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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 3Disney$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 AfterParamount$752,600,867
The Twilight Saga: EclipseSummit$698,491,347
Iron Man 2Paramount$623,933,331
TangledDisney$592,461,732
Despicable MeUniversal$543,113,985
How to Train Your DragonParamount$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/Organization16th Critics' Choice Awards
January 14, 201168th Golden Globe Awards
January 16, 2011Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards64th BAFTA Awards
February 13, 201183rd Academy Awards
February 27, 2011DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmThe Social NetworkThe Kids Are All RightThe King's Speech
Best DirectorDavid Fincher
The Social NetworkTom Hooper
The King's SpeechDavid Fincher
The Social NetworkTom Hooper
The King's Speech
Best ActorColin Firth
The King's SpeechPaul Giamatti
Barney's VersionColin Firth
The King's Speech
Best ActressNatalie Portman
Black SwanAnnette Bening
The Kids Are All RightNatalie Portman
Black Swan
Best Supporting ActorChristian Bale
The FighterGeoffrey Rush
The King's SpeechChristian Bale
The Fighter
Best Supporting ActressMelissa Leo
The FighterHelena Bonham Carter
The King's SpeechMelissa Leo
The Fighter
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAaron Sorkin
The Social NetworkAaron Sorkin
The Social NetworkAaron Sorkin
The Social Network
Best Screenplay, OriginalDavid Seidler
The King's SpeechChristopher Nolan
InceptionDavid Seidler
The King's Speech
Best Animated FilmToy Story 3
Best Original ScoreThe Social Network
Trent Reznor and Atticus RossN/AThe King's Speech
Alexandre DesplatThe Social Network
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Original Song"If I Rise"
127 Hours"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
BurlesqueN/AN/A"We Belong Together"
Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language FilmThe Girl with the Dragon TattooIn a Better WorldN/AThe Girl with the Dragon TattooIn a Better World
Best DocumentaryWaiting 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
January4Donal Donnelly78IrelandActor
8Piero De Bernardi83ItalyScreenwriter
11Éric Rohmer89FranceDirector
14Mark Jones70UKActor
17Erich Segal72USScreenwriter
21L.A. Johnson62USProducer, Sound Engineer
22James Mitchell82USActor
22Johnny Seven83USActor
22Jean Simmons80UKActress
24Pernell Roberts81USActor
26Anne Froelick96USScreenwriter
27Betty Lou Keim71USActress
27Zelda Rubinstein76USActress
31Giulio Petroni92ItalyDirector
February1David Brown93USProducer
1Justin Mentell27USActor
3John McCallum91AustraliaProducer, Actor, Screenwriter
3Frances Reid95USActress
3Georges Wilson88FranceActor
5Ian Carmichael89UKActor
13Max Faulkner78-79UKStuntman, Actor
13Gareth Wigan78UKProducer, Executive
16John Davis Chandler75USActor
17Kathryn Grayson88USActress
19Lionel Jeffries83UKActor, Director
22Robin Davies56UKActor
23Derek Vanlint77CanadaCinematographer
26Richard Devon84USActor
28Martin Benson91UKActor
March4Nan Martin82USActress
5Charles B. Pierce71USDirector, Screenwriter
6Carol Marsh83UKActress
8Tony Imi72UKCinematographer
10Corey Haim38CanadaActor
11Don Guidice77USFilm Editor
11Merlin Olsen69USActor
14Peter Graves83USActor
15David J. Steinberg45USActor
18Fess Parker85USActor
24Robert Culp79USActor
28June Havoc97USActress
30Mario Garbuglia82ItalyProduction Designer
31Shirley Mills83USActress
April1John Forsythe92USActor
4Lori Martin62USActress
6Sam Menning85USActor
6Corin Redgrave70UKActor
8James Aubrey62AustriaActor
8Christopher Cazenove65UKActor
10Dixie Carter70USActress
16Sid Conrad86USActor
17Dede Allen86USFilm Editor
18Michael Adams60USStuntman, Actor
23Shay Duffin79IrelandActor
25Dorothy Provine75USActress
28Furio Scarpelli90ItalyScreenwriter
May1Danny Aiello III53USStuntman
2Lynn Redgrave67UKActress
7Adele Mara87USActress
9Lena Horne92USActress, Singer
11Doris Eaton106USActress
26Art Linkletter97CanadaActor
28Eddie Barth78USActor
28Gary Coleman42USActor
29Dennis Hopper74USActor, Director, Screenwriter
30Joan Rhodes90UKActress, Stuntwoman
31William A. Fraker86USCinematographer, Director
June1George Martin80USActor
1Joseph Strick86USDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
3Rue McClanahan76USActress
5Steven Reuther58USProducer
6Robert B. Radnitz85USProducer
7Eric Mason83UKActor
8Andreas Voutsinas79SudanActor
13Jimmy Dean81USSinger, Actor
15Bekim Fehmiu74YugoslaviaActor
16Ronald Neame99UKDirector, Cinematographer
17Elżbieta Czyżewska72PolandActress
19Vince O'Brien90USActor
19Ursula Thiess86GermanyActress
22Tracy Wright50CanadaActress
23Allyn Ferguson85USComposer
23Frank Giering38GermanyActor
27Corey Allen75USActor, Director
27Aldo Giuffrè86ItalyActor
30Elliott Kastner80USProducer
July1Geoffrey Hutchings71UKActor
1Ilene Woods81USActress, Singer
2Laurent Terzieff75FranceActor
8David Blewitt81USFilm Editor
9Vonetta McGee65USActress
10Aldo Sambrell79SpainActor
12Luigi Scattini83ItalyDirector
13Alan Hume85UKCinematographer
15Kip King72USActor
16James Gammon70USActor
26Antonio Gamero76SpainActor
27Maury Chaykin61USActor
31Suso Cecchi d'Amico96ItalyScreenwriter
31Tom Mankiewicz69USScreenwriter, Director
August1Robert F. Boyle100USArt Director, Production Designer
7Bruno Cremer75FranceActor
8Patricia Neal84USActress
9George DiCenzo70USActor
10David L. Wolper82USDocumentarian, Producer
11Bruno Schleinstein78GermanyActor
14Abbey Lincoln80USActress, Singer
20Tiberio Murgia81ItalyActor
24Satoshi Kon46JapanDirector
29James Deuter71USActor
30Alain Corneau67FranceDirector, Screenwriter
September1Cammie King76USActress
2Michael Dennison58USCostume Designer
3Robert Schimmel60USActor, Comedian
7Clive Donner84UKDirector, Film Editor
7Glenn Shadix58USActor
9Geoffrey Foot95UKFilm Editor
11Harold Gould86USActor
11Kevin McCarthy96USActor
12Claude Chabrol80FranceDirector
14Caterina Boratto95ItalyActress
14Nicholas Selby85UKActor
15Frank Jarvis69UKActor
19Irving Ravetch89USScreenwriter
21Grace Bradley97USActress
21John Crawford90USActor
22Jackie Burroughs71CanadaActress
22Eddie Fisher82USActor, Singer
22Bridget O'Connor49UKScreenwriter
26Gloria Stuart100USActress
27Pierre Guffroy84FranceProduction Designer
28Sally Menke56USFilm Editor
28Arthur Penn88USDirector, Producer
29Andy Albeck89USStudio Executive
29Tony Curtis85USActor
29Joe Mantell94USActor
October1Marshall Flaum85USDocumentarian
4Norman Wisdom95UKActor, Comedian
5Roy Ward Baker93UKDirector
10John Graysmark75UKProduction Designer
12Angelo Infanti71ItalyActor
14Simon MacCorkindale58UKActor
14James Mitchell80USFilm Editor
15Dorothy Ford88USActress
15Johnny Sheffield79USActor
16Barbara Billingsley94USActress
16Chao-Li Chi83ChinaActor
19Tom Bosley83USActor
19Graham Crowden87UKActor
20Robert Paynter82UKCinematographer
24Lamont Johnson88USDirector
25Lisa Blount53USActress, Producer
28Robert Ellenstein87USActor
28James MacArthur72USActor
29Mervyn Haisman82UKScreenwriter
29George Hickenlooper47USDirector, Producer
November1Monica Johnson64USScreenwriter
4Michelle Nicastro50USSinger, Actress
5Jill Clayburgh66USActress
8Addison Powell89USActor
10Dino De Laurentiis91ItalyProducer
11Marie Osborne99USCostumer, Actress
11Simone Valère87FranceActress
13Luis García Berlanga89SpainDirector
13Simon Holland70UKProduction Designer
15Moira Deady88IrelandActress
20Heinz Weiss89GermanyActor
23Joyce Howard88UKActress
23Ingrid Pitt73PolandActress
27Irvin Kershner87USDirector
28Giorgos Fountas86GreeceActor
28Leslie Nielsen84CanadaActor
28Gene Polito92USCinematographer
29Kamala Devi77IndiaActress
29Mario Monicelli95ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
30Ted Sorel74USActor
December4Neva Patterson90USActress
15Blake Edwards88USDirector, Screenwriter
15Jean Rollin72FranceDirector, Producer
17Lina Romay91SpainSinger, Actress
20Steve Landesberg74USActor
27Grant McCune67USVisual Effects Artist
29Bill 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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