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2000s Film History

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  • Six Companies Domanate the Market

    There were ssix film companies that domindated the market in the 2000s. They were Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal, and Disney.

  • DVD Sales Top VHS Sales for the First Time

  • The Academy Adds the Best Animated Feature category

    The Academy Adds the Best Animated Feature category
    The Academy added a new category to the Oscars in 2002 for best animated feature picture. The first winner was Dreamworks' Shrek.

  • Finding Nemo Smashes the Box Office

    Finding Nemo Smashes the Box Office
    Finding Nemo does very well at the box office and becomes the highest grossing animated film of all time.

  • Return of the King Takes Home 11 Oscars

    Return of the King Takes Home 11 Oscars
    Lord of the Rings Return of the King ties the record for the most Oscars won by a single film. It was nominated for 11 Oscars and took home all 11 including Best Picture.

  • First American Woman Nominated for Best Director

    Sofia Coppola was nominated as Best Director for her filmLost in Translation, becoming the first American woman nominated for Best Director and only the third woman ever to be nominated for Best Director.

  • The VCR dies

    JVC delcares that they are stoping the production of stand alone VCR players. This offically made the VCR a dead technology.

  • Disney Buys Pixar

    Disney Buys Pixar
    Disney buys long time partner, PIxar for $7.6 Billion.

  • The First 9/11 Based FIlm is Released

    The first 9/11 related feature film from Hollywood was released on the 5th year anniversary, was released in April. It was Paul Greengrass' United 93.

  • Harry Potter Becomes the Highest Grossing Film Series

    Harry Potter Becomes the Highest Grossing Film Series
    Harry Potter became the highest grossing film series of all time with the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix. The series beat out the 21 film James Bond series.

  • Heath Ledger Found Dead

    Heath Ledger Found Dead
    Actor, Heath Ledger, was found dead of a drug overdose. Ledger recently had the role of his lifetime in Chrisopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. He also won an posthumous Oscar for best suporting role for The Dark Knight.

  • Avatar Becomes the Highest Grossing Film of All Time

    James Cameron's Avatar becomes the highest grossing film of all time. It takes in $749.8 million.