The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) is the highest-grossing adventure movie released in December 2005, with $745M worldwide, ahead of King Kong (2005) at $556.9M and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) at $130.2M. 11 adventure films released in December 2005 report a worldwide gross, $1.6B in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada. 3 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 27% on November 2005, whose releases took $1.3B. By language, English leads with $1.6B across 8 adventure releases.
#1 of 11 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
2005 · Adventure, Fantasy
$745M worldwide · 46% of the chart's total
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) leads with $745M, 46% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.5B, 95% of what all 11 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in December 2005.
Dec 9, 2005 · English · Adventure, Fantasy, Family $745M worldwide Dec 14, 2005 US and Canada: $218.1M Rest of the world: $338.8M Worldwide: $556.9M Dec 21, 2005 US and Canada: $82.6M Rest of the world: $47.6M Worldwide: $130.2M Dec 2, 2005 US and Canada: $25.9M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $53.3M Dec 25, 2005 US and Canada: $12.7M Rest of the world: $36.6M Worldwide: $49.3M 
Dec 25, 2005 US and Canada: $11.3M Rest of the world: $26.4M Worldwide: $37.7M 
Dec 10, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.4M 
Dec 2, 2005 US and Canada: $9M Rest of the world: $6.1M Worldwide: $15.2M 
Dec 16, 2005 · English · Adventure, Drama, Mystery $12M worldwide 
Dec 7, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M 
Dec 31, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $850.1K Of the top 10, Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) earned the biggest share at home (63% in the US & Canada), while The New World (2005) made 74% of its gross abroad. Across all 11 films, $656.3M (40%) came from the US & Canada. 2 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
3 of 11 films crossed $100M and took $1.4B between them, 88% of the total. 2 films, 18% of the list, earned under $10M.
Films released in week 50 (Dec 4–10) took $765.2M, led by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.
Of these 10 years, December 2003 earned the most: $1.9B from 9 films, led by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). December 2005 took $1.6B.
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| December 1996 3 films | 3 | $244.6M | – | Daylight (1996) $159.2M |
| December 1997 4 films · +61% | 4 | $394.7M | +61% | Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) $333M |
| December 1998 4 films · −3% | 4 | $382.1M | −3% | The Prince of Egypt (1998) $218.6M |
| December 1999 2 films · +2% | 2 | $390.8M | +2% | Stuart Little (1999) $300.1M |
| December 2000 8 films · +209% | 8 | $1.2B | +209% | Cast Away (2000) $429.6M |
| December 2001 5 films · −17% | 5 | $1B | −17% | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $888.5M |
| December 2002 4 films · −93% | 4 | $69.5M | −93% | The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) $60.7M |
| December 2003 9 films · +2583% | 9 | $1.9B | +2583% | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1.1B |
| December 2004 11 films · −71% | 11 | $533.9M | −71% | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) $211.5M |
| December 2005 11 films · +204% | 11 | $1.6B | +204% | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) $745M |
English-language adventure films took $1.6B across 8 films, 99% of the total, ahead of Japanese-language adventure films ($18.4M) and Dutch-language adventure films ($1.8M).
The months of 2005 with their totals: December leads with $1.6B, led by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 11 films as the chart.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) leads with $745M worldwide, $291.7M of it in the US & Canada. Next come King Kong (2005) at $556.9M and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) at $130.2M.
11 adventure films released in December 2005 report a worldwide gross, $1.6B in all, or $147.3M per film on average. November 2005 releases took $1.3B.
None. 3 films crossed $100 million, led by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) with $745M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in December 2005. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.
