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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.

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.

Highest-grossing films

United States

The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

International

Events

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, 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

1984 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

Notes

  1. ^ Disco Dancer: 60 million Soviet rubles in 1984,[16] 0.791 rubles per US dollar in 1984[17]
  2. ^ 12.43 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1984[18]
  3. ^ Disco Dancer in Soviet Union: US$75.9 million[n 1] (₹94.34 crore)[n 2] in 1984

References

  1. ^ a b "'Ghostbusters' Tops Comedies". Variety. January 16, 1985. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Nobody Climbed $100-Mil Mountain". Variety. January 1986.
  3. ^ "1984 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ Thomas, Bob (November 6, 1985). "The Karate Kid Returns". AP News. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 June 2020. It is the film location for Columbia Pictures' "Karate Kid II," a sequel to Hollywood's biggest sleeper of 1984. "The Karate Kid" surprised almost everyone by amassing a domestic gross of $100 million. That's phenomenal for a modest film with no stars and a title that sounded like a combination of Bruce Lee and a kidflick.
  5. ^ Siskel, Gene (15 June 1986). "Ralph Macchio's Baby Face Can't Mask Maturing Talent". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ Hurlburt, Roger (20 June 1986). "'Karate Kid II' Kayos Legacy Of Predecessor". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b "'Gremlins' Hits In Int'l Marts". Daily Variety. February 15, 1985. p. 43. highest-grossing film ever by WB in Iberia, taking in $4,255,642
    $1,505,985 in five weeks of release, making it the highest-grossing film [in Brazil] in 1984
  8. ^ "Bilan Annuel France - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Hong Kong Film Archive". Hong Kong Film Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Box Office 1984". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Bilan Annuel Italie - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  12. ^ "1984年（1月～12月）". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  13. ^ "【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】 第10回：韓国での興行収入". KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 5 September 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  14. ^ "KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망". Korean Film Council (in Korean). September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  15. ^ Park, Seung Hyun (2000). A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988-1997. Indiana University. p. 119. Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974-1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997-1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1984 [...] 3,000
  16. ^ Bollywood returns to Russian screens [dead link], Russia Beyond the Headlines, September 2009
  17. ^ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
  18. ^ "Reserve Bank of India - Publications". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  19. ^ Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 211, Indiana University Press, 2005
  20. ^ "Bilan Annuel Espagne - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Beverly Hills Cop (1984)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  22. ^ "Bilan Annuel Allemagne - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Tootsie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  24. ^ "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  25. ^ "Beverly Hills Cop". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  26. ^ "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  27. ^ Meddy Mulisa (April 8, 2012). "Tanzania: Kanumba's Mother - My Son Was the Most Precious Gift". Tanzania Daily News. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

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