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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.

Highest-grossing films
United States The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: International } ==Events==
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 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. • 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''. • June 8 - Ghostbusters and Gremlins were released. • 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 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 is released. • August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all time in the United States exceeding Tootsie $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 - 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 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. • December 14 - Dune is released after over a year of hype and anticipation. • ''Annie's Coming Out'' wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film. ==Awards==
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 ==
Births
• January 1 • Amara Karan, English actress • Kollam Sudhi, Indian actor and comedian (d. 2023) • January 6 • Priit Loog, Estonian actor • Kate McKinnon, American actress, comedian and writer • January 7 - Max Riemelt, German actor • January 8 - Steven Kanumba, Tanzanian actor and director (d. 2012) • January 12 • Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actress • Sam Richardson, American actor, comedian, writer and producer • January 15 - Victor Rasuk, American actor • January 21 • Luke Grimes, American actor and musician • Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and model • January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor • January 30 - Kid Cudi, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and fashion designer • January 31 – Michael Aloni, Israeli actor • February 1 • Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress and illustrator • Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013) • February 6 - Brandon Hammond, American former child actor • February 8 - Cecily Strong, American actress • 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 • February 29 - Rakhee Thakrar, English actress • March 2 • Blake Anderson, American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter • John Bernecker, American stunt performer (d. 2017) • Ian Sinclair, voice actor • 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 • Rachael Bella, retired American actress • Noel Fisher, Canadian actor • 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 • Emily Ann Lloyd, American actress • Jon Paul Steuer, American actor and musician (d. 2018) • April 2 • Ashley Peldon, American actress • Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor • Deep Sidhu, Indian actor (d. 2022) • April 3 - Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer • April 4 - Carolina Gaitán, Colombian actress and singer • April 8 • Taran Noah Smith, American actor • Kirsten Storms, American actress • April 10 • Cara DeLizia, American actress • Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress • April 11 - Kelli Garner, American actress • April 16 - Claire Foy, British actress • April 18 - America Ferrera, Honduran-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 3 - Marama Corlett, Maltese actress • May 7 - Mark O'Brien, Canadian actor and director • 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 • Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor • Lena Waithe, American actress, producer and screenwriter • May 21 • Jon Beavers, American actor • 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 3 - Anne Yatco, American voice actor • June 5 - Joel Smallbone, Australian-American singer and actor • June 6 - Atandwa Kani, South African actor • June 10 - Betsy Sodaro, American actress and voice 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 25 - Killian Donnelly, Irish singer and actor • June 26 • Aubrey Plaza, American actress, comedian and producer • Wen Zhang, Chinese actor • June 29 - Carla Medina, Mexican singer, actress and television host • June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer and actress • July 1 • Jared Keeso, Canadian actor • Cyron Melville, Danish actor and musician • 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 • Serinda Swan, Canadian actress • Rachael Taylor, Australian actress • July 12 • Chad Brownlee, Canadian actor and musician • Mikaela Hoover, American actress • July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress • July 17 - Mary Nighy, English actress and filmmaker • July 18 - Marie Meyer, French actress • July 19 • Kaitlin Doubleday, American actress • Alessandra De Rossi, Filipina actress • Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer • July 20 - Jacky Heung, Hong Kong actor • July 25 - Zawe Ashton, English actress, playwright, director and narrator • July 27 • Taylor Schilling, American actress • Kenny Wormald, American actor • July 28 - John David Washington, American actor and producer • July 29 - J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006) • July 30 • Gina Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actress and director • Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer • August 3 • Jon Foster, American actor and musician • Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor • August 7 – Hsu Wei-ning, Taiwanese actress and model • August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina actress and model • August 12 • Chauntal Lewis, American actress • Marian Rivera, Filipino actress • August 13 - Eme Ikwuakor, American actor • August 15 - Quinton Aaron, American actor • August 19 - Simon Bird, English actor, director and comedian • August 24 - Cameron Goodman, American actress • August 26 - Jennifer Higham, British actress • August 28 • Richard Cabral, American actor, producer and writer • Him Law, Hong Kong actor • Sarah Roemer, American actress • August 31 - Wolfgang Cerny, Austrian actor and producer • September 3 • Garrett Hedlund, American actor • Paz de la Huerta, American actress and model • 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 • Adam Lamberg, American actor • Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor • September 17 - Mark Shandii Bacolod, Filipino director and producer (d. 2022) • September 18 • Nina Arianda, American actress • Babs Olusanmokun, Nigerian-American actor • September 19 • Lydia Hearst, American actress and model • Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor and model • 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 • Beck Bennett, American actor, comedian and writer • Josh Brener, American actor • October 2 - John Morris, American actor • October 3 • Chris Marquette, American actor • Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer • October 4 • James Landry Hébert, American actor • Rachel McDowall, English actress • Will Theakston, former English actor • October 5 • Tiana Benjamin, English actress • Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian actress • Yelena Velikanova, Russian actress • 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 • Tod Fennell, Canadian actor • Freida Pinto, Indian actress • Jennifer Ulrich, German actress • October 25 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress • October 27 • Kelly Osbourne, English actress and singer • Emilie Ullerup, Danish actress • 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 • Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and voice artist • Naoki Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer • 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 • Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer • Jena Malone, American actress • 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 • Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress • Trey Songz, American singer and actor • November 30 • Carole Weyers, Belgian actress • Lydia Wilson, English-American actress • December 5 • Ryan Binse, American film producer • Lauren London, American actress • December 11 • Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer • Xosha Roquemore, American actress • 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 • Mike Rianda, American cartoonist, director, screenwriter and voice actor • Georgia Tennant, English actress • December 29 • Chris Pang, Australian actor and producer • Sean Stone, American actor and filmmaker ==Deaths==
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