2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the year's top-grossing film, and Crash won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2005 by worldwide gross are as follows:
+ Highest-grossing films of 2005 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. $895,921,036 2 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox $849,997,605 3 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Walt Disney Pictures $745,013,115 4 War of the Worlds Paramount / DreamWorks $603,873,119 5 King KongUniversal $556,906,378 6 MadagascarDreamWorks $542,063,846 7 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 20th Century Fox $487,287,646 8 Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryWarner Bros. $474,968,763 9 Batman Begins $373,443,774 10 Hitch Sony / Columbia $371,594,210
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. 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). 11 The romantic comedy Hitch, starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes, is released in theaters. The film was a surprise success and later became the 10th highest-grossing film of the year. 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 19 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 top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2 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. 15 After an 8-year absence from cinema screens, the Batman films are rebooted with Batman Begins, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman. 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.September 2 The highly acclaimed Brokeback Mountain premieres at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival. October 14 It is announced that Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond in the forthcoming Casino Royale. December 11 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. 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.King Kong, starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody, is theatrically released. It later went on to gross $556 million worldwide and become the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year.
Awards Category/Organization 11th Critics' Choice AwardsJanuary 9, 2006 63rd Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 16, 2006 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 59th BAFTA AwardsFebruary 19, 2006 78th Academy AwardsMarch 5, 2006 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Brokeback Mountain Walk the Line Brokeback Mountain Crash Best Director Ang LeeBrokeback Mountain Best Actor Philip Seymour HoffmanCapote Joaquin PhoenixWalk the Line Philip Seymour HoffmanCapote Best Actress Reese WitherspoonWalk the Line Felicity HuffmanTransamerica Reese WitherspoonWalk the Line Best Supporting Actor Paul GiamattiCinderella Man George ClooneySyriana Paul GiamattiCinderella Man Jake GyllenhaalBrokeback Mountain George ClooneySyriana Best Supporting Actress Amy AdamsJunebugMichelle WilliamsBrokeback Mountain Rachel WeiszThe Constant Gardener Thandiwe NewtonCrash Rachel WeiszThe Constant Gardener Best Screenplay, Adapted Paul Haggis and Robert MorescoCrash Larry McMurtry and Diana OssanaBrokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry and Diana OssanaBrokeback Mountain Best Screenplay, Original Paul Haggis and Robert MorescoCrash Best Animated Film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit N/AN/A Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit N/A Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Best Original Score Memoirs of a GeishaJohn Williams N/A Memoirs of a GeishaJohn Williams Brokeback MountainGustavo Santaolalla Best Original Song "Hustle & Flow (It Ain't Over)"Hustle & Flow "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"Brokeback Mountain N/AN/A "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp"Hustle & Flow Best Foreign Language Film Kung Fu Hustle Paradise Now N/A The Beat That My Heart Skipped Tsotsi Best Documentary March of the Penguins N/AN/AN/AN/A March of the Penguins
Palme d'Or (58th Cannes Film Festival): L'Enfant, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium
Golden Lion (62nd Venice International Film Festival): Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan
Golden Bear (55th Berlin International Film Festival): U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, directed by Mark Dornford-May, South Africa
2005 films By country/region List of American films of 2005 List of Argentine films of 2005 List of Australian films of 2005 List of Bangladeshi films of 2005 List of Brazilian films of 2005 List of British films of 2005 List of Chinese films of 2005 List of Canadian films of 2005 List of Dutch films of 2005 List of French films of 2005 List of German films of the 2000s List of Hong Kong films of 2005 List of Indian films of 2005 List of Bengali films of 2005 List of Bollywood films of 2005 List of Kannada films of 2005 List of Malayalam films of 2005 List of Tamil films of 2005 List of Telugu films of 2005 List of Italian films of 2005 List of Japanese films of 2005 List of Mexican films of 2005 List of Pakistani films of 2005 List of Russian films of 2005 List of South Korean films of 2005 List of Spanish films of 2005
By genre/medium List of action films of 2005 List of animated feature films of 2005 List of avant-garde films of 2005 List of crime films of 2005 List of comedy films of 2005 List of drama films of 2005 List of horror films of 2005 List of science fiction films of 2005 List of thriller films of 2005 List of western films of 2005
Births January 4 – Dafne Keen, Spanish-English actress January 11 – Teo Briones, American actor and musician January 25 – Avantika Vandanapu, American actress February 23 – Arica Himmel, American actress February 25 – Noah Jupe, English actor March 3 – Miles Caton, American musician and actor March 14 – Oscar Curtis, British actor April 5 – Bleu Landau, English actor April 13 – Brandon Severs, American actor April 29 – Shahadi Wright Joseph, American actress, singer and dancer May 3 – Maxwell Jenkins, American actor May 19 – Jack Gore, American actor May 13 – Tristan Pravong, American actor June 6 – Soma Santoki, Japanese actor June 18 – Kane Parsons, American YouTuber, filmmaker, VFX artist and musician July 20 – Alison Fernandez, American actress July 25 – Pierce Gagnon, American actor August 10 – Sunny Suljic, American actor August 18 – Brady Hepner, American actor August 30 – Sophia Valverde, Brazilian actress September 20 – Jason Drucker, American actor October 1 – Rosalie Chiang, American actress October 7 – Lulu Wilson, American actress October 31 – Dixie Egerickx, English actress November 18 – Lia McHugh, American actress December 16 – Owen Vaccaro, American actor December 30 – Brady Noon, American actor Joseph Zada, Australian actor
Deaths