The film is distributed by the Altitude Film Distribution and A24 , and was released theatrically on 3 July 2015 in the United Kingdom and the United States , and worldwide on 10 July . '' Amy '' became the highest-grossing British documentary of all time , taking £ 3 million at the box office in its first weekend . The film has received 33 nominations and has won a total of 30 film awards , including for Best European Documentary at the 28th European Film Awards , Best Documentary at the 69th British Academy Film Awards , Best Music Film at the 58th Grammy Awards , the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards and for Best Documentary at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards . The success of the film and the music from the soundtrack of the same name also led Winehouse her second posthumous nomination at the 2016 BRIT Awards for " British Female Solo Artist "
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Amy (2015 film)