What better than a whirlwind of numbers (and sometimes even billions of dollars) to remember the key moments of the 2023 cinema year?
$2.39 billion
The year was undoubtedly marked by the global phenomenon:BARBENHEIMER». Originally intended as a joke to highlight the release of Greta Gervig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, two completely different feature films, on the same day (July 21), Barbenheimer went viral and commercial due to the enthusiasm of moviegoers that brought the films to the international arena Box office grossed $2.39 billion, with Barbie surpassing Oppenheimer with earnings of $1.44 billion versus $951.99 million. It is therefore no coincidence that the organization of the Cannes Film Festival announced in December that Greta Gervig will be president of the jury in 2024.
Cillian Murphy, star of the film “Oppenheimer,” and Margot Robbie, star of “Barbie.” AFP
14 women
According to a survey conducted by the Mediapart website in April, GÉRARD DEPARDIEU was accused of sexual violence by 13 women, and a 14th filed a complaint in December. The actor with more than 200 films was also the subject of the program Complément d'investigation, broadcast in France on December 7, in which we rarely hear him utter misogynistic and obscene words. The Legault government has since decided to remove him from the Order of Quebec and France is exploring the possibility of withdrawing his Legion of Honor.
French actor Gérard Depardieu in 2016 in Berlin, Germany. WENN.com
Six films
Our local cinema did well this year, with no fewer than six films managing to gross over a million dollars in box office receipts. Here are the top 6 of QUEBEC CHECKOUT from 2023:
A scene from the film “Le temps d'un été” by Louise Archambault. We acknowledge, among others, Louise Turcote, Élise Guilbault, Patrice Robitaille and Guy Nadon. PHOTO PROVIDED BY IMMINA FILMS
- “The Time of a Summer” by Louise Archambault: $2.2 million
- Denys Arcand will: $1.7 million
- “My Mother's Men” by Anik Jean: $1.7 million
- Katak, the Brave Beluga, by Christine Dallaire-Dupont and Nicola Lemay: $1.5 million
- Ru, by Charles-Olivier Michaud: $1.1 million
- Simple as Sylvain by Monia Chokri: $1.02 million
7 Oscars
The film “Everything, Everywhere, Everything at Once” was the big winner at the Oscars on March 12, with the feature film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert winning 7 OSCARS, including Best Film. This 95th awards ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the third time.
Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting actress for her role in “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.” Getty Images via AFP
Losses of $149 million
The year was bad for Disney Studios as the company continued to rack up losses in its “movie theater” division. When releasing third-quarter financial results, Disney boss Bob Iger reported a $149 million loss in revenue as a result FLOP from Haunted Mansion, released July 28th. We also note that since… 2019, none of the feature films from the company founded by Walt Disney have exceeded the billion dollar sales mark.
SCREENSHOT FROM THE MOVIE POSTER “HAUNTED MANSION”.
Top 10
The North American box office has not yet reached pre-pandemic levels, but revenue has $8.58 BILLION As of December 17th, no one is hoping to reach $10 billion anymore (for comparison, $11.36 billion was reached in 2019). Here are the ten most successful films worldwide of the year.
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- Greta Gervig's Barbie: $1.44 billion
- Super Mario Bros. The Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Movie: $1.36 billion
- Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan: $951.99 million
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, by James Gunn: $845.55 million
- Louis Leterrier's Rapides X: $704.70 million
- Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson: $690.51 million
- The Little Mermaid by Rob Marshall: $569.62 million
- Mission: Impossible – Death Toll, Part 1, by Christopher McQuarrie: $567.53 million
- Elementary by Peter Sohn: $496.17 million
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania by Peyton Reed: $476.07 million
3:26am
The American Note (Killers of the Flower Moon) by Martin Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert DeNiro wins the prize LONGEST MOVIE of the year with a duration of 3 hours 26 minutes, followed by Oppenheimer with a duration of 3 hours. But that's nothing compared to “Gone With the Wind,” which at 3 hours and 42 minutes is the longest feature film to ever win the Oscar for Best Picture.
Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's “The American Note” (“Killers of the Flower Moon”). PHOTO PROVIDED BY APPLE TV+
A third woman
During the Cannes Film Festival, which took place from May 16 to 27, the French feature film Anatomy of a Fall won the prestigious Palme d'Or. Its director, JUSTINE TRIETThis makes her the third woman to receive this award, after Jane Campion in 1993 and Julia Ducournau in 2021.
Justine Triet, who will accept the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023 for her film “Anatomy of a Fall”. AFP
148 days
The strike by Hollywood screenwriters, members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), which represents no fewer than 11,500 professionals, lasted 148 days and paralyzed all American productions around the world. The second longest strike in the studios' history (the 1988 strike lasted 153 days), together with the suspension of actor activities, caused a loss of approximately $6.5 BILLION AND 45,000 JOBS This emerges from figures published by the specialist website Deadline.
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