<P> Philip French, after describing the Vogons as "a species resembling Laughton's version of Quasimodo" and writing it is "not, except in its financing, anything resembling a standard Hollywood production", called the film "slightly old - fashioned (few things date as rapidly as science fiction and our view of the future) and somewhat commonplace through its embracing familiar special effects . The jokes have to compete with the hardware and the actors executing them often exude a feeling of desperation...It's funnier, and obviously cleverer, than Spaceballs, Mel Brooks's puerile spoof on Star Wars, but a good bit less engaging than Galaxy Quest ." </P> <P> The movie was released on 28 April 2005 in the United Kingdom making £ 4,200,000 in its first week . It was released a day later in North America, making $21,103,203 in its opening weekend, opening in first place . In the United States, the movie remained in the box office top ten for its first four weeks of release . The movie's total box office gross was $104,478,416 worldwide . According to Freeman, the film would unlikely merit a sequel; he stated "I found that out from the horse's mouth, (director) Garth Jennings . I had dinner with him and he said (the first one) just didn't do well enough ." </P> <P> The movie was nominated for seven different awards and won one . It won the Golden Trailer Award under the category Most Original . It was nominated for: the Artios award from Casting Society of America, United States under the category Best Featured Film Casting - Comedy in 2005; the Empire Awards from Empire Awards, UK under the categories Best British Film and Best Comedy in 2006; the Golden Trailer from Golden Trailer Awards under the category Best Voice Over; and Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Action and Choice Rap Artist in a Movie: Mos Def . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Soundtrack album by Stephen Fry, Joby Talbot </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> 12 April 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> Hollywood </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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