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2017 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of films released, and notable deaths in 2017.
Richard Brody of The New Yorker observed that for 2017, "the most important event in the world of movies was the revelation, in The New York Times and The New Yorker, of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, and the resulting liberation of the long-stifled voices of the people who had been abused by him or other powerful figures in the movie business, and, for that matter, in other arts and industries, too." He emphasizes that in effect, "[w]hat's missing from the year-end list, and from the era in movies, isn't only the unmade work by these filmmakers but the artistry and the careers of cast and crew members who would have been in their unrealized films."[1]
The top films released in 2017 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Disney | $1,332,539,889 |
2 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,263,521,126 | |
3 | The Fate of the Furious | Universal | $1,236,005,118 |
4 | Despicable Me 3 | $1,034,799,409 | |
5 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony Pictures | $962,077,546 |
6 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $880,166,924 | |
7 | Wolf Warrior 2 | United Entertainment | $870,325,439 |
8 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Disney | $863,756,051 |
9 | Thor: Ragnarok | $853,983,911 | |
10 | Wonder Woman | Warner Bros. | $822,303,505 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, The Fate of the Furious, and Despicable Me 3 have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time,[3] with the latter being the fourth-highest-grossing animated film.[4]
Wolf Warrior 2, a Chinese film, became the first non-Hollywood film to be listed on the all-time worldwide top 100 box office.[5]
Split, by M. Night Shyamalan, was the year's most profitable film in terms of return on investment (ROI), having generated over 2,000% ROI. It is the 11th film to cross 2,000% ROI, and the first film to do so since 2015.[6]
Notes
List of some of the film festivals for 2017 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
The list of films released in 2017, arranged by country, are as follows:
Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 6 | Les Lazarowitz | 75 | American | Sound Mixer | |
6 | Om Puri | 66 | Indian | Actor | ||
6 | Francine York | 80 | American | Actress | ||
9 | Teresa Ann Savoy | 61 | English | Actress | ||
10 | Manlio Rocchetti | 73 | Italian | Make-Up Artist | ||
12 | William Peter Blatty | 89 | American | Screenwriter, Director | ||
13 | Dick Gautier | 85 | American | Actor | ||
19 | Miguel Ferrer | 61 | American | Actor | ||
23 | Gorden Kaye | 75 | English | Actor | ||
25 | Kevin Geer | 64 | American | Actor | ||
25 | John Hurt | 77 | English | Actor | ||
25 | Mary Tyler Moore | 80 | American | Actress | ||
26 | Mike Connors | 91 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Barbara Hale | 94 | American | Actress | ||
27 | Robert Ellis Miller | 89 | American | Director | ||
27 | Emmanuelle Riva | 89 | French | Actress | ||
27 | Gisella Sofio | 85 | Italian | Actress | ||
27 | Frank Tidy | 84 | English | Cinematographer | ||
28 | Richard Portman | 82 | American | Sound Mixer | ||
31 | Frank Pellegrino | 72 | American | Actor | ||
February | 5 | Björn Granath | 70 | Swedish | Actor | |
6 | Irwin Corey | 102 | American | Actor | ||
6 | Alec McCowen | 91 | English | Actor | ||
6 | Roy Forge Smith | 87 | English | Production Designer | ||
7 | Richard Hatch | 71 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Gianfranco Plenizio | 76 | Italian | Composer | ||
13 | Gerald Hirschfeld | 95 | American | Cinematographer | ||
13 | Seijun Suzuki | 93 | Japanese | Director, Screenwriter | ||
18 | Pasquale Squitieri | 78 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
21 | Brunella Bovo | 84 | Italian | Actress | ||
22 | Nikos Koundouros | 90 | Greek | Director, Screenwriter | ||
25 | Neil Fingleton | 36 | English | Actor, Stuntman | ||
25 | Bill Paxton | 61 | American | Actor | ||
28 | Euel Box | 88 | American | Composer | ||
March | 3 | Míriam Colón | 80 | Puerto Rican | Actress | |
6 | Robert Osborne | 84 | American | Film Historian, Actor | ||
9 | Bobby Byrne | 85 | American | Cinematographer, Camera Operator | ||
10 | John Forgeham | 75 | English | Actor | ||
10 | Tony Haygarth | 72 | English | Actor | ||
14 | Jack H. Harris | 98 | American | Producer | ||
17 | Robert Day | 94 | English | Director | ||
17 | Lawrence Montaigne | 86 | American | Actor | ||
18 | Tony Russel | 91 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Chuck Barris | 87 | American | Actor, Producer, Director | ||
22 | Tomas Milian | 84 | Cuban-Italian | Actor | ||
23 | Lola Albright | 92 | American | Actress, Singer | ||
24 | Jean Rouverol | 100 | American | Screenwriter, Actress | ||
25 | Giorgio Capitani | 89 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Christine Kaufmann | 72 | German-Austrian | Actress | ||
April | 5 | Memè Perlini | 69 | Italian | Actor, Director | |
6 | Armand Gatti | 93 | French | Filmmaker | ||
6 | Don Rickles | 90 | American | Actor | ||
7 | Tim Pigott-Smith | 70 | English | Actor | ||
9 | Peter Hansen | 95 | American | Actor | ||
11 | Michael Ballhaus | 81 | German | Cinematographer | ||
12 | Charlie Murphy | 57 | American | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Clifton James | 96 | American | Actor | ||
18 | Yvonne Monlaur | 77 | French | Actress | ||
21 | Enrico Medioli | 92 | Italian | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Erin Moran | 56 | American | Actress | ||
22 | Gustavo Rojo | 93 | Uruguayan | Actor | ||
23 | Kathleen Crowley | 87 | American | Actress | ||
24 | Don Gordon | 90 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Jonathan Demme | 73 | American | Director, Producer | ||
May | 1 | Pierre Gaspard-Huit | 99 | French | Director, Screenwriter | |
2 | Moray Watson | 88 | English | Actor | ||
3 | Daliah Lavi | 74 | Israeli | Actress, Singer | ||
4 | Victor Lanoux | 80 | French | Actor | ||
8 | Curt Lowens | 91 | German | Actor | ||
8 | Mary Tsoni | 29 | Greek | Actress | ||
9 | Michael Parks | 77 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Geoffrey Bayldon | 93 | English | Actor | ||
13 | John Cygan | 63 | American | Voice Actor | ||
13 | Manuel Pradal | 53 | French | Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Powers Boothe | 68 | American | Actor | ||
14 | Brad Grey | 59 | American | Studio Executive, Producer | ||
16 | Arvo Kukumägi | 58 | Estonian | Actor | ||
22 | Dina Merrill | 93 | American | Actress | ||
23 | Roger Moore | 89 | English | Actor | ||
24 | Jared Martin | 75 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Toni Bertorelli | 69 | Italian | Actor | ||
30 | Molly Peters | 75 | English | Actress | ||
31 | Tino Insana | 69 | American | Actor | ||
31 | Fred J. Koenekamp | 94 | American | Cinematographer | ||
June | 2 | Peter Sallis | 96 | English | Actor, Voice Actor | |
4 | Bill Butler | 83 | English | Film Editor | ||
4 | Roger Smith | 84 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Glenne Headly | 62 | American | Actress | ||
9 | Adam West | 88 | American | Actor, Voice Actor | ||
13 | Anita Pallenberg | 75 | Italian-German | Actress | ||
15 | Aleksey Batalov | 88 | Russian | Actor, Director | ||
16 | John G. Avildsen | 81 | American | Director | ||
16 | Stephen Furst | 62 | American | Actor | ||
21 | Howard Witt | 85 | American | Actor | ||
22 | Keith Loneker | 46 | American | Actor | ||
24 | Loren Janes | 85 | American | Stuntman | ||
25 | Skip Homeier | 86 | American | Actor | ||
27 | Michael Nyqvist | 56 | Swedish | Actor | ||
July | 3 | Paolo Villaggio | 84 | Italian | Actor, Screenwriter | |
4 | David Yewdall | 66 | American | Sound Editor | ||
6 | Thomas E. Sanders | 63 | American | Production Designer, Art Director | ||
8 | Nelsan Ellis | 39 | American | Actor | ||
8 | Elsa Martinelli | 82 | Italian | Actress | ||
10 | Isabelle Sadoyan | 89 | French-Armenian | Actress | ||
13 | John Bernecker | 33 | American | Stunt Performer | ||
15 | William Hoyland | 73 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Martin Landau | 89 | American | Actor | ||
16 | Trevor Baxter | 84 | English | Actor | ||
16 | George A. Romero | 77 | American-Canadian | Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor | ||
17 | Harvey Atkin | 74 | Canadian | Actor | ||
17 | Evan Helmuth | 40 | American | Actor | ||
18 | Red West | 81 | American | Actor, Stuntman | ||
20 | Chester Bennington | 41 | American | Singer, Actor | ||
20 | Claude Rich | 88 | French | Actor | ||
21 | John Heard | 72 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Patti Deutsch | 73 | American | Voice Actress | ||
26 | June Foray | 99 | American | Voice Actress | ||
27 | Sam Shepard | 73 | American | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Jeanne Moreau | 89 | French | Actress | ||
August | 1 | Eric Zumbrunnen | 52 | American | Film Editor | |
3 | Ty Hardin | 87 | American | Actor | ||
3 | Robert Hardy | 91 | English | Actor | ||
4 | Bruno Canfora | 92 | Italian | Composer | ||
7 | Haruo Nakajima | 88 | Japanese | Actor | ||
8 | Glen Campbell | 81 | American | Singer, Actor | ||
10 | Patrick O'Connell | 83 | Irish | Actor | ||
13 | Joseph Bologna | 82 | American | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
17 | Sonny Landham | 76 | American | Actor | ||
18 | Bruce Forsyth | 89 | English | Actor | ||
20 | Jerry Lewis | 91 | American | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
20 | Nati Mistral | 88 | Spanish | Actress | ||
21 | Thomas Meehan | 88 | American | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Viola Harris | 91 | American | Actress | ||
24 | Jay Thomas | 69 | American | Actor | ||
26 | Tobe Hooper | 74 | American | Director, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Mireille Darc | 79 | French | Actress | ||
30 | Alan MacDonald | 61 | English | Production Designer | ||
31 | Richard Anderson | 91 | American | Actor | ||
September | 1 | Shelley Berman | 92 | American | Comedian, Actor | |
4 | Gastone Moschin | 88 | Italian | Actor | ||
5 | Yoshio Tsuchiya | 90 | Japanese | Actor | ||
8 | Blake Heron | 35 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Hans Alfredson | 86 | Swedish | Actor, Director | ||
10 | Luigi Maria Burruano | 68 | Italian | Actor | ||
11 | Peter Hall | 86 | English | Director | ||
13 | Frank Vincent | 80 | American | Actor | ||
15 | Harry Dean Stanton | 91 | American | Actor | ||
15 | Albert Moses | 79 | Sri Lankan | Actor | ||
18 | Chuck Low | 89 | American | Actor | ||
19 | Bernie Casey | 78 | American | Actor | ||
25 | Tony Booth | 85 | English | Actor | ||
25 | Jan Tříska | 80 | Czech | Actor | ||
26 | Barry Dennen | 79 | American | Actor | ||
28 | Benjamin Whitrow | 80 | English | Actor | ||
October | 5 | Anne Wiazemsky | 70 | French | Actress | |
5 | Trevor Martin | 87 | English | Actor | ||
6 | Terry Downes | 81 | English | Actor | ||
8 | Gianni Bonagura | 91 | Italian | Actor | ||
9 | Jean Rochefort | 87 | French | Actor | ||
11 | Don Pedro Colley | 79 | American | Actor | ||
16 | Roy Dotrice | 94 | English | Actor | ||
16 | John Dunsworth | 71 | Canadian | Actor | ||
17 | Danielle Darrieux | 100 | French | Actress, Singer | ||
17 | Harry Stradling Jr. | 92 | American | Cinematographer | ||
18 | Brent Briscoe | 56 | American | Actor | ||
19 | Umberto Lenzi | 86 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
20 | Ugo Fangareggi | 79 | Italian | Actor | ||
20 | Federico Luppi | 81 | Argentine-Spanish | Actor | ||
21 | Robert Getchell | 80 | American | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Walter Lassally | 90 | German-English | Cinematographer | ||
24 | Robert Guillaume | 89 | American | Actor | ||
25 | Jack Bannon | 77 | American | Actor | ||
25 | Peter MacGregor-Scott | 69 | American | Producer | ||
25 | John Mollo | 86 | English | Costume Designer | ||
29 | Aarne Üksküla | 80 | Estonian | Actor | ||
30 | Kim Joo-hyuk | 45 | South Korean | Actor | ||
November | 1 | Brad Bufanda | 34 | American | Actor | |
6 | Karin Dor | 79 | German | Actress | ||
6 | Scott Fredericks | 74 | Irish | Actor | ||
7 | Paul Buckmaster | 71 | English | Composer, Arranger | ||
7 | Brad Harris | 84 | American | Actor, Stuntman | ||
9 | John Hillerman | 84 | American | Actor | ||
10 | Ray Lovelock | 67 | Italian | Actor | ||
15 | Luis Bacalov | 84 | Argentine-Italian | Composer | ||
15 | Keith Barron | 83 | English | Actor | ||
16 | Ann Wedgeworth | 83 | American | Actress | ||
19 | Peter Baldwin | 86 | American | Actor, Director | ||
19 | Della Reese | 86 | American | Actress | ||
20 | Peter Berling | 83 | German | Actor | ||
21 | Rodney Bewes | 79 | English | Actor | ||
21 | David Cassidy | 67 | American | Actor, Singer | ||
23 | Anthony Harvey | 87 | English | Director, Film Editor | ||
25 | Rance Howard | 89 | American | Actor | ||
25 | Julio Oscar Mechoso | 62 | American | Actor | ||
29 | Heather North | 71 | American | Actress | ||
30 | Jim Nabors | 87 | American | Actor | ||
30 | Alfie Curtis | 87 | English | Actor | ||
December | 2 | Ulli Lommel | 72 | German | Director, Actor, Producer | |
6 | Conrad Brooks | 86 | American | Actor | ||
6 | Johnny Hallyday | 74 | Belgian-French | Actor, Singer | ||
7 | Steve Reevis | 55 | American | Actor | ||
9 | Leonid Bronevoy | 88 | Russian | Actor | ||
11 | Keith Chegwin | 60 | English | Actor | ||
11 | Suzanna Leigh | 72 | English | Actress | ||
13 | Bruce Gray | 81 | Canadian | Actor | ||
13 | Martin Ransohoff | 90 | American | Producer | ||
19 | Thérèse DePrez | 52 | American | Production Designer | ||
19 | Hiep Thi Le | 46 | Vietnamese-American | Actress | ||
19 | Jeremy Wilkin | 87 | English-Canadian | Actor | ||
21 | Dominic Frontiere | 86 | American | Composer | ||
22 | Gerald B. Greenberg | 81 | American | Film Editor | ||
24 | Heather Menzies | 68 | Canadian | Actress | ||
27 | Thomas Hunter | 85 | American | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Rose Marie | 94 | American | Actress | ||
29 | Peggy Cummins | 92 | English | Actress |