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 |
Aline Cristine Dorelli de Magalhães e Morais, known professionally as Alinne Moraes, is a Brazilian actress. She is best known by her roles as Maria Sílvia in Duas Caras and as Luciana in Viver a Vida.
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.
Luís Lázaro Sacramento 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.
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura is a Brazilian actor, director and filmmaker. Wagner started his career doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, and soon scored some appearances in films. In 2003, he got his first leading roles in movies, in addition to having a prominent role in Carandiru, which propelled him to the main scene of Brazilian cinema. He continued starring in national feature films, including the box office hits Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2, playing the famous character Captain Nascimento. The first film received the Golden Bear award and both productions reverberated outside Brazil, which boosted the actor's international recognition.
Andrew "Andrucha" Waddington is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Marcelo Magalhães Serrado is a Brazilian actor.
Silvio Tendler is a Brazilian filmmaker. With more than 40 films released by 2014, including feature and short films, Tendler is one of the most respected Brazilian documentarist. Due to his focus on people like Juscelino Kubitschek, João Goulart, and Carlos Marighella, he is known as "the filmmaker of the defeated" or "the filmmaker of interrupted dreams".
Guilherme Seta de Morais Souza is a Brazilian actor. He became known from childhood when he played Davi in the remake of the Brazilian telenovela Carrossel, SBT (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.
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.
Roobertchay Domingues da Rocha Filho, known professionally as Chay Suede, is a Brazilian actor and singer-songwriter.
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.
Max Petterson Monteiro (Farias Brito, Ceará, Brazil born is a Brazilian actor, YouTuber, entrepreneur and comedian. He currently lives in Paris, France. Max Petterson is known for moving to France in 2014 after getting a place at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis and documenting life in Paris on YouTube, with over 33 million views. Max received the most repercussions with a viral video about the heat in France.
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