Overview of the events of 1984 in film
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 George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 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] The NeverEnding Story West Germany , The Karate Kid Romancing the Stone
Highest-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1984[ 3]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Box-office gross
1
Beverly Hills Cop Paramount
$234,760,478
2
Ghostbusters Columbia
$229,242,989
3
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount
$179,870,271
4
Gremlins Warner Bros.
$153,083,102
5
The Karate Kid Columbia
$90,815,558[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
6
Police Academy Warner Bros.
$81,198,894
7
Footloose Paramount
$80,035,402
8
Romancing the Stone 20th Century Fox
$76,572,238
9
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Paramount
$76,471,076
10
Splash Buena Vista
$69,821,334
International
International market
Title
Director
Production country
Revenue
Admissions
Source(s)
Brazil
Gremlins Joe Dante
United States
$1,505,985
—
[ 7]
France
Marche à l'ombre Michel Blanc
France
—
6,168,425
[ 8]
Hong Kong
Aces Go Places 3 Tsui Hark
Hong Kong
HK$29,286,077
—
[ 9]
India
Tohfa K. Raghavendra Rao
India
₹90,000,000
—
[ 10]
Italy
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Steven Spielberg
United States
—
838,309
[ 11]
Japan
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Steven Spielberg
United States
¥3,200,000,000
—
[ 12]
South Korea
Project A Jackie Chan
Hong Kong
₩1,189,308,000
396,436
[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Soviet Union
Disco Dancer Babbar Subhash
India
$75,900,000
60,900,000
[ n 3] [ 19]
Spain
Gremlins Joe Dante
United States
$4,255,642
3,202,047
[ 20] [ 7]
United States and Canada
Beverly Hills Cop Martin Brest
United States
$234,760,478
67,150,000
[ 21]
West Germany
Police Academy Hugh Wilson
United States
—
5,187,443
[ 22]
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 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' Beat Street 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 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
August 25 - Ghostbusters Tootsie 's $177.2 million[ 23] [ 24] Beverly Hills Cop [ 25] [ 26] 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
December 14 - Dune
Annie's Coming Out Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film .
Awards
Golden Raspberry Awards :
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 Wim Wenders , France / West GermanyGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
A Year of the Quiet Sun Rok spokojnego slonca ), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi , PolandGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Love Streams John Cassavetes , United States
1984 films
Births
January 1 - Kollam Sudhi , Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)
January 6
January 7 - Max Riemelt , German actor
January 8 - Steven Kanumba , Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012 )[ 27]
January 12
January 21
January 25 - Kaiji Tang , voice actor
January 31 – Michael Aloni , Israeli actor
February 1
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
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
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
April 2
April 3 - Chrissie Fit , American actress and singer
April 4 - Carolina Gaitán , Colombian actress and singer
April 8
April 10
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
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
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 26
June 29 - Carla Medina , Mexican singer, actress and television host
June 30 - Fantasia Barrino , American singer and actress
July 1
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
July 12 - Mikaela Hoover , American actress
July 14 - Britta Soll , Estonian actress
July 17 - Mary Nighy , English actress and filmmaker
July 19
July 20 - Jacky Heung , Hong Kong actor
July 25 - Zawe Ashton , English actress, playwright, director and narrator
July 27
July 28 - John David Washington , American actor and producer
July 29 - J. Madison Wright Morris , American actress (d. 2006)
July 30
August 3
August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning , Taiwanese actress and model
August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez , Filipina actress and model
August 12 – 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 28 – Him Law , Hong Kong actor
September 3
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
September 17 - Mark Shandii Bacolod , Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)
September 18
September 19
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
October 2 - John Morris , American actor
October 3
October 4
October 5
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
October 25 - Katy Perry , American singer-songwriter and actress
October 27
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
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
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
November 30
December 5
December 11 - Sandra Echeverría , Mexican actress and singer
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
December 29 - Chris Pang , Australian actor and producer
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January
6 Ernest Laszlo 85
Hungary
Cinematographer
7 Walter Forde 85
UK
Director
11 Jack La Rue 70
US
Actor
20 Johnny Weissmuller 79
US
Actor
29 Frances Goodrich 93
US
Screenwriter
February
11 Arlette Marchal 82
France
Actress
15 Ethel Merman 76
US
Singer, Actress
17 Lucille Benson 69
US
Actress
29 Kenneth Strickfaden 87
US
Set Designer
March
1 Jackie Coogan 69
US
Actor
1 Ronald Culver 83
UK
Actor
4 William E. Snyder 82
US
Cinematographer
5 William Powell 91
US
Actor
6 Henry Wilcoxon 78
Dominica
Actor
10 I. S. Johar 64
India
Actor
18 Paul Francis Webster 76
US
Lyricist
20 Richard L. Van Enger 69
US
Film Editor
21 Sam Leavitt 80
US
Cinematographer
24 Sam Jaffe 93
US
Actor
27 Jack Donohue 75
US
Director, Choreographer
27 Derek Francis 60
UK
Actor
28 Carmen Dragon 69
US
Composer
April
1 George Glass 73
US
Producer
2 William C. Thomas 80
US
Producer, Director
7 Samuel G. Engel 79
US
Producer, Screenwriter
10 Ray Middleton 77
US
Actor
13 Richard Hurndall 73
UK
Actor
14 Thorold Dickinson 80
UK
Director, Film Editor
15 Glen MacWilliams 85
US
Cinematographer
16 Byron Haskin 84
US
Director
18 Francis de Wolff 71
UK
Actor
18 John Lee Mahin 81
US
Screenwriter
25 Richard Benedict 64
Italy
Actor
26 May McAvoy 84
US
Actress
May
4 Diana Dors 52
UK
Actress
10 Robert Moore 57
US
Director
12 Ben Roberts 68
US
Screenwriter
13 Antonio Castillo 75
Spain
Costume Designer
16 Andy Kaufman 35
US
Actor
16 Irwin Shaw 71
US
Screenwriter
20 Peter Bull 72
UK
Actor
21 Andrea Leeds 72
US
Actress
21 Ann Little 93
US
Actress
22 John Marley 76
US
Actor
28 D'Urville Martin 45
US
Actor, Director
June
1 Ruthelma Stevens 80
US
Actress
15 Ned Glass 78
Poland
Actor
17 Leslie I. Carey 88
US
Sound Engineer
17 Nobuo Nakagawa 79
Japan
Director, Screenwriter
18 Luis Moglia Barth 81
Argentina
Director, Screenwriter
19 Sunny Johnson 30
US
Actress
20 Estelle Winwood 101
UK
Actress
22 Joseph Losey 75
US
Director
24 William Keighley 94
US
Director
26 Carl Foreman 69
US
Screenwriter, Producer
30 Lillian Hellman 79
US
Screenwriter
July
2 Lenore Coffee 87
US
Screenwriter
7 Flora Robson 82
UK
Actress
11 Hugh Morton 81
UK
Actor
14 Ernest Tidyman 56
US
Screenwriter
23 Lloyd Gough 76
US
Actor
23 Anthony Sharp 69
UK
Actor
24 Vincent Beck 59
US
Actor
25 Akihiko Hirata 56
Japan
Actor
26 Roger H. Lewis
66
US
Producer
27 James Mason 75
UK
Actor
29 Woodrow Parfrey 61
US
Actor
August
2 Quirino Cristiani 88
Argentina
Director
4 Walter Burke 75
US
Actor
4 Mary Miles Minter 82
US
Actress
5 Richard Burton 58
UK
Actor
5 Roland Kibbee 70
US
Screenwriter
8 Richard Deacon 63
US
Actor
14 J. B. Priestley 89
UK
Screenwriter
19 George Meeker 80
US
Actor
25 Truman Capote 59
US
Screenwriter, Actor
25 Henry Lynn 89
US
Director, Screenwriter
29 Pina Menichelli 94
Italy
Actress
30 Emil Newman 73
US
Composer
September
3 Arthur Schwartz 83
US
Composer, Producer
6 E. J. André 76
US
Actor
11 William Sands 61
US
Film Editor
14 Janet Gaynor 77
US
Actress
17 Richard Basehart 70
US
Actor
19 June Preisser 64
US
Actress
24 Neil Hamilton 85
US
Actor
25 Walter Pidgeon 87
Canada
Actor
October
9 Joan Young
84
UK
Actress
10 Leonard Rossiter 57
UK
Actor
11 H. Bruce Humberstone 82
US
Director
16 Peggy Ann Garner 52
US
Actress
21 François Truffaut 52
France
Director, Screenwriter, Actor
23 Oskar Werner 61
Austria
Actor
24 Walter Woolf King 84
US
Actor
24 Edith Massey 66
US
Actress
25 Pascale Ogier 25
France
Actress
30 June Duprez 66
UK
Actress
31 Eduardo De Filippo 84
Italy
Actor, Screenwriter, Director
November
1 Norman Krasna 74
US
Screenwriter, Director
3 Milo Anderson
75
US
Costume Designer
7 George Mathews 73
US
Actor
13 Dorothy Arnold 66
US
Actress
20 Peter Welch 62
UK
Actor
December
2 Harry Sukman 72
US
Composer
7 Jeanne Cagney 65
US
Actress
8 Luther Adler 81
US
Actor
11 Robert E. Kent 73
US
Screenwriter
11 George Waggner 81
US
Director
13 Margaret Livingston 89
US
Actress
19 Edward Carrere 78
Mexico
Art Director
24 Ian Hendry 53
UK
Actor
24 Peter Lawford 61
UK
Actor
24 Harry Waxman 72
UK
Cinematographer
28 Sam Peckinpah 59
US
Director, Screenwriter
29 Leo Robin 84
US
Songwriter
Film debuts
Notes
^ Disco Dancer : 60 million Soviet rubles in 1984,[ 16] [ 17] ^ 12.43 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1984[ 18]
^ Disco Dancer in Soviet Union : US$75.9 million[ n 1] ₹ 94.34 crore)[ n 2]
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