph | Cheran | Cheran, Sneha, Gopika, Mallika, Kanika | | |
| Kangalal Kaidhu Sei | Bharathiraja | Vaseegaran, Priyamani | | |
| 26 | Ennavo Pudichirukku | Meenakshi Sundaram | Sudeep Sarangi, Bharani, Sindhuri | | |
| 27 | Campus | Sharvi | Sajith Raj, Nitesh, Divya Dwivedi, Sheetal Shah | | |
M
A
R | 5 | Adi Thadi | Shivraj | Sathyaraj, Napoleon, Abbas, Rathi | | |
| Gambeeram | Suresh | Sarath Kumar, Laila, Pranathi | | |
| 12 | Nee Mattum | Mathi Natesh | Jana, Deepu, Preethi | | |
| 19 | Aarumugasaamy | Raviraja | Pandiarajan, Preethi Varma | | |
| 26 | Pethi Solla Thattathea | Dharma | Pandiarajan, Nanditha | | |
| Udhaya | Azhagam Perumal | Vijay, Simran | | |
April—June
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
A
P
R | 2 | Kadhal Dot Com | Selvaraj | Prasanna, Anu Sasi, Shruthi Raj | | |
| 14 | Kanavu Meippada Vendum | Janaki Vishwanathan | Ramya Krishnan, Asim Sharma, Karthik Srinivasan | | |
| Kuthu | A. Venkatesh | Silambarasan, Divya Spandana, Kalabhavan Mani | | |
| 16 | Ghilli | Dharani | Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj | | |
| 23 | Aethirree | K. S. Ravikumar | R. Madhavan, Sadha, Kanika, Rahman | | |
| Vaanam Vasappadum | P. C. Sriram | Karthik Kumar, Poongkothai Chandrahasan | | |
| Kavithai | G. Kicha | Vamsi, Chaya Singh, Sarath Babu | | |
M
A
Y | 1 | Arul | Hari | Vikram, Jyothika, Pasupathy | | |
| Jana | Shaji Kailas | Ajith Kumar, Sneha | | |
| 7 | Perazhagan | Sasi Shanker | Suriya, Jyothika, Vivek | | |
| 14 | Settai | Shivan | Pandiarajan, Livingston, Vindhya | | |
| 21 | Aaytha Ezhuthu | Mani Ratnam | Suriya, R. Madhavan, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Esha Deol | | |
J
U
N | 11 | Jore | Selva | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Bhanupriya, Gajala, Ramana | | |
| Maanasthan | Marumalarchi Bharathi | Sarath Kumar, Abbas, Sakshi Sivanand | | |
| 25 | Machi | K. S. Vasanthakumar | Dushyanth Ramkumar, Shubha Poonja, Pasupathy | | |
| Super Da | Azhagu Raja Sundaram | Ramki, Kunal, Anusha | | |
July—September
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
J
U
L | 9 | New | S. J. Surya | S. J. Surya, Simran, Devayani, Kiran | | |
| Singara Chennai | Suriyan | Abhinay, Rathi, Kalabhavan Mani | | |
| 16 | Saga | Ramesh Krish | Akshaya | | |
| Sema Ragalai | Ram | Sathyaraj, Devayani, Kalabhavan Mani | | |
| 23 | Shock | Thyagarajan | Prashanth, Meena, Abbas | | |
| Sullan | Ramana | Dhanush, Sindhu Tolani, Pasupathy | | |
| 30 | Azhagiya Theeye | Radha Mohan | Prasanna, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj | | |
| Loves | K. Jayapandian | Thamizh, Sona, Sweety | | |
| Kadhale Jayam | Natarajan | Natarajan, Sudeep Sarangi, Preethi Varma | | |
A
U
G | 6 | Sound Party | Aarthi Kumar | Sathyaraj, Prathyusha | | |
| 10 | Arivumani | M. K. Kennedy | Murali, Meera Vasudevan | | |
| 15 | Vasool Raja MBBS | Saran | Kamal Haasan, Sneha, Prabhu, Prakash Raj | | |
| 22 | Azhagesan | Aarthi Kumar | Sathyaraj, Prema | | |
| 29 | Kalamulla Kalam Varai | Udhaya | | | |
| Madhurey | Ramana Madhesh | Vijay, Rakshitha, Sonia Agarwal, Tejashree | | |
S
E
P | 3 | Kudaikul Mazhai | Parthiban | Parthiban, Madhumitha | | |
| 10 | Chellamae | Gandhi Krishna | Vishal, Reemma Sen, Bharath | | |
| 17 | Arasatchi | N. Maharajan | Arjun, Lara Dutta, Raghuvaran | | |
| Gajendra | Suresh Krishna | Vijayakanth, Laya, Flora | | |
October—December
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
O
C
T | 1 | Giri | Sundar C | Arjun, Reemma Sen, Divya Spandana, Devayani | | |
| M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi | M. Raja | Jayam Ravi, Asin, Nadhiya, Prakash Raj | | |
| Oru Murai Sollividu | A. Jawahar | Rohit, Janapriya, Yugendran | | |
| 8 | Bose | Senthil Kumar | Srikanth, Sneha, Kalabhavan Mani | | |
| Rush | S. Rajkumar | Rajkumar, Mangai | | |
| 15 | Adhu | Ramesh Balakrishnan | Sneha, Abbas, Aravind, Suha | | |
| 22 | 7G Rainbow Colony | Selvaraghavan | Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal | | |
| Vishwa Thulasi | Sumathy Ram | Mammooty, Nandita Das | | |
| 29 | En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu | Barani Kumar | Pandiarajan, Sanghavi, Radhika Chaudhari, Abhinayashree | | |
N
O
V | 5 | Neranja Manasu | Samudrakani | Vijayakanth, Susan | | |
| 12 | Attahasam | Saran | Ajith Kumar, Pooja | | |
| Chatrapathy | Srimahesh | Sarath Kumar, Nikita Thukral | | |
| Dreams | Kasthuri Raja | Dhanush, Diya, Parul Yadav | | |
| Manmadhan | A. J. Murugan | Silambarasan, Jyothika, Sindhu Tolani | | |
D
E
C | 3 | Amma Appa Chellam | Suriyan | Bala, Chaya Singh | | |
| Maha Nadigan | Sakthi Chidambaram | Sathyaraj, Namitha, Mumtaj | | |
| 17 | Aai | A. Venkatesh | Sarath Kumar, Namitha | | |
| Jaisurya | Manoj Kumar | Arjun, Laila, Chaya Singh | | |
| Jananam | Ramesh Selvan | Arun Vijay, Priyanka Trivedi, Raghuvaran | | |
| Kaadhal | Balaji Sakthivel | Bharath, Sandhya | | |
| Meesai Madhavan | S. Ramu | Ramana, Kutty Radhika | | |
| 24 | Gomathi Nayagam | Ponvannan | Ponvannan, Haripriya, Karthika | | |
| 26 | Kadhale Engal Desiya Geetham | Vijay Anand | Sriram Raghavan, Varshini, Ramesh Aravind | | |
| Ramakrishna | Agathiyan | Jai Akash, Sridevika, Vani | | |
| Remote | Karvannan | Napolean, Anamika | | |
Other releases
The following films were also released in 2004, though the release date remains unknown.[11]
| Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
| Jollyman | K. K. Muthukumaar | Pandiarajan, Aishwarya | Varshini | |
| Kizhakku Boomi | D. K. Bose | | Poornakala Production | |
| Pinju Nenjangal Puthiyathor Ulagam | Ilayavan | | APN Pictures | |
| Pithan | N. Manikandan | Ashwathaman, Devan, Priya | | |
| Senthalam Poove | Benjamin | Livingston, Devayani | NS Pictures | |
Awards
Notes
References
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- ^ CTD reports ₹59.09 crore ET collection in 2004-05
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- ^ "15 years of 'Ghilli': Why Vijay's action thriller still remains 'chellam' for fans". The News Minute. 20 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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- ^ "Image". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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