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1995 in film

This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records • The Batman franchise became the fifth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of Batman Forever. • Batman Forever is released in theaters and surpasses Jurassic Park for scoring the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million. Film recordsDilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, released this year, has been running in theatres in India for 30 years, making the longest running film in cinema history Context The theatrical box office of 1994 achieved record grosses, with nine films earning more than $100million and the highest attendance (1.29billion) since 1960 (1.3billion). By 1995, however, the average cost of making and marketing a film had doubled since 1990, reaching $50.4million, making turning a profit more difficult. The rising salary cost of actors was a contributing factor; studios vied to secure popular actors such as 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. ==Events==
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. • May 12 – Crimson Tide is released, kicking off the Summer box office season with critical and commercial success. • May 19 – Die Hard with a Vengeance is released in theaters and becomes the year's highest-grossing film (Toy Story overtook it in re-releases in 2014). • May 24 – Braveheart is released to critical and commercial success. Directed by and starring Mel Gibson, it will go on to win 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. • May 27 – Actor Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) injured his spinal cord after falling off his horse in an equestrian competition. The injury paralysed him from the shoulders down, and he depended on a ventilator to breathe. • June 10 – Pocahontas has the largest premiere ever for a film, premiering in 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 is released in theaters and scores the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million. == Awards ==
Births
• January 5 – Whindersson Nunes, Brazilian YouTuber and actor • January 7 • Jessica Darrow, American actress and singer • Leslie Grace, American singer, songwriter and actress • January 9 – Nicola Peltz, American actress • January 13 • Natalia Dyer, American actress • Eros Vlahos, English-Greek actor and comedian • January 17 – Indya Moore, American actor • January 24 • Dylan Everett, Canadian actor • Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor • 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 • Adeline Rudolph, Hong Kong actress • 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 • Katie Chang, American actress • Emma Seligman, Canadian film director and screenwriter • May 4 • Alex Lawther, English actor • Shameik Moore, American actor, singer and rapper • May 5 – Devon Gearhart, American actor • May 11 – Shira Haas, Israeli actress • May 12 – Sawyer Sweeten, American child actor (died 2015) • May 13 – Taylor John Smith, American actor • May 25 – Brandon Perea, American actor • May 28 – Jacob Kogan, American actor • June 4 – Gustav Lindh, Swedish actor • June 5 – Troye Sivan, Australian singer-songwriter and actor • 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 • Josha Stradowski, Dutch actor • August 9 – Justice Smith, American actor • August 18 – Alexa Davies, Welsh actress • August 20 – Liana Liberato, American actress • August 22 – Dua Lipa, English singer and actress • August 26 – Gracie Dzienny, American actress • September 4 – Lola Tash, Canadian former actress • September 12 – Ryan Potter, American actor • September 19 – Rachel Sennott, American actress • September 20 – Sammi Hanratty, American actress • September 22 – Juliette Goglia, American actress • September 29 – Sasha Lane, American actress • October 3 • Ayo Edebiri, American comedian, writer, producer and actress • Hailey McCann, former American child actress • October 13 – Park Ji-min, Korean singer, songwriter and dancer • 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 • Ricardo Hoyos, Canadian actor • Jamila Velazquez, American singer and actress • November 29 • Liv Hewson, Australian actor • Laura Marano, American actress, singer • December 5 – Hadley Robinson, American actress • December 13 – Emma Corrin, British actor • December 25 – Charlee Fraser, Australian actress • December 26 – Lola Petticrew, Northern Irish actor • December 27 • Laurence Belcher, English actor • Timothée Chalamet, American and French actor • December 29 – Ross Lynch, American actor, singer, dancer • December 30 – Kim Tae-hyung, Korean singer, songwriter and dancer ==Deaths==
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