In 2011, eight Brazilian films drew more than a million people to theaters. All of the 2011 Brazilian films together received an audience of nearly 19 million people. [1] Brazil produced nearly 100 films in 2011, up from 30 in 2001 and less than five in 1994. [2]
These were the top ten Brazilian films in 2011. The films are ranked according to public. [1]
| Rank | Film | Public |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Pernas Pro Ar | 3.547.138 |
| 2 | Cilada.com | 2.974.697 |
| 3 | Bruna Surfistinha | 2.159.203 |
| 4 | Assalto ao Banco Central | 1.920.193 |
| 5 | Muita calma nessa hora | 1.464.203 |
| 6 | O Palhaço | 1.406.262 |
| 7 | Qualquer gato vira lata | 1.178.099 |
| 8 | O Homem do Futuro | 1.199.752 |
| 9 | VIPs | 585.807 |
| 10 | As mães de Chico Xavier | 510.717 |
Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Morais is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her roles in TV Globo telenovelas such as Dancin' Days, Vale Tudo, Mulheres de Areia and O Rei do Gado. She is also known for starring in films such as Academy Award-nominated O Quatrilho, box-office hit If I Were You and its sequel, and Lula, Son of Brazil, which is the second most expensive Brazilian film of all time, after Nosso Lar.
Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi is a Brazilian actress. Her first role was in the telenovela Fascinação in 1998 where she portrayed the role of Emília Gouveia. In the same year she played the role of Ruth Stern in the film Caminho dos Sonhos. In 2000, she played in Uga-Uga portraying "Bionda". This role rise to prominence as she became widely known in Brazil and internationally. Later in 2001, she offered her services in the Portuguese voice over translation in the Canadian/Chinese animated series Braceface, for the character Sharon Spitz. She later played the protagonist in Cobras & Lagartos in 2006 and Lara in A Favorita, later in 2008. In 2010, she portrayed her first villainous role in the critically acclaimed telenovela Passione. Since 2010 she has appeared in several telenovelas, television series, films and theatre performances. In 2016, she starred the successor of Totalmente Demais, Haja Coração, together with Malvino Salvador.
Marjorie Dias de Oliveira, known professionally as Marjorie Estiano, is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. She became nationally known for her role in TV Globo's teen soap opera Malhação.
Douglas Silva or simply DG is a Brazilian actor and singer winner of the Best Actor award at the Havana Festival. He is known for playing Dadinho in the 2002 Brazilian film, City of God. He also played Acerola in the spin-off series City of Men and the 2007 film based on it.
Luís Lázaro Sacramento de Araújo Ramos is a Brazilian actor, television presenter, director, writer, and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known for his portrayal of João Francisco dos Santos in the 2002 film Madame Satã. In 2007, he was nominated for the 35th International Emmy Awards for Best Actor for his role in Cobras & Lagartos.
Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Sophie Charlotte Wolf da Silva is a Brazilian actress.
Marcelo Magalhães Serrado is a Brazilian actor.
Talita Werneck Arguelhes, better known as Tatá Werneck, is a Brazilian presenter, actress, comedian, musician, voice actress, screenwriter and reporter. She began her acting studies at just nine years old and, at eleven, she performed in her first theater show. Her debut on a televised program occurred in 2008, when she joined the cast of Dilemas de Irene. Two years later, she joined the Quinta Categoria team at MTV Brasil, having participated in several other programs on the network between 2010 and 2012.
Xuxa Popstar is a 2000 Brazilian musical romantic comedy film directed by Paulo Sérgio de Almeida and Tizuka Yamasaki with screenplay by Vivian Perl and Wagner de Assis. The cast includes Xuxa Meneghel, Luigi Baricelli, Marcos Frota and Sílvia Pfeifer, as well as musical numbers with Os Travessos, KLB and Deborah Blando.
The Ten Commandments is a 2016 Brazilian film released by RecordTV in an association with Paris Filmes. It is an adaptation of the eponymous television series presented by Rede Record in 2015, with new footage and different developments of which were shown in its last chapter on television. The adaptation was written by Vivian de Oliveira and directed by Alexandre Avancini, with the same cast as the soap opera.
Sergio Tadeu Corrêia Guizé is a Brazilian actor, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Maisa da Silva Andrade is an actress, presenter and former Brazilian singer. She was discovered at the age of three, when she participated in a group of freshmen on the Programa Raul Gil, on RecordTV and Band. Two years later, she was hired by SBT to present the programs Sábado Animado, Domingo Animado and Bom Dia & Cia, gaining greater prominence when sharing the show Pergunte a Maisa with boss Silvio Santos. As an actress, she gained fame through her role as Valéria Ferreira in Carrossel. Other notable roles in the actress' career include Juju Almeida in Carinha de Anjo, Cíntia Dorella in Cinderela Pop, Gabi in Tudo por um Popstar and playing her first villain in the film Ela Disse, Ele Disse, as Júlia.
Kéfera Buchmann de Mattos Johnson Pereira is a Brazilian actress, singer, TV hostess, influencer, writer and YouTuber. She has been named by Forbes as one of the most promising young women in Brazil.
Gabriela Lopes Gabriel is a Brazilian actress and model. She got famous nationally after her role in the 22nd season of TV series Malhação, at Rede Globo.
José Jesuíta Barbosa Neto is a Brazilian actor. He is considered an important talent of recent Brazilian cinema and has performed in critically acclaimed feature films.
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Letícia Helena de Queiroz Colin is a Brazilian actress and singer. In 2022, she was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in the series Onde Está Meu Coração.
Leandro Hassum Moreira is a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He is well known for having played Jorginho in the TV Show humorous Zorra Total and Os Caras de Pau. In 2012, he starred in the franchise Até que a Sorte nos Separe that reached 320,000 box office in its first weekend of exhibition and became the best opening of a national film of that year gaining two more sequels.
John Donovan Maia, more commonly known as Johnny Hooker, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor and screenwriter. He won the Prêmio da Música Brasileira for Best Singer in the Pop Music category.
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