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2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, Universal and Paramount, two of America's oldest surviving film studios, celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years. The Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of Brave. The James Bond film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, Skyfall. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years (Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Titanic, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc.) were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film industry standard 24 F.P.S., was The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Evaluation of the year
Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "2012 has been a good year for Hollywood and off-Hollywood. Note, once more, the remarkable Hollywood nexus of the Gotham and Independent Spirit nominees, as the path of independent financing becomes ever more significant for filmmakers whose work doesn't fit into franchise formatting. And that's a good thing, from the perspective of filmmaking—whether it means that directors and actors share producers' risks in getting their work made, or that complicit producers give a director's vision free rein. But the latter notion makes some critics uneasy. There's an undercurrent of thought—one rooted in an antiquated and nostalgic vision of a halcyon classic Hollywood that supposedly both reached the masses and made modest and un-self-conscious art—that looks to producers to restrain the idiosyncrasies of directors and fit them into a readily marketable package of popular appeal. These critics yearn for the adversarial relationship of producer and director, seeing the producer as the supporter of democratic values and the director as a sort of egomaniacal élitist who, unrestrained, would spend someone else's money frivolously to make a movie that would please himself and his friends. Of course, that relationship becomes adversarial only if the producer doesn't see himself as a sort of benefactor, a patron of the arts whose very role is to finance and to foster individual expression—and, as ever, it all depends on who the individual is and what the nature of the vision is. It's fairly obvious that strong producers improve films made by mediocre directors but often constrain or dilute the distinctiveness and individuality of the work of good ones. There is a political agenda hidden within the critics' aesthetic preference for the strong hand of the producer, as critics demagogically put themselves in the position of defenders of the people—defending them from radical outliers and finding popular tastes with which to align themselves. It's another case of left and right agreeing without common ground and leading to bad policy—and, in this case, bad art."[1] In August 2012 BFI announced their 2012 Sight & Sound Greatest films of all Time survey which was topped for the first time by Vertigo.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2012 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Avengers | Disney | $1,518,812,988 |
| 2 | Skyfall | Sony | $1,108,561,013 |
| 3 | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros. | $1,081,041,287 |
| 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $1,017,003,568 | |
| 5 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Fox | $877,244,782 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Lionsgate | $829,746,820 |
| 7 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | $757,930,663 |
| 8 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Paramount | $746,921,274 |
| 9 | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | $694,394,724 |
| 10 | Men in Black 3 | Sony | $654,213,485 |
The Avengers grossed over $1.5 billion and it became the third highest-grossing film of all time. Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time.
2012 box office records
- The Hunger Games was the first film of 2012 to pass the $500 million mark worldwide, and is also the first film since Avatar to place first at the U.S. box office for four consecutive weekends.
- Skyfall became the first film to gross more than £100 million, amassing a total of £102.9 million.
- With their 3-D re-releases, two films achieved new milestones: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace reached $1.027 billion, and Titanic reached $2.187 billion, becoming the second film to surpass the $2 billion mark, following Avatar.
- 2012 was the first year to have four films cross the billion-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of three billion-dollar films.
Events
- 1st AACTA International Awards
- 14th Jutra Awards
- 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 32nd Genie Awards
- 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
- 38th People's Choice Awards
- 38th Saturn Awards
- 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
- 65th British Academy Film Awards
- 69th Golden Globe Awards
- 69th Venice International Film Festival
- 84th Academy Awards
- 2012 Cannes Film Festival
- 2012 MTV Movie Awards
- 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Awards
2012 films
The list of films released in 2012, arranged by country, are as follows:
- List of American films of 2012
- List of Argentine films of 2012
- List of Australian films of 2012
- List of Brazilian films of 2012
- List of British films of 2012
- List of French films of 2012
- List of Hong Kong films of 2012
- List of Italian films of 2012
- List of Indian films of 2012
- List of Assamese films
- List of Bengali films of 2012
- List of Bollywood films of 2012
- List of Gujarati films
- List of Kannada films of 2012
- List of Malayalam films of 2012
- List of Marathi films of 2012
- List of Odia films of 2012
- List of Punjabi films of 2012
- List of Tamil films of 2012
- List of Telugu films of 2012
- List of Tulu films
- List of Japanese films of 2012
- List of Mexican films of the 2010s
- List of Pakistani films of 2012
- List of Russian films of 2012
- List of South Korean films of 2012
- List of Spanish films of 2012
Births
- April 23 - Alan Kim, American actor
- June 4 - Vivien Lyra Blair, American actress
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Bob Anderson | 89 | UK | Stuntman, Choreographer | |
| 2 | Silvana Gallardo | 58 | US | Actress | ||
| 3 | Joaquín Martínez | 81 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 4 | Harry Fowler | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Frederica Sagor Maas | 111 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 10 | Lila Kaye | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
| 11 | Richard Bruno | 87 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 11 | David Whitaker | 81 | UK | Composer | ||
| 13 | Morgan Jones | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Mila Parely | 94 | France | Actress | ||
| 21 | Eiko Ishioka | 73 | Japan | Costume Designer | ||
| 23 | Bingham Ray | 57 | US | Studio Executive | ||
| 24 | Theo Angelopoulos | 76 | Greece | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | James Farentino | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Ian Abercrombie | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
| 26 | Dimitra Arliss | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | John Rich | 86 | US | Director | ||
| February | 3 | Ben Gazzara | 81 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | Zalman King | 69 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 4 | Andrew Wight | 51 | Australia | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 5 | Sam Coppola | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Peter Breck | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 8 | Phil Bruns | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 8 | Laurie Main | 89 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 11 | Whitney Houston | 48 | US | Singer, Actress, Producer | ||
| 12 | Zina Bethune | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | David Kelly | 82 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 13 | Russell Arms | 92 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 14 | Dory Previn | 86 | US | Lyricist | ||
| 16 | Elyse Knox | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Dick Anthony Williams | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Peter Halliday | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Ric Waite | 78 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 23 | Bruce Surtees | 74 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 25 | Erland Josephson | 88 | Sweden | Actor | ||
| 26 | Richard Carpenter | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Davy Jones | 66 | UK | Actor, Singer | ||
| March | 1 | Phillip R. Allen | 72 | US | Actor | |
| 1 | Jerome Courtland | 85 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
| 3 | Leonardo Cimino | 94 | US | Actor | ||
| 3 | Ralph McQuarrie | 82 | US | Designer, Illustrator | ||
| 4 | Joan Taylor | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Philip Madoc | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
| 6 | Robert B. Sherman | 86 | US | Songwriter | ||
| 9 | Terry Teene | 70 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 10 | Jean Giraud | 73 | France | Designer, Illustrator | ||
| 11 | Faith Brook | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
| 19 | Ulu Grosbard | 83 | Belgium | Director, Producer | ||
| 21 | Robert Fuest | 84 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Tonino Guerra | 92 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Hal E. Chester | 91 | US | Producer, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 25 | Bill Weston | 70 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 27 | Warren Stevens | 92 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Neil Travis | 73 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 29 | Luke Askew | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| April | 1 | Jamaa Fanaka | 69 | US | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 9 | Carol Adams | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Barry Cahill | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 10 | Grant Tilly | 74 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 11 | Rainer Penkert | 90 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 14 | William Finley | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Jonathan Frid | 87 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 14 | Martin Poll | 89 | US | Producer | ||
| 15 | Paul Bogart | 92 | US | Director | ||
| 15 | Murray Rose | 73 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 18 | Dick Clark | 82 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
| 18 | Robert O. Ragland | 80 | US | Composer | ||
| 19 | Levon Helm | 71 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 20 | Peter Carsten | 83 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 25 | Paul L. Smith | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Patricia Medina | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 29 | Joel Goldsmith | 54 | US | Composer | ||
| 30 | George Murdock | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| May | 2 | Tracy Reed | 69 | UK | Actress | |
| 4 | Mort Lindsey | 89 | US | Composer | ||
| 6 | James Isaac | 51 | US | Director, Special Effects Artist | ||
| 6 | George Lindsey | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Andrea Crisanti | 75 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
| 7 | Virgil Frye | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Vidal Sassoon | 84 | UK | Hairstylist | ||
| 10 | Joyce Redman | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
| 11 | Roland Shaw | 91 | UK | Composer, Arranger | ||
| 15 | Henry Denker | 99 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 22 | Janet Carroll | 71 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | Lee Rich | 93 | US | Producer | ||
| 27 | Dee Caruso | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Matthew Yuricich | 89 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 29 | Kaneto Shindo | 100 | Japan | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 31 | Christopher Challis | 91 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| June | 2 | Richard Dawson | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| 2 | Kathryn Joosten | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 2 | Marco Onorato | 59 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
| 3 | Jean-Louis Richard | 85 | France | Screenwriter | ||
| 4 | Stan Jolley | 86 | US | Production Designer | ||
| 5 | Caroline John | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
| 5 | Ray Bradbury | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 7 | J. Michael Riva | 63 | US | Production Designer | ||
| 8 | Frank Cady | 96 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Ann Rutherford | 94 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 14 | Yvette Wilson | 48 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Giuseppe Bertolucci | 65 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 16 | Susan Tyrrell | 67 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Victor Spinetti | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Richard Lynch | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Nora Ephron | 71 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 26 | Charles Rosen | 81 | US | Production Designer | ||
| 27 | Bruce Guerin | 93 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Paul Stassino | 81 | Greece | Actor | ||
| July | 2 | Ben Davidson | 72 | US | Actor | |
| 2 | Ben Van Os | 67 | Netherlands | Production Designer | ||
| 3 | Andy Griffith | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 4 | Eric Sykes | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Ernest Borgnine | 95 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Sage Stallone | 36 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Ginny Tyler | 86 | US | Voice Actress | ||
| 13 | Richard D. Zanuck | 77 | US | Producer | ||
| 15 | Celeste Holm | 95 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | William Asher | 90 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Morgan Paull | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Rajesh Khanna | 69 | India | Actor | ||
| 19 | Tom Davis | 59 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 20 | Tony Epper | 73 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 20 | Simon Ward | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Angharad Rees | 63 | UK | Actress | ||
| 22 | Fern Persons | 101 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Frank Pierson | 87 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 24 | Chad Everett | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Sherman Hemsley | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Walter Goss | 84 | New Zealand | Sound Engineer | ||
| 26 | Lupe Ontiveros | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Mary Tamm | 62 | UK | Actress | ||
| 27 | Norman Alden | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | R. G. Armstrong | 95 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Geoffrey Hughes | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
| 27 | Tony Martin | 98 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 29 | John P. Finnegan | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Chris Marker | 91 | France | Director | ||
| 30 | Jonathan Hardy | 71 | New Zealand | Actor, Director | ||
| 31 | Gore Vidal | 86 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| August | 6 | Marvin Hamlisch | 68 | US | Composer | |
| 8 | Sancho Gracia | 75 | Spain | Actor | ||
| 9 | Al Freeman Jr. | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Mel Stuart | 83 | US | Director, Producer | ||
| 10 | Irving Fein | 101 | US | Producer | ||
| 10 | Carlo Rambaldi | 86 | Italy | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 13 | Joan Roberts | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Ron Palillo | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Phyllis Thaxter | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Biff Elliot | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | William Windom | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | George Bowers | 68 | US | Film Editor, Director | ||
| 19 | Tony Scott | 68 | UK | Director, Producer | ||
| 20 | Phyllis Diller | 95 | US | Actress, Comedian | ||
| 23 | Jerry Nelson | 78 | US | Puppeteer, Actor | ||
| 24 | Steve Franken | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | Max Bygraves | 89 | UK | Actor, Singer | ||
| September | 1 | Hal David | 91 | US | Lyricist | |
| 3 | Michael Clarke Duncan | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Jake Eberts | 71 | Canada | Producer | ||
| 6 | Frank Godwin | 95 | UK | Producer | ||
| 8 | Leigh Hamilton | 62 | New Zealand | Actress | ||
| 10 | Vondell Darr | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Lance LeGault | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Stanley Long | 78 | UK | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 10 | John Moffatt | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
| 13 | Edgar Metcalfe | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Stephen Dunham | 48 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Winston Rekert | 63 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 16 | John Ingle | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Roman Kroitor | 85 | Canada | Director, Producer | ||
| 24 | Edward A. Biery | 92 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 25 | Andy Williams | 84 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 26 | Johnny Lewis | 28 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Herbert Lom | 95 | Czech Republic | Actor | ||
| 28 | Michael O'Hare | 60 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Turhan Bey | 90 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 30 | Stephen Frankfurt | 80 | US | Title Designer | ||
| October | 2 | Marjorie Lane | 100 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 7 | Larry Block | 69 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Hank Moonjean | 82 | US | Producer | ||
| 8 | Ken Sansom | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Harris Savides | 55 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 10 | Alex Karras | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Leo O'Brien | 41 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Norm Grabowski | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Gary Collins | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | John Clive | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Sylvia Kristel | 60 | Netherlands | Actress | ||
| 20 | Joe Melia | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Yash Chopra | 80 | India | Director, Producer | ||
| 22 | Russell Means | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Peggy Ahern | 95 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | Anita Bjork | 89 | Sweden | Actress | ||
| 26 | Mac Ahlberg | 81 | Sweden | Cinematographer | ||
| 26 | Natina Reed | 32 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 27 | Robert W. Castle | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Merry Anders | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Bob Brunner | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Bounty | 52 | Canada | Ship, Film Prop | ||
| 30 | Leonard Termo | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| November | 5 | Olympe Bradna | 93 | France | Actress | |
| 6 | Clive Dunn | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Richard Robbins | 71 | US | Composer | ||
| 8 | Lucille Bliss | 96 | US | Voice Actress | ||
| 8 | Roger Hammond | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Katherine Kath | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Dann Cahn | 89 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 21 | Deborah Raffin | 59 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Larry Hagman | 81 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| 23 | John Kemeny | 87 | Canada | Producer | ||
| 25 | Dinah Sheridan | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 26 | Martin Richards | 80 | US | Producer | ||
| 27 | Bob Kellett | 84 | UK | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Don Rhymer | 51 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Susan Luckey | 74 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | Benjamin Tatar | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 3 | Eileen Moran | 60 | US | Visual Effects Artist | |
| 4 | Rozina Cambos | 60 | Romania | Actress | ||
| 7 | Jeni Le Gon | 96 | US | Actress, Dancer | ||
| 8 | Hal Schaefer | 87 | US | Composer | ||
| 10 | Marla English | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Ed Grady | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Patricia Kennedy | 96 | Australia | Actress | ||
| 11 | Ravi Shankar | 92 | India | Composer | ||
| 12 | Don Medford | 95 | US | Director | ||
| 13 | Gil Friesen | 75 | US | Producer | ||
| 16 | Avraham Mor | 77 | Israel | Actor | ||
| 18 | Danny Steinmann | 70 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 19 | Bud Alper | 82 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 22 | Cliff Osmond | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Ha Nguyen | 57 | Vietnam | Costume Designer | ||
| 24 | Richard Rodney Bennett | 76 | UK | Composer | ||
| 24 | Charles Durning | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Jack Klugman | 90 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Gerry Anderson | 83 | UK | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Harry Carey Jr. | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Jon Finch | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Mike Hopkins | 53 | New Zealand | Sound Engineer | ||
Film debuts
- John Bradley − Anna Karenina
- Hannibal Buress − Sleepwalk with Me
- Emilia Clarke − Spike Island
- Laia Costa − I Want You
- Cara Delevingne − Anna Karenina
- Ryan Guzman − Step Up Revolution
- Kit Harington − Silent Hill: Revelation
- Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
- Tom Holland − The Impossible
- Greta Lee – Hello I Must Be Going
- Kate McKinnon – My Best Day
- Leslie Odom Jr. − Red Tails
- Justice Smith – Trigger Finger
- Karan Soni – Safety Not Guaranteed
- Suki Waterhouse – Pusher
References
- ↑ Brody, Richard (9 December 2012). "The Best Movies of 2012". The New Yorker. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ↑ "2012 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
External links
Media related to 2012 in film at Wikimedia Commons