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 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. 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. 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.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
RankTitleDistributorBox-office gross
1Beverly Hills CopParamount Pictures$234,760,478
2GhostbustersColumbia Pictures$229,242,989
3Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomParamount Pictures$179,870,271
4GremlinsWarner Bros.$153,083,102
5The Karate KidColumbia Pictures$90,815,558
6Police AcademyWarner Bros.$81,198,894
7FootlooseParamount Pictures$80,035,402
8Romancing the Stone20th Century Fox$76,572,238
9Paramount Pictures$76,471,076
10SplashBuena Vista/Touchstone Pictures$69,821,334

International

Events

Golden Raspberry Awards:
Palme d'Or :
Golden Lion :
Golden Bear :

1984 Wide-release films in the U.S.

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1984

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Film debuts