saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.
, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005. The top ten films of 2005, by worldwide gross in
, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
in history. Three other films,
| Month | Day | Event
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| 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.
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| 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).
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| 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").
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| 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).
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| 22 | The Producers Guild of America picks The Aviator as its choice for best picture of 2004.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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).
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| 12 | BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Imelda Staunton, Best Actress, Jamie Foxx, Best Actor and The Aviator, Best Film.
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| 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.
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| 27 | 77th Academy Awards: Million Dollar Baby wins the awards for Best Picture and Best Director.
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| 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 2s top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2's top single day record of $44.8 million.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| October
| 14 | It is announced that Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond in the forthcoming Casino Royale.
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films
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| January
| 9 | Gonzalo Gavira | 79 | | Sound technician | The Exorcist • The Towering Inferno • El Topo • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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| 10 | Erwin Hillier | 93 | | Cinematographer | The Silver Fleet • A Canterbury Tale • I Know Where I'm Going! • London Tower • The Dam Busters
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| 11 | Thelma White | 94 | | Actress | Reefer Madness • Two in the Dark • The Moon's Our Home
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| 12 | Amrish Puri | 72 | | Actor | Mr. India • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom • Gandhi
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| Sal Pacino | 82 | | Actor | I soldati • No Rules • Younger and Younger
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| 14 | Ofelia Guilmain | 83 | | Actress | The Exterminating Angel • El hombre y el monstruo • Nazarín
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| 15 | Ruth Warrick | 89 | | Actress | Citizen Kane • Song of the South • Mr. Winkle Goes to War • Journey into Fear • Forever and a Day
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| Dan Lee | 35 | | Animator | Toy Story 2 • A Bug's Life • Monsters, Inc. • Ratatouille
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| 17 | Virginia Mayo | 84 | | Actress | The Best Years of Our Lives • White Heat • Wonder Man • The Kid from Brooklyn • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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| 18 | Lamont Bentley | 31 | | Actor | The Tenants • The Wash • The Breaks • Tales from the Hood
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| 21 | Parveen Babi | 49 | | Actress | Deewaar • Namak Halaal • Amar Akbar Anthony • Shaan
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| 22 | Patsy Rowlands | 71 | | Actress | Carry On series
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| 23 | Mutsuko Sakura | 83 | | Actress | Chichi Koishi • Floating Weeds
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| 26 | Rudi Falkenhagen | 71 | | Actor | The Polish Bride • Lifespan
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| February
| 1 | John Vernon | 72 | | Actor | Dirty Harry • National Lampoon's Animal House • Point Blank
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| 4 | Ossie Davis | 87 | | Actor | Do the Right Thing • The Hill • Jungle Fever
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| 10 | Arthur Miller | 89 | | Screenwriter | The Crucible • The Misfits • Everybody Wins
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| Humbert Balsan | 50 | | Producer | Manderlay • Divine Intervention • Le Grand Voyage • Adieu Bonaparte
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| 11 | Raymond Hermantier | 81 | | Actor | Coup de Torchon • Sous le ciel de Paris
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| 12 | Brian Kelly | 73 | | Actor, producer | Around the World Under the Sea
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| 14 | Otto Plaschkes | 75 | | Producer | Georgy Girl • Hopscotch
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| 16 | Gerry Wolff | 84 | | Actor | Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam
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| Nicole DeHuff | 30 | | Actress | Meet the Parents • See Arnold Run • Unbeatable Harold
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| 17 | Dan O'Herlihy | 85 | | Actor | RoboCop • RoboCop 2 • Roginson Crusoe • Invasion U.S.A. • Macbeth
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| Peter Foy | 79 | | Special effects | Fantastic Voyage • The Wiz
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| 19 | Kihachi Okamoto | 82 | | Director | Samurai Assassin • Rainbow Kids • The Sword of Doom • Kill! • The Human Bullet
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| 20 | Sandra Dee | 62 | | Actress | Imitation of Life • Until They Sail • Gidget • A Summer Place • Tammy and the Bachelor
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| 22 | Simone Simon | 94 | | Actress | The Devil and Daniel Webster • Cat People • The Curse of the Cat People • La Bête Humaine
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| Lee Eun-ju | 24 | | Actress | Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors • Lovers' Concerto • Taegukgi • The Scarlet Letter
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| March
| 4 | Guylaine St-Onge | 39 | | Actress | Angel Eyes • Highwaymen • No Exit
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| 5 | Morris Engel | 86 | | Director, cinematographer | Little Fugitive • Lovers and Lollipops
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| 6 | Teresa Wright | 86 | | Actress | The Little Foxes • The Pride of the Yankees • Shadow of a Doubt • The Best Years of Our Lives • The Men
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| 7 | Debra Hill | 54 | | Screenwriter, producer | Halloween • Halloween II • The Fog
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| John Box | 85 | | Production designer, art director | Lawrence of Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • Oliver! • Nicholas and Alexandra • Travels with My Aunt
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| 22 | Gemini Ganesan | 84 | | Actor | Rudraveena • Avvai Shanmughi • Naan Avanillai • Avvaiyyar • Parthiban Kanavu
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| 23 | David Kossoff | 85 | | Actor | A Kid for Two Farthings • The Bespoke Overcoat • The Mouse That Roared
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| April
| 16 | Kay Walsh | 90 | | Actress | In Which We Serve • The Happy Breed • Pygmalion • Great Expectations • Oliver Twist
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| 19 | George Pan Cosmatos | 64 | | Director | Escape to Athena • Massacre in Rome • The Cassandra Crossing • Tombstone
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| Ruth Hussey | 93 | | Actress | The Philadelphia Story • H. M. Pulham, Esq. • Tennessee Johnson • The Uninvited • The Great Gatsby
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| 23 | John Mills | 97 | | Actor | In Which We Serve • Great Expectations • Scott of the Antarctic • Ryan's Daughter
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| 26 | Maria Schell | 79 | | Actress | Gervaise • The Heart of the Matter • The Hanging Tree • Superman
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| Mason Adams | 86 | | Actor | Omen III: The Final Conflict • Houseguest • Son in Law • F/X • God Told Me To
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| May
| 5 | Elisabeth Fraser | 85 | | Actress | A Patch of Blue • The Man Who Came to Dinner • All My Sons • Roseanna McCoy • So Big
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| June MacCloy | 95 | | Actress | June Moon • Go West
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| 16 | June Lang | 88 | | Actress | Bonnie Scotland • Wee Willie Winkie • Stage Door Canteen
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| 17 | Frank Gorshin | 72 | | Actor | Bells Are Ringing • Between Heaven and Hell • Where the Boys Are • Skidoo
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| 21 | Subodh Mukherjee | 84 | | Director, producer | Munimji • Paying Guest • Junglee • Abhinetri • Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera
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| 22 | Thurl Ravenscroft | 91 | | Voice actor | Alice in Wonderland • One Hundred and One Dalmatians • The Sword in the Stone • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
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| 25 | Ismail Merchant | 68 | | Producer | The Householder • A Room with a View • Howards End
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| Sunil Dutt | 75 | | Actor, producer, director | Mother India • Sadhna • Gumrah • Yaadein • Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye
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| 26 | Eddie Albert | 99 | | Actor | Roman Holiday • The Heartbreak Kid • Brother Rat
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| June
| 6 | Anne Bancroft | 73 | | Actress | The Graduate • The Miracle Worker • The Pumpkin Eater • 7 Women • The Turning Point
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| 8 | Ed Bishop | 72 | | Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey • Saturn 3 • Twilight's Last Gleaming • The Mouse on the Moon
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| 24 | Paul Winchell | 82 | | Voice actor | Winnie-the-Pooh series • The Aristocats • The Fox and the Hound
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| 25 | John Fiedler | 80 | | Actor | 12 Angry Men • Winnie-the-Pooh series • A Raisin in the Sun • The Odd Couple
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| July
| 2 | Ernest Lehman | 89 | | Screenwriter | The Sound of Music • North by Northwest • Sweet Smell of Success • Executive Suite
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| 4 | June Haver | 79 | | Actress | The Dolly Sisters • Where Do We Go from Here? • The Gang's All Here • Home in Indiana
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| 11 | Frances Langford | 92 | | Actress | Broadway Melody of 1936 • Born to Dance • Yankee Doodle Dandy
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| 17 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | 91 | | Actress | The Mill on the Floss • Dark Victory • Wuthering Heights • The Gay Sisters
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| Gavin Lambert | 80 | | Screenwriter | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone • Sons and Lovers • Interval
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| 19 | Edward Bunker | 71 | | Actor, screenwriter | Animal Factory • Straight Time
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| 20 | James Doohan | 85 | | Actor | Star Trek series
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| August
| 8 | Barbara Bel Geddes | 82 | | Actress | Vertigo • The Long Night • I Remember Mama • The Five Pennies
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| 9 | Dorris Bowdon | 90 | | Actress | The Grapes of Wrath • Drums Along the Mohawk • Young Mr. Lincoln
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| Matthew McGrory | 32 | | Actor | Bubble Boy • Big Fish • House of 1000 Corpses • The Devil's Rejects
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| 11 | James Booth | 77 | | Actor, screenwriter | Zulu • The Trials of Oscar Wilde • Sparrers Can't Sing • The Secret of My Success • Robbery
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| 16 | Joe Ranft | 45 | | Voice actor, storyboard artist | Toy Story • A Bug's Life • Finding Nemo • Cars
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| 23 | Brock Peters | 78 | | Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird • The L-Shaped Room
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| 25 | Terence Morgan | 83 | | Actor | Hamlet • • The Shakedown
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| 28 | Jacques Dufilho | 91 | | Actor | War of the Buttons • Cher Victor • Le Crabe-tambour • Black and White in Color • Love in a Hot Climate
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| 31 | Michael Sheard | 65 | | Actor | Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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| September
| 2 | Bob Denver | 70 | | Actor | Who's Minding the Mint? • Back to the Beach • Take Her, She's Mine • High School U.S.A.
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| 3 | Ekkehard Schall | 75 | | Actor, director | Mother Courage and Her Children
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| 14 | Robert Wise | 91 | | Director, producer, editor | Citizen Kane • The Sound of Music • West Side Story • The Day the Earth Stood Still • The Body Snatcher
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| 16 | Constance Moore | 85 | | Actress | Buck Rogers
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| 18 | Joel Hirschhorn | 67 | | Songwriter | The Poseidon Adventure • The Towering Inferno • Pete's Dragon
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| Richard E. Cunha | 84 | | Director, cinematographer | Giant from the Unknown • Missile to the Moon • Frankenstein's Daughter
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| 23 | Lord Brabourne | 80 | | Producer | A Passage to India • Harry Black • Murder on the Orient Express • Death on the Nile • Sink the Bismarck!
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| 25 | Don Adams | 82 | | Actor | Inspector Gadget • Get Smart, Again! • Back to the Beach
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| 27 | Jerry Juhl | 67 | | Screenwriter | The Muppet Movie • Muppets from Space • Muppet Treasure Island • The Muppet Christmas Carol • The Great Muppet Caper
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| October
| 11 | Jan Holden | 74 | | Actress | Work Is a Four-Letter Word • The Haunted House of Horror
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| 15 | Mildred Shay | 94 | | Actress | Roman Scandals • Grand Hotel • The Great Gatsby
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| 23 | William Hootkins | 57 | | Actor | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope • Batman • Raiders of the Lost Ark • Hardware • Hear My Song
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| 29 | Lloyd Bochner | 81 | | Actor | Point Blank • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear • Harlow
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| November
| 3 | Geoffrey Keen | 89 | | Actor | Odd Man Out • The Fallen Idol • The Third Man • Chance of a Lifetime • Millions Like Us
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| 4 | Sheree North | 72 | | Actress | Living It Up • Charley Varrick • The Shootist
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| 11 | Moustapha Akkad | 75 | | Producer, director | Halloween series • Mohammad, Messenger of God • Lion of the Desert
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| 23 | Constance Cummings | 95 | | Actress | Movie Crazy • Night After Night • The Criminal Code • The Foreman Went to France • The Battle of the Sexes
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| 24 | Pat Morita | 73 | | Actor | The Karate Kid
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| 28 | Marc Lawrence | 95 | | Actor | Diamonds Are Forever • The Man with the Golden Gun
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| 29 | Wendie Jo Sperber | 47 | | Actress | I Wanna Hold Your Hand • Bachelor Party • Back to the Future
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| 30 | Jean Parker | 90 | | Actress | Little Women • Lady for a Day • Dead Man's Eyes • The Gunfighter • Black Tuesday
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| December
| 1 | Mary Hayley Bell | 94 | | Actress, writer | The Shrike • The Big Freeze • Whistle Down the Wind
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| 4 | Gregg Hoffman | 42 | | Producer | Saw series • Only You • George of the Jungle 2
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| 7 | Adrian Biddle | 53 | | Cinematographer | Aliens • Thelma & Louise • The Butcher Boy • V for Vendetta
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| Annette Vadim | 72 | | Actress | Les liaisons dangereuses • Testament of Orpheus • Blood and Roses • Lo scippo
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| 10 | Richard Pryor | 65 | | Actor | Silver Streak • Blue Collar • Superman III
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| 16 | John Spencer | 58 | | Actor | The Negotiator • The Rock • Cop Land • Ravenous • Albino Alligator
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| 26 | Vincent Schiavelli | 57 | | Actor | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Fast Times at Ridgemont High • Better Off Dead • Batman Returns • Tomorrow Never Dies
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, 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.
"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
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| Sin City | Dimension Films | Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Jaime King, Rutger Hauer
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| 8
| Fever Pitch | 20th Century Fox | Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
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| Kung Fu Hustle ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah
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| Sahara | Paramount Pictures | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz
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| 15
| The Amityville Horror | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Rachel Nichols
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| 22
| The Interpreter | Universal Studios | Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener
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| King's Ransom | New Line Cinema | Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Regina Hall
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| A Lot Like Love | Touchstone Pictures | Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Kal Penn
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| 29
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Touchstone Pictures | Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
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| XXX: State of the Union | Revolution Studios | Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe
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| Crash | Lions Gate Entertainment | Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillippe, Ludacris, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard
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| House of Wax | Warner Bros. | Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray
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| Kingdom of Heaven | 20th Century Fox | Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Edward Norton, Marton Csokas, Ridley Scott (director)
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| 13
| Kicking & Screaming | Universal Studios | Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall
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| Mindhunters | Dimension Films | Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, LL Cool J
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| Monster-in-Law | New Line Cinema | Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda
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| Unleashed | Focus Features | Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
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| 19
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz, Samuel L. Jackson
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| 27
| The Longest Yard | Paramount Pictures | Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
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| Madagascar | DreamWorks | Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter
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| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Warner Bros. | Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera
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| 3
| Cinderella Man | Universal Studios | Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti
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| Lords of Dogtown | Columbia Pictures | Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson, Johnny Knoxville, Rebecca De Mornay
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| 10
| The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl | Dimension Films | David Arquette, Robert Rodríguez
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| High Tension | Lions Gate Entertainment | Cécile de France
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| The Honeymooners | Paramount Pictures | Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, John Leguizamo
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| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 20th Century Fox | Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn
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| 15
| Batman Begins | Warner Bros. | Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson
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| 17
| The Perfect Man | Universal Studios | Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear
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| 22
| Herbie: Fully Loaded | Walt Disney Pictures | Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer
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| 24
| Bewitched | Screen Gems | Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Jason Schwartzman
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| Land of the Dead | Universal Studios | Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, George A. Romero (director)
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| March of the Penguins ‡ | Warner Independent Pictures | Morgan Freeman, Amitabh Bachchan
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| 29
| War of the Worlds | Paramount Pictures | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg (director)
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| Rebound | 20th Century Fox | Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer
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| 8
| Dark Water | Buena Vista Distribution | Jennifer Connelly
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| Fantastic Four | 20th Century Fox | Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon
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| 15
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Warner Bros. | Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter
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| Wedding Crashers | New Line Cinema | Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn
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| 22
| Bad News Bears | Paramount Pictures | Billy Bob Thornton
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| The Devil's Rejects | Lions Gate Entertainment | Rob Zombie (director)
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| Hustle & Flow | Paramount Pictures | Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning
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| The Island | DreamWorks | Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean
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| 29
| Must Love Dogs | Warner Bros. | Diane Lane, Dermot Mulroney, John Cusack
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| Sky High | Walt Disney Pictures | Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley
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| Stealth | Columbia Pictures | Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
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| The Dukes of Hazzard | Warner Bros. | Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson
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| 12
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Columbia Pictures | Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin
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| Four Brothers | Paramount Pictures | Mark Wahlberg, André 3000, Tyrese Gibson, Garrett Hedlund
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| The Great Raid | Miramax Films | Benjamin Bratt, James Franco
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| The Skeleton Key | Universal Studios | Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands
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| 17
| Supercross | 20th Century Fox | Daryl Hannah, Mike Vogel, Robert Patrick
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| 19
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Universal Studios | Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
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| Red Eye | Dreamworks | Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
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| Valiant | Walt Disney Pictures | Ewan McGregor, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent
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| 26
| The Brothers Grimm | Dimension Films | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam (director)
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| The Cave | Screen Gems | Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian
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| Undiscovered | Lions Gate Entertainment | Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon
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| The Constant Gardener | Focus Features | Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
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| A Sound of Thunder | Warner Brothers | Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Edward Burns
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| Transporter 2 | 20th Century Fox | Jason Statham, François Berléand, Amber Valletta, Louis Leterrier (director)
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| Underclassman | Miramax Films | Nick Cannon, Cheech Marin, Roselyn Sanchez
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| 9
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Screen Gems | Laura Linney, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter
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| The Man | New Line Cinema | Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy
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| An Unfinished Life ‡ | Miramax Films | Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez
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| 16
| Corpse Bride ‡ | Warner Bros. | Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter (voices)
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| Cry Wolf | Rogue Pictures | Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki
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| Just Like Heaven | Dreamworks | Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Heder
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| Lord of War | Lions Gate Entertainment | Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright
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| 23
| Flightplan | Touchstone Pictures | Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard, Marlene Lawston
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| A History of Violence ‡ | New Line Cinema | Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello
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| Oliver Twist ‡ | R.P. Productions | Ben Kingsley
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| Roll Bounce | Fox Searchlight | Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Meagan Good
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| Capote ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener
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| The Greatest Game Ever Played | Walt Disney Pictures | Shia LaBeouf, Bill Paxton (director)
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| Into the Blue | Columbia Pictures | Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Ashley Scott
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| Serenity | Universal Studios | Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin
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| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | DreamWorks | Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter
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| Good Night, and Good Luck ‡ | Warner Independent Pictures | George Clooney
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| The Gospel | Screen Gems | Boris Kodjoe, Clifton Powell, Yolanda Adams
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| In Her Shoes | 20th Century Fox | Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
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| Two for the Money | Universal Studios | Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo
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| Waiting... | Lions Gate Entertainment | Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long
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| 14
| Domino | New Line Cinema | Keira Knightley, Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke
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| Elizabethtown | Paramount Pictures | Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon
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| The Fog | Revolution Studios | Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair
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| 21
| Doom | Universal Studios | Karl Urban, The Rock, Rosamund Pike
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| Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | DreamWorks | Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson
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| Kids in America | Slowhand Cinema | Gregory Smith
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| North Country | Warner Bros. | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand
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| Stay | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
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| 28
| The Legend of Zorro | Columbia Pictures | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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| Prime | Universal Studios | Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman
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| Saw II | Lions Gate Entertainment | Donnie Wahlberg
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| The Weather Man | Paramount Pictures | Nicolas Cage, Hope Davis, Michael Caine
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| Chicken Little | Walt Disney Pictures | Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn
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| Jarhead | Universal Studios | Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx
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| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Paramount Pictures | Joy Bryant, Terrence Howard
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| 11
| Derailed | The Weinstein Company | Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen
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| Pride and Prejudice ‡ | Focus Features | Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen
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| Zathura | Columbia Pictures | Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard
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| 18
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Warner Bros. | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes
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| Walk the Line | 20th Century Fox | Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
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| 23
| The Ice Harvest | Focus Features | John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen
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| In the Mix | Lions Gate Entertainment | Usher, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri
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| Just Friends | New Line Cinema | Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris
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| Rent | Revolution Studios | Rosario Dawson
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| Syriana ‡ | Warner Bros. | George Clooney, Michelle Monaghan, Matt Damon
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| Yours, Mine and Ours | Paramount Pictures | Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo
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| 25
| The Libertine ‡ | The Weinstein Company | Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton
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| Dragon Eye Congee | Lee's Production | Fann Wong
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| 2
| Æon Flux | Paramount Pictures | Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Karyn Kusama (director)
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| Transamerica ‡ | The Weinstein Company | Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers
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| 9
| Brokeback Mountain ‡ | Focus Features | Ang Lee (director), Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Walden Media | Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson
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| Memoirs of a Geisha ‡ | Columbia Pictures | Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li
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| 14
| King Kong | Universal Studios | Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Peter Jackson (director)
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| 16
| The Family Stone | 20th Century Fox | Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker
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| The Producers ‡ | Universal Studios | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman
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| 21
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | 20th Century Fox | Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff
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| Fun with Dick and Jane | Columbia Pictures | Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin
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| 23
| Munich ‡ | DreamWorks | Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Steven Spielberg (director)
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| The Ringer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl
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| 25
| Casanova ‡ | Touchstone Pictures | Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons
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| The New World ‡ | New Line Cinema | Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
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| Rumor Has It | Warner Bros. | Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner
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| Wolf Creek | The Weinstein Company | John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath
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| 30
| The Matador ‡ | The Weinstein Company | Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis
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