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The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.

Contents 1 Top–grossing films 2 Events 3 Awards 4 Films released in 2005 5 Deaths 6 Wide-release movies 6.1 January - March 6.2 April - June 6.3 July - September 6.4 October - December 7 Notes 8 External links

[edit] 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 in 2005. The top ten films of 2005, by worldwide gross in US$, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

Top-grossing films of 2005^[1]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Domestic	United Kingdom	Australia
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	Walt Disney Pictures	$745,011,272	$291,710,957	$77,933,064	$25,842,771
4	War of the Worlds	Paramount Pictures	$591,745,540	$234,280,354	$55,555,574	$16,532,633
5	King Kong	Universal Studios	$550,517,357	$218,080,025	$52,619,933	$15,970,050
6	Madagascar	DreamWorks Animation	$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.	$372,710,015	$205,343,774	$30,042,288	$12,262,065
10	Hitch	Columbia Pictures	$368,100,420	$179,495,555	$33,371,422	$11,109,579

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire grossed more than $890 million, making it the thirteenth-highest-grossing film in history. Three other films, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and War of the Worlds, are also in the list of the fifty highest-grossing films.

[edit] Events

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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. Brosnan last appeared as Bond in Die Another Day (2002).
	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 2's 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. [1]
	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. [2]
		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.[3]
	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. [4]
	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. [5]

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Crash

Best Director: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney - Syriana

Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

Best Foreign Language Film: Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood, United Kingdom and South Africa

Best Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, United Kingdom

Golden Globe Awards

Drama:

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Best Actress: Felicity Huffman - Transamerica

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Walk the Line

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Other

Best Director: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

Best Foreign Language Film: Paradise Now, Palestine / France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel

BAFTA Awards

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Best 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

[edit] Films released in 2005

• American films
• Argentine films
• Australian films
• Bengali films
• Bollywood films
• Brazilian films
• British films
• French films
• Hong Kong films
• Italian films
• Japanese films
• Mexican films
• Pakistani films
• Russian films
• South Korean films
• Spanish films
• Tamil films
• Telugu films

[edit] Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	9	Gonzalo Gavira	79		Sound technician	The Exorcist • The Towering Inferno • El Topo • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
	10	Erwin Hillier	93		Cinematographer	The Silver Fleet • A Canterbury Tale • I Know Where I'm Going! • London Tower • The Dam Busters
	11	Thelma White	94		Actress	Reefer Madness • Two in the Dark • The Moon's Our Home
	12	Amrish Puri	72		Actor	Mr. India • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Gandhi
		Sal Pacino	82		Actor	I soldati • No Rules • Younger and Younger
	14	Ofelia Guilmain	83		Actress	The Exterminating Angel • El hombre y el monstruo • Nazarín
	15	Ruth Warrick	89		Actress	Citizen Kane • Song of the South • Mr. Winkle Goes to War • Journey into Fear • Forever and a Day
		Dan Lee	35		Animator	Toy Story 2 • A Bug's Life • Monsters, Inc. • Ratatouille
	17	Virginia Mayo	84		Actress	The Best Years of Our Lives • White Heat • Wonder Man • The Kid from Brooklyn • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
	18	Lamont Bentley	31		Actor	The Tenants • The Wash • The Breaks • Tales from the Hood
	21	Parveen Babi	49		Actress	Deewaar • Namak Halaal • Amar Akbar Anthony • Shaan
	22	Patsy Rowlands	71		Actress	Carry On series
	23	Mutsuko Sakura	83		Actress	Chichi Koishi • Floating Weeds
	26	Rudi Falkenhagen	71		Actor	The Polish Bride • Lifespan
February	1	John Vernon	72		Actor	Dirty Harry • National Lampoon's Animal House • Point Blank
	4	Ossie Davis	87		Actor	Do the Right Thing • The Hill • Jungle Fever
	10	Arthur Miller	89		Screenwriter	The Crucible • The Misfits • Everybody Wins
		Humbert Balsan	50		Producer	Manderlay • Divine Intervention • Le Grand Voyage • Adieu Bonaparte
	11	Raymond Hermantier	81		Actor	Coup de Torchon • Sous le ciel de Paris
	12	Brian Kelly	73		Actor, producer	Around the World Under the Sea
	14	Otto Plaschkes	75		Producer	Georgy Girl • Hopscotch
	16	Gerry Wolff	84		Actor	Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam
		Nicole DeHuff	30		Actress	Meet the Parents • See Arnold Run • Unbeatable Harold
	17	Dan O'Herlihy	85		Actor	RoboCop • RoboCop 2 • Roginson Crusoe • Invasion U.S.A. • Macbeth
		Peter Foy	79		Special effects	Fantastic Voyage • The Wiz
	19	Kihachi Okamoto	82		Director	Samurai Assassin • Rainbow Kids • The Sword of Doom • Kill! • The Human Bullet
	20	Sandra Dee	62		Actress	Imitation of Life • Until They Sail • Gidget • A Summer Place • Tammy and the Bachelor
	22	Simone Simon	94		Actress	The Devil and Daniel Webster • Cat People • The Curse of the Cat People • La Bête Humaine
		Lee Eun-ju	24		Actress	Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors • Lovers' Concerto • Taegukgi • The Scarlet Letter
March	4	Guylaine St-Onge	39		Actress	Angel Eyes • Highwaymen • No Exit
	5	Morris Engel	86		Director, cinematographer	Little Fugitive • Lovers and Lollipops
	6	Teresa Wright	86		Actress	The Little Foxes • The Pride of the Yankees • Shadow of a Doubt • The Best Years of Our Lives • The Men
	7	Debra Hill	54		Screenwriter, producer	Halloween • Halloween II • The Fog
		John Box	85		Production designer, art director	Lawrence of Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • Oliver! • Nicholas and Alexandra • Travels with My Aunt
	22	Gemini Ganesan	84		Actor	Rudraveena • Avvai Shanmughi • Naan Avanillai • Avvaiyyar • Parthiban Kanavu
	23	David Kossoff	85		Actor	A Kid for Two Farthings • The Bespoke Overcoat • The Mouse That Roared
April	16	Kay Walsh	90		Actress	In Which We Serve • The Happy Breed • Pygmalion • Great Expectations • Oliver Twist
	19	George Pan Cosmatos	64		Director	Escape to Athena • Massacre in Rome • The Cassandra Crossing • Tombstone
		Ruth Hussey	93		Actress	The Philadelphia Story • H. M. Pulham, Esq. • Tennessee Johnson • The Uninvited • The Great Gatsby
	23	John Mills	97		Actor	In Which We Serve • Great Expectations • Scott of the Antarctic • Ryan's Daughter
	26	Maria Schell	79		Actress	Gervaise • The Heart of the Matter • The Hanging Tree • Superman
		Mason Adams	86		Actor	Omen III: The Final Conflict • Houseguest • Son in Law • F/X • God Told Me To
May	5	Elisabeth Fraser	85		Actress	A Patch of Blue • The Man Who Came to Dinner • All My Sons • Roseanna McCoy • So Big
		June MacCloy	95		Actress	June Moon • Go West
	16	June Lang	88		Actress	Bonnie Scotland • Wee Willie Winkie • Stage Door Canteen
	17	Frank Gorshin	72		Actor	Bells Are Ringing • Between Heaven and Hell • Where the Boys Are • Skidoo
	21	Subodh Mukherjee	84		Director, producer	Munimji • Paying Guest • Junglee • Abhinetri • Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera
	22	Thurl Ravenscroft	91		Voice actor	Alice in Wonderland • One Hundred and One Dalmatians • The Sword in the Stone • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
	25	Ismail Merchant	68		Producer	The Householder • A Room with a View • Howards End
		Sunil Dutt	75		Actor, producer, director	Mother India • Sadhna • Gumrah • Yaadein • Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye
	26	Eddie Albert	99		Actor	Roman Holiday • The Heartbreak Kid • Brother Rat
June	6	Anne Bancroft	73		Actress	The Graduate • The Miracle Worker • The Pumpkin Eater • 7 Women • The Turning Point
	8	Ed Bishop	72		Actor	2001: A Space Odyssey • Saturn 3 • Twilight's Last Gleaming • The Mouse on the Moon
	24	Paul Winchell	82		Voice actor	Winnie-the-Pooh series • The Aristocats • The Fox and the Hound
	25	John Fiedler	80		Actor	12 Angry Men • Winnie-the-Pooh series • A Raisin in the Sun • The Odd Couple
July	2	Ernest Lehman	89		Screenwriter	The Sound of Music • North by Northwest • Sweet Smell of Success • Executive Suite
	4	June Haver	79		Actress	The Dolly Sisters • Where Do We Go from Here? • The Gang's All Here • Home in Indiana
	11	Frances Langford	92		Actress	Broadway Melody of 1936 • Born to Dance • Yankee Doodle Dandy
	17	Geraldine Fitzgerald	91		Actress	The Mill on the Floss • Dark Victory • Wuthering Heights • The Gay Sisters
		Gavin Lambert	80		Screenwriter	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone • Sons and Lovers • Interval
	19	Edward Bunker	71		Actor, screenwriter	Animal Factory • Straight Time
	20	James Doohan	85		Actor	Star Trek series
August	8	Barbara Bel Geddes	82		Actress	Vertigo • The Long Night • I Remember Mama • The Five Pennies
	9	Dorris Bowdon	90		Actress	The Grapes of Wrath • Drums Along the Mohawk • Young Mr. Lincoln
		Matthew McGrory	32		Actor	Bubble Boy • Big Fish • House of 1000 Corpses • The Devil's Rejects
	11	James Booth	77		Actor, screenwriter	Zulu • The Trials of Oscar Wilde • Sparrers Can't Sing • The Secret of My Success • Robbery
	16	Joe Ranft	45		Voice actor, storyboard artist	Toy Story • A Bug's Life • Finding Nemo • Cars
	23	Brock Peters	78		Actor	To Kill a Mockingbird • The L-Shaped Room
	25	Terence Morgan	83		Actor	Hamlet • Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. • The Shakedown
	28	Jacques Dufilho	91		Actor	War of the Buttons • Cher Victor • Le Crabe-tambour • Black and White in Color • Love in a Hot Climate
	31	Michael Sheard	65		Actor	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
September	2	Bob Denver	70		Actor	Who's Minding the Mint? • Back to the Beach • Take Her, She's Mine • High School U.S.A.
	3	Ekkehard Schall	75		Actor, director	Mother Courage and Her Children
	14	Robert Wise	91		Director, producer, editor	Citizen Kane • The Sound of Music • West Side Story • The Day the Earth Stood Still • The Body Snatcher
	16	Constance Moore	85		Actress	Buck Rogers
	18	Joel Hirschhorn	67		Songwriter	The Poseidon Adventure • The Towering Inferno • Pete's Dragon
		Richard E. Cunha	84		Director, cinematographer	Giant from the Unknown • Missile to the Moon • Frankenstein's Daughter
	23	Lord Brabourne	80		Producer	A Passage to India • Harry Black • Murder on the Orient Express • Death on the Nile • Sink the Bismarck!
	25	Don Adams	82		Actor	Inspector Gadget • Get Smart, Again! • Back to the Beach
	27	Jerry Juhl	67		Screenwriter	The Muppet Movie • Muppets from Space • Muppet Treasure Island • The Muppet Christmas Carol • The Great Muppet Caper
October	11	Jan Holden	74		Actress	Work Is a Four-Letter Word • The Haunted House of Horror
	15	Mildred Shay	94		Actress	Roman Scandals • Grand Hotel • The Great Gatsby
	23	William Hootkins	57		Actor	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Batman • Raiders of the Lost Ark • Hardware • Hear My Song
	29	Lloyd Bochner	81		Actor	Point Blank • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear • Harlow
November	3	Geoffrey Keen	89		Actor	Odd Man Out • The Fallen Idol • The Third Man • Chance of a Lifetime • Millions Like Us
	4	Sheree North	72		Actress	Living It Up • Charley Varrick • The Shootist
	11	Moustapha Akkad	75		Producer, director	Halloween series • Mohammad, Messenger of God • Lion of the Desert
	23	Constance Cummings	95		Actress	Movie Crazy • Night After Night • The Criminal Code • The Foreman Went to France • The Battle of the Sexes
	24	Pat Morita	73		Actor	The Karate Kid
	28	Marc Lawrence	95		Actor	Diamonds Are Forever • The Man with the Golden Gun
	29	Wendie Jo Sperber	47		Actress	I Wanna Hold Your Hand • Bachelor Party • Back to the Future
	30	Jean Parker	90		Actress	Little Women • Lady for a Day • Dead Man's Eyes • The Gunfighter • Black Tuesday
December	1	Mary Hayley Bell	94		Actress, writer	The Shrike • The Big Freeze • Whistle Down the Wind
	4	Gregg Hoffman	42		Producer	Saw series • Only You • George of the Jungle 2
	7	Adrian Biddle	53		Cinematographer	Aliens • Thelma & Louise • The Butcher Boy • V for Vendetta
		Annette Vadim	72		Actress	Les liaisons dangereuses • Testament of Orpheus • Blood and Roses • Lo scippo
	10	Richard Pryor	65		Actor	Silver Streak • Blue Collar • Superman III
	16	John Spencer	58		Actor	The Negotiator • The Rock • Cop Land • Ravenous • Albino Alligator
	26	Vincent Schiavelli	57		Actor	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Fast Times at Ridgemont High • Better Off Dead • Batman Returns • Tomorrow Never Dies

[edit] 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.

[edit] January - March

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J A N U A R Y	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	Revolution Studios	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
		Hide and Seek	20th Century Fox	Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning
F E B R U A R Y	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, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Kath Soucie, Nikita Hopkins, Kyle Stanger, Brenda Blethyn
	18	Because of Winn-Dixie	20th Century Fox	Jeff Daniels, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint
		Constantine	Warner Bros.	Keanu Reeves, Shia LaBeouf, Rachel Weisz
		Son of the Mask	New Line Cinema	Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming
	25	Cursed	Dimension Films	Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Shannon Elizabeth
		Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lions Gate Entertainment	Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Tyler Perry
		Man of the House	Columbia Pictures	Tommy Lee Jones, Cedric the Entertainer
M A R C H	4	Be Cool	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Danny DeVito
		The Jacket	Warner Independent Pictures	Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley
		The Pacifier	Spyglass Entertainment	Vin Diesel
	11	Hostage	Miramax Films	Bruce Willis, Jonathan Tucker
		The Passion Recut	Newmarket Films	James Caviezel
		Robots	20th Century Fox	Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Halle Berry
		The Upside of Anger ‡	New Line Cinema	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	Columbia Pictures	Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoë Saldaña
	30	Beauty Shop	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Ice Cube

[edit] April - June

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
A P R I L	1	Sin City	Dimension Films	Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Jaime King, Rutger Hauer
	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	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Rachel Nichols
	22	The Interpreter	Universal Studios	Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener
		King's Ransom	New Line Cinema	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
M A Y	6	Crash	Lions Gate Entertainment	Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillippe, Ludacris, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard
		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, 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 Cinema	Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda
		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, Samuel L. Jackson
	27	The Longest Yard	Paramount Pictures	Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
		Madagascar	DreamWorks	Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter
J U N E	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	Columbia Pictures	Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson, Johnny Knoxville, Rebecca De Mornay
	10	The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl	Dimension Films	David Arquette, Robert Rodríguez
		High Tension	Lions Gate Entertainment	Cécile de France
		The Honeymooners	Paramount Pictures	Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, John Leguizamo
		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, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson
	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 Pictures	Morgan Freeman, Amitabh Bachchan
	29	War of the Worlds	Paramount Pictures	Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg (director)

[edit] July - September

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J U L Y	1	Rebound	20th Century Fox	Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer
	8	Dark Water	Buena Vista Distribution	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 Cinema	Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn
	22	Bad News Bears	Paramount Pictures	Billy Bob Thornton
		The Devil's Rejects	Lions Gate Entertainment	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	Walt Disney Pictures	Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley
		Stealth	Columbia Pictures	Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
A U G U S T	5	The Dukes of Hazzard	Warner Bros.	Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson
	12	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Columbia Pictures	Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin
		Four Brothers	Paramount Pictures	Mark Wahlberg, André 3000, Tyrese Gibson, Garrett Hedlund
		The Great Raid	Miramax Films	Benjamin Bratt, James Franco
		The Skeleton Key	Universal Studios	Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands
	17	Supercross	20th Century Fox	Daryl Hannah, Mike Vogel, Robert Patrick
	19	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Universal Studios	Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
		Red Eye	Dreamworks	Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
		Valiant	Walt Disney Pictures	Ewan McGregor, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent
	26	The Brothers Grimm	Dimension Films	Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam (director)
		The Cave	Screen Gems	Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian
		Undiscovered	Lions Gate Entertainment	Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon
	31	The Constant Gardener	Focus Features	Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
S E P T E M B E R	2	A Sound of Thunder	Warner Brothers	Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Edward Burns
		Transporter 2	20th Century Fox	Jason Statham, François Berléand, Amber Valletta, Louis Leterrier (director)
		Underclassman	Miramax Films	Nick Cannon, Cheech Marin, Roselyn Sanchez
	9	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Screen Gems	Laura Linney, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter
		The Man	New Line Cinema	Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy
		An Unfinished Life ‡	Miramax Films	Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez
	16	Corpse Bride ‡	Warner Bros.	Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter (voices)
		Cry Wolf	Rogue Pictures	Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki
		Just Like Heaven	Dreamworks	Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Heder
		Lord of War	Lions Gate Entertainment	Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright
	23	Flightplan	Touchstone Pictures	Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard, Marlene Lawston
		A History of Violence ‡	New Line Cinema	Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello
		Oliver Twist ‡	R.P. Productions	Ben Kingsley
		Roll Bounce	Fox Searchlight	Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Meagan Good
	30	Capote ‡	Sony Pictures Classics	Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener
		The Greatest Game Ever Played	Walt Disney Pictures	Shia LaBeouf, Bill Paxton (director)
		Into the Blue	Columbia Pictures	Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Ashley Scott
		Serenity	Universal Studios	Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin

[edit] October - December

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
O C T O B E R	5	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	DreamWorks	Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter
	7	Good Night, and Good Luck ‡	Warner Independent Pictures	George Clooney
		The Gospel	Screen Gems	Boris Kodjoe, Clifton Powell, Yolanda Adams
		In Her Shoes	20th Century Fox	Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
		Two for the Money	Universal Studios	Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo
		Waiting...	Lions Gate Entertainment	Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long
	14	Domino	New Line Cinema	Keira Knightley, Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke
		Elizabethtown	Paramount Pictures	Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon
		The Fog	Revolution Studios	Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair
	21	Doom	Universal Studios	Karl Urban, The Rock, Rosamund Pike
		Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	DreamWorks	Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson
		Kids in America	Slowhand Cinema	Gregory Smith
		North Country	Warner Bros.	Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand
		Stay	20th Century Fox	Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
	28	The Legend of Zorro	Columbia Pictures	Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
		Prime	Universal Studios	Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman
		Saw II	Lions Gate Entertainment	Donnie Wahlberg
		The Weather Man	Paramount Pictures	Nicolas Cage, Hope Davis, Michael Caine
N O V E M B E R	4	Chicken Little	Walt Disney Pictures	Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn
		Jarhead	Universal Studios	Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx
	9	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Paramount Pictures	Joy Bryant, Terrence Howard
	11	Derailed	The Weinstein Company	Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen
		Pride and Prejudice ‡	Focus Features	Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen
		Zathura	Columbia Pictures	Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard
	18	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes
		Walk the Line	20th Century Fox	Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
	23	The Ice Harvest	Focus Features	John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen
		In the Mix	Lions Gate Entertainment	Usher, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri
		Just Friends	New Line Cinema	Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris
		Rent	Revolution Studios	Rosario Dawson
		Syriana ‡	Warner Bros.	George Clooney, Michelle Monaghan, Matt Damon
		Yours, Mine and Ours	Paramount Pictures	Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo
	25	The Libertine ‡	The Weinstein Company	Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton
		Dragon Eye Congee	Lee's Production	Fann Wong
D E C E M B E R	2	Æon Flux	Paramount Pictures	Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Karyn Kusama (director)
		Transamerica ‡	The Weinstein Company	Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers
	9	Brokeback Mountain ‡	Focus Features	Ang Lee (director), Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger
		The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Walden Media	Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson
		Memoirs of a Geisha ‡	Columbia Pictures	Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li
	14	King Kong	Universal Studios	Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Peter Jackson (director)
	16	The Family Stone	20th Century Fox	Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker
		The Producers ‡	Universal Studios	Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman
	21	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	20th Century Fox	Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff
		Fun with Dick and Jane	Columbia Pictures	Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin
	23	Munich ‡	DreamWorks	Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Steven Spielberg (director)
		The Ringer	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl
	25	Casanova ‡	Touchstone Pictures	Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons
		The New World ‡	New Line Cinema	Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
		Rumor Has It	Warner Bros.	Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner
		Wolf Creek	The Weinstein Company	John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath
	30	The Matador ‡	The Weinstein Company	Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "2005 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2005&p=.htm. Retrieved September 8, 2009. 

[edit] External links

• Internet Movie Database - Release dates for movies scheduled for release in 2005 in various countries
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