2015 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 2015 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Furious 7, Jurassic World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Teen Titans have grossed over $1 billion each, making them the 20th, 22nd, and 21st and 23rd films to surpass that milestone; they are currently the third, fifth, sixth and twenty fifth highest-grossing films of all time, respectively.

2015 notable box office records

 * Studio records
 * It is the first year that Universal Pictures had two films that both grossed over $1 billion.
 * Universal became the fastest studio to generate $2 and $3 billion in a single year at the international box office, doing so on June 11 and June 14, 2015 respectively. The previous records was held by 20th Century Fox when it reached $2 and $3 billion on June 15 and June 30, 2010 respectively. For Universal its previous record for fastest to $2 billion was September 17, 2013. Furthermore, it also broke the record for fastest studio to generate $1 billion in the United States and Canada (on June 14, 2015), beating the previous record ascendance achieved by Paramount Pictures on June 22, 2008.
 * Other records set by the studio are most No. 1 films at the North American box office (4 films) and the most No. 1 position at the worldwide box office (7 times).


 * Film records
 * Furious 7 became the fastest film to accrue $1 billion in tickets sales worldwide, doing so in 17 days. This record was later surpassed by Universal's own Jurassic World two months later, accruing the same amount in 13 days.
 * Jurassic World grossed $524.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($483.1 million). Jurassic World also grossed $208.8 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record of Marvel's The Avengers ($207.4 million).
 * Inside Out grossed $90.4 million domestically in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing domestic opening for an original film of all time, surpassing Avatar ($77 million).
 * Minions grossed $46.04 million domestically on its opening day, making it the biggest domestic opening day for an animated film, surpassing Toy Story 3 ($41.1 million on June 18, 2010).