Domestic Box Office For Fall 2005
Fall 2005 is September 6-November 3.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $34,137,524 | 82 | $479,587 | 1.4% | 80 | Sep 23 | Aug 16 | IMAX |
| 2 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | $31,558,003 | 929 | $421,446 | 1.3% | 11 | Oct 7 | Mar 16 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 3 | Capote | $28,750,530 | 1,239 | $324,857 | 1.1% | 12 | Sep 30 | Apr 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | Shopgirl | $10,284,523 | 493 | $229,685 | 2.2% | 8 | Oct 21 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Proof | $7,535,331 | 517 | $193,840 | 2.6% | 8 | Sep 16 | Nov 24 | Miramax |
| 6 | The Squid and the Whale | $7,372,734 | 151 | $129,844 | 1.8% | 4 | Oct 5 | Mar 23 | IDP Distribution |
| 7 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | $4,243,756 | 226 | $180,660 | 4.3% | 8 | Oct 21 | Jan 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | G | $3,020,784 | 495 | $248,337 | 8.2% | 42 | Sep 16 | Nov 20 | Aloha Releasing Inc. |
| 9 | The Work and the Glory II: American Zion | $2,025,032 | 206 | $518,222 | 25.6% | 205 | Oct 21 | Apr 13 | Vineyard Distribution |
| 10 | Everything Is Illuminated | $1,712,337 | 110 | $66,806 | 3.9% | 6 | Sep 16 | Dec 1 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 11 | Paradise Now | $1,457,843 | 65 | $48,023 | 3.3% | 4 | Oct 28 | Mar 23 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 12 | Salaam Namaste | $1,413,283 | 63 | $504,898 | 35.7% | 63 | Sep 9 | Nov 3 | Yash Raj Films |
| 13 | Ushpizin | $1,400,666 | 48 | $64,423 | 4.6% | 6 | Oct 19 | Jan 19 | Picturehouse |
| 14 | Thumbsucker | $1,328,679 | 330 | $85,327 | 6.4% | 9 | Sep 16 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | El vacilón: The Movie | $1,291,951 | 36 | $266,935 | 20.7% | 29 | Oct 21 | Dec 22 | Televisa Cine |
| 16 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2005 Re-release | $1,222,538 | 32 | $8,725 | 0.7% | 3 | Oct 31 | Feb 2 | IMAX |
| 17 | Separate Lies | $924,260 | 127 | $22,341 | 2.4% | 2 | Sep 16 | Dec 22 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 18 | Venom | $881,779 | 489 | $501,000 | - | 489 | Sep 16 | Oct 20 | Dimension Films |
| 19 | Where the Truth Lies | $872,142 | 95 | $234,461 | 26.9% | 95 | Oct 7 | Dec 1 | THINKFilm |
| 20 | Mirrormask | $866,999 | 42 | $126,449 | 14.6% | 18 | Sep 30 | Dec 15 | IDP Distribution |
| 21 | Innocent Voices | $837,878 | 75 | $192,055 | 22.9% | 65 | Oct 14 | Nov 17 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 22 | The Thing About My Folks | $816,403 | 145 | $235,341 | 28.8% | 93 | Sep 16 | Nov 3 | Picturehouse |
| 23 | Ballets Russes | $815,848 | 21 | $12,230 | 1.5% | 1 | Oct 26 | Jun 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 24 | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | $672,156 | 28 | $5,706 | 0.8% | 2 | Oct 7 | Jul 6 | IFC Films |
| 25 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | $627,844 | 41 | $159,056 | 25.3% | 41 | Sep 30 | Nov 22 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 26 | The Passenger 2005 Re-release | $620,155 | 24 | $24,157 | 3.9% | 2 | Oct 28 | Mar 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | Nine Lives | $478,830 | 33 | $28,387 | 5.9% | 7 | Oct 14 | Jun 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 28 | Mobsters and Mormons | $409,604 | 32 | $67,945 | 16.6% | 32 | Sep 9 | Dec 15 | Halestone Distribution |
| 29 | Little Manhattan | $385,373 | 35 | $36,397 | 9.4% | 2 | Sep 30 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | Green Street Hooligans | $346,830 | 29 | $48,760 | 14.1% | 7 | Sep 9 | Dec 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 31 | New York Doll | $219,672 | 11 | $17,583 | 8% | 5 | Oct 28 | Apr 6 | First Independent Pictures |
| 32 | Hellbent | $183,066 | 11 | $45,047 | 24.6% | 10 | Sep 16 | Apr 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 33 | Protocols of Zion | $178,875 | 10 | $21,733 | 12.1% | 4 | Oct 21 | Feb 23 | THINKFilm |
| 34 | Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie | $176,801 | 9 | $8,435 | 4.8% | 3 | Sep 7 | Jun 4 | Shadow Distribution |
| 35 | Garçon stupide | $151,702 | 4 | $17,195 | 11.3% | 3 | Sep 16 | Apr 6 | Picture This! Entertainment |
| 36 | Before the Fall | $144,254 | 4 | $8,036 | 5.6% | 1 | Oct 7 | May 25 | Picture This! Entertainment |
| 37 | Côte d'Azur | $141,039 | 11 | $33,521 | 23.8% | 11 | Sep 9 | Feb 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 38 | Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... | $129,319 | 33 | $91,319 | 70.6% | 33 | Sep 23 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 39 | Loggerheads | $115,314 | 9 | $10,664 | 9.2% | 4 | Oct 14 | Apr 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 40 | After Innocence | $114,264 | 4 | $10,194 | 8.9% | 1 | Oct 21 | May 4 | New Yorker Films |
| 41 | The Future of Food | $81,280 | 5 | $8,721 | 10.7% | 2 | Sep 14 | Dec 11 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 42 | Three... Extremes 2005 Re-release | $77,532 | 19 | $36,414 | 47% | 19 | Oct 28 | Nov 17 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | Forty Shades of Blue | $75,828 | 7 | $11,940 | 15.7% | 3 | Sep 30 | Dec 22 | Vitagraph Films |
| 44 | The War Within | $74,655 | 16 | $7,540 | 10.1% | 1 | Sep 30 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 45 | Dorian Blues | $72,234 | 5 | $12,605 | 17.5% | 2 | Sep 23 | Feb 16 | TLA Releasing |
| 46 | Naked in Ashes | $72,073 | 6 | $9,690 | 13.4% | 1 | Oct 21 | Dec 18 | Jour de Fête Films |
| 47 | Screen Door Jesus | $59,000 | 3 | $6,040 | 10.2% | 3 | Sep 30 | Dec 21 | Indican Pictures |
| 48 | Wasabi Tuna 2005 Re-release | $51,036 | 5 | $19,080 | 37.4% | 5 | Oct 28 | Mar 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 49 | Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets | $49,000 | 20 | $38,000 | 77.6% | 20 | Sep 16 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 50 | Dirty Love | $36,099 | 44 | $23,281 | 64.5% | 44 | Sep 23 | Oct 6 | First Look International |
| 51 | Campfire | $34,835 | 5 | $12,598 | 36.2% | 5 | Sep 9 | Oct 2 | Film Movement |
| 52 | Kamikaze Girls 2005 Re-release | $34,424 | 3 | $2,795 | 8.1% | 1 | Sep 9 | Dec 8 | Viz Media |
| 53 | Keane | $33,256 | 5 | $6,151 | 18.5% | 1 | Sep 9 | Oct 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 54 | Going Shopping | $31,908 | 6 | $6,691 | 21% | 6 | Sep 30 | Dec 15 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 55 | Barely Legal | $26,511 | 20 | $15,766 | 59.5% | 20 | Oct 21 | Oct 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 56 | Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow | $24,966 | 1 | $6,015 | 24.1% | 1 | Sep 14 | Feb 9 | New Yorker Films |
| 57 | Emmanuel's Gift | $23,728 | 6 | $14,642 | 61.7% | 6 | Oct 21 | Nov 10 | First Look International |
| 58 | Dear Wendy | $23,106 | 7 | $8,222 | 35.6% | 7 | Sep 23 | Mar 5 | Wellspring Media |
| 59 | Three of Hearts 2005 Re-release | $21,429 | 1 | $4,482 | 20.9% | 1 | Oct 19 | Dec 8 | THINKFilm |
| 60 | One Bright Shining Moment | $15,504 | 2 | $2,876 | 18.6% | 1 | Sep 16 | Dec 4 | First Run |
| 61 | Daltry Calhoun | $12,551 | 13 | $7,758 | 61.8% | 13 | Sep 23 | Oct 20 | Miramax |
| 62 | The President's Last Bang | $9,724 | 3 | $1,862 | 19.1% | 3 | Oct 14 | Jan 19 | Kino International |
| 63 | Occupation: Dreamland | $8,018 | 2 | $8,018 | 100% | 2 | Sep 23 | Sep 25 | RumuR Inc. |
| 64 | The Aggressives | $6,533 | 1 | $3,769 | 57.7% | 1 | Oct 7 | Oct 13 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 65 | White King, Red Rubber, Black Death | $6,458 | 1 | $3,238 | 50.1% | 1 | Oct 21 | - | ArtMattan Productions |
| 66 | Sueño | $5,729 | 8 | $4,181 | 73% | 8 | Sep 30 | Oct 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 67 | The Roost | $5,642 | 4 | $2,926 | 51.9% | 3 | Oct 21 | Nov 3 | Vitagraph Films |
| 68 | My Big Fat Independent Movie | $4,655 | 1 | $4,655 | 100% | 1 | Sep 30 | Oct 2 | - |
| 69 | Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater | $4,410 | 1 | $3,724 | 84.4% | 1 | Oct 7 | Oct 13 | First Run |
| 70 | Three Days of Rain | $2,841 | 1 | $2,841 | 100% | 1 | Sep 30 | Oct 2 | Rogue Arts |
| 71 | The Optimists | $2,377 | 1 | $2,377 | 100% | 1 | Oct 21 | Oct 23 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 72 | The Overture 2005 Re-release | $2,254 | 2 | $825 | 36.6% | 2 | Oct 7 | Oct 27 | Kino International |
| 73 | Side Effects | $2,216 | 1 | $2,216 | 100% | 1 | Sep 9 | Sep 11 | Hummingbird Pictures |
| 74 | Steal Me | $1,967 | 1 | $1,600 | 81.3% | 1 | Sep 9 | Sep 15 | Cineville |
| 75 | The Dark Hours | $423 | 1 | $338 | 79.9% | 1 | Oct 13 | Oct 16 | - |
