The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in December 2005, with $745M worldwide, ahead of King Kong (2005) at $556.9M and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) at $204.7M. 33 English-language films released in December 2005 report a worldwide gross, $2.8B in all, 43% of it from the US & Canada. 7 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 66% on November 2005, whose releases took $1.7B. By genre, Adventure leads with $1.6B across 8 English releases.
#1 of 33 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
2005 · Adventure, Fantasy
$745M worldwide · 27% of the chart's total
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) leads with $745M, 27% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.8B, 67% of what all 33 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 14, 2005 US and Canada: $218.1M Rest of the world: $338.8M Worldwide: $556.9M Dec 21, 2005 US and Canada: $110.3M Rest of the world: $94.3M Worldwide: $204.7M Dec 9, 2005 US and Canada: $83M Rest of the world: $95M Worldwide: $178.1M Dec 9, 2005 US and Canada: $57.5M Rest of the world: $104.8M Worldwide: $162.2M 
Dec 23, 2005 US and Canada: $47.4M Rest of the world: $83.6M Worldwide: $131M 
Dec 21, 2005 US and Canada: $82.6M Rest of the world: $47.6M Worldwide: $130.2M 
Dec 16, 2005 US and Canada: $60.1M Rest of the world: $32.8M Worldwide: $92.9M 
Dec 25, 2005 US and Canada: $43M Rest of the world: $45.9M Worldwide: $88.9M 
Dec 28, 2005 US and Canada: $23.2M Rest of the world: $62.5M Worldwide: $85.6M 
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 23, 2005 US and Canada: $35.4M Rest of the world: $5M Worldwide: $40.4M 
Dec 16, 2005 US and Canada: $19.4M Rest of the world: $18.7M Worldwide: $38.1M 
Dec 25, 2005 US and Canada: $11.3M Rest of the world: $26.4M Worldwide: $37.7M 
Dec 30, 2005 US and Canada: $669.6K Rest of the world: $30.3M Worldwide: $31M 
Dec 25, 2005 US and Canada: $16.2M Rest of the world: $14.7M Worldwide: $30.9M 
Dec 9, 2005 US and Canada: $11M Rest of the world: $16.8M Worldwide: $27.9M 
Dec 7, 2005 US and Canada: $5.1M Rest of the world: $13.2M Worldwide: $18.3M 
Dec 23, 2005 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $4.8M Worldwide: $17.4M 
Dec 23, 2005 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: $12.6M Worldwide: $16.2M 
Dec 2, 2005 US and Canada: $9M Rest of the world: $6.1M Worldwide: $15.2M 
Dec 16, 2005 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: $7M Worldwide: $12M 
Dec 21, 2005 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $4.1M 
Dec 8, 2005 US and Canada: $100.2K Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $1.3M 
Dec 2, 2005 US and Canada: $750.8K Rest of the world: $237.6K Worldwide: $988.4K 
Dec 7, 2005 US and Canada: $23.2K Rest of the world: $801.7K Worldwide: $824.9K 
Dec 16, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $541.8K 
Dec 9, 2005 US and Canada: $111.6K Rest of the world: $207.3K Worldwide: $318.9K 
Dec 1, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $158.6K 
Dec 27, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.7K Of the top 10, The Family Stone (2005) earned the biggest share at home (65% in the US & Canada), while Match Point (2005) made 73% of its gross abroad. Across all 33 films, $1.2B (43%) came from the US & Canada.
7 of 33 films crossed $100M and took $2.1B between them, 76% of the total. 10 films, 30% of the list, earned under $10M.
Films released in week 50 (Dec 4–10) took $1.1B, 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 1997 earned the most: $3.7B from 20 films, led by Titanic (1997). December 2005 took $2.8B.
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| December 1996 18 films | 18 | $988.5M | – | Jerry Maguire (1996) $273.6M |
| December 1997 20 films · +274% | 20 | $3.7B | +274% | Titanic (1997) $2.3B |
| December 1998 19 films · −61% | 19 | $1.4B | −61% | Shakespeare in Love (1998) $289.3M |
| December 1999 37 films · +13% | 37 | $1.6B | +13% | Stuart Little (1999) $300.1M |
| December 2000 28 films · +15% | 28 | $1.9B | +15% | Cast Away (2000) $429.6M |
| December 2001 31 films · +48% | 31 | $2.8B | +48% | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $888.5M |
| December 2002 33 films · −39% | 33 | $1.7B | −39% | Catch Me If You Can (2002) $352.1M |
| December 2003 28 films · +88% | 28 | $3.1B | +88% | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1.1B |
| December 2004 33 films · −40% | 33 | $1.9B | −40% | Meet the Fockers (2004) $522.7M |
| December 2005 33 films · +48% | 33 | $2.8B | +48% | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) $745M |
Adventure took $1.6B across 8 films, 58% of the total, ahead of Drama ($1.4B) and Romance ($1.3B). A film counts once for each of its genres.
The months of 2005 with their totals: December leads with $2.8B, 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 33 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 Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) at $204.7M.
33 English-language films released in December 2005 report a worldwide gross, $2.8B in all, or $84.1M per film on average. November 2005 releases took $1.7B.
None. 7 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
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.
