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1984 in film

1984 in film

Overview of the events of 1984 in film

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

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.

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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

See also: List of 1984 box office number-one films in the United States

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

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International

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Events

Awards

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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

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Births

Deaths

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Film debuts

Notes

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

References

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    "'Ghostbusters' Tops Comedies". Variety. January 16, 1985. p. 16.
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    "Nobody Climbed $100-Mil Mountain". Variety. January 1986.
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    "1984 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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    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.
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    Siskel, Gene (15 June 1986). "Ralph Macchio's Baby Face Can't Mask Maturing Talent". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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    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.
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    "'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
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    "Bilan Annuel France - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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    "Hong Kong Film Archive". Hong Kong Film Archive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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    "KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망". Korean Film Council (in Korean). September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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    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
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    Bollywood returns to Russian screens [dead link], Russia Beyond the Headlines, September 2009
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    Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
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    "Reserve Bank of India - Publications". Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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    Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 211, Indiana University Press, 2005
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    "Beverly Hills Cop (1984)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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    "Bilan Annuel Allemagne - 1984". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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    "Tootsie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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    "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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    "Beverly Hills Cop". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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    "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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    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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