2010 in film

In the year 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, My Name is Khan, Jackass 3D, all animated films, with numerous other titles being released in 3D formats. 20th Century Fox celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010.

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Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best movies of 2010, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said:

"At times it feels as if we’re living in something of a cinematic golden age, but one that’s altogether different from earlier halcyon days. Where some celebrate the former genius of the system to explain an earlier day’s proliferation of fine movies, now the system is something of a blunderer that often flings itself into follies or even crushes inspiration under its weight, but sometimes gets carried away, for reasons good or bad, and hands surprising control of vast resources over to artists who make stunningly audacious and personal use of them. The best filmmakers working in Hollywood have a passionate grasp of the cinematic past, but they don’t swoon over its polish or emulate its styles, they excavate it for its raw materials. There’s also a ferment here of independent filmmaking that liberates young people who, in earlier times, might have had to scuffle or supplicate for years while angling for a practical chance that now, with video, and with adequate effort, they can seize for themselves. Some of these independents have developed distinctive methods as well as aesthetics—regarding subject matter, picture, and performance—that are apt for the means of production. They make their lives, their homes, their families, their problems, and even their art the focus of their movies, and because, in their individuality, they share much with others in their generation, their stories, at their best—reflecting the age-old clashes and strivings of talented and ambitious youths in life, love, and art—reverberate deeply and widely. Meanwhile, the proliferation of arthouse cinemas and the sudden availability of classics on DVD and via Netflix go hand in hand with the rise of their art: their fierce focus on the immediate and the intimate includes the intensely personal experience of movies—whether treasures from the history of cinema or instant classics newly arrived from around the world. And, thanks to the Internet’s rapidity of ripple-effects that carry word from bloggers and enthusiasts to the world at large, the independent aesthetic and its artists have quickly had an impact on the Hollywood mainstream, in salutary ways."[1]

Highest-grossing films
See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 2010

The top 10 films released in 2010 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 2010
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Toy Story 3 Disney $1,066,969,703
2 Alice in Wonderland $1,025,467,110
3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Warner Bros. $976,536,918
4 Inception $825,793,570[nb 1]
5 Shrek Forever After Paramount $752,600,867
6 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Summit $698,491,347
7 Iron Man 2 Paramount $623,933,331
8 Tangled Disney $592,461,732
9 Despicable Me Universal $543,113,985
10 How to Train Your Dragon Paramount $494,878,759
  1. Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

Box office records
  • Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland both grossed more than $1 billion, marking the first time that two films released in the same year grossed more than $1 billion at the box office. Both films were also released by the same studio, Walt Disney Pictures.
    • Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to gross $1 billion, and is currently the seventh highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year; two of them are in the Top 5.
  • The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two.

Events
January
17 – The 67th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced.
21 – The nominations of the 63rd BAFTA Awards were announced.
23 – The 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards winners were announced.
February
1 – The nominations of the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced.
2 – The nominations of the 82nd Academy Awards were announced.
11 to 21 – The 60th Berlin International Film Festival was held.
21 – The 64th BAFTA Awards winners were announced
March
6 – The 30th Golden Raspberry Awards winners were announced.
7 – The 82nd Academy Awards winners were announced.
28 – The 15th Empire Awards winners were announced.
May
12 to 23 – The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held.[3]
June
6 – The 2010 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.
July
22 to August 1 – The 10th Era New Horizons Film Festival was held.
September
1 to 11 – The 67th annual Venice Film Festival was held.
9 to 19 – The 35th annual Toronto Film Festival was held.
October
8 to 17 – The 26th Warsaw International Film Festival was held.
20 to 24 – The 1st American Film Festival was held in Wrocław.
November
26 to 28 – The 4th Dawn Breakers International Film Festival was held.
26 to December 5 – The 12th Jakarta International Film Festival was held.
December
4 – The 23rd European Film Awards was held.
11 – The 52nd Australian Film Institute Awards winners were announced.

Awards
Category/Organization16th Critics' Choice Awards
January 14, 2011		68th Golden Globe Awards
January 16, 2011		Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards64th BAFTA Awards
February 13, 2011		83rd Academy Awards
February 27, 2011
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmThe Social NetworkThe Kids Are All RightThe King's Speech
Best DirectorDavid Fincher
The Social Network		Tom Hooper
The King's Speech		David Fincher
The Social Network		Tom Hooper
The King's Speech
Best ActorColin Firth
The King's Speech		Paul Giamatti
Barney's Version		Colin Firth
The King's Speech
Best ActressNatalie Portman
Black Swan		Annette Bening
The Kids Are All Right		Natalie Portman
Black Swan
Best Supporting ActorChristian Bale
The Fighter		Geoffrey Rush
The King's Speech		Christian Bale
The Fighter
Best Supporting ActressMelissa Leo
The Fighter		Helena Bonham Carter
The King's Speech		Melissa Leo
The Fighter
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAaron Sorkin
The Social Network		Aaron Sorkin
The Social Network		Aaron Sorkin
The Social Network
Best Screenplay, OriginalDavid Seidler
The King's Speech		Christopher Nolan
Inception		David Seidler
The King's Speech
Best Animated FilmToy Story 3
Best Original ScoreThe Social Network
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross		N/AThe King's Speech
Alexandre Desplat		The Social Network
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Original Song"If I Rise"
127 Hours		"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
Burlesque		N/AN/A"We Belong Together"
Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language FilmThe Girl with the Dragon TattooIn a Better WorldN/AThe Girl with the Dragon TattooIn a Better World
Best DocumentaryWaiting for "Superman"——Waiting for "Superman"—Inside Job

2010 films

The list of films released in 2010, arranged by country, are as follows:

Births

Deaths
MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 4Donal Donnelly78IrelandActor
8Piero De Bernardi83ItalyScreenwriter
11Éric Rohmer89FranceDirector
14Mark Jones70UKActor
17Erich Segal72USScreenwriter
21L.A. Johnson62USProducer, Sound Engineer
22James Mitchell82USActor
22Johnny Seven83USActor
22Jean Simmons80UKActress
24Pernell Roberts81USActor
26Anne Froelick96USScreenwriter
27Betty Lou Keim71USActress
27Zelda Rubinstein76USActress
31Giulio Petroni92ItalyDirector
February 1David Brown93USProducer
1Justin Mentell27USActor
3John McCallum91AustraliaProducer, Actor, Screenwriter
3Frances Reid95USActress
3Georges Wilson88FranceActor
5Ian Carmichael89UKActor
13Max Faulkner78-79UKStuntman, Actor
13Gareth Wigan78UKProducer, Executive
16John Davis Chandler75USActor
17Kathryn Grayson88USActress
19Lionel Jeffries83UKActor, Director
22Robin Davies56UKActor
23Derek Vanlint77CanadaCinematographer
26Richard Devon84USActor
28Martin Benson91UKActor
March 4Nan Martin82USActress
5Charles B. Pierce71USDirector, Screenwriter
6Carol Marsh83UKActress
8Tony Imi72UKCinematographer
10Corey Haim38CanadaActor
11Don Guidice77USFilm Editor
11Merlin Olsen69USActor
14Peter Graves83USActor
15David J. Steinberg45USActor
18Fess Parker85USActor
24Robert Culp79USActor
28June Havoc97USActress
30Mario Garbuglia82ItalyProduction Designer
31Shirley Mills83USActress
April 1John Forsythe92USActor
4Lori Martin62USActress
6Sam Menning85USActor
6Corin Redgrave70UKActor
8James Aubrey62AustriaActor
8Christopher Cazenove65UKActor
10Dixie Carter70USActress
16Sid Conrad86USActor
17Dede Allen86USFilm Editor
18Michael Adams60USStuntman, Actor
23Shay Duffin79IrelandActor
25Dorothy Provine75USActress
28Furio Scarpelli90ItalyScreenwriter
May 1Danny Aiello III53USStuntman
2Lynn Redgrave67UKActress
7Adele Mara87USActress
9Lena Horne92USActress, Singer
11Doris Eaton106USActress
26Art Linkletter97CanadaActor
28Eddie Barth78USActor
28Gary Coleman42USActor
29Dennis Hopper74USActor, Director, Screenwriter
30Joan Rhodes90UKActress, Stuntwoman
31William A. Fraker86USCinematographer, Director
June 1George Martin80USActor
1Joseph Strick86USDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
3Rue McClanahan76USActress
5Steven Reuther58USProducer
6Robert B. Radnitz85USProducer
7Eric Mason83UKActor
8Andreas Voutsinas79SudanActor
13Jimmy Dean81USSinger, Actor
15Bekim Fehmiu74YugoslaviaActor
16Ronald Neame99UKDirector, Cinematographer
17Elżbieta Czyżewska72PolandActress
19Vince O'Brien90USActor
19Ursula Thiess86GermanyActress
22Tracy Wright50CanadaActress
23Allyn Ferguson85USComposer
23Frank Giering38GermanyActor
27Corey Allen75USActor, Director
27Aldo Giuffrè86ItalyActor
30Elliott Kastner80USProducer
July 1Geoffrey Hutchings71UKActor
1Ilene Woods81USActress, Singer
2Laurent Terzieff75FranceActor
8David Blewitt81USFilm Editor
9Vonetta McGee65USActress
10Aldo Sambrell79SpainActor
12Luigi Scattini83ItalyDirector
13Alan Hume85UKCinematographer
15Kip King72USActor
16James Gammon70USActor
26Antonio Gamero[4]76SpainActor
27Maury Chaykin61USActor
31Suso Cecchi d'Amico96ItalyScreenwriter
31Tom Mankiewicz69USScreenwriter, Director
August 1Robert F. Boyle100USArt Director, Production Designer
7Bruno Cremer75FranceActor
8Patricia Neal84USActress
9George DiCenzo70USActor
10David L. Wolper82USDocumentarian, Producer
11Bruno Schleinstein78GermanyActor
14Abbey Lincoln80USActress, Singer
20Tiberio Murgia81ItalyActor
24Satoshi Kon46JapanDirector
29James Deuter71USActor
30Alain Corneau67FranceDirector, Screenwriter
September 1Cammie King76USActress
2Michael Dennison58USCostume Designer
3Robert Schimmel60USActor, Comedian
7Clive Donner84UKDirector, Film Editor
7Glenn Shadix58USActor
9Geoffrey Foot95UKFilm Editor
11Harold Gould86USActor
11Kevin McCarthy96USActor
12Claude Chabrol80FranceDirector
14Caterina Boratto95ItalyActress
14Nicholas Selby85UKActor
15Frank Jarvis69UKActor
19Irving Ravetch89USScreenwriter
21Grace Bradley97USActress
21John Crawford90USActor
22Jackie Burroughs71CanadaActress
22Eddie Fisher82USActor, Singer
22Bridget O'Connor49UKScreenwriter
26Gloria Stuart100USActress
27Pierre Guffroy84FranceProduction Designer
28Sally Menke56USFilm Editor
28Arthur Penn88USDirector, Producer
29Andy Albeck89USStudio Executive
29Tony Curtis85USActor
29Joe Mantell94USActor
October 1Marshall Flaum85USDocumentarian
4Norman Wisdom95UKActor, Comedian
5Roy Ward Baker93UKDirector
10John Graysmark75UKProduction Designer
12Angelo Infanti71ItalyActor
14Simon MacCorkindale58UKActor
14James Mitchell80USFilm Editor
15Dorothy Ford88USActress
15Johnny Sheffield79USActor
16Barbara Billingsley94USActress
16Chao-Li Chi83ChinaActor
19Tom Bosley83USActor
19Graham Crowden87UKActor
20Robert Paynter82UKCinematographer
24Lamont Johnson88USDirector
25Lisa Blount53USActress, Producer
28Robert Ellenstein87USActor
28James MacArthur72USActor
29Mervyn Haisman82UKScreenwriter
29George Hickenlooper47USDirector, Producer
November 1Monica Johnson64USScreenwriter
4Michelle Nicastro50USSinger, Actress
5Jill Clayburgh66USActress
8Addison Powell89USActor
10Dino De Laurentiis91ItalyProducer
11Marie Osborne99USCostumer, Actress
11Simone Valère87FranceActress
13Luis García Berlanga89SpainDirector
13Simon Holland70UKProduction Designer
15Moira Deady88IrelandActress
20Heinz Weiss89GermanyActor
23Joyce Howard88UKActress
23Ingrid Pitt73PolandActress
27Irvin Kershner87USDirector
28Giorgos Fountas86GreeceActor
28Leslie Nielsen84CanadaActor
28Gene Polito92USCinematographer
29Kamala Devi77IndiaActress
29Mario Monicelli95ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
30Ted Sorel74USActor
December 4Neva Patterson90USActress
15Blake Edwards88USDirector, Screenwriter
15Jean Rollin72FranceDirector, Producer
17Lina Romay91SpainSinger, Actress
20Steve Landesberg74USActor
27Grant McCune67USVisual Effects Artist
29Bill Erwin96USActor

Film debuts

References
  1. Brody, Richard (9 December 2010). "The Best Movies of 2010". The New Yorker. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. "2010 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. "Festival de Cannes 2010". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  4. "Muere Antonio Gamero, el secundario de izquierdas". Público (in Spanish). 27 July 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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