Domestic 2005 Weekend 50
December 16-18, 2005
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | King Kong | $50,130,145 | - | 3,568 | - | $14,049 | $66,181,645 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | $31,837,683 | -51.4% | 3,680 | +64 | $8,651 | $113,169,644 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | - | The Family Stone | $12,521,027 | - | 2,466 | - | $5,077 | $12,521,027 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 3 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | $5,952,452 | -42% | 3,185 | -543 | $1,868 | $252,598,259 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 2 | Syriana | $5,605,167 | -52.2% | 1,775 | +23 | $3,157 | $22,462,362 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 4 | Walk the Line | $3,688,031 | -35.7% | 2,664 | -370 | $1,384 | $82,607,528 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 5 | Yours, Mine & Ours | $3,511,110 | -30.5% | 2,723 | -487 | $1,289 | $45,202,963 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 15 | Brokeback Mountain | $2,359,000 | +330.9% | 69 | +64 | $34,188 | $3,325,000 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 9 | 7 | Just Friends | $1,950,000 | -50% | 1,882 | -582 | $1,036 | $29,441,000 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 6 | Æon Flux | $1,751,220 | -61.6% | 2,058 | -550 | $850 | $23,215,672 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 8 | Pride & Prejudice | $1,503,000 | -39.7% | 1,141 | -194 | $1,317 | $29,162,000 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 14 | Memoirs of a Geisha | $1,302,331 | +90.8% | 52 | +44 | $25,044 | $2,274,320 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 12 | The Polar Express 2005 IMAX Release | $1,091,729 | +17.4% | 66 | - | $16,541 | $5,425,480 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 9 | Chicken Little | $1,054,952 | -54.3% | 1,602 | -724 | $658 | $128,829,279 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 10 | Rent | $752,122 | -62.5% | 926 | -1,045 | $812 | $28,274,336 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 16 | 11 | Derailed | $368,918 | -69.5% | 547 | -581 | $674 | $35,402,054 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 16 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | $341,905 | -36.5% | 322 | -190 | $1,061 | $22,432,374 | 11 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 18 | 21 | Capote | $296,000 | -19.1% | 193 | -14 | $1,533 | $10,785,000 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | 23 | The Squid and the Whale | $218,053 | -1.1% | 132 | +17 | $1,651 | $4,299,500 | 11 | IDP Distribution |
| 20 | 13 | In the Mix | $211,653 | -72.8% | 348 | -586 | $608 | $10,105,281 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 18 | Saw II | $195,151 | -57.2% | 296 | -255 | $659 | $86,797,222 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | - | Bluff Master | $160,385 | - | 43 | - | $3,729 | $160,385 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 23 | - | The Producers | $154,590 | - | 6 | - | $25,765 | $154,590 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 31 | The Legend of Zorro | $140,887 | +37.7% | 286 | +89 | $492 | $45,356,386 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 46 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | $125,009 | +206.3% | 380 | +202 | $328 | $55,508,438 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 26 | 19 | Jarhead | $116,635 | -73.3% | 324 | -380 | $359 | $62,195,880 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 27 | 20 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | $114,828 | -68.6% | 206 | -226 | $557 | $30,626,022 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 25 | Flightplan | $106,859 | -33.1% | 236 | -81 | $452 | $88,817,081 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 30 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2005 Re-release | $104,488 | +2.1% | 32 | +2 | $3,265 | $642,249 | 7 | IMAX |
| 30 | 24 | Shopgirl | $83,344 | -61.6% | 137 | -101 | $608 | $9,956,413 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | 29 | Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic | $74,086 | -37.7% | 57 | +7 | $1,299 | $968,800 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 32 | 35 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $72,923 | -12.3% | 29 | -4 | $2,514 | $5,557,866 | 13 | IMAX |
| 33 | 34 | Ushpizin | $64,910 | -31.8% | 38 | -9 | $1,708 | $1,210,541 | 9 | Picturehouse |
| 34 | 40 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $45,663 | -18% | 12 | - | $3,805 | $6,434,950 | 37 | - |
| 35 | 26 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | $45,495 | -67.3% | 81 | -89 | $561 | $4,135,793 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 41 | Mrs. Henderson Presents | $42,486 | -23.2% | 6 | - | $7,081 | $123,522 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 37 | 36 | Dreamer | $39,061 | -49.9% | 171 | -112 | $228 | $32,213,499 | 9 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 38 | 43 | A History of Violence | $37,054 | -13.3% | 104 | -19 | $356 | $31,061,904 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 39 | 42 | Paradise Now | $35,171 | -33.3% | 39 | -13 | $901 | $969,442 | 8 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 40 | 28 | Ek Ajnabee | $32,207 | -73.5% | 38 | - | $847 | $181,247 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 41 | 63 | The Weather Man | $31,774 | +175% | 97 | +75 | $327 | $12,469,811 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 42 | 44 | Wedding Crashers | $30,541 | -26.4% | 65 | -33 | $469 | $209,218,368 | 23 | New Line Cinema |
| 43 | 48 | Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk | $30,432 | -6.1% | 11 | - | $2,766 | $10,799,223 | 166 | Giant Screen Films |
| 44 | 39 | Corpse Bride | $29,880 | -49.2% | 112 | -96 | $266 | $53,337,608 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 38 | Elizabethtown | $28,575 | -57.1% | 104 | -102 | $274 | $26,838,396 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 46 | - | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | $23,859 | - | 5 | - | $4,771 | $31,644 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | 54 | Transamerica | $20,394 | -4.6% | 3 | +1 | $6,798 | $115,677 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 48 | 45 | Christmas in the Clouds | $20,049 | -51.6% | 25 | -2 | $801 | $223,335 | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 49 | 50 | Ballets Russes | $19,195 | -36.6% | 15 | -6 | $1,279 | $364,961 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 50 | 47 | In Her Shoes | $18,806 | -46.7% | 61 | -45 | $308 | $32,797,372 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | 58 | Galapagos | $15,734 | +1.1% | 2 | +1 | $7,867 | $15,469,574 | 321 | IMAX |
| 52 | 37 | Neal 'n' Nikki | $15,249 | -79.7% | 30 | -14 | $508 | $100,359 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 53 | 27 | First Descent | $14,850 | -88.9% | 33 | -205 | $450 | $739,690 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 54 | 53 | The Passenger 2005 Re-release | $12,268 | -50.2% | 20 | -4 | $613 | $481,003 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | 57 | Roll Bounce | $11,880 | -25.4% | 32 | -10 | $371 | $17,351,235 | 13 | - |
| 56 | 61 | Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | $11,390 | -12.2% | 6 | - | $1,898 | $9,835,344 | 167 | Giant Screen Films |
| 57 | 55 | North Country | $11,349 | -35.7% | 31 | -7 | $366 | $18,118,144 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | 49 | Bee Season | $10,468 | -66.2% | 32 | -30 | $327 | $1,127,261 | 6 | - |
| 59 | 60 | Be Here to Love Me | $10,199 | -30.4% | 4 | - | $2,549 | $46,002 | 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 60 | 67 | Haunted Castle | $9,995 | -4.8% | 5 | - | $1,999 | $12,352,558 | 252 | - |
| 61 | 56 | Breakfast on Pluto | $9,560 | -40.2% | 3 | -2 | $3,186 | $171,967 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 68 | Syrian Bride | $8,282 | -16.9% | 3 | - | $2,760 | $56,697 | 5 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 63 | 70 | Brooklyn Lobster | $7,881 | -18.8% | 5 | +2 | $1,576 | $62,199 | 7 | Meadowbrook Pictures |
| 64 | 62 | The Work and the Glory II: American Zion | $7,615 | -35.1% | 20 | -5 | $380 | $1,880,588 | 9 | Vineyard Distribution |
| 65 | 59 | The Dying Gaul | $7,214 | -52.6% | 15 | -2 | $480 | $321,167 | 7 | - |
| 66 | 66 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $7,163 | -33.3% | 5 | +1 | $1,432 | $61,070 | 4 | Cineville |
| 67 | 65 | Protocols of Zion | $6,788 | -39.4% | 7 | - | $969 | $156,335 | 9 | THINKFilm |
| 68 | 91 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | $6,713 | +171% | 2 | - | $3,356 | $195,260 | 28 | Arrival Pictures |
| 69 | 80 | The Aristocrats | $5,027 | +23.3% | 8 | +2 | $628 | $6,353,098 | 21 | THINKFilm |
| 70 | 96 | Go for Zucker | $4,783 | +124.6% | 4 | +2 | $1,195 | $7,595 | 2 | First Run |
| 71 | - | Cape of Good Hope | $4,283 | - | 6 | - | $713 | $25,325 | 6 | Artistic License |
| 72 | 74 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2005 Re-release | $4,029 | -33.2% | 3 | -4 | $1,343 | $654,604 | 21 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 73 | 76 | Bugs! | $3,895 | -11.6% | 8 | - | $486 | $16,660,741 | 145 | SK Films |
| 74 | 86 | Nine Lives | $3,583 | +19.4% | 6 | +1 | $597 | $347,284 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 93 | Down to the Bone | $3,390 | +41.5% | 2 | - | $1,695 | $23,630 | 4 | - |
| 76 | 75 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $3,313 | -33.1% | 2 | - | $1,656 | $52,103,919 | 374 | IMAX |
| 77 | 72 | Naked in Ashes | $3,131 | -52.7% | 6 | - | $521 | $72,073 | 9 | - |
| 78 | 94 | Aliens of the Deep | $2,999 | +31.8% | 7 | +1 | $428 | $7,513,883 | 47 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 79 | 104 | God's Sandbox | $2,992 | +67.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,496 | $45,582 | 21 | Indican Pictures |
| 80 | 121 | Pulse 2005 Re-release | $2,664 | +366.5% | 5 | +2 | $532 | $49,046 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 69 | The Boys of Baraka | $2,380 | -76.1% | 1 | - | $2,380 | $38,100 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 82 | - | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $2,350 | - | 3 | - | $783 | $3,041,591 | 45 | Shadow Distribution |
| 83 | 77 | Fantastic Four | $2,176 | -50.1% | 5 | -3 | $435 | $154,693,150 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 84 | - | Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie | $1,985 | - | 4 | - | $496 | $136,047 | 15 | Shadow Distribution |
| 85 | 89 | Gay Sex in the 70s | $1,890 | -35.6% | 2 | - | $945 | $85,625 | 7 | Lovett Releasing |
| 86 | - | Happy Here and Now | $1,867 | - | 2 | - | $933 | $2,443 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 87 | - | An Adolescent 2005 Re-release | $1,864 | - | 1 | - | $1,864 | $40,948 | 17 | Indican Pictures |
| 88 | 122 | Ellie Parker | $1,858 | +234.8% | 3 | +1 | $619 | $25,826 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | 78 | New York Doll | $1,611 | -61.6% | 4 | -3 | $402 | $176,056 | 8 | First Independent Pictures |
| 90 | 107 | Space Station 3D | $1,442 | -16.4% | 3 | +1 | $480 | $63,898,590 | 192 | IMAX |
| 91 | 113 | Elevator to the Gallows | $1,369 | +18.8% | 2 | - | $684 | $263,404 | 26 | Rialto Pictures |
| 92 | 52 | Little Manhattan | $1,367 | -95% | 2 | -24 | $683 | $384,924 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 93 | 106 | Separate Lies | $1,214 | -30.3% | 4 | -1 | $303 | $923,347 | 14 | - |
| 94 | 83 | Transporter 2 | $1,204 | -66.2% | 8 | -10 | $150 | $43,094,698 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 95 | 114 | Forty Shades of Blue | $1,152 | +0.3% | 2 | - | $576 | $75,180 | 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 96 | 92 | Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal | $984 | -59.5% | 1 | - | $984 | $4,433 | 2 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 97 | 101 | Darwin's Nightmare | $908 | -55.1% | 1 | - | $908 | $97,614 | 20 | International Film Circuit |
| 98 | - | Electric Shadows | $784 | - | 1 | - | $784 | $784 | 1 | First Run |
| 99 | 118 | Alien Adventure | $760 | -3.2% | 2 | - | $380 | $4,966,316 | 331 | - |
| 100 | 119 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $725 | +3.6% | 1 | - | $725 | $7,144,450 | 356 | - |
| 101 | 71 | El vacilón: The Movie | $715 | -92.4% | 4 | -13 | $178 | $1,291,842 | 9 | Televisa Cine |
| 102 | 95 | Pure | $695 | -68.6% | 1 | - | $695 | $93,329 | 28 | Indican Pictures |
| 103 | - | À Tout de Suite | $666 | - | 1 | - | $666 | $248,565 | 34 | The Cinema Guild |
| 104 | 98 | The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till | $641 | -69.2% | 2 | -1 | $320 | $171,916 | 18 | THINKFilm |
| 105 | 79 | Loggerheads | $511 | -87.6% | 2 | -3 | $255 | $77,215 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 106 | 88 | Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | $482 | -83.7% | 3 | -4 | $160 | $2,625,812 | 64 | - |
| 107 | 111 | Tony Takitani | $470 | -62.6% | 2 | - | $235 | $127,644 | 26 | Strand Releasing |
| 108 | 105 | Duane Hopwood | $441 | -75.1% | 1 | -2 | $441 | $13,510 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 109 | - | Ferpect Crime | $418 | - | 1 | - | $418 | $415,498 | 18 | Vitagraph Films |
| 110 | 123 | A Wake in Providence | $283 | -44.4% | 1 | - | $283 | $387,346 | 36 | Indican Pictures |
| 111 | 127 | Reel Paradise | $215 | -4.9% | 1 | - | $215 | $29,720 | 18 | Wellspring Media |
| 112 | 81 | Marebito | $210 | -94.5% | 1 | -1 | $210 | $6,232 | 2 | Tartan |
| 113 | 73 | 39 Pounds of Love | $160 | -97.6% | 1 | -7 | $160 | $25,467 | 4 | Balcony Releasing |
| 114 | 97 | Dorian Blues | $134 | -93.6% | 2 | -2 | $67 | $60,809 | 13 | TLA Releasing |
| 115 | 124 | Dear Wendy | $12 | -97.6% | 1 | -1 | $12 | $19,325 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
