2005 in film

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The year 2005 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films worldwide
3 Awards
4 Films released in 2005
4.1 Films released in 2005 by country
5 Deaths
6 Wide-release movies
6.1 January-March
6.2 April-June
6.3 July-September
6.4 October-December
7 See also
8 Notes
9 External links
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[edit] 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 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] Top grossing films worldwide
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; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten of 2005 as of April 3, 2007 (International, U.S. and Canada), April 16, 2006 (UK) and May 11, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling and Australian results in Australian dollars.
2005Rank
Title
Studio
Box Office Gross
Total Worldwide[1]
US/Canada[2]
Total Int'l
U. K.[3]
Australia[4]
1.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Warner Bros.
$896,016,159
$290,013,036
$606,003,123
£48,769,888
$35,369,390
2.
Star Wars Episode III:Revenge of the Sith
20th Century Fox
$849,997,605
$380,270,577
$469,727,028
£39,188,065
$35,453,636
3.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Walt Disney Pictures
$744,783,957
$291,709,845
$453,073,000
£43,239,634
$34,801,112
4.
War of the Worlds
Paramount Pictures
$591,745,532
$234,280,354
$357,465,174
£30,367,791
$21,559,982
5.
King Kong
Universal Pictures
$549,358,447
$218,080,025
$331,278,422
£29,669,572
$21,402,761
6.
Madagascar
DreamWorks
$532,680,674
$193,595,521
$339,085,150
£22,326,031
$25,426,110
7.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
20th Century Fox
$478,207,520
$186,336,279
$291,871,241
£13,473,963
$20,403,665
8.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Warner Bros.
$474,968,763
$206,459,076
$268,509,687
£37,354,584
$24,497,897
9.
Batman Begins
Warner Bros.
$371,853,783
$205,343,774
$166,510,009
£16,179,376
$15,770,796
10.
Hitch
Columbia Pictures
$368,100,420
$179,495,555
$188,604,865
£16,170,807
$14,197,428
So far worldwide, eight films released in 2005 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture 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.
For a complete list of 2005's top-grossing films, follow these links:
Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2005&p=.htm
U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2005&p=.htm
United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/archive/
Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/boxaus2005.html

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards
Best Picture: Crash
Award for Directing: 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, UK. / 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
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
Aliens of the Deep
Alone in the Dark
The Amityville Horror
Angel-A
Anukokunda Oka Roju
Are We There Yet?
The Aristocrats (documentary)
Assault on Precinct 13
Athadu, directed by Trivikram Srinivas (Tollywood film)
Athanokkade
Aurore
Æon Flux
Bad News Bears
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Batman Begins
The Baxter
Be Cool
Beauty Shop
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bee Season
Before Flying Back to the Earth
Bewitched
Beyond Hatred
Bigger Than the Sky
Blood Rain
Boogerman
Breakfast on Pluto
Brokeback Mountain - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama), BAFTA and Golden Lion Awards
Broken Flowers
The Brothers Grimm
Caché
Calling All Engines
Capote
Casanova
The Cave
Cello
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chatrapati, directed by S.S. Rajamouli (Tollywood film)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Chicken Little
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chumscrubber
Cinderella Man
Coach Carter
The Constant Gardener
Constantine
Corpse Bride
Cry Wolf
Cuore Sacro
Cursed
D.E.B.S.
Daltry Calhoun
Dark Water
Derailed
The Descent
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
The Devil's Rejects
Diary of June
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Dirty Love
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Domino
Doom
Down to the Bone
Dragon Eye Congee
Dreamer
The Dukes of Hazzard
Duma
Elektra
Elizabethtown
L'Enfant - Palrm d'Or winner
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Family Stone
Fantastic Four
Fever Pitch
First Descent (documentary)
Flightplan
The Fog
Forty Shades of Blue
49 Up
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Four Brothers
Fun with Dick and Jane
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Good Night, and Good Luck.
The Gospel
The Great Raid
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Green Street Hooligans
Guess Who
Happy Endings
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hating Alison Ashley
The Headsman
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Hide and Seek
A History of Violence
Hitch
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Honeymooners
Hoodwinked
Hostage
House of D
House of Wax
Hustle & Flow
The Ice Harvest
Ice Princess
In Her Shoes
In the Mix
Insecticidal
Inside Deep Throat (documentary)
The Interpreter
Into the Blue
The Island
The Jacket
Jai Chiranjeeva, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar, starring Chiranjeevi (Tollywood film)
Jarhead
Just Friends
Just Like Heaven
Kicking & Screaming
Kids in America
King Kong
King's Ransom
Kingdom of Heaven
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Land of the Dead
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The Legend of Zorro
The Libertine
Little Fish
The Longest Yard
Lord of War
Lords of Dogtown
A Lot Like Love
Madagascar
The Man
Man of the House
March of the Penguins
The Matador
Match Point
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Miracle Match (The Game of Their Lives)
MirrorMask
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Monster-in-Law
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Munich
Murder Unveiled
Must Love Dogs
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
Never Been Thawed
The New World
No Direction Home
North Country
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, directed by Prabhu Deva (Tollywood film)
Oliver Twist
The Pacifier
Paradise Now
The Perfect Man
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Pride & Prejudice
Prime
The Producers
Proof
Racing Stripes
Rebound
Red Eye
Rent
The Ring Two
The Ringer
Robots
Roll Bounce
Rules of Dating
Rumor Has It...
Sahara
Salaam Namaste
Saw II
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Serenity
Shopgirl
Sin City
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Skeleton Key
Sky High
Slaughter Disc
Smile
Son of the Mask
A Sound of Thunder
The Squid and the Whale
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Stay
Stealth
Super
Supercross
Syriana
Thru the Moebius Strip
Thumbsucker
Transamerica
Transporter 2
Travellers and Magicians
Tsotsi - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Two for the Money
Underclassman
Undiscovered
An Unfinished Life
The Upside of Anger
Valiant
U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha - Golden Bear Award
Waiting...
Walk the Line - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The War of the Worlds:
H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
The Weather Man
Wedding Crashers
The Wedding Date
Where the Truth Lies
White Noise
Wolf Creek
The World's Fastest Indian
XXX: State of the Union
You Are My Sunshine
Yours, Mine and Ours
Zathura

[edit] Films released in 2005 by country
List of Argentine films:2005

[edit] Deaths
Date
Name
Age
Cinematic Notability
January
9
Gonazalo Gavira
79
Oscar-winning sound effects technician
10
Erwin Hillier
93
Cinematographer
11
Thelma White
94
Actress
12
Amrish Puri
72
Actor
Sal Pacino
82
Actor
14
Ofelia Guilmain
83
Actress
15
Ruth Warrick
88
Actress
Dan Lee
35
Animator
17
Virginia Mayo
84
Actress
18
Lamont Bentley
31
Actor
21
Parveen Babi
49
Actress
22
Patsy Rowlands
71
Actress
23
Mutsuko Sakura
83
Actress
26
Rudi Falkenhagen
71
Actor
29
Karen Lancaume
32
Actress
Ephraim Kishon
80
Screenwriter, director
February
1
John Vernon
72
Actor
4
Ossie Davis
87
Actor
10
Arthur Miller
89
Screenwriter
Humbert Balsan
50
Producer
11
Stan Richards
74
Actor
Raymond Hermantier
81
Actor
12
Brian Kelly
73
Actor, Producer
14
Otto Plaschkes
75
Producer
Martin Perels
44
Actor
16
Gerry Wolff
84
Actor
William Gibson
82
Producer
Nicole DeHuff
31
Actress
17
Dan O'Herlihy
85
Actor
Peter Foy
79
Special effects Producer
19
Kihachi Okamoto
82
Director
20
Sandra Dee
62
Actress
22
Simone Simon
94
Actress
Lee Eun Ju
24
Actress
March
4
Guylaine St. Onge
39
Actress
5
Morris Engel
86
Director
6
Teresa Wright
86
Actress
7
Debra Hill
54
Screenwriter, Producer
John Box
85
Production designer, four-time Oscar winner
22
Gemini Ganesan
84
Actor
23
David Kossoff
85
Actor
April
16
Kay Walsh
90
Actress
19
George Pan Cosmatos
64
Director
Ruth Hussey
93
Actress
23
John Mills
97
Actor
26
Maria Schell
79
Actress
May
5
Elisabeth Fraser
85
Actress
June MacCloy
95
Actress
16
June Lang
90
Actress
17
Frank Gorshin
72
Actor
21
Subodh Mukherjee
84
Filmmaker
25
Ismail Merchant
68
Producer
Sunil Dutt
75
Actor
26
Eddie Albert
97
Actor
June
6
Anne Bancroft
73
Actress
8
Ed Bishop
72
Actor
25
John Fiedler
80
Actor
July
2
Ernest Lehman
89
Screenwriter
4
June Haver
79
Actress
11
Frances Langford
92
Actress
17
Geraldine Fitzgerald
91
Actress
Gavin Lambert
80
Screenwriter
19
Edward Bunker
71
Actor
20
James Doohan
85
Actor
August
8
Barbara Bel Geddes
82
Actress
9
Dorris Bowdon
90
Actress
Matthew McGrory
32
Actor
11
James Booth
77
Actor
16
Joe Ranft
45
Actor
23
Brock Peters
78
Actor
25
Terence Morgan
83
Actor
28
Jacques Dufilho
91
Actor
31
Michael Sheard
65
Actor
September
2
Bob Denver
70
Actor
3
Ekkehard Schall
75
Actor
14
Robert Wise
91
Director
16
Constance Moore
85
Actress
18
Joel Hirschhorn
67
Songwriter
Richard Cunha
84
Director
23
Lord Brabourne
80
Producer
25
Don Adams
82
Actor
27
Jerry Juhl
67
Screenwriter
October
11
Jan Holden
74
Actress
15
Mildred Shay
94
Actress
23
William Hootkins
57
Actor
29
Lloyd Bochner
81
Actor
November
3
Geoffrey Keen
89
Actor
4
Sheree North
72
Actress
11
Moustapha Akkad
75
Producer
23
Constance Cummings
95
Actress
24
Pat Morita
73
Actor
28
Marc Lawrence
95
Actor
29
Wendie Jo Sperber
47
Actress
30
Jean Parker
90
Actress
December
1
Mary Hayley Bell
94
Actress
4
Gregg Hoffman
42
Producer
7
Adrian Biddle
53
Cinematographer
Annette Vadim
72
Actress
10
Richard Pryor
65
Actor
16
John Spencer
58
Actor
26
Vincent Schiavelli
57
Actor

[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.
Month
Day
Title
Studio
Notable Cast/Crew
January
7
White Noise
Universal Pictures
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
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 Pictures
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, Rachel Weisz
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

[edit] April-June
‡ 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, 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
22
The Interpreter
Universal Pictures
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
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, Liam Neeson, Ridley Scott (director)
13
Kicking & Screaming
Universal Pictures
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 Pictures
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 Pictures
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 Pictures
Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, George A. Romero (director)
March of the Penguins ‡
Warner Independent Productions
Morgan Freeman (narrator)
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.
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, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson
12
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Columbia Pictures
Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin
Four Brothers
Paramount Pictures
Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Darnell Gibson, André 3000
The Skeleton Key
Universal Pictures
Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands
The Great Raid
Miramax
Benjamin Bratt, James Franco
17
Supercross
20th Century Fox
Daryl Hannah, Mike Vogel, Robert Patrick
19
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Universal Pictures
Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
Red Eye
Dreamworks
Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
Valiant
Walt Disney Pictures
animated; voices of: 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
Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon
31
The Constant Gardener
Focus Features
Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
September
2
Transporter 2
20th Century Fox
Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Louis Leterrier (director)
Underclassman
Miramax Films
Nick Cannon, Cheech Marin, Roselyn Sanchez
A Sound of Thunder
Warner Brothers
Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Edward Burns
9
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Sony Pictures
Laura Linney, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter
The Man
New Line
Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy
An Unfinished Life ‡
Miramax
Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez
16
Corpse Bride ‡
Warner Bros.
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter (voices)
Cry Wolf
Focus Features
Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki
Just Like Heaven
Dreamworks
Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo
Lord of War
Lions Gate
Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland
23
Flightplan
Buena Vista Pictures
Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard, Marlene Lawston
A History of Violence ‡
New Line
Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello
Oliver Twist ‡
Roll Bounce
Fox Searchlight
Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Meagan Good
28
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Revolution Studios
Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern
30
Capote ‡
Sony Pictures Classics
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Buena Vista
Shia LaBeouf, Bill Paxton (director)
Into the Blue
MGM
Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Ashley Scott
Serenity
Universal Pictures
Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin

[edit] October-December
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month
Day
Title
Studio
Notable Cast/Crew
October
5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
DreamWorks
Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter (voices)
7
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 Pictures
Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo
Waiting...
Lions Gate
Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long
14
Domino
New Line
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 Pictures
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 Pictures
Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman
Saw II
Lions Gate Films
Donnie Wahlberg
The Weather Man
Paramount Pictures
Nicolas Cage, Hope Davis, Michael Caine
November
4
Chicken Little
Walt Disney Pictures
Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn (voices)
Jarhead
Universal Pictures
Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx
Good Night, and Good Luck ‡
Warner Independent
George Clooney
9
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Paramount Pictures
Joy Bryant, Terrence Howard
11
Derailed
The Weinstein Co.
Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston
Pride and Prejudice ‡
Focus Features
Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen
Zathura
Columbia Pictures
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
Usher, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri
Just Friends
New Line
Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris
Rent
Columbia Pictures
Rosario Dawson
Syriana ‡
Warner Bros.
George Clooney, Michelle Monaghan, Matt Damon
Yours, Mine and Ours
Paramount Pictures
Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo
25
The Libertine ‡
Weinstein Co.
Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton
Dragon Eye Congee
Lee's Production
Fann Wong, Shaun Tam
December
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
Walt Disney Pictures
Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson (voice)
Memoirs of a Geisha ‡
Sony
Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li
14
King Kong
Universal Pictures
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Peter Jackson (director)
16
The Family Stone
20th Century Fox
Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker
Hoodwinked ‡
Weinstein Co.
Anne Hathaway (voice), Glenn Close (voice), Jim Belushi (voice), Xzibit (voice), Andy Dick (voice), Patrick Warburton (voice)
The Producers ‡
Universal Pictures
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 ‡
Buena Vista
Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons
The New World ‡
New Line
Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
Rumor Has It
Warner Bros.
Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner
Wolf Creek
Weinstein Co.
John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath
30
The Matador ‡
Weinstein Co.
Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis

[edit] See also
Het Paard van Sinterklaas (in Dutch) / Het Paard van Sinterklaas (links)

[edit] Notes
^ "2005 International Grosses" (top 100), webpage: BOM-World-2005.
^ "2005 Domestic Grosses" (top 100), webpage: BOM-2005.
^ "2005 UK Film Council" (top 100), webpage: UKFC-2005.
^ "Australia: Movie Marshal Total 2005" (top 100), webpage: MMBO-2005.

[edit] External links
Internet Movie Database - Release dates for movies scheduled for release in 2005 in various countries
Canada
United Kingdom
United States