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Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office by number of visitors (as of August 23, 2011):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Ice Age 2: Now it's thawing | 8,747,409 |
2. | Pirates of the Caribbean 2 | 7,228,089 |
3. | The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code | 5,638,982 |
4th | The parfume, the story of a murderer | 5,596,205 |
5. | James Bond 007: Casino Royale | 5,456,165 |
6th | Germany. A summer fairy tale | 3,992,056 |
7th | 7 dwarfs - the forest is not enough | 3,580,591 |
8th. | Through the hedge | 3,415,695 |
9. | Night in the museum | 3,122,678 |
10. | The devil Wears Prada | 2,991,300 |
In Austria
The ten most successful films at the Austrian box office according to number of visitors (as of August 2007):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Ice Age 2: Now it's thawing | 1,197,007 |
2. | Pirates of the Caribbean 2 | 882.087 |
3. | The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code | 739.337 |
4th | The parfume, the story of a murderer | 598,884 |
5. | James Bond 007: Casino Royale | 586,403 |
6th | 7 dwarfs - the forest is not enough | 477.891 |
7th | Through the hedge | 418,874 |
8th. | The devil Wears Prada | 409.098 |
9. | Cars | 396.010 |
10. | Night in the museum | 346.702 |
In the United States
The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of August 23, 2011):
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | Pirates of the Caribbean 2 | $ 423,315,812 |
2. | Night in the museum | $ 250,863,268 |
3. | Cars | $ 244,082,982 |
4th | X-Men: The Last Stand | $ 234,362,462 |
5. | The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code | $ 217,536,138 |
6th | Superman Returns | $ 200,081,192 |
7th | Happy feet | $ 198,000,317 |
8th. | Ice Age 2: Now it's thawing | $ 195,330,621 |
9. | James Bond 007: Casino Royale | $ 167,445,960 |
10. | The pursuit of happiness | $ 163,566,459 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of August 23, 2011):
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | Pirates of the Caribbean 2 | $ 1,066,179,725 |
2. | The Da Vinci Code - The Da Vinci Code | $ 758,239,851 |
3. | Ice Age 2: Now it's thawing | $ 655,388,158 |
4th | James Bond 007: Casino Royale | $ 594,239,066 |
5. | Night in the museum | $ 574,480,841 |
6th | Cars | $ 461,983,149 |
7th | X-Men: The Last Stand | $ 459,359,555 |
8th. | Mission: Impossible III | $ 397,850,012 |
9. | Superman Returns | $ 391,081,192 |
10. | Happy feet | $ 384,335,608 |
Film awards
Berlinale
- Golden Bear : Esma's Secret - Grbavica - Director: Jasmila Žbanić
- Grand Jury Prize: A Soap - Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen and Offside by Jafar Panahi
- Best directors: Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross for The Road to Guantanamo
- Best Actor: Moritz Bleibtreu in Elementary Particles
- Best leading actress: Sandra Hüller in Requiem
Complete list of award winners
Cannes
- Golden Palm : The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach
- Grand Jury Prize: Flandres by Bruno Dumont
- Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu ( Babel )
- Best Actor: Jamel Debbouze , Sami Bouajila , Roschdy Zem and Samy Naceri for Days of Fame
- Best Actress: Penélope Cruz , Carmen Maura , Lola Dueñas and Blanca Portillo for Volver - Return
- Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar (Volver - Returning)
Complete list of award winners
Venice
- Golden Lion : Still Life by Jia Zhangke
- Best director: Alain Resnais for hearts
- Best Actor: Ben Affleck for The Hollywood Conspiracy
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen
- Special Jury Prize: Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Complete list of award winners
Oscar
- Best film: LA Crash
- Best Director: Ang Lee ( Brokeback Mountain )
- Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon ( Walk the Line )
- Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman ( Capote )
- Best Foreign Language Film: Tsotsi ( South Africa )
Complete list of award winners
Golden Globe Award
- Best Picture (Drama): Brokeback Mountain
- Best film (comedy / musical): Walk the Line
- Best Director: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
- Best Actress (Drama): Felicity Huffman ( Transamerica )
- Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
- Best Actor (Drama): Philip Seymour Hoffman ( Capote )
- Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Joaquín Phoenix (Walk the Line)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Paradise Now ( Palestine )
Complete list of award winners
German film award
- Best Film: The Lives of Others
- Best director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others)
- Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe (The Lives of Others)
- Best leading actress: Sandra Hüller ( Requiem )
Complete list of award winners
European film award
- Best film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Best director: Pedro Almodóvar for Volver - Return
- Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe for The Lives of Others
- Best Actress: Penélope Cruz for Volver - Return
Complete list of award winners
César
- Best Picture: The Wild Beat Of My Heart
- Best Director: Jacques Audiard for The Wild Beat Of My Heart
- Best Actor: Michel Bouquet in Last Days at the Elysée
- Best Actress: Nathalie Baye in A Fatal Decision
- Best Foreign Film: Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood
Complete list of award winners
British Academy Film Award
- Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain
- Best Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
- Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
- Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
- Best Non-English Language Film: The Wild Beat Of My Heart, by Jacques Audiard
Complete list of award winners
Sun Dance
- Grand Jury Prize: Quinceañera by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
- Best Director (Feature Film): Dito Montiel for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Best Director (Documentary): James Longley for Iraq in Fragments
Complete list of award winners
Bavarian film award
The 2005 Bavarian Film Prize was awarded on January 13, 2006.
- Best production: Sophie Scholl - Die last Tage
- Best actress: Nina Hoss in The White Massai
- Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others
- Best young actress: Sandra Hüller in Requiem
- Best young actor: Max Riemelt in Der Rote Kakadu
- Best director: Andreas Dresen for summer in front of the balcony
- Honorary award: Maximilian Schell
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Flight 93 by Paul Greengrass
- Best director: Martin Scorsese for Departed - Unter Feinden
- Best Actor: Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland, In the Clutches of Power
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren in The Queen
- Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children
- Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls
- Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
- Best foreign film: Army in the shadow of Jean-Pierre Melville
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Letters from Iwo Jima by Clint Eastwood
- Best director: Martin Scorsese for Departed - Unter Feinden
- Best Actor: Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren in The Queen
- Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond
- Best Supporting Actress: Catherine O'Hara in Long Live Hollywood
- Best Acting Company: Departed by Martin Scorsese
- Best Foreign Language Film: Volver - Return of Pedro Almodóvar
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film: Letters from Iwo Jima by Clint Eastwood
- Best Director: Paul Greengrass for Flight 93
- Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat and Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren in The Queen
- Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen in The Queen
- Best Supporting Actress: Luminiţa Gheorghiu in The Death of Mr Lazarescu
- Best foreign language film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Jupiter
- Best International Film: Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood
- Best German Film: Sophie Scholl - The Last Days by Marc Rothemund
- Best International Director: Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
- Best German director: Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl - The last days
- Best Actor International: Jamie Foxx in Ray
- Best German actor: Benno Fürmann in Merry Christmas
- Best Actress International: Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
- Best German actress: Julia Jentsch in Sophie Scholl - The Last Days
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Sean Connery
- Amanda : Free Jimmy by Christopher Nielsen (Best Norwegian Film), Walk the Line by James Mangold (Best Foreign Film)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
- Australian Film Institute Award : 10 canoes, 150 spears and 3 women by Rolf de Heer (Best Australian Film)
- Bodil : Homicide - In the vicious circle of violence by Per Fly
- Bohemian lion : I served the English king from Jiří Menzel
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards : Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata : Noticias lejanas by Ricardo Benet
- British Independent Film Awards : This Is England (Best British Film) and Caché (Best Foreign Film)
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival : Adam's Apples by Anders Thomas Jensen
- Chlotrudis Awards : Capote by Bennett Miller
- Copenhagen International Film Festival : A fost sau na fost? by Corneliu Porumboiu
- David di Donatello : The Italian (Best Italian Film) and LA Crash (Best Foreign Film)
- German critic award : Maximilian Brückner
- Directors Guild of America Award : Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain , Clint Eastwood (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Andreas Dresen for summer in front of the balcony
- Evening Standard British Film Award : The Eternal Gardener by Fernando Meirelles
- Nordic Council Film Award : Zozo by Josef Fares
- 26th Genie Awards : CRAZY - Crazy Life by Jean-Marc Vallée
- Gilde Film Award : As in Heaven by Kay Pollak (Best Foreign Film), The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Best German Film)
- Golden Frog : Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
- Golden Prometheus : Knallhart by Detlev Buck
- Golden Calf : Black Book
- Golden Leopard : The young lady of Andrea Staka
- Gotham Awards : Half Nelson by Ryan Fleck
- Goya 2006 : The Secret Life of Isabel Coixet's Words
- Independent Spirit Awards 2006 : Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee (Best Film) and Paradise Now by Hany Abu-Assad (Best Foreign Film)
- International Literary Film Award : True Lies by Atom Egoyan
- Japanese Academy Awards : Always san-chōme no yūhi by Takashi Yamazaki
- Louis Delluc Prize : Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran
- Max Ophüls Prize : Sleeper by Benjamin Heisenberg
- MTV Movie Awards : Wedding Crashers by David Dobkin
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Capote by Bennett Miller
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Sophie Scholl - The Last Days by Marc Rothemund
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : Merry Christmas by Christian Carion
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu and The Last King of Scotland - In the Clutches of Power by Kevin Macdonald
- Polish Film Award : The Bailiff by Feliks Falk (Best Polish Film), My Summer of Love by Paweł Pawlikowski (Best European Film)
- German Film Critics' Prize : Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmid
- Premio Ariel : Mezcal by Ignacio Ortiz (Best Mexican Film), Sumas y restas by Victor Gaviria (Best Latin American Film)
- Prix Lumières : The Wild Beat Of My Heart By Jacques Audiard
- Robert : Adams Apples by Anders Thomas Jensen (Best Danish Film), Der Untergang von Oliver Hirschbiegel (Best Foreign Film Without USA), Sideways by Alexander Payne (Best American Film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Half Moon by Bahman Ghobadi (Golden Shell)
- Satellite Awards : Departed - Unter Feinden (Best Film / Drama) and Dreamgirls (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)
- Swiss Film Award : My name is Eugen von Michael Steiner
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote and Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Shirley Temple
- International Film Festival Shanghai : Four minutes by Chris Kraus
- Nastro d'Argento : Romanzo criminale by Michele Placido and Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood
- Toronto International Film Festival : Bella by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde (Audience Award)
- Undine Award : Sergej Moya in Keller - Teenage Wasteland (best leading actor), Jördis Triebel in Emmas Glück (best leading actress)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- International Film Festival Warsaw : The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (audience award)
- Vienna Film Prize : Just before it happened by Anja Salomonowitz
- Writers Guild of America Award : LA Crash by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco (Best Original Screenplay), Brokeback Mountain by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (Best Adapted Screenplay)
deceased
January to March
January
- Osa Massen , Danish actress (* 1916) January 2nd:
- Angela Salloker , Austrian actress (* 1913) January 3:
- Sophie Heathcote , Australian actress (born 1972) January 5th:
- Leonard J. South , American cameraman (born 1913) January 6:
- John Baer , American actor (born 1923) January 7th:
- Gary Rhine , American director (* 1951) January 9:
- January 12: Stu Linder , American film editor (* 1931)
- January 14th: Henri Colpi , Swiss director (* 1921)
- January 14th: Shelley Winters , American actress (* 1920)
- January 16: Douglas Hines , American film editor (born 1923)
- January 19: Anthony Franciosa , American actor (* 1928)
- January 19: Franz Seitz junior , German producer, director and screenwriter (* 1921)
- January 21: Josef Illík , Czech cameraman (* 1919)
- January 24th: Chris Penn , American actor (* 1965)
- January 25: Moss Mabry , American costume designer (* 1918)
- January 27: Paul Valentine , American actor (born 1929)
- January 30th: Paul Clinton , American film critic (* 1953)
- January 31: Paul Regina , American actress (* 1956)
- January 31: Moira Shearer , British actress (born 1926)
February
- Roy Alon , British stuntman (* 1942) February 1:
- Marquard Bohm , German actor (* 1941) February 3:
- Walerian Borowczyk , Polish director (* 1923) February 3:
- Jean Byron , American actress (* 1925) February 3:
- Al Lewis , American actor (born 1923) February 3:
- Myron Waldman , American animation animator (* 1908) February 4:
- Franklin Cover , American actor (born 1928) February 5:
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez , American actor (* 1925) February 6:
- Esther Sandoval , Puerto Rican actress (* 1928) February 6:
- Ernst Grabbe , German actor (* 1926) February 8:
- Gigi Parrish , American actress (* 1911) February 8:
- February 10: Phil Brown , American actor (born 1916)
- February 13: Andreas Katsulas , American actor (* 1946)
- February 14: Darry Cowl , French actor (* 1925)
- February 17: Paul Carr , American actor (* 1934)
- February 18: Richard Bright , American actor (born 1937)
- February 19: Erna Lazarus , American screenwriter (* 1903)
- February 20: Lou Gish , British actress (* 1967)
- February 23: Diane Shalet , American actress (* 1934)
- February 24: Don Knotts , American actor (born 1924)
- February 24: Dennis Weaver , American actor (* 1924)
- February 25: Darren McGavin , American actor (born 1922)
March
- Jack Wild , British actor (born 1952) March 1:
- Don Oreck , American actor (* 1930) March 5:
- K. Shankar , Indian director (* 1926) March 6:
- Elfriede Florin , German actress (* 1912) March 7th:
- Gordon Parks , American director (born 1912) March 7th:
- Dana Reeve , American actress (* 1961) March 7th:
- Bernard Joseph McFadden , American actor (born 1946) March 9:
- March 12: Joseph Bova , American actor (born 1924)
- March 13: Maureen Stapleton , American actress (* 1925)
- March 16: Susi Lanner , Austrian-American actress (* 1911)
- March 24: Richard Fleischer , American director (* 1916)
- March 25: Tom Toelle , German director (* 1931)
- March 27: Peter Brogle , Swiss actor (* 1933)
- March 27th: Dan Curtis , American director (* 1928)
- March 29th: Gretchen Rau , American production designer (* 1939)
April to June
April
- Amanda Duff , American actress (* 1914) April 6:
- Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish director (* 1924) April 9:
- April 10: Stephen Strimpell , American actor (born 1937)
- April 22nd: Alida Valli , Italian actress (* 1921)
May
- Atıf Yılmaz , Turkish director (* 1925) May 5:
- May 11: Byron Morrow , American actor (born 1911)
- May 10: Val Guest , British director (born 1911)
- May 14: Paul Marco , American actor (* 1925)
- May 18: Takahiro Tamura , Japanese actor (* 1928)
- May 24: Henry Bumstead , American set designer (* 1915)
- May 24: Claude Piéplu , French actor (* 1923)
- May 27: Paul Gleason , American actor (born 1939)
- May 28: Masumi Okada , Japanese actor (* 1935)
- May 29: Edwin Zbonek , Austrian director (* 1928)
- May 30th: Shōhei Imamura , Japanese director (* 1926)
- May 30: Robert Sterling , American actor (born 1917)
June
- Sako Cheskija , Bulgarian director (* 1922) June 3:
- Alec Bregonzi , British actor (born 1930) June 4th:
- Ingo Preminger , American-Austrian producer (* 1911) June 7th:
- Robert Donner , American actor (* 1931) June 8:
- June 12: György Illés , Hungarian cameraman (* 1914)
- June 12: Rosalind Marquis , American actress (born 1915)
- June 16: Arthur Franz , American actor (* 1920)
- June 18: Vincent Sherman , American director (born 1906)
- June 23: Judith Holzmeister , Austrian actress (* 1920)
- June 24th: Joaquim Jordà , Spanish director and screenwriter (* 1935)
- June 25: Kenneth Griffith , British actor (born 1921)
- June 29: Fabián Bielinsky , Argentine director (* 1959)
July to September
July
- Juan Pablo Rebella , Uruguayan director (* 1974) July 5th:
- Kasey Rogers , American actress (* 1926) July 6:
- June Allyson , American actress (born 1917) July 8:
- Christian Drake , American actor (* 1923) July 9:
- Manning Redwood , American actor (born 1929) July 9:
- July 11: Barnard Hughes , American actor (born 1915)
- July 12: Kurt Kreuger , American actor (* 1916)
- July 13: Red Buttons , American actor (born 1919)
- July 14: Dragomir Felba , Serbian actor (* 1921)
- July 17: Tetsurō Tamba , Japanese actor (* 1922)
- July 19: Jack Warden , American actor (born 1920)
- July 20: Robert Cornthwaite , American actor (born 1917)
- July 20: Gérard Oury , French director (* 1919)
- July 21: Makoto Iwamatsu , Japanese actor (* 1933)
- July 23: Franz Josef Gottlieb , Austrian director (* 1930)
August
- Mike Monty , American actor and screenwriter (born 1936) August 4th:
- Sam White , American director (born 1906) August 5:
- Daniel Schmid , Swiss director (* 1941) August 6:
- Lois January , American actress (born 1913) August 7:
- Jenny Gröllmann , German actress (* 1947) August 9:
- August 14: Bruno Kirby , American actor (born 1949)
- August 20: Renate Brausewetter , German actress (* 1905)
- August 20: Giuseppe Moccia , Italian screenwriter and director (* 1933)
- August 24: Viktor Pavlov , Russian actor (* 1940)
- August 25: Joseph Stefano , American screenwriter (born 1922)
- August 28: Ed Benedict , American animator (* 1912)
- August 29: Mady Saks , Dutch director (* 1941)
- August 30th: Glenn Ford , American actor (born 1916)
- August 31: Dieter O. Holzinger , Austrian author and director (* 1941)
September
- Rémy Belvaux , Belgian actor and director (* 1967) September 4:
- John Conte , American actor (born 1915) September 4:
- Steve Irwin , Australian documentary filmmaker (born 1962) September 4th:
- Robert Earl Jones , American actor (born 1910) September 7th:
- Gérard Brach , French screenwriter (* 1927) September 9:
- Herbert Rudley , American actor (born 1910) September 9:
- September 11th: Pat Corley , American actor (born 1930)
- September 14: José Antonio Nieves Conde , Spanish director (* 1915)
- September 14: Mickey Hargitay , Hungarian-American actor (* 1926)
- September 14: Virginia Vale , American actress (* 1920)
- September 15: Wolfgang Wahl , German actor (* 1925)
- September 20: Sven Nykvist , Swedish cameraman and director (* 1922)
- September 24th: Sally Gray , English actress (* 1916)
October to December
October
- Frank Beyer , German director (* 1932) October 1:
- Tamara Dobson , American actress (* 1947) October 2:
- Tom Bell , British actor (born 1933) October 4th:
- Danièle Huillet , French director (* 1936) October 9:
- October 12: Gillo Pontecorvo , Italian director (* 1919)
- October 20: Jane Wyatt , American actress (born 1910)
- October 21: Milton Selzer , American actor (* 1918)
- October 28: Tina Aumont , French actress (* 1946)
- October 30: Aud Schønemann , Norwegian actress (* 1922)
November
- Adrienne Shelly , American actress and director (* 1966) November 1:
- Leonard Schrader , American director and producer (* 1943) November 2:
- Basil Poledouris , American composer (* 1945) November 8:
- November 10: Jack Palance , American actor (born 1919)
- November 16: John Veale , British composer (born 1922)
- November 16: Eustace Lycett , American special effects artist (* 1914)
- November 18: Joachim Höppner , German actor, director and voice actor (* 1946)
- November 19: Francis Girod , French director (* 1944)
- November 20: Robert Altman , American director, auteur filmmaker and film producer (* 1925)
- November 23: Betty Comden , American screenwriter (* 1917)
- November 23: Philippe Noiret , French actor (born 1930)
- November 29th: Leon Niemczyk , Polish actor (* 1922)
- November 30th: Shirley Walker , American composer (* 1945)
December
- Claude Jade , French actress (* 1948) December 1:
- December 11th: Elisabeth Müller , Swiss actress (* 1926)
- December 12: Peter Boyle , American actor (born 1935)
- December 18: Joseph Barbera , American animated film maker (born 1911)
- December 19: Maj-Britt Nilsson , Swedish actress (* 1924)
- December 25th: Dickie Jobson , Jamaican director and artist agent (* 1941)
- December 29: Aroldo Tieri , Italian actor (* 1917)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2006 on insidekino.com, accessed on August 23, 2011
- ↑ Facts & Figures 06: Top 50 Films , accessed on August 23, 2011
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed August 23, 2011
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed August 23, 2011