The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987.
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The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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Highest-grossing films of 1987[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
1 |
Three Men and a Baby |
Buena Vista |
$167,780,960 |
2 |
Fatal Attraction |
Paramount |
$156,645,693 |
3 |
Beverly Hills Cop II |
$153,665,036 |
4 |
Good Morning, Vietnam |
Buena Vista |
$123,922,370 |
5 |
Moonstruck |
MGM |
$80,640,528 |
6 |
The Untouchables |
Paramount |
$76,270,454 |
7 |
The Secret of My Success |
Universal |
$66,995,000 |
8 |
Stakeout |
Buena Vista |
$65,673,233 |
9 |
Lethal Weapon |
Warner Bros. |
$65,207,127 |
10 |
The Witches of Eastwick |
$63,766,510 |
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Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
- Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
- Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery - The Untouchables
- Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck
- Best Foreign Language Film: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, Denmark
Golden Globe Awards:
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Last Emperor
- Best Actor: Michael Douglas – Wall Street
- Best Actress: Sally Kirkland – Anna
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Hope and Glory
- Best Actor: Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
- Best Actress: Cher – Moonstruck
- Other
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor
- Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, France / W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Tema (1979) (The Theme), directed by Gleb Panfilov, USSR
- January 1 – Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter
- January 2 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
- January 5
- January 7 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- January 8
- January 9 - Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress
- January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress, singer, and model (died 2020)
- January 13 – Max Van Ville, American DJ, producer, and actor
- January 16 – Carrie Keranen, voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
- January 18
- January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
- January 31 - Victor Ortiz, American professional boxer and actor
- February 1
- February 4 – Lewis Tan, English actor and martial artist
- February 5
- February 6 - Natalia Reyes, Colombian actress
- February 7 – Doua Moua, American actor
- February 9 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor and film producer
- February 11 – Julio Torres, Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
- February 17 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress
- February 20
- February 21
- February 28 – Michelle Horn, American actress
- March 4 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress and author
- March 8
- March 9 - Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
- March 10 – Ser'Darius Blain, Haitian-American actor
- March 20 – Rollo Weeks, British former actor
- March 22 – Billy Kametz, American voice actor (died 2022)
- March 26 – Josh Herdman, English actor and mixed martial artist
- March 28 – Jimmy Wong, American actor and musician
- April 1 – Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress, producer and model
- April 3 – Rachel Bloom, American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
- April 4 – Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 6 - Jerrod Carmichael, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker
- April 7 - Richard Pyros, British-Australian actor
- April 9 – Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
- April 10 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
- April 12
- April 16 - Jack Cutmore-Scott, English actor
- April 18 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British actress and model
- April 19
- April 20 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
- April 21 - Meng'er Zhang, Chinese actress
- April 27 – William Moseley, English actor
- April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
- May 5 – Jessie Cave, English actress and comedian
- May 7 - Maya Erskine, American actress
- May 8 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
- May 13 – Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
- May 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress and model
- May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
- May 31 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
- June 3 - Lalaine, American actress and singer-songwriter
- June 6 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand-born American actor
- June 11 – Jimmy O. Yang, Hong Kong-American actor, stand-up comedian and writer
- June 12 - Abbey Lee, Australian actress and musician
- June 19 - Beattie Edmondson, English actress
- June 22 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
- June 23 - Edward Holcroft, English actor
- June 25
- June 26 – Valerie Pachner, Austrian actress
- June 27 – Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
- July 3 - Chad Broskey, American actor
- July 6 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
- July 7 – Julianna Guill, American actress
- July 11 – Cristina Vee, American voice actress
- July 15 – Jimmy Rees, Australian entertainer
- July 25 – Michael Welch, American actor
- July 26
- Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
- Hallie M1eyers-Shyer, American actress and filmmaker
- July 27 – Mara Wilson, actress and writer
- July 29 – Genesis Rodriguez, American actress and model
- July 31 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
- August 2 - Hannah Hoekstra, Dutch actress
- August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage actress
- August 18
- August 19 – Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor
- August 21 – Cody Kasch, American actor
- August 25
- August 30 - Johanna Braddy, American actress
- September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
- September 8
- Ray Fisher, American actor
- Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director
- September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
- September 11
- September 14
- September 17 – Augustus Prew, English actor
- September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- September 20 – Sarah Natochenny, American voice actress
- September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor
- September 22
- September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer
- September 24
- September 28 – Hilary Duff, actress, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
- September 29
- September 30 - Mahaley Patel, American actress
- October 1 – Michaela Coel, British actress and screenwriter
- October 9 - Melissa Villaseñor, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and musician
- October 11 - Mike Conley Jr., American Basketball Player
- October 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor and stand-up comedian
- October 16 – Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
- October 18 – Zac Efron, actor and singer
- October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
- November 1 - Jamie Demetriou, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
- November 3 - April Rose Haydock, American model and actress
- November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
- November 9 – Jennifer Holland, American actress
- November 10 - Andrew Koji, British actor and martial artist
- November 11
- November 12 – Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
- November 14 – Brian Gleeson, Irish actor
- November 18 – Jake Abel, American actor and singer
- November 23 – Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor
- November 27 – Lashana Lynch, Jamaican-British actress
- November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress and filmmaker
- December 1 - Sarah Snook, Australian actress
- December 3 – Michael Angarano, American actor
- December 4 - Orlando Brown, American actor, rapper and singer
- December 8 – Aria Curzon, American actress
- December 11 – Moe Dunford, Irish actor
- December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
- December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor
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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January |
3 | David Maysles | 55 | US | Documentarian | |
9 | Arthur Lake | 81 | US | Actor | |
14 | Douglas Sirk | 89 | Germany | Director | |
15 | Ray Bolger | 83 | US | Actor, Singer | |
15 | George Markstein | 60 | UK | Screenwriter | |
16 | Joyce Jameson | 54 | US | Actress | |
27 | Norman McLaren | 72 | UK | Animator, Director | |
February |
1 | Alessandro Blasetti | 86 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | |
22 | David Susskind | 66 | US | Producer | |
23 | William Rose | 68 | US | Screenwriter | |
23 | Esmond Knight | 80 | UK | Actor | |
25 | James Coco | 56 | US | Actor | |
25 | John Collin | 58 | UK | Actor | |
28 | Joan Greenwood | 65 | UK | Actress | |
March |
2 | Randolph Scott | 89 | US | Actor | |
3 | Danny Kaye | 74 | US | Actor, Singer | |
7 | Henri Decaë | 71 | France | Cinematographer | |
7 | Waldo Salt | 72 | US | Screenwriter | |
21 | Dean Paul Martin | 35 | US | Actor | |
21 | Robert Preston | 68 | US | Actor | |
22 | Morton Haack | 62 | US | Costume Designer | |
27 | William Bowers | 71 | US | Screenwriter | |
28 | Patrick Troughton | 67 | UK | Actor | |
April |
6 | Philip M. Jefferies | 61 | US | Production Designer | |
11 | Kent Taylor | 79 | US | Actor | |
17 | Dick Shawn | 63 | US | Actor | |
19 | Milt Kahl | 78 | US | Animator | |
May |
2 | Michael Gover | 73 | UK | Actor | |
4 | Paul Groesse | 81 | US | Art Director | |
7 | Colin Blakely | 56 | Ireland | Actor | |
14 | Rita Hayworth | 68 | US | Actress | |
21 | Alejandro Rey | 57 | Argentina | Actor | |
24 | Hermione Gingold | 89 | UK | Actress | |
29 | Howard Shoup | 83 | US | Costume Designer | |
June |
1 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 72 | India | Director, Screenwriter | |
3 | Will Sampson | 53 | US | Actor | |
6 | Fulton Mackay | 64 | UK | Actor | |
8 | Daniel Mandell | 91 | US | Film Editor | |
10 | Elizabeth Hartman | 43 | US | Actress | |
11 | Dan Vadis | 49 | China | Actor | |
13 | Geraldine Page | 62 | US | Actress | |
22 | Fred Astaire | 88 | US | Actor | |
24 | Jackie Gleason | 71 | US | Actor | |
July |
1 | Jerry Livingston | 78 | US | Songwriter | |
3 | Viola Dana | 90 | US | Actress | |
5 | Phil Abramson | 54 | US | Set Decorator | |
7 | Hannelore Schroth | 65 | Germany | Actress | |
12 | Harold Goodwin | 84 | US | Actor | |
15 | Alfie Bass | 71 | UK | Actor | |
17 | Yūjirō Ishihara | 52 | Japan | Actor, Singer | |
20 | Richard Egan | 65 | US | Actor | |
22 | Adele Comandini | 89 | US | Screenwriter | |
31 | Joseph E. Levine | 81 | US | Producer | |
August |
1 | Pola Negri | 90 | Poland | Actress | |
17 | Clarence Brown | 97 | US | Director | |
17 | Shaike Ophir | 58 | Israel | Actor | |
19 | Hayden Rorke | 76 | US | Actor | |
21 | Bombolo | 56 | Italy | Actor | |
22 | Ted Sherdeman | 78 | US | Screenwriter | |
28 | John Huston | 81 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | |
29 | Lee Marvin | 63 | US | Actor | |
September |
1 | Philip Friend | 72 | UK | Actor | |
4 | Richard Marquand | 49 | UK | Director | |
5 | Bill Fraser | 79 | UK | Actor | |
11 | Lorne Greene | 72 | Canada | Actor | |
12 | John Qualen | 87 | US | Actor | |
13 | Mervyn LeRoy | 86 | US | Director | |
23 | Bob Fosse | 60 | US | Director, Screenwriter | |
23 | Erland Van Lidth De Jeude | 34 | Netherlands | Actor | |
25 | Mary Astor | 81 | US | Actress | |
25 | Emlyn Williams | 81 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | |
October |
2 | Madeleine Carroll | 81 | UK | Actress | |
21 | Bob Simmons | 64 | UK | Stuntman | |
22 | Lino Ventura | 68 | Italy | Actor | |
November |
4 | Danielle Gaubert | 44 | France | Actress | |
5 | Georges Franju | 75 | France | Director, Screenwriter | |
11 | John 'Dusty' King | 78 | US | Actor, Singer | |
23 | Marcia Henderson | 58 | US | Actress | |
26 | Morton Lowry | 73 | UK | Actor | |
29 | Irene Handl | 85 | UK | Actress | |
December |
4 | Rouben Mamoulian | 90 | Georgia | Director | |
8 | Fay Baker | 70 | US | Actress | |
14 | Clinton Sundberg | 84 | US | Actor | |
21 | Robert Paige | 76 | US | Actor | |
21 | Ralph Nelson | 71 | US | Director | |
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