The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 50 of 2005 (Dec 4–10), with $745M worldwide, ahead of Brokeback Mountain (2005) at $178.1M and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) at $162.2M. 9 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $1.1B in all, 39% of it from the US & Canada. 3 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 16.3 times the total of Week 49, 2005, whose releases took $70.1M. By genre, Adventure leads with $745M across 1 English release.
#1 of 9 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
2005 · Adventure, Fantasy
$745M worldwide · 65% of the chart's total
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) leads with $745M, 65% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.1B, 99% of what all 9 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 week 50 of 2005 (Dec 4–10).
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 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 8, 2005 US and Canada: $100.2K Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $1.3M 
Dec 7, 2005 US and Canada: $23.2K Rest of the world: $801.7K Worldwide: $824.9K 
Dec 9, 2005 US and Canada: $111.6K Rest of the world: $207.3K Worldwide: $318.9K Of the top 9, Brokeback Mountain (2005) earned the biggest share at home (47% in the US & Canada), while Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005) made 97% of its gross abroad. Across all 9 films, $448.6M (39%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 9 reports no US & Canada figure.
Week 50 releases took $1.1B. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 50 (Dec 4–10) with $1.1B, led by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
Of these 10 years, Week 50, 2005 earned the most: $1.1B from 9 films, led by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 50, 1996 Dec 8–14 4 films | 4 | $375.3M | – | Jerry Maguire (1996) $273.6M |
| Week 50, 1997 Dec 7–13 4 films · −39% | 4 | $227.3M | −39% | Scream 2 (1997) $172.4M |
| Week 50, 1998 Dec 6–12 4 films · +92% | 4 | $435.4M | +92% | Shakespeare in Love (1998) $289.3M |
| Week 50, 1999 Dec 5–11 13 films · +13% | 13 | $493.2M | +13% | The Green Mile (1999) $286.8M |
| Week 50, 2000 Dec 3–9 3 films · −37% | 3 | $312.4M | −37% | Vertical Limit (2000) $215.7M |
| Week 50, 2001 Dec 9–15 9 films · +20% | 9 | $374.5M | +20% | Vanilla Sky (2001) $203.4M |
| Week 50, 2002 Dec 8–14 11 films · +29% | 11 | $484.1M | +29% | Maid in Manhattan (2002) $154.9M |
| Week 50, 2003 Dec 7–13 7 films · +5% | 7 | $510.5M | +5% | Something's Gotta Give (2003) $265.3M |
| Week 50, 2004 Dec 5–11 6 films · +4% | 6 | $533.1M | +4% | Ocean's Twelve (2004) $362.7M |
| Week 50, 2005 Dec 4–10 9 films · +114% | 9 | $1.1B | +114% | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) $745M |
Adventure took $745M across 1 film, 65% of the total, ahead of Family ($745M) and Fantasy ($745M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
53 weeks of 2005 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 50 (Dec 4–10) with $1.1B, 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 9 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 Brokeback Mountain (2005) at $178.1M and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) at $162.2M.
9 English-language films released in week 50 of 2005 (Dec 4–10) report a worldwide gross, $1.1B in all, or $126.6M per film on average. Week 49, 2005 releases took $70.1M.
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 week 50 of 2005 (Dec 4–10). 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.
