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2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.
The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Jurassic World | Universal Pictures | $1,663,831,971 |
2 | Furious 7 | $1,511,726,205 | |
3 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Marvel Studios | $1,402,791,599 |
4 | Minions | Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment | $1,146,153,664 |
5 | Inside Out | Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar | $792,252,556 |
6 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Paramount Pictures | $679,109,254 |
7 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Universal Pictures | $569,651,467 |
8 | Cinderella | Walt Disney Pictures | $542,351,353 |
9 | San Andreas | Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema | $470,449,199 |
10 | Terminator Genisys | Paramount Pictures | $440,160,956 |
Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Minions have grossed over $1 billion each, making them the 22nd, 20th, 21st and 23rd films, respectively, to surpass that milestone; they are currently the third, fifth, sixth and tenth highest-grossing films of all time, respectively.
Minions became the third animated film after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013) to gross $1 billion and the first non-Disney animated film, and is currently the second highest-grossing animated film of all time. Furious 7 and Jurassic World also became the 3rd and 4th films to gross more than $1 billion outside of North America, joining Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009). Inside Out became the 15th animated film to gross more than $700 million, and is currently the eleventh highest grossing animated film.
Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 1 | Donna Douglas | 81 | American | Actress, Singer | |
4 | Stuart Scott | 49 | American | Actor | ||
4 | Bernard Williams | 72 | English | Producer, Production Manager | ||
5 | Khan Bonfils | 42 | English | Actor | ||
6 | Lance Percival | 81 | English | Actor, Singer | ||
7 | Rod Taylor | 84 | Australian-American | Actor | ||
8 | Patsy Garrett | 93 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
9 | Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. | 88 | American | Director, Producer | ||
9 | Sarah Kemp | 69 | Australian | Actress | ||
10 | Brian Clemens | 83 | English | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
10 | George Dickerson | 81 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Taylor Negron | 57 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Francesco Rosi | 92 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
11 | Anita Ekberg | 83 | Swedish-Italian | Actress | ||
11 | Chic Littlewood | 84 | English-New Zealand | Actor | ||
13 | Robert Boon | 98 | Dutch-American | Actor | ||
13 | Frank Mazzola | 79 | American | Actor, Editor | ||
14 | Layne Tom Jr. | 87 | American | Actor | ||
14 | Darren Shahlavi | 42 | English | Actor, Stuntman, Choreographer | ||
16 | Walter Peregoy | 89 | American | Animator | ||
17 | Don Harron | 90 | Canadian | Actor | ||
17 | Greg Plitt | 37 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Pauline Yates | 85 | English | Actress | ||
23 | Barrie Ingham | 82 | English-American | Actor | ||
23 | Joe Franklin | 88 | American | Actor | ||
24 | Lisa Daniely | 84 | English | Actress | ||
29 | Rod McKuen | 81 | American | Composer | ||
30 | Geraldine McEwan | 82 | English | Actress, Singer | ||
31 | Robert Blees | 96 | American | Screenwriter | ||
31 | Lizabeth Scott | 92 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
February | 2 | Stewart Stern | 92 | American | Screenwriter | |
3 | Mary Healy | 96 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
4 | Richard Bonehill | 67 | English | Actor, Stuntman | ||
4 | Monica Scattini | 59 | Italian | Actress | ||
4 | Norman Yemm | 81 | Australian | Actor, Singer | ||
11 | Roger Hanin | 89 | Algerian-French | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
11 | Ricardo Palacios | 74 | Spanish | Actor | ||
12 | Movita Castaneda | 98 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
12 | Gary Owens | 80 | American | Actor | ||
13 | Stan Chambers | 91 | American | Actor | ||
13 | Hugh Walters | 75 | English | Actor | ||
14 | Pamela Cundell | 95 | English | Actress | ||
14 | Alan Howard | 77 | English | Actor | ||
14 | Louis Jourdan | 93 | French-American | Actor, Singer | ||
15 | Eileen Essell | 92 | English | Actress | ||
16 | Lesley Gore | 68 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
17 | June Fairchild | 68 | American | Actress | ||
19 | Frank Ramírez | 65 | Colombian | Actor | ||
20 | Patricia Norris | 83 | American | Costume Designer, Production Designer | ||
21 | Paul Napier | 84 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Bruce Sinofsky | 58 | American | Director, Producer | ||
25 | Terry Gill | 75 | English-Australian | Actor | ||
27 | Richard Bakalyan | 84 | American | Actor | ||
27 | Leonard Nimoy | 83 | American | Actor, Director | ||
28 | Ezra Laderman | 90 | American | Composer | ||
28 | Anthony Mason | 48 | American | Actor | ||
March | 1 | Daniel von Bargen | 64 | American | Actor | |
3 | Lynn Borden | 77 | American | Actress | ||
4 | Emory Bass | 89 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Albert Maysles | 88 | American | Director, Cinematographer | ||
5 | Dirk Shafer | 52 | American | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Windell Middlebrooks | 36 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Richard Glatzer | 63 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Stuart Wagstaff | 90 | English-Australian | Actor | ||
11 | Ralph Taeger | 78 | American | Actor | ||
14 | Ib Melchior | 97 | Danish-American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Sally Forrest | 86 | American | Actress, Dancer | ||
16 | Buddy Elias | 89 | German-Swiss | Actor | ||
17 | Shaw Taylor | 90 | English | Actor | ||
20 | Walter Grauman | 93 | American | Director, Producer | ||
20 | Gregory Walcott | 87 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Alberta Watson | 60 | Canadian | Actress | ||
25 | Ivo Garrani | 91 | Italian | Actor | ||
27 | Rik Battaglia | 88 | Italian | Actor | ||
28 | Miroslav Ondříček | 80 | Czech | Cinematographer | ||
28 | Richard L. Bare | 101 | American | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Gene Saks | 93 | American | Actor, Director | ||
30 | Robert Z'Dar | 64 | American | Actor, Producer | ||
April | 1 | Robert Walker | 54 | Canadian-American | Animator, Director | |
2 | Manoel de Oliveira | 106 | Portuguese | Director, Screenwriter | ||
3 | Vivian Nathan | 98 | American | Actress | ||
3 | Robert Rietti | 91 | English | Actor | ||
4 | Ira Lewis | 82 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Richard Dysart | 86 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Richard LaSalle | 97 | American | Composer, Conductor | ||
5 | Tom Towles | 65 | American | Actor | ||
5 | Julie Wilson | 90 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
6 | James Best | 88 | American | Actor | ||
6 | Milton DeLugg | 96 | American | Composer | ||
6 | Ben Powers | 64 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Eugene Louis Faccuito | 90 | American | Dancer | ||
7 | Stan Freberg | 88 | American | Actor, Singer | ||
7 | Geoffrey Lewis | 79 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Betty Lucas | 90 | Australian | Actress | ||
7 | Dickie Owen | 88 | English | Actor | ||
10 | Paul Almond | 83 | Canadian | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Judith Malina | 88 | German-American | Actress | ||
13 | Claire Gordon | 74 | English | Actress | ||
13 | Rex Robinson | 89 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Jonathan Crombie | 48 | Canadian | Actor | ||
20 | Peter Howell | 95 | English | Actor | ||
22 | Aideen O'Kelly | 74 | Irish-American | Actress | ||
22 | Gennadi Vengerov | 55 | Belarusian-German | Actor | ||
25 | Don Mankiewicz | 93 | German-English | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Jayne Meadows | 95 | American | Actress | ||
27 | Andrew Lesnie | 59 | Australian | Cinematographer | ||
30 | Nigel Terry | 69 | English | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Stephen Milburn Anderson | 67 | American | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | |
1 | Grace Lee Whitney | 85 | American | Actress | ||
2 | Michael Blake | 69 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
2 | Norman Thaddeus Vane | 86 | American | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
4 | William Bast | 83 | American | Screenwriter | ||
4 | Ellen Albertini Dow | 101 | American | Actress | ||
9 | Johnny Gimble | 88 | American | Actor | ||
9 | Elizabeth Wilson | 94 | American | Actress | ||
10 | Rachel Rosenthal | 88 | French-American | Actress | ||
13 | Gill Dennis | 74 | American | Screenwriter | ||
13 | Robert Drasnin | 87 | American | Composer | ||
14 | B.B. King | 89 | American | Actor, Singer | ||
15 | John Stephenson | 91 | American | Actor | ||
15 | Michael Campus | 80 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
16 | Jackie Basehart | 63 | American-Italian | Actor | ||
17 | Claude Carliez | 90 | French | Actor, Stuntman | ||
20 | Mary Ellen Trainor | 62 | American | Actress | ||
23 | John Carter | 87 | American | Actor | ||
23 | Anne Meara | 85 | American | Actress | ||
26 | Bob Hornery | 83 | Australian | Actor | ||
26 | Claudio Caligari | 67 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Johnny Keating | 87 | Scottish | Composer | ||
28 | Reynaldo Rey | 75 | American | Actor | ||
29 | Betsy Palmer | 88 | American | Actress | ||
30 | Jake D'Arcy | 60 | Scottish | Actor | ||
30 | Julie Harris | 94 | English | Costume Designer | ||
June | 1 | Katherine Chappell | 29 | American | Visual Effects | |
2 | Alberto De Martino | 85 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
5 | Giacomo Furia | 90 | Italian | Actor | ||
5 | Richard Johnson | 87 | English | Actor | ||
5 | Seth Winston | 64 | American | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
6 | Ronnie Gilbert | 88 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
7 | Christopher Lee | 93 | English | Actor, Singer | ||
9 | Jean Gruault | 90 | French | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
10 | Robert Chartoff | 81 | American | Producer | ||
11 | Ornette Coleman | 85 | American | Composer, Actor | ||
11 | Ron Moody | 91 | English | Actor | ||
12 | Rick Ducommun | 62 | Canadian | Actor | ||
12 | Monica Lewis | 93 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
13 | Buddy Boudreaux | 97 | American | Actor | ||
13 | Junix Inocian | 64 | Filipino-English | Actor | ||
13 | George Winslow | 69 | American | Actor | ||
16 | Stephen Blauner | 81 | American | Producer | ||
17 | Nicola Badalucco | 86 | Italian | Screenwriter | ||
18 | Jack Rollins | 100 | American | Producer | ||
18 | John M. Stephens | 82 | American | Cinematographer | ||
20 | Anthony Sydes | 74 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Tony Longo | 53 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Remo Remotti | 90 | Italian | Actor | ||
22 | Laura Antonelli | 73 | Italian | Actress | ||
22 | James Horner | 61 | American | Composer | ||
23 | Elizabeth MacLennan | 77 | Scottish-English | Actress | ||
23 | Magali Noël | 83 | Turkish-French | Actress, Singer | ||
23 | Dick Van Patten | 86 | American | Actor | ||
25 | Patrick Macnee | 93 | English-American | Actor | ||
28 | Jack Carter | 93 | American | Actor | ||
30 | Edward Burnham | 98 | English | Actor | ||
July | 1 | Sergio Sollima | 94 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | |
3 | Diana Douglas | 92 | Bermudian-American | Actress | ||
3 | Amanda Peterson | 43 | American | Actress | ||
3 | Jacques Sernas | 89 | Lithuanian-French | Actor | ||
6 | Jerry Weintraub | 77 | American | Producer, Actor | ||
8 | Irwin Keyes | 63 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Lloyd Reckord | 86 | Jamaican | Actor | ||
10 | Roger Rees | 71 | Welsh-American | Actor | ||
10 | Omar Sharif | 83 | Egyptian | Actor, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
12 | D'Army Bailey | 73 | American | Actor | ||
14 | Olaf Pooley | 101 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Aubrey Morris | 89 | English | Actor | ||
17 | Nova Pilbeam | 95 | English | Actress | ||
18 | George Coe | 86 | American | Actor, Producer | ||
18 | Alex Rocco | 79 | American | Actor | ||
19 | Van Alexander | 100 | American | Composer | ||
19 | Douglas S. Cook | 56 | American | Screenwriter | ||
21 | Theodore Bikel | 91 | Austrian-American | Actor, Singer | ||
22 | Natasha Parry | 84 | English | Actress | ||
25 | Robin Phillips | 73 | English-Canadian | Actor | ||
29 | Antony Holland | 95 | English-Canadian | Actor | ||
30 | Clifford Earl | 81 | English | Actor | ||
30 | Roddy Piper | 61 | Canadian-American | Actor | ||
August | 1 | Cilla Black | 72 | English | Actress, Singer | |
3 | Coleen Gray | 92 | American | Actress | ||
5 | George Cole | 90 | English | Actor | ||
5 | Joyce Ingalls | 65 | American | Actress | ||
7 | Uggie | 13 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Terrence Evans | 81 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Susan Sheridan | 68 | English | Actress | ||
9 | Frank Gifford | 84 | American | Actor | ||
9 | Jack Gold | 85 | English | Actor | ||
12 | Stephen Lewis | 88 | English | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
21 | Anna Kashfi | 80 | Indian-American | Actress | ||
17 | Yvonne Craig | 78 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
18 | Bud Yorkin | 89 | American | Director, Producer | ||
20 | Melody Patterson | 66 | American | Actress | ||
26 | Peter Kern | 66 | Austrian | Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
30 | Wes Craven | 76 | American | Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
September | 1 | Dean Jones | 84 | American | Actor | |
3 | Judy Carne | 76 | English | Actress | ||
4 | Jean Darling | 93 | American | Actress | ||
4 | Warren Murphy | 81 | American | Screenwriter | ||
5 | Frederick "Dennis" Greene | 66 | American | Actor, Singer | ||
5 | Alan Steel | 79 | Italian | Actor | ||
6 | Martin Milner | 83 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Dickie Moore | 89 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Merv Adelson | 85 | American | Producer | ||
10 | John Connell | 91 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Franco Interlenghi | 83 | Italian | Actor | ||
12 | Frank D. Gilroy | 89 | American | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
17 | D. M. Marshman, Jr. | 92 | American | Screenwriter | ||
18 | Nancy Bernstein | 55 | American | Visual Effects, Producer | ||
19 | Jackie Collins | 77 | English-American | Actress, Screenwriter | ||
20 | Mario Caiano | 82 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
20 | Jack Larson | 87 | American | Actor, Producer | ||
21 | Yoram Gross | 88 | Polish-Australian | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Tino García | 80 | Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican | Actor | ||
27 | John Guillermin | 89 | English | Director | ||
28 | Catherine E. Coulson | 71 | American | Actress | ||
October | 5 | Chantal Akerman | 65 | Belgian | Director |