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Memorable Events of Films In Year 2009
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by D.S.Rajput | December 30, 2009 at 09:59 pm
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New Delhi: In the eve of new year 2010, we should remember some notable events of the year 2009.
2009 in the Films
2009 saw numerous films being released worldwide. Seven films made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of 10 nominees.
Highest-Grossing Films of 2009
As of December 30, 2009
Rank
Title
Studio
Worldwide
United States and Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
1
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
$934,559,990
$301,959,197
$84,089,250
$34,999,141
2
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
$883,718,521
$196,573,705
$56,859,040
$24,725,499
3
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
$834,969,807
$402,111,870
$44,383,558
$33,554,033
4
$734,249,842
$161,458,000
$21,340,292
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5
20th Century Fox
$726,612,776
$250,419,951
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—
6
$683,004,164
$293,004,164
$55,418,402
$13,396,267
7
$662,430,961
$280,924,000
$19,291,873
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8
Columbia Pictures
$485,930,816
$133,375,846
$30,726,140
$14,065,391
9
Warner Bros.
$459,422,869
$277,322,503
$36,033,624
$17,934,378
10
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
20th Century Fox
$412,685,061
$177,243,721
$32,825,190
$14,037,398
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has grossed over $920 million, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film in history. Six other films, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2012, Up, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Avatar are also among the top 50.
Notable Deaths of Film Personalities
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
1
84
Actor
The Student Prince • Athena • The Egyptian • The Prodigal
3
84
Actor
Splendor in the Grass • Hang 'Em High • Batman quadrilogy • The Land Before Time • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
8
71
Actor
12
74
Director, Producer, Writer
Jean de Florette • Manon des Sources • Le Poulet • Tess
13
80
Actor, Writer
The Prisoner • The Three Lives of Thomasina • The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh • Ice Station Zebra • Braveheart • Treasure Planet • Escape From Alcatraz
14
88
Actor, Director
Battleground • Across the Wide Missouri • Neptune's Daughter • Sayonara, Cheyenne Autumn • Fantasy Island • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • The Naked Gun • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over • The Ant Bully
15
86
Director
Kabuliwala • Ek Doctor Ki Maut
17
84
Actor, Singer
Phantom of the Opera • The Climax
18
88
Actor
Black Narcissus • A Matter of Life and Death • The House in the Square
21
88
Producer
Jason and the Argonauts • Clash of the Titans • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad • Mysterious Island • It Came from Beneath the Sea
29
88
Director
L'Eau vive • Le Puits aux trois vérités
31
75
Actor
Server Sundaram • Thiruvilayadal • Anbe Vaa
6
87
Actor
Tora! Tora! Tora! • Give 'em Hell, Harry! • Battleground • Them! • The Shawshank Redemption
6
83
Actor
Operation Pacific • Pushover • Mister Roberts
9
88
Screenwriter
Tea and Sympathy • Until They Sail • The Nun's Story • The Sand Pebbles • I Never Sang for My Father
20
83
Actor
Count Yorga, Vampire • Dr. Phibes Rises Again
22
81
Director
25
91
Actor
4
92
Screenwriter
To Kill a Mockingbird • Baby the Rain Must Fall • The Trip to Bountiful • Of Mice and Men (1992) • Tender Mercies
13
85
Actress
Marty • A Double Life • Another Part of the Forest • The Snake Pit
15
62
Actor, Director
The Entity • Silkwood • Reversal of Fortune • Find Me Guilty • Timecop • Silent Rage • Blue Steel
18
45
Actress
The Comfort of Strangers • Nell • The Parent Trap • Blow Dry • Asylum • Wild Child • The White Countess • Waking Up in Reno • Past Midnight • Evening • The Handmaid's Tale
22
71
Actress, Comedian
Cita en Buenos Aires • El sueño del regreso • La Guagua Aérea 2 • Punto final: De como Tito Mangual aprendio a bregar
25
84
Studio Executive
29
84
Musical Composer
Lawrence of Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • Grand Prix • Topaz • Ryan's Daughter • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean • A Passage to India • Witness • Dead Poets Society • Gorillas in the Mist • Ghost
29
89
Actor, Singer
1
69
Actor
Bananas • Stir Crazy • Under Suspicion • Angel • Che: Part One
1
67
Actor
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre • Poltergeist • The Blues Brothers
4
74
Actor, Producer
Lafayette Escadrille • Cry Blood, Apache • Beach Party • Muscle Beach Party • Bikini Beach • Beach Blanket Bingo • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5
43
Producer
The Goddess of 1967 • Springtime in a Small Town • Last Life in the Universe • Pleasure Factory
9
83
Director, Producer
Aradhana • Kati Patang • Amar Prem
10
86
Actor
The Adventures of the Elektronic
12
57
Actress, producer
20
95
Director
22
94
Director
Swiss Family Robinson • The Longest Day • Battle of the Bulge • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
22
94
Cinematographer-Director
Black Narcissus • The Red Shoes • War and Peace • The Prince and the Showgirl • The Vikings
25
86
Actress
Lovers and Other Strangers • Mame • The Golden Girls
27
69
Actor
Tarzan Goes to India • Dharmatma • Qurbani • Janbaaz
1
52
Actor, Entertainer
4
75
Actor, Comedian, Film Director
History of the World, Part I • Spaceballs • Robin Hood: Men in Tights • All Dogs Go to Heaven • The Secret of NIMH • An American Tail • The Muppet Movie • The Cannonball Run • The Twelve Chairs • Blazing Saddles • Cannonball Run II • Fatso • The End • Smokey and the Bandit II • Hot Stuff • Oliver & Company
4
93
Actress
Railroaded! • Cat People • The Curse of the Cat People
7
89
Actor
17
69
Director, Producer
Haseena Maan Jayegi • Zanjeer • Muqaddar Ka Sikandar • Lawaaris • Sharaabi • Namak Halaal
18
62
Voice actor/third voice of Mickey Mouse, Sound effects editor
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