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2010 in film

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In 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, Megamind and numerous other titles being released in 3D formats. 20th Century Fox and Republic Pictures celebrated their 75th anniversaries.

Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best movies of 2010, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said:

"At times it feels as if we’re living in something of a cinematic golden age, but one that’s altogether different from earlier halcyon days. Where some celebrate the former genius of the system to explain an earlier day’s proliferation of fine movies, now the system is something of a blunderer that often flings itself into follies or even crushes inspiration under its weight, but sometimes gets carried away, for reasons good or bad, and hands surprising control of vast resources over to artists who make stunningly audacious and personal use of them. The best filmmakers working in Hollywood have a passionate grasp of the cinematic past, but they don’t swoon over its polish or emulate its styles, they excavate it for its raw materials. There’s also a ferment here of independent filmmaking that liberates young people who, in earlier times, might have had to scuffle or supplicate for years while angling for a practical chance that now, with video, and with adequate effort, they can seize for themselves. Some of these independents have developed distinctive methods as well as aesthetics—regarding subject matter, picture, and performance—that are apt for the means of production. They make their lives, their homes, their families, their problems, and even their art the focus of their movies, and because, in their individuality, they share much with others in their generation, their stories, at their best—reflecting the age-old clashes and strivings of talented and ambitious youths in life, love, and art—reverberate deeply and widely. Meanwhile, the proliferation of arthouse cinemas and the sudden availability of classics on DVD and via Netflix go hand in hand with the rise of their art: their fierce focus on the immediate and the intimate includes the intensely personal experience of movies—whether treasures from the history of cinema or instant classics newly arrived from around the world. And, thanks to the Internet’s rapidity of ripple-effects that carry word from bloggers and enthusiasts to the world at large, the independent aesthetic and its artists have quickly had an impact on the Hollywood mainstream, in salutary ways."

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2010 by worldwide gross are as follows:

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross12345678910
*Toy Story 3*Disney$1,066,969,703
*Alice in Wonderland*$1,025,467,110
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 *Warner Bros.$960,897,696
*Inception*$828,258,695
*Shrek Forever After*Paramount$752,600,867
*The Twilight Saga: Eclipse*Summit$698,491,347
*Iron Man 2*Paramount$623,933,331
*Tangled*Disney$592,461,732
*Despicable Me*Universal$543,113,985
*How to Train Your Dragon*Paramount$494,878,759

Box office records

  • 2010 was the first year to have two films cross the billion-dollar milestone.
    • Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to gross $1 billion, and is currently the tenth highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year; two of them are in the Top 5.
    • Toy Story 3 surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Disney. It was later surpassed by The Avengers in 2012.
  • The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two.

Events

;January :17 – The 67th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced. :21 – The nominations of the 63rd BAFTA Awards were announced. :23 – The 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards winners were announced.

;February :1 – The nominations of the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced. :2 – The nominations of the 82nd Academy Awards were announced. :11 to 21 – The 60th Berlin International Film Festival was held. :21 – The 64th BAFTA Awards winners were announced

;March :6 – The 30th Golden Raspberry Awards winners were announced. :7 – The 82nd Academy Awards winners were announced. :28 – The 15th Empire Awards winners were announced.

;May :12 to 23 – The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held.

;June :6 – The 2010 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.

;July :22 to August 1 – The 10th Era New Horizons Film Festival was held.

;September :1 to 11 – The 67th annual Venice Film Festival was held. :9 to 19 – The 35th annual Toronto Film Festival was held.

;October :8 to 17 – The 26th Warsaw International Film Festival was held. :20 to 24 – The 1st American Film Festival was held in Wrocław.

;November :26 to 28 – The 4th Dawn Breakers International Film Festival was held. :26 to December 5 – The 12th Jakarta International Film Festival was held.

;December :4 – The 23rd European Film Awards was held. :11 – The 52nd Australian Film Institute Awards winners were announced.

Awards

Category/Organization[16th Critics' Choice Awards](16th-critics-choice-awards)
January 14, 2011[68th Golden Globe Awards](68th-golden-globe-awards)
January 16, 2011Producers, [Directors](63rd-directors-guild-of-america-awards), [Screen Actors](17th-screen-actors-guild-awards), and Writers Guild Awards[64th BAFTA Awards](64th-british-academy-film-awards)
February 13, 2011[83rd Academy Awards](83rd-academy-awards)
February 27, 2011DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film*The Social Network**The Kids Are All Right**The King's Speech*
Best DirectorDavid Fincher
*The Social Network*Tom Hooper
*The King's Speech*David Fincher
*The Social Network*Tom Hooper
*The King's Speech*
Best ActorColin Firth
*The King's Speech*Paul Giamatti
*Barney's Version*Colin Firth
*The King's Speech*
Best ActressNatalie Portman
*Black Swan*Annette Bening
*The Kids Are All Right*Natalie Portman
*Black Swan*
Best Supporting ActorChristian Bale
*The Fighter*Geoffrey Rush
*The King's Speech*Christian Bale
*The Fighter*
Best Supporting ActressMelissa Leo
*The Fighter*Helena Bonham Carter
*The King's Speech*Melissa Leo
*The Fighter*
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAaron Sorkin
*The Social Network*Aaron Sorkin
*The Social Network*Aaron Sorkin
*The Social Network*
Best Screenplay, OriginalDavid Seidler
*The King's Speech*Christopher Nolan
*Inception*David Seidler
*The King's Speech*
Best Animated Film*Toy Story 3*
Best Original Score*The Social Network*
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross**N/A***The King's Speech*
Alexandre Desplat*The Social Network*
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Original Song"If I Rise"
*[127 Hours](127-hours)*"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
*Burlesque***N/A****N/A**"We Belong Together"
*Toy Story 3*
Best Foreign Language Film*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo**In a Better World***N/A***The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo**In a Better World*
Best Documentary*Waiting for "Superman"**Waiting for "Superman"**Inside Job*

Palme d'Or (63rd Cannes Film Festival): :Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ), directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand

Golden Lion (67th Venice International Film Festival): :Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola, United States

Golden Bear (60th Berlin International Film Festival): :Honey (Bal), directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu, Turkey

2010 films

By country/region

  • List of American films of 2010
  • List of Argentine films of 2010
  • List of Australian films of 2010
  • List of Bangladeshi films of 2010
  • List of Brazilian films of 2010
  • List of British films of 2010
  • List of Canadian films of 2010
  • List of Chinese films of 2010
  • List of Egyptian films of 2010
  • List of French films of 2010
  • List of Hong Kong films of 2010
  • List of Italian films of 2010
  • List of Indian films of 2010
    • List of Assamese films
    • List of Bengali films of 2010
    • List of Hindi films of 2010
    • List of Gujarati films
    • List of Kannada films of 2010
    • List of Malayalam films of 2010
    • List of Marathi films of 2010
    • List of Odia films of 2010
    • List of Punjabi films of 2010
    • List of Tamil films of 2010
    • List of Telugu films of 2010
    • List of Tulu films
  • List of Japanese films of 2010
  • List of Lebanese films
  • List of Mexican films of 2010
  • List of Pakistani films of 2010
  • List of Swedish films of the 2000s
  • List of South Korean films of 2010
  • List of Spanish films of 2010
  • List of Turkish films of 2010

By genre/medium

  • List of action films of 2010
  • List of animated feature films of 2010
  • List of avant-garde films of 2010
  • List of comedy films of 2010
  • List of drama films of 2010
  • List of horror films of 2010
  • List of science fiction films of 2010
  • List of thriller films of 2010
  • List of western films of 2010

Births

  • March 10 - Ryan Kiera Armstrong, American actress
  • April 7 - Alyla Browne, Australian actress
  • May 4 - Brooklynn Prince, American actress and director
  • June 25 - Shrinivas Pokale, Indian actor
  • July 7 - Frankie Corio, Scottish actress
  • July 12 - Federico Ielapi, Italian actor
  • August 1 - Jude Hill, Northern Irish actor
  • October 18 - Andrey Andreev, Russian actor
  • Unknown - Amie Donald, New Zealand actress and dancer

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
**January***4*Donal Donnelly78IrelandActor
*8*Piero De Bernardi83ItalyScreenwriter
*11*Éric Rohmer89FranceDirector
*14*Mark Jones70UKActor
*17*Erich Segal72USScreenwriter
*21*L.A. Johnson62USProducer, Sound Engineer
*22*James Mitchell82USActor
*22*Johnny Seven83USActor
*22*Jean Simmons80UKActress
*24*Pernell Roberts81USActor
*26*Anne Froelick96USScreenwriter
*27*Betty Lou Keim71USActress
*27*Zelda Rubinstein76USActress
*31*Giulio Petroni92ItalyDirector
**February***1*David Brown93USProducer
*1*Justin Mentell27USActor
*3*John McCallum91AustraliaProducer, Actor, Screenwriter
*3*Frances Reid95USActress
*3*Georges Wilson88FranceActor
*5*Ian Carmichael89UKActor
*13*Max Faulkner78-79UKStuntman, Actor
*13*Gareth Wigan78UKProducer, Executive
*16*John Davis Chandler75USActor
*17*Kathryn Grayson88USActress
*19*Lionel Jeffries83UKActor, Director
*22*Robin Davies56UKActor
*23*Derek Vanlint77CanadaCinematographer
*26*Richard Devon84USActor
*28*Martin Benson91UKActor
**March***4*Nan Martin82USActress
*5*Charles B. Pierce71USDirector, Screenwriter
*6*Carol Marsh83UKActress
*8*Tony Imi72UKCinematographer
*10*Corey Haim38CanadaActor
*11*Don Guidice77USFilm Editor
*11*Merlin Olsen69USActor
*14*Peter Graves83USActor
*15*David J. Steinberg45USActor
*18*Fess Parker85USActor
*24*Robert Culp79USActor
*28*June Havoc97USActress
*30*Mario Garbuglia82ItalyProduction Designer
*31*Shirley Mills83USActress
**April***1*John Forsythe92USActor
*4*Lori Martin62USActress
*6*Sam Menning85USActor
*6*Corin Redgrave70UKActor
*8*James Aubrey62AustriaActor
*8*Christopher Cazenove65UKActor
*10*Dixie Carter70USActress
*16*Sid Conrad86USActor
*17*Dede Allen86USFilm Editor
*18*Michael Adams60USStuntman, Actor
*23*Shay Duffin79IrelandActor
*25*Dorothy Provine75USActress
*28*Furio Scarpelli90ItalyScreenwriter
**May***1*Danny Aiello III53USStuntman
*2*Lynn Redgrave67UKActress
*7*Adele Mara87USActress
*9*Lena Horne92USActress, Singer
*11*Doris Eaton106USActress
*26*Art Linkletter97CanadaActor
*28*Eddie Barth78USActor
*28*Gary Coleman42USActor
*29*Dennis Hopper74USActor, Director, Screenwriter
*30*Joan Rhodes90UKActress, Stuntwoman
*31*William A. Fraker86USCinematographer, Director
**June***1*George Martin80USActor
*1*Joseph Strick86USDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
*3*Rue McClanahan76USActress
*5*Steven Reuther58USProducer
*6*Robert B. Radnitz85USProducer
*7*Eric Mason83UKActor
*8*Andreas Voutsinas79SudanActor
*13*Jimmy Dean81USSinger, Actor
*15*Bekim Fehmiu74YugoslaviaActor
*16*Ronald Neame99UKDirector, Cinematographer
*17*Elżbieta Czyżewska72PolandActress
*19*Vince O'Brien90USActor
*19*Ursula Thiess86GermanyActress
*22*Tracy Wright50CanadaActress
*23*Allyn Ferguson85USComposer
*23*Frank Giering38GermanyActor
*27*Corey Allen75USActor, Director
*27*Aldo Giuffrè86ItalyActor
*30*Elliott Kastner80USProducer
**July***1*Geoffrey Hutchings71UKActor
*1*Ilene Woods81USActress, Singer
*2*Laurent Terzieff75FranceActor
*8*David Blewitt81USFilm Editor
*9*Vonetta McGee65USActress
*10*Aldo Sambrell79SpainActor
*12*Luigi Scattini83ItalyDirector
*13*Alan Hume85UKCinematographer
*15*Kip King72USActor
*16*James Gammon70USActor
*26*Antonio Gamero76SpainActor
*27*Maury Chaykin61USActor
*31*Suso Cecchi d'Amico96ItalyScreenwriter
*31*Tom Mankiewicz69USScreenwriter, Director
**August***1*Robert F. Boyle100USArt Director, Production Designer
*7*Bruno Cremer75FranceActor
*8*Patricia Neal84USActress
*9*George DiCenzo70USActor
*10*David L. Wolper82USDocumentarian, Producer
*11*Bruno Schleinstein78GermanyActor
*14*Abbey Lincoln80USActress, Singer
*20*Tiberio Murgia81ItalyActor
*24*Satoshi Kon46JapanDirector
*29*James Deuter71USActor
*30*Alain Corneau67FranceDirector, Screenwriter
**September***1*Cammie King76USActress
*2*Michael Dennison58USCostume Designer
*3*Robert Schimmel60USActor, Comedian
*7*Clive Donner84UKDirector, Film Editor
*7*Glenn Shadix58USActor
*9*Geoffrey Foot95UKFilm Editor
*11*Harold Gould86USActor
*11*Kevin McCarthy96USActor
*12*Claude Chabrol80FranceDirector
*14*Caterina Boratto95ItalyActress
*14*Nicholas Selby85UKActor
*15*Frank Jarvis69UKActor
*19*Irving Ravetch89USScreenwriter
*21*Grace Bradley97USActress
*21*John Crawford90USActor
*22*Jackie Burroughs71CanadaActress
*22*Eddie Fisher82USActor, Singer
*22*Bridget O'Connor49UKScreenwriter
*26*Gloria Stuart100USActress
*27*Pierre Guffroy84FranceProduction Designer
*28*Sally Menke56USFilm Editor
*28*Arthur Penn88USDirector, Producer
*29*Andy Albeck89USStudio Executive
*29*Tony Curtis85USActor
*29*Joe Mantell94USActor
**October***1*Marshall Flaum85USDocumentarian
*4*Norman Wisdom95UKActor, Comedian
*5*Roy Ward Baker93UKDirector
*10*John Graysmark75UKProduction Designer
*12*Angelo Infanti71ItalyActor
*14*Simon MacCorkindale58UKActor
*14*James Mitchell80USFilm Editor
*15*Dorothy Ford88USActress
*15*Johnny Sheffield79USActor
*16*Barbara Billingsley94USActress
*16*Chao-Li Chi83ChinaActor
*19*Tom Bosley83USActor
*19*Graham Crowden87UKActor
*20*Robert Paynter82UKCinematographer
*24*Lamont Johnson88USDirector
*25*Lisa Blount53USActress, Producer
*28*Robert Ellenstein87USActor
*28*James MacArthur72USActor
*29*Mervyn Haisman82UKScreenwriter
*29*George Hickenlooper47USDirector, Producer
**November***1*Monica Johnson64USScreenwriter
*4*Michelle Nicastro50USSinger, Actress
*5*Jill Clayburgh66USActress
*8*Addison Powell89USActor
*10*Dino De Laurentiis91ItalyProducer
*11*Marie Osborne99USCostumer, Actress
*11*Simone Valère87FranceActress
*13*Luis García Berlanga89SpainDirector
*13*Simon Holland70UKProduction Designer
*15*Moira Deady88IrelandActress
*20*Heinz Weiss89GermanyActor
*23*Joyce Howard88UKActress
*23*Ingrid Pitt73PolandActress
*27*Irvin Kershner87USDirector
*28*Giorgos Fountas86GreeceActor
*28*Leslie Nielsen84CanadaActor
*28*Gene Polito92USCinematographer
*29*Kamala Devi77IndiaActress
*29*Mario Monicelli95ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
*30*Ted Sorel74USActor
**December***4*Neva Patterson90USActress
*15*Blake Edwards88USDirector, Screenwriter
*15*Jean Rollin72FranceDirector, Producer
*17*Lina Romay91SpainSinger, Actress
*20*Steve Landesberg74USActor
*27*Grant McCune67USVisual Effects Artist
*29*Bill Erwin96USActor

Film debuts

  • Shamier Anderson – Nostrum
  • Audrey Bastien – Lights Out
  • Mike Birbiglia – Going the Distance
  • Karan Brar – Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Israel Broussard – Flipped
  • Caitlin Carmichael – Backlight
  • Anna Castillo − Blog
  • Eugene Cordero – When in Rome
  • Rana Daggubati – Leader
  • Dane DeHaan – Amigo
  • Andrea Duro − Three Steps Above Heaven
  • Philip Ettinger – Twelve
  • Luke Evans – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
  • Elsie Fisher – Dirty Girl
  • Ruby O. Fee – Womb
  • Aura Garrido − Plans for Tomorrow
  • Greer Grammer – Almost Kings
  • Meredith Hagner – Going the Distance
  • Paul Walter Hauser – Virginia
  • James Landry Hébert – Skateland
  • Lisa Henni – Easy Money
  • Cody Horn – Twelve
  • Stephanie Hsu – The Four-Faced Liar
  • Tom Hughes – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
  • Oliver Jackson-Cohen – Going the Distance
  • Theo James – You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
  • Avan Jogia – Triple Dog
  • Jet Jurgensmeyer – Redemption Road
  • Shraddha Kapoor – Teen Patti
  • Riley Keough – The Runaways
  • Vanessa Kirby – Love/Loss
  • Ariane Labed – Attenberg
  • Jacob Latimore – Vanishing on 7th Street
  • Callan McAuliffe – Flipped
  • Merrick McCartha – KingBreaker
  • Roland Møller – R
  • Natalie Morales – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
  • Kumail Nanjiani – Life as We Know It
  • Chris Pang – Tomorrow, When the War Began
  • Jordan Peele – Little Fockers
  • Ella Purnell – Never Let Me Go
  • Andrew Rannells – Sex and the City 2
  • Craig Roberts – Submarine
  • Laura Ashley Samuels – The Final
  • Saxon Sharbino – Red White & Blue
  • Timothy Simons – Days Together
  • Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
  • Tika Sumpter – Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
  • Teyana Taylor – Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
  • Miles Teller – Rabbit Hole
  • Brenton Thwaites – Charge Over You
  • Phoebe Tonkin – Tomorrow, When the War Began
  • Jessie T. Usher – Beautiful Boy
  • Alicia Vikander – Pure

References

References

  1. (9 December 2010). "The Best Movies of 2010".
  2. "2010 Worldwide Box Office".
  3. Finke, Nikki. (August 27, 2010). "Disney Smashes Box Office Records: ''Toy Story 3'' Crossing $1B, Studio First To Release 2 Billion-Dollar Pics In Single Year".
  4. "Festival de Cannes 2010". festival-cannes.com.
  5. (27 July 2010). "Muere Antonio Gamero, el secundario de izquierdas".
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