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The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was Beverly Hills Cop. Ghostbusters overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed Gremlins.[1]
U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom achieving this.[1] Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million.[2] Other popular films included The NeverEnding Story, which was the most expensive film produced in West Germany, The Karate Kid and Romancing the Stone. A high number of sci-fi/fantasy films were released in 1984.
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Highest-grossing films
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United States
The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
International
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Events
- February 15 - The Walt Disney Studios establishes Touchstone Pictures to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner.
- March 30 - Romancing the Stone is released and propels Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito and director Robert Zemeckis to super-stardom. The film also gave Zemeckis his first box office hit, which gave Universal Pictures confidence to allow him to direct his next film, Back to the Future.
- April 6 - Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film, Where the Boys Are '84.
- May 4 - The first of the year's breakdancing musicals is released, Breakin'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
- July 1 - The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
- July 9 - Joe Wizan leaves as president of 20th Century Fox Productions. Lawrence Gordon replaces him the following day.
- July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released.
- August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding Tootsie's $177.2 million[23] going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run.[24] It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985[25] but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985.[26] It also became the biggest grossing film released by Columbia Pictures.
- September - Lawrence Gordon is promoted to president and chief operating officer of the Fox Entertainment Group
- September 22 - Michael Eisner leaves Paramount Pictures to become head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was later named chairman.
- October 8 - Ned Tanen becomes president of Paramount Pictures motion picture group.
- December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop is released. It will go on to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. at the time, the highest grossing comedy of all time at the time, as well as the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time, a record it would hold for 19 years.
- December 14 - Dune is released after over a year of hype and anticipation.
- Annie's Coming Out wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.
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Awards
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- Worst Picture: Bolero
- Worst Director: John Derek - Bolero
- Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rhinestone
- Worst Actress: Bo Derek - Bolero
- Worst Supporting Actor: Brooke Shields (with a moustache) - Sahara
- Worst Supporting Actress: Lynn-Holly Johnson - Where the Boys Are '84
- Worst Screenplay: John Derek - Bolero
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / West Germany
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- A Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States
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1984 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1984
- List of Argentine films of 1984
- List of Australian films of 1984
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1984
- List of British films of 1984
- List of Canadian films of 1984
- List of French films of 1984
- List of Hong Kong films of 1984
- List of Indian films of 1984
- List of Japanese films of 1984
- List of Mexican films of 1984
- List of Pakistani films of 1984
- List of South Korean films of 1984
- List of Soviet films of 1984
- List of Spanish films of 1984
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Births
- January 1 - Kollam Sudhi, Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)
- January 6
- Priit Loog, Estonian actor
- Kate McKinnon, American actress, comedian and writer
- January 7 - Max Riemelt, German actor
- January 8 - Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012)[27]
- January 12
- Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actress
- Sam Richardson, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
- January 15 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
- January 21
- Luke Grimes, American actor and musician
- Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and model
- January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor
- January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor
- February 1
- Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator
- Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
- February 8 - Cecily Strong, American actress and comedian
- February 12 - Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
- February 13 - Brina Palencia, voice actress
- February 18 - Genelle Williams, Canadian actress
- February 19 - Josh Trank, American director, screenwriter and editor
- February 20 - Trevor Noah, South African comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host
- February 21 - Karina, Japanese model and actress
- February 24 - Nicholas Saputra, Indonesian actor
- February 28 - Melanie Chandra, American actress
- March 2
- Blake Anderson, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter
- John Bernecker, American stunt performer (d. 2017)
- Ian Sinclair, voice actor
- March 7 - Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer
- March 8 - Nora-Jane Noone, Irish actress
- March 10 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
- March 12 - Jaimie Alexander, American actress
- March 13
- Rachael Bella, retired American actress
- Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
- March 14 - Liesel Pritzker Simmons, American former actress
- March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano, American stage and film actress and singer
- March 25 - Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress
- March 27
- Emily Ann Lloyd, American actress
- Jon Paul Steuer, American actor and musician (d. 2018)
- April 2
- Ashley Peldon, American actress
- Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor
- Deep Sidhu, Indian actor (d. 2022)
- April 3 - Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer
- April 4 - Carolina Gaitán, Colombian actress and singer
- April 8
- Taran Noah Smith, American actor
- Kirsten Storms, American actress
- April 10
- Cara DeLizia, American actress
- Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
- April 11 - Kelli Garner, American actress
- April 16 - Claire Foy, British actress
- April 18 - America Ferrera, American actress
- April 25 - Jillian Bell, American comedian, actress and screenwriter
- April 26 - Ryan O'Donohue, American actor
- April 28 - Ana Cruz Kayne, American actress
- April 29 - Firass Dirani, Australian actor
- May 1 - Kerry Bishe, American actress
- May 7 - Mark O'Brien, Canadian actor and director
- May 11 - Stephanie Honoré, American actress
- May 12 - Emily Beecham, British actress
- May 13 - Hannah New, English actress
- May 14 - Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter, presenter, voice actor and director
- May 17
- Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor
- Lena Waithe, American actress, producer and screenwriter
- May 21 - Marnie Schulenburg, American actress (d. 2022)
- May 23 - Adam Wylie, American actor
- May 29 - Kaycee Stroh, American actress and singer
- May 30 - DeWanda Wise, American actress
- June 1 - Taylor Handley, American actor
- June 5 - Joel Smallbone, Australian-American singer and actor
- June 10 - Betsy Sodaro, American actress and voice actress
- June 13 - Phillip Van Dyke, American actor
- June 15 - Ray Santiago, American actor
- June 19 - Paul Dano, American actor
- June 21 - Shiv Panditt, Indian actor and television host
- June 24 - Lucien Dodge, voice actor
- June 25 - Killian Donnelly, Irish singer and actor
- June 26
- Aubrey Plaza, American actress, comedian and producer
- Wen Zhang, Chinese actor
- June 29 - Carla Medina, Mexican singer, actress and television host
- June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer and actress
- July 1
- Jared Keeso, Canadian actor
- Cyron Melville, Danish actor and musician
- July 2 - Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
- July 7 - Ross Malinger, American actor
- July 9 - Hanna R. Hall, American actress
- July 10 - Aviva Baumann, American actress
- July 11
- Serinda Swan, Canadian actress
- Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
- July 12 - Mikaela Hoover, American actress
- July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress
- July 17 - Mary Nighy, English actress and filmmaker
- July 19
- Kaitlin Doubleday, American actress
- Alessandra De Rossi, Filipina actress
- Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer
- July 20 - Jacky Heung, Hong Kong actor
- July 25 - Zawe Ashton, English actress, playwright, director and narrator
- July 27
- Taylor Schilling, American actress
- Kenny Wormald, American actor
- July 28 - John David Washington, American actor and producer
- July 29 - J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
- July 30
- Gina Rodriguez, American actress and director
- Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
- August 3
- Jon Foster, American actor and musician
- Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor
- August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning, Taiwanese actress and model
- August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model
- August 12
- Chauntal Lewis, American actress
- Marian Rivera, Filipino actress
- August 15 - Quinton Aaron, American actor
- August 19 - Simon Bird, English actor, director and comedian
- August 24 - Cameron Goodman, American actress
- August 26 - Jennifer Higham, British actress
- August 28
- Richard Cabral, American actor, producer and writer
- Him Law, Hong Kong actor
- Sarah Roemer, American actress
- September 3
- Garrett Hedlund, American actor
- Paz de la Huerta, American actress and model
- September 4 - Kyle Mooney, American actor, comedian and writer
- September 5 - Annabelle Wallis, English actress
- September 10 - Luke Treadaway, British actor and singer
- September 14
- Adam Lamberg, American actor
- Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor
- September 17 - Mark Shandii Bacolod, Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)
- September 18
- Nina Arianda, American actress
- Babs Olusanmokun, Nigerian-American actor
- September 19
- Lydia Hearst, American actress and model
- Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor and model
- September 21 - Ahna O'Reilly, American actress
- September 22 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
- September 22 - Jordan Vogt-Roberts, American film director
- September 23 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress and singer
- September 25 - Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
- September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
- October 1
- Beck Bennett, American actor, comedian and writer
- Josh Brener, American actor
- October 2 - John Morris, American actor
- October 3
- Chris Marquette, American actor
- Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer
- October 4
- James Landry Hébert, American actor
- Rachel McDowall, English actress
- Will Theakston, former English actor
- October 5
- Tiana Benjamin, English actress
- Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian actress
- Yelena Velikanova, Russian actress
- October 7 - Andy Bean, American actor
- October 10 - Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer
- October 11 - Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
- October 14 - Jason Davis, American actor (d. 2020)
- October 17 - Chris Lowell, American actor
- October 18
- Tod Fennell, Canadian actor
- Freida Pinto, Indian actress
- Jennifer Ulrich, German actress
- October 25 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
- October 27
- Kelly Osbourne, English actress and singer
- Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress
- October 28 - Finn Wittrock, American actor and screenwriter
- November 1 - Natalia Tena, English actress and musician
- November 6 - Patina Miller, American actress and singer
- November 10
- Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and voice artist
- Naoki Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer
- November 13
- Sarah Rose Karr, American former child actress
- Slavko Sobin, Crotian actor
- November 15 - Asia Kate Dillon, American actor
- November 16 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
- November 17 - Lauren Maltby, American actress
- November 18 - Nayanthara, Indian actress
- November 21
- Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer
- Jena Malone, American actress
- November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
- November 23 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
- November 24 - Max Bennett, English actor
- November 25 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (d. 2022)
- November 28
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
- Trey Songz, American singer and actor
- November 30
- Carole Weyers, Belgian actress
- Lydia Wilson, English-American actress
- December 5
- Ryan Binse, American film producer
- Lauren London, American actress
- December 11
- Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
- Xosha Roquemore, American actress
- December 14 - Jackson Rathbone, American actor, singer and musician
- December 16 - Theo James, English actor and producer
- December 17 - Tennessee Thomas, British drummer and actress
- December 19 - Ankita Lokhande, Indian actress
- December 23 - Alison Sudol, American actress, singer and songwriter
- December 24 - Austin Stowell, American actor
- December 25
- Mike Rianda, American cartoonist, director, screenwriter and voice actor
- Georgia Tennant, English actress
- December 29
- Chris Pang, Australian actor and producer
- Sean Stone, American actor and filmmaker
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Deaths
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Film debuts
- Angélica Aragón – The Evil That Men Do
- Marshall Bell – Birdy
- Nigel Bennett – The Ninja Mission
- Geoffrey Blake – The Last Starfighter
- Jesse Bradford – Falling in Love
- Pascale Bussières – Sonatine
- Ralph Brown – The Hit
- Simon Callow – Amadeus
- Maggie Cheung – Prince Charming
- Jennifer Connelly – Once Upon a Time in America
- Jon Cryer – No Small Affair
- Isaach de Bankolé – Asphalt Warriors
- Johnny Depp – A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Gabino Diego – Bicycles Are for the Summer
- Tate Donovan – No Small Affair
- Richard Edson – Stranger Than Paradise
- Troy Evans – Rhinestone
- Rupert Everett – Another Country
- Sherilyn Fenn – The Wild Life
- John Finn – The Pope of Greenwich Village
- Colin Firth – Another Country
- Courtney Gains – Children of the Corn
- Sarah Michelle Gellar – Over the Brooklyn Bridge
- Peter Gerety – The House of God
- Bobcat Goldthwait – Massive Retaliation
- Gilbert Gottfried – The House of God
- Heather Graham – Mrs. Soffel
- Seth Green – Billions for Boris
- Arye Gross – Exterminator 2
- Corey Haim – Firstborn
- Josh Hamilton – Old Enough
- Kadeem Hardison – Beat Street
- John Hawkes – Police Academy
- Yves Jacques – Sonatine
- Val Kilmer – Top Secret!
- Patrick Kilpatrick – The Toxic Avenger
- John Leguizamo – Mixed Blood
- Andie MacDowell – Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Kyle MacLachlan – Dune
- Frances McDormand – Blood Simple
- Olga Merediz – The Brother from Another Planet
- Alyssa Milano – Old Enough
- Connie Nielsen – Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. – Joy of Sex
- David O'Hara – Comfort and Joy
- Jay Patterson – Places in the Heart
- Lou Diamond Phillips – Interface
- Mike Pniewski – Beverly Hills Cop
- Clifton Powell – Alphabet City
- Aidan Quinn – Reckless
- Tim Robbins – Toy Soldiers
- Tim Roth – The Hit
- Emmanuelle Seigner – Year of the Jellyfish
- Craig Sheffer – Voyage of the Rock Aliens
- Alexander Skarsgård – Åke and His World
- Ice-T – Breakin'
- Brian Thompson – The Terminator
- Jennifer Tilly – No Small Affair
- Marisa Tomei – The Flamingo Kid
- Ken Watanabe – MacArthur's Children
- Steven Weber – The Flamingo Kid
- Alicia Witt – Dune
- Michelle Yeoh – The Owl vs Bombo
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