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2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths.

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Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of The New Yorker stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine. It takes in huge amounts of money from the sale of mass-market commodities and cleanses some of it with the production of cinematic masterworks. Earning billions of dollars from C.G.I. comedies for children, superhero movies, sci-fi apocalypses, and other popular genres, the big studios channel some of those funds into movies by Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, James Gray, and other worthies. Sometimes there's even an overlap between the two groups of movies, as when Ryan Coogler made Creed , or when Scorsese made the modernist horror instant-classic Shutter Island , or when Clint Eastwood makes just about anything." [1]

Highest-grossing films

The top ten films released in 2016 by worldwide gross are as follows: [2]

Highest-grossing films of 2016
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Captain America: Civil War Disney $1,153,296,293
2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story $1,056,057,273
3 Finding Dory $1,028,570,889
4 Zootopia $1,023,784,195
5 The Jungle Book $966,550,600
6 The Secret Life of Pets Universal $875,457,937
7 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros. $873,634,919
8 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them $814,037,575
9 Deadpool Fox $782,612,155
10 Suicide Squad Warner Bros. $746,846,894

Captain America: Civil War , Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , Finding Dory , and Zootopia grossed more than $1 billion each, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time. This is the first year that two animated films (Finding Dory and Zootopia) grossed over $1 billion in a single year, and are among the highest-grossing animated films.

Captain America: Civil War, Zootopia, Kung Fu Panda 3 , Warcraft , and The Great Wall have all grossed more than ¥1 billion at the Chinese box office, making them among the highest-grossing films in China. [3]

2016 box office records

Studio records

  • Walt Disney Studios reached $1 billion at the domestic box office faster than any other studio; it reached this goal on the 128th day of 2016, beating Universal Studios' record of reaching the goal on the 165th day of 2015. [4] Disney's previous record for reaching $1 billion was on the 174th day of 2015. The studio became the first to have five of its releases ( Rogue One , Finding Dory , Captain America: Civil War , The Jungle Book , and Zootopia ) from a single year reach $300 million domestically. Disney also eclipsed Universal's 2015 record for most films from a single year crossing $1 billion worldwide with four (Captain America: Civil War, Rogue One, Finding Dory, and Zootopia), setting a new record for most billion-dollar-grossing films over two years with six (including Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ). Walt Disney Studios has also become the first studio to have the five highest-grossing films worldwide, [5] and the first since at least 1913 to have the three highest-grossing films in the U.S., both in a single year. Disney became the first studio to gross more than $3 billion at the domestic box office and, with the release of Rogue One, became the first to gross more than $7 billion at the global box office, surpassing Universal's previous record of $6.9 billion in 2015. [6] Disney later passes $7 billion at the global box office again in 2018. Disney is also the first studio to have three films gross over $400 million domestically in a single year (Rogue One, Finding Dory, and Captain America: Civil War), and the first to fill in all slots of the top five films of any particular year.
  • Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to have four of its films gross over $1 billion with Captain America: Civil War joining 2012's The Avengers , 2013's Iron Man 3 and 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the first to gross more than $10 billion with the release of Civil War.

Film records

  • Deadpool became the second-highest-grossing R-rated domestic film of all time with $363.1 million, after The Passion of the Christ ($370.8 million in 2004). It later became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time worldwide, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded , with $783.1 million. It also became the highest-grossing superhero film not to feature Batman, Spider-Man, or Iron Man in any capacity.
  • Zootopia became the highest-grossing original animated film of all time, surpassing Finding Nemo ($940.3 million in 2003). Along with Finding Dory , it became one of two animated films to earn over $1 billion in the same year, a first.
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had the biggest worldwide opening weekend ever for a superhero film with $422.5 million, surpassing The Avengers ($392.5 million in 2012). The film, along with Captain America: Civil War, were the most expensive films of the year ($250 million).
  • Dangal became the highest-grossing Indian film of all-time, partly due to successful ticket-sales in China.
  • The Mermaid became the highest-grossing film ever in China and the first film ever to earn over $500 million without a wide North American release. [7]
  • Shin Godzilla , the 31st Godzilla film, grossed about ¥82.5 billion ($77.9 million), making it the highest-grossing Japanese-made film in the franchise, the most successful live-action Japanese film in 2016, and the second-most successful film of the year in Japan.
  • The anime film Your Name grossed US$354 million, [8] becoming the highest-grossing anime film, the fourth-highest-grossing film in Japan, and the seventh-highest-grossing traditionally animated film. In China, it grossed US$81.3 million, becoming the highest-grossing 2D animated film [9] and the highest-grossing Japanese film in the world's second-largest movie market, [10] as well as the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film in China until it was surpassed by Indian film Dangal . [11]
  • Warcraft became the highest-grossing video game adaptation worldwide, with $433.5 million, [12] surpassing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ($336.4 million in 2010).
  • Finding Dory grossed $135.1 million domestically and $185.7 million worldwide in its opening weekend, setting records for the biggest domestic opening weekend for both Pixar (surpassing Toy Story 3 , with $110.3 million in 2010) and any animated film (surpassing Shrek the Third , with $121.6 million in 2007), the biggest worldwide opening weekend for Pixar (surpassing Inside Out , with $180.1 million in 2015), and the second-biggest opening weekend worldwide for an animated film after Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($218.4 million in 2009). It later became the highest-grossing animated film at the domestic box office, surpassing Shrek 2 ($441.2 million in 2004). It became the first animated film to cross $450, $460, $470, and $480 million at the domestic box office. Along with Zootopia, it became one of two animated films to earn over $1 billion in the same year, a first. It also became the eighth film to do so during the two-year period of 2015–16, surpassing the previous record of seven billion-dollar films during the two-year period of 2011–12.
  • The Secret Life of Pets grossed $104.4 million domestically in its opening weekend, breaking Inside Out's record ($90.4 million) for the highest domestic opening weekend for an original film of any kind, and became the first original film to open above $100 million domestically. It also became the highest-grossing original non-Disney animated film ever, both domestically (surpassing Despicable Me , with $251.5 million in 2010) and worldwide (beating Kung Fu Panda , with $631.7 million in 2008).
  • Sausage Party became the highest-grossing R-rated animated film of all time ($140.7 million), surpassing South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ($83.1 million in 1999).
  • Doctor Strange became the highest-grossing single-character debut of any Marvel Cinematic Universe film worldwide with $677.7 million, beating Iron Man ($585.2 million in 2008).
  • 2016 became the first year to have ten films to cross $700 million worldwide, beating 2014's record of nine films. It also surpassed the latter year in terms of most films earning more than $500 million with sixteen (Doctor Strange, Moana , Sing , The Mermaid, X-Men: Apocalypse , and Kung Fu Panda 3 have all grossed over $500 million) and $600 million with thirteen (Doctor Strange, Moana, and Sing have all grossed over $600 million).
  • 2016 was the first year since 2000 to not have films that were among the 10 highest-grossing films of all time at the time of their releases.
  • Sing broke the record of a film that never reached #1 in the US with $270.3 million, passing My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($241.4 million in 2002–2003).

Events

Award ceremonies

DateEventHostLocationSource
January 10 73rd Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S. [13]
January 15 61st Filmfare Awards Filmfare NSCI Dome, Mumbai, India [14]
January 17 21st Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S. [15]
January 18 51st Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Djurgården, Sweden [16]
January 23 Producers Guild of America Awards 2015 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, California, U.S. [17]
January 30 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Los Angeles, California, U.S. [18]
February 6 43rd Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S. [19]
30th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Madrid, Spain [20]
6th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium [21]
68th Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S. [22]
February 8 21st Lumières Awards Académie des Lumières Paris, France [23]
February 10 African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2015 African-American Film Critics Association Hollywood, California, U.S. [24]
February 13 Writers Guild of America Awards 2015 Writers Guild of America Manhattan, New York, U.S. & Los Angeles, California, U.S. [25]
February 14 69th British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England, UK [26]
February 21 20th Satellite Awards International Press Academy Los Angeles, California, U.S. [27]
February 26 41st César Awards Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, France [28]
February 27 31st Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S. [29]
36th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Hollywood, California, U.S.
February 28 88th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood, California, U.S. [30]
March 9 2015 Dorian Awards Winners Toast Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association Los Angeles, California, U.S. [31]
April 10 2016 MTV Movie Awards MTV Burbank, California, U.S. [32]
May 28 58th Ariel Awards Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences Mexico City, Mexico [33]
June 11 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Film Academy Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria [34]
June 22 42nd Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Burbank, California, U.S. [35]
[36]
December 11 22nd Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2016 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

DateEventHostLocationSource
January 21–31 38th Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utah, U.S. [37]
February 11–21 66th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany [38]
May 11–22 69th Cannes Film Festival Festival de Cannes Cannes, France [39]
July 1–9 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic [40]
August 12–2022nd Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [41]
August 31 – September 10 73rd Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy [42]
September 8–18 41st Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada [43]
November 11–2720th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia [44]

Awards

Category/Organization 22nd Critics' Choice Awards
December 11, 2016		 74th Golden Globe Awards
January 8, 2017		 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 70th BAFTA Awards
February 12, 2017		 89th Academy Awards
February 26, 2017
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film La La Land Moonlight La La Land Moonlight
Best Director Damien Chazelle
La La Land
Best Actor Casey Affleck
Manchester by the Sea 		Ryan Gosling
La La Land 		Denzel Washington
Fences 		Casey Affleck
Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress Natalie Portman
Jackie 		Isabelle Huppert
Elle 		Emma Stone
La La Land
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali
Moonlight 		Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Nocturnal Animals 		Mahershala Ali
Moonlight 		Dev Patel
Lion 		Mahershala Ali
Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis
Fences
Best Screenplay, Adapted Eric Heisserer
Arrival 		Damien Chazelle
La La Land 		Eric Heisserer
Arrival 		Luke Davies
Lion 		Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Moonlight
Best Screenplay, Original Damien Chazelle
La La Land (tie)
Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea (tie)		 Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Moonlight 		Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea
Best Animated Film Zootopia Kubo and the Two Strings Zootopia
Best Original Score La La Land
Justin Hurwitz 		— La La Land
Justin Hurwitz
Best Original Song"City of Stars"
La La Land 		——"City of Stars"
La La Land
Best Foreign Language Film Elle — Son of Saul The Salesman
Best Documentary [lower-alpha 1] O.J.: Made in America —— O.J.: Made in America 13th O.J.: Made in America

2016 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 Vilmos Zsigmond 85HungaryCinematographer
4 Robert Balser 88UKAnimator
4 Michel Galabru 93FranceActor
4 Robert Stigwood 81AustraliaProducer
6 Silvana Pampanini 90ItalyActress
6 Pat Harrington, Jr. 86USActor
7 Richard Libertini 82USActor
9 Umberto Raho 93ItalyActor
9 Angus Scrimm 89USActor
9 Beau St. Clair 63-64USProducer
10 David Bowie 69UKActor, Singer
11 Stanley Mann 87CanadaScreenwriter
11 John B. Mansbridge 98USArt Director, Production Designer
11 David Margulies 78USActor
12 Meg Mundy 101USActress
13 Brian Bedford 80UKActor
13 Conrad Phillips 90UKActor
14 Franco Citti 80ItalyActor
14 Alan Rickman 69UKActor, Director
15 Dan Haggerty 74USActor
17 Ward Preston 83USArt Director, Production Designer
19 Micole Mercurio 77USActress
19 Ettore Scola 84ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
19 Sheila Sim 93UKActress
22 Anthony Simmons 93UKDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
26 Abe Vigoda 94USActor
29 Jacques Rivette 87FranceDirector, Screenwriter
30 Frank Finlay 89UKActor
February 2 Bob Elliott 92USActor
3 Joe Alaskey 63USVoice Actor
4 Jimmie Haskell 79USComposer
6 Dan Gerson 49USScreenwriter
8 Amelia Bence 101ArgentinaActress
8 Norman Hudis 93UKScreenwriter
9 Alethea McGrath 96AustraliaActress
9 Donald E. Thorin 81USCinematographer
15 George Gaynes 98USActor
15 Denise "Vanity" Matthews 57CanadaActress, Singer
15 Jean Rabier 88FranceCinematographer
17 Ray West 91USSound Engineer
17 Andrzej Żuławski 75PolandDirector, Screenwriter
22 Douglas Slocombe 103UKCinematographer
25 Tony Burton 78USActor
25 Jim Clark 84UKFilm Editor, Director
25 François Dupeyron 65FranceDirector, Screenwriter
25 Colin Low 89CanadaDocumentarian
26 Antony Gibbs 90UKFilm Editor
28 Honey Chhaya 85IndiaActor
28 Frank Kelly 77IrelandActor
28 George Kennedy 91USActor
29 Alice Arlen 75USScreenwriter
March 1 Carole Achache 63FranceActress, writer and set photographer
6 Nancy Reagan 94USActress
7 Michael White 80UKProducer
8 Richard Davalos 85USActor
8 George Martin 90UKComposer
9 Robert Horton 91USActor
10 Ken Adam 95GermanyProduction Designer
11 François-Eudes Chanfrault 41FranceComposer
11 Shawn Elliott 79USActor, Singer
11 Keith Emerson 71UKComposer
11 Nicole Maurey 90FranceActress
11 Ruth Terry 95USSinger, Actress
13 Adrienne Corri 85UKActress
14 Peter Maxwell Davies 81UKComposer
17 Larry Drake 66USActor
17 Angela Stevens 90USActress
18 Jan Němec 79Czech RepublicDirector
18 Joe Santos 84USActor
21 Peter Brown 80USActor
22 Richard Bradford 81USActor
22 Rita Gam 88USActress
23 Ken Howard 71USActor
24 Maggie Blye 73USActress
24 Earl Hamner, Jr. 92USScreenwriter
24 Garry Shandling 66USActor, Screenwriter
25 Shannon Bolin 99USActress, Singer
26 Jim Harrison 78USScreenwriter
28 Igor Khait 52USProducer
28 James Noble 94USActor
29 Frank De Felitta 94USScreenwriter
29 Patty Duke 69USActress
31 Douglas Wilmer 96UKActor
April 2 Gato Barbieri 83ArgentinaComposer
3 Don Francks 84CanadaActor, Singer
3 Bill Henderson 90USActor, Singer
4 Doug Kraner 65USProduction Designer
4 Chus Lampreave 85SpainActress
5 Barbara Turner 79USScreenwriter, Actress
8 David Swift 85UKActor
9 Arthur Anderson 93USActor
12 Anne Jackson 90USActress
14 Dan Ireland 57USDirector, Producer
16 Rod Daniel 73USDirector
17 Doris Roberts 90USActress
17 Kit West 80UKSpecial Effects Artist
18 Eva Henning 95SwedenActress
19 Ronit Elkabetz 51IsraelActress, Director
20 Guy Hamilton 93UKDirector
21 Prince 57USSinger, Songwriter, Actor, Director
23 Madeleine Sherwood 93CanadaActress
30 Franco Di Giacomo 83ItalyCinematographer
May 1 Madeleine Lebeau 92FranceActress
8 Elisa Mainardi 85ItalyActress
8 William Schallert 93USActor
10 Gene Gutowski 91PolandProducer
16 Moidele Bickel 79GermanyCostume Designer
16 Julia Meade 90USActress
18 Lino Toffolo 81ItalyActor
19 Alexandre Astruc 92FranceDirector
19 Alan Young 96UKActor, Voice Actor
24 Burt Kwouk 85UKActor
26 Angela Paton 86USActress
28 Giorgio Albertazzi 92ItalyActor
June 6 Theresa Saldana 61USActress
6 Peter Shaffer 90UKScreenwriter
8 Marina Malfatti 83ItalyActress
12 Janet Waldo 97USActress
13 Michu Meszaros 76HungaryActor
14 Ronnie Claire Edwards 83USActress
14 Ann Morgan Guilbert 87USActress
17 Ron Lester 45USActor
18 Paul Cox 76AustraliaDirector
19 Götz George 77GermanyActor
19 Anton Yelchin 27USActor
22 Harry Rabinowitz 100UKConductor
25 Nicole Courcel 84FranceActress
25 Giuseppe Ferrara 83ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
27 Bud Spencer 86ItalyActor
July 1 Robin Hardy 86UKDirector
2 Michael Cimino 77USDirector, Screenwriter
2 Euan Lloyd 92UKProducer
4 Abbas Kiarostami 76IranDirector, Screenwriter
6 John McMartin 86USActor
11 Emma Cohen 69SpainActress
13 Héctor Babenco 70ArgentinaDirector
14 Eric Bergren 62USScreenwriter
14 Lisa Gaye 81USActress
19 Garry Marshall 81USDirector, Actor
24 Marni Nixon 86USSinger, Actress
29 Vivean Gray 92UKActress
30 Gloria DeHaven 91USActress, Singer
August 1 Jonathan D. Krane 65USProducer
2 David Huddleston 85USActor
13 Kenny Baker 81UKActor
14 Fyvush Finkel 93USActor
17 Arthur Hiller 92CanadaDirector
19 Jack Riley 80USActor
21 Norma Moriceau 72AustraliaCostume Designer
23 Steven Hill 94USActor
25 Marvin Kaplan 89USActor
29 Gene Wilder 83USActor, Director, Screenwriter
September 1 Jon Polito 65USActor
2 John Hostetter 69USActor
3 Leslie H. Martinson 101USDirector
5 Hugh O'Brian 91USActor
10 Giuliano Carnimeo 84ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
11 Alexis Arquette 47USActress
14 Kim McGuire 60USActress
14 Dennis Shryack 80USScreenwriter
15 James Stacy 79USActor
19 Bobby Breen 88CanadaActor
20 Curtis Hanson 71USDirector, Screenwriter
23 Fern Buchner 87USMakeup Artist
24 Bill Nunn 62USActor
25 Rod Temperton 66UKSongwriter, Composer
26 Herschell Gordon Lewis 87USDirector, Screenwriter
October 7 Wolfgang Suschitzky 104AustriaCinematographer
8 Gary Dubin 57USActor
9 Andrzej Wajda 90PolandDirector, Screenwriter
11 Patricia Barry 93USActress
12 Thomas Mikal Ford 52USActor
13 Tonino Valerii 82ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
14 Pierre Étaix 87FranceActor, Director, Screenwriter
20 Michael Massee 61USActor
21 Janet Patterson 60AustraliaCostume Designer, Production Designer
23Jane Alderman77USCasting Director
30 Tammy Grimes 82USActress, Singer
30 Don Marshall 80USActor
November 3 Marc Michel 83SwitzerlandActor
5 John Carson 89UKActor
7 Julie Gregg 79USActress
8 Raoul Coutard 92FranceCinematographer
11 Robert Vaughn 83USActor
12 Lupita Tovar 106MexicoActress
14 Janet Wright 71CanadaActress
19 Aiace Parolin 96ItalyCinematographer
19 Paul Sylbert 88USProduction Designer
23 Jerry Tucker 91USActor
25 Ron Glass 71USActor
25 David Hamilton 83UKDirector
26 Fritz Weaver 90USActor
30 Alice Drummond 88USActress
December 1 Don Calfa 76USActor
3 Billy Chapin 72USActor
3 Susan Cummings 86GermanyActress
4 Margaret Whitton 67USActress
6 Peter Vaughan 93UKActor
8 Joseph Mascolo 87USActor
13 Alan Thicke 69CanadaActor
14 Bernard Fox 89UKActor
15 Fran Jeffries 79USActress, Singer
18 Zsa Zsa Gabor 99HungaryActress
19 Dick Latessa 87USActor
20 Michèle Morgan 96FranceActress
22 Philip Saville 86UKDirector
24 Gil Parrondo 95SpainProduction Designer
26 Ricky Harris 54USActor
26 George S. Irving 94USActor
26 Liz Smith 95UKActress
26 Barbara Tarbuck 74USActress
27 Carrie Fisher 60USActress
28 Debbie Reynolds 84USActress
30 George Kosana 81USActor

Film debuts

Notes

  1. ↑ From 2016 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.

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2023 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 100th anniversaries this year.

2021 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming.

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