2005
The year 2005 (MMV) was the 6th year of 2000's started on a Saturday.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 14 - Racing Stripes (Warner Bros./Momentum Pictures/Summit Entertainment/Constantin Film/Alcon Entertainment; Distribution in USA only)
- January 21 - The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros./Odyssey Entertainment/Joel Schumacher Productions/Really Useful Films/Scion Films; Wide release only)
- February 18
- Constantine (Warner Bros./DC Comics/Vertigo/Village Roadshow Pictures)
- Son of the Mask (New Line Cinema/Radar Pictures/Dark Horse Entertainment)
- March 4 - The Jacket (Warner Independent Pictures)
- March 11 - The Upside of Anger (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- March 12 - A Clockwork Orange (Tiburon International Film Festival)
- March 24 - Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (Warner Bros./Castle Rock Entertainment/Village Roadshow Pictures/Fortis Films/Roadshow Entertainment)
- April 8 - Eros (Warner Independent Pictures)
- April 22 - King's Ransom (New Line Cinema)
- May 6 - House of Wax (Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Dark Castle Entertainment)
- April 29
- The Year of the Yao (Fine Line Features/HBO Films; Limited release)
- The Holy Girl (Fine Line Features/HBO Films; Limited release)
- May 13 - Monster-in-Law (New Line Cinema)
- May 20
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (Warner Bros./Morgan Creek Productions)
- The Holy Girl (Fine Line Features/HBO Films; Seattle International Film Festival release)
- June 1 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Warner Bros./Alcon Entertainment/Di Novi Pictures/Debra Martin Chase Productions/Alloy Entertainment)
- June 6 - Batman Begins (Warner Bros./DC Comics) was premiered in Los Angeles, California.
- June 10 - The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Fine Line Features; Limited release only)
- June 15 - Batman Begins (Warner Bros./DC Comics)
- July 15
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures)
- Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
- July 22
- The Island (Warner Bros./DreamWorks; Distribution international only)
- March of the Penguins (Warner Independent Pictures)
- Last Days (Picturehouse)
- July 29 - Must Love Dogs (Team Todd/Ubu Productions/Warner Bros.)
- August 5 - The Dukes of Hazzard (Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures)
- September 2 - A Sound of Thunder (Warner Bros./Franchise Pictures)
- September 9 - The Man (New Line Cinema)
- September 16
- Everything Is Illuminated (Warner Independent Pictures)
- Mrs. Harris (HBO Films; Is premiered on the Toronto International Film Festival)
- September 23
- Corpse Bride (Warner Bros.)
- Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent Pictures/Redbus Pictures/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions/Section Eight Productions/Davis Films/Tohokushinsha; New York Film Festival release only)
- September 29 - The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Warner Bros. Pictures International/Rothkirch Cartoon Film)
- September 30
- October 7 - Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent Pictures/Redbus Pictures/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions/Section Eight Productions/Davis Films/Tohokushinsha; Limited release only)
- October 14 - Domino (New Line Cinema)
- October 21
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Warner Bros./Silver Pictures)
- North Country (Warner Bros./Participant Productions/Industry Entertainment/Nick Wechsler Productions)
- October 28 - Paradise Now (Warner Independent Pictures)
- October 29 - Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent Pictures/Redbus Pictures/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions/Section Eight Productions/Davis Films/Tohokushinsha; Savannah Film and Video Festival release only)
- November 4
- National Lampoon's Adam & Eve (New Line Cinema)
- Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent Pictures/Redbus Pictures/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions/Section Eight Productions/Davis Films/Tohokushinsha; Wide release only)
- November 18 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros./Heyday Films)
- November 23
- Just Friends (New Line Cinema)
- Syriana (Warner Bros.; limited release only)
- December 9 - Syriana (Warner Bros.)
- December 11 - V for Vendetta (Warner Bros./DC Comics/Vertigo/Virtual Studios/Silver Pictures) Is premiered on Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon.
- December 25
- Rumor Has It… (Warner Bros.)
- The New World (New Line Cinema)
Shorts[]
- September 27 - Tom and Jerry: The Karate Guard (Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros. Animation; limited theatrical release in cinemas throughout Los Angeles)
Television[]
Series[]
Warner Bros. Television[]
- January 14 - Jonny Zero
- March 30 - Eyes
- June 13 - The Closer
- September 8 - Reunion
- September 11 - The War at Home
- September 13 - Supernatural
- September 21 - E-Ring
- September 16 - Twins
- September 19 - Just Legal
- September 21 - Invasion
- October 4 - Close to Home
- October 5 - Related and Freddie
- October 7 - Hot Propeties
Warner Bros. Animation[]
Hanna-Barbera[]
DC Comics[]
Cartoon Network[]
- May 30 - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- July 8 - Camp Lazlo
- December 26 - My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- December 27 - Ben 10
Williams Street[]
New Line Television[]
- September 19 - Kitchen Confidential
HBO[]
Television Films[]
HBO Films[]
- January 24 - Dirty War
- February 12 - Lackawanna Blues
- February 17 - Sometimes in April
- April 30 - Warm Springs
- June 24 - The Girl in the Café
- September 15 - Angel Rodriguez
Television Pilots[]
Cartoon Network[]
Williams Street[]
- October 30 - Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil: He's Not the Messiah, He's a DJ
- December 13 - Moral Orel
Television Specials[]
Video games[]
Magazines[]
Books[]
Theme park happenings[]
- December 26 - Superman Escape opens at Warner Bros. Movie World.
Home video releases[]
DVD & VHS releases[]
- January 4
- January 18
- January 25
- Something the Lord Made
- The Story of the Weeping Camel
- February 8 - The Notebook
- February 15 - Raise Your Voice
- February 22 - Around the Bend
- March 1 - Exorcist: The Beginning
- March 15 - NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
- March 29
- After the Sunset
- Vera Drake
- April 12
- Criminal
- Ocean's Twelve
- April 19
- Birth
- Captain Blood
- Primer
- April 26
- Blade: Trinity
- The Glass Bottom Boat
- May 3 - The Phantom of the Opera
- May 10
- May 17
- The Sea Inside
- Son of the Mask
- May 31 - East of Eden
- June 21
- The Jacket
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
- July 12
- July 19 - Constantine
- July 26
- August 2
- Alexander
- Evel Knievel
- Pippi Longstocking
- August 30 - Monster-in-Law
- October 11 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- October 18 - Batman Begins
- October 25
- House of Wax
- The Wizard of Oz: Special Edition
- November 8
- November 22 - The Polar Express
- November 29 - March of the Penguins
- December 6 - The Dukes of Hazzard
- December 20 - Must Love Dogs
Direct-to-video releases[]
- January 4 - ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico
- January 18 - Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
- February 8 - Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
- October 11 - Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
- October 18 - The Batman vs. Dracula
- November 29 - Havoc
- December 13 - Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 2 - Barbara Pilavin (actress)
- January 17 - Virginia Mayo (actress and dancer)
- January 21 - Steve Susskind (actor and voice actor)
- January 23 - Johnny Carson (television host, comedian, writer and producer)
- January 31 - Jack Collins (actor)
- February 1 - John Vernon (actor)
- February 4 - Ossie David (actor, director, writer and activist)
- February 17 - Dan O'Herlihy (actor)
- February 20 - John Raitt (actor and singer)
- March 4 - Tony Romano (jazz guitarist and singer)
- March 6 - Teresa Wright (actress)
- March 13 - Jason Evers (actor)
- March 23 - David Kossoff (actor)
- March 29 - Johnnie Cochran (attorney)
- April 5 - Debralee Scott (actress)
- April 19 - Silo Sam (professional wrestler and actor)
- April 23 - John Mills (actor)
- April 26
- Eddie Albert (actor, singer and humanitarian)
- Maria Schell (actress and producer)
- May 5
- June MacCloy (actress and singer)
- Elisabeth Fraser (actress)
- May 17 - Frank Gorshin (actor, comedian and impressionist)
- May 19 - Henry Corden (actor and voice actor)
- May 20 - J. D. Cannon (actor)
- May 21 - Howard Morris (actor, voice actor and director)
- May 22 - Thurl Ravenscroft (voice actor and singer)
- June 6 - Dana Elcar (actor)
- June 11
- Robert Clarke (actor, director, producer and writer)
- Lon McCallister (actor)
- June 13 - Lane Smith (actor)
- June 24 - Paul Winchell (actor, voice actor, comedian, humanitarian, inventor and ventriloquist)
- June 25 - John Fiedler (voice actor)
- July 4 - June Haver (actress, singer and dancer)
- July 9 - Kevin Hagen (actor)
- July 11 - Frances Langford (singer and actress)
- July 17 - Geraldine Fitzgerald (actress)
- July 20 - James Doohan (actor and author)
- August 15 - Herta Ware (actress and activist)
- August 23 - Brock Peters (actor and singer)
- August 25 - Terence Morgan (actor)
- September 19 - John Bromfield (actor and commercial fisherman)
- September 24 - Tommy Bond (actor, director, producer and writer)
- October 2 - Hamilton Camp (singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor)
- October 7 - Charles Rocket (actor, comedian, musician and television news reporter)
- October 16 - John Larch (actor)
- October 23 - William Hootkins (actor)
- October 29 - Lloyd Bochner (actor)
- November 9 - Avril Angers (stand-up comedian, actress and dancer)
- November 20 - Nora Denney (actress)
- November 23 - Constance Cummings (actress)
- November 24 - Pat Morita (actor and voice actor)
- November 26 - Katharine Sergava (actress and dancer)
- November 28 - Marc Lawrence (actor)
- November 29 - Macon McCalman (actor)
- December 10
- Mary Jackson (actress)
- Richard Pryor (stand-up comedian and actor)
- December 11 - Norman Leavitt (actor)
- December 16 - John Spencer (actor)
- December 19 - William Leslie (actor)
- December 21 - Myron Healey (actor)
- December 26 - Vincent Schiavelli (actor and voice actor)
Character debuts[]
- February 4 - Bendy
- May 6 - Cheese
- May 30 - Juniper Lee, Jasmine Lee, Ray Ray Lee, Monroe, Jody Irwin, Ophelia Ramírez, Roger Radcliffe
- June 26 - Michael Lee, Barbara Lee, Dennis Lee
- July 8 - Lazlo, Raj, Clam, Lumpus
- July 31 - Melissa O’Malley
- November 6 - Alastor Moody, Cho Chang, Barty Crouch Jr., Bartemius Crouch Sr., Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum, Igor Karkaroff, Padma Patil, Gabrielle Delacour
- November 11 - Goo
- December 26 - Adam Lyon, Jake Spider Monkey
- December 27 - Ben Tennyson, Gwen Tennyson, Maxwell Tennyson, Vilgax, Heatblast, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, XLR8
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