1984 in film

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The year 1984 in film involved many significant events. The top grosser was Beverly Hills Cop. Ghostbusters overtook it however, with a re-release the following year. Other popular films included The NeverEnding Story, which was the most expensive film produced in West Germany, The Karate Kid and Romancing the Stone.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States
Rank Title Studio Actors Director Gross
1. Ghostbusters* Columbia Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and William Atherton Ivan Reitman $238,632,124
2. Beverly Hills Cop Paramount Eddie Murphy Martin Brest $234,760,478
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount/Lucasfilm Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone and Jonathan Ke Quan Steven Spielberg $179,870,271
4. Gremlins* Warner Bros. Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates Joe Dante $153,083,102
5. The Karate Kid Columbia Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue John G. Avildsen $90,815,558
6. Police Academy Ladd/Warner Bros. Steve Guttenberg and Kim Cattrall Hugh Wilson $81,198,894
7. Footloose Paramount Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow Herbert Ross $80,035,402
8. Romancing the Stone 20th Century Fox Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito Robert Zemeckis $78,371,200
9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Paramount William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy $76,572,238
10. Splash Touchstone Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy and Eugene Levy Ron Howard $69,821,334
11. Purple Rain Warner Bros. Prince Albert Magnoli $68,392,977
12. Amadeus* Orion F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge and Jeffrey Jones Miloš Forman $51,973,029
13. Tightrope Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood Richard Tuggle $48,143,579
14. The Natural Tri-Star Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close and Kim Basinger Barry Levinson $47,951,979
15. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Warner Bros. Christopher Lambert and Andie MacDowell Hugh Hudson $45,858,563
16. Revenge of the Nerds 20th Century Fox Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong, Michelle Meyrink, Brian Tochi, Ted McGinley, Bernie Casey and John Goodman Jeff Kanew $40,874,452
17. 2010: The Year We Make Contact MGM/UA Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain and Dana Elcar Peter Hyams $40,400,657
18. Breakin' MGM/UA/Cannon Lucinda Dickey, Shabba Doo, Michael Chambers and Ice-T Joel Silberg $38,682,707
19. Bachelor Party 20th Century Fox Tom Hanks Neal Israel $38,435,947
20. Red Dawn United Artists Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Darren Dalton and Jennifer Grey John Milius $38,376,497

(*) Includes theatrical reissue(s Box office results courtesy of Box Office Mojo.[1]

Events

Awards

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Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Amadeus
Best Director: Miloš Forman - Amadeus
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Field - Places in the Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft - A Passage to India
Best Foreign Language Film: La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves), directed by Richard Dembo, Switzerland

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Amadeus
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Field - Places in the Heart
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Romancing the Stone
Best Actor: Dudley Moore - Micki + Maude
Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Romancing the Stone
Other
Best Director: Miloš Forman - Amadeus
Best Foreign English Language Film: A Passage to India, U.K. / U.S.A.

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / W. Germany

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi,

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States

Notable films released in 1984

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Notable deaths

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 20 Johnny Weissmuller 79 Mexico Actor Tarzan the Ape Man • Tarzan and His Mate • Tarzan Finds a Son! • Tarzan Escapes • Tarzan's New York Adventure • Tarzan's Secret Treasure • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman • Tarzan and the Huntress
29 Frances Goodrich 93 USA Writer, Soundtrack It's a Wonderful Life • Father of the Bride • Father of the Bride Part II • The Thin Man • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers • The Diary of Anne Frank • After the Thin Man • Easter Parade
February 15 Ethel Merman 76 USA Soundtrack, Actress Airplane! • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • There's No Business Like Show Business • Alexander's Ragtime Band • Call Me Madam • Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
March 1 Jackie Coogan 69 USA Actor, Director The Kid • Cahill U.S. Marshal • Marlowe • A Day's Pleasure • The Shakiest Gun in the West • Girl Happy • Mesa of Lost Women • The Space Children
5 William Powell 91 USA Actor, Soundtrack The Thin Man • My Man Godfrey • Mister Roberts • How to Marry a Millionaire • After the Thin Man • Libeled Lady
12 Arnold Ridley 88 UK Actor, Writer, Director A Man for All Seasons • Carry On Girls • Dad's Army • The Amorous Milkman
24 Sam Jaffe 93 USA Actor Ben-Hur • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Bedknobs and Broomsticks • The Asphalt Jungle • Lost Horizon • Gentleman's Agreement
27 Derek Francis 60 UK Actor Jabberwocky • A Christmas Carol • Scrooge • Carry On Camping • The Tomb of Ligeia • To the Devil a Daughter • Carry On Doctor • Carry On Abroad • Carry On Matron • Carry On Henry • Rasputin, the Mad Monk
April 1 George Glass 73 USA Producer, Production Manager Guess Who's Coming to Dinner • One-Eyed Jacks • The Men
18 Francis de Wolff 71 UK Actor From Russia with Love • Carry On Cleo • Moby Dick • The Three Musketeers • Jesus of Nazareth
May 16 Andy Kaufman 35 USA Actor, Soundtrack, Writer God Told Me To • Heartbeeps • In God We Tru$t
13 Richard Hurndall 73 USA Actor I, Monster
20 Peter Bull 72 UK Actor, Soundtrack Dr. Strangelove • The Africian Queen • Scrooge • Sabotage • The Lavender Hill Mob • Oliver Twist • Tom Jones • Yellowbeard • Doctor Dolittle
21 Andrea Leeds 72 UK Actor, Soundtrack Stage Door • Anna Karenina • Come and Get It • The Bohemian Girl • The Real Glory
21 Ann Little 93 USA Actress The Roaring Road • The Invaders
22 John Marley 76 USA Actor The Godfather • Love Story • Cat Ballou • The Naked City • Faces
June 15 Ned Glass 78 USA Actor, Soundtrack North by Northwest • West Side Story • Charade • The War of the Worlds • The Bad and the Beautiful • The Love Bug • The Fortune Cookie • Julius Caesar
18 Luis Moglia Barth 81 Argentine Director, Writer, Producer ¡Tango!
July 25 Akihiko Hirata 56 Japan Actor Sanjuro • Godzilla • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
27 James Mason 75 Switzerland Actor, Producer, Writer North by Northwest • Lolita • The Verdict • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea • Cross of Iron • The Boys from Brazil
August 4 Mary Miles Minter 82 USA Actress Anne of Green Gables • Nurse Marjorie • The Ghost of Rosy Taylor • The Eyes of Julia Deep
4 Howard Culver 66 Hong Kong Actor Halloween II • The Bad News Bears • Shampoo • The Swarm • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes • The Barefoot Executive • The Million Dollar Duck
5 Richard Burton 58 Switzerland Actor, Producer, Director Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Nineteen Eighty-Four • The Longest Day • Where Eagles Dare • Zulu • Cleopatra • Exorcist II: The Heretic • Becket • The Night of the Iguana • The Spy Who Came in from The Cold • The Wild Geese
25 Truman Capote 59 USA Actor, Writer Breakfast at Tiffany's • In Cold Blood • Annie Hall
29 Pina Menichelli 94 Italy Actress
September 17 Richard Basehart 70 USA Actor, Director Being There • La Strada • Moby Dick
25 Walter Pidgeon 87 USA Actor, Soundtrack Forbidden Planet • How Green Was My ValleyFunny Girl • Mrs. Miniver • The Bad and the Beautiful • Quo Vadis
October 10 Leonard Rossiter 57 UK Actor 2001: A Space Odyssey • Barry Lyndon • Oliver! • The Pink Panther Strikes Again • This Sporting Life • Billy Lair • King Rat • The Wrong Box
10 Joan Young 84 UK Actress Suddenly, Last Summer • The Fallen Idol • The Inn of the Sixth Happiness • Blood from the Mummy's Tomb • Carry On Constable
21 François Truffaut 52 France Writer, Producer The 400 Blows
23 Oskar Werner 61 Germany Actor, Writer Fahrenheit 451 • Jules and Jim
25 Pascale Ogier 25 France Actress, Production Manager Full Moon in Paris
26 Noel Howlett 81 UK Actor Lawrence of Arabia • Scrooge • Lust for Life • Quatermass and the Pitt • Murder at the Gallop • Victim • The Kiss of the Vampire • Woman of Straw • The Scapegoat
November 20 Peter Welch 62 UK Actor The Admirable Crichton • The Secret Partner • The Silent Enemy • The Two-Headed Spy • The Long Arm
December 2 Patty Elder 47 or 48 USA Stuntman, Actor Diamonds Are Forever • What's Up, Doc? • The Sugarland Express • Earthquake • Paint Your Wagon • Yours, Mine and Ours
3 Charles R. Davis 47 USA Art Director, Production Designer Bustin' Loose
24 Ian Hendry 53 UK Actor Repulsion • Get Carter • Damien: Omen II • The Passenger • The Hill • Theatre of Blood • Tales from the Crypt • Sink the Bismarck!
24 Peter Lawford 61 USA Actor, Soundtrack, Producer The Longest Day • Ocean's 11 • Mrs. Miniver • The Picture of Dorian Gray • Exodus • Easter Parade
24 Harry Waxman 72 UK Cinematographer The Wicker Man • The Pink Panther Strikes Again • Swiss Family Robinson • Brighton Rock • The Nanny • The Day the Earth Caught Fire • Vampyres
28 Sam Peckinpah 59 USA Director, Producer The Wild Bunch • Straw Dogs

Film debuts

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1984&p=.htm

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