See also: 2004 in film, other events of 2005, 2006 in film and the list of 'years in film'

Contents

1 Event timeline 2 Top grossing films 3 Deaths 4 Wide-release movies 5 Other movies released 6 Films scheduled to be released in 2005 6.1 #-G 6.2 H-N 6.3 P-X 7 External links

Event timeline

• January 6 - The Directors Guild of America nominated 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 .

Top grossing films

Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in North America in 2005; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2005 as of January 6, 2005.

2005 Rank	Title	Studio	Total Int'l Box Office Gross	U.S. & Canada Box Office Gross	United Kingdom Box Office Gross	Australia Box Office Gross
1.	Howl's Moving Castle	Disney	$134,900,000	June debut	N/A	N/A
2.	The Chorus	Miramax	$60,150,185	$1,753,977	N/A	N/A
3.	Kung Fu Hustle	Sony Pictures Classics	$35,100,000	March 18 debut	N/A	N/A
4.	Bride and Prejudice	Miramax	$11,800,000	February 11 debut	N/A	N/A
5.	Mindhunters	Dimension Films	$10,500,000	May 13 debut	N/A	N/A
6.	Steamboy	Sony Pictures Entertainment	$10,000,000	March 18 debut	N/A	N/A
7.	Melinda and Melinda	Fox Searchlight	$5,500,000	March 18 debut	N/A	N/A
8.	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Fine Line Features	$936,000	N/A	N/A	N/A
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International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, UK results in Great Britain pounds and Australian results in Australian dollars.

So far worldwide, no films released in 2005 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status.

For a complete list of 2005's top-grossing films, follow these links:

• Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view=worldwide&yr=2005&p=.htm
  • North America: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2005&p=.htm
  • United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
  • Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/boxoffice.html

Deaths

A list of notable deaths is as follows: The following deaths are listed by date, name, age and legacy in film.

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 1,000 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.

North American Release Date	Title	Studio/Distributor	Notable Cast/Crew
January 7	White Noise	Universal Pictures	Michael Keaton

Other movies released

Films scheduled to be released in 2005

#-G

• The 40 Year-Old Virgin - November 23 wide release, Universal Pictures
• 88 Minutes - Al Pacino
• Aftershock
• Aliens of the Deep - January 14 IMAX limited release
• Alone in the Dark - January 28 wide release, Lions Gate
• The Amityville Horror - April 15 wide release, MGM, Ryan Reynolds
• Angel and Her No Good Sister
• Are We There Yet? - January 21 wide release, Columbia Pictures, Ice Cube, Nia Long
• Ask the Dust - Colin Farrell
• Assault on Precinct 13 - January 19 wide release, Focus Features, Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne
• Astro Boy
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose
• Bandidas - Penélope Cruz - Salma Hayek
• Batman Begins - June 17 wide release, Warner Bros. Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine
• Be Cool - March 4 wide release MGM, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn
• Beauty Shop - April 1 wide release, MGM, Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Ice Cube
• Because of Winn-Dixie - February 18 wide release, 20th Century Fox
• Bewitched - July 8 wide release - Screen Gems, Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Jason Schwartzman
• Bionicle
• The Black Dahlia - directed by Brian De Palma
• The Bob and Larry Movie
• Boogeyman - February 4 wide release, Screen Gems
• The Brothers Grimm - November 23 wide release, Dimension Films, Matt Damon, Heath Ledger
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - July 15 wide release, Warner Bros., Johnny Depp
• Chicken Little - November 4 wide release, Disney, Zach Braff
• Chromophobia
• - December 9 wide release Disney
• The Chumscrubber
• The Cinderella Man - June 3 wide release, Universal Pictures, Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger
• Coach Carter - January 14 wide release, Paramount Pictures, Samuel L. Jackson
• Colour Me Kubrick - John Malkovich, Brian W. Cook (director)
• Coming Out
• Confetti
• The Constant Gardener
• Constantine - February 18 wide release, Warner Bros., Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
• Country of My Skull
• Crash - April 29 wide release, Lions Gate, Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton
• Cursed - February 25 wide release, Dimension Films, Christina Ricci, Omar Epps, Mandy Moore
• The Dark - Sean Bean
• D.E.B.S. - March 25 wide release, Screen Gems
• - August 12 wide release, Columbia Pictures
• The Devil's Rejects - Rob Zombie (director)
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman - February 25 wide release, Lions Gate
• Domino - Keira Knightely
• Doom - August 5 wide release - Universal Pictures, Karl Urban (John Grimm, main character), The Rock
• Dot
• Dukes of Hazzard - July 29 wide release, Warner Bros.
• Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might
• Edison - Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Spacey
• Elektra - January 14 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Jennifer Garner
• Elizabethtown
• Emperor Zehnder
• Fahrenheit 451
• Fantastic Four - July 1 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon, Tim Story (director)
• The Fast and the Furious 3
• Fever Pitch - October 7 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
• Flightplan - Jodie Foster - Sean Bean
• The Fog - October 14 wide release, Revolution Studios
• Foodfight!
• Fun with Dick and Jane - June 24 wide release, Columbia Pictures, Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Alec Baldwin

H-N

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - November 18 wide release, Warner Bros., Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
• - June 3 wide release, Disney, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer
• Hide and Seek - January 28 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Robert DeNiro, Dakota Fanning
• High Tension - June 3 wide release, Lions Gate, Cecile de France
• Hitch - February 11 wide release, Columbia Pictures, Will Smith
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - May 6 wide release, Touchstone Pictures
• The Honeymooners - March 11 wide release, Paramount Pictures
• Hostage - March 11 wide release, Miramax, Bruce Willis
• Howl's Moving Castle (Anime) - (US premiere)
• House of Wax - April 29 wide release, Warner Bros.
• Ice Princess - March 18 wide release, Touchstone Pictures
• In Her Shoes - April 15 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
• The Interpreter - April 22 wide release, Universal Pictures, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn
• Into the Blue - July 15 wide release, MGM
• The Island
• Jarhead - November 11 wide release, Universal Pictures, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Black , Jamie Foxx
• Kicking and Screaming - May 13 wide release, Universal Pictures, Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall
• King Kong - December 14 wide release, Universal Pictures, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Peter Jackson (director)
• Kingdom of Heaven - May 6 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Orlando Bloom
• Klimt - John Malkovich, Laetitia Casta
• Land of the Dead - October 21 wide release, Universal Pictures
• Legend of Zorro - November 4 wide release, Columbia Pictures, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
• Living Neon Dreams - Marilyn Manson
• The Long Green Shore
• The Longest Yard - May 27 wide release, Paramount Pictures, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
• Lord of War - Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright , Donald Sutherland
• A Lot Like Love - April 22 wide release, Touchstone Pictures, Ashton Kutcher
• Lovewrecked
• Madagascar - May 27 wide release, DreamWorks, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
• The Man in the Movie
• Man of the House - February 25 wide release, Columbia Pictures
• Man-Thing
• Manderlay
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• - March 25 wide release, Warner Bros., Sandra Bullock
• Monster-in-Law - May 6 wide release, New Line, Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith - June 10 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn
• Murphy's Law
• Nanny McPhee
• The New World - November 9 wide release, New Line, Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher , Christian Bale, David Thewlis, Terrence Malick (director)
• The Night
• Nine Lives

P-X

• The Pacifier - March 4 wide release, Touchstone, Vin Diesel
• Paint
• The Perfect Man - August 12 wide release, Universal Pictures, Hilary Duff
• The Pink Panther (2005 movie) - September 23 wide release, MGM, Steve Martin, Kevin Kline
• Pooh's Heffalump Movie - February 11 wide release, Disney
• The Producers - December 21 wide release, Universal Pictures, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Nicole Kidman
• Racing Stripes - January 14 wide release, Warner Bros., Dustin Hoffman, Mandy Moore, Snoop Dogg
• Rebound - April 15 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer
• Rent
• Revolver - Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie (director)
• The Ring Two - March 18 wide release, DreamWorks, Naomi Watts
• Robots - March 11 wide release, 20th Century Fox
• Rumor Has It - April 15 wide release, Warner Bros., Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner
• Running Scared
• Rush Hour 3
• Sahara - March 25 wide release, Paramount Pictures, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz
• A Scanner Darkly - September 16 wide release, Warner Independent Pictures , Keanu Reeves
• Serenity - September 30 wide release, Universal Pictures
• Sin City - April 1 wide release, Dimension Films, Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy
• Singularity
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• Skeleton Key - July 8 wide release, Universal Pictures, Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands
• Son of the Mask - February 18 wide release, New Line
• A Sound of Thunder
• Sprung! The Magic Roundabout
• Spy-Hunter
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - May 19 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman
• Stay - Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts
• Stealth
• Syriana - George Clooney, Michelle Monaghan , Matt Damon
• Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride - September 23 wide release, Warner Bros. animated, Johnny Depp
• The Transporter 2 - Jason Statham, Amber Valletta , Corey Yuen (director)
• Tripoli
• Ultraviolet
• - December 9 wide release, Screen Gems, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Len Wiseman (director)
• Unleashed - April 8 wide release, Focus Features, Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
• The Upside of Anger - March 11 wide release, New Line, Kevin Costner, Joan Allen
• Valiant - April 15 wide release, Disney animated, voices of: Ewan McGregor, Ben Kingsley, Jim Broadbent
• Waiting - October 7 wide release, Lions Gate, Ryan Reynolds
• Walk the Line - November 18 wide release, 20th Century Fox, Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
• - October 7 wide release, DreamWorks animation
• War of the Worlds - June 29 wide release, Paramount Pictures, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg (director)
• The Weather Man - April 1 wide release, Paramount Pictures, Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine
• The Wedding Date - February 4 wide release, Universal Pictures, Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney
• Where the Truth Lies
• Where's Waldo?
• - April 29 wide release, Revolution Studios, Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe
• Zathura - November 23 wide release, Columbia Pictures

External links

• Internet Movie Database - Release dates for movies scheduled for release in 2005 in various countries
  • Canada http://www.imdb.com/ReleasedInYear?year=2005&country=Canada
  • United Kingdom http://www.imdb.com/ReleasedInYear?year=2005&country=UK
  • United States http://www.imdb.com/ReleasedInYear?year=2005&country=USA