2020

Maggie Simpson in Play Date with Destiny

Underwater

The New Mutants

Wendy

The Call of the Wild

2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Theatrical releases

Feature Films

• January 10 - Underwater (20th Century Fox) (Note: This is the last film under the 20th Century Fox banner)
• February 14 - Downhill (Searchlight Pictures) (Note: This is the first film without the Fox brand)
• February 21 - The Call of the Wild (20th Century Studios) (Note: This is the first film without the Fox brand)
• February 28 - Wendy (Searchlight Pictures)
• August 28
  • The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures/Lionsgate, US distribution only)
  • The New Mutants (20th Century Studios/Marvel Entertainment)
• October 23 - The Empty Man (20th Century Studios)
• October 30 - Alita: Battle Angel (20th Century Fox) was re-released.
• December 4 - Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
• December 11 - Free Guy (20th Century Studios)
• December 18 - Death on the Nile (20th Century Studios)

Short Films

• March 6 - Playdate with Destiny (20th Century Studios), a Simpsons short film, is released in front of Onward.

Events

• January 17 - The Walt Disney Company announced that they have dropped the Fox name on both 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures and were respectively renamed as 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. Its logos and fanfare were still kept intact.
• January 28 - Following the renaming of 20th Century Fox to 20th Century Studios and Fox Searchlight Pictures to Searchlight Pictures, its animation arm 20th Century Fox Animation was incorporated and registered legally as 20th Century Animation, Inc.
• May 15 - After the release of The Woman in the Window, Disney will shut down Fox 2000.
• August 10 - The Walt Disney Company announced its three television studio divisions (ABC Studios, 20th Century Fox Television, and Fox 21 Television Studios) under its Disney Television Studios unit were completely rebranded, respectively, as 20th Television, ABC Signature, and Touchstone Television.

Television and Streaming

• January 12 - Bless the Harts concludes its first season on FOX.
• January 23 - Outmatched is premiered on FOX.
• February 16 - Duncanville is debuted on FOX.
• March 26 - Outmatched is ended on FOX.
• April 13 - The 17th season of American Dad! premieres on TBS.
• April 27 - American Dad! concludes its 16th season, which is airing the last 2 episodes, after 1 year of not airing one, with the previous episode airing on August 26, 2019.
• May 8 - Solar Opposites is debuted on Hulu.
• May 29 - Central Park is debuted on Apple TV+.
• June 17 - Love, Victor is debuted on Hulu.
• August 21 - Hoops is debuted on Netflix.
• September 21 - Filthy Rich is debuted on FOX.
• October 6 - Next is debuted on FOX.

Home video releases

DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases

• February 11 - Ford v Ferrari (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• March 10 - Spies in Disguise (Blue Sky Studios) (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• March 17 - A Hidden Life (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• March 31
  • 6 films part of the Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga collection (Best Buy-exclusive 9-movie Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray box set)
    • Star Wars: A New Hope (Lucasfilm) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
    • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Lucasfilm) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
    • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Lucasfilm) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
    • Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Lucasfilm) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
    • Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Lucasfilm) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
    • Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Lucasfilm) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
• April 14 - Underwater (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) (Note: This is the final movie to use TCFHE as the main company to distribute this movie in home media.)
• May 12 - The Call of the Wild (2020) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) (Note: This is the first home media release under the 20th Century Studios rebranding, but still uses the TCFHE name as a copyright holder.)
• May 19 - Downhill (Searchlight Pictures) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
• August 11 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 45th Anniversary Edition (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) (General re-release)
• September 15 - Home Alone: 30th Anniversary Edition (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release)
• October 20
  • Home Alone: 2-Movie Collection (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
    • Home Alone (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
    • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) (General re-release)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (20th Century Fox) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) (General re-release)
• November 17 - The New Mutants (Marvel Entertainment) (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)

DVD-only releases

• June 9 - Modern Family: The 11th & Final Season (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) (Note: This is the last 20th Century Fox Television released to use the TCFHE name and also the first to be distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
• June 23
  • Bob's Burgers: The Complete 10th Season (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
  • Empire: The 6th & Final Season (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
  • Fresh off the Boat: The 6th & Final Season (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
  • Last Man Standing: The Complete Seventh Season (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)
• December 3 - The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season (20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) (re-release)

Digital-only releases

• April 17 - Wendy (Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios Home Entertainment)

Character debuts

• October 23 - The Empty Man

References

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