2026 in film


2026 in film is an overview of events in the film industry scheduled to occur in 2026. Best Picture Academy Award-winner All Quiet on the Western Front entered the public domain this year. Vitaphone celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Highest-grossing films

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1Cheburashka 2 Central Partnership$77,848,730
228 Years Later: The Bone Temple Sony$53,651,000
3Border 2 AA Films$43,247,981
4MercyAmazon MGM Studios / Sony$41,007,819
5Primate Paramount Pictures$36,335,958
6Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu Gold Box Entertainments$32,972,460
7Cinema Atmosphere$31,529,965
8Buratino National Media Group$31,282,532
9Send Help 20th Century Studios$28,100,000
10Greenland 2: Migration Lionsgate$23,474,335

2026 films

By country/region

By genre

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January1Arno Liiver71EstoniaActor
January2Con Pederson91USVisual Effects Artist
January4Sverre Anker Ousdal81NorwayActor
January5Ahn Sung-ki74South KoreaActor
January6John Cunningham93USActor
January6Saeid Pirdoost85IranActor
January6Béla Tarr70HungaryDirector, Screenwriter
January8Guy Moon63USComposer
January9T. K. Carter69USActor
January9Bill Millar79UKVisual Effects Artist
January11Thomas Causey76USSound Mixer
January11Marcus Gilbert67UKActor
January12Sheila Bernette94UKActress, Singer
January12Catherine Samie92FranceActress
January14Donald Douglas92UKActor
January14Bruce Leung77Hong KongActor
January14Igor Zolotovitskiy64RussiaActor
January16Bruce Bilson97USDirector, Assistant Director
January16Mark Jones72USDirector, Screenwriter
January17Roger Allers76USDirector, Animator, Storyboard Artist
January20Kōzō Shioya70JapanActor, Voice Actor
January22Floyd Vivino74USActor
January23Yvonne Lime90USActress
January23Carlo Cecchi86ItalyActor
January29João Canijo68PortugalDirector
January30Catherine O'Hara71CanadaActress, Screenwriter
January30Demond Wilson79USActor
January31Gerardo Taracena55MexicoActor
February1Fernando Esteso80SpainActor

Film debuts