Story of movie 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.
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The year's highest-grossing film 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 the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and executive produced the fourth placed Gremlins.
U.S. boxoffice 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. Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million. 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.
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United States and Canada
The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic 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 |
| 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 | Touchstone Pictures | $69,821,334 |
International
| International market | Top-grossing film | Production country | Gross |
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| India | Tohfa | India | ?90,000,000 |
| Japan | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | United States | ¥3,200,000,000 |
| Soviet Union | Disco Dancer | India | $75,900,000 |
- 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 is released and propelled stars Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, 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'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, 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 and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
- July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released.
- August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all-time in the United States exceeding Tootsie's $177.2 million going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run. It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985 but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985. It also became the biggest grossing film released by Columbia Pictures.
- September 22 - Michael Eisner becomes head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was named chairman.
- December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop 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.
- Annie's Coming Out wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.
| Category/Organization | 42nd Golden Globe Awards January 27, 1985 |
38th BAFTA Awards March 5, 1985 |
57th Academy Awards March 25, 1985 | |
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| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||
| Best Film | Amadeus | Romancing the Stone | The Killing Fields | Amadeus |
| Best Director | Miloš Forman Amadeus |
Wim Wenders Paris, Texas |
Miloš Forman Amadeus | |
| Best Actor | F. Murray Abraham Amadeus |
Dudley Moore Micki & Maude |
Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields |
F. Murray Abraham Amadeus |
| Best Actress | Sally Field Places in the Heart |
Kathleen Turner Romancing the Stone |
Maggie Smith A Private Function |
Sally Field Places in the Heart |
| Best Supporting Actor | Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields |
Denholm Elliott A Private Function |
Haing S. Ngor The Killing Fields | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India |
Liz Smith A Private Function |
Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India | |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Amadeus Peter Shaffer |
The Killing Fields Bruce Robinson |
Amadeus Peter Shaffer | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen |
Places in the Heart Robert Benton | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | A Passage to India United Kingdom |
Carmen France |
La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves) Switzerland | |
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
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
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