1995 in film
Overview of the events of 1995 in film
This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance Braveheart Academy Award for Best Picture .
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows:[ 1]
Highest-grossing films of 1995
Rank
Title
Distributor
Worldwide gross
1
Die Hard with a Vengeance 20th Century Fox
$366,101,666
2
Toy Story Buena Vista
$363,007,140[ nb 1]
3
Apollo 13 Universal
$355,237,933
4
GoldenEye MGM
$352,194,034
5
Pocahontas Buena Vista
$346,079,773
6
Batman Forever Warner Bros.
$336,529,144
7
Seven New Line
$327,311,859
8
Casper Universal
$287,928,194
9
Waterworld $264,218,220
10
Jumanji Sony Pictures
$262,797,249
^ Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.
Box office records
Film records
Context
The theatrical box office of 1994 achieved record grosses, with nine films earning more than $100 million and the highest attendance (1.29 billion) since 1960 (1.3 billion). By 1995, however, the average cost of making and marketing a film had doubled since 1990, reaching $50.4 million, making turning a profit more difficult.[ 6] [ 7] Harrison Ford , Jim Carrey , Tom Cruise , and Arnold Schwarzenegger who could generally guarantee a minimum level of box-office success and held broad appeal outside of the United States and Canada.[ 7] [ 7] million lower than the same period in 1994. Markets outside of the U.S. and Canada were growing, accounting for 41% of a film's total revenue—including theatrical and home media profits—and outperformed the U.S. and Canadian box offices for the first time in 1994. Anticipated films such as Batman Forever Crimson Tide Pocahontas Waterworld [ 8] [ 6]
Events
March 13 – The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg .
April 10 – Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. sells 80% of MCA Inc. , owner of Universal Pictures , to Seagram Company for $7 billion.[ 9] [ 10]
May 12 – Crimson Tide
May 19 – Die Hard with a Vengeance Toy Story
May 24 – Braveheart Mel Gibson , it will go on to win 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
May 27 – Actor Christopher Reeve injures his spinal cord after falling off his horse in an equestrian competition. The injury paralyzed him from the shoulders down, and he depended on a ventilator to breathe.
June 10 – Pocahontas Central Park , New York City, with an audience of 100,000 and free admission. The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success at the worldwide box office.
June 16 – Batman Forever [ 3]
November – Carolco Pictures files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
November 17 – After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
November 22 – Toy Story computer-generated imagery . Toy Story was both a commercial and critical success, and is considered by film historians as a significant turning point in film history .
unknown date – Trash Video , a Finnish independent film production company is established.[ 11]
Awards
1995 films
Births
January 5 – Whindersson Nunes , Brazilian YouTuber and actor
January 7
January 9 – Nicola Peltz , American actress
January 13
January 17 – Indya Moore , American actor
January 24
January 30 – Danielle Campbell , American actress
February 2 – Tom Blyth , English actor
February 7 – Tom Glynn-Carney , English actor and singer
February 10 – Archie Madekwe , English actor
February 28 – Madisen Beaty , American actress
March 4 – Bill Milner , English actor
March 7 – Haley Lu Richardson , American actress
March 20 – Samantha Weinstein , Canadian actress (died 2023)
March 21 – RJ Cyler , American actor
March 22 – Nick Robinson , American actor
March 23 – Victoria Pedretti , American actress
March 30 – Simone Ashley , English actress
April 1 – Logan Paul , American pro wrestler, actor, and YouTuber
April 17 – Phoebe Dynevor , English actress
April 18 – Virginia Gardner , American actress
April 19 – Patrick Gibson , Irish actor
April 24 – Ludmilla , Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
May 3
May 4
May 12 – Sawyer Sweeten , American child actor (died 2015)
May 13 – Taylor John Smith , American actor
May 28 – Jacob Kogan , American actor
June 5 – Troye Sivan , South African-born Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber
June 6 – Jack Kilmer , American actor
June 8 – Harumi Sato , Japanese actress and dancer
June 19 – Blake Woodruff , American actor
June 20 – Geraldine Viswanathan , Australian actress
June 22 – Micheál Richardson , Irish-American actor
July 4 – Post Malone , American rapper
July 9 – Georgie Henley , English actress
July 11 – Blu Hunt , American actress
July 12 – Mason Alexander Park , American actor
August 4 – Bruna Marquezine , Brazilian actress
August 6 – Amy Forsyth , Canadian actress
August 7 – Sasha Calle , American actress
August 9 – Justice Smith , American actor
August 20 – Liana Liberato , American actress
August 22 – Dua Lipa , English singer and actress
August 26 – Gracie Dzienny , American actress
September 12 – Ryan Potter , American actor
September 19 – Rachel Sennott , American actress
September 22 – Juliette Goglia , American actress
September 29 – Sasha Lane , American actress
October 3 – Ayo Edebiri , American comedian, writer, producer and actress
October 24 – Ashton Sanders , American actor and model
November 2 – Brandon Soo Hoo , American actor and martial artist
November 3 – Alice Wegmann , Brazilian actress
November 6 – John Owen Lowe , American writer, producer and actor
November 7 – Sophia Ali , American actress
November 9 – Finn Cole , English actor
November 15 - Amy James-Kelly , British Actress
November 17 – Zach Barack , American actor, singer and comedian
November 22 – Katherine McNamara , American actress
November 23 – Austin Majors , American actor (died 2023)
November 27
November 29
December 5 - Hadley Robinson , American actress
December 13 – Emma Corrin , British actor
December 25 - Charlee Fraser , Australian actress
December 27
December 29 – Ross Lynch , American actor, singer, dancer
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January 2 Nancy Kelly 73
US
Actress
2 Frances E. Williams 89
US
Actress
4 Dorothy Granger 82
US
Actress
7 Ted Tetzlaff 91
US
Cinematographer
9 Peter Cook 57
UK
Actor
10 Roy Ashton 85
Australia
Makeup Artist
11 Onat Kutlar 58
Turkey
Producer, Screenwriter
12 Kay Aldridge 77
US
Actress
24 Edward Colman 89
US
Cinematographer
25 John Smith 63
US
Actor
25 William Sylvester 72
US
Actor
26 Gordon Oliver 84
US
Actor
26 Pat Welsh 79
US
Actress
27 Robert Totten 57
US
Director
31 George Abbott 107
US
Director
February 2 Phillip Borsos 41
Australia
Director
2 Donald Pleasence 75
UK
Actor
2 Willard Waterman 80
US
Actor
4 Abel Santa Cruz 79
Argentina
Screenwriter
5 Doug McClure 59
US
Actor
8 Rachel Thomas 89
UK
Actress
9 David Wayne 81
US
Actor
14 Michael V. Gazzo 71
US
Actor
16 Lois Wilde 87
US
Actress
19 John Howard 81
US
Actor
21 Robert Bolt 79
UK
Screenwriter, Director
21 Calder Willingham 72
US
Screenwriter
22 Ed Flanders 60
US
Actor
22 Nicholas Pennell 56
UK
Actor
23 John Paul 73
UK
Actor
24 John J. Carney
54
UK
Actor
26 Jack Clayton 73
UK
Director
27 Ann Ayars 76
US
Singer, Actress
March 1 Herb Meadow 83
US
Screenwriter
3 Al Christy 76
US
Actor
3 Douglas Stewart 75
US
Film Editor
5 Nancy O'Neil 83
Australia
Actress
10 Irene Tedrow 87
US
Actress
12 Juanin Clay 45
US
Actress
15 Albert Hackett 95
US
Screenwriter
17 Rick Aviles 42
US
Actor
20 Big John Studd 47
US
Actor
21 Robert Urquhart 73
UK
Actor
27 Paul Brinegar 77
US
Actor
April 4 Priscilla Lane 79
US
Actress, Singer
12 Philip H. Lathrop 82
US
Cinematographer
14 Burl Ives 85
US
Actor, Singer
16 Cy Endfield 80
US
Director, Screenwriter
16 Arthur English 75
UK
Actor
16 Alfred Ryder 79
US
Actor
21 Tessie O'Shea 82
UK
Actress
25 Art Fleming 70
US
Actor
25 Alexander Knox 88
Canada
Actor, Screenwriter, Director
25 Ginger Rogers 83
US
Actress, Dancer
27 Katherine DeMille 83
Canada
Actress
30 Christopher Chadman 47
US
Actor
30 Michael Graham Cox 57
UK
Actor
May 2 Don Brockett 65
US
Actor
2 Michael Hordern 83
UK
Actor
11 John Philips 80
UK
Actor
12 Arthur Lubin 96
US
Director
13 Alan Maley 64
UK
Visual Effects Artist, Matte Painter
18 Elisha Cook Jr. 91
US
Actor
18 Alexander Godunov 45
Russia
Actor, Dancer
18 Elizabeth Montgomery 62
US
Actress
22 Robert Flemyng 83
UK
Actor
25 Alice Day 89
US
Actress
25 Dany Robin 68
France
Actress
26 Tony Azito 46
US
Actor
26 Friz Freleng 89
US
Animator, Director, Producer
27 Severn Darden 65
US
Actor
28 Daniela Rocca 57
Italy
Actress
June 3 Dilys Powell 93
UK
Film Critic
None; critiqued films for The Sunday Times
5 Patricia Dane 75
US
Actress
6 Savely Kramarov 60
Russia
Actor
10 Bruno Lawrence 54
UK
Actor
15 Charles Bennett 95
UK
Screenwriter
17 Clarence Greene 81
US
Screenwriter
18 Arthur Howard 85
UK
Actor
20 Julian Blaustein 82
US
Producer
27 Yoni Chen 41
Israel
Actor
29 Roy Rowland 84
US
Director
29 Lana Turner 74
US
Actress
30 Gale Gordon 89
US
Actor
July 1 Wolfman Jack 57
US
Actor
2 John C. Higgins 87
Canada
Screenwriter
4 Eva Gabor 76
Hungary
Actress
12 Gordon Flemyng 61
UK
Director
17 Harry Guardino 69
US
Actor
27 Miklós Rózsa 88
Hungary
Composer
31 Genevieve Tobin 95
US
Actress
August 1 Phyllis Brooks 80
US
Actress
1 Esther Muir 92
US
Actress
2 Al Adamson 66
US
Director
3 Ida Lupino 77
UK
Actress, Director
7 David Begelman 73
US
Studio Executive
8 Carol Hughes 85
US
Actress
9 Peter Carew
72
US
Actor
10 Donald Bisset 84
UK
Actor
11 Phil Harris 91
US
Actor
11 Howard Koch 93
US
Screenwriter
16 Walter Cartier 71
US
Actor
17 Helen Christie 80
UK
Actress
18 James Maxwell 66
US
Actor
21 Nanni Loy 69
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
24 Gary Crosby 62
US
Actor
27 Mary Beth Hughes 75
US
Actress
29 Frank Perry 65
US
Producer, Director
31 Mildred Coles 75
US
Actress
31 David Farrar 87
UK
Actor
September 1 Benay Venuta 84
US
Actress
5 John Megna 42
US
Actor
6 Ralph Rosenblum 69
US
Film Editor
9 Ron Talsky 60
US
Costume Designer
9 Keith Wayne 50
US
Actor
10 Derek Meddings 64
UK
Visual Effects Artist
12 Jeremy Brett 61
UK
Actor
12 Tom Helmore 91
UK
Actor
17 Grady Sutton 89
US
Actor
29 Susan Fleetwood 51
UK
Actress
October 5 Linda Gary 50
US
Voice Actress
6 Anthony Newlands 69
UK
Actor
9 Armin Ganz 47
US
Production Designer
12 Gary Bond 55
UK
Actor
15 Claudio Brook 68
Mexico
Actor
20 Christopher Stone 53
US
Actor
21 Maxene Andrews 79
US
Singer, Actress
21 Jack Rose 83
Poland
Screenwriter
22 Mary Wickes 85
US
Actress
25 David Healy 66
US
Actor
25 Viveca Lindfors 74
Sweden
Actress
29 Jean Heather 79
US
Actress
29 Terry Southern 71
US
Screenwriter
30 Brian Easdale 86
UK
Composer
30 Paul Ferris 54
UK
Composer
31 Rosalind Cash 56
US
Actress
November 3 John Orchard 66
UK
Actor
4 Paul Eddington 68
UK
Actor
4 Eddie Egan 65
US
Actor
6 Aneta Corsaut 62
US
Actress
7 John Patrick 90
US
Screenwriter
9 Robert O. Cook 92
US
Sound Engineer
10 Arthur Loew Jr. 69
US
Producer
12 Robert Stephens 64
UK
Actor
13 Ralph Blane 81
US
Composer, Lyricist
21 Dorothy Jeakins 81
US
Costume Designer
22 Ronald Kinnoch 85
UK
Producer, Screenwriter
23 Louis Malle 63
France
Director
24 Jeffrey Lynn 86
US
Actor
December 3 Jimmy Jewel 85
UK
Actor
4 Robert Parrish 79
US
Director, Actor
7 Harry Cordwell 73
UK
Set Decorator
7 Kathleen Harrison 103
UK
Actress
8 George J. Lewis 91
US
Actor
9 Vivian Blaine 74
US
Actress, Singer
10 Paul Lohmann 69
US
Cinematographer
11 Arthur Mullard 85
UK
Actor
17 Lexie Bigham
27
US
Actor
19 Jack Hively 85
US
Director, Film Editor
20 Madge Sinclair 57
Jamaica
Actor
22 Butterfly McQueen 84
US
Actress
23 Patric Knowles 84
UK
Actor
25 Dean Martin 78
US
Singer, Actor
26 Geoffrey Drake 83-84
??
Production Designer
30 Doris Grau 71
US
Actress, Voice Actress
30 Richard Hornung 45
US
Costume Designer
Film debuts
References
^ "1995 Worldwide Box Office" . Box Office Mojo IMDb . Retrieved March 7, 2020 .^ "Box Office History for Batman Movies" . The Numbers.^ a b " . Los Angeles Times ^ "DDLJ is the longest running film" .^ "The movie that has been playing for 27 years" .^ a b Eller, Claudia (March 8, 1995). "Average Cost Of Making, Marketing Movie Soars : Hollywood: Figure Hit $50.4 Million, 'A Beast Of A Number,' Says MPAA President Jack Valenti" . Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2022 . ^ a b c Weinraub, Bernard (September 18, 1995). "Skyrocketing Star Salaries" . New York Times Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2022 . ^ Weinraub, Bernard (July 31, 1995). "Waterworld Disappointment As Box Office Receipts Lag" . New York Times . Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022 . ^ "Seagram heads for Hollywood; Seagram will buy 80% of big studio from Matsushita" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 14, 2013 .^ Robinson, Gwen; Weiner, Rex (April 17, 1995). "Pioneer pulls back". Variety ^ Kuusniemi, Matti. "From Trash to S(h)itcoms and Beyond" (PDF) . Nordicom Information . 39 (2): 82–88. Retrieved 2020-12-31 .
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