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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.
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]
The top films released in 2018 by worldwide gross are as follows: [2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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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 | 20th Century Fox | $910,809,311 |
7 | Venom | Sony | $856,085,151 |
8 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Paramount | $791,115,104 |
9 | Deadpool 2 | 20th Century 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.
List of some of the film festivals for 2018 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
Date | Event | Host | Location | Source |
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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 |
Palme d'Or (71st Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Lion (75th Venice International Film Festival):
Golden Bear (68th Berlin International Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | Jon Paul Steuer | 33 | US | Actor | |
5 | Jerry Van Dyke | 86 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Donnelly Rhodes | 80 | Canada | Actor | ||
9 | Terence Marsh | 86 | UK | Production Designer | ||
13 | Jean Porter | 95 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Hugh Wilson | 74 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Yosuke Natsuki | 81 | Japan | Actor | ||
15 | Peter Wyngarde | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Bradford Dillman | 87 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Anna Campori | 100 | Italy | Actress | ||
19 | Olivia Cole | 75 | US | Actress | ||
19 | Dorothy Malone | 93 | US | Actress | ||
19 | Allison Shearmur | 54 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
21 | Connie Sawyer | 105 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Ezra Swerdlow | 64 | US | Producer | ||
25 | John Morris | 91 | US | Composer | ||
30 | Mark Salling | 35 | US | Actor and singer | ||
30 | Louis Zorich | 93 | US | Actor | ||
31 | Ann Gillis | 90 | US | Actress | ||
31 | Alf Humphreys | 64 | Canada | Actor | ||
February | 1 | Reyes Abades [44] | 68 | Spain | Special Effects Artist | |
3 | Rolf Zacher | 76 | Germany | Actor | ||
4 | Kenneth Haigh | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
4 | John Mahoney | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Mickey Jones | 76 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Jill Messick | 50 | US | Producer | ||
9 | Reg E. Cathey | 59 | US | Actor | ||
9 | John Gavin | 86 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | 48 | Iceland | Composer | ||
11 | Vic Damone | 89 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
12 | Louise Latham | 95 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Edward M. Abroms | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
15 | Pier Paolo Capponi | 79 | Italy | Actor | ||
18 | Idrissa Ouedraogo | 64 | Burkina Faso | Director, Screenwriter | ||
21 | Emma Chambers | 53 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Ren Osugi | 66 | Japan | Actor | ||
22 | Nanette Fabray | 97 | US | Actress | ||
23 | James Colby | 56 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Lewis Gilbert | 97 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Bud Luckey | 83 | US | Animator, Voice Actor | ||
24 | Sridevi | 54 | India | Actress | ||
26 | Paul De Meo | 64 | US | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Benjamin Melniker | 104 | US | Producer | ||
March | 3 | Frank Doubleday | 73 | US | Actor | |
3 | David Ogden Stiers | 75 | US | Actor | ||
5 | André S. Labarthe | 86 | France | Actor | ||
6 | Donna Butterworth | 62 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Siegfried Rauch | 85 | Germany | Actor | ||
12 | Oleg Tabakov | 82 | Russia | Actor | ||
17 | Geneviève Fontanel | 81 | France | Actress | ||
22 | Morgana King | 87 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
23 | Delores Taylor | 85 | US | Actress, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
24 | Debbie Lee Carrington | 58 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Stéphane Audran | 85 | France | Actress | ||
30 | Bill Maynard | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | Luigi De Filippo | 87 | Italy | Actor | ||
April | 2 | Susan Anspach | 75 | US | Actress | |
3 | Mary Hatcher | 88 | US | Actress | ||
4 | Soon-Tek Oh | 85 | Korea | Actor | ||
5 | Isao Takahata | 82 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | ||
8 | Chuck McCann | 83 | US | Actor, Voice Actor | ||
13 | Miloš Forman | 86 | Czech Republic | Director | ||
14 | Isabella Biagini | 74 | Italy | Actress | ||
15 | Philip D'Antoni | 89 | US | Producer, Director | ||
15 | R. Lee Ermey | 74 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Vittorio Taviani | 88 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
16 | Pamela Gidley | 52 | US | Actress | ||
20 | John Stride | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Verne Troyer | 49 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Arthur B. Rubinstein | 80 | US | Composer | ||
25 | Michael Anderson | 98 | UK | Director | ||
26 | Gianfranco Parolini | 93 | Italy | Director | ||
27 | Paul Junger Witt | 77 | US | Producer | ||
28 | Lester James Peries | 99 | Sri Lanka | Director, Screenwriter | ||
29 | Robert Mandan | 86 | US | Actor | ||
May | 5 | Ermanno Olmi | 86 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | |
8 | Anne V. Coates | 92 | UK | Film Editor | ||
11 | Josh Greenfeld | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ||
13 | Margot Kidder | 69 | Canada | Actress | ||
16 | Joseph Campanella | 93 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Hugh Dane | 75 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Lucian Pintilie | 84 | Romania | Director, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Vincent McEveety | 88 | US | Director | ||
20 | Bill Gold | 97 | US | Graphic Designer | ||
20 | Patricia Morison | 103 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
21 | Anna Maria Ferrero | 84 | Italy | Actress | ||
21 | Allyn Ann McLerie | 91 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Clint Walker | 90 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Elizabeth Sung | 63 | Hong Kong | Actress | ||
24 | Jerry Maren | 98 | US | Actor | ||
31 | Michael D. Ford | 90 | UK | Set Decorator | ||
June | 1 | William Edward Phipps | 96 | US | Actor | |
6 | Kira Muratova | 83 | Ukraine | Director, Screenwriter | ||
8 | Eunice Gayson | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
9 | Françoise Bonnot | 78 | France | Film Editor | ||
9 | Zhang Junzhao | 65 | China | Director, Screenwriter | ||
11 | Roman Kłosowski | 89 | Poland | Actor | ||
16 | Martin Bregman | 92 | US | Producer | ||
16 | Richard Greenberg | 71 | US | Visual Effects Artist, Title Designer, Director | ||
18 | Maria Rohm | 72 | Austria | Actress | ||
22 | Deanna Lund | 81 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Stanley Anderson | 78 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Steven Hilliard Stern | 80 | Canada | Director, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Denis Akiyama | 66 | Canada | Actor | ||
29 | Liliane Montevecchi | 85 | France | Actress, Singer | ||
29 | Derrick O'Connor | 77 | Ireland | Actor | ||
29 | Anthony Ray | 80 | US | Producer | ||
July | 1 | Gillian Lynne | 92 | UK | Choreographer | |
4 | Robby Müller | 78 | Netherlands | Cinematographer | ||
5 | Claude Lanzmann | 92 | France | Documentarian | ||
8 | Tab Hunter | 86 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
8 | Alan Johnson | 81 | US | Director, Choreographer | ||
8 | Carlo Vanzina | 67 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Roger Perry | 85 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Robert Wolders | 81 | Netherlands | Actor | ||
13 | Stan Dragoti | 85 | US | Director | ||
17 | Gary Beach | 70 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Yvonne Blake | 78 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
17 | David Stevens | 77 | Australia | Screenwriter | ||
18 | Hugh Whitemore | 82 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Shinobu Hashimoto | 100 | Japan | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Michael Howells | 61 | UK | Production Designer | ||
23 | Harry Gulkin | 90 | Canada | Producer | ||
25 | Patrick Williams | 79 | US | Composer | ||
27 | Bernard Hepton | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
August | 1 | Mary Carlisle | 104 | US | Actress | |
2 | Winston Ntshona | 76 | South Africa | Actor | ||
3 | Moshé Mizrahi | 86 | Israel | Director | ||
3 | Ronnie Taylor | 93 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
5 | Charlotte Rae | 92 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Beverly Polcyn | 90 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Piotr Szulkin | 68 | Poland | Director | ||
7 | Étienne Chicot | 69 | France | Actor | ||
7 | Richard H. Kline | 91 | US | Cinematographer | ||
13 | John Carter | 95 | US | Film Editor | ||
13 | Unshō Ishizuka | 67 | Japan | Voice Actor | ||
16 | Aretha Franklin | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
20 | Craig Zadan | 69 | US | Producer | ||
20 | Brian Murray | 80 | South Africa | Actor | ||
21 | Barbara Harris | 83 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Lindsay Kemp | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Neil Simon | 91 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Robert H. Solo | 85 | US | Producer | ||
27 | Fredd Wayne | 93 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Vanessa Marquez | 49 | US | Actress | ||
31 | Gloria Jean | 92 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
31 | Carole Shelley | 79 | UK | Actress | ||
September | 3 | Lydia Clarke | 95 | US | Actress | |
3 | Jacqueline Pearce | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
4 | Thomas Rickman | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
5 | Christopher Lawford | 63 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Liz Fraser | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
6 | Burt Reynolds | 82 | US | Actor, Director | ||
7 | Sheila White | 69 | UK | Actress | ||
10 | Peter Donat | 90 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Fenella Fielding | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
15 | John M. Dwyer | 83 | US | Set Decorator | ||
15 | Kirin Kiki | 75 | Japan | Actress | ||
15 | Dudley Sutton | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Zhu Xu | 88 | China | Actor | ||
18 | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | 90 | France | Director, Actress, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Denis Norden | 96 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Gamil Ratib | 91 | Egypt | Actor | ||
23 | Gary Kurtz | 78 | US | Producer | ||
23 | Mark Livolsi | 56 | US | Film Editor | ||
23 | Al Matthews | 75 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Roger Robinson | 78 | US | Actor | ||
October | 1 | Charles Aznavour | 94 | France | Actor, Singer | |
1 | Stelvio Cipriani | 81 | Italy | Composer | ||
4 | Will Vinton | 70 | US | Animator, Director | ||
4 | Audrey Wells | 58 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
6 | Scott Wilson | 76 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Peggy McCay | 90 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Celeste Yarnall | 74 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Arnold Kopelson | 83 | US | Producer | ||
8 | Venantino Venantini | 88 | Italy | Actor | ||
10 | Raymond Danon | 88 | France | Producer | ||
14 | Milena Dravić | 78 | Serbia | Actress | ||
18 | Danny Leiner | 57 | US | Director | ||
19 | Diana Sowle | 88 | US | Actress | ||
23 | James Karen | 94 | US | Actor | ||
November | 1 | Carlo Giuffrè | 89 | Italy | Actor | |
1 | Ken Swofford | 85 | US | Actor | ||
2 | Raymond Chow | 91 | Hong Kong | Producer | ||
2 | Kitty O'Neil | 72 | US | Stuntwoman | ||
3 | Sondra Locke | 74 | US | Actress, Director | ||
7 | Francis Lai | 86 | France | Composer | ||
11 | Douglas Rain | 90 | Canada | Voice Actor | ||
12 | Stan Lee | 95 | US | Comic Book Writer, Producer, Actor | ||
15 | John Bluthal | 89 | Australia | Actor | ||
16 | Pablo Ferro | 83 | Cuba | Title Designer | ||
16 | William Goldman | 87 | US | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Dominique Blanchar | 91 | France | Actress | ||
19 | Witold Sobociński | 89 | Poland | Cinematographer | ||
21 | Michele Carey | 76 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Nicolas Roeg | 90 | UK | Director, Cinematographer | ||
24 | Ricky Jay | 72 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Giuliana Calandra | 82 | Italy | Actress | ||
25 | Gloria Katz | 76 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
26 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 77 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Samuel Hadida | 64 | Morocco | Producer | ||
26 | Stephen Hillenburg | 57 | US | Director, Animator | ||
December | 1 | Ken Berry | 85 | US | Actor, Singer | |
3 | Philip Bosco | 88 | US | Actor | ||
3 | Geoff Murphy | 80 | New Zealand | Director, Screenwriter | ||
6 | Tim Rossovich | 72 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Michael Seymour | 86 | UK | Production Designer | ||
12 | Ferenc Kósa | 81 | Hungary | Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Matti Kassila | 94 | Finnish | Director | ||
17 | Galt MacDermot | 89 | Canada | Composer | ||
17 | Penny Marshall | 75 | US | Director, Actress | ||
19 | Norman Gimbel | 91 | US | Lyricist | ||
19 | Peter Masterson | 84 | US | Actor, Director | ||
20 | Donald Moffat | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Patrice Martinez | 55 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Frank Adonis | 83 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Jorge Grau | 88 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | ||
27 | Børge Ring | 97 | Denmark | Animator | ||
27 | Robert Kerman | 71 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Iaia Fiastri | 84 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
28 | June Whitfield | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
29 | Agneta Eckemyr | 68 | Sweden | Actress | ||
29 | Ringo Lam | 63 | Hong Kong | Director | ||
29 | Rosenda Monteros | 83 | Mexico | Actress | ||
30 | Don Lusk | 105 | US | Animator | ||
31 | Richard Marks | 75 | US | Film Editor | ||
31 | Al Reinert | 71 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths.
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.
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 the highest-grossing of all-time until Avatar regained the top spot in 2021.
Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldaña, Josh Brolin, and Chris Pratt. In the film, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to stop Thanos from collecting the six powerful Infinity Stones as part of his quest to kill half of all life in the universe.
Secret Superstar is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film written and directed by Advait Chandan, and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao under the studio Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Zaira Wasim, Aamir Khan, Meher Vij and Raj Arjun. The film tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl who aspires to be a singer, uploading videos on YouTube while disguising her identity with a niqab, and her relationships with her mother, father and mentor. The film deals with social issues including feminism, gender equality and domestic violence. The film received overall positive reviews from critics. Wasim won the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement. Secret Superstar received ten nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Chandan, Best Actress for Wasim, and Best Supporting Actor for Khan. It won three Filmfare Awards, including Best Actress (Critics) for Wasim, Best Supporting Actress for Vij, and Best Playback Singer (Female) for Meghna Mishra. The film serves as the second collaboration between Wasim and Khan following Dangal (2016).
Wolf Warrior 2 is a 2017 Chinese action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Wu Jing, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Celina Jade, Frank Grillo, Hans Zhang, and Wu Gang. The film is a sequel to 2015's Wolf Warrior. It was released in China on 27 July 2017. The film tells a story of a loose cannon Chinese soldier named Leng Feng who takes on special missions around the world. In this sequel, he finds himself in an unnamed African country protecting medical aid workers from local rebels and vicious arms dealers.
1000 Crore Club is an unofficial designation by the Indian film trade and the media, related to Indian language films that have grossed ₹1000 crore or more either within India or worldwide. The 1000 crore club is preceded by the 100 crore club. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) became the first Indian film to gross over ₹1000 crore worldwide. It grossed ₹1,430 crore across all languages in India and grossed ₹1,810 crore worldwide. It stands as the Highest-grossing film in India domestically till date. It was followed by Dangal, which is the Highest-grossing Indian film, expanding the club to 1900 crore, before creating the ₹2,000 crore (US$240 million) club, and becoming the fifth Highest-grossing non-English language film of that time. In 2022, two films released in the span of a month, RRR and KGF: Chapter 2, grossed over ₹1,000 crore at the global box office. The club expanded with movies like Pathaan (2023), Jawan (2023) and Kalki 2898 AD (2024).
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.