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The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 27 sequels released. [1]

Contents

Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". [2] Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of RogerEbert.com considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as Drive , The Tree of Life , Once Upon a Time in Anatolia , Keyhole , Contagion , The Adventures of Tintin , and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows . He stated that "2011 housed not just some of the greatest art films of our age, but a revolution in the language of blockbuster filmmaking. One big-budget action film after another used digital cameras to show the world behind explosions in starker, stranger light, while constructing a backbone of classical ideas and images." [3]

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows: [4]

Highest-grossing films of 2011
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Warner Bros. $1,341,511,219
2 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Paramount $1,123,794,079
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Disney $1,045,713,802
4 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Summit $712,205,856
5 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Paramount$694,713,380
6 Kung Fu Panda 2 $665,692,281
7 Fast Five Universal$626,137,675
8 The Hangover Part II Warner Bros.$586,764,305
9 The Smurfs Sony $563,749,323
10 Cars 2 Disney$559,852,396

Box office records

2011 was the first year to have three films cross the billion-dollar milestone, [5] surpassing the previous year's record of two films [6] and also the first time when at least 10 films grossed more than $500 million worldwide (in 11th and 12th place, Puss in Boots and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows also earned over $500 million making it twelve films to do so)

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 17th Critics' Choice Awards
January 12, 2012		 69th Golden Globe Awards
January 15, 2012		 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 65th BAFTA Awards
February 12, 2012		 84th Academy Awards
February 26, 2012
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film The Artist The Descendants The Artist
Best Director Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist 		Martin Scorsese
Hugo 		Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist
Best Actor George Clooney
The Descendants 		Jean Dujardin
The Artist
Best Actress Viola Davis
The Help 		Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady 		Michelle Williams
My Week with Marilyn 		Viola Davis
The Help 		Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer
Beginners
Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer
The Help
Best Screenplay, Adapted Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Moneyball 		Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris 		Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
The Descendants 		Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 		Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
The Descendants
Best Screenplay, Original Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris 		Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris 		Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist 		Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris
Best Animated Film Rango The Adventures of Tintin Rango
Best Original Score The Artist
Ludovic Bource 		— The Artist
Ludovic Bource
Best Original Song"Life's a Happy Song"
The Muppets 		"Masterpiece"
W.E. 		——"Man or Muppet"
The Muppets
Best Foreign Language Film A Separation — The Skin I Live In A Separation
Best Documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World —— Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Senna Undefeated

Palme d'Or (64th Cannes Film Festival):

The Tree of Life , directed by Terrence Malick, United States

Golden Lion (68th Venice International Film Festival):

Faust (Фауст), directed by Alexander Sokurov, Russia

Golden Bear (61st Berlin International Film Festival):

A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین), directed by Asghar Farhadi, Iran

2011 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2 Anne Francis 80USActress
2 Pete Postlethwaite 64UKActor
2 Miriam Seegar 103USActress
2 Patricia Smith 80USActress
2 Margot Stevenson 98USActress
3 Jill Haworth 65UKActress
3 Yosef Shiloach 69IranActor
9 Peter Yates 81UKDirector
10 John Dye 47USActor
11 David Nelson 74USActor
15 Susannah York 72UKActress
16 Paul Picerni 88USActor
16 Juan Piquer Simón 75SpainDirector
20 Bruce Gordon 94USActor
21 Theoni V. Aldredge 82GreeceCostume Designer
24 Bernd Eichinger 61GermanyProducer, Screenwriter
26 María Mercader 92SpainActress
26 Mario Scaccia 91ItalyActor
27 Charlie Callas 83USActor
30 John Barry 77UKComposer
31 Michael Tolan 86USActor
February 2 Margaret John 84UKActress
3 Maria Schneider 58FranceActress
4 Fred Hole 75UKArt Director
4 Tura Satana 72JapanActress
5 Donald Peterman 79USCinematographer
10 Bill Justice 97USAnimator
11 Myrna Dell 86USActress
12 Betty Garrett 91USActress, Dancer, Singer
12 Kenneth Mars 75USActor
13Larry Holden49USActor
13 T. P. McKenna 81IrelandActor
14 David F. Friedman 87USProducer
16 Alfred Burke 92UKActor
16 Len Lesser 88USActor
17 Perry Moore 39USProducer, Director
18 Walter Seltzer 96USProducer
20 Raphaël Bretton 91FranceSet Decorator
26 Greg Goossen 65USActor
27 Gary Winick 49USDirector, Producer
28 Annie Girardot 79FranceActress
28 Nick LaTour 84USActor
28 Jane Russell 89USActress
March 4 Charles Jarrott 83UKDirector
11 Hugh Martin 96USComposer
17 Michael Gough 94UKActor
18 Enzo Cannavale 82ItalyActor
21 Joe Wizan 76USProducer
22 Helen Stenborg 86USActress
23 Elizabeth Taylor 79UKActress
27 Farley Granger 85USActor
April 2 Bill Varney 77USSound Engineer
3 Kevin Jarre 56USScreenwriter
4 Wayne Robson 64CanadaActor
6 Skip O'Brien 60USActor
9 Sidney Lumet 86USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
11 Angela Scoular 65UKActress
14 Trevor Bannister 76UKActor
17 Michael Sarrazin 70CanadaActor
23 Terence Longdon 88UKActor
24 Marie-France Pisier 66FranceActress
28 William Campbell 87USActor
May 3 Jackie Cooper 88USActor, Director
4 Mary Murphy 80USActress
5 Arthur Laurents 93USScreenwriter
5 Dana Wynter 79GermanyActress
8 Hilton Rosemarin 58CanadaSet Decorator
9 Dolores Fuller 88USActress
15 Barbara Stuart 76USActress
16 Edward Hardwicke 78UKActor
20 Randy Savage 58USActor
21 David J. Hudson 67USSound Engineer
21 Bill Hunter 71AustraliaActor
22 Joseph Brooks 73USDirector, Screenwriter, Songwriter
22 Gimel Everett 60USProducer, Screenwriter
27 Jeff Conaway 60USActor
30 Clarice Taylor 93USActress
June 3 James Arness 88USActor
3 Pat Jackson 95UKDirector
3 Miriam Karlin 85UKActress
6 John Boswall 91UKActor
7 Jorge Semprún 87SpainScreenwriter
7 Leonard B. Stern 87USScreenwriter, Director
8 John Mackenzie 83UKDirector
11 Gunnar Fischer 100SwedenCinematographer
12 Laura Ziskin 61USProducer
14 Badi Uzzaman 72IndiaActor
19Joel Simon60USProducer
20 Ryan Dunn 34USActor
22 David Rayfiel 87USScreenwriter
23 Peter Falk 83USActor
25 Alice Playten 63USActress
25 Margaret Tyzack 79UKActress
26 Edith Fellows 88USActress
27 Elaine Stewart 81USActress
July 1 Leslie Brooks 88USActress
3 Anna Massey 73UKActress
5 Gordon Tootoosis 69CanadaActor
8 Roberts Blossom 87USActor
15 Googie Withers 94UKActress
17 David Ngoombujarra 44AustraliaActor
19 Sheila Burrell 89UKActress
22 Tom Aldredge 83USActor
22 Linda Christian 87MexicoActress
24 Tresa Hughes 81USActress
24 G. D. Spradlin 90USActor
25 Michael Cacoyannis 89GreeceDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
26 Silvio Narizzano 84CanadaDirector
27 Polly Platt 72USProducer, Screenwriter, Production Designer
August 2 Richard Pearson 93UKActor
3 Bubba Smith 66USActor
5 Francesco Quinn 48ItalyActor
6 John Wood 81UKActor
14 Shammi Kapoor 79IndiaActor, Director
19 Raúl Ruiz 70ChileDirector
19 Jimmy Sangster 83UKScreenwriter
23 Sybil Jason 83USActress
23 Michael Showers 45USActor
24 Frank DiLeo 63USActor
24 Jack Hayes 93USComposer, Orchestrator
27 Eve Brent 82USActress
September 10 Cliff Robertson 88USActor
11 Andy Whitfield 39UKActor
13 John Calley 81USProducer, Executive
13 Jack Garner 84USActor
15 Frances Bay 92CanadaActress
16 Norma Eberhardt 82USActress
19 John Dunning 84CanadaProducer
21 Paulette Dubost 100FranceActress
22 Peter E. Berger 67USFilm Editor
22 Jonathan Cecil 72UKActor
26 David Zelag Goodman 81USScreenwriter
26 Jerry Haynes 84USActor
27Fritz Manes79USProducer
October 2 Peter Przygodda 69GermanyFilm Editor
4 Doris Belack 85USActress
5 Steve Jobs 56USStudio Executive
5 Charles Napier 75USActor
6 Diane Cilento 78AustraliaActress
7 George Baker 80UKActor
8 David Hess 75USActor
10 Ray Aghayan 83USCostume Designer
10 Alan Fudge 67USActor
13 Sheila Allen 78UKActress
13 Barbara Kent 103CanadaActress
18 Norman Corwin 101USScreenwriter
20 Sue Lloyd 72UKActress
31 Gilbert Cates 77USDirector, Producer
November 2 Sid Melton 94USActor
2 Leonard Stone 87USActor
3 Rosángela Balbó 70ItalyActress
3 Bruno Rubeo 65ItalyProduction Designer
4 Theadora Van Runkle 83USCostume Designer
6 Margaret Field 89USActress
6 Hal Kanter 92USScreenwriter, Director
8 Gene Cantamessa 80USSound Engineer
8 Heavy D 44USRapper, Actor
15 Dulcie Gray 95UKActress
15 Karl Slover 93USActor
16 Maureen Swanson 78UKActress
19 Russell Garcia 95USComposer
19 John Neville 86UKActor
20 Dorothy Morris 89USActress
21 Syd Cain 93UKProduction Designer
27 Ken Russell 84UKDirector, Screenwriter
28 Vittorio De Seta 88ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
28 Patrice O'Neal 41USComedian, Actor
December 1 Bill McKinney 80USActor
3 Dev Anand 88IndiaActor, Director, Producer
4 Marion Dougherty 88USCasting Director
6 Giancarlo Badessi 83ItalyActor
7 Harry Morgan 96USActor
8 Đơn Dương 54VietnamActor
11 Harold Hopkins 67AustraliaActor
12 Bert Schneider 78USProducer
14 Don Sharp 67AustraliaDirector
16 Robert Easton 81USActor, Dialogue Coach
16 Nicol Williamson 73UKActor
18 Doe Avedon 86USActress
20 Yoshimitsu Morita 61JapanDirector
22 William Duell 88USActor
23 Denise Darcel 87USActress
26 Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. 71MexicoActor
27 Betty Jane Rhodes 90USActress, Singer

Film debuts

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Preview: Sequels – Now, More Than Ever". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ Adams, Ryan (7 December 2011). "Richard Brody names "The 26 Best Films of 2011"". Awards Daily . Sasha Stone. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Tafoya, Scout (1 December 2015). "The Unloved, Part 24: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "2011 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ Stewart, Andrew (December 28, 2011). "Domestic B.O. falls 3% in 2011". Variety . Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  6. ↑ 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". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
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