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</ref> Budgeted at US18 million, the film, nevertheless, made US$62.2 million.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=honey.htm | title=Honey (2003) - Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
Alba next played [[exotic dancer]] [[Nancy Callahan]], as part of a long [[ensemble cast]], in the [[neo-noir]] [[Crime film|crime]] [[anthology film]] ''[[Sin City (film)|Sin City]]'' (2005), written, produced, and directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]]. It is based on Miller's [[graphic novel]] [[Sin City|of the same name]].<ref name="PM">{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com
[[File:Jessica-Alba-The-Eye.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Alba at a screening for ''The Eye'' (2008)]]
Alba portrayed the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Invisible Woman]] in ''Fantastic Four'' (also 2005), alongside [[Ioan Gruffudd]], [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]], [[Michael Chiklis]], and [[Julian McMahon]].<ref name="sfchronicle">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/08/DDGQ2DJSU21.DTL&type=movies |title=Fantastic Four Movie Review |access-date=May 16, 2008 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 8, 2005 | first=Mick | last=LaSalle}}</ref> ''The Guardian'', in its review for the film, noted: "Feminists and non-feminists alike must absorb the ''Fantastic Four'''s most troubling paradox: having been admitted to the story on the grounds of her beauty, [Alba's] superpower is to be invisible".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/jul/22/2|title=Fantastic Four|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|date=July 22, 2005|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> The film was a commercial success despite negative reviews, grossing US$333.5 million worldwide. At the [[2006 MTV Movie Awards]], she earned nominations for Best Hero and Best On-Screen Team. Her last 2005 film was the thriller ''[[Into the Blue (2005 film)|Into the Blue]]'', in which Alba portrayed, opposite [[Paul Walker]], one half of a couple who find themselves in trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane. The film saw moderate box office returns, with a US$44.4 million worldwide gross.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intotheblue.htm|title=Into the Blue (2005) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com}}</ref> She hosted the [[2006 MTV Movie Awards]] and performed sketches spoofing the movies ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'', and ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]''.<ref name="mtvmovie">{{cite web |url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/archive/year.jhtml?year=2006#summary|title = 2006 MTV Movie Awards|access-date = April 24, 2008|publisher = MTV|date = June 8, 2006}}</ref>
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