Summer 2005

Title Opening Closing Gross Theaters 1st Wk % Per Thtr Distributor
Total Opening Opening Widest
(May 6 - Aug 30)
1 Star Wars Episode III 05-19-05 10-20-05 380,270,577 108,435,841 3661 3663 28.52 103,814 Fox
2 War of the Worlds 06-29-05 11-24-05 234,280,354 64,878,725 3908 3910 27.69 59,918 Paramount
3 Wedding Crashers 07-15-05 12-22-05 209,218,368 33,900,720 2925 3131 16.20 66,822 New Line
4 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 07-15-05 12-08-05 206,459,076 56,178,450 3770 3790 27.21 54,475 Warner Bros.
5 Batman Begins 06-15-05 11-03-05 205,343,774 48,745,440 3858 3858 23.74 53,225 Warner Bros.
6 Madagascar 05-27-05 10-13-05 * 193,202,933 61,012,130 4131 4142 31.58 46,645 DreamWorks
7 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 06-10-05 12-15-05 186,336,279 50,342,878 3424 3451 27.02 53,995 Fox
8 Longest Yard, The 05-27-05 10-06-05 * 158,119,460 58,613,245 3634 3654 37.07 43,273 Paramount
9 Fantastic Four 07-08-05 12-29-05 154,696,080 56,061,504 3602 3619 36.24 42,746 Fox
10 40-Year-Old Virgin, The 08-19-05 12-15-05 109,289,008 21,422,815 2845 3006 19.60 36,357 Universal
11 Monster-in-Law 05-13-05 09-08-05 82,931,301 23,105,133 3424 3424 27.86 24,221 New Line
12 Dukes of Hazzard, The 08-05-05 11-03-05 80,270,227 30,675,314 3785 3785 38.22 21,207 Warner Bros.
13 March of the Penguins 07-22-05 12-01-05 77,413,017 4,382,340 4 2506 5.66 30,891 Warner Independent
14 Four Brothers 08-12-05 11-24-05 74,494,381 21,176,925 2533 2649 28.43 28,122 Paramount
15 Herbie: Fully Loaded 06-22-05 10-13-05 66,023,816 12,709,221 3521 3521 19.25 18,751 Buena Vista
16 Sky High 07-29-05 12-01-05 63,946,815 14,631,784 2905 2912 22.88 21,960 Buena Vista
17 Bewitched 06-24-05 08-25-05 62,329,704 20,131,130 3174 3188 32.30 19,551 Sony
18 Cinderella Man 06-03-05 12-08-05 61,649,308 18,320,205 2812 2820 29.72 21,861 Universal
19 Red Eye 08-19-05 10-13-05 57,891,803 16,167,662 3079 3134 27.93 18,472 DreamWorks
20 Crash 05-06-05 09-15-05 53,404,817 9,107,071 1864 1905 17.05 28,034 Lions Gate
21 Kicking and Screaming 05-13-05 08-04-05 52,664,450 20,159,925 3455 3470 38.28 15,177 Universal
22 Skeleton Key, The 08-12-05 10-27-05 47,823,100 16,057,945 2771 2784 33.58 17,178 Universal
23 Kingdom of Heaven 05-06-05 09-01-05 47,398,413 19,635,996 3216 3219 41.43 14,725 Fox
24 Must Love Dogs 07-29-05 11-03-05 43,894,863 12,855,321 2505 2505 29.29 17,523 Warner Bros.
25 Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, The 06-10-05 10-20-05 39,177,684 12,582,088 2655 2655 32.12 14,756 Miramax
26 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06-01-05 09-15-05 39,014,410 9,833,340 2583 2583 25.20 15,104 Warner Bros.
27 Brothers Grimm, The 08-26-05 10-20-05 37,916,267 15,092,079 3087 3098 39.80 12,239 Miramax
28 Island, The 07-22-05 09-08-05 35,818,913 12,409,070 3122 3138 34.64 11,415 DreamWorks
29 Bad News Bears 07-22-05 09-29-05 32,868,349 11,382,472 3183 3183 34.63 10,326 Paramount
30 House of Wax 05-06-05 07-28-05 32,064,800 12,077,236 3111 3111 37.67 10,307 Warner Bros.