2009 in film
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards).
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Highest-grossing films
Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
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1. | Avatar | Fox | $2,749,064,328[2] |
2. | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $934,416,487 |
3. | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Fox | $886,686,817 |
4. | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Paramount | $836,303,693 |
5. | 2012 | Columbia | $769,679,473 |
6. | Up | Disney / Pixar | $731,342,744 |
7. | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit | $709,711,008 |
8. | Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | $524,028,679 |
9. | Angels & Demons | Columbia | $485,930,816 |
10. | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $467,483,912 |
Events
January | 22 | The 81st Academy Awards nominations are announced with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leading with 13 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. Both films are nominated for Best Picture. Heath Ledger is posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight. |
25 | The 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held at the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. | |
Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. | ||
31 | The 61st Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. | |
February | 5 – 15 | The 59th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Tom Tykwer's The International. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to The Milk of Sorrow. The Silver Bears prizes are awarded to Asghar Farhadi, Best Director, Sotigui Kouyaté, Best Actor and Birgit Minichmayr, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of George Tillman, Jr.'s Notorious |
7 | The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards is held. | |
The 62nd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. | ||
21 | The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood, California. | |
22 | The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. | |
March | 29 | The 14th Empire Awards ceremony is held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. |
May
- 31- The 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California
July
- 23 to 2 August – The 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held
Awards
2009 films
Films released in North America in 2009 include:
- W: wide release (600 or more theaters)
- L: limited release in select cities (fewer than 600 theaters)
- R: re-release of previously released film
- ‡: films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 1 | Edmund Purdom | 84 | Italy | Actor, Director | |
2 | Steven Gilborn | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
3 | Pat Hingle | 84 | USA | Actor | ||
5 | Robert F. Brunner | 70 | USA | Cinematographer | ||
5 | Ned Tanen | 77 | USA | Producer | ||
5 | Pat Blymyer | 70 | Mexico | Chief Lighting Technician | ||
5 | Robert Pariante | 75 or 76 | Italy | First Assistant Director | ||
6 | Cheryl Holdridge | 64 | USA | Actress | ||
6 | John Scott Martin | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Don Galloway | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Claude Berri | 74 | France | Director, Producer, Writer | ||
12 | Russ Conway | 95 | USA | Actor | ||
13 | Patrick McGoohan | 80 | Ireland | Actor, Writer | ||
14 | Ricardo Montalbán | 88 | Mexico | Actor, Director | ||
14 | Angela Morley | 84 | USA | Composer | ||
18 | Kathleen Byron | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Charles H. Schneer | 88 | USA | Producer | ||
24 | Gerry Crampton | 78 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | ||
25 | Kim Manners | 58 | USA | Producer, Director | ||
26 | Darrell Sandeen | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
February | 6 | James Whitmore | 87 | USA | Actor | |
6 | Philip Carey | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
7 | Sara Roache | 60 | UK | Actress | Chariots of Fire | |
7 | Lesley Brook | 91 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | George Grenville | 88 | USA | Film Editor | ||
13 | Dilys Laye | 74 | UK | Actress, Writer | ||
20 | Robert Quarry | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Howard Zieff | 81 | USA | Director | ||
23 | Laurence Payne | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Edward Judd | 76 | UK | Actor, Readings | ||
25 | Dennis Radesky | 60 | USA | Transportation | ||
27 | Alan Saunders | 68 | USA | Actor | ||
March | 3 | Sydney Chaplin | 82 | USA | Actor | |
4 | Horton Foote | 92 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
5 | Kyle Sweet | 52 | USA | Makeup Artist | ||
7 | Tullio Pinelli | 100 | Italy | Writer | ||
10 | Derek Benfield | 82 | UK | Actor, Writer | Lifeforce | |
10 | Jim Burk | 76 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
13 | Betsy Blair | 85 | USA | Actress | ||
15 | Ron Silver | 62 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
18 | Natasha Richardson | 45 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | Harry Harris | 86 | USA | Director, Producer | ||
21 | John Cater | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | John Franklyn-Robbins | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Joe Greco | 76 | USA | Actor | The Untouchables | |
25 | Kristine Greco | 57 | USA | Script Supervisor | ||
25 | Steven Bach | 70 | USA | Producer, Writer | ||
29 | Maurice Jarre | 84 | France | Composer | ||
29 | Monte Hale | 89 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
30 | Murray Kash | 85 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
April | 1 | Miguel Ángel Suárez | 69 | Puerto Rico | Actor | |
1 | Lou Perryman | 67 | USA | Actor | ||
3 | Tom Smith | 88 | UK | Makeup Artist | ||
4 | Jody McCrea | 74 | USA | Actor, Producer | ||
5 | Wouter Barendrecht | 43 | Netherlands | Producer | ||
9 | Shakti Samanta | 83 | India | Director, Producer | ||
9 | Michael N. Harbour | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Yevgeny Vesnik | 86 | Russia | Actor | The Adventures of the Elektronic | |
12 | Marilyn Chambers | 57 | USA | Actress | ||
14 | Peter Rogers | 95 | UK | Director | Carry On film series | |
14 | Ben Hartigan | 86 | USA | Actor, Unit Publicist | ||
15 | Andrew Downie | 86 | UK | Actor | The Thirty Nine Steps | |
18 | Michael Crane | 72 | UK | Actor | Legend | |
18 | Peter Dennis | 75 | USA | Actor | Shrek | |
19 | J. G. Ballard | 78 | UK | Writer, Actor | ||
20 | Corky Randall | 80 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
22 | Ken Annakin | 94 | UK | Director | ||
22 | Jack Cardiff | 94 | UK | Cinematographer, Director | ||
25 | Beatrice Arthur | 86 | USA | Actress | ||
27 | Feroz Khan | 69 | India | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Danny Gans | 52 | USA | Actor | Bull Durham |
4 | Dom DeLuise | 75 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
4 | Jane Randolph | 93 | USA | Actress | ||
7 | Mickey Carroll | 89 | USA | Actor | The Wizard of Oz | |
11 | Dolores Sutton | 82 | USA | Actress | ||
15 | Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | 86 | Australia | Actor, Director, Producer | ||
18 | Wayne Allwine | 62 | USA | Voice actor, third voice of Mickey Mouse | ||
20 | Lucy Gordon | 28 | UK | Actress | ||
28 | Terence Alexander | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Mort Abrahams | 93 | USA | Producer | ||
28 | Phil Rawlins | 79 | USA | Second Unit Director | ||
June | 3 | David Carradine | 72 | USA | Actor | |
3 | Shih Kien | 96 | China | Actor | ||
10 | Tenniel Evans | 83 | UK | Actor | 10 Rillington Place | |
21 | Lorena Gale | 51 | Canada | Actress | ||
23 | Ed McMahon | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
25 | Farrah Fawcett | 62 | USA | Actress | ||
25 | Michael Jackson | 50 | USA | Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Producer | ||
29 | Jan Rubes | 89 | Canada | Singer, Actor | ||
30 | Harve Presnell | 75 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
July | 1 | Karl Malden | 97 | USA | Actor | |
4 | Brenda Joyce | 92 | USA | Actress | ||
7 | Whitey Hughes | 88 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
10 | Zena Marshall | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
13 | Beverly Roberts | 95 | USA | Actress | ||
14 | Dal McKennon | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
15 | Fred Lerner | 74 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
15 | Peggy Ann Clifford | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
17 | Walter Cronkite | 92 | USA | Broadcaster | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | |
24 | Harry Towb | 83 | UK | Actor | Barry Lyndon | |
25 | Tony Brandt | 79 | Italy | Assistant Director | ||
26 | Traugott Buhre | 80 | Germany | Actor | ||
26 | Clayton Hill | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
29 | Joanne Jordan | 88 | USA | Actress | ||
31 | Jean-Paul Roussillon | 78 | France | Actor | ||
August | 4 | Blake Snyder | 51 | USA | Writer, Producer | |
4 | Peter Davies | 86 | UK | Sound Recordist | ||
5 | Budd Schulberg | 95 | USA | Writer | ||
6 | John Hughes | 59 | USA | Director, Writer, Producer | ||
8 | Alan Chuntz | 82 | UK | Actor, Stuntman | Spies Like Us | |
9 | John Quade | 71 | USA | Actor, Stuntman | ||
12 | Les Paul | 94 | USA | Musician | The Dream Catcher | |
13 | John Bentley | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Michael R. Thomas | 59 | USA | Makeup Artist, Actor | ||
26 | Sadie Corré | 91 | USA | Actress, Dancer | ||
26 | Dominick Dunne | 83 | USA | Producer | ||
28 | Wayne Tippit | 76 | USA | Actor | ||
September | 1 | Patrick Durkin | 73 | UK | Actor | |
4 | Iain Cuthbertson | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
4 | Carl Reindel | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
6 | Michael Davison | 48 | USA | Actor | ||
7 | Frank Coghlan, Jr. | 93 | USA | Actor | ||
8 | Ray Barrett | 82 | Australia | Actor | ||
12 | Larry Gelbart | 81 | USA | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
13 | Paul Burke | 83 | USA | Actor | ||
13 | Tom O'Rourke | 65 | USA | Actor | ||
13 | Arnold Laven | 87 | USA | Director | ||
14 | Patrick Swayze | 57 | USA | Actor, Dancer | ||
14 | Henry Gibson | 73 | USA | Actor | ||
15 | Troy Kennedy Martin | 77 | UK | Writer | ||
15 | John Joyce | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Timothy Bateson | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Luciano Emmer | 91 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
17 | Dick Durock | 72 | USA | Actor, Stuntman | ||
18 | Pearl Hackney | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
20 | Bill Shepard | 80 | USA | Casting Director | ||
20 | Katherine Parr | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Robert Ginty | 60 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
27 | Teddy Darvas | 84 | UK | Editor | ||
October | 6 | Bob Westmoreland | 74 | USA | Makeup Artist | |
9 | Barry Letts | 84 | UK | Actor, Producer | The Cruel Sea | |
10 | Sean Lawlor | 55 | Ireland | Actor | ||
13 | Al Martino | 82 | USA | Actor, Singer | ||
13 | Daniel Melnick | 77 | USA | Producer | ||
14 | Lou Albano | 76 | USA | Actor, Wrestler | ||
14 | Collin Wilcox | 74 | USA | Actress | ||
16 | Denys Hawthorne | 77 | UK | Actor | The Russia House | |
17 | Douglas Blackwell | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Vic Mizzy | 93 | USA | Composer | ||
19 | Joseph Wiseman | 91 | Canada | Actor | ||
20 | Hubert Rees | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Lou Jacobi | 95 | Canada | Actor | ||
November | 1 | George Simpson | 64 | USA | Sound Editor | |
4 | David Tree | 94 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Paul Wendkos | 84 | USA | Director, Producer | ||
16 | Edward Woodward | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Bob Gray | ?? | UK | Production Manager | ||
17 | Tony Kendall | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
18 | Richard Jones | 64 | UK | Actor, Construction Crew | ||
19 | Peter Manley | 84 | UK | Production Supervisor, First Assistant Director | ||
December | ? | Peter Murton | 85 | UK | Production Design, Art Director | |
3 | Richard Todd | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
3 | Nathan Boxer | 84 | USA | Sound Mixer | ||
4 | Bryan O'Byrne | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
5 | Garfield Morgan | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Joan Bridge | 97 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
9 | Gene Barry | 90 | USA | Actor | ||
12 | Val Avery | 85 | USA | Actor | ||
15 | Robert Turturice | 60 | USA | Costume Designer | ||
15 | Phil Bowles | 89 | USA | Assistant Director | ||
15 | Frank Brill | 91 | USA | Associate Producer | A Man Called Horse | |
16 | Roy E. Disney | 79 | USA | Studio Executive | Fantasia 2000 | |
17 | Jennifer Jones | 90 | USA | Actress | ||
17 | Alaina Reed Hall | 63 | USA | Actress, Singer | ||
17 | Dan O'Bannon | 63 | USA | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
17 | James Cairncross | 93 | UK | Actor | Tom Jones | |
18 | Robert Willoughby | 82 | France | Photographer | ||
19 | Donald Pickering | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Edith Diaz | 60 | USA | Actress | Born on the Fourth of July | |
20 | Brittany Murphy | 32 | USA | Actress, Singer | ||
20 | Shari Rhodes | 71 | USA | Casting Director | ||
20 | Arnold Stang | 91 | USA | Actor | ||
20 | Clarence Thomas | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
21 | Marianne Stone | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
22 | Michael Currie | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
23 | Larry Barbier | 86 | USA | Still Photographer | ||
24 | George Michael | 70 | USA | Actor | ||
30 | Perry Wilson | 93 | USA | Actress |
Publications
References
- ↑ "2009 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ↑ Box Office Mojo
- Total as of 2013: "Avatar (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013.
$2,782,275,172
- Special edition: "Avatar (Special Edition)". Retrieved January 30, 2014.
North America:$10,741,486; Overseas: $22,469,358
- Total as of 2013: "Avatar (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013.
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