2012 in film

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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, the 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, Monsters, Inc., Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Titanic, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Finding Nemo) 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

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Highest-grossing films of 2012
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 20th Century 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,[3] surpassing the previous year's record of three billion-dollar films.[4]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 18th Critics' Choice Awards
January 10, 2013		 70th Golden Globe Awards
January 13, 2013		 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 66th BAFTA Awards
February 10, 2013		 85th Academy Awards
February 24, 2013
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Argo Les Misérables Argo
Best Director Ben Affleck
Argo		 Ang Lee
Life of Pi
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln		 Hugh Jackman
Les Misérables		 Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln
Best Actress Jessica Chastain
Zero Dark Thirty		 Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook		 Emmanuelle Riva
Amour		 Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Master		 Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained		 Tommy Lee Jones
Lincoln		 Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway
Les Misérables
Best Screenplay, Adapted Tony Kushner
Lincoln		 Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained		 Chris Terrio
Argo		 David O. Russell
Silver Linings Playbook		 Chris Terrio
Argo
Best Screenplay, Original Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained		 Mark Boal
Zero Dark Thirty		 Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained
Best Animated Film Wreck-It Ralph Brave Wreck-It Ralph Brave
Best Original Score Lincoln
John Williams		 Life of Pi
Mychael Danna		 — Skyfall
Thomas Newman		 Life of Pi
Mychael Danna
Best Original Song "Skyfall"
Skyfall		 — — "Skyfall"
Skyfall
Best Foreign Language Film Amour — Amour
Best Documentary Searching for Sugar Man — — Searching for Sugar Man

Palme d'Or (65th Cannes Film Festival):

Amour, directed by Michael Haneke, Germany

Golden Lion (69th Venice International Film Festival):

Pietà (피에타), directed by Kim Ki-duk, South Korea

Golden Bear (62nd Berlin International Film Festival):

Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire), directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy

2012 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Bob Anderson 89 UK Stuntman, Choreographer Template:Hlist
2 Silvana Gallardo 58 US Actress Template:Hlist
3 Joaquín Martínez 81 Mexico Actor Template:Hlist
4 Harry Fowler 85 UK Actor Template:Hlist
5 Frederica Sagor Maas 111 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
10 Lila Kaye 82 UK Actress Template:Hlist
11 Richard Bruno 87 US Costume Designer Template:Hlist
11 David Whitaker 81 UK Composer Template:Hlist
13 Morgan Jones 83 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 Mila Parely 94 France Actress Template:Hlist
21 Eiko Ishioka 73 Japan Costume Designer Template:Hlist
23 Bingham Ray 57 US Studio Executive
24 Theo Angelopoulos 76 Greece Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
24 James Farentino 82 US Actor Template:Hlist
26 Ian Abercrombie 77 UK Actor Template:Hlist
26 Dimitra Arliss 79 US Actress Template:Hlist
29 John Rich 86 US Director Template:Hlist
February 3 Ben Gazzara 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
3 Zalman King 69 US Director, Screenwriter, Actor Template:Hlist
4 Andrew Wight 51 Australia Screenwriter, Producer Template:Hlist
5 Sam Coppola 79 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Peter Breck 82 US Actor Template:Hlist
8 Phil Bruns 80 US Actor Template:Hlist
8 Laurie Main 89 Australia Actor Template:Hlist
11 Whitney Houston 48 US Singer, Actress, Producer Template:Hlist
12 Zina Bethune 66 US Actress Template:Hlist
12 David Kelly 82 Ireland Actor Template:Hlist
13 Russell Arms 92 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
14 Dory Previn 86 US Lyricist Template:Hlist
16 Elyse Knox 94 US Actress Template:Hlist
16 Dick Anthony Williams 77 US Actor Template:Hlist
18 Peter Halliday 87 UK Actor Template:Hlist
18 Ric Waite 78 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
23 Bruce Surtees 74 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
25 Erland Josephson 88 Sweden Actor Template:Hlist
26 Richard Carpenter 82 UK Actor Template:Hlist
29 Davy Jones 66 UK Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
March 1 Phillip R. Allen 72 US Actor Template:Hlist
1 Jerome Courtland 85 US Actor, Producer Template:Hlist
3 Leonardo Cimino 94 US Actor Template:Hlist
3 Ralph McQuarrie 82 US Designer, Illustrator Template:Hlist
4 Joan Taylor 82 US Actress Template:Hlist
5 Philip Madoc 77 UK Actor Template:Hlist
6 Robert B. Sherman 86 US Songwriter Template:Hlist
9 Terry Teene 70 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
10 Jean Giraud 73 France Designer, Illustrator Template:Hlist
11 Faith Brook 90 UK Actress Template:Hlist
19 Ulu Grosbard 83 Belgium Director, Producer Template:Hlist
21 Robert Fuest 84 UK Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
21 Tonino Guerra 92 Italy Screenwriter Template:Hlist
25 Hal E. Chester 91 US Producer, Screenwriter, Actor Template:Hlist
25 Bill Weston 70 UK Stuntman, Actor Template:Hlist
27 Warren Stevens 92 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Neil Travis 73 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
29 Luke Askew 80 US Actor Template:Hlist
April 1 Jamaa Fanaka 69 US Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
9 Carol Adams 94 US Actress Template:Hlist
9 Barry Cahill 90 Canada Actor Template:Hlist
10 Grant Tilly 74 Australia Actor Template:Hlist
11 Rainer Penkert 90 Germany Actor Template:Hlist
14 William Finley 71 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 Jonathan Frid 87 Canada Actor Template:Hlist
14 Martin Poll 89 US Producer Template:Hlist
15 Paul Bogart 92 US Director Template:Hlist
15 Murray Rose 73 Australia Actor Template:Hlist
17 Ron Karabatsos 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
18 Dick Clark 82 US Actor, Producer Template:Hlist
18 Robert O. Ragland 80 US Composer Template:Hlist
19 Levon Helm 71 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
20 Peter Carsten 83 Germany Actor Template:Hlist
25 Paul L. Smith 75 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Patricia Medina 92 UK Actress Template:Hlist
29 Joel Goldsmith 54 US Composer Template:Hlist
30 George Murdock 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
May 2 Tracy Reed 69 UK Actress Template:Hlist
4 Mort Lindsey 89 US Composer Template:Hlist
6 James Isaac 51 US Director, Special Effects Artist Template:Hlist
6 George Lindsey 83 US Actor Template:Hlist
7 Andrea Crisanti 75 Italy Production Designer Template:Hlist
7 Virgil Frye 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
9 Vidal Sassoon 84 UK Hairstylist Template:Hlist
10 Joyce Redman 93 UK Actress Template:Hlist
11 Roland Shaw 91 UK Composer, Arranger Template:Hlist
15 Henry Denker 99 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
22 Janet Carroll 71 US Actress Template:Hlist
24 Lee Rich 93 US Producer Template:Hlist
27 Dee Caruso 83 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
28 Matthew Yuricich 89 US Special Effects Artist Template:Hlist
29 Kaneto Shindo 100 Japan Screenwriter, Director Template:Hlist
31 Christopher Challis 91 UK Cinematographer Template:Hlist
June 2 Richard Dawson 79 UK Actor Template:Hlist
2 Kathryn Joosten 72 US Actress Template:Hlist
2 Marco Onorato 59 Italy Cinematographer Template:Hlist
3 Jean-Louis Richard 85 France Screenwriter Template:Hlist
4 Stan Jolley 86 US Production Designer Template:Hlist
5 Caroline John 71 UK Actress Template:Hlist
5 Ray Bradbury 90 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
7 J. Michael Riva 63 US Production Designer Template:Hlist
8 Frank Cady 96 US Actor Template:Hlist
11 Ann Rutherford 94 Canada Actress Template:Hlist
14 Yvette Wilson 48 US Actress Template:Hlist
16 Giuseppe Bertolucci 65 Italy Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
16 Susan Tyrrell 67 US Actress Template:Hlist
18 Victor Spinetti 82 UK Actor Template:Hlist
19 Richard Lynch 72 US Actor Template:Hlist
26 Nora Ephron 71 US Director, Screenwriter, Producer Template:Hlist
26 Charles Rosen 81 US Production Designer Template:Hlist
27 Bruce Guerin 93 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Paul Stassino 81 Greece Actor Template:Hlist
July 2 Ben Davidson 72 US Actor Template:Hlist
2 Ben Van Os 67 Netherlands Production Designer Template:Hlist
3 Andy Griffith 86 US Actor Template:Hlist
4 Eric Sykes 89 UK Actor Template:Hlist
8 Ernest Borgnine 95 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Sage Stallone 36 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Ginny Tyler 86 US Voice Actress Template:Hlist
13 Richard D. Zanuck 77 US Producer Template:Hlist
15 Celeste Holm 95 US Actress Template:Hlist
16 William Asher 90 US Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
17 Morgan Paull 67 US Actor Template:Hlist
18 Rajesh Khanna 69 India Actor Template:Hlist
19 Tom Davis 59 US Actor, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
20 Tony Epper 73 US Stuntman, Actor Template:Hlist
20 Simon Ward 70 UK Actor Template:Hlist
21 Angharad Rees 63 UK Actress Template:Hlist
22 Fern Persons 101 US Actress Template:Hlist
22 Frank Pierson 87 US Screenwriter, Director Template:Hlist
24 Chad Everett 76 US Actor Template:Hlist
24 Sherman Hemsley 74 US Actor Template:Hlist
26 Walter Goss 84 New Zealand Sound Engineer Template:Hlist
26 Lupe Ontiveros 69 US Actress Template:Hlist
26 Mary Tamm 62 UK Actress Template:Hlist
27 Norman Alden 87 US Actor Template:Hlist
27 R. G. Armstrong 95 US Actor Template:Hlist
27 Geoffrey Hughes 68 UK Actor Template:Hlist
27 Tony Martin 98 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
29 John P. Finnegan 86 US Actor Template:Hlist
29 Chris Marker 91 France Director Template:Hlist
30 Jonathan Hardy 71 New Zealand Actor, Director Template:Hlist
31 Gore Vidal 86 US Actor, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
August 6 Marvin Hamlisch 68 US Composer Template:Hlist
8 Sancho Gracia 75 Spain Actor Template:Hlist
9 Al Freeman Jr. 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
9 Mel Stuart 83 US Director, Producer Template:Hlist
10 Irving Fein 101 US Producer Template:Hlist
10 Carlo Rambaldi 86 Italy Special Effects Artist Template:Hlist
13 Joan Roberts 94 US Actress Template:Hlist
14 Ron Palillo 63 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 Phyllis Thaxter 92 US Actress Template:Hlist
15 Biff Elliot 89 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 William Windom 88 US Actor Template:Hlist
18 George Bowers 68 US Film Editor, Director Template:Hlist
19 Tony Scott 68 UK Director, Producer Template:Hlist
20 Phyllis Diller 95 US Actress, Comedian Template:Hlist
23 Jerry Nelson 78 US Puppeteer, Actor Template:Hlist
24 Steve Franken 80 US Actor Template:Hlist
31 Max Bygraves 89 UK Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
September 1 Hal David 91 US Lyricist Template:Hlist
3 Michael Clarke Duncan 54 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Jake Eberts 71 Canada Producer Template:Hlist
6 Frank Godwin 95 UK Producer Template:Hlist
8 Leigh Hamilton 62 New Zealand Actress Template:Hlist
10 Vondell Darr 93 US Actress Template:Hlist
10 Lance LeGault 75 US Actor Template:Hlist
10 Stanley Long 78 UK Director, Screenwriter, Producer Template:Hlist
10 John Moffatt 89 UK Actor Template:Hlist
13 Edgar Metcalfe 78 UK Actor Template:Hlist
14 Stephen Dunham 48 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 Winston Rekert 63 Canada Actor Template:Hlist
16 John Ingle 84 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 Roman Kroitor 85 Canada Director, Producer Template:Hlist
24 Edward A. Biery 92 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
25 Andy Williams 84 US Actor, Singer Template:Hlist
26 Johnny Lewis 28 US Actor Template:Hlist
27 Herbert Lom 95 Czech Republic Actor Template:Hlist
28 Michael O'Hare 60 US Actor Template:Hlist
30 Turhan Bey 90 Austria Actor Template:Hlist
30 Stephen Frankfurt 80 US Title Designer Template:Hlist
October 2 Marjorie Lane 100 US Actress, Singer Template:Hlist
7 Larry Block 69 US Actor Template:Hlist
7 Hank Moonjean 82 US Producer Template:Hlist
8 Ken Sansom 85 US Actor Template:Hlist
9 Harris Savides 55 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
10 Alex Karras 77 US Actor Template:Hlist
10 Leo O'Brien 41 US Actor Template:Hlist
12 Norm Grabowski 79 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Gary Collins 74 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 John Clive 79 UK Actor Template:Hlist
18 Sylvia Kristel 60 Netherlands Actress Template:Hlist
20 Joe Melia 77 UK Actor Template:Hlist
21 Yash Chopra 80 India Director, Producer Template:Hlist
22 Russell Means 72 US Actor Template:Hlist
24 Peggy Ahern 95 US Actress Template:Hlist
24 Anita Bjork 89 Sweden Actress Template:Hlist
26 Mac Ahlberg 81 Sweden Cinematographer Template:Hlist
26 Natina Reed 32 US Actress, Singer Template:Hlist
27 Robert W. Castle 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Merry Anders 78 US Actress Template:Hlist
28 Bob Brunner 78 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
29 Bounty 52 Canada Ship, Film Prop Template:Hlist
30 Leonard Termo 77 US Actor Template:Hlist
November 5 Olympe Bradna 93 France Actress Template:Hlist
6 Clive Dunn 92 UK Actor Template:Hlist
7 Richard Robbins 71 US Composer Template:Hlist
8 Lucille Bliss 96 US Voice Actress Template:Hlist
8 Roger Hammond 76 UK Actor Template:Hlist
17 Katherine Kath 92 UK Actress Template:Hlist
21 Dann Cahn 89 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
21 Deborah Raffin 59 US Actress Template:Hlist
23 Larry Hagman 81 US Actor, Director Template:Hlist
23 John Kemeny 87 Canada Producer Template:Hlist
25 Dinah Sheridan 92 UK Actress Template:Hlist
26 Martin Richards 80 US Producer Template:Hlist
27 Bob Kellett 84 UK Director, Producer, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
28 Don Rhymer 51 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
29 Susan Luckey 74 US Actress Template:Hlist
29 Benjamin Tatar 82 US Actor Template:Hlist
December 3 Eileen Moran 60 US Visual Effects Artist Template:Hlist
4 Rozina Cambos 60 Romania Actress Template:Hlist
7 Jeni Le Gon 96 US Actress, Dancer Template:Hlist
8 Hal Schaefer 87 US Composer Template:Hlist
10 Marla English 77 US Actress Template:Hlist
10 Ed Grady 89 US Actor Template:Hlist
10 Patricia Kennedy 96 Australia Actress Template:Hlist
11 Ravi Shankar 92 India Composer Template:Hlist
12 Don Medford 95 US Director Template:Hlist
13 Gil Friesen 75 US Producer Template:Hlist
16 Avraham Mor 77 Israel Actor Template:Hlist
18 Danny Steinmann 70 US Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
19 Bud Alper 82 US Sound Engineer Template:Hlist
22 Cliff Osmond 75 US Actor Template:Hlist
23 Ha Nguyen 57 Vietnam Costume Designer Template:Hlist
24 Richard Rodney Bennett 76 UK Composer Template:Hlist
24 Charles Durning 89 US Actor Template:Hlist
24 Jack Klugman 90 US Actor Template:Hlist
26 Gerry Anderson 83 UK Director, Producer, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
27 Harry Carey Jr. 91 US Actor Template:Hlist
28 Jon Finch 70 UK Actor Template:Hlist
30 Mike Hopkins 53 New Zealand Sound Engineer Template:Hlist

Film debuts

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