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2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.

Evaluation of the year

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Richard Brody of The New Yorker described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of the Hollywood system, such as Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Miranda July, Terrence Malick, James Gray, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, and Paul Thomas Anderson."[1]

Highest-grossing films

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The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 2015
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Disney $2,068,223,624
2 Jurassic World Universal $1,670,400,637
3 Furious 7 $1,515,047,671
4 Avengers: Age of Ultron Disney $1,402,809,540
5 Minions Universal $1,159,398,397
6 Spectre Sony $880,674,609
7 Inside Out Disney $858,811,174
8 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Paramount $682,714,267
9 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Lionsgate $653,428,261
10 The Martian 20th Century Fox $630,161,890

Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion, becoming the third film to surpass that milestone, and the third highest-grossing film of all time. Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Minions have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time. Spectre and Inside Out grossed more than $850 million.

Minions became the first non-Disney animated film and the third animated film overall after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013) to gross over $1 billion, and is currently the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time.

2015 notable box office records

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Studio records

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2015 is the first year that a single studio (Universal Pictures) released three films that each grossed over $1 billion,[3] the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1.5 billion, and the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1 billion outside of North America.

  • Universal also generated $2 billion and $3 billion in a single year at the international box office faster than any studio before, doing so on June 10, June 14, and July 17, 2015, respectively. The previous records was held by 20th Century Fox when it reached $2 and $3 billion on June 15 and July 30, 2010, respectively. Universal previously grossed $2 billion in 2013, reaching the milestone on September 17 of that year.[4][5] Furthermore, the studio also broke the record for fastest studio to generate $1 billion in the United States and Canada (on June 14, 2015), beating the previous record ascendance achieved by Paramount Pictures on June 22, 2008,[5] and $2 billion (on August 16, 2015), beating the previous speed record of December 25, 2009, held by Warner Bros.,[6] and the fastest to $3, $4, and $5 billion worldwide (It achieved the $5 billion milestone on July 17, 2015, breaking the record previously held by Fox near the end of November 2014).[7][8][9] Universal is also the first studio to achieve $6 billion at the global box office in one year.
  • Walt Disney Studios became the first studio to release three films within a single franchise – the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – that each grossed over $1 billion, with Avengers: Age of Ultron joining 2012's The Avengers and 2013's Iron Man 3. The MCU also became the highest-grossing film franchise with the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, surpassing the Harry Potter film franchise ($7.723 billion, 20012011), and becoming the first franchise to gross over $8 billion. With the subsequent release of Ant-Man, the MCU also became the first franchise to gross over $9 billion.
  • Furious 7 became the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Universal, surpassing the 22-year-old record set by Jurassic Park in 1993. However it shortly lost the record to Jurassic World in June, just two months later. It was also the first film distributed by Universal to gross $1 billion in its initial release, since Jurassic Park did so after it was re-released in 2013.

Film records

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  • Furious 7 became the fastest film to reach $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, doing so in 17 days; this record was later surpassed by Universal's own Jurassic World two months later, accruing the same amount in 13 days; this record was in turn surpassed six months later by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which accrued $1 billion in 12 days. Furious 7 also became the first American film ever to gross over ¥2 billion (amassing ¥2.426 billion) at the Chinese box office.
  • Jurassic World grossed $524.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($483.2 million in 2011). Jurassic World also grossed $208.8 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by The Avengers ($207.4 million in 2012). Both records were later surpassed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the same year. It also became the highest-grossing film that was not the highest-grossing film of its year, surpassing Iron Man 3.
  • Terminator Genisys became the first American film to earn $400 million worldwide without also grossing $100 million in North America. The only other production to hit that threshold before was the French film The Intouchables (2012).[10]
  • Minions became the fastest animated film to $1 billion in 49 days, surpassing Toy Story 3 (75 days). It also becomes the first Non-Disney animated film to gross over $1 billion, and is the highest-grossing spinoff film, as well as the highest-grossing prequel.
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke all pre-sale ticket records and grossed $529 million in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Jurassic World ($524.4 million on 12–14 June 2015). The Force Awakens also grossed $248 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by Jurassic World ($208.8 million).[11][12] The film subsequently became the first to exceed $800 million in the domestic box office on January 9 and $900 million on February 5. It also became Disney's first film to gross over $1 billion at the foreign box office, as well as the third film to ever gross over $2 billion worldwide. This makes it the third highest-grossing film of all time.
  • 2015 is tied with 2018 for the greatest number of films to gross more than $1 billion with five,[13][14] surpassing 2012's record of four,[15] but later was surpassed in 2019 to have nine films with that milestone.[16] It has also set the record for the greatest number of films crossing the $1.5 billion mark with three.

Events

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Award ceremonies

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Date Event Host Location Source
January 11 72nd Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California [17]
January 15 20th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California [18]
January 24 Producers Guild of America Awards 2014 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, California [19]
January 25 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Los Angeles, California [20]
January 26 50th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Djurgården, Sweden [21]
January 31 4th AACTA International Awards Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Los Angeles, California [22]
60th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Mumbai, India
February 2 20th Lumières Awards Académie des Lumières Paris, France [23]
February 4 African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2014 African-American Film Critics Association Hollywood, California [24]
February 7 29th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Madrid, Spain [25]
5th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium [26]
67th Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 8 68th British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England [27]
February 14 67th Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Manhattan, New York, U.S. & Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 15 19th Satellite Awards International Press Academy Los Angeles, California [28]
February 20 40th César Awards Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, France [29]
February 21 30th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards [30]
35th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Hollywood, California
February 22 87th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood, California [31]
April 12 2015 MTV Movie Awards MTV Los Angeles, California [32]
May 3 62nd National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals India [33][34]
June 25 41st Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Burbank, California [35]
September 20 2015 FAMAS Awards Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Newport City, Metro Manila [36]
December 12 28th European Film Awards European Film Academy Berlin, Germany [37]

Festivals

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Date Event Host Location Source
January 22 – February 1 2015 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah [38]
February 5–15 65th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany [39]
May 13–24 2015 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France [40]
July 3–11 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Czechia
September 2–12 72nd Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy
September 4–13 2015 Deauville American Film Festival Deauville American Film Festival Deauville, France
September 10–20 2015 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario
September 25 – October 11 53rd New York Film Festival New York Film Festival New York, New York
November 13–29 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia [41]
November 21–28 26th Carthage Film Festival Carthage Film Festival Tunis, Tunisia
December 25 – January 7, 2016 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival Metro Manila Film Festival Manila, Philippines

Awards

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Category/Organization 73rd Golden Globe Awards
January 10, 2016
21st Critics' Choice Awards
January 17, 2016
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 69th BAFTA Awards
February 14, 2016
88th Academy Awards
February 28, 2016
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film The Revenant The Martian Spotlight The Big Short The Revenant Spotlight
Best Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Revenant
George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Revenant
Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Matt Damon
The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Best Actress Brie Larson
Room
Jennifer Lawrence
Joy
Brie Larson
Room
Best Supporting Actor Sylvester Stallone
Creed
Idris Elba
Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance
Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs
Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs
Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl
Best Screenplay, Adapted Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
The Big Short
Best Screenplay, Original Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Spotlight
Best Animated Film Inside Out
Best Original Score The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
Best Original Song "Writing's on the Wall"
Spectre
"See You Again"
Furious 7
"Writing's on the Wall"
Spectre
Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul Wild Tales Son of Saul
Best Documentary Amy

2015 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Donna Douglas 81 US Actress
4 Bernard Williams 72 UK Producer
5 Khan Bonfils 42 UK Actor
6 Lance Percival 81 UK Actor
7 Rod Taylor 84 Australia Actor
9 Samuel Goldwyn Jr. 88 US Producer, Director
10 Brian Clemens 83 UK Screenwriter
10 George Dickerson 81 US Actor
10 Taylor Negron 57 US Actor
10 Francesco Rosi 92 Italy Director, Screenwriter
11 Anita Ekberg 83 Sweden Actress
13 Frank Mazzola 79 US Actor, Film Editor
14 Darren Shahlavi 42 UK Actor, Stuntman
14 Layne Tom Jr. 87 US Actor
15 Alan Hirschfield 79 US Studio Executive
16 Walter Peregoy 89 US Animator
17 Faten Hamama 83 Egypt Actress
17 Don Harron 90 Canada Actor
23 Barrie Ingham 82 UK Actor
29 Rod McKuen 81 US Composer, Singer
30 Geraldine McEwan 82 UK Actress
31 Robert Blees 96 US Screenwriter
31 Lizabeth Scott 92 US Actress, Singer
February 2 Stewart Stern 92 US Screenwriter
3 Mary Healy 96 US Actress, Singer
4 Monica Scattini 59 Italy Actress
11 Roger Hanin 89 France Actor, Director, Screenwriter
12 Movita Castaneda 98 US Actress
14 Louis Jourdan 93 France Actor, Singer
15 Eileen Essell 92 UK Actress
16 Lesley Gore 68 US Singer, Songwriter
17 June Fairchild 68 US Actress
19 Frank Ramírez 65 Colombia Actor
20 Patricia Norris 83 US Costume Designer, Production Designer
21 Bruce Sinofsky 58 US Documentarian
27 Richard Bakalyan 84 US Actor
27 Leonard Nimoy 83 US Actor, Director
March 1 Daniel von Bargen 64 US Actor
3 Lynn Borden 77 US Actress
5 Albert Maysles 88 US Documentarian
10 Richard Glatzer 63 US Director, Screenwriter
11 Ralph Taeger 78 US Actor
13 Vincent Wong 87 UK Actor
14 Ib Melchior 97 Denmark Director, Screenwriter
15 Sally Forrest 86 US Actress, Dancer
20 Walter Grauman 93 US Director, Producer
20 Gregory Walcott 87 US Actor
21 Alberta Watson 60 Canada Actress
24 Monte Merrick 65 US Screenwriter
25 Ivo Garrani 91 Italy Actor
27 Rik Battaglia 88 Italy Actor
28 Richard L. Bare 101 US Director, Screenwriter
28 Miroslav Ondříček 80 Czech Republic Cinematographer
28 Gene Saks 93 US Actor, Director
30 Robert Z'Dar 64 US Actor
April 1 Robert Walker 54 Canada Animator, Director
2 Manoel de Oliveira 106 Portugal Director, Screenwriter
3 Vivian Nathan 98 US Actress
3 Robert Rietti 91 UK Actor
5 Richard Dysart 86 US Actor
5 Richard LaSalle 97 US Composer
5 Tom Towles 65 US Actor
5 Julie Wilson 90 US Actress, Singer
6 James Best 88 US Actor
7 Eugene Louis Faccuito 90 US Dancer
7 Stan Freberg 88 US Voice Actor
7 Geoffrey Lewis 79 US Actor
10 Paul Almond 83 Canada Director
10 Judith Malina 88 US Actress
13 Claire Gordon 74 UK Actress
22 Gennadi Vengerov 55 USSR Actor
23 Richard Corliss 71 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for Time Magazine
25 Don Mankiewicz 93 Germany Screenwriter
26 Jayne Meadows 95 US Actress
27 Andrew Lesnie 59 Australia Cinematographer
30 Nigel Terry 69 UK Actor
May 1 Stephen Milburn Anderson 67 US Director, Screenwriter
1 Grace Lee Whitney 85 US Actress
2 Michael Blake 69 US Screenwriter
2 Norman Thaddeus Vane 86 US Director, Screenwriter
4 William Bast 83 US Screenwriter
4 Ellen Albertini Dow 101 US Actress
6 William Bronder 84 US Actor
7 Arieh Elias 94 Israel Actor
9 Elizabeth Wilson 94 US Actress
9 Christopher Wood 79 UK Screenwriter
13 Gill Dennis 74 US Screenwriter
14 B.B. King 89 US Singer, Actor
15 Michael Campus 80 US Director
15 John Stephenson 91 US Actor
15 Donald Wrye 80 US Director
16 Jackie Basehart 63 US Actor
17 Claude Carliez 90 France Stuntman
20 Mary Ellen Trainor 62 US Actress
23 John Carter 87 US Actor
23 Anne Meara 85 US Actress
26 Vicente Aranda[42] 88 Spain Director
26 Claudio Caligari 67 Italy Director, Screenwriter
25 Russell Wolfe 50 US Producer
28 Reynaldo Rey 75 US Actor
29 Betsy Palmer 88 US Actress
30 Jake D'Arcy 60 UK Actor
30 Julie Harris 94 UK Costume Designer
June 2 Alberto De Martino 85 Italy Director, Screenwriter
4 Hugh Johnson 69 Ireland Cinematographer, Director
5 Richard Johnson 87 UK Actor
5 Seth Winston 64 US Director, Producer, Screenwriter
7 Christopher Lee 93 UK Actor
9 Jean Gruault 90 France Screenwriter
10 Robert Chartoff 81 US Producer
10 Julie Kirkham 61 US Producer
11 Ron Moody 91 UK Actor
12 Rick Ducommun 62 Canada Actor
12 Monica Lewis 93 US Actress, Singer
13 Junix Inocian 64 Philippines Actor
13 George Winslow 69 US Actor
15 Kirk Kerkorian 98 US Studio Executive
16 Stephen Blauner 81 US Producer
17 Nicola Badalucco 86 Italy Screenwriter
18 Jack Rollins 100 US Producer
18 John M. Stephens 82 US Cinematographer
21 Tony Longo 53 US Actor
22 Laura Antonelli 73 Italy Actress
22 James Horner 61 US Composer
23 Magali Noël 83 France Actress, Singer
23 Dick Van Patten 86 US Actor
25 Patrick Macnee 93 UK Actor
28 Jack Carter 93 US Actor
30 Edward Burnham 98 UK Actor
July 1 Sergio Sollima 94 Italy Director, Screenwriter
3 Diana Douglas 92 US Actress
3 Amanda Peterson 43 US Actress
3 Jacques Sernas 89 Lithuania Actor
6 Jerry Weintraub 77 US Producer
8 Irwin Keyes 63 US Actor
9 Michael Masser 74 US Composer, Songwriter
10 Roger Rees 71 UK Actor
10 Omar Sharif 83 Egypt Actor
15 Aubrey Morris 89 UK Actor
17 Nova Pilbeam 95 UK Actress
18 George Coe 86 US Actor
18 Alex Rocco 79 US Actor
19 Van Alexander 100 US Composer
19 Douglas S. Cook 56 US Screenwriter
21 Theodore Bikel 91 Austria Actor, Singer
22 Natasha Parry 84 UK Actress
25 Robin Phillips 75 UK Actor
27 Tony Vogel 73 UK Actor
28 Shawn Robinson 41 US Stuntman
29 Antony Holland 95 UK Actor
31 Roddy Piper 61 Canada Actor
August 3 Coleen Gray 92 US Actress
5 George Cole 90 UK Actor
5 Joyce Ingalls 65 US Actress
7 Terrence Evans 81 US Actor
7 Uggie 13 US Actor
9 Jack Gold 85 UK Director
13 Danford B. Greene 87 US Film Editor
16 Anna Kashfi 80 India Actress
17 Yvonne Craig 78 US Actress, Singer
18 Bud Yorkin 89 US Director, Producer
20 Melody Patterson 66 US Actress
26 Peter Kern 66 Austria Actor, Director, Screenwriter
30 Wes Craven 76 US Director, Producer, Screenwriter
September 1 Dean Jones 84 US Actor
4 Jean Darling 93 US Actress
4 Warren Murphy 81 US Screenwriter
5 Setsuko Hara 95 Japan Actress
5 Alan Steel 79 Italy Actor
6 Martin Milner 83 US Actor
7 Merv Adelson 85 US Producer
7 Dickie Moore 89 US Actor
10 Franco Interlenghi 83 Italy Actor
12 Frank D. Gilroy 89 US Director, Screenwriter
17 D. M. Marshman Jr. 92 US Screenwriter
18 Nancy Bernstein 55 US Visual Effects Artist, Producer
20 Jack Larson 87 US Actor, Producer
21 Yoram Gross 88 Poland Director
22 Derek Ware 77 UK Actor, Stuntman
27 Howard A. Anderson, Jr. 95 US Visual Effects Artist
27 John Guillermin 89 UK Director, Producer
29 Pat Woodell 71 US Actress
October 4 Yves Barsacq 84 France Actor
5 Chantal Akerman 65 Belgium Director, Screenwriter
5 Larry Brezner 73 US Producer
5 Andrew Rubin 69 US Actor
6 Kevin Corcoran 66 US Actor, Producer
7 Gene Allen 97 US Art Director, Production Designer
8 Richard Davies 89 UK Actor
9 Jean Badal 88 Hungary Cinematographer
10 Penelope Houston 88 UK Critic
10 Tex Rudloff 89 US Sound Engineer
11 Bob Minkler 78 US Sound Engineer
12 Joan Leslie 90 US Actress
21 Marty Ingels 79 US Actor
23 Leon Bibb 93 US Singer, Actor
24 Christopher Chapman 88 Canada Director
24 Maureen O'Hara 95 Ireland Actress
27 Betsy Drake 92 US Actress
31 Charles Herbert 66 US Actor
November 1 Fred Thompson 73 US Actor
2 Colin Welland 81 UK Actor, Screenwriter
3 David Graham 91 US Casting Director
4 Melissa Mathison 65 US Screenwriter
5 Ritch Brinkley 71 US Actor
7 Gunnar Hansen 68 Iceland Actor
8 Angad Paul 45 UK Producer
14 Warren Mitchell 89 UK Actor
15 Dora Doll 93 France Actress
15 Saeed Jaffrey 86 India Actor
15 Nicoletta Machiavelli 71 Italy Actress
15 Moira Orfei 83 Italy Actress
16 Michael C. Gross 86 US Producer
19 Rex Reason 86 US Actor
20 Keith Michell 88 Australia Actor
25 Beth Rogan 84 UK Actress
25 Elmo Williams 102 US Film Editor, Director, Producer
27 Barbro Hiort af Ornäs 94 Sweden Actress
28 Marjorie Lord 97 US Actress
30 Eldar Ryazanov 88 Russian Director, Screenwriter
30 Steve Shagan 88 US Screenwriter
December 2 Gabriele Ferzetti 90 Italy Actor
4 Robert Loggia 85 US Actor
5 Marília Pêra 72 Brazil Actress
6 Nicholas Smith 81 UK Actor
6 Holly Woodlawn 69 US Actress
7 Shirley Stelfox 74 UK Actress
10 Denis Héroux 75 Canada Producer, Director
14 Edmund Lyndeck 90 US Actor
15 Ken Pogue 81 Canada Actor
19 Louis DiGiaimo 77 US Casting Director, Producer
22 Brooke McCarter 52 US Actor
25 Jason Wingreen 95 US Actor
27 Franco Giacobini 89 Italy Actor
27 Haskell Wexler 93 US Cinematographer, Director
31 Wayne Rogers 82 US Actor

Film debuts

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