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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.

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Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "2018 has been a banner year for movies, but you'd never know it from a trip to a local multiplex—or from a glimpse at the Oscarizables. The gap between what's good and what's widely available in theatres—between the cinema of resistance and the cinema of consensus—is wider than ever." He also stated, "In some cases, streaming has filled the gap. Several of the year's best movies, such Shirkers and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs , are being released by Netflix at the same time as (or just after) a limited theatrical run. Others, which barely qualified as having theatrical releases (one theatre for a week), are now available to stream online, on demand, and are more widely accessible to viewers (albeit at home) than films playing at thousands of multiplexes. Yet an impermanence, a threat of disappearance with the flick of a switch, hangs threateningly over independent films that are sent out on streaming." [1]

Highest-grossing films

The top films released in 2018 by worldwide gross are as follows: [2]

Highest-grossing films of 2018
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Avengers: Infinity War Disney $2,048,359,754
2 Black Panther $1,347,597,973
3 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Universal $1,308,467,944
4 Incredibles 2 Disney $1,242,805,359
5 Aquaman Warner Bros. $1,148,528,393
6 Bohemian Rhapsody Fox $910,809,311
7 Venom Sony $856,085,151
8 Mission: Impossible – Fallout Paramount $791,115,104
9 Deadpool 2 Fox $785,896,609
10 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Warner Bros. $654,855,901

Avengers: Infinity War grossed $2 billion worldwide, becoming the fourth movie to surpass the milestone, and 4th highest-grossing film of all time. Black Panther , Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , Incredibles 2 , and Aquaman have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time, with Incredibles 2 becoming the 2nd highest-grossing animated film of all time.

2018 box office records

Studio records

  • Walt Disney Studios became the fastest studio ever to reach $1 billion for the year at the domestic box office; it reached this goal in 117 days on April 27, 2018, beating its own record of 128 days set on May 7, 2016.
    • Walt Disney Studios also grossed over $7 billion worldwide and $3 billion domestic, making it its 2nd time after 2016. It passed Disney's 2016 domestic gross and it's in 2nd place this year.
  • With Incredibles 2, Pixar became the first animation studio to have three animated films ( Toy Story 3 , Finding Dory ) each surpass $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

Film records

  • Black Panther grossed $202 million in its opening weekend and $242.16 million over the four-day holiday weekend, breaking the record for a February opening weekend and a Presidents' Day weekend, surpassing Deadpool ($132.4 million and $152.2 million in 2016), and recording the biggest opening weekend and total for a film directed by a black filmmaker, surpassing The Fate of the Furious ($98.8 million by F. Gary Gray in 2017). It also became just the fifth movie ever to gross more than $200 million domestically in its opening weekend (joining The Avengers , Jurassic World , Star Wars: The Force Awakens , and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ). On Monday, February 19, the film grossed another $40.17 million, breaking the record for a Monday gross and surpassing Force Awakens ($40.11 million on December 21, 2015). [14] The subsequent $242.16 million four-day opening weekend became the second-biggest four-day gross ever, only behind The Force Awakens' $288.07 million. On February 23–25, the film grossed another $111.7 million, recording the second-biggest second weekend gross behind The Force Awakens ($149.2 million on December 25–27, 2015) and becoming just the fourth film to gross more than $100 million in its second weekend (joining The Avengers, Jurassic World, and The Force Awakens). [15] On February 27, the film became the first superhero origin film and the tenth film overall to gross $500 million domestically (doing so in 17 days, the third fastest film to reach the milestone behind TheForce Awakens and TheLast Jedi), surpassing Wonder Woman ($412.6 million in 2017) to become the highest-grossing single character superhero origin film; [16] on March 9, the film reached $549.2 million domestically, surpassing The Dark Knight to become the highest grossing solo superhero film of all time. On March 16, the film became the seventh film to gross $600 million domestically (doing so in 31 days, the second fastest film to reach the milestone behind The Force Awakens), and just the second superhero movie to do so (along with Avengers). On March 24, the film reached a total domestic gross of $626 million to become the highest grossing superhero movie of all time, surpassing The Avengers ($623.4 million in 2012). On March 30, the film became the fifth film to gross $650 million domestically (doing so in 45 days, the second fastest film to reach the milestone behind Force Awakens). On April 7, it reached a total domestic gross of $663.2 million to surpass Titanic as the third-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada. On August 3, it reached a total domestic gross of $700 million, becoming the third film to reach the mark.
  • Black Panther also became the highest-grossing film of all time in West and East Africa, and the southern Africa region. [17] [18]
  • On March 9–12, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther retained the #1 box office spot with a $40.8 million fourth weekend (the fourth biggest, behind American Sniper , Avatar , and The Force Awakens), while Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time opened at the #2 spot with a $33.1 million debut, marking the first time in history that the top two spots of a weekend were both held by black directors. [19]
  • Avengers: Infinity War grossed $258 million in its opening weekend, breaking the record for biggest domestic opening weekend and surpassing The Force Awakens ($248 million in 2015). The film grossed $641 million worldwide opening weekend, becoming the first film ever to open with more than $600 million globally and surpassing The Fate of the Furious ($542 million in 2017). On April 27, the film grossed $106 million in its opening day, the second-highest single day gross behind The Force Awakens ($119 million in 2015) to become just the third movie ever to gross more than $100 million in a single day (joining The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi); on April 28, the film grossed another $83 million, breaking the record for a Saturday gross and surpassing Jurassic World ($69.6 million on 13 June 2015); on April 29, the film grossed another $69.2 million, breaking the record for a Sunday gross and surpassing The Force Awakens ($60.5 million on 20 December 2015). The film became the second film of the decade to gross $2 billion, making the 2010s the first decade to have two films gross $2 billion.
  • Bohemian Rhapsody , based on the life of Queen's lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, grossed over $911 million worldwide, [20] setting all-time records for the highest-grossing biopic ever, [21] [22] [23] the highest-grossing musical biopic, [24] and the highest-grossing drama film (without any action or fantasy). [25]
  • Secret Superstar , an Indian musical drama film that had its China release in January 2018, grossed $29.2 million in its opening weekend there, [26] setting a record for an Indian film in China, surpassing Dangal ; Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan produced and starred in both films. [27] Secret Superstar's first-week gross in China was $47 million, [28] also a record for an Indian film in the country, again surpassing Dangal. [29] Secret Superstar was the fourth highest-grossing foreign film in China during January–April 2018. [30] [31] Secret Superstar also became one of the most profitable films of all time, [32] [33] [34] [35] grossing ₹9.65 billion [36] ($154 million) [37] worldwide on a limited budget of ₹150 million (US$1.9 million), with over 6,000% return on investment (ROI). [32] [38]
  • Incredibles 2 grossed $182.7 million domestically and $235.8 million worldwide in its opening weekend, setting records for the biggest domestic opening weekend for both Pixar and any animated film (surpassing Finding Dory , with $135.1 million in 2016), the biggest worldwide opening for Pixar (surpassing Finding Dory), and the biggest opening weekend worldwide for an animated film (surpassing Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , with $218.4 million in 2009). It also set the record for the biggest opening for a PG rated movie (surpassing Beauty and the Beast with $174.8 million in 2017). It became the first animated film to earn $500 million at the domestic box office, later the first animated film to earn $600 million at the domestic box office, earning just over $602 million and surpassing the previous record set by Finding Dory by over $100 million. [39] It is also the fastest animated film to gross $1 billion worldwide doing so in 46 days, surpassing Minions (49 days).

Events

Award ceremonies

DateEventHostLocationRef
January 7 75th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 11 23rd Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.
January 13 23rd Forqué Awards EGEDA Zaragoza, Spain [40]
January 20 63rd Filmfare Awards The Times Group Mumbai, India
Producers Guild of America Awards 2017 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 21 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
January 22 53rd Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Djurgården, Sweden [41] [42]
February 226th Movieguide Awards Gala Movieguide Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 3 45th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.
32nd Goya Awards Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España Madrid, Spain
8th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium
70th Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 5 23rd Lumières Awards Académie des Lumières Paris, France
February 11 22nd Satellite Awards International Press Academy Century City, Los Angeles [43]
Writers Guild of America Awards 2017 Writers Guild of America, East & Writers Guild of America, West Manhattan, New York, U.S. and
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 18 71st British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England, UK
March 2 43rd César Awards French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, France
March 3 33rd Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S.
38th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Hollywood, California, U.S.
March 4 90th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood, California, U.S.
March 72017 Dorian Awards Winners Toast GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Los Angeles, California, U.S.
March 24 31st Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon Los Angeles, California, U.S.
April 20 20th Meril Prothom Alo Awards Prothom Alo Dhaka, Bangladesh
April 29 5th Platino Awards EGEDA & FIPCA Riviera Maya, Mexico
June 5 60th Ariel Awards Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas Mexico City, Mexico
June 18 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards MTV Los Angeles, California, U.S.
June 27 44th Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Burbank, California, U.S.

Festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2018 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

DateEventHostLocationSource
January 18–28 2018 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah, United States
February 15–25 68th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany
May 8–19 2018 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France
August 29 – September 8 75th Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy
September 6–16 2018 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards

Category/Organization 76th Golden Globe Awards
January 6, 2019		 24th Critics' Choice Awards
January 13, 2019		 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards
January 19–February 17, 2019		 72nd BAFTA Awards
February 10, 2019		 91st Academy Awards
February 24, 2019
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film Bohemian Rhapsody Green Book Roma Green Book Roma Green Book
Best Director Alfonso Cuarón
Roma
Best Actor Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody 		Christian Bale
Vice 		Rami Malek
Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actress Glenn Close
The Wife 		Olivia Colman
The Favourite 		Glenn Close
The Wife (tie)
Lady Gaga
A Star Is Born (tie)		 Glenn Close
The Wife 		Olivia Colman
The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali
Green Book
Best Supporting Actress Regina King
If Beale Street Could Talk 		Emily Blunt
A Quiet Place 		Rachel Weisz
The Favourite 		Regina King
If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Screenplay, AdaptedBrian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga
Green Book 		Barry Jenkins
If Beale Street Could Talk 		Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
Can You Ever Forgive Me? 		Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott
BlacKkKlansman
Best Screenplay, Original Paul Schrader
First Reformed 		Bo Burnham
Eighth Grade 		Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
The Favourite 		Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga
Green Book
Best Animated Film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Original Score Justin Hurwitz
First Man 		— Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson
A Star Is Born 		Ludwig Göransson
Black Panther
Best Original Song"Shallow"
A Star Is Born 		——"Shallow"
A Star Is Born
Best Foreign Language Film Roma — Roma
Best Documentary [lower-alpha 1] —— Won't You Be My Neighbor? Free Solo

2018 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 Jon Paul Steuer 33USActor
5 Jerry Van Dyke 86USActor
8 Donnelly Rhodes 80CanadaActor
9 Terence Marsh 86UKProduction Designer
13 Jean Porter 95USActress
14 Hugh Wilson 74USDirector, Screenwriter
14 Yosuke Natsuki 81JapanActor
15 Peter Wyngarde 90UKActor
16 Bradford Dillman 87USActor
19 Anna Campori 100ItalyActress
19 Olivia Cole 75USActress
19 Dorothy Malone 93USActress
19 Allison Shearmur 54USProducer, Executive
21 Connie Sawyer 105USActress
23 Ezra Swerdlow 64USProducer
25 John Morris 91USComposer
30 Louis Zorich 93USActor
31 Ann Gillis 90USActress
31 Alf Humphreys 64CanadaActor
February 1 Reyes Abades [44] 68SpainSpecial Effects Artist
3 Rolf Zacher 76GermanyActor
4 Kenneth Haigh 86UKActor
4 John Mahoney 77UKActor
7 Mickey Jones 76USActor
7 Jill Messick 50USProducer
9 Reg E. Cathey 59USActor
9 John Gavin 86USActor
9 Jóhann Jóhannsson 48IcelandComposer
11 Vic Damone 89USSinger, Actor
12 Louise Latham 95USActress
13 Edward M. Abroms 82USFilm Editor
15 Pier Paolo Capponi 79ItalyActor
18 Idrissa Ouedraogo 64Burkina FasoDirector, Screenwriter
21 Emma Chambers 53UKActress
21 Ren Osugi 66JapanActor
22 Nanette Fabray 97USActress
23 James Colby 56USActor
23 Lewis Gilbert 97UKDirector, Screenwriter
24 Bud Luckey 83USAnimator, Voice Actor
24 Sridevi 54IndiaActress
26 Paul De Meo 64USScreenwriter
26 Benjamin Melniker 104USProducer
March 3 Frank Doubleday 73USActor
3 David Ogden Stiers 75USActor
5 André S. Labarthe 86FranceActor
6 Donna Butterworth 62USActress
11 Siegfried Rauch 85GermanyActor
12 Oleg Tabakov 82RussiaActor
17 Geneviève Fontanel 81FranceActress
22 Morgana King 87USActress, Singer
23 Delores Taylor 85USActress, Screenwriter, Producer
24 Debbie Lee Carrington 58USActress
27 Stéphane Audran 85FranceActress
30 Bill Maynard 89UKActor
31 Luigi De Filippo 87ItalyActor
April 2 Susan Anspach 75USActress
3 Mary Hatcher 88USActress
4 Soon-Tek Oh 85KoreaActor
5 Isao Takahata 82JapanDirector, Screenwriter
8 Chuck McCann 83USActor, Voice Actor
13 Miloš Forman 86Czech RepublicDirector
14 Isabella Biagini 74ItalyActress
15 Philip D'Antoni 89USProducer, Director
15 R. Lee Ermey 74USActor
15 Vittorio Taviani 88ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
16 Pamela Gidley 52USActress
20 John Stride 81UKActor
21 Verne Troyer 49USActor
23 Arthur B. Rubinstein 80USComposer
25 Michael Anderson 98UKDirector
26 Gianfranco Parolini 93ItalyDirector
27 Paul Junger Witt 77USProducer
28 Lester James Peries 99Sri LankaDirector, Screenwriter
29 Robert Mandan 86USActor
May 5 Ermanno Olmi 86ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
8 Anne V. Coates 92UKFilm Editor
11 Josh Greenfeld 90USScreenwriter
13 Margot Kidder 69CanadaActress
16 Joseph Campanella 93USActor
16 Hugh Dane 75USActor
16 Lucian Pintilie 84RomaniaDirector, Screenwriter
19 Vincent McEveety 88USDirector
20 Bill Gold 97USGraphic Designer
20 Patricia Morison 103USActress, Singer
21 Anna Maria Ferrero 84ItalyActress
21 Allyn Ann McLerie 91USActress
21 Clint Walker 90USActor
22 Elizabeth Sung 63Hong KongActress
24 Jerry Maren 98USActor
31 Michael D. Ford 90UKSet Decorator
June 1 William Edward Phipps 96USActor
6 Kira Muratova 83UkraineDirector, Screenwriter
8 Eunice Gayson 90UKActress
9 Françoise Bonnot 78FranceFilm Editor
9 Zhang Junzhao 65ChinaDirector, Screenwriter
11 Roman Kłosowski 89PolandActor
16 Martin Bregman 92USProducer
16 Richard Greenberg 71USVisual Effects Artist, Title Designer, Director
18 Maria Rohm 72AustriaActress
22 Deanna Lund 81USActress
24 Stanley Anderson 78USActor
27 Steven Hilliard Stern 80CanadaDirector, Screenwriter
28 Denis Akiyama 66CanadaActor
29 Liliane Montevecchi 85FranceActress, Singer
29 Derrick O'Connor 77IrelandActor
29 Anthony Ray 80USProducer
July 1 Gillian Lynne 92UKChoreographer
4 Robby Müller 78NetherlandsCinematographer
5 Claude Lanzmann 92FranceDocumentarian
8 Tab Hunter 86USActor, Singer
8 Alan Johnson 81USDirector, Choreographer
8 Carlo Vanzina 67ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
12 Roger Perry 85USActor
12 Robert Wolders 81NetherlandsActor
13 Stan Dragoti 85USDirector
17 Gary Beach 70USActor
17 Yvonne Blake 78UKCostume Designer
17 David Stevens 77AustraliaScreenwriter
18 Hugh Whitemore 82UKScreenwriter
19 Shinobu Hashimoto 100JapanScreenwriter
19 Michael Howells 61UKProduction Designer
23 Harry Gulkin 90CanadaProducer
25 Patrick Williams 79USComposer
27 Bernard Hepton 92UKActor
August 1 Mary Carlisle 104USActress
2 Winston Ntshona 76South AfricaActor
3 Moshé Mizrahi 86IsraelDirector
3 Ronnie Taylor 93UKCinematographer
5 Charlotte Rae 92USActress
5 Beverly Polcyn 90USActress
5 Piotr Szulkin 68PolandDirector
7 Étienne Chicot 69FranceActor
7 Richard H. Kline 91USCinematographer
13 John Carter 95USFilm Editor
13 Unshō Ishizuka 67JapanVoice Actor
16 Aretha Franklin 76USSinger, Actress
20 Craig Zadan 69USProducer
20 Brian Murray 80South AfricaActor
21 Barbara Harris 83USActress
24 Lindsay Kemp 80UKActor
26 Neil Simon 91USScreenwriter
27 Robert H. Solo 85USProducer
27 Fredd Wayne 93USActor
30 Vanessa Marquez 49USActress
31 Gloria Jean 92USActress, Singer
31 Carole Shelley 79UKActress
September 3 Lydia Clarke 95USActress
3 Jacqueline Pearce 74UKActress
4 Thomas Rickman 78USScreenwriter
5 Christopher Lawford 63USActor
6 Liz Fraser 88UKActress
6 Burt Reynolds 82USActor, Director
7 Sheila White 69UKActress
10 Peter Donat 90USActor
11 Fenella Fielding 90UKActress
15 John M. Dwyer 83USSet Decorator
15 Kirin Kiki 75JapanActress
15 Dudley Sutton 85UKActor
15 Zhu Xu 88ChinaActor
18 Marceline Loridan-Ivens 90FranceDirector, Actress, Screenwriter
19 Denis Norden 96UKScreenwriter
19 Gamil Ratib 91EgyptActor
23 Gary Kurtz 78USProducer
23 Mark Livolsi 56USFilm Editor
23 Al Matthews 75USActor
26 Roger Robinson 78USActor
October 1 Charles Aznavour 94FranceActor, Singer
1 Stelvio Cipriani 81ItalyComposer
4 Will Vinton 70USAnimator, Director
4 Audrey Wells 58USScreenwriter, Director
6 Scott Wilson 76USActor
7 Peggy McCay 90USActress
7 Celeste Yarnall 74USActress
8 Arnold Kopelson 83USProducer
8 Venantino Venantini 88ItalyActor
10 Raymond Danon 88FranceProducer
14 Milena Dravić 78SerbiaActress
18 Danny Leiner 57USDirector
19 Diana Sowle 88USActress
23 James Karen 94USActor
November 1 Carlo Giuffrè 89ItalyActor
1 Ken Swofford 85USActor
2 Raymond Chow 91Hong KongProducer
2 Kitty O'Neil 72USStuntwoman
3 Sondra Locke 74USActress, Director
7 Francis Lai 86FranceComposer
11 Douglas Rain 90CanadaVoice Actor
12 Stan Lee 95USComic Book Writer, Producer, Actor
15 John Bluthal 89AustraliaActor
16 Pablo Ferro 83CubaTitle Designer
16 William Goldman 87USScreenwriter
19 Dominique Blanchar 91FranceActress
19 Witold Sobociński 89PolandCinematographer
21 Michele Carey 76USActress
23 Nicolas Roeg 90UKDirector, Cinematographer
24 Ricky Jay 72USActor
25 Giuliana Calandra 82ItalyActress
25 Gloria Katz 76USScreenwriter, Producer
26 Bernardo Bertolucci 77ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
26 Samuel Hadida 64MoroccoProducer
26 Stephen Hillenburg 57USDirector, Animator
December 1 Ken Berry 85USActor, Singer
3 Philip Bosco 88USActor
3 Geoff Murphy 80New ZealandDirector, Screenwriter
6 Tim Rossovich 72USActor
9 Michael Seymour 86UKProduction Designer
12 Ferenc Kósa 81HungaryDirector, Screenwriter
14 Matti Kassila 94FinnishDirector
17 Galt MacDermot 89CanadaComposer
17 Penny Marshall 75USDirector, Actress
19 Norman Gimbel 91USLyricist
19 Peter Masterson 84USActor, Director
20 Donald Moffat 87UKActor
24 Patrice Martinez 55USActress
26 Frank Adonis 83USActor
26 Jorge Grau 88SpainDirector, Screenwriter
27 Børge Ring 97DenmarkAnimator
27 Robert Kerman 71USActor
28 Iaia Fiastri 84ItalyScreenwriter
28 June Whitfield 93UKActress
29 Agneta Eckemyr 68SwedenActress
29 Ringo Lam 63Hong KongDirector
29 Rosenda Monteros 83MexicoActress
30 Don Lusk 105USAnimator
31 Richard Marks 75USFilm Editor
31 Al Reinert 71USScreenwriter, Director

Film debuts

Notes

  1. ↑ From 2016 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.

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