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Overview of the events of 2020 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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. This is also infamous for being the first year since 2007 that no film has grossed $1 billion.
The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide 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.
List of some of the film festivals for 2020 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
Date | Event | Host | Location |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Palme d'Or (73rd Cannes Film Festival): Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Golden Lion (77th Venice International Film Festival):
Golden Bear (70th Berlin International Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 4 | Tom Long | 51 | Australia | Actor | |
8 | Edd Byrnes | 86 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Buck Henry | 89 | US | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
9 | Ivan Passer | 86 | Czech Republic | Director, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Neda Arnerić | 66 | Serbia | Actress | ||
12 | Tony Garnett | 83 | UK | Producer | ||
14 | Jack Kehoe | 85 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Derek Fowlds | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Joe Shishido | 86 | Japan | Actor | ||
21 | Terry Jones | 77 | UK | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
22 | John Karlen | 86 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Robert Harper | 68 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Monique van Vooren | 92 | Belgium | Actress | ||
26 | Kobe Bryant | 41 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Marj Dusay | 83 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Harriet Frank Jr. | 96 | US | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Nicholas Parsons | 96 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Dyanne Thorne | 83 | US | Actress | ||
30 | Jörn Donner | 86 | Finland | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
31 | Andree Melly | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
February | 1 | Luciano Ricceri | 79 | Italy | Production Designer | |
3 | Gene Reynolds | 96 | US | Actor | ||
4 | José Luis Cuerda | 72 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | ||
4 | Gianni Minervini | 91 | Italy | Producer | ||
5 | Kevin Conway | 77 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Kirk Douglas | 103 | US | Actor, Producer, Director | ||
6 | Raphaël Coleman | 25 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Orson Bean | 91 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Ann E. Todd | 88 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Robert Conrad | 84 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Volker Spengler | 80 | Germany | Actor | ||
8 | Grazia Volpi | 78 | Italy | Producer | ||
9 | Paula Kelly | 77 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
10 | Marge Redmond | 95 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
11 | Joseph Vilsmaier | 81 | Germany | Director | ||
14 | Lynn Cohen | 86 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Esther Scott | 66 | US | Actress | ||
14 | John Shrapnel | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Zoe Caldwell | 86 | Australia | Actress | ||
16 | Frances Cuka | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
16 | Jason Davis | 35 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Kellye Nakahara | 72 | US | Actress | ||
17 | Ja'Net DuBois | 87 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
18 | Flavio Bucci | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
18 | Tapas Paul | 61 | India | Actor | ||
19 | José Mojica Marins | 83 | Brazil | Director, Actor | ||
20 | Claudette Nevins | 82 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Boris Leskin | 97 | Russia | Actor | ||
24 | Diana Serra Cary | 101 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Ben Cooper | 86 | US | Actor | ||
27 | R. D. Call | 70 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Burkhard Driest | 80 | Germany | Actor | ||
27 | Eugene Dynarski | 86 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Dieter Laser | 78 | Germany | Actor | ||
March | 3 | Božidar Alić | 65 | Croatia | Actor | |
6 | David Paul | 62 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Max von Sydow | 90 | Sweden | Actor | ||
12 | Gary B. Kibbe | 79 | US | Cinematographer | ||
12 | Tonie Marshall | 68 | France | Actress, Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Suzy Delair | 102 | France | Actress, Singer | ||
16 | Stuart Whitman | 92 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Lyle Waggoner | 84 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Johnny Harris | 87 | UK | Composer | ||
20 | Kenny Rogers | 81 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
23 | Lucia Bosè | 89 | Italy | Actress | ||
23 | David Collings | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Alfio Contini | 92 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
24 | Stuart Gordon | 72 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Terrence McNally | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Gerard Schurmann | 96 | UK | Composer | ||
26 | Mark Blum | 69 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Barbara Rütting | 92 | Germany | Actress | ||
29 | Krzysztof Penderecki | 86 | Poland | Composer | ||
31 | Julie Bennett | 88 | US | Voice Actress | ||
31 | Andrew Jack | 76 | UK | Dialect Coach | ||
April | 1 | Adam Schlesinger | 52 | US | Composer, Songwriter | |
3 | Hilary Dwyer | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
3 | Hans Meyer | 94 | South Africa | Actor | ||
4 | Jay Benedict | 68 | US | Actor | ||
4 | Carlo Leva | 90 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
5 | Shirley Douglas | 86 | Canada | Actress | ||
5 | George Ogilvie | 89 | Australia | Director, Actor | ||
5 | Honor Blackman | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
6 | Colleen Callaghan | 89 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
6 | James Drury | 85 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Allen Garfield | 80 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Malcolm Dixon | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Armando Francioli | 100 | Italy | Actor | ||
10 | Nobuhiko Obayashi | 82 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Francis Reusser | 77 | Switzerland | Director | ||
12 | Danny Goldman | 80 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Allen Daviau | 77 | US | Cinematographer | ||
15 | Brian Dennehy | 81 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Filipe Duarte | 46 | Portugal | Actor | ||
17 | Sergio Fantoni | 89 | Italy | Actor | ||
19 | Philippe Nahon | 81 | France | Actor | ||
22 | Shirley Knight | 83 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Bruce Allpress | 89 | New Zealand | Actor | ||
26 | Peter H. Hunt | 81 | US | Director | ||
27 | Cis Corman | 93 | US | Casting Director, Producer | ||
29 | Irrfan Khan | 53 | India | Actor | ||
29 | John Lafia | 63 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
29 | Matty Simmons | 91 | US | Producer | ||
30 | Rishi Kapoor | 67 | India | Actor | ||
30 | Sam Lloyd | 56 | US | Actor | ||
May | 2 | Jan-Olof Strandberg | 93 | Sweden | Actor | |
3 | John Ericson | 93 | Germany | Actor | ||
4 | James Marcus | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Leslie Pope | 65 | US | Set Decorator | ||
7 | Daniel Cauchy | 90 | France | Actor | ||
7 | Peque Gallaga | 76 | Filipino | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Geno Silva | 72 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Little Richard | 87 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
11 | Jerry Stiller | 92 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Michel Piccoli | 94 | France | Actor | ||
15 | Ezio Bosso | 48 | Italy | Composer | ||
15 | Lynn Shelton | 54 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Fred Willard | 86 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Monique Mercure | 89 | Canada | Actress | ||
16 | Pilar Pellicer | 82 | Mexico | Actress | ||
16 | Jon Whiteley | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Pembroke J. Herring | 90 | US | Film Editor | ||
22 | Denise Cronenberg | 81 | Canada | Costume Designer | ||
24 | Jean-Loup Dabadie | 81 | France | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Richard Herd | 87 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Irm Hermann | 77 | Germany | Actress | ||
26 | Anthony James | 77 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Larry Kramer | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Peggy Pope | 91 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Lennie Niehaus | 90 | US | Composer | ||
31 | Dan van Husen | 75 | Germany | Actor | ||
June | 2 | Mary Pat Gleason | 70 | US | Actress | |
2 | Héctor Suárez | 81 | Mexico | Actor | ||
3 | Bruce Jay Friedman | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ||
6 | Malcolm Terris | 79 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Alan Metter | 77 | US | Director | ||
8 | Marion Hänsel | 71 | Belgium | Director, Screenwriter, Actress | ||
11 | Rosa María Sardá | 78 | Spain | Actress | ||
11 | Mel Winkler | 78 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz | 90 | Iran | Actor | ||
14 | Eva Kristínová | 91 | Slovakia | Actress | ||
14 | Sushant Singh Rajput | 34 | India | Actor | ||
16 | Patrick Poivey | 72 | FR | French voice actor | ||
17 | Lewis John Carlino | 88 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Ian Holm | 88 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Philip Latham | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Jürgen Holtz | 87 | Germany | Actor | ||
22 | Steve Bing | 55 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
22 | Joel Schumacher | 80 | US | Director, Costume Designer | ||
26 | Kelly Asbury | 60 | US | Director | ||
26 | Stuart Cornfeld | 67 | US | Producer | ||
26 | Taryn Power | 66 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Linda Cristal | 89 | Argentina | Actress | ||
28 | Louis Mahoney | 81 | Gambia | Actor | ||
29 | Johnny Mandel | 94 | US | Composer, Songwriter | ||
29 | Carl Reiner | 98 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
30 | Dan Hicks | 68 | US | Actor | ||
July | 2 | Tilo Prückner | 79 | Germany | Actor | |
2 | Kevin Rafferty | 72 | US | Documentarian, Cinematographer | ||
2 | Ronald L. Schwary | 76 | US | Producer | ||
2 | Yoon Sam-yook | 83 | South Korea | Screenwriter, Director | ||
3 | Earl Cameron | 102 | Bermuda | Actor | ||
3 | Saroj Khan | 71 | India | Choreographer | ||
5 | Bettina Gilois | 58 | US | Screenwriter | ||
6 | Ennio Morricone | 91 | Italy | Composer | ||
8 | Naya Rivera | 33 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Kelly Preston | 57 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Galyn Görg | 55 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Maurice Roëves | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Jonathan Oppenheim | 67 | US | Film Editor | ||
16 | Phyllis Somerville | 76 | US | Actress | ||
17 | Zizi Jeanmaire | 96 | France | Dancer, Actress | ||
18 | Haruma Miura | 30 | Japan | Actor | ||
18 | Moonyeenn Lee | 76 | South Africa | Casting Director | ||
19 | Sonia Darrin | 96 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Annie Ross | 89 | UK | Actress, Singer | ||
23 | Sérgio Ricardo | 88 | Brazil | Director, Composer | ||
23 | Jacqueline Scott | 89 | US | Actress | ||
25 | John Saxon | 83 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Olivia de Havilland | 104 | UK | Actress | ||
28 | Raavi Kondala Rao | 88 | India | Actor | ||
30 | Djemel Barek | 56 | FR | Algerian-Ftench actor | ||
31 | Alan Parker | 76 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
August | 1 | Wilford Brimley | 85 | US | Actor | |
1 | Tom Pollock | 77 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
1 | Reni Santoni | 81 | US | Actor | ||
3 | Billy Goldenberg | 84 | US | Composer | ||
9 | Anna Maria Bottini | 104 | Italy | Actress | ||
9 | Kurt Luedtke | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
9 | Franca Valeri | 100 | Italy | Actress | ||
10 | Tetsuya Watari | 78 | Japan | Actor | ||
11 | Trini Lopez | 83 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
14 | Linda Manz | 58 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Nikolai Gubenko | 78 | Russia | Actor, Director | ||
18 | Ben Cross | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | Allan Rich | 94 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Benny Chan | 58 | Hong Kong | Director, Screenwriter | ||
23 | Lori Nelson | 87 | US | Actress | ||
27 | David S. Cass Sr. | 78 | US | Stuntman | ||
28 | Chadwick Boseman | 43 | US | Actor | ||
September | 3 | Birol Ünel | 59 | Turkey | Actor | |
4 | Annie Cordy | 92 | Belgium | Actress, Singer | ||
5 | Jiří Menzel | 82 | Czech Republic | Director, Screenwriter | ||
6 | Kevin Dobson | 77 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Ronald Harwood | 85 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
10 | Diana Rigg | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | Barbara Jefford | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
14 | Sei Ashina | 36 | Japan | Actress | ||
14 | Al Kasha | 83 | US | Songwriter | ||
20 | Michael Chapman | 84 | US | Cinematographer | ||
20 | Alan Tomkins | 81 | UK | Art Director | ||
21 | Ron Cobb | 83 | US | Production Designer | ||
21 | Michael Lonsdale | 89 | France | Actor | ||
22 | Michael Gwisdek | 78 | Germany | Actor, Director | ||
23 | Juliette Gréco | 93 | France | Actress, Singer | ||
25 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 74 | India | Singer, Actor | ||
25 | Goran Paskaljević | 73 | Serbia | Director, Screenwriter | ||
27 | Yūko Takeuchi | 40 | Japan | Actress | ||
28 | Gene Corman | 93 | US | Producer | ||
28 | Frédéric Devreese | 91 | Belgium | Composer | ||
29 | Helen Reddy | 78 | Australia | Singer, Actress | ||
29 | Mac Davis | 78 | US | Singer, Songwriter, Actor | ||
30 | Frank Windsor | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
October | 1 | Murray Schisgal | 93 | US | Screenwriter | |
2 | Edward S. Feldman | 91 | US | Producer | ||
3 | Thomas Jefferson Byrd | 70 | US | Actor | ||
3 | Armelia McQueen | 68 | US | Actress | ||
4 | Clark Middleton | 63 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Margaret Nolan | 76 | UK | Actress | ||
6 | Tommy Rall | 90 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
6 | Wladimir Yordanoff | 66 | France | Actor | ||
8 | Camillo Bazzoni | 85 | Italy | Cinematographer, Director | ||
10 | Kent L. Wakeford | 92 | US | Cinematographer | ||
12 | Conchata Ferrell | 77 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Marisa de Leza | 87 | Spain | Actress | ||
14 | Rhonda Fleming | 97 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Bhanu Athaiya | 91 | India | Costume Designer | ||
16 | Anthony Chisholm | 77 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Doreen Montalvo | 56 | US | Actress | ||
17 | Ryszard Ronczewski | 90 | Poland | Actor | ||
19 | Gianni Dei | 79 | Italy | Actor | ||
19 | Wojciech Pszoniak | 78 | Poland | Actor | ||
21 | Marge Champion | 101 | US | Actress, Dancer | ||
23 | Yehuda Barkan | 75 | Israel | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Sean Connery | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | Charles Gordon | 73 | US | Producer | ||
November | 1 | Carol Arthur | 85 | US | Actress | |
2 | Gigi Proietti | 80 | Italy | Actor | ||
2 | Elsa Raven | 91 | US | Actress | ||
2 | John Sessions | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
5 | Geoffrey Palmer | 93 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Fernando Solanas | 84 | Argentina | Director, Screenwriter | ||
7 | John Fraser | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Sven Wollter | 86 | Sweden | Actor | ||
12 | Gernot Roll | 81 | Germany | Cinematographer | ||
13 | Philip Voss | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Soumitra Chatterjee | 85 | India | Actor | ||
18 | Michel Robin | 90 | France | Actor | ||
21 | Robert Garland | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
21 | Malcolm Marmorstein | 92 | US | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Montserrat Carulla | 90 | Spain | Actress | ||
26 | Daria Nicolodi | 70 | Italy | Actress, Screenwriter | ||
28 | David Prowse | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
December | 1 | Hugh Keays-Byrne | 73 | UK | Actor | |
2 | Warren Berlinger | 83 | US | Actor | ||
2 | Franco Giraldi | 89 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
2 | Pamela Tiffin | 78 | US | Actress | ||
4 | David Lander | 73 | US | Actor | ||
4 | François Leterrier | 91 | France | Director, Actor | ||
7 | Natalie Desselle-Reid | 53 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Tom Lister Jr. | 62 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Barbara Windsor | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
11 | Kim Ki-duk | 59 | South Korea | Director, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Ann Reinking | 71 | US | Actress, Dancer | ||
15 | Caroline Cellier | 75 | France | Actress | ||
15 | George Gibbs | 83 | UK | Special Effects Artist | ||
17 | Jeremy Bulloch | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
18 | Peter Lamont | 91 | UK | Production Designer | ||
19 | David Giler | 77 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Rosalind Knight | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | Eileen Pollock | 73 | Ireland | Actress | ||
20 | Lee Wallace | 90 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Claude Brasseur | 84 | France | Actor | ||
28 | Paul Heller | 93 | US | Producer | ||
29 | Claude Bolling | 90 | France | Composer | ||
29 | Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones | 65 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
30 | Dawn Wells | 82 | US | Actress | ||
31 | Robert Hossein | 93 | France | Actor, Director | ||
31 | Joan Micklin Silver | 85 | US | Director | ||
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