The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film

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s were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released.

Evaluation of the year

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'', and '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''. He stated that "2011 housed not just some of the greatest art films of our age, but a revolution in the language of blockbuster filmmaking. One big-budget action film after another used digital cameras to show the world behind explosions in starker, stranger light, while constructing a backbone of classical ideas and images."

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Box office records

*'' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' grossed $1,045,713,802, becoming the second film in the

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to have grossed over $1 billion, and the 37th-highest-grossing film of all time. *''

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'' grossed $1,342,511,219, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run, the highest-grossing film in the '' Harry Potter'' franchise, the highest grossing

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film and the highest grossing book adaptation and the highest of 2011 as a whole. **In the US and Canada, it set single-day and opening-weekend records, with $91,071,119 and $169,189,427, respectively. In addition, the film set a worldwide opening-weekend record with $483,189,427. *'' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' grossed $1,123,794,079 and is currently the highest-grossing in the

. *2011 was the first year when three films grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, surpassing the previous year's record of two billion-dollar films, and also the first time when at least 10 films grossed more than $500 million worldwide (in 11th and 12th place, ''

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'' and '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' also earned over $500 million making it twelve films to do so). * ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' became the first franchise to have more than one film gross over $1 billion, with ''

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to surpass the billion-dollar milestone, breaking the previous record of four films ('' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' in 2003, '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' in 2006, ''

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'' surpassed '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' as the highest-grossing live-action/animated film of all time with $563.7 million.

Events

* 16th Empire Awards *

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* 24th European Film Awards * 31st Golden Raspberry Awards *

68th Golden Globe Awards The 68th Golden Globe Awards were broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2010, by Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes ...

64th British Academy Film Awards The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFAs (or BAFTAs), were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. The nominations were announced on 18 Janu ...

68th Venice International Film Festival The 68th annual Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy between 31 August and 10 September 2011. American film director Darren Aronofsky was announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director Al Pacino was p ...

* 83rd Academy Awards * 57th Filmfare Awards * 2011 MTV Movie Awards * 2011 Sundance Film Festival

Awards

2011 films

The list of films released in 2011, arranged by country, are as follows: *

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List of Brazilian films of 2011 In 2011, eight Brazilian films drew more than a million people to theaters. All of the 2011 Brazilian films together received an audience of nearly 19 million people. Brazil produced nearly 100 films in 2011, up from 30 in 2001 and less than five ...

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* List of Indian films of 2011 **

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** List of Bengali films of 2011 **

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** List of Gujarati films **

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** List of Malayalam films of 2011 **

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** List of Odia films of 2011 **

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List of Tamil films of 2011 Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 27 September 2011, Gross was 115 per cent of Nett for films with non-Tamil titles. Post-amendment, Gross jumped to 130 per cent of Nett for films with non-Tamil titles and U cert ...

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* List of Japanese films of 2011 *

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List of Pakistani films of 2011 Top grossing films The top 7 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows: Releases April–June July–September October–December See also * 2011 in film The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, i ...

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* List of Spanish films of 2011

Deaths

References

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