 The movie was released on Wednesday, 28 July 2004, to eight  theaters: three in Los Angeles, four in New York City, and the  Maplewood Theatre in Maplewood, New Jersey. This was the home  theater of Zach Braff (qv) (who is from the adjacent town of South  Orange). He attended the Maplewood premiere, and his father, who  still lives in the area, was at the theater for the films first  Friday and Saturday.