Domestic Box Office For Summer 2005
Summer 2005 is May 6-September 5.
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 | Broken Flowers | $13,744,960 | 433 | $780,408 | 5.7% | 27 | Aug 5 | Nov 17 | Focus Features |
| 2 | Mad Hot Ballroom | $8,117,961 | 202 | $45,348 | 0.6% | 2 | May 13 | Nov 28 | Paramount Classics |
| 3 | The Aristocrats | $6,377,461 | 234 | $243,796 | - | 4 | Jul 29 | Jan 26 | THINKFilm |
| 4 | Howl's Moving Castle | $4,711,096 | 202 | $427,987 | 9.1% | 36 | Jun 10 | Oct 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | $3,885,134 | 160 | $30,801 | 0.8% | 1 | Jun 17 | Oct 16 | IFC Films |
| 6 | Rize | $3,336,391 | 352 | $1,574,787 | 47.2% | 352 | Jun 24 | Jul 21 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | Grizzly Man | $3,178,403 | 105 | $269,131 | 8.5% | 29 | Aug 12 | Nov 24 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | Junebug | $2,678,691 | 143 | $74,739 | 2.8% | 7 | Aug 3 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 9 | Layer Cake | $2,339,957 | 200 | $81,706 | 3.5% | 10 | May 13 | Aug 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 10 | Murderball | $1,531,154 | 97 | $57,286 | 3.7% | 8 | Jul 8 | Oct 6 | THINKFilm |
| 11 | 2046 | $1,444,588 | 61 | $113,074 | 7.8% | 4 | Aug 5 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 12 | Paheli | $1,409,499 | 68 | $632,000 | 44.8% | 68 | Jun 24 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 13 | Happy Endings | $1,315,701 | 74 | $240,075 | 18.2% | 52 | Jul 15 | Sep 15 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | Saving Face | $1,187,266 | 56 | $75,104 | 6.3% | 6 | May 27 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | Heights | $1,160,817 | 66 | $52,885 | 4.6% | 7 | Jun 17 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | $1,023,424 | 37 | $65,365 | 6.4% | 5 | Jul 1 | Dec 11 | Wellspring Media |
| 17 | My Summer of Love | $1,000,915 | 63 | $90,022 | 9% | 17 | Jun 17 | Aug 11 | Focus Features |
| 18 | Mangal Pandey | $954,108 | 63 | $531,018 | 55.7% | 63 | Aug 12 | Sep 8 | Yash Raj Films |
| 19 | Bunty Aur Babli | $942,756 | 51 | $435,767 | 46.2% | 51 | May 27 | Jun 30 | Yash Raj Films |
| 20 | Après Vous | $830,292 | 42 | $25,504 | 3.1% | 3 | Jun 3 | Nov 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 21 | Parineeta | $802,758 | 50 | $201,956 | 25.2% | 50 | Jun 10 | Jul 24 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 22 | Mysterious Skin | $713,240 | 23 | $17,425 | 2.4% | 1 | May 6 | Aug 4 | Tartan |
| 23 | No Entry | $678,000 | 49 | $312,000 | 46% | 48 | Aug 26 | Sep 18 | Eros Worldwide |
| 24 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2005 Re-release | $666,327 | 22 | $16,694 | 2.5% | 1 | Jul 29 | Jan 26 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 25 | Saraband | $645,634 | 27 | $34,304 | 5.3% | 4 | Jul 8 | Nov 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | Saint Ralph | $489,389 | 61 | $140,881 | 28.8% | 61 | Aug 5 | Nov 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 27 | Last Days | $463,080 | 31 | $86,556 | 18.7% | 12 | Jul 22 | Sep 1 | Picturehouse |
| 28 | The Beautiful Country 2005 Re-release | $442,813 | 28 | $25,900 | 5.8% | 6 | Jul 8 | Oct 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | Ferpect Crime | $418,843 | 23 | $9,588 | 2.3% | 1 | Aug 19 | Dec 29 | Vitagraph Films |
| 30 | Yes | $396,760 | 26 | $28,451 | 7.2% | 7 | Jun 24 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | Brothers | $389,220 | 26 | $8,161 | 2.1% | 2 | May 6 | Aug 18 | IFC Films |
| 32 | Asylum | $375,403 | 55 | $36,272 | 9.7% | 5 | Aug 12 | Nov 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 33 | The Memory of a Killer 2005 Re-release | $333,707 | 27 | $41,254 | 12.4% | 6 | Aug 26 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | Viruddh... Family Comes First | $327,615 | 37 | $110,360 | 33.7% | 37 | Jul 22 | Aug 18 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 35 | Secuestro express | $307,208 | 34 | $45,928 | 15% | 8 | Aug 5 | Sep 22 | Miramax |
| 36 | Pretty Persuasion | $305,800 | 24 | $58,570 | 19.2% | 8 | Aug 12 | Nov 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 37 | Cronicas | $300,322 | 17 | $43,263 | 14.4% | 9 | Jul 8 | Nov 3 | Palm Pictures |
| 38 | Caterina in the Big City | $296,464 | 13 | $9,352 | 3.2% | 2 | Jun 3 | Nov 10 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 39 | Kings & Queen | $290,973 | 9 | $16,101 | 5.5% | 2 | May 13 | Dec 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 40 | Elevator to the Gallows | $263,404 | 4 | $7,354 | 2.8% | 1 | Jun 24 | Dec 18 | Rialto Pictures |
| 41 | Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | $251,495 | 110 | $140,703 | 55.9% | 110 | May 20 | Jun 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | $225,863 | 5 | $7,310 | 3.2% | 1 | Jun 10 | Jun 11 | Arrival Pictures |
| 43 | Modigliani | $205,165 | 9 | $32,360 | 15.8% | 8 | May 13 | Aug 4 | Bauer Martinez Studios |
| 44 | The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till | $204,956 | 10 | $8,230 | 4% | 1 | Aug 17 | Feb 23 | THINKFilm |
| 45 | Darwin's Nightmare | $203,746 | 6 | $8,072 | 4% | 1 | Aug 3 | Jun 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 46 | November | $192,186 | 27 | $21,813 | 11.3% | 8 | Jul 22 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | The Baxter | $181,872 | 47 | $37,437 | 20.6% | 47 | Aug 26 | Oct 16 | IFC Films |
| 48 | My Date with Drew | $181,041 | 58 | $85,223 | 47.1% | 58 | Aug 5 | Aug 14 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 49 | The Edukators | $175,493 | 19 | $10,075 | 5.7% | 2 | Jul 22 | Oct 16 | IFC Films |
| 50 | Killing Cabos 2005 Re-release | $155,874 | 82 | $75,730 | 48.6% | 82 | Aug 26 | Sep 22 | Televisa Cine |
| 51 | Dirty Deeds | $146,490 | 64 | $66,219 | 45.2% | 64 | Aug 26 | Oct 20 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 52 | Deep Blue | $132,261 | 5 | $8,373 | 6.3% | 2 | Jun 3 | Aug 25 | Miramax |
| 53 | Tony Takitani | $129,783 | 5 | $1,765 | 1.4% | 1 | Jun 24 | Feb 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 54 | Five Times Two | $128,752 | 5 | $15,667 | 12.2% | 2 | Jun 10 | Sep 1 | THINKFilm |
| 55 | Lila dit ça | $121,365 | 6 | $12,599 | 10.4% | 2 | Jun 24 | Sep 29 | IDP Distribution |
| 56 | Pure | $102,471 | 3 | $5,154 | 5% | 2 | Jun 10 | Mar 9 | Indican Pictures |
| 57 | First Morning | $87,264 | 2 | $2,932 | 3.4% | 1 | Jul 15 | Dec 11 | Illuminare Entertainment |
| 58 | Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus | $79,916 | 6 | $4,095 | 5.1% | 1 | Jul 13 | Apr 6 | Shadow Distribution |
| 59 | The Ninth Day | $72,888 | 4 | $8,786 | 12.1% | 2 | May 27 | Nov 20 | Kino International |
| 60 | Come Away Home | $72,810 | 16 | - | - | - | May 6 | Sep 8 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 61 | Ma mère | $71,616 | 4 | $10,334 | 14.4% | 2 | May 13 | Aug 25 | TLA Releasing |
| 62 | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire | $68,249 | 4 | $1,848 | 2.7% | 1 | May 13 | Jul 14 | California Newsreel |
| 63 | 9 Songs | $66,853 | 3 | $13,457 | 20.1% | 1 | Jul 22 | Aug 4 | Tartan |
| 64 | The Talent Given Us | $65,827 | 3 | $12,717 | 19.3% | 1 | Jun 17 | Jul 24 | Vitagraph Films |
| 65 | An Adolescent 2005 Re-release | $65,171 | 2 | $7,106 | 10.9% | 2 | Aug 26 | Oct 19 | Indican Pictures |
| 66 | Rock School | $64,310 | 32 | $28,136 | 43.8% | 32 | Jun 3 | Jun 16 | Picturehouse |
| 67 | The World | $64,123 | 3 | $5,390 | 8.4% | 1 | Jul 1 | Oct 27 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 68 | The Two of Us | $56,558 | 2 | $5,255 | 9.3% | 1 | May 27 | Oct 6 | Rialto Pictures |
| 69 | The Chumscrubber | $52,597 | 28 | $28,548 | 54.3% | 28 | Aug 5 | Aug 18 | Newmarket Films |
| 70 | God's Sandbox | $51,246 | 3 | $4,816 | 9.4% | 3 | Jul 29 | Feb 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 71 | The Warrior 2005 Re-release | $50,257 | 5 | $14,170 | 28.2% | 4 | Jul 15 | Aug 11 | Miramax |
| 72 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | $49,981 | 6 | $21,281 | 42.6% | 6 | Jun 10 | Jun 26 | Fine Line Features |
| 73 | On the Outs | $49,940 | 11 | $7,765 | 15.5% | 1 | Jul 13 | Feb 16 | Fader Films |
| 74 | The Goebbels Experiment | $47,211 | 2 | $6,769 | 14.3% | 1 | Aug 12 | Feb 26 | First Run |
| 75 | Tropical Malady | $46,750 | 3 | $270 | 0.6% | 1 | Jun 24 | Dec 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 76 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2005 Re-release | $45,289 | 6 | $9,827 | 21.7% | 3 | Aug 19 | Feb 16 | Tartan |
| 77 | Bailey's Billion$ | $45,000 | 37 | $45,000 | 100% | 37 | Aug 5 | - | Echo Bridge Entertainment |
| 78 | William Eggleston in the Real World | $44,435 | 2 | $6,820 | 15.3% | 1 | Aug 31 | Oct 23 | Palm Pictures |
| 79 | Edvard Munch | $43,539 | 3 | $3,961 | 9.1% | 1 | Jun 17 | Mar 12 | Shadow Distribution |
| 80 | A State of Mind | $41,468 | 5 | $5,515 | 13.3% | 1 | Aug 10 | Nov 13 | Kino International |
| 81 | Undead | $41,196 | 13 | $8,527 | 20.7% | 2 | Jul 1 | Jul 14 | Lionsgate |
| 82 | Margaret Cho: Assassin | $40,123 | 8 | $15,001 | 37.4% | 8 | Sep 2 | Oct 27 | Regent Releasing |
| 83 | Tell Them Who You Are | $39,075 | 4 | $4,060 | 10.4% | 1 | May 13 | Aug 11 | THINKFilm |
| 84 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | $36,039 | 24 | $25,660 | 71.2% | 24 | May 6 | May 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 85 | Reel Paradise | $31,918 | 6 | $3,100 | 9.7% | 1 | Aug 17 | Jan 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 86 | Or (My Treasure) | $29,194 | 2 | $5,022 | 17.2% | 2 | Jun 1 | Sep 22 | Kino International |
| 87 | Eternal | $28,089 | 9 | $4,129 | 14.7% | 1 | Aug 26 | Sep 18 | Regent Releasing |
| 88 | Sex, Politics & Cocktails | $26,087 | 2 | $6,058 | 23.2% | 2 | May 20 | Jul 7 | Regent Releasing |
| 89 | Brodeuses: A Common Thread | $26,042 | 2 | $5,706 | 21.9% | 2 | May 27 | Nov 17 | New Yorker Films |
| 90 | Drivers Wanted | $25,189 | 1 | $3,657 | 14.5% | 1 | Jun 24 | Nov 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 91 | Three Dancing Slaves | $21,888 | 2 | $4,668 | 21.3% | 1 | Sep 2 | Nov 17 | TLA Releasing |
| 92 | Slutty Summer | $21,515 | 2 | $5,094 | 23.7% | 1 | Jun 10 | Oct 2 | Embrem Entertainment |
| 93 | The Last Dispatch | $20,684 | 1 | $16,848 | 81.5% | 1 | Jul 29 | Apr 27 | Fabrication Films |
| 94 | Melancholian 3 huonetta | $19,317 | 2 | $5,025 | 26% | 1 | Jul 29 | Aug 11 | Icarus Films |
| 95 | A League of Ordinary Gentlemen 2005 Re-release | $18,807 | 4 | $4,498 | 23.9% | 1 | May 27 | Aug 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | The Reception | $18,389 | 1 | $4,213 | 22.9% | 1 | Jul 15 | Oct 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 97 | Milwaukee, Minnesota | $17,528 | 3 | $7,517 | 42.9% | 3 | Jun 3 | Sep 15 | Tartan |
| 98 | The Great Water | $17,257 | 2 | $6,484 | 37.6% | 1 | Jun 17 | Sep 29 | Picture This! Entertainment |
| 99 | The Last Mogul | $16,469 | 2 | $4,965 | 30.1% | 1 | Jun 24 | Jul 14 | THINKFilm |
| 100 | Genesis | $16,413 | 1 | $4,891 | 29.8% | 1 | May 27 | Jul 21 | THINKFilm |
| 101 | Bomb the System | $15,520 | 2 | $7,551 | 48.7% | 2 | May 27 | Jun 16 | Palm Pictures |
| 102 | Oyster Farmer | $15,456 | 2 | $4,245 | 27.5% | 2 | Jul 29 | Jan 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 103 | Formula 17 2005 Re-release | $15,427 | 1 | $5,124 | 33.2% | 1 | Aug 26 | Nov 24 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | Memories of Murder | $15,357 | 1 | $4,487 | 29.2% | 1 | Jul 15 | Aug 4 | Palm Pictures |
| 105 | Wild Side | $15,355 | 2 | $4,268 | 27.8% | 1 | Jun 10 | Sep 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 106 | Wall | $14,541 | 2 | $4,015 | 27.6% | 1 | Aug 26 | Sep 15 | Lifesize Entertainment |
| 107 | Up for Grabs | $13,931 | 4 | $1,881 | 13.5% | 2 | May 6 | May 26 | Laemmle/Zeller Films |
| 108 | The Great Role | $11,419 | 2 | $1,839 | 16.1% | 1 | May 6 | Oct 9 | First Run |
| 109 | Fighting Tommy Riley | $10,514 | 5 | $5,199 | 49.4% | 5 | May 6 | May 19 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 110 | Chaos | $10,289 | 2 | - | - | - | Aug 10 | - | Dinsdale Releasing |
| 111 | Twist of Faith | $8,129 | 2 | $2,085 | 25.6% | 2 | Jul 1 | Aug 7 | Artistic License |
| 112 | Games of Love and Chance 2005 Re-release | $8,085 | 1 | $2,529 | 31.3% | 1 | Aug 31 | Dec 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 113 | A Decent Factory | $7,925 | 1 | $1,900 | 24% | 1 | Jun 29 | Jul 14 | Icarus Films |
| 114 | McLibel | $4,337 | 3 | $1,821 | 42% | 1 | Jun 10 | Jun 26 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 115 | This Divided State | $4,255 | 1 | $1,653 | 38.8% | 1 | Jul 22 | Aug 18 | Minority Films LLC |
| 116 | Stolen Childhoods | $2,996 | 1 | $2,996 | 100% | 1 | May 20 | May 22 | Balcony Releasing |
| 117 | Twin Sisters 2004 Re-release | $1,563 | 1 | $1,207 | 77.2% | 1 | May 6 | May 12 | Miramax |
| 118 | Making Grace | $1,496 | 1 | $456 | 30.5% | 1 | Jul 20 | Jul 31 | First Run |
| 119 | Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America | $1,430 | 1 | $842 | 58.9% | 1 | Jul 22 | Jul 28 | First Run |
| 120 | Return to the Land of Wonders | $1,338 | 1 | $357 | 26.7% | 1 | Jul 13 | Jul 24 | Arab Film Distribution |
| 121 | Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision | $1,246 | 1 | $642 | 51.5% | 1 | Aug 5 | Aug 11 | Icarus Films |
| 122 | Spooky House 2005 Re-release | $637 | 4 | $363 | 57% | 4 | May 27 | - | Entertainment Highway |
| 123 | Steve + Sky | $624 | 1 | $624 | 100% | 1 | Jul 8 | - | Lifesize Entertainment |
