<P> Principal photography lasted from 15 September 2003 to 15 January 2004 . The film was shot entirely using eight sound stages at Pinewood Studios, where, on the Pinewood backlot, the bottom half exterior of the Palais Garnier was constructed . The top half was implemented using a combination of computer - generated imagery (CGI) and a scale model created by Cinesite . The surrounding Paris skyline for "All I Ask of You" was entirely composed of matte paintings . Cinesite also created a miniature falling chandelier, since a life - size model was too big for the actual set . </P> <P> Production designer Anthony D.G. Pratt was influenced by French architect Charles Garnier, designer of the original Paris opera house, as well as Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, Gustave Caillebotte, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Schumacher was inspired by Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1946), where a hallway is lined with arms holding candelabra . The cemetery was based on the Père Lachaise and Montparnasse . Costume designer Alexandra Byrne utilised a limited black, white, gold and silver colour palette for the Masquerade ball . </P> <P> The Phantom of the Opera was released in the United States on 22 December 2004 . With a limited release of 622 theaters, it opened at tenth place at the weekend box office, grossing $6.5 million across five days . After expanding to 907 screens on 14 January 2005 the film obtained the 9th spot at the box office, which it retained during its 1,511 screens wide release on 21 January 2005 . The total domestic gross was $51,225,796 . With a further $107 million earned internationally, The Phantom of the Opera reached a worldwide total of $158,225,796 . A few foreign markets were particularly successful, such as Japan, where the film's ¥ 4.20 billion ($35 million) gross stood as the 6th most successful foreign film and 9th overall of the year . The United Kingdom and South Korea both had over $10 million in receipts, with $17.5 million and $11.9 million, respectively . </P> <P> Anthony Pratt and Celia Bobak were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as was John Mathieson for Cinematography . However, both categories were awarded to The Aviator . Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Charles Hart were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Learn to Be Lonely") but lost to "Al otro lado del río" from The Motorcycle Diaries . The song was also nominated for the Golden Globe but it lost to Alfie's "Old Habits Die Hard". In the same ceremony, Emmy Rossum was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, losing to Annette Bening in Being Julia . At the Saturn Awards, Rossum won for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, while The Phantom of the Opera was nominated for Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Film and Alexandra Byrne was nominated for Costume Design . </P>

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