2010 in film
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In the year 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, all animated films, with numerous other titles being released in 3D formats.
20th Century Fox celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010.
Highest-grossing films
These are the top grossing films that were released in 2010.
Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
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1. | Toy Story 3 | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar | $1,063,171,911 |
2. | Alice in Wonderland | Walt Disney Pictures | $1,025,467,110 |
3. | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Warner Bros. | $960,283,305 |
4. | Inception | Warner Bros. / Legendary | $825,532,764 |
5. | Shrek Forever After | Paramount / DreamWorks | $752,600,867 |
6. | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Summit Entertainment | $698,491,347 |
7. | Iron Man 2 | Paramount / Marvel Studios | $623,933,331 |
8. | Tangled | Walt Disney Pictures | $591,794,936 |
9. | Despicable Me | Universal / Illumination | $543,113,985 |
10. | How to Train Your Dragon | Paramount / DreamWorks | $494,878,759 |
Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland both grossed more than $1 billion, marking the first time that two films grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in the same year. Even more impressively, both films were released by the same studio—Walt Disney Pictures. Toy Story 3 is the first animated film to gross $1 billion, and is the third highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide (behind Frozen and Minions). Two other films—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Inception—are also among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year, and two of them are in the Top 5. The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two releases.
Events
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- 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.[2]
- 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
2010 films
The tables list films that were released sometime in 2010:
- W: Wide release (600 or more theaters)
- L: Limited release in select cities (fewer than 600 theaters)
- R: Re-release of previously released film
- ‡: Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Lists of films released in 2010
- American films
- Argentine films
- Australian films
- Bollywood films
- British films
- Egyptian films
- French films
- Hong Kong films
- Italian films
- Japanese films
- Lebanese films
- Mexican films
- Pakistani films
- Swedish films
- South Korean films
- Spanish films
- Tamil films
- Telugu films
Notable deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 4 | Donal Donnelly | 78 | Ireland | Actor | |
5 | Beatriz Baz | 86 | USA | Actress | House of Evil | |
11 | Éric Rohmer | 89 | France | Director | ||
14 | Mark Jones | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Erich Segal | 72 | USA | Author, Screenwriter | ||
21 | L.A. Johnson | 62 | USA | Producer, Sound Recordist | ||
22 | Johnny Seven | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
22 | Jean Simmons | 80 | UK | Actress | ||
24 | Pernell Roberts | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
24 | James Cole | 84 | USA | Actor | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | |
27 | Zelda Rubinstein | 76 | USA | Actress | ||
27 | Martin Grace | 67 | Spain | Stuntman, Actor | ||
February | 1 | David Brown | 93 | USA | Producer | |
1 | Justin Mentell | 27 | USA | Actor | ||
3 | Frances Reid | 95 | USA | Actress | ||
3 | John McCallum | 91 | Australia | Producer, Actor, Writer | ||
3 | Georges Wilson | 88 | France | Actor | ||
5 | Ian Carmichael | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Lisa Daniels | 79 | USA | Actress | ||
13 | Max Faulkner | 78 or 79 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | ||
15 | George Waring | 84 | UK | Actor | Tarka the Otter | |
16 | John Davis Chandler | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
17 | Kathryn Grayson | 88 | USA | Actress | ||
19 | Lionel Jeffries | 83 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
22 | Robin Davies | 56 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Derek Vanlint | 77 | Canada | Cinematographer | ||
26 | Richard Devon | 84 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | Martin Benson | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
March | 4 | Nan Martin | 82 | USA | Actress | |
5 | Charles B. Pierce | 71 | USA | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
9 | Bob Colletti | USA | Stuntman, Actor | |||
10 | Corey Haim | 38 | Canada | Actor | ||
11 | Merlin Olsen | 69 | USA | Actor | ||
14 | Peter Graves | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
15 | David J. Steinberg | 45 | USA | Actor | ||
18 | Fess Parker | 85 | USA | Actor | ||
24 | Robert Culp | 79 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | June Havoc | 97 | USA | Actress | ||
31 | Shirley Mills | 83 | USA | Actress | ||
April | 1 | John Forsythe | 92 | USA | Actor | |
4 | Lori Martin | 62 | USA | Actress | ||
6 | Sam Menning | 85 | USA | Actor | ||
6 | Corin Redgrave | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | James Aubrey | 62 | Latvia | Actor | ||
8 | Christopher Cazenove | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Meinhardt Raabe | 94 | USA | Actor | The Wizard of Oz | |
10 | Dixie Carter | 70 | USA | Actress | ||
11 | Richard Shaw | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Peter Steele | 48 | USA | Singer, Musician | ||
16 | Sid Conrad | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
17 | Dede Allen | 86 | USA | Film Editor | ||
23 | Shay Duffin | 79 | Ireland | Actor | ||
25 | Dorothy Provine | 75 | USA | Actress | ||
28 | Furio Scarpelli | 90 | Italy | Writer | ||
May | 1 | Danny Aiello III | 53 | USA | Stuntman | |
2 | Lynn Redgrave | 67 | UK | Actress | ||
3 | Jimmy Gardner | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
4 | Donah Bassett | 83 | USA | Negative Cutter | ||
9 | Lena Horne | 92 | USA | Actress, Singer | ||
16 | Ronnie James Dio | 67 | USA | Singer, Actor, Writer | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | |
23 | Simon Monjack | 39 | UK | Writer | Factory Girl | |
24 | Paul Gray | 38 | USA | Musician | ||
26 | Art Linkletter | 97 | Canada | Actor | Champagne for Caesar | |
28 | Eddie Barth | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
28 | Gary Coleman | 42 | USA | Actor, Comedian | ||
29 | Dennis Hopper | 74 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
30 | Joan Rhodes | 90 | UK | Actress, Stuntman | ||
31 | William A. Fraker | 86 | USA | Cinematographer, Director, Producer | ||
June | 3 | Rue McClanahan | 76 | USA | Actress | |
4 | Richard Dunn | 73 | USA | Actor | ||
6 | Robert B. Radnitz | 85 | USA | Producer | ||
7 | Eric Mason | ?? | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Jimmy Dean | 81 | USA | Singer, Actor | ||
15 | Bekim Fehmiu | 74 | Yugoslavia | Actor | ||
16 | Ronald Neame | 99 | UK | Director, Cinematographer | ||
17 | Elżbieta Czyżewska | 72 | Poland | Actress | ||
19 | Vince O'Brien | 90 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Tam White | 67 | UK | Actor, Musician | ||
22 | Tracy Wright | 50 | Canada | Actress | ||
23 | Allyn Ferguson | 85 | USA | Composer | ||
27 | Aldo Giuffrè | 86 | Italy | Actor | ||
27 | Corey Allen | 75 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
30 | Elliott Kastner | 80 | USA | Producer | ||
July | 1 | Geoffrey Hutchings | 71 | UK | Actor | |
1 | Ilene Woods | 81 | USA | Actress, Singer | Cinderella | |
8 | Robert Feitag | 94 | Germany | Actor, Director, Writer | ||
9 | Vonetta McGee | 65 | USA | Actress | ||
10 | Robert Spillane | 45 | USA | Actor | The Thomas Crown Affair | |
13 | Alan Hume | 85 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
13 | Jerry Wills | 63 | USA | Stuntman, Actor, Visual Effects | ||
15 | Peter Fernandez | 83 | USA | Voice Actor, Actor | ||
15 | Kip King | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
16 | James Gammon | 70 | USA | Actor | ||
27 | Maury Chaykin | 61 | USA | Actor | ||
31 | Tom Mankiewicz | 69 | USA | Screenwriter, Director, Producer | ||
31 | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | 96 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
August | 1 | Robert F. Boyle | 100 | USA | Art Director, Production Designer | |
8 | Patricia Neal | 84 | USA | Actress | ||
9 | George DiCenzo | 70 | USA | Actor | ||
10 | David L. Wolper | 82 | USA | Producer, Documentary Film-maker | ||
10 | Kenny Endoso | 70 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
11 | Bruno Schleinstein | 78 | Germany | Actor, Musician, Artist | ||
14 | Abbey Lincoln | 80 | USA | Actress, Singer | ||
24 | Satoshi Kon | 46 | Japan | Director | ||
29 | James Deuter | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
September | 1 | Cammie King | 76 | USA | Actress | |
3 | Robert Schimmel | 60 | USA | Actor, Comedian | ||
3 | Cyril Smith | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Clive Donner | 84 | UK | Director, Film Editor | ||
7 | Glenn Shadix | 58 | USA | Actor | ||
9 | Geoffrey Foot | 95 | UK | Film Editor | ||
11 | Harold Gould | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
11 | Kevin McCarthy | 96 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Claude Chabrol | 80 | France | Director | ||
14 | Nicholas Selby | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Frank Jarvis | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Irving Ravetch | 89 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
21 | John Crawford | 90 | USA | Actor, Director, Composer | ||
22 | Eddie Fisher | 82 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
24 | Olga Nardone | 89 | USA | Actress | The Wizard of Oz | |
26 | Gloria Stuart | 100 | USA | Actress | ||
27 | Pierre Guffroy | 84 | France | Production Designer | ||
28 | Sally Menke | 56 | USA | Film Editor | ||
28 | Arthur Penn | 88 | USA | Director, Producer | ||
29 | Tony Curtis | 85 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Joe Mantell | 94 | USA | Actor | ||
October | 4 | Norman Wisdom | 95 | UK | Actor, Comedian | |
5 | Roy Ward Baker | 93 | UK | Director | ||
10 | John Graysmark | 75 | UK | Production Designer | ||
12 | Angelo Infanti | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
14 | Simon MacCorkindale | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Johnny Sheffield | 79 | USA | Actor | ||
16 | Barbara Billingsley | 94 | USA | Actress | ||
19 | Tom Bosley | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
19 | Graham Crowden | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Robert Paynter | 82 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
24 | Lamont Johnson | 88 | USA | Director | ||
25 | Lisa Blount | 53 | USA | Actress, Producer | ||
28 | James MacArthur | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Mervyn Haisman | 82 | Spain | Screenwriter | Curse of the Crimson Altar | |
29 | George Hickenlooper | 47 | USA | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
November | ?? | Claude Hitchcock | 92 | UK | Sound Re-Recording | |
4 | Michelle Nicastro | 50 | USA | Singer, Voice Actor | ||
5 | Jill Clayburgh | 66 | USA | Actress | ||
5 | Harold Jones | 68 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
10 | Dino De Laurentiis | 91 | Italy | Producer | ||
11 | Marie Osborne | 99 | USA | Wardrobe | ||
13 | Luis García Berlanga | 89 | Spain | Director | ||
15 | Moira Hoey | 88 | Ireland | Actress | ||
20 | Heinz Weiss | 89 | Germany | Actor | ||
23 | Ingrid Pitt | 73 | Poland | Actress | ||
27 | Irvin Kershner | 87 | USA | Director | ||
28 | Giorgos Fountas | 86 | Greece | Actor | ||
28 | Leslie Nielsen | 84 | Canada | Actor | ||
29 | Mario Monicelli | 95 | Italy | Director | ||
30 | Ted Sorel | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
December | 4 | Roger Sword | 77 | USA | Sound Editor | |
13 | Jane Royle | 78 | UK | Makeup Artist | ||
15 | Jean Rollin | 72 | France | Director, Producer | ||
15 | Blake Edwards | 88 | USA | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
16 | Derek V. Browne | 83 | UK | Camera Operator | ||
19 | Lupe Gigliotti | 84 | Brazil | Actress | Os Normais | |
20 | Steve Landesberg | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
26 | David Cadiente | 73 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
27 | Grant McCune | 67 | USA | Visual Effects Artist | ||
28 | Heidi Helmer | 45 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Bill Erwin | 96 | USA | Actor |
References
- ^ "2010 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes 2010". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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