Domestic Box Office For December 2005

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe$209,440,0873,853$291,710,957Dec 9Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2King Kong$158,709,8353,627$218,080,025Dec 14Universal Pictures
3Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire$65,737,0603,858$290,013,036Nov 18Warner Bros.
4Fun with Dick and Jane$54,062,5383,239$110,332,737Dec 21Sony Pictures Releasing
5Cheaper by the Dozen 2$45,958,9143,211$82,571,173Dec 21Twentieth Century Fox
6The Family Stone$41,405,3362,469$60,062,868Dec 16Twentieth Century Fox
7Syriana$35,448,3631,775$50,824,620Nov 23Warner Bros.
8Walk the Line$33,198,2013,160$119,519,402Nov 18Twentieth Century Fox
9Memoirs of a Geisha$25,323,8841,654$57,490,508Dec 9Sony Pictures Releasing
10Æon Flux$24,845,5142,608$25,874,337Dec 2Paramount Pictures
11Rumor Has It...$24,739,9062,815$43,000,262Dec 25Warner Bros.
12Yours, Mine & Ours$24,586,7513,210$53,412,862Nov 23Paramount Pictures
13The Ringer$17,265,6281,853$35,428,675Dec 23-
14Just Friends$16,253,2372,505$32,619,671Nov 23New Line Cinema
15Pride & Prejudice$15,158,3331,335$38,405,088Nov 11Focus Features
16Brokeback Mountain$12,427,5782,089$83,043,761Dec 9Focus Features
17Chicken Little$12,345,5013,658$135,386,665Nov 4Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
18Munich$12,275,6601,498$47,403,685Dec 23Universal Pictures
19Wolf Creek$10,561,2201,761$16,188,180Dec 25-
20Rent$10,232,0282,437$29,077,547Nov 23Revolution Studios
21The Producers$9,263,542978$19,398,532Dec 16Universal Pictures
22The Polar Express
2005 IMAX Release
$8,051,46066$10,900,597Nov 23Warner Bros.
23Derailed$5,522,7302,447$36,024,076Nov 11The Weinstein Company
24In the Mix$3,604,5071,608$10,223,896Nov 23Lionsgate
25Good Night, and Good Luck.$3,565,912929$31,558,003Oct 7Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
26The Ice Harvest$3,217,0151,555$9,016,782Nov 23Focus Features
27Capote$2,618,8481,239$28,750,530Sep 30Sony Pictures Classics
28Jarhead$2,576,5352,448$62,658,220Nov 4Universal Pictures
29Saw II$2,299,7722,949$87,039,965Oct 28Lionsgate
30Get Rich or Die Tryin'$2,006,2041,666$30,985,352Nov 9Paramount Pictures
31Zathura: A Space Adventure$1,882,8413,232$29,258,869Nov 11Sony Pictures Releasing
32The Squid and the Whale$1,683,438151$7,372,734Oct 5IDP Distribution
33Shopgirl$1,084,155493$10,284,523Oct 21Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
34Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon$934,89582$34,137,524Sep 23IMAX
35Flightplan$852,1493,424$89,707,299Sep 23Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
36Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2005 Re-release
$818,26332$1,222,538Oct 31IMAX
37Dreamer$774,3892,735$32,751,093Oct 21DreamWorks Distribution
38Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit$757,0223,656$56,110,897Oct 5DreamWorks Distribution
39First Descent$750,805243$750,805Dec 2Universal Pictures
40Casanova$725,3281,011$11,304,403Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
41The Legend of Zorro$718,1043,520$46,464,023Oct 28Sony Pictures Releasing
42Kiss Kiss Bang Bang$682,601226$4,243,756Oct 21Warner Bros.
43Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic$602,43857$1,324,339Nov 11IDP Distribution
44Bluff Master$518,23746$722,847Dec 16UTV Motion Pictures
45Ushpizin$495,10348$1,400,666Oct 19Picturehouse
46Wild Safari - A South African Adventure$491,17921$16,621,530Apr 8-
47The 40-Year-Old Virgin$490,5343,006$109,449,237Aug 19Universal Pictures
48Prime$471,6831,837$22,827,153Oct 28Universal Pictures
49Match Point$448,925512$23,151,529Dec 28DreamWorks Distribution
50Mrs. Henderson Presents$375,186522$11,036,366Dec 9The Weinstein Company
51A History of Violence$317,0341,348$31,504,633Sep 23New Line Cinema
52Paradise Now$306,07765$1,457,843Oct 28Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
53Bee Season$270,654277$1,180,560Nov 11-
54Corpse Bride$267,4213,204$53,359,111Sep 16Warner Bros.
55Transamerica$244,743656$9,015,303Dec 2The Weinstein Company
56Breakfast on Pluto$241,057125$828,699Nov 16Sony Pictures Classics
57North Country$217,9542,555$18,337,722Oct 21Warner Bros.
58Ek Ajnabee$213,14338$213,143Dec 9Eros Worldwide
59Wedding Crashers$205,9313,131$209,255,921Jul 15New Line Cinema
60Ballets Russes$196,95221$815,848Oct 26Zeitgeist Films
61Deewane Huye Paagal$189,29148$364,357Nov 24UTV Motion Pictures
62Christmas in the Clouds$184,35427$279,225Nov 4Slowhand Cinema Releasing
63In Her Shoes$180,6282,840$32,880,591Oct 7Twentieth Century Fox
64Doom$167,6873,044$28,212,337Oct 21Universal Pictures
65Caché$167,60690$3,647,381Dec 23Sony Pictures Classics
66Elizabethtown$163,0852,517$26,850,426Oct 14Paramount Pictures
67The Passenger
2005 Re-release
$160,58524$620,155Oct 28Sony Pictures Classics
68The White Countess$148,55767$1,669,971Dec 21Sony Pictures Classics
69Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk$139,85417$10,994,028Oct 18Giant Screen Films
70Little Manhattan$127,50135$385,373Sep 30Twentieth Century Fox
71The New World
2005 Re-release
$124,476811$12,712,093Dec 25New Line Cinema
72Haunted Castle$122,15610$13,651,656Feb 23-
73The Work and the Glory II: American Zion$111,858206$2,025,032Oct 21Vineyard Distribution
74Neal 'n' Nikki$111,55144$111,551Dec 9Yash Raj Films
75Galapagos$109,36914$18,630,372Oct 29IMAX
76The Weather Man$98,9061,510$12,482,775Oct 28Paramount Pictures
77The Dying Gaul$92,38224$342,747Nov 4-
78Roll Bounce$85,3481,661$17,380,866Sep 23-
79Be Here to Love Me$61,4165$129,988Dec 2Palm Pictures
80Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak$58,49915$58,499Dec 2Eros Worldwide
81Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey$58,13216$10,086,514Oct 11Giant Screen Films
82Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont$56,08222$1,720,953Nov 25Cineville
83Bugs!$50,73033$19,063,544Mar 12SK Films
84The Boys of Baraka$46,4629$323,860Nov 30THINKFilm
85Protocols of Zion$45,90310$178,875Oct 21THINKFilm
86T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous$45,72038$53,354,743Oct 23IMAX
87Apaharan$44,13317$44,133Dec 2-
88Syrian Bride$42,6144$380,505Nov 16Koch Lorber Films
89Space Station 3D$41,91064$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
90The Matador$39,676905$12,594,698Dec 30The Weinstein Company
91El vacilón: The Movie$39,31436$1,291,951Oct 21Televisa Cine
92Brooklyn Lobster$35,6005$138,267Nov 4Meadowbrook Pictures
93Aliens of the Deep$34,53127$8,968,684Jan 28Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
94Naked in Ashes$32,7336$72,073Oct 21-
95The Aristocrats$32,033234$6,377,461Jul 29THINKFilm
96The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada$31,644356$5,027,684Dec 14Sony Pictures Classics
97Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
2005 Re-release
$31,19522$666,327Jul 29Empire Pictures Inc.
98Nine Lives$28,56133$478,830Oct 14Magnolia Pictures
99New York Doll$27,60711$219,672Oct 28First Independent Pictures
10039 Pounds of Love$19,6698$28,195Nov 23Balcony Releasing
101Down to the Bone$18,9942$30,241Nov 25-
102Fantastic Four$18,9013,619$154,696,080Jul 8Twentieth Century Fox
103Mr Ya Miss$18,51610$18,516Dec 2-
104Transporter 2$17,9543,320$43,095,856Sep 2Twentieth Century Fox
105Pulse
2005 Re-release
$17,7035$51,420Nov 9Magnolia Pictures
106Mirrormask$17,16842$866,999Sep 30IDP Distribution
107The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till$17,05410$204,956Aug 17THINKFilm
108The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill$16,96867$3,058,527Feb 9Shadow Distribution
109The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam$16,6325$225,863Jun 10Arrival Pictures
110Darwin's Nightmare$16,4866$203,746Aug 3International Film Circuit
111Gay Sex in the 70s$16,4475$249,565Nov 4Lovett Releasing
112Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie$16,2719$176,801Sep 7Shadow Distribution
113Charlie and the Chocolate Factory$15,9233,790$206,459,076Jul 15Warner Bros.
114Go for Zucker$13,1547$87,490Dec 9First Run
115Loggerheads$12,7089$115,314Oct 14Strand Releasing
116God's Sandbox$12,3493$51,246Jul 29Indican Pictures
117The Future of Food$12,0375$81,280Sep 14Cinema Libre Studio
118Pure$11,2223$102,471Jun 10Indican Pictures
119NASCAR: The IMAX Experience$10,73073$21,583,831Mar 12Warner Bros.
120A Wake in Providence$10,3497$403,069Apr 15Indican Pictures
121Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux$10,08165$2,627,016Oct 1-
122First Morning$10,0332$87,264Jul 15Illuminare Entertainment
123Separate Lies$9,932127$924,260Sep 16-
124Cape of Good Hope$9,7966$26,904Nov 11Artistic License
125The Intruder$9,6362$40,853Dec 23Wellspring Media
126Mobsters and Mormons$9,59432$409,604Sep 9-
127Sky High$9,2132,912$63,946,815Jul 29Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
128Ferpect Crime$9,11323$418,843Aug 19Vitagraph Films
129Before the Fall$8,8414$144,254Oct 7-
130The Constant Gardener$8,1731,387$33,579,797Aug 31Focus Features
131The Far Side of the Moon
2005 Re-release
$8,1081$12,534Dec 2TLA Releasing
132Just Like Heaven$7,4823,543$48,318,130Sep 16DreamWorks Distribution
133After Innocence$6,9984$114,264Oct 21New Yorker Films
134Garçon stupide$6,9474$151,702Sep 16-
135Dorian Blues$6,8085$72,234Sep 23TLA Releasing
136Ellie Parker$6,5256$34,410Nov 11Strand Releasing
137Alien Adventure$6,41910$8,959,784Aug 20-
138The Libertine$6,351819$4,835,065Nov 25The Weinstein Company
139Thumbsucker$6,314330$1,328,679Sep 16Sony Pictures Classics
140Marebito$6,2743$13,983Dec 9Tartan
141Tony Takitani$6,1025$129,783Jun 24Strand Releasing
142March of the Penguins$5,5762,506$77,437,223Jun 24Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
143Zizek!$5,5291$20,177Nov 18Zeitgeist Films
144Elevator to the Gallows$5,5274$263,404Jun 24Rialto Pictures
145Music from the Inside Out$5,4124$141,504Apr 22Emerging Pictures
146Encounter in the Third Dimension$5,38916$7,195,792Feb 26-
147The Big Risk$5,3552$95,413Nov 18Rialto Pictures
148Côte d'Azur$5,20211$141,039Sep 9Strand Releasing
149Junebug$5,176143$2,678,691Aug 3Sony Pictures Classics
150Mr. & Mrs. Smith$4,9433,451$186,336,279Jun 10Twentieth Century Fox
151Going Shopping$4,8446$31,908Sep 30Rainbow Releasing
152Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal$4,6831$4,683Dec 9Seventh Art Releasing
153Private$4,5273$15,811Nov 18Arab Film Distribution
154Blackmail Boy
2005 Re-release
$4,3321$22,393Nov 18-
155Gilles' Wife$4,2902$32,799Nov 18The Cinema Guild
156Three of Hearts
2005 Re-release
$4,1251$21,429Oct 19THINKFilm
157Down and Derby$4,06163$231,609Apr 15Freestyle Releasing
158Forty Shades of Blue$3,9807$75,828Sep 30Vitagraph Films
159Duane Hopwood$3,9193$13,510Nov 11IFC Films
160Cinderella Man$3,7052,820$61,649,911Jun 3Universal Pictures
161The Greatest Game Ever Played$3,6971,810$15,337,393Sep 30Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
162Happy Here and Now$3,5742$3,574Dec 14IFC Films
1632046$3,37161$1,444,588Aug 5Sony Pictures Classics
164Shaadi No. 1$3,04945$336,772Nov 3Eros Worldwide
165Kings & Queen$2,8239$290,973May 13Wellspring Media
166Screen Door Jesus$2,8063$59,000Sep 30Indican Pictures
167An Adolescent
2005 Re-release
$2,3572$65,171Aug 26Indican Pictures
168Kamikaze Girls
2005 Re-release
$2,0393$34,424Sep 9Viz Media
169Aristide and the Endless Revolution$1,8501$6,998Nov 24First Run
170Electric Shadows$1,8312$7,129Dec 16First Run
171Everything Is Illuminated$1,799110$1,712,337Sep 16Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
172Green Street Hooligans$1,71529$346,830Sep 9Freestyle Releasing
173Games of Love and Chance
2005 Re-release
$1,5621$8,085Aug 31New Yorker Films
174The Beat That My Heart Skipped$1,51037$1,023,424Jul 1Wellspring Media
175Kalyug$1,4355$1,435Dec 9-
176Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena$1,37415$90,869Nov 18Eros Worldwide
177Dear Wendy$1,3007$23,106Sep 23Wellspring Media
178Oyster Farmer$1,1652$15,456Jul 29The Cinema Guild
179Wasabi Tuna
2005 Re-release
$1,0055$51,036Oct 28Indican Pictures
180Reel Paradise$9766$31,918Aug 17Wellspring Media
181À Tout de Suite$9296$248,565Apr 29The Cinema Guild
182Hustle & Flow$9051,016$22,202,809Jul 22Paramount Classics
183Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus$7796$79,916Jul 13Shadow Distribution
184Edvard Munch$4183$43,539Jun 17Shadow Distribution
185Where the Truth Lies$27295$872,142Oct 7THINKFilm
186Oldboy$25528$707,481Mar 25Tartan
187One Bright Shining Moment$2402$15,504Sep 16First Run
188Quattro Noza$2091$5,471Nov 23Lionsgate
189The President's Last Bang$1953$9,724Oct 14Kino International
190Tropical Malady$1423$46,750Jun 24Strand Releasing
191Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela$963$381,225Oct 22-
192Good Morning, Night$761$10,093Nov 11Wellspring Media
193The Goebbels Experiment$662$47,211Aug 12First Run
194Mad Hot Ballroom$60202$8,117,961May 13Paramount Classics