 The song 's music video premiered worldwide on April 11 , 2005 , although MSN offered an exclusive look at the music video on April 9 . Carey 's " We Belong Together " is Yahoo ! Music 's most watched video of 2005 with 7 @.@ 5 million streamed performances . The video was shot by film director Brett Ratner in Los Angeles alongside the video for Carey 's previous single , " It 's Like That " . Carey had collaborated with Ratner several times in the past , having worked on the video for " Heartbreaker " , which became one of the most expensive of all time , costing an estimated $ 2 @.@ 5 million . The video was filmed through February 9 to February 10 , 2005 , in conjunction with " It 's Like That " and serves as the second half to the two @-@ part story . The music video for " It 's Like That " features Carey at her bachelorette party set to wed an older and powerful man , played by Eric Roberts . Towards the end of the video , her ex @-@ lover and past flame , played by Wentworth Miller , arrives at the event , and the video concludes with them staring into each other 's eyes as Carey 's soon @-@ to @-@ be husband watches from a balcony . The video for " We Belong Together " finishes their tale of love , and features Carey on her wedding day . For the scenes of Carey 's wedding to the older man , she wore her Vera Wang gown she originally wore during her nuptials to Tommy Mottola in 1993 . In an interview with MSNBC , when asked if there was a connection to the use of the dress in the video and reality , Carey responded : 
