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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.
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]
The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows: [2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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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 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.
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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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 | Belarus | 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 | Film Critic |
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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 | Russia | 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 |
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen, and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp. The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond's grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island.
Jurassic World is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly from a story by Jaffa and Silver. It is the first installment in the Jurassic World series and the fourth installment overall in the Jurassic Park film series, following Jurassic Park III (2001). The film stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, BD Wong, and Irrfan Khan. Wong reprised his role from the original Jurassic Park film. Set 22 years after the events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World takes place on the same fictional island of Isla Nublar, located off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. A successful theme park of cloned dinosaurs, dubbed Jurassic World, has operated on the island for years, bringing John Hammond's dream to fruition. The park plunges into chaos when a transgenic dinosaur escapes from its enclosure and goes on a rampage, while a conspiracy orchestrated by the park's staff creates more dangers.
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.
The following tables list films released in 2013. Three popular films were re-released in 3D and IMAX.
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths.
Furious 7 is a 2015 action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and the seventh installment in the Fast & Furious franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. In the film, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner and their team are recruited by covert ops leader Mr. Nobody to prevent Mose Jakande, a terrorist, from obtaining a hacking program known as God's Eye.
2017 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths.
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. Avengers: Endgame was the year's highest grossing film and became the highest-grossing film of all-time until Avatar regained the top spot in 2021.
2018 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2018, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths.
2022 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2022, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 110th anniversaries.
2020 in film is a history of events, which includes the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2020, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.
2021 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming.