The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released.

Evaluation of the year

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'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of ''

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'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of

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being film's best year overall, citing examples such as ''

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'', and '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows''. He stated that "2011 housed not just some of the greatest art films of our age, but a revolution in the language of blockbuster filmmaking. One big-budget action film after another used digital cameras to show the world behind explosions in starker, stranger light, while constructing a backbone of classical ideas and images."

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Box office records

*'' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' grossed $1,045,713,802, becoming the second film in the series to have grossed over $1 billion, and the 37th-highest-grossing film of all time. *'' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' grossed $1,342,511,219, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time during its theatrical run, the highest-grossing film in the ''

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film and the highest grossing book adaptation and the highest of 2011 as a whole. **In the US and Canada, it set single-day and opening-weekend records, with $91,071,119 and $169,189,427, respectively. In addition, the film set a worldwide opening-weekend record with $483,189,427. *'' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' grossed $1,123,794,079 and is currently the highest-grossing in the series. *2011 was the first year when three films grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, surpassing the previous year's record of two billion-dollar films, and also the first time when at least 10 films grossed more than $500 million worldwide (in 11th and 12th place, '' Puss in Boots'' and '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' also earned over $500 million making it twelve films to do so). * ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' became the first franchise to have more than one film gross over $1 billion, with '' On Stranger Tides'' joining

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to surpass the billion-dollar milestone, breaking the previous record of four films ('' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' in

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'' surpassed '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' as the highest-grossing live-action/animated film of all time with $563.7 million.

Events

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17th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2010, was presented on January 30, 2011 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the fifteenth con ...

24th European Film Awards The 24th European Film Awards were presented on 3 December 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The winners were selected by the over 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. Winners and nominees The nominations for the 24th European Film Awards were an ...

31st Golden Raspberry Awards The 31st Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, was a parodic award ceremony that was held on February 26, 2011, at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, California to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2010. The nominat ...

* 68th Golden Globe Awards * 64th British Academy Film Awards * 68th Venice International Film Festival *

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* 57th Filmfare Awards * 2011 MTV Movie Awards *

2011 Sundance Film Festival The 27th annual Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20, 2011 until January 30, 2011 in Park City, Utah, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah. The festival opened with five screenings, one from each c ...

Awards

2011 films

The list of films released in 2011, arranged by country, are as follows: * List of American films of 2011 * List of Argentine films of 2011 * List of Australian films of 2011 * List of Brazilian films of 2011 * List of British films of 2011 * List of French films of 2011 *

List of Hong Kong films of 2011 This article lists feature-length Hong Kong films released in 2011. Box office The highest-grossing Hong Kong films released in 2011 by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: Releases References External links IMDB list of ...

List of Italian films of 2011 This is a list of films produced in Italy in 2011 (see 2011 in film). Of the 100 or so Italian films released in 2011, about half of them were comedies. 2011 See also * 2011 in Italy * 2011 in Italian television References External linksI ...

* List of Indian films of 2011 **

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List of Bengali films of 2011 A list of films produced by the Tollywood ( Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in 2011. January–March April–June July–September October–December References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengali Films of 2011 2011 File:2 ...

** List of Bollywood films of 2011 **

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List of Kannada films of 2011 A list of Kannada language films produced in the Kannada film industry in India in 2011. * Films are generally released every Friday * In addition films can be released on specific festival days. Released films January–June July – Dec ...

List of Malayalam films of 2011 The tables list the Malayalam films released in theatres in 2011. Premiere shows and film festival screenings are not considered as releases for this list. Released films The following is the list of Malayalam films released in theatres in the ...

** List of Marathi films of 2011 **

List of Odia films of 2011 This is a list of films produced by the Ollywood film industry based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in 2011: A-Z References

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** List of Punjabi films of 2011 ** List of Tamil films of 2011 ** List of Telugu films of 2011 **

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List of Japanese films of 2011 Highest-grossing films List of films A list of films produced in Japan in 2011 (see 2011 in film): References

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List of Pakistani films of 2011 Top grossing films The top 7 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows: Releases April–June July–September October–December See also * 2011 in film * 2011 in Pakistan References External links Search Pakistani ...

List of Russian films of 2011 A list of films produced in Russia in 2011 (see 2011 in film). 2011 See also * 2011 in Russia References External links Russian films of 2011at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Russian Films Of 2011 2011 Films Russia ...

List of South Korean films of 2011 This is a list of South Korean films that received a domestic theatrical release in 2011. Box office The highest-grossing South Korean films released in 2011, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: Released See also * 201 ...

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Deaths

References

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