In the year 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of ''
Avatar
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'' in the format, with releases such as ''
Alice in Wonderland'', ''
Clash of the Titans'', ''
Jackass 3D'', all animated films, with numerous other titles being released in 3D formats.
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...
celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010.
Evaluation of the year
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2010,
Richard Brody of ''
The New Yorker
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'' 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."
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2010 by worldwide gross are as follows:
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
The 67th Golden Globe Awards was telecasted live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by NBC, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (PST) and 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM (EST) (1:00 – 4:00; Monday, January 18 UTC). ...
winners were announced.
:21 – The nominations of the
63rd BAFTA Awards were announced.
:23 – The
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2009, were presented on January 23, 2010 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the fourteenth c ...
winners were announced.
;February
:1 – The nominations of the
30th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 30th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, were held on March 6, 2010, in Hollywood, California to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2009. The nominations were announced on February 1. Per Razzies tradition, both the nom ...
were announced.
:2 – The nominations of the
82nd Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...
were announced.
:11 to 21 – The
60th Berlin International Film Festival
The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama '' Apart Together'', in com ...
was held.
:21 – The
64th BAFTA Awards winners were announced
;March
:6 – The
30th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 30th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, were held on March 6, 2010, in Hollywood, California to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2009. The nominations were announced on February 1. Per Razzies tradition, both the nom ...
winners were announced.
:7 – The
82nd Academy Awards
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...
winners were announced.
:28 – The
15th Empire Awards winners were announced.
;May
:12 to 23 – The
63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held.
;June
:6 – The
2010 MTV Movie Awards
The 2010 MTV Movie Awards was the 19th annual ceremony which took place on June 6, 2010, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. Aziz Ansari served as a host for the ceremony. Voting the nominees began from a list of eligible cont ...
winners were announced.
;July
:22 to August 1 – The 10th
Era New Horizons Film Festival
New Horizons Film Festival (previously: Era New Horizons; pl: Nowe Horyzonty) is an international film festival held annually in July in Wrocław, Poland. It has been organised since 2001. It is one of the biggest and most popular 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
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.
;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
2010 films
The list of films released in 2010, arranged by country, are as follows:
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List of American films of 2010
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List of Argentine films of 2010
A list of films produced in Argentina in 2010 in film, 2010:
See also
*2010 in Argentina
External links
Argentine films of 2010
at the Internet Movie Database
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Lists of 2010 f ...
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List of Australian films of 2010
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List of British films of 2010
A list of British films released in 1810 in film, 2010.
See also
* 2010 in film
* 2010 in British music
* 2010 in British radio
* 2010 in British television
* 2010 in the United Kingdom
* List of 2010 box office number-one films in the United ...
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List of Egyptian films of 2010
A list of films produced in Egypt in 2010. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see :Egyptian films.
References
External links
Egyptian films of 2010at the Internet Movie Database
Egyptian films of 2010elCinema.com
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List of French films of 2010
A list of French-produced or co-produced films released in France in 2010 in film, 2010. 263 French films were released in 2010.
Notes
External links
* 2010 in France
* 2010 in French television
French films of 2010at the Internet Movie Da ...
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List of Hong Kong films of 2010
This article lists feature-length Hong Kong films released in 2010.
Box office
The highest-grossing Hong Kong films released in 2010 by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Releases
References
External links
IMDB list ...
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List of Italian films of 2010
A list of films released in Italy in 2010 (see 2010 in film).
See also
* 2010 in Italian television
Notes
External linksItalian films of 2010at the Internet Movie Database
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Films
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Itali ...
* List of Indian films of 2010
**
List of Assamese films
List of films released in Assamese cinema in the Assamese language.
* List of Assamese films of the 1930s
* List of Assamese films of the 1940s
* List of Assamese films of the 1950s
* List of Assamese films of the 1960s
* List of Assamese fil ...
**
List of Bengali films of 2010
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List of Bollywood films of 2010
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry in 2010. Six films made it to the top 30 list of highest grossing Hindi films at the Indian box office. The total net amount earned by the top ten films of the year was , compared to 2009' ...
**
List of Gujarati films
This is a list of films produced by Gujarati cinema, Gujarati film industry and in Gujarati language. ''Narsinh Mehta (1932 film), Narsinh Mehta'' was the first Gujarati language film, released in 1932.
1930s
* ''Narsinh Mehta (1932 film), Nar ...
**
List of Kannada films of 2010
A list of Kannada language films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2010.
* Films are generally released every Friday
* In addition films can be released on specific festival days.
Released films
A total of 137 films were releas ...
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List of Malayalam films of 2010
Released films
The following is the list of Malayalam films released in the year 2010.
Malayalam films
Dubbed films
Notable deaths
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malayalam Films Of 2010
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List of Marathi films of 2010
A list of films produced by the Marathi language film industry based in Maharashtra in the year 2010.
January – March
April – June
July – September
October – December
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marathi F ...
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List of Odia films of 2010
This is a list of films produced by the Cinema of Orissa, Oriya film industry based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in 2010:
A-Z
References
{{2010 films
Lists of Ollywood films by year, 2010
Lists of 2010 films by country or language, Oll ...
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List of Punjabi films of 2010
This is a list of Punjabi films of 2010.
List of films
References
External links
Punjabi filmsat the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Punjabi Films Of 2010
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Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Someth ...
**
List of Tamil films of 2010
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List of Telugu films of 2010
This is a list of films produced in the Telugu film industry in India in 2010 in film, 2010.
Box office
January–June
July–December
Dubbed films
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Telugu Films Of 2010
2010 in Indian cin ...
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List of Tulu films
This is a list of lists of films produced in the Tulu cinema
Tulu cinema, also known as Coastalwood, is a part of Indian cinema. The Tulu film industry produces five to seven films annually. The first Tulu film was ''Enna Thangadi'' release ...
*
List of Japanese films of 2010
Highest-grossing films
List of films
A list of films produced in Japan in 2010 (see 2010 in film):
References
* 2010 in Japan
* 2010 in Japanese television
* List of 2010 box office number-one films in Japan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Japanese ...
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List of Lebanese films
With more than 500 films made in Lebanon,Harabi, Najib. ''Knowledge Intensive Industries: Four Case Studies of Creative Industries in Arab Countries'', World Bank Project, 2009, page 16. this is an incomplete list of Lebanese films in year order ...
*
List of Mexican films of 2010
A list of the films produced in Mexico in 2010 (see 2010 in film):
2010
References
External links
Mexican films of 2010
at the Internet Movie Database
*List of 2010 box office number-one films in Mexico
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mexican Films O ...
*
List of Pakistani films of 2010
This is a list of films released in Pakistan in 2010.
2010 was a very weak year in the history of Pakistan film industry as Twelve films were released, out of which only one, the Punjabi movie ''Wohti Le Key Jani Aay'' by veteran director Syed N ...
*
List of Swedish films of the 2000s
This is a list of films produced in Sweden and in the Swedish language in the 2000s. For an A-Z see :Swedish films.
2000s
External links
Swedish filmat the Internet Movie Database
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swedish Films Of The 2000 ...
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List of South Korean films of 2010
This is a list of South Korean films that have received or are due to receive a domestic theatrical release in 2010.
Box office
The highest-grossing South Korean films released in 2010, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Re ...
*
List of Spanish films of 2010
Deaths
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2010 In Film
Film by year