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The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Ring Two, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, xXx: State of the Union, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and Batman Begins.
se note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2005. The top ten films of 2005, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
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The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Ring Two, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, xXx: State of the Union, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and Batman Begins.
Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2005. The top ten films of 2005, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| 2005 Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide Gross | U.S./Canada Gross | U.K. Gross | Australia Gross |
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| 1 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Warner Bros. | $895,921,036 | $290,013,036 | $85,870,215 | $26,734,333 | | 2 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | $848,754,768 | $380,270,577 | $72,827,146 | $27,248,575 | | 3 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Disney | $745,011,272 | $291,710,957 | $77,933,064 | $25,842,771 | | 4 | War of the Worlds | DreamWorks / Paramount | $591,745,540 | $234,280,354 | $55,555,574 | $16,532,633 | | 5 | King Kong | Universal | $550,517,357 | $218,080,025 | $52,619,933 | $15,970,050 | | 6 | Madagascar | DreamWorks | $532,680,671 | $193,595,521 | $40,690,223 | $19,539,058 | | 7 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 20th Century Fox | $478,207,520 | $186,336,279 | $24,619,123 | $15,564,796 | | 8 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Warner Bros. | $474,968,763 | $206,459,076 | $65,842,139 | $18,812,394 | | 9 | Batman Begins | Warner Bros. | $371,853,783 | $205,343,774 | $30,042,288 | $12,262,065 | | 10 | Hitch | Columbia | $368,100,420 | $179,495,555 | $33,371,422 | $11,109,579 |
These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their .
2005 produced fifty-three films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Eight films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.
By the end of June, despite the releases of several long-anticipated big-budget films, the US box-office was entering the 20th week of a slump in which film attendance was lower than the comparable week in 2004. This was blamed by most analysts on the rise of ticket prices, gasoline prices and internet piracy.
Events
| Month | Day | Event | | January | 6 | The Directors Guild of America nominates directors Martin Scorsese (The Aviator), Marc Forster (Finding Neverland), Taylor Hackford (Ray), Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) and Alexander Payne (Sideways) for its Directors Guild Awards. | | 8 | The National Society of Film Critics awards go to Million Dollar Baby (film), Zhang Yimou (director, for: House of Flying Daggers), Imelda Staunton and Hilary Swank (tied for best actress), Jamie Foxx (actor), Thomas Haden Church (supporting actor) and Virginia Madsen (supporting actress). | | 9 | The People's Choice Awards go to Fahrenheit 9/11 (favorite motion picture), Passion of the Christ for favorite drama, and Shrek 2 (favorite comedy, animated film, sequel, animated character: Eddie Murphy as "donkey", and movie villain: Jennifer Saunders as "Fairy Godmother"). | | 16 | Golden Globes awards film winners included three for The Aviator (Picture-Drama, Actor and Score), two for Sideways (Picture-comedy and Screenplay), two for Million Dollar Baby (Director and Actress), and two for Closer (Supporting Actor and Supporting actress for Clive Owen and Natalie Portman). | | 22 | The Producers Guild of America picks The Aviator as its choice for best picture of 2004. | | 24 | The Golden Raspberry Awards picks for worst film achievement in 2004 had Catwoman leading with seven nominations, Alexander, Fahrenheit 9/11 and White Chicks each with five and four nominations for Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. | | 25 | The Academy Awards picks for best film achievement in 2004 had The Aviator leading nominations with 11, followed by Million Dollar Baby and Finding Neverland with seven, Ray with six, and Sideways with five. | | February | 2 | Pierce Brosnan officially announces that he will be resigning from the role of James Bond. | | 12 | BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Imelda Staunton, Best Actress, Jamie Foxx, Best Actor and The Aviator, Best Film. | | 26 | Catwoman and Fahrenheit 9/11 dominate the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards each. Four special awards were also handed out to commemorate the Razzies' 25th anniversary. Arnold Schwarzenegger was named the biggest loser of the previous 25 years, Battlefield Earth, Gigli, and From Justin to Kelly collected the worst film awards. | | 27 | 77th Academy Awards: Million Dollar Baby wins the awards for Best Picture and Best Director. | | May | 20 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with $50 million on 9,400 screens at 3,661 theaters worldwide, edging out Spider-Man 2s top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2's top single day record of $44.8 million. | | 22 | The Golden Palm in the 58th Edition of the Cannes Film Festival is awarded to L'enfant, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The Grand Prix is awarded to Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch, while the prize for best director is awarded to Michael Haneke for Caché. | | June | 21 | The American Film Institute holds its 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. The greatest movie quote is "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind. | | August | 11 | Roger Ebert publishes the list of his most hated films, distilled down from reviews he has written which date back to the 1960s. The list includes 2005 releases such as Constantine, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, and A Lot Like Love. | | October | 14 | It is announced that Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond in the forthcoming Casino Royale. | | December | 10 | The Los Angeles Film Critics Association gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain won best picture and best director for Ang Lee. Capote won best actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman. Best actress went to Vera Farmiga for Down to the Bone. | | 11 | The Boston Society of Film Critics gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain won best picture and best director for Ang Lee. Capote won best actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman. Best actress went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line. | | The American Film Institute gives its picks for the ten most outstanding motion pictures of 2005, which are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Good Night, and Good Luck., A History of Violence, King Kong, Munich, The Squid and the Whale, and Syriana. | | 12 | The New York Film Critics Circle gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain won best picture, best director for Ang Lee and best actor for Heath Ledger. Best actress went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line. | | 13 | The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominations for the Golden Globe Awards included Brokeback Mountain, The Constant Gardener, Good Night, and Good Luck, A History of Violence, and Match Point for best drama film. |
Awards Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Crash
- Best Director:
Ang Lee - Brokeback MountainBest Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - CapoteBest Actress: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the LineBest Supporting Actor: George Clooney - SyrianaBest Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz - The Constant GardenerBest Foreign Language Film: Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood, UK. / South AfricaBest Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, United Kingdom
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:Best Picture: Brokeback MountainBest Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - CapoteBest Actress: Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Musical or comedy:Best Picture: Walk the LineBest Actor: Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the LineBest Actress: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
OtherBest Director: Ang Lee - Brokeback MountainBest Foreign Language Film: Paradise Now, Palestine / France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel
BAFTA Awards
- Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain
- Best Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CapoteBest Actress: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- L'Enfant (The Child), directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha, directed by Mark Dornford-May, South Africa
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Wide-release movies
In the film industry, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:
Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates.
January - March
"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. | Month | Day | Title | Studio | Notable Cast/Crew | | January | 7 | White Noise | Universal Studios | Michael Keaton | | 14 | Coach Carter | Paramount Pictures | Samuel L. Jackson | | Elektra | 20th Century Fox | Jennifer Garner, Terence Stamp, Goran Visnjic | | Racing Stripes | Warner Bros. | Dustin Hoffman, Snoop Dogg, Mandy Moore | | 19 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Focus Features | Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne | | 21 | Are We There Yet? | Columbia Pictures | Ice Cube, Nia Long | | 28 | Alone in the Dark | Lions Gate Entertainment | Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff | | Indigo | Emissary Productions | | | Hide and Seek | 20th Century Fox | Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning | | February | 4 | Boogeyman | Screen Gems | Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless | | The Wedding Date | Universal Studios | Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney | | 11 | Hitch | Columbia Pictures | Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James | | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | Walt Disney Pictures | Jim Cummings (voice), John Fiedler (voice) | | 18 | Because of Winn-Dixie | 20th Century Fox | Jeff Daniels, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint | | Constantine | Warner Bros. | Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Rachel Weisz | | Farm of the Yard | Walt Disney Pictures | Sandra Bullock (voice), Jamie-Lynn Discala (voice), Megan Fox (voice) | | Son of the Mask | New Line | Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming | | 25 | Cursed | Dimension Films | Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Shannon Elizabeth | | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Lions Gate | Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Madea | | Man of the House | Columbia Pictures | Tommy Lee Jones, Cedric the Entertainer | | March | 4 | Be Cool | MGM | John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Danny DeVito | | The Jacket | Warner Independent Pictures | Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley | | The Pacifier | Spyglass Entertainment | Vin Diesel | | 11 | Hostage | Miramax | Bruce Willis, Jonathan Tucker | | The Passion Recut | Newmarket | | Robots | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor (voice), Robin Williams (voice), Halle Berry (voice) | | The Upside of Anger ‡ | New Line | Kevin Costner, Joan Allen | | 18 | Ice Princess | Walt Disney Pictures | Michelle Trachtenberg, Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall | | The Ring Two | DreamWorks | Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Simon Baker | | 24 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Warner Bros. | Sandra Bullock | | 25 | Guess Who | Sony Pictures Entertainment | Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoë Saldaña | | 30 | Beauty Shop | MGM | Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Ice Cube |
April - June
"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. | Month | Day | Title | Studio | Notable Cast/Crew | | April | 1 | Sin City | Dimension Films | Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Jaime King, Rutger Hauer, Benicio del Toro, Rosario Dawson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Frank Miller (director), Robert Rodriguez (director), Quentin Tarantino (guest director) | | 8 | Fever Pitch | 20th Century Fox | Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon | | Kung Fu Hustle ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah | | Sahara | Paramount Pictures | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz | | 15 | The Amityville Horror | MGM | Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Rachel Nichols | | 22 | The Interpreter | Universal Studios | Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener | | King's Ransom | New Line | Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Regina Hall | | A Lot Like Love | Touchstone Pictures | Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Kal Penn | | 29 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Touchstone Pictures | Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def | | XXX: State of the Union | Revolution Studios | Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Eddie Murphy, Megan Fox | | May | 6 | Crash | Lions Gate | Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillippe, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, William Fichtner, Jennifer Esposito, Larenz Tate, Don Cheadle (actor and producer), Paul Haggis (writer and director) | | House of Wax | Warner Bros. | Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray | | Kingdom of Heaven | 20th Century Fox | Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Edward Norton, Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson, Ridley Scott (director) | | 13 | Kicking & Screaming | Universal Studios | Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall | | Mindhunters | Dimension Films | Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, LL Cool J | | Monster-in-Law | New Line | Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda | | Danny the Dog (Unleashed) | Focus Features | Jet Li, Morgan Freeman | | 19 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz (voice), Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Smits | | 20 | Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | Warner Bros. | Stellan Skarsgård, Ralph Brown, Gabriel Mann | | 27 | The Longest Yard | Paramount Pictures | Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds | | Madagascar | DreamWorks | Ben Stiller (voice), Chris Rock (voice), David Schwimmer (voice), Jada Pinkett Smith (voice) | | June | 1 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Warner Bros. | Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera | | 3 | Cinderella Man | Universal Studios | Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti | | Lords of Dogtown | Sony Pictures | Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson, Johnny Knoxville, Eric West | | 10 | The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl | Dimension Films | David Arquette, Robert Rodríguez | | High Tension | Lions Gate | Cécile de France | | The Honeymooners | Paramount Pictures | Cedric the Entertainer | | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 20th Century Fox | Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn | | 15 | Batman Begins | Warner Bros. | Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine | | 17 | The Perfect Man | Universal Studios | Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear | | 22 | Herbie: Fully Loaded | Walt Disney Pictures | Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer | | 24 | Bewitched | Screen Gems | Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Jason Schwartzman | | Land of the Dead | Universal Studios | Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, George A. Romero (director) | | March of the Penguins ‡ | Warner Independent Productions | Morgan Freeman (narrator), Amitabh Bachchan (narrator) | | 29 | War of the Worlds | Paramount Pictures | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg (director) |
July - September
"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. | Month | Day | Title | Studio | Notable Cast/Crew | | July | 1 | Rebound | 20th Century Fox | Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer | | 8 | Dark Water | Buena Vista | Jennifer Connelly | | Fantastic Four | 20th Century Fox | Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon | | 15 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Warner Bros. | Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter | | Wedding Crashers | New Line | Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn | | 22 | Bad News Bears | Paramount Pictures | Billy Bob Thornton | | The Devil's Rejects | Lions Gate | Rob Zombie (director) | | Hustle & Flow | Paramount Pictures | Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning | | The Island | DreamWorks | Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean | | 29 | Must Love Dogs | Warner Bros. | Diane Lane, Dermot Mulroney, John Cusack | | Sky High | Buena Vista | Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley | | Stealth | Columbia Pictures | Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx | | August | 5 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Warner Bros. | Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott |
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