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 2005 in film - Definition 

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

Contents

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) 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).
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.


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 February 6, 2005 (U.S. and Canada), January 30, 2005 (UK) and January 30, 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
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 $211,900,000 June 10 debut March 31 debut N/A
2. The Chorus Miramax $71,192,704 $2,421,128 N/A $82,455
3. White Noise Universal Pictures $65,587,904 $55,146,000 £6,073,393 May 5 debut
4. Kung Fu Hustle Sony Pictures Classics $61,800,000 March 18 debut N/A April 7 debut
5. Coach Carter Paramount Pictures $59,505,000 $59,505,000 February 25 debut April 28 debut
6. Are We There Yet? Columbia Pictures $51,058,000 $51,058,000 March 25 debut N/A
7. Racing Stripes Warner Bros. $45,537,919 $40,514,000 February 4 debut $7,558,709
8. Elektra 20th Century Fox $38,887,511 $23,394,984 £1,303,703 $4,284,991
9. Hide and Seek 20th Century Fox $35,707,000 $35,707,000 February 11 debut February 10 debut
10. Boogeyman Screen Gems $19,500,000 $19,500,000 March 4 debut Spring debut


So far worldwide, one film released in 2005 grossed more than $200 million, reaching blockbuster motion picture status.

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

Deaths

Following is a list of notable deaths in the film industry so far in 2005:

Month Day Who Age Occupation/Accolades
January 9 Gonazalo Gavira 79 Oscar-winning sound effects producer
10 Erwin Hillier 93 Cinematographer
12 Amrish Puri 72 Actor
15 Ruth Warrick 88 Actress
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 Ephraim Kishon 80 Screenwriter, director
February 4 Ossie Davis 87 Actor


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.

‡ 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


Other movies released


Title Release date Studio Other notes
Aliens of the Deep January 28 IMAX Disney James Cameron (director)
Appleseed January 14 Geneon
The Chorus January 14 Miramax
Nobody Knows February 4 IFC Films
Travellers and Magicians January 7 Zeitgeist Films


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

By release date

Release dates:

  • "WR": Wide-release to theaters
  • "IMAX": Relase to IMAX theaters
Film Date Studio Other notes
Hitch February 11 WR Columbia Pictures Will Smith
Pooh's Heffalump Movie February 11 WR Disney
Because of Winn-Dixie February 18 WR 20th Century Fox
Constantine February 18 WR Warner Bros. Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
Schultze Gets the Blues February 18 Paramount Classics
Son of the Mask February 18 WR New Line
Cursed February 25 WR Dimension Films Christina Ricci, Omar Epps, Mandy Moore
Diary of a Mad Black Woman February 25 WR Lions Gate
Man of the House February 25 WR Columbia Pictures
Be Cool March 4 WR MGM John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn
The Pacifier March 4 WR Touchstone Vin Diesel
Hostage March 11 WR Miramax Bruce Willis
Robots March 11 WR 20th Century Fox
The Upside of Anger March 11 WR New Line Kevin Costner, Joan Allen
Ice Princess March 18 WR Touchstone Pictures
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous March 24 WR Warner Bros. Sandra Bullock
The Ring Two March 18 WR DreamWorks Naomi Watts
D.E.B.S. March 25 WR Screen Gems
Sahara March 25 WR Paramount Pictures Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz
Beauty Shop April 1 WR MGM Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Ice Cube
Sin City April 1 WR Dimension Films Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy
The Weather Man April 1 WR Paramount Pictures Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine
Rebound April 8 WR 20th Century Fox Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer
Unleashed April 8 WR Focus Features Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
The Amityville Horror April 15 WR MGM Ryan Reynolds
Fever Pitch April 15 WR 20th Century Fox Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
In Her Shoes April 15 WR 20th Century Fox Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
Valiant April 15 WR Disney animated; voices of: Ewan McGregor, Ben Kingsley, Jim Broadbent
The Interpreter April 22 WR Universal Pictures Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn
A Lot Like Love April 22 WR Touchstone Pictures Ashton Kutcher
Crash April 29 WR Lions Gate Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton
XXX: State of the Union April 29 WR Revolution Studios Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy May 6 WR Touchstone Pictures
House of Wax May 6 WR Warner Bros.
Monster-in-Law May 6 WR New Line Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda
Kicking and Screaming May 13 WR Universal Pictures Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith May 19 WR 20th Century Fox Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman
The Longest Yard May 27 WR Paramount Pictures Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
Madagascar May 27 WR DreamWorks Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Mindhunters May 27 WR Dimension Films Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, LL Cool J
The Cinderella Man June 3 WR Universal Pictures Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger
Herbie: Fully Loaded June 3 WR Disney Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer
High Tension June 3 WR Lions Gate Cecile de France
Howl's Moving Castle (Anime) June 10 WR 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 Dukes of Hazzard June 24 WR Warner Bros.
Fun with Dick and Jane June 24 WR Columbia Pictures Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin
War of the Worlds June 29 WR Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg (director)
Fantastic Four July 1 WR 20th Century Fox Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon, Tim Story (director)
Bewitched July 8 WR Screen Gems Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Jason Schwartzman
Skeleton Key July 8 WR Universal Pictures Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory July 15 WR Warner Bros. Johnny Depp
The Honeymooners July 15 WR Paramount Pictures Cedric the Entertainer
Into the Blue July 15 WR MGM
The Brothers Grimm July 29 WR Dimension Films Matt Damon, Heath Ledger
Doom August 5 WR Universal Pictures Karl Urban (John Grimm, main character), The Rock
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo August 12 WR Columbia Pictures
The Perfect Man August 12 WR Universal Pictures Hilary Duff
Romance & Cigarettes August 19 WR James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore
A Scanner Darkly September 16 WR Warner Independent Pictures Keanu Reeves
Syriana September 16 WR George Clooney, Michelle Monaghan, Matt Damon
The Pink Panther September 23 WR MGM Steve Martin, Kevin Kline
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride September 23 WR Warner Bros. animated; Johnny Depp
Serenity September 30 WR Universal Pictures
Waiting October 7 WR Lions Gate Ryan Reynolds
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit October 7 WR DreamWorks animation
The Fog October 14 WR Revolution Studios
Land of the Dead October 21 WR Universal Pictures
Chicken Little November 4 WR Disney Zach Braff
Legend of Zorro November 4 WR Columbia Pictures Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
The New World November 9 WR New Line Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, 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
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe December 9 WR Disney
Underworld: Evolution December 9 WR Screen Gems Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Len Wiseman (director)
King Kong December 14 WR Universal Pictures Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Peter Jackson (director)
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


No release date

#-G

Release dates:

  • "WR": Wide-release to theaters
  • "IMAX": Relase to IMAX theaters
Title Distributor Other notes
2001 Maniacs
7 Seconds Wesley Snipes
88 Minutes Al Pacino
Accidental Husband Uma Thurman, Brendan Fraser
Aftershock
All the King's Men
Angel and Her No Good Sister
Ask the Dust Colin Farrell
Astro Boy
The Ballad of Bettie Page
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Bandidas Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek
The Baxter
Bionicle
The Black Dahlia directed by Brian De Palma
The Bob and Larry Movie
Breakfast on Pluto
Burden Aaron Eckhart
Cats & Dogs 2: Tinkles' Revenge
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
The Dark Sean Bean
Delgo
The Devil's Rejects Rob Zombie (director)
Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat
Domino Keira Knightley
Dot
Down in the Valley
Dreamland
Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might
Edison Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Spacey
Eighteen
Elizabethtown
Emperor Zehnder
Every Word Is True
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Fahrenheit 451
The Fast and the Furious 3
Flightplan Jodie Foster, Sean Bean
The Fly
Foodfight!
The Fountain
Gray Matters
The Green Hornet


H-N

Release dates:

  • "WR": Wide-release to theaters
  • "IMAX": Relase to IMAX theaters
Title Distributor Other notes
Halloween: Retribution
The Island
John Doe Wesley Snipes
Johnny Bravo Dwayne Johnson
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Klimt John Malkovich, Laetitia Casta
The Legend of Lucy Keyes
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Little Athens
Living Neon Dreams Marilyn Manson
The Long Green Shore
Lord of War Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland
Lords of Dogtown
Lovewrecked
The Man from London
Man-Thing
Manderlay
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mortal Kombat: Devastation
Motherless Brooklyn Edward Norton
Mrs. Harris
Murphy's Law
Nanny McPhee
Neverwas Aaron Eckhart
Niagara Motel
The Night
Nine Lives


P-Z

Release dates:

  • "WR": Wide-release to theaters
  • "IMAX": Relase to IMAX theaters
Title Distributor Other notes
Paint
Prime
Rent
Revolver Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie (director)
The Ringer
Running Scared
Rush Hour 3
Safety Glass Mandy Moore
Santa's Slay Bill Goldberg
Sicko
Singularity
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Smoker
A Sound of Thunder
Sprung! The Magic Roundabout
Spy-Hunter
The Squid and the Whale
Stay Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts
Stealth
Strangers with Candy
Thank You for Smoking Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Robert Duvall, Katie Holmes
Thumbsucker
The Transporter 2 Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Corey Yuen (director)
Tripoli
Tristram Shandy
Ultraviolet
Wah-Wah Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson
Wannabe
The Wedding Crashers Owen Wilson
The Wendel Baker Story Owen Wilson
Where the Truth Lies
Where's Waldo?
The White Rose


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)



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