2005 in film
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The year 2005 saw the release of many significant and successful films. The highest-grossing films of this year are listed below, as well as a complete list of every film released this year.
Highest-grossing films
Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
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1. | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Warner Bros. | $895,911,078 |
2. | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Fox / Lucasfilm | $848,754,768 |
3. | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Disney | $745,013,115 |
4. | War of the Worlds | Paramount / DreamWorks | $591,745,540 |
5. | King Kong | Universal | $550,517,357 |
6. | Madagascar | DreamWorks | $532,680,671 |
7. | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 20th Century Fox | $478,207,520 |
8. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Warner Bros | $474,968,763 |
9. | Batman Begins | $374,218,673 | |
10. | Hitch | Columbia | $368,100,420 |
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), The 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, even though the latter wasn't nominated for worst picture. 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. | |
March | 13 | 10th Empire Awards: The Bourne Supremacy wins the awards for Best Film and Best Actor for Matt Damon. |
May | 20 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with US$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 | 4 | The 2005 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. |
21 | The American Film Institute holds its 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. The greatest film 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. |
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. | |
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. | ||
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. | |
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. |
Awards
2005 Films
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
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
Notable deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 2 | C. M. Pennington-Richards | 93 | UK | Producer | |
5 | Gabrielle Daye | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
8 | Aksella Luts | 99 | Estonia | Actress, Screenwriter | Noored kotkad | |
9 | Gonzalo Gavira | 79 | Mexico | Sound Technician | ||
11 | Thelma White | 94 | USA | Actress | ||
12 | Amrish Puri | 72 | India | Actor | ||
15 | Ruth Warrick | 88 | USA | Actress | ||
15 | Dan Lee | 35 | Canada | Animator | ||
17 | Virginia Mayo | 84 | USA | Actress | ||
18 | Lamont Bentley | 31 | USA | Actor | The Wash | |
20 | Parveen Babi | 55 | India | Actress | ||
21 | Steve Susskind | 62 | USA | Actor | ||
22 | Patsy Rowlands | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
February | 1 | John Vernon | 72 | Canada | Actor | |
4 | Ossie Davis | 87 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
10 | Arthur Miller | 89 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
12 | Brian Kelly | 73 | USA | Actor | Around the World Under the Sea | |
13 | Harry Baird | 73 | UK | Actor, Miscellaneous | ||
14 | Otto Plaschkes | 75 | Austria | Producer | ||
16 | Nicole DeHuff | 30 | USA | Actress | ||
17 | Peter Foy | 79 | UK | Special Effects Artist | ||
17 | Dan O'Herlihy | 85 | Ireland | Actor | ||
26 | Sandra Dee | 62 | USA | Actress | ||
March | 3 | Guylaine St-Onge | 39 | USA | Actress | |
5 | Morris Engel | 84 | USA | Director, Cinematographer | ||
5 | Tony Romano | 89 | USA | Actor, Soundtrack, Composer | ||
6 | Teresa Wright | 86 | USA | Actress | ||
7 | John Box | 85 | UK | Production Designer, Art Director | ||
7 | Debra Hill | 54 | USA | Screenwriter, Producer, Actress | ||
9 | Sheila Gish | 62 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Barney Martin | 82 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Mitch Hedberg | 37 | USA | Actor | ||
April | 5 | Debralee Scott | 52 | USA | Actress | |
11 | John Bennett | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Margaretta Scott | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
16 | Kay Walsh | 94 | Latvia | Actress | ||
19 | George P. Cosmatos | 64 | Italy | Director | ||
19 | Ruth Hussey | 90 | USA | Actress | ||
21 | Jimmy Thompson | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | Norman Bird | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | John Mills | 97 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Mason Adams | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
26 | Maria Schell | 79 | Austria | Actress | ||
May | 5 | Elizabeth Fraser | 85 | USA | Actress | |
5 | June MacCloy | 95 | USA | Actress | ||
16 | Joe Grant | 96 | USA | Animator, Screenwriter | ||
16 | June Lang | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
17 | Frank Gorshin | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
19 | Henry Corden | 85 | Canada | Actor, Voice of Fred Flintstone | ||
20 | J. D. Cannon | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Stephen Elliott | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Howard Morris | 85 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
22 | Thurl Ravenscroft | 91 | USA | Singer, Actor | ||
25 | Ismail Merchant | 68 | India | Producer | ||
26 | Eddie Albert | 99 | USA | Actor | ||
June | 1 | Geoffrey Toone | 94 | Ireland | Actor | |
2 | Vittorio Duse | 89 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
3 | Michael Billington | 63 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
3 | Leon Askin | 97 | Austria | Actor, Writer | ||
3 | Harrison Young | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
4 | Lorna Thayer | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
6 | Anne Bancroft | 73 | USA | Actress | ||
8 | Ed Bishop | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | Ron Randell | 86 | Australia | Actor | ||
13 | Jonathan Adams | 69 | USA | Actor | ||
13 | Lane Smith | 69 | USA | Actor | ||
24 | Paul Winchell | 82 | USA | Actor, Voice of Tigger | ||
25 | John Fiedler | 80 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Bruce Malmuth | 71 | USA | Director, Actor | ||
July | 1 | Luther Vandross | 54 | USA | Actor, Singer | The Meteor Man |
2 | Ernest Lehman | 89 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
3 | Alberto Lattuada | 90 | Italy | Director | ||
10 | Freddy Soto | 35 | USA | Actor, Comedian | ||
11 | Frances Langford | 92 | USA | Actress, Singer | ||
12 | Scott Paul | 24 | USA | Actor | Wyatt Earp | |
17 | Gavin Lambert | 80 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Edward Bunker | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
20 | James Doohan | 85 | Canada | Actor | ||
21 | Long John Baldry | 64 | Canada | Actor, Singer | Up the Chastity Belt | |
22 | George Wallace | 88 | USA | Actor | ||
25 | Ford Rainey | 96 | USA | Actor | ||
25 | Alf Joint | 77 | UK | Stuntman, Actor, Miscellaneous | ||
25 | David Jackson | 71 | UK | Actor | 10 Rillington Place | |
26 | Alexander Golitzen | 87 | Russia | Art Director | ||
27 | Tungia Baker | 63 | New Zealand | Actress | The Piano | |
29 | Pat McCormick | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
August | 4 | Ileen Getz | 43 | USA | Actress | |
8 | Barbara Bel Geddes | 82 | USA | Actress | ||
9 | Dorris Bowdon | 90 | USA | Actress | ||
9 | Stanley DeSantis | 51 | USA | Actor | ||
9 | Matthew McGrory | 32 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | James Booth | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Herta Ware | 88 | USA | Actress | ||
16 | Joe Ranft | 45 | USA | Animator, Voice Actor | ||
16 | Tonino Delli Colli | 81 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
23 | Brock Peters | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
25 | Terence Morgan | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | Michael Sheard | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
September | ? | Irene Sunters | 77 | UK | Actress | The Wicker Man |
2 | Bob Denver | 70 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Ronald Leigh-Hunt | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Robert Wise | 91 | USA | Director, Film Editor | ||
15 | Sidney Luft | 89 | USA | Producer | ||
20 | Gordon Carroll | 77 | USA | Producer, Miscellaneous | ||
23 | Roger Brierley | 70 | UK | Actor, Soundtrack, Composer | ||
25 | Don Adams | 82 | USA | Actor | ||
October | 2 | Hamilton Camp | 70 | UK | Actor | |
2 | Nipsey Russell | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
3 | Ronnie Barker | 76 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
7 | Charles Rocket | 56 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | Sergio Citti | 72 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Mildred Shay | 94 | USA | Actress | ||
15 | Rik Van Nutter | 76 | USA | Actor | Thunderball | |
16 | John Larch | 91 | USA | Actor | ||
16 | Ursula Howells | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
18 | John Hollis | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | William Hootkins | 57 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | Barbara Keogh | 76 | UK | Actress | ||
29 | Lloyd Bochner | 81 | Canada | Actor | ||
November | 2 | Jean Carson | 82 | USA | Actress | |
3 | Geoffrey Keen | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
4 | Sheree North | 85 | USA | Actress | ||
11 | Keith Andes | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | Pamela Duncan | 80 | USA | Actress | ||
15 | Agenore Incrocci | 86 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
20 | Nora Denney | 78 | USA | Actress | ||
20 | Harold J. Stone | 94 | USA | Actor | ||
24 | Pat Morita | 73 | USA | Actor | ||
27 | Marc Lawrence | 95 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Macon McCalman | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Wendie Jo Sperber | 47 | USA | Actress | ||
29 | Joseph Furst | 89 | Australia | Actor | ||
30 | Jean Parker | 90 | USA | Actress | ||
December | 1 | Jack Colvin | 71 | USA | Actor | |
4 | Gregg Hoffman | 42 | USA | Producer | ||
7 | Adrian Biddle | 53 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
10 | Richard Pryor | 65 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Robert Newmyer | 49 | USA | Producer | ||
16 | John Spencer | 58 | USA | Actor | ||
19 | Don McKillop | 76 | Spain | Actor | ||
20 | Argentina Brunetti | 98 | Argentina | Actress | ||
25 | Roy Stuart | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
26 | Vincent Schiavelli | 57 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | Patrick Cranshaw | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | Richard De Angelis | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
Notes
- ↑ "2005 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
External links
- Internet Movie Database - Release dates for movies scheduled for release in 2005 in various countries:
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