2005 in film
See also:
2004 in film ,
other events of 2005 ,
2006 in film and the
list of 'years in film'
Event timeline
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 Alexander Payne (Sideways
8 The National Society of Film Critics awards go to Million Dollar Baby 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 Passion of the Christ Shrek 2 Eddie Murphy as "donkey", and movie villain: Jennifer Saunders as "Fairy Godmother").
16 Golden Globes awards film winners included three for The Aviator Sideways Million Dollar Baby Closer
22 The Producers Guild of America picks The Aviator
24 The Golden Raspberry Awards picks for worst film achievement in 2004 had Catwoman Alexander Fahrenheit 9/11 White Chicks Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
25 The Academy Awards picks for best film achievement in 2004 had The Aviator Million Dollar Baby Finding Neverland Ray Sideways
February 12 BAFTA Awards : Major winners include Imelda Staunton , Best Actress, Jamie Foxx , Best Actor and The Aviator
26 Catwoman Fahrenheit 9/11 Golden Raspberry Awards , walking away with 4 awards each. Four special awards were also handed out to comemorate the Razzies' 25th aniversary. Arnold Schwarzenegger was named the biggest loser of the previous 25 years, Battlefield Earth Gigli From Justin to Kelly
29 77th Academy Awards : Million Dollar Baby Best Picture and Best Director . Acting honors were as follows:
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 ; 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 April 19 , 2005 (U.S. and Canada), April 17 , 2005 (UK) and April 17 , 2005 (Australia).
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.
2005
Title
Studio
Total Int'l
U.S. & Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
1. Hitch Columbia Pictures $346,070,690 $175,625,841 £16,395,161 $13,790,387
2. Howl's Moving Castle Disney $214,000,000 June 10 debut September debut N/A
3. Robots 20th Century Fox $209,747,672 $116,247,491 £11,204,021 $11,063,429
4. Constantine Warner Bros. $203,670,079 $74,370,079 £6,458,079 $7,435,511
5. The Ring Two DreamWorks $143,110,314 $74,570,386 £4,878,853 $5,093,974
6. The Pacifier Disney $123,800,879 $104,059,879 May 27 debut $7,461,559
7. Hide and Seek 20th Century Fox $108,779,165 $51,053,096 £3,655,188 $4,416,542
8. Are We There Yet? Columbia Pictures $95,056,395 $81,364,147 £2,576,030 $2,874,403
9. Be Cool MGM $83,581,958 $55,631,108 £3,620,849 $4,226,655
10. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Warner Bros. $81,410,484 $42,110,484 £5,008,354 $7,253,566
international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2005's top-grossing films, follow these links:
Deaths
Well-known film legends to have died in 2005 include Sandra Dee , Ossie Davis and screenplay writer Arthur Miller . Following is a list of the notable deaths in the film industry so far in 2005 :
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:
Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates.
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
Hide and Seek 20th Century Fox Robert DeNiro , 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 Disney 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 , Bob Hoskins
25 Cursed Dimension Films Christina Ricci , Skeet Ulrich , 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 Touchstone Pictures Vin Diesel
11 Hostage Miramax Bruce Willis , Jonathan Tucker
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 Touchstone 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 , Zoe Saldana
30 Beauty Shop MGM Queen Latifah , Alicia Silverstone , Ice Cube
April-June
Other movies released
Films scheduled to be released in 2005
The following are two lists:
The first is a list of movies sorted by their release date
The second is a list of movies with no entered release date
This list is based on USA release dates. If you are seeking release date information for a different country, check the appropriate page in that film's IMDB entry.
By release date
April
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May
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Crash May 6 WR Lions Gate Sandra Bullock , Thandie Newton
House of Wax May 6 WR Warner Bros. Elisha Cuthbert , Chad Michael Murray
Kingdom of Heaven May 6 WR 20th Century Fox Orlando Bloom , Liam Neeson , Ridley Scott (director)
Kicking and Screaming May 13 WR Universal Pictures Will Ferrell , Robert Duvall
Layer Cake May 13 Sony Pictures Classics Daniel Craig
Mindhunters May 13 WR Dimension Films Val Kilmer , Christian Slater , LL Cool J
Monster-in-Law May 13 WR New Line Jennifer Lopez , Jane Fonda
Unleashed May 13 WR Focus Features Jet Li , Morgan Freeman
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith May 19 WR 20th Century Fox Ewan McGregor , Hayden Christensen , Natalie Portman , Samuel L. Jackson
The Longest Yard May 27 WR Paramount Pictures Adam Sandler , Chris Rock , Burt Reynolds
Madagascar May 27 WR DreamWorks Ben Stiller (voice), Chris Rock (voice), David Schwimmer (voice), Jada Pinkett Smith (voice)
Duma May 31 Warner Brothers
June
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Cinderella Man June 3 WR Universal Pictures Russell Crowe , Renée Zellweger
High Tension June 3 WR Lions Gate Cecile de France
Lords of Dogtown June 3 WR Sony Pictures Heath Ledger , Emile Hirsch
The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl June 10 WR Dimension Films David Arquette , Robert Rodriguez
The Honeymooners June 10 WR Paramount Pictures Cedric the Entertainer
Howl's Moving Castle June 10 Buena Vista
Mr. and Mrs. Smith June 10 WR 20th Century Fox Brad Pitt , Angelina Jolie , Vince Vaughn
Batman Begins June 17 WR Warner Bros. Christian Bale , Katie Holmes , Ken Watanabe , Michael Caine
The Perfect Man June 17 WR Universal Pictures Hilary Duff
Bewitched June 24 WR Screen Gems Nicole Kidman , Will Ferrell , Jason Schwartzman
Herbie: Fully Loaded June 24 WR Disney Lindsay Lohan , Michael Keaton , Breckin Meyer
Land of the Dead June 24 WR Universal Pictures
War of the Worlds June 29 WR Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise , Dakota Fanning , Tim Robbins , Steven Spielberg (director)
July
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Rebound July 1 WR 20th Century Fox Martin Lawrence , Breckin Meyer
Dark Water July 8 WR Buena Vista Jennifer Connelly
Fantastic Four July 8 WR 20th Century Fox Chris Evans , Michael Chiklis , Ioan Gruffudd , Jessica Alba , Julian McMahon , Tim Story (director)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory July 15 WR Warner Bros. Johnny Depp , Freddie Highmore
Hustle & Flow July 15 WR Paramount Pictures Anthony Anderson , Taryn Manning
The Wedding Crashers July 15 WR New Line Owen Wilson
Bad News Bears July 22 WR Paramount Pictures Billy Bob Thornton
The Devil's Rejects July 22 WR Lions Gate Rob Zombie (director)
The Island July 22 WR DreamWorks Ewan McGregor , Scarlett Johansson , Sean Bean
The Brothers Grimm July 29 WR Dimension Films Matt Damon , Heath Ledger , Terry Gilliam (director)
Must Love Dogs July 29 WR Warner Bros. Diane Lane , Dermot Mulroney , John Cusack
Night Watch July 29 Fox Searchlight Pictures
Sky High July 29 WR Buena Vista Kurt Russell , Kelly Preston
Stealth July 29 WR Columbia Pictures Josh Lucas , Jessica Biel , Jamie Foxx
August
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Cry Wolf August 5 WR Focus Features Jared Padalecki
The Dukes of Hazzard August 5 WR Warner Bros. Seann William Scott , Johnny Knoxville , Burt Reynolds , Jessica Simpson
The Pink Panther August 5 WR MGM Steve Martin , Kevin Kline
August 12 WR Columbia Pictures Rob Schneider
Four Brothers August 12 WR Paramount Pictures Mark Wahlberg , Tyrese Darnell Gibson , André 3000
Skeleton Key August 12 WR Universal Pictures Kate Hudson , Peter Sarsgaard , Gena Rowlands
Domino August 19 New Line Keira Knightley , Mena Suvari
Red Eye August 19 WR Dreamworks Rachel McAdams , Cillian Murphy
Romance & Cigarettes August 19 WR James Gandolfini , Susan Sarandon , Kate Winslet , Steve Buscemi , Christopher Walken , Mandy Moore
Valiant August 19 WR Disney animated; voices of: Ewan McGregor , Tim Curry , Jim Broadbent
The Cave August 26 WR Screen Gems
Undiscovered August 26 WR Lions Gate Ashlee Simpson , Carrie Fisher , Shannyn Sossamon
September
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Film Date Studio Other notes
The Transporter 2 September 2 WR 20th Century Fox Jason Statham , Amber Valletta , Corey Yuen (director)
The Man September 9 WR New Line Samuel L. Jackson , Eugene Levy
Just Like Heaven September 16 Dreamworks
Syriana September 16 WR George Clooney , Michelle Monaghan , Matt Damon
2 for the Money September 23 WR Al Pacino , Matthew McConaughey , Rene Russo
Strangers With Candy September 23 WR Warner Independent Pictures Sarah Jessica Parker , Matthew Broderick
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride September 23 WR Warner Bros. animated; Johnny Depp
A History of Violence September 30 WR New Line Viggo Mortensen , Ed Harris , Maria Bello
Into the Blue September 30 WR MGM
Roll Bounce September 30 WR Fox Searchlight
Serenity September 30 WR Universal Pictures
October
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November
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Chicken Little November 4 WR Disney Zach Braff
The Family Stone November 4 WR 20th Century Fox Diane Keaton , Sarah Jessica Parker
V for Vendetta November 4 WR Warner Bros. James Purefoy , Natalie Portman
The New World November 9 WR New Line Colin Farrell , Q'Orianka Kilcher , Christian Bale , Christopher Plummer , David Thewlis , Terrence Malick (director)
Jarhead November 11 WR Universal Pictures Jake Gyllenhaal , Lucas Black , Jamie Foxx
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire November 18 WR Warner Bros. Daniel Radcliffe , Emma Watson , Rupert Grint
Walk the Line November 18 WR 20th Century Fox Joaquin Phoenix , Reese Witherspoon
The 40 Year-Old Virgin November 23 WR Universal Pictures
Zathura November 23 WR Columbia Pictures
December
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Underworld: Evolution December 2 WR Screen Gems Kate Beckinsale , Michael Sheen , Len Wiseman (director)
December 9 WR Disney
Memoirs of a Geisha December 9 WR Sony Ziyi Zhang , Ken Watanabe
King Kong December 14 WR Universal Pictures Naomi Watts , Jack Black , Peter Jackson (director)
All the King's Men December 16 WR Sony Anthony Hopkins , Jude Law , James Gandolfini
Big Momma's House 2 December 16 WR 20th Century Fox Martin Lawrence
Lucky You December 16 WR Warner Bros. Eric Bana , Drew Barrymore , Robert Duvall
Fun with Dick and Jane December 21 WR Columbia Pictures Jim Carrey , Téa Leoni , Alec Baldwin
The Producers December 21 WR Universal Pictures Nathan Lane , Matthew Broderick , Nicole Kidman
Rumor Has It December 21 WR Warner Bros. Jennifer Aniston , Kevin Costner
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Chromophobia
The Chumscrubber
Colour Me Kubrick John Malkovich , Brian W. Cook (director)
Coming Out
Confetti
The Constant Gardener
Country of My Skull
Conversations with Other Women Helena Bonham Carter , Aaron Eckhart
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Nailed Right In
Nanny McPhee
Neverwas Aaron Eckhart
Niagara Motel
The Night
Nine Lives
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Paint
Prime
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