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2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.
The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion, making it the third film to surpass that milestone, the 24th film to gross over $1 billion, and the 3rd highest-grossing film of all time. Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Minions also grossed over $1 billion each, making them the 22nd, 20th, 21st, and 23rd films, respectively, to surpass that milestone; they are currently the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 11th highest-grossing films of all time. Spectre and Inside Out grossed more than $850 million, with the former being the 44th highest-grossing film of all time.
Minions became the first non-Disney animated film and the third animated film overall after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013) to gross over $1 billion, and is currently the second highest-grossing animated film of all time. Inside Out became the tenth animated film to gross more than $800 million and is the thirteenth highest-grossing animated film of all time. Furious 7, Jurassic World, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens also became the third, fourth, and fifth films to gross more than $1 billion outside of North America, joining Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009). Jurassic World also earned the highest gross for a film that was not the highest-grossing film of its year, surpassing Iron Man 3 (2013).