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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.

This article is about the year 1984 in film. For the George Orwell property in film, see Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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 (the highest-grossing film worldwide that year); 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.

February 15 - establishes Touchstone Pictures to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner.

The Walt Disney Studios

March 30 - 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.

Romancing the Stone

April 6 - , a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film, Where the Boys Are '84.

Tri-Star Pictures

May 4 - The first of the year's musicals is released, Breakin'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

breakdancing

July 1 - The institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Motion Picture Association of America

July 27 - 's first film Purple Rain is released.

Prince

August 25 - 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.

Ghostbusters

September 22 - leaves Paramount Pictures to become head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was later named chairman.

Michael Eisner

October 8 - becomes president of Paramount Pictures motion picture group.

Ned Tanen

December 5 - 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.

Beverly Hills Cop

December 14 - is released after over a year of hype and anticipation.

Dune

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January 1 - , Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023)

Kollam Sudhi

Priit Loog

January 7 - , German actor

Max Riemelt

January 8 - , Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012)[27]

Steven Kanumba

Taraneh Alidoosti

January 21 - , Filipino actor and model

Richard Gutierrez

January 25 - , voice actor

Kaiji Tang

January 31 – , Israeli actor

Michael Aloni

Abbi Jacobson

February 8 - , American actress and comedian

Cecily Strong

February 12 - , Swedish actress

Alexandra Dahlström

February 13 - , voice actress

Brina Palencia

February 18 - , Canadian actress

Genelle Williams

February 19 - , American director, screenwriter and editor

Josh Trank

February 20 - , South African comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host

Trevor Noah

February 21 - , Japanese model and actress

Karina

February 24 - , Indonesian actor

Nicholas Saputra

February 28 - , American actress

Melanie Chandra

Blake Anderson

March 7 - , American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer

Brandon T. Jackson

March 8 - , Irish actress

Nora-Jane Noone

March 10 - , American actress

Olivia Wilde

March 12 - , American actress

Jaimie Alexander

Rachael Bella

March 14 - , American former actress

Liesel Pritzker Simmons

March 20 - , American stage and film actress and singer

Christy Carlson Romano

March 25 - , American singer and actress

Katharine McPhee

Emily Ann Lloyd

Ashley Peldon

April 3 - , American actress and singer

Chrissie Fit

April 4 - , Colombian actress and singer

Carolina Gaitán

Taran Noah Smith

Cara DeLizia

April 16 - , British actress

Claire Foy

April 18 - , American actress

America Ferrera

April 25 - , American comedian, actress and screenwriter

Jillian Bell

April 26 - , American actor

Ryan O'Donohue

April 28 - , American actress

Ana Cruz Kayne

April 29 - , Australian actor

Firass Dirani

May 1 - , American actress

Kerry Bishe

May 12 - , British actress

Emily Beecham

May 13 - , English actress

Hannah New

May 14 - , English singer-songwriter, presenter, voice actor and director

Olly Murs

Alejandro Edda

May 21 - , American actress (d. 2022)

Marnie Schulenburg

May 23 - , American actor

Adam Wylie

May 29 - , American actress and singer

Kaycee Stroh

May 30 - , American actress

DeWanda Wise

June 1 - , American actor

Taylor Handley

June 5 - , Australian-American singer and actor

Joel Smallbone

June 10 - , American actress

Betsy Sodaro

June 13 - , American actor

Phillip Van Dyke

June 15 - , American actor

Ray Santiago

June 19 - , American actor

Paul Dano

June 21 - , Indian actor and television host

Shiv Panditt

June 24 - , voice actor

Lucien Dodge

Aubrey Plaza

June 29 - , Mexican singer, actress and television host

Carla Medina

June 30 - , American singer and actress

Fantasia Barrino

Jared Keeso

July 2 - , American actress

Vanessa Lee Chester

July 7 - , American actor

Ross Malinger

July 9 - , American actress

Hanna R. Hall

July 10 - , American actress

Aviva Baumann

Serinda Swan

July 12 - , American actress

Mikaela Hoover

July 14 - , Estonian actress

Britta Soll

July 17 - , English actress and filmmaker

Mary Nighy

Kaitlin Doubleday

July 20 - , Hong Kong actor

Jacky Heung

July 25 - , English actress, playwright, director and narrator

Zawe Ashton

Taylor Schilling

July 28 - , American actor and producer

John David Washington

July 29 - , American actress (d. 2006)

J. Madison Wright Morris

Gina Rodriguez

Jon Foster

August 7 – , Taiwanese actress and model

Hsu Wei-ning

August 10 – , Filipina actress and model

Mariel Rodriguez

August 12 – , Filipino actress

Marian Rivera

August 15 - , American actor

Quinton Aaron

August 19 - , English actor, director and comedian

Simon Bird

August 28 – , Hong Kong actor

Him Law

Garrett Hedlund

September 4 - , American actor, comedian and writer

Kyle Mooney

September 5 - , English actress

Annabelle Wallis

September 10 - , British actor and singer

Luke Treadaway

Adam Lamberg

September 17 - , Filipino director and producer (d. 2022)

Mark Shandii Bacolod

Nina Arianda

Lydia Hearst

September 21 - , American actress

Ahna O'Reilly

September 22 - , Canadian actress

Laura Vandervoort

September 22 - , American film director

Jordan Vogt-Roberts

September 23 - , Dutch-American actress and singer

Anneliese van der Pol

September 25 - , American actor and comedian

Zach Woods

September 27 - , Canadian singer-songwriter

Avril Lavigne

October 1 - , American actor, comedian and writer

Beck Bennett

October 2 - , American actor

John Morris

Chris Marquette

October 4 - , former English actor

Will Theakston

Tiana Benjamin

October 7 - , American actor

Andy Bean

October 10 - , Japanese actress and singer

Chiaki Kuriyama

October 11 - , Canadian actress

Martha MacIsaac

October 14 - , American actor (d. 2020)

Jason Davis

October 17 - , American actor

Chris Lowell

Tod Fennell

October 25 - , American singer-songwriter and actress

Katy Perry

Kelly Osbourne

October 28 - , American actor and screenwriter

Finn Wittrock

November 1 - , English actress and musician

Natalia Tena

November 6 - , American actress and singer

Patina Miller

Britt Irvin

Slavko Sobin

November 15 - , American actor

Asia Kate Dillon

November 16 - , American actress

Kimberly J. Brown

November 17 - , American actress

Lauren Maltby

November 18 - , Indian actress

Nayanthara

Lindsey Haun

November 22 - , American actress

Scarlett Johansson

November 23 - , American actor and singer

Lucas Grabeel

November 24 - , English actor

Max Bennett

November 25 - , French actor (d. 2022)

Gaspard Ulliel

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

November 30 - , English-American actress

Lydia Wilson

Ryan Binse

December 11 - , Mexican actress and singer

Sandra Echeverría

December 14 - , American actor, singer and musician

Jackson Rathbone

December 16 - , English actor and producer

Theo James

December 17 - , British drummer and actress

Tennessee Thomas

December 19 - , Indian actress

Ankita Lokhande

December 23 - , American actress, singer and songwriter

Alison Sudol

December 24 - , American actor

Austin Stowell

Mike Rianda

December 29 - , Australian actor and producer

Chris Pang

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