2020 in film

2020 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. This year was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world and to varying degrees, cinemas have been closed, film festivals have been canceled or postponed, and film releases have been moved to later dates or delayed indefinitely. As cinemas were closed, global box offices fell by billions of dollars, streaming became more popular, and cinema film inventories dropped dramatically. Many blockbusters that were originally scheduled to be released between March and December were postponed or canceled around the world, with film production also stopped.

List of years in film (table)

Highest-grossing films

The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are listed below.[1] The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe disruption to the industry, causing lower than usual box office returns than previous years and a reduced selection of contenders.

Highest-grossing films of 2020
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Bad Boys for Life Sony $425,514,702
2 Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount $306,766,470
3 Dolittle Universal $231,470,292
4 Birds of Prey Warner Bros. $201,858,461
5 The Invisible Man Universal $125,818,165
6 The Gentlemen Miramax $114,996,853
7 Onward Disney $110,348,426
8 The Call of the Wild 20th Century Studios $107,604,626
9 Tanhaji AA Films $52,000,000
10 Tolo Tolo Medusa Film $51,806,311

2020 box office records

Film records

Events

Award ceremonies

2020 film awards ceremonies
Date Event Host Location
January 5 77th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S.[4]
January 12 25th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.
January 19 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
January 20 55th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden[5]
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]
May 6 39th Hong Kong Film Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. Hong Kong[lower-alpha 2]
May 28 8th Canadian Screen Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television Toronto, Ontario, Canada[lower-alpha 1]

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
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
TBD 2020 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France
September 2–12 77th Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy

2020 films

The list of films set to be released in 2020, arranged by country, are as follows:

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeNationalityProfessionFilms
January 4Tom Long51AustralianActor
8Edd Byrnes86AmericanActor
8Buck Henry89AmericanActor, Screenwriter, Director
9Ivan Passer86CzechDirector, Screenwriter
10Neda Arnerić66SerbianActress
12Tony Garnett83EnglishProducer
14Jack Kehoe85AmericanActor
17Derek Fowlds82EnglishActor
20Joe Shishido86JapaneseActor
21Terry Jones77WelshActor, Director, Screenwriter
22John Karlen86AmericanActor
25Monique van Vooren92Belgian-AmericanActress
26Kobe Bryant41AmericanActor, Screenwriter
28Harriet Frank Jr.96AmericanScreenwriter
28Nicholas Parsons96EnglishActor
28Marj Dusay83AmericanActress
30Jörn Donner86Finnish-SwedishDirector, Screenwriter, Actor
31Andree Melly87EnglishActress
February 1Péter Andorai71HungarianActor
1Luciano Ricceri79ItalianProduction Designer
3Gene Reynolds96AmericanActor
4José Luis Cuerda72SpanishDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
4Gianni Minervini91ItalianProducer
5Kevin Conway77AmericanActor
5Kirk Douglas103AmericanActor, Producer
6Raphaël Coleman25EnglishActor
7Orson Bean91AmericanActor, Producer
7Ann E. Todd88AmericanActress
8Robert Conrad84AmericanActor
8Volker Spengler80GermanActor
8Grazia Volpi78ItalianProducer
9Paula Kelly77AmericanActress, Singer
10Marge Redmond95AmericanActress, Singer
11Joseph Vilsmaier81GermanDirector
13Rafael Romero Marchent93SpanishDirector, Actor
14Lynn Cohen86AmericanActress
14John Shrapnel77EnglishActor
16Zoe Caldwell86AustralianActress
16Frances Cuka83EnglishActress
16Jason Davis35AmericanActor
16Kellye Nakahara72AmericanActress
17Ja'Net DuBois87AmericanActress, Singer, Songwriter
18Tapas Paul61IndianActor
18Flavio Bucci72ItalianActor
19José Mojica Marins83BrazilianDirector, Actor
20Claudette Nevins82AmericanActress
21Boris Leskin97RussianActor
24Diana Serra Cary101AmericanActress
24Ben Cooper86AmericanActor
26Michael Medwin96EnglishActor
27Burkhard Driest80GermanActor
27Eugene Dynarski86AmericanActor
29Dieter Laser78GermanActor
March 2James Lipton93AmericanWriter, Actor
3Božidar Alić65CroatianActor
6David Paul62AmericanActor
7Mart Crowley84AmericanScreenwriter, Actor
8Max von Sydow90SwedishActor
11Didier Bezace74FrenchActor
12Gary B. Kibbe79AmericanCinematographer
12Tonie Marshall68FrenchActress, Director, Screenwriter
15Suzy Delair102FrenchActress, Singer
15Roy Hudd83EnglishActor
16Stuart Whitman92AmericanActor
17Lyle Waggoner84AmericanActor
19Nazzareno Zamperla82ItalianActor, Stuntman
20Kenny Rogers81AmericanActor, Singer, Songwriter
23Lucia Bosè89ItalianActress
23David Collings79EnglishActor
23Alfio Contini92ItalianCinematographer
24Stuart Gordon72AmericanDirector, Screenwriter
24Terrence McNally81AmericanScreenwriter
24Gerard Schurmann96EnglishComposer
24Albert Uderzo92FrenchDirector, Screenwriter
26Mark Blum69AmericanActor
28Barbara Rütting92GermanActress
31Julie Bennett88AmericanActress, Voice Actress
31Andrew Jack76EnglishDialect Coach, Actor
April 1Adam Schlesinger52AmericanMusician, Songwriter
3Hilary Dwyer74EnglishActress
4Jay Benedict68AmericanActor
4Carlo Leva90ItalianProduction Designer
5Shirley Douglas86CanadianActress
5Lee Fierro91AmericanActress
5George Ogilvie89AustralianDirector, Actor
6Honor Blackman94EnglishActress
6James Drury85AmericanActor
7Allen Garfield80AmericanActor
9Malcolm Dixon66EnglishActor
9Marc Engels54BelgianSound engineer
10Armando Francioli100ItalianActor
10Nobuhiko Obayashi82JapaneseDirector, Screenwriter
10Francis Reusser77SwissDirector
12Maurice Barrier87FrenchActor
12Tim Brooke-Taylor79EnglishActor
12Danny Goldman80AmericanActor
13Patricia Millardet63FrenchActress
13Ann Sullivan91AmericanAnimator
14Mario Donatone86ItalianActor
15Sean Arnold79EnglishActor
15Allen Daviau77AmericanCinematographer
15Brian Dennehy81AmericanActor
16Luis Sepúlveda70ChileanScreenwriter, Actor
17Sergio Fantoni89ItalianActor
19Philippe Nahon81FrenchActor
20Claude Evrard86FrenchActor
22Shirley Knight83AmericanActress
23Bruce Allpress89New ZealandActor
26Peter H. Hunt81AmericanDirector
28Jill Gascoine83EnglishActress
29Irrfan Khan53IndianActor
29John Lafia63AmericanDirector, Screenwriter
30Rishi Kapoor67IndianActor
30Sam Lloyd56AmericanActor
May 2Jan-Olof Strandberg93SwedishActor
3John Ericson93German-AmericanActor
6Leslie Pope65AmericanSet Decorator
7Daniel Cauchy90FrenchActor
7Peque Gallaga76FilipinoDirector, Screenwriter
9Geno Silva72AmericanActor
9Little Richard87AmericanMusician
11Jerry Stiller92AmericanActor
12Michel Piccoli94FrenchActor
15Ezio Bosso48ItalianComposer
15Lynn Shelton54AmericanDirector, Screenwriter
15Fred Willard86AmericanActor
16Pilar Pellicer82MexicanActress
16Jon Whiteley75ScottishActor
17Monique Mercure89CanadianActress
22Denise Cronenberg81CanadianCostume Designer
24Jean-Loup Dabadie81FrenchScreenwriter
26Richard Herd87AmericanActor
26Irm Hermann77GermanActress
26Anthony James77AmericanActor
27Peggy Pope91AmericanActress
28Lennie Niehaus90AmericanComposer
30Michael Angelis76EnglishActor
31Dan van Husen75GermanActor
June 2Mary Pat Gleason70AmericanActress
3Bruce Jay Friedman90AmericanScreenwriter
7Alan Metter77AmericanDirector
8Marion Hänsel71BelgianDirector, Screenwriter, Actress
11Mel Winkler78AmericanActor
14Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz90IranianActor
14Sushant Singh Rajput34IndianActor
17Lewis John Carlino88AmericanDirector, Screenwriter
18Vera Lynn103EnglishActress, Singer
19Ian Holm88EnglishActor
21Jürgen Holtz87GermanActor
22Steve Bing55AmericanScreenwriter
22Joel Schumacher80AmericanDirector, Costume Designer
26Kelly Asbury60AmericanDirector, Screenwriter
26Stuart Cornfeld67AmericanProducer
26Taryn Power66AmericanActress
27Linda Cristal89ArgentineActress
29Johnny Mandel94AmericanComposer, Songwriter
29Carl Reiner98AmericanActor, Director, Screenwriter
30Dan Hicks68AmericanActor
July 2Tilo Prückner79GermanActor
2Kevin Rafferty72AmericanDirector, Cinematographer
2Ronald L. Schwary76AmericanProducer
2Yoon Sam-yook83South KoreanScreenwriter, Director
3Earl Cameron102Bermudian-EnglishActor
3Saroj Khan71IndianChoreographer
5Bettina Gilois58AmericanScreenwriter
6Ennio Morricone91ItalianComposer
8Naya Rivera33AmericanActress
12Kelly Preston57AmericanActress
13Grant Imahara49AmericanModel Maker
14Galyn Görg55AmericanActress
15Carlotta Barilli84ItalianActress
15Maurice Roëves83EnglishActor
16Phyllis Somerville76AmericanActress
17Zizi Jeanmaire96FrenchDancer, Actress
18Haruma Miura30JapaneseActor
19Sonia Darrin96AmericanActress
21Annie Ross89English-AmericanActress, Singer
23Leida Rammo96EstonianActress
23Sérgio Ricardo88BrazilianDirector, Composer
23Jacqueline Scott89AmericanActress
24Regis Philbin88AmericanActor
25John Saxon84AmericanActor
26Olivia de Havilland104English-AmericanActress
27Gianrico Tedeschi100ItalianActor
31Alan Parker76EnglishDirector
August 1Wilford Brimley85AmericanActor
1Tom Pollock77AmericanProducer, Executive
1Reni Santoni81AmericanActor
3Billy Goldenberg84AmericanComposer, Songwriter
9Anna Maria Bottini104ItalianActress
9Kurt Luedtke80AmericanScreenwriter
9Franca Valeri100ItalianActress
10Silvana Bosi86ItalianActress
10Tetsuya Watari78JapaneseActor
11Trini Lopez83AmericanSinger, Actor
14Linda Manz58AmericanActress

Notes

  1. The ceremony was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, winners announced online.
  2. The ceremony was held and broadcast live online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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References

  1. "2020 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  2. D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 17, 2020). "'Sonic The Hedgehog' Breaks Videogame Game Pic Opening Record With $70M & Reps 4th Best Presidents' Weekend Debut – Monday Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  3. Mendelson, Scott. "'Sonic The Hedgehog' Just Raced Past A Major Box Office Milestone". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. Andreeva, Nellie (September 14, 2018). "NBC To Remain Golden Globes Home With New 8-Year Deal". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  5. "45 kulturhändelser du inte får missa 2020". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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