The British film industry produced over fifty major feature films in 2015. This article fully lists all films that have a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2015.
Also included is an overview of the major events in British film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially. The year was particularly notable for a number of box office bombs, such as Jupiter Ascending, Pan, Fantastic Four and Mortdecai.
Listed here are the highest-grossing British films of 2015 so far, with their total earnings listed in British pound sterling. It includes films released in previous years that made money in 2015, particularly those that had minor releases in 2014 but their main releases in 2015.
Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Universal Pictures | £370,030,000 |
2 | Cinderella | Walt Disney Studios | £352,300,000 |
3 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | 20th Century Fox | £268,900,000 |
4 | The Martian | 20th Century Fox | £393,300,000 |
5 | Paddington | StudioCanal | £168,550,000 |
6 | Jupiter Ascending | Warner Bros. Pictures | £183,900,000 |
7 | Everest | Universal Pictures | £113,020,000 |
8 | Fantastic Four | 20th Century Fox | £108,990,000 |
9 | Seventh Son | Universal Pictures | £110,600,000 |
10 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Warner Bros. Pictures | £65,280,000 |
Listed here are the British winners and nominees at the five most prestigious film award ceremonies in the English-speaking world: the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards, that were held during 2015, celebrating the best films of 2014. The British nominations were led by The Theory of Everything, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and Selma, with The Grand Budapest Hotel going on to win large numbers of technical awards, whilst Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore won multiple best leading actor and leading actress awards for The Theory of Everything and Still Alice respectively. British films did, however, notably lose out to Boyhood and Birdman (both from the United States).
The 87th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2014 were held on 22 February 2015.[76]
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The 68th British Academy Film Awards were held on 8 February 2015.[77]
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The 20th Critics' Choice Awards were held on 15 January 2015.[citation needed]
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The 72nd Golden Globe Awards were held on 11 January 2015.[78]
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The 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on 25 January 2015.[79][80]
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Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 4 | Bernard Williams | 72 | English | Producer, production manager | |
5 | Khan Bonfils | 42 | English | Actor | ||
6 | Lance Percival | 81 | English | Actor, singer | ||
10 | Brian Clemens | 83 | English | Screenwriter, producer | ||
11 | Chic Littlewood | 84 | English-New Zealand | Actor | ||
14 | Darren Shahlavi | 42 | English | Actor, stuntman, choreographer | ||
21 | Pauline Yates | 85 | English | Actress | ||
23 | Barrie Ingham | 82 | English-American | Actor | ||
24 | Lisa Daniely | 84 | English | Actress | ||
30 | Geraldine McEwan | 82 | English | Actress, singer | ||
February | 4 | Richard Bonehill | 67 | English | Actor, stuntman | |
13 | Hugh Walters | 75 | English | Actor | ||
14 | Pamela Cundell | 95 | English | Actress | ||
14 | Alan Howard | 77 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Eileen Essell | 92 | English | Actress | ||
25 | Terry Gill | 75 | English-Australian | Actor | ||
March | 10 | Stuart Wagstaff | 90 | English-Australian | Actor | |
13 | Vincent Wong | 87 | British | Actor | ||
17 | Shaw Taylor | 90 | English | Actor | ||
April | 3 | Robert Rietti | 91 | English | Actor | |
7 | Dickie Owen | 88 | English | Actor | ||
13 | Claire Gordon | 74 | English | Actress | ||
13 | Rex Robinson | 89 | English | Actor | ||
20 | Peter Howell | 95 | English | Actor | ||
25 | Don Mankiewicz | 93 | German-English | Screenwriter | ||
30 | Nigel Terry | 69 | English | Actor | ||
May | 9 | Christopher Wood | 79 | English | Screenwriter | |
28 | Johnny Keating | 87 | Scottish | Composer | ||
30 | Jake D'Arcy | 69 | Scottish | Actor | ||
30 | Julie Harris | 94 | English | Costume designer | ||
June | 5 | Richard Johnson | 87 | English | Actor | |
7 | Christopher Lee | 93 | English | Actor, singer | ||
11 | Ron Moody | 91 | English | Actor | ||
13 | Junix Inocian | 64 | Filipino-English | Actor | ||
23 | Elizabeth MacLennan | 77 | Scottish-English | Actress | ||
25 | Patrick Macnee | 93 | English-American | Actor | ||
30 | Edward Burnham | 98 | English | Actor | ||
July | 10 | Roger Rees | 71 | Welsh-American | Actor | |
14 | Olaf Pooley | 101 | English | Actor | ||
15 | Aubrey Morris | 89 | English | Actor | ||
17 | Nova Pilbeam | 95 | English | Actress | ||
22 | Natasha Parry | 84 | English | Actress | ||
25 | Robin Phillips | 75 | English-Canadian | Actor | ||
29 | Antony Holland | 95 | English-Canadian | Actor | ||
30 | Clifford Earl | 81 | English | Actor | ||
August | 1 | Cilla Black | 72 | English | Actress, singer | |
5 | George Cole | 90 | English | Actor | ||
8 | Susan Sheridan | 68 | English | Actress | ||
9 | Jack Gold | 85 | English | Actor | ||
12 | Stephen Lewis | 88 | English | Actor, screenwriter | ||
September | 3 | Judy Carne | 76 | English | Actress | |
19 | Jackie Collins | 77 | English-American | Actress, screenwriter | ||
22 | Derek Ware | 77 | English | Actor, stuntman | ||
27 | John Guillermin | 89 | English-American | Director, producer | ||
October | 8 | Richard Davies | 89 | Welsh | Actor | |
9 | Gordon Honeycombe | 79 | Pakistani-English | Actor | ||
29 | Kenneth Gilbert | 84 | English | Actor |