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According to Piers Handling, a TIFF director, the idea of the Top 10 was to introduce the public to Canadian film, and around 100 people were polled. TIFF did not provide the poll-takers with a list of films to choose from. [3] In 2015, the polling method was changed, as those who responded were divided into two groups, filmmakers and critics.
Porky's became the first Canadian film to gross more than $100 million. [156] The Decline of the American Empire was the most successful Quebec film released in France with 1,236,322 viewers. [157] The Care Bears Movie, by Nelvana, was the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film at the time of its release. [158]
This chart ranks films by gross adjusted for ticket price inflation up to 2020 levels, based on data from Box Office Mojo, which was last updated in 2019 based on an average domestic movie ticket price of $9.01, and applying the Template:Inflation for the following years up to 2023 levels, due to the lack of updates on the original source. [7]
Jim Carrey is a Canadian and American actor and comedian who has appeared in various feature films, television films/series, along with one video game appearance. He is one of the top-50 highest-grossing actors of all time at the North American box office, with over $ 2.5 billion total gross and an average of $94.3 million per film. [1]
Golden Screen Award (Canada) The Golden Screen Award, formerly known as the Golden Reel Award, is a Canadian film award, presented to the Canadian film with the biggest box office gross of the year. [ 1] The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association introduced this award in 1976 as part of the Canadian Film Awards until 1979. [ 2]
Frank Crane. Short drama. Made with the Kanehnawaga First Nations [1] 1914. Evangeline. Edward P. Sullivan, William H. Cavanaugh. Laura Lyman, John T. Carleton, E.P. Sullivan. Drama based on the Longfellow poem. In the Land of the Head Hunters.
Avatar broke several box office records during its initial theatrical run. It grossed $749.7 million in the United States and Canada and more than $2.74 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in the United States and Canada, surpassing Titanic. [77] It was the first film to earn more than $2 billion worldwide.
Canada's Top Ten. Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival and announced in December each year to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films. [ 1] The list was first introduced in 2001 as an initiative to help publicize Canadian films. [ 1]