2012 in film

Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "2012 has been a good year for Hollywood and off-Hollywood. Note, once more, the remarkable Hollywood nexus of the Gotham and Independent Spirit nominees, as the path of independent financing becomes ever more significant for filmmakers whose work doesn't fit into franchise formatting. And that's a good thing, from the perspective of filmmaking—whether it means that directors and actors share producers' risks in getting their work made, or that complicit producers give a director's vision free rein. But the latter notion makes some critics uneasy. There's an undercurrent of thought—one rooted in an antiquated and nostalgic vision of a halcyon classic Hollywood that supposedly both reached the masses and made modest and un-self-conscious art—that looks to producers to restrain the idiosyncrasies of directors and fit them into a readily marketable package of popular appeal. These critics yearn for the adversarial relationship of producer and director, seeing the producer as the supporter of democratic values and the director as a sort of egomaniacal élitist who, unrestrained, would spend someone else's money frivolously to make a movie that would please himself and his friends. Of course, that relationship becomes adversarial only if the producer doesn't see himself as a sort of benefactor, a patron of the arts whose very role is to finance and to foster individual expression—and, as ever, it all depends on who the individual is and what the nature of the vision is. It's fairly obvious that strong producers improve films made by mediocre directors but often constrain or dilute the distinctiveness and individuality of the work of good ones. There is a political agenda hidden within the critics' aesthetic preference for the strong hand of the producer, as critics demagogically put themselves in the position of defenders of the people—defending them from radical outliers and finding popular tastes with which to align themselves. It's another case of left and right agreeing without common ground and leading to bad policy—and, in this case, bad art." In August 2012 BFI announced their 2012 Sight & Sound Greatest films of all Time survey which was topped for the first time by Vertigo.

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2012 by worldwide gross are as follows:

The Avengers grossed over $1.5 billion and it became the third highest-grossing film of all time. Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time.

2012 box office records

• The Hunger Games was the first film of 2012 to pass the $500 million mark worldwide, and is also the first film since Avatar to place first at the U.S. box office for four consecutive weekends.
• Skyfall became the first film to gross more than £100 million, amassing a total of £102.9 million.
• With their 3-D re-releases, two films achieved new milestones: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace reached $1.027 billion, and Titanic reached $2.187 billion, becoming the second film to surpass the $2 billion mark, following Avatar.
• 2012 was the first year to have four films cross the billion-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of three billion-dollar films.

Events

• 1st AACTA International Awards
• 14th Jutra Awards
• 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 32nd Genie Awards
• 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
• 38th People's Choice Awards
• 38th Saturn Awards
• 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
• 65th British Academy Film Awards
• 69th Golden Globe Awards
• 69th Venice International Film Festival
• 84th Academy Awards
• 2012 Cannes Film Festival
• 2012 MTV Movie Awards
• 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

Awards

Palme d'Or (65th Cannes Film Festival): :Amour, directed by Michael Haneke, Germany

Golden Lion (69th Venice International Film Festival): :Pietà (피에타), directed by Kim Ki-duk, South Korea

Golden Bear (62nd Berlin International Film Festival): :Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire), directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy

2012 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 2012
• List of Argentine films of 2012
• List of Australian films of 2012
• List of Bangladeshi films of 2012
• List of Brazilian films of 2012
• List of British films of 2012
• List of Canadian films of 2012
• List of Chinese films of 2012
• List of French films of 2012
• List of Hong Kong films of 2012
• List of Italian films of 2012
• List of Indian films of 2012
  • List of Assamese films
  • List of Bengali films of 2012
  • List of Bollywood films of 2012
  • List of Gujarati films
  • List of Kannada films of 2012
  • List of Malayalam films of 2012
  • List of Marathi films of 2012
  • List of Odia films of 2012
  • List of Punjabi films of 2012
  • List of Tamil films of 2012
  • List of Telugu films of 2012
  • List of Tulu films
• List of Japanese films of 2012
• List of Mexican films of the 2010s
• List of Pakistani films of 2012
• List of Russian films of 2012
• List of South Korean films of 2012
• List of Spanish films of 2012
• List of Turkish films of 2012

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 2012
• List of animated feature films of 2012
• List of avant-garde films of 2012
• List of comedy films of 2012
• List of drama films of 2012
• List of horror films of 2012
• List of science fiction films of 2012
• List of thriller films of 2012
• List of western films of 2012

Births

• January 7 - Blue Ivy Carter, American voice actress and dancer
• April 23 - Alan Kim, American actor
• June 4 - Vivien Lyra Blair, American actress

Deaths

Film debuts

• Isabelle Allen – Les Misérables
• Dylan Arnold – Fat Kid Rules the World
• Natasha Bassett – Mental
• Gabriel Bateman – George Biddle, CPA
• Talitha Bateman – George Biddle, CPA
• Lizet Benrey – Tea in a Thunder Cup
• Diego Boneta – Rock of Ages
• John Bradley − Anna Karenina
• Hannibal Buress − Sleepwalk with Me
• Emilia Clarke − Spike Island
• Laia Costa − I Want You
• Vinny Curran – Resolution
• Mackenzie Davis – Smashed
• Cara Delevingne − Anna Karenina
• Mike Faist - The Unspeakable Act
• Nell Tiger Free – Broken
• Ryan Guzman − Step Up Revolution
• Kit Harington − Silent Hill: Revelation
• Corey Hawkins – Allegiance
• Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
• Tom Holland − The Impossible
• Daniel Huttlestone – Les Misérables
• Lily James – Wrath of the Titans
• Charlotte Le Bon – Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia
• Greta Lee – Hello I Must Be Going
• Karenssa LeGear – The Kult
• Lashana Lynch – Fast Girls
• Kate McKinnon – My Best Day
• Maika Monroe – At Any Price
• Josh O'Connor – The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
• Leslie Odom Jr. − Red Tails
• Dayo Okeniyi – The Hunger Games
• Jack Quaid – The Hunger Games
• Gayle Rankin – Warfield
• Odeya Rush – The Odd Life of Timothy Green
• Justice Smith – Trigger Finger
• Taylor John Smith – The Hunger Games
• Karan Soni – Safety Not Guaranteed
• Nathan Stewart-Jarrett – The Comedian
• Suki Waterhouse – Pusher
• Anthony Welsh – Red Tails
• Madison Wolfe – On the Road

References

References

1. (9 December 2012). "The Best Movies of 2012".
2. "2012 Worldwide Box Office".
3. Levine, Nick. (March 4, 2013). "''The Hobbit'' becomes 15th movie to make $1 billion worldwide".
4. Stewart, Andrew. (December 28, 2011). "Domestic B.O. falls 3% in 2011".