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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.

Contents

Evaluation of the year

The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and several films were still in theaters where guidelines were in place. [1] As a result, film grosses will increase if they are re-released in the future.

Highest-grossing films

The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows: [2]

Highest-grossing films of 2020 [3]
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Toho / Aniplex $507,127,293 [4]
2 The Eight Hundred CMC Pictures$461,421,559
3 My People, My Homeland China Lion$433,241,288 [5]
4 Bad Boys for Life Sony Pictures $426,505,244
5 Tenet Warner Bros. $365,304,105
6 Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount $319,715,683
7 Dolittle Universal $251,410,631
8 Jiang Ziya Beijing Enlight $243,883,429
9 A Little Red Flower HG Entertainment$238,600,000 [6] [7]
10 Shock Wave 2 Universe Films$226,400,000

After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone increased to over $1.008 billion, becoming the 47th film overall and the second billion-dollar film in the Wizarding World franchise, after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 , at $1.342 billion.

2020 box office records

Film records

  • At the end of 2020, The Eight Hundred became the first Chinese and first non-Hollywood film to top the global box office with more than $450 million gross. [11] It was later overtaken by Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train in May 2021.
  • Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train , a Japanese anime film based on the manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba , broke a number of box office records.
    • It became the first ever non-Hollywood film production to become the highest-grossing film of the year. [12]
    • It set the all-time box office records for the highest-grossing Japanese film, the highest-grossing anime film, and the highest-grossing R-rated animated film. [13]
    • In Japan, Mugen Train set the first-day opening record with ¥1.2 billion ($11.3 million), [14] before breaking the opening weekend record with ¥4.6 billion ($43.8 million) over three days. [15] It went on to have the highest-grossing second weekend, and in ten days became the fastest film to cross ¥10 billion ($96.7 million), surpassing Spirited Away (2001) which had previously crossed the ¥10 billion milestone in 19 days and held the record for 19 years. [16] Mugen Train also became the fastest film to cross ¥20 billion in Japan, again faster than Spirited Away. [17] It also set the record for the highest-grossing IMAX release in Japan, surpassing the previous record holder Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). [18] In 59 days, Mugen Train set another record as the fastest film to cross the ¥30 billion milestone, [19] faster than Spirited Away which took 253 days to reach the same milestone. [20] In 66 days, the film set another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004). [21] In 73 days, Mugen Train grossed ¥32.48 billion to become the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing Spirited Away which held the record for 19 years. [22]
    • In Taiwan, Mugen Train grossed NT$ 360 million (US$12.6 million) in 17 days, setting the record for the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan, surpassing the previous record holders Frozen 2 (2019) and Your Name (2016). [23] [24] In 20 days, Mugen Train became the first animated film to cross NT$400 million in Taiwan, [25] before later crossing the NT$500 million milestone. [26]
    • The film was also the first R-rated film since Die Hard with a Vengeance in 1995 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall.
    • The film was also the first animated film since The Jungle Book in 1967 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall and not the highest-grossing animated film of all time at the time.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog broke Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 's record for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a video game, with $70 million domestic gross in the United States and Canada. [27] It went on to become the highest-grossing film based on a video game in the United States and Canada, surpassing Detective Pikachu, although it did not beat it in the worldwide box office. [28] Sonic the Hedgehog is also the highest-grossing superhero film of 2020, ending the Marvel Cinematic Universe's decade-long run of having the highest-grossing superhero film of the year (from 2010 to 2019). [29] [30]
  • For the first time in box office history, two non-American animated film productions (Asian films), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train from Japan and Jiang Ziya from China, have become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. This has been partly attributed by due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [31] It is also the first time since 1987 that a non-American animated film (Japanese anime), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, became the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the first time an anime has made it to the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year worldwide.
  • 2020 was the first year since 2008 not to have a film gross $1 billion in its initial release, the first year since 2005 not to have a film gross over $900 million, and the first year since 2000 not to have a film gross over $600 million, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2020 was the first year since 1995 in which no film was among the 20 highest-grossing films of all time at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

Award ceremonies

2020 film awards ceremonies
DateEventHostLocation
January 5 77th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S. [32]
January 11 25th Forqué Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Madrid, Spain
January 12 25th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.
January 16 7th Feroz Awards Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España Alcobendas, Spain
January 19 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
January 20 55th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden [33]
January 25 34th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Málaga, Spain
January 25 47th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 1 10th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium
February 2 73rd British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England
February 8 35th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S.
February 9 92nd Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 28 45th César Awards Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma Paris, France
March 6 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize Nippon Academy-Sho Association Tokyo, Japan
March 16 40th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation Los Angeles, California, U.S. [lower-alpha 1]
March 27 66th Filmfare Awards The Times Group Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
May 6 39th Hong Kong Film Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. Hong Kong [lower-alpha 2]
May 8 65th David di Donatello Accademia del Cinema Italiano Rome, Italy [lower-alpha 3]
June 3 56th Grand Bell Awards Korea Motion Picture Promotion Association Seoul, South Korea
June 29 7th Platino Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Panama City, Panama
September 2862nd Ariel Awards Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas Mexico [lower-alpha 2]
November 21 57th Golden Horse Awards Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. Taipei, Taiwan

Festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2020 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

2020 film festivals
DateEventHostLocation
January 23–February 2 2020 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah, United States
February 20–March 1 70th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany
Cancelled 2020 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France
September 2–12 77th Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy
September 10–21 2020 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards

Category/Organization 78th Golden Globe Awards
February 28, 2021		 26th Critics' Choice Awards
March 7, 2021		 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards
March 21-April 10, 2021		 74th BAFTA Awards
April 11, 2021		 93rd Academy Awards
April 25, 2021
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Picture Nomadland Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Nomadland
Best Director Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Best Actor Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 		Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 		Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 		Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Best Actress Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday 		Rosamund Pike
I Care a Lot 		Carey Mulligan
Promising Young Woman 		Viola Davis
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 		Frances McDormand
Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster
The Mauritanian 		Maria Bakalova
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 		Youn Yuh-jung
Minari
Best Screenplay, Adapted Aaron Sorkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7 		Chloé Zhao
Nomadland 		Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 		Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
The Father
Best Screenplay, Original Emerald Fennell
Promising Young Woman
Best Animated Film [lower-alpha 4] Soul
Best Original Score Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul 		— Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul
Best Original Song"Io sì (Seen)"
The Life Ahead 		"Speak Now"
One Night in Miami... 		——"Fight for You"
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Foreign Language Film Minari —

Another Round

Best Documentary [lower-alpha 5] — Dick Johnson Is Dead My Octopus Teacher

2020 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 4 Tom Long 51AustraliaActor
8 Edd Byrnes 86USActor
8 Buck Henry 89USActor, Screenwriter, Director
9 Ivan Passer 86Czech RepublicDirector, Screenwriter
10 Neda Arnerić 66SerbiaActress
12 Tony Garnett 83UKProducer
14 Jack Kehoe 85USActor
17 Derek Fowlds 82UKActor
20 Joe Shishido 86JapanActor
21 Terry Jones 77UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
22 John Karlen 86USActor
23 Robert Harper 68USActor
25 Monique van Vooren 92BelgiumActress
26 Kobe Bryant 41USActor
28 Marj Dusay 83USActress
28 Harriet Frank Jr. 96USScreenwriter
28 Nicholas Parsons 96UKActor
28 Dyanne Thorne 83USActress
30 Jörn Donner 86FinlandDirector, Screenwriter, Actor
31 Andree Melly 87UKActress
February 1 Luciano Ricceri 79ItalyProduction Designer
3 Gene Reynolds 96USActor
4 José Luis Cuerda 72SpainDirector, Screenwriter
4 Gianni Minervini 91ItalyProducer
5 Kevin Conway 77USActor
5 Kirk Douglas 103USActor, Producer, Director
6 Raphaël Coleman 25UKActor
7 Orson Bean 91USActor
7 Ann E. Todd 88USActress
8 Robert Conrad 84USActor
8 Volker Spengler 80GermanyActor
8 Grazia Volpi 78ItalyProducer
9 Paula Kelly 77USActress, Singer
10 Marge Redmond 95USActress, Singer
11 Joseph Vilsmaier 81GermanyDirector
14 Lynn Cohen 86USActress
14 Esther Scott 66USActress
14 John Shrapnel 77UKActor
16 Zoe Caldwell 86AustraliaActress
16 Frances Cuka 83UKActress
16 Jason Davis 35USActor
16 Kellye Nakahara 72USActress
17 Ja'Net DuBois 87USActress, Singer
18 Flavio Bucci 72ItalyActor
18 Tapas Paul 61IndiaActor
19 José Mojica Marins 83BrazilDirector, Actor
20 Claudette Nevins 82USActress
21 Boris Leskin 97RussiaActor
24 Diana Serra Cary 101USActress
24 Ben Cooper 86USActor
27 R. D. Call 70USActor
27 Burkhard Driest 80GermanyActor
27 Eugene Dynarski 86USActor
29 Dieter Laser 78GermanyActor
March 3 Božidar Alić 65CroatiaActor
6 David Paul 62USActor
8 Max von Sydow 90SwedenActor
12 Gary B. Kibbe 79USCinematographer
12 Tonie Marshall 68FranceActress, Director, Screenwriter
15 Suzy Delair 102FranceActress, Singer
16 Stuart Whitman 92USActor
17 Lyle Waggoner 84USActor
20 Johnny Harris 87UKComposer
20 Kenny Rogers 81USActor, Singer
23 Lucia Bosè 89ItalyActress
23 David Collings 79UKActor
23 Alfio Contini 92ItalyCinematographer
24 Stuart Gordon 72USDirector, Screenwriter
24 Terrence McNally 81USScreenwriter
24 Gerard Schurmann 96UKComposer
26 Mark Blum 69USActor
28 Barbara Rütting 92GermanyActress
29 Krzysztof Penderecki 86PolandComposer
31 Julie Bennett 88USVoice Actress
31 Andrew Jack 76UKDialect Coach
April 1 Adam Schlesinger 52USComposer, Songwriter
3 Hilary Dwyer 74UKActress
3 Hans Meyer 94South AfricaActor
4 Jay Benedict 68USActor
4 Carlo Leva 90ItalyProduction Designer
5 Shirley Douglas 86CanadaActress
5 George Ogilvie 89AustraliaDirector, Actor
5 Honor Blackman 94UKActress
6 Colleen Callaghan 89USMakeup Artist
6 James Drury 85USActor
7 Allen Garfield 80USActor
9 Malcolm Dixon 66UKActor
10 Armando Francioli 100ItalyActor
10 Nobuhiko Obayashi 82JapanDirector, Screenwriter
10 Francis Reusser 77SwitzerlandDirector
12 Danny Goldman 80USActor
15 Allen Daviau 77USCinematographer
15 Brian Dennehy 81USActor
17 Filipe Duarte 46PortugalActor
17 Sergio Fantoni 89ItalyActor
19 Philippe Nahon 81FranceActor
22 Shirley Knight 83USActress
23 Bruce Allpress 89New ZealandActor
26 Peter H. Hunt 81USDirector
27 Cis Corman 93USCasting Director, Producer
29 Irrfan Khan 53IndiaActor
29 John Lafia 63USDirector, Screenwriter
29 Matty Simmons 91USProducer
30 Rishi Kapoor 67IndiaActor
30 Sam Lloyd 56USActor
May 2 Jan-Olof Strandberg 93SwedenActor
3 John Ericson 93GermanyActor
6 Leslie Pope 65USSet Decorator
7 Daniel Cauchy 90FranceActor
7 Peque Gallaga 76FilipinoDirector, Screenwriter
9 Geno Silva 72USActor
9 Little Richard 87USSinger, Actor
11 Jerry Stiller 92USActor
12 Michel Piccoli 94FranceActor
15 Ezio Bosso 48ItalyComposer
15 Lynn Shelton 54USDirector, Screenwriter
15 Fred Willard 86USActor
16 Monique Mercure 89CanadaActress
16 Pilar Pellicer 82MexicoActress
16 Jon Whiteley 75UKActor
19 Pembroke J. Herring 90USFilm Editor
22 Denise Cronenberg 81CanadaCostume Designer
24 Jean-Loup Dabadie 81FranceScreenwriter
26 Richard Herd 87USActor
26 Irm Hermann 77GermanyActress
26 Anthony James 77USActor
27 Larry Kramer 84USScreenwriter
27 Peggy Pope 91USActress
28 Lennie Niehaus 90USComposer
31 Dan van Husen 75GermanyActor
June 2 Mary Pat Gleason 70USActress
2 Héctor Suárez 81MexicoActor
3 Bruce Jay Friedman 90USScreenwriter
6 Malcolm Terris 79USActor
7 Alan Metter 77USDirector
8 Marion Hänsel 71BelgiumDirector, Screenwriter, Actress
11 Rosa María Sardá 78SpainActress
11 Mel Winkler 78USActor
14 Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz 90IranActor
14 Eva Kristínová 91SlovakiaActress
14 Sushant Singh Rajput 34IndiaActor
16 Patrick Poivey 72FRFrench voice actor
17 Lewis John Carlino 88USDirector, Screenwriter
19 Ian Holm 88UKActor
20 Philip Latham 91UKActor
21 Jürgen Holtz 87GermanyActor
22 Steve Bing 55USScreenwriter, Producer
22 Joel Schumacher 80USDirector, Costume Designer
26 Kelly Asbury 60USDirector
26 Stuart Cornfeld 67USProducer
26 Taryn Power 66USActress
27 Linda Cristal 89ArgentinaActress
28 Louis Mahoney 81GambiaActor
29 Johnny Mandel 94USComposer, Songwriter
29 Carl Reiner 98USActor, Director, Screenwriter
30 Dan Hicks 68USActor
July 2 Tilo Prückner 79GermanyActor
2 Kevin Rafferty 72USDocumentarian, Cinematographer
2 Ronald L. Schwary 76USProducer
2 Yoon Sam-yook 83South KoreaScreenwriter, Director
3 Earl Cameron 102BermudaActor
3 Saroj Khan 71IndiaChoreographer
5 Bettina Gilois 58USScreenwriter
6 Ennio Morricone 91ItalyComposer
8 Naya Rivera 33USActress
12 Kelly Preston 57USActress
14 Galyn Görg 55USActress
14 Maurice Roëves 83UKActor
16 Jonathan Oppenheim 67USFilm Editor
16 Phyllis Somerville 76USActress
17 Zizi Jeanmaire 96FranceDancer, Actress
18 Haruma Miura 30JapanActor
18 Moonyeenn Lee 76South AfricaCasting Director
19 Sonia Darrin 96USActress
21 Annie Ross 89UKActress, Singer
23 Sérgio Ricardo 88BrazilDirector, Composer
23 Jacqueline Scott 89USActress
25 John Saxon 83USActor
26 Olivia de Havilland 104UKActress
28 Raavi Kondala Rao 88IndiaActor
30Djemel Barek56FRAlgerian-Ftench actor
31 Alan Parker 76UKDirector, Screenwriter
August 1 Wilford Brimley 85USActor
1 Tom Pollock 77USProducer, Executive
1 Reni Santoni 81USActor
3 Billy Goldenberg 84USComposer
9 Anna Maria Bottini 104ItalyActress
9 Kurt Luedtke 80USScreenwriter
9 Franca Valeri 100ItalyActress
10 Tetsuya Watari 78JapanActor
11 Trini Lopez 83USSinger, Actor
14 Linda Manz 58USActress
16 Nikolai Gubenko 78RussiaActor, Director
18 Ben Cross 72UKActor
22 Allan Rich 94USActor
23 Benny Chan 58Hong KongDirector, Screenwriter
23 Lori Nelson 87USActress
27 David S. Cass Sr. 78USStuntman
28 Chadwick Boseman 43USActor
September 3 Birol Ünel 59TurkeyActor
4 Annie Cordy 92BelgiumActress, Singer
5 Jiří Menzel 82Czech RepublicDirector, Screenwriter
6 Kevin Dobson 77USActor
8 Ronald Harwood 85UKScreenwriter
10 Diana Rigg 82UKActress
12 Barbara Jefford 90UKActress
14 Sei Ashina 36JapanActress
14 Al Kasha 83USSongwriter
20 Michael Chapman 84USCinematographer
20 Alan Tomkins 81UKArt Director
21 Ron Cobb 83USProduction Designer
21 Michael Lonsdale 89FranceActor
22 Michael Gwisdek 78GermanyActor, Director
23 Juliette Gréco 93FranceActress, Singer
25 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 74IndiaSinger, Actor
25 Goran Paskaljević 73SerbiaDirector, Screenwriter
27 Yūko Takeuchi 40JapanActress
28 Gene Corman 93USProducer
28 Frédéric Devreese 91BelgiumComposer
29 Helen Reddy 78AustraliaSinger, Actress
29 Mac Davis 78USSinger, Songwriter, Actor
30 Frank Windsor 92UKActor
October 1 Murray Schisgal 93USScreenwriter
2 Edward S. Feldman 91USProducer
3 Thomas Jefferson Byrd 70USActor
3 Armelia McQueen 68USActress
4 Clark Middleton 63USActor
5 Margaret Nolan 76UKActress
6 Tommy Rall 90USActor, Dancer
6 Wladimir Yordanoff 66FranceActor
8 Camillo Bazzoni 85ItalyCinematographer, Director
10 Kent L. Wakeford 92USCinematographer
12 Conchata Ferrell 77USActress
13 Marisa de Leza 87SpainActress
14 Rhonda Fleming 97USActress
15 Bhanu Athaiya 91IndiaCostume Designer
16 Anthony Chisholm 77USActor
17 Ryszard Ronczewski 90PolandActor
19 Gianni Dei 79ItalyActor
19 Wojciech Pszoniak 78PolandActor
21 Marge Champion 101USActress, Dancer
23 Yehuda Barkan 75IsraelActor, Director, Screenwriter
31 Sean Connery 90UKActor
31 Charles Gordon 73USProducer
November 1 Carol Arthur 85USActress
2 Gigi Proietti 80ItalyActor
2 Elsa Raven 91USActress
2 John Sessions 67UKActor
5 Geoffrey Palmer 93UKActor
6 Fernando Solanas 84ArgentinaDirector, Screenwriter
7 John Fraser 89UKActor
10 Sven Wollter 86SwedenActor
12 Gernot Roll 81GermanyCinematographer
13 Philip Voss 84UKActor
15 Soumitra Chatterjee 85IndiaActor
18 Michel Robin 90FranceActor
21 Robert Garland 83USScreenwriter
21 Malcolm Marmorstein 92USScreenwriter
24 Montserrat Carulla 90SpainActress
26 Daria Nicolodi 70ItalyActress, Screenwriter
28 David Prowse 85UKActor
December 1 Hugh Keays-Byrne 73UKActor
2 Warren Berlinger 83USActor
2 Franco Giraldi 89ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
2 Pamela Tiffin 78USActress
4 David Lander 73USActor
4 François Leterrier 91FranceDirector, Actor
7 Natalie Desselle-Reid 53USActress
10 Tom Lister Jr. 62USActor
10 Barbara Windsor 83UKActress
11 Kim Ki-duk 59South KoreaDirector, Screenwriter
12 Ann Reinking 71USActress, Dancer
15 Caroline Cellier 75FranceActress
15 George Gibbs 83UKSpecial Effects Artist
17 Jeremy Bulloch 75UKActor
18 Peter Lamont 91UKProduction Designer
19 David Giler 77USProducer, Screenwriter
19 Rosalind Knight 87UKActress
19 Eileen Pollock 73IrelandActress
20 Lee Wallace 90USActor
22 Claude Brasseur 84FranceActor
28 Paul Heller 93USProducer
29 Claude Bolling 90FranceComposer
29 Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones 65USActor, Dancer
30 Dawn Wells 82USActress
31 Robert Hossein 93FranceActor, Director
31 Joan Micklin Silver 85USDirector

Film debuts

Notes

  1. ↑ The ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, winners announced online.
  2. 1 2 The ceremony was held and broadcast live online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ↑ The ceremony was held live at RAI Studios and broadcast by Rai 1 while the candidates were connected via video due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ↑ From 2020 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Super Awards.
  5. ↑ From 2016 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.

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