The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987.
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Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
editThe top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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| 1 | Three Men and a Baby | Buena Vista | $167,780,960 |
| 2 | Fatal Attraction | Paramount | $156,645,693 |
| 3 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $153,665,036 | |
| 4 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Buena Vista | $123,922,370 |
| 5 | Moonstruck | MGM | $80,640,528 |
| 6 | The Untouchables | Paramount | $76,270,454 |
| 7 | The Secret of My Success | Universal | $66,995,000 |
| 8 | Stakeout | Buena Vista | $65,673,233 |
| 9 | Lethal Weapon | Warner Bros. | $65,207,127 |
| 10 | The Witches of Eastwick | $63,766,510 |
Events
edit- January 31 – The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.
- February - Blue Sky Studios is founded by Chris Wedge.
- May 23 – Starlog Salutes Star Wars is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary.
- June 29 – The James Bond franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, The Living Daylights
- July 17 – Walt Disney's classic masterpiece Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary.
- 1987 – Paramount Pictures launches a new on-screen logo to celebrate its 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.
Awards
edit- Best Picture: The Last Emperor - Hemdale, Columbia
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
- Best Actor: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
- Best Actress: Cher - Moonstruck
- Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery - The Untouchables
- Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis - Moonstruck
- Best Foreign Language Film: Babette's Feast (Babettes Gæstebud), directed by Gabriel Axel, Denmark
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Last Emperor
- Best Actor: Michael Douglas – Wall Street
- Best Actress: Sally Kirkland – Anna
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Hope and Glory
- Best Actor: Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
- Best Actress: Cher – Moonstruck
- Other
- Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor
- Best Foreign Language Film: My Life as a Dog, Sweden
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), directed by Maurice Pialat, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Au revoir les enfants (Goodbye, Children), directed by Louis Malle, France / W. Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Tema (1979) (The Theme), directed by Gleb Panfilov, USSR
1987 films
editBy country/region
edit- List of American films of 1987
- List of Argentine films of 1987
- List of Australian films of 1987
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1987
- List of British films of 1987
- List of Canadian films of 1987
- List of French films of 1987
- List of Hong Kong films of 1987
- List of Indian films of 1987
- List of Japanese films of 1987
- List of Mexican films of 1987
- List of Pakistani films of 1987
- List of South Korean films of 1987
- List of Soviet films of 1987
- List of Spanish films of 1987
By genre/medium
editBirths
edit- January 1 – Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter
- January 2 – Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
- January 5
- Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model
- Jason Mitchell, American actor
- January 7 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- January 8
- Cynthia Erivo, British actress
- Freddie Stroma, British actor and model
- January 9 - Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress
- January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress, singer, and model (died 2020)
- January 13 – Max Van Ville, American DJ, producer, and actor
- January 16 – Carrie Keranen, voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
- January 18
- Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
- Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
- January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
- January 31 - Victor Ortiz, American professional boxer and actor
- February 1
- Heather Morris, American actress, dancer, singer, and model
- Ronda Rousey, American professional wrestler and actress
- February 4 – Lewis Tan, English actor and martial artist
- February 5
- Adassa, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
- Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and songwriter
- Henry Golding, Malaysian-British actor and television host
- Raymond Lee, American actor
- February 6 - Natalia Reyes, Colombian actress
- February 7 – Doua Moua, American actor
- February 9
- Michael B. Jordan, American actor and film producer
- Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
- February 11 – Julio Torres, Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor
- February 17 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress
- February 20
- Cortney Palm, American actress
- Daniella Pineda, American actress
- Miles Teller, American actor
- February 21
- Ashley Greene, actress
- Elliot Page, Canadian actor
- February 28 – Michelle Horn, American actress
- March 4 – Tamzin Merchant, English actress and author
- March 8
- Tobe Nwigwe, American rapper, singer and actor
- Milana Vayntrub, American actress and comedian
- March 9 - Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
- March 10 – Ser'Darius Blain, Haitian-American actor
- March 20 – Rollo Weeks, British former actor
- March 22 – Billy Kametz, American voice actor (died 2022)
- March 26 – Josh Herdman, English actor and mixed martial artist
- March 28 – Jimmy Wong, American actor and musician
- April 1 – Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress, producer and model
- April 3 – Rachel Bloom, American actress, comedian, writer, singer-songwriter, and producer
- April 4 – Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 6 - Jerrod Carmichael, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker
- April 7 - Richard Pyros, British-Australian actor
- April 9 – Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
- April 10 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
- April 12
- Brooklyn Decker, American actress and model
- Ilana Glazer, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and director
- April 16 - Jack Cutmore-Scott, English actor
- April 18 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British actress and model
- April 19
- Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress
- Courtland Mead, American actor
- April 20 – John Patrick Amedori, American actor and musician
- April 21 - Meng'er Zhang, Chinese actress
- April 27 – William Moseley, English actor
- April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
- May 5 – Jessie Cave, English actress and comedian
- May 7 - Maya Erskine, American actress
- May 8 – Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor
- May 13 – Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
- May 27 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress and model
- May 28 – Jessica Rothe, American actress
- May 31 – Meredith Hagner, American actress
- June 3 - Lalaine, American actress and singer-songwriter
- June 6 – Daniel Logan, New Zealand-born American actor
- June 11 – Jimmy O. Yang, Hong Kong-American actor, stand-up comedian and writer
- June 12 - Abbey Lee, Australian actress and musician
- June 19 - Beattie Edmondson, English actress
- June 22 – Joe Dempsie, English actor
- June 23 - Edward Holcroft, English actor
- June 25
- Scott Terra, American former actor
- Mary Tsoni, Greek actress and singer (d. 2017)
- June 26 – Valerie Pachner, Austrian actress
- June 27 – Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
- July 3 - Chad Broskey, American actor
- July 6 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
- July 7 – Julianna Guill, American actress
- July 11 – Cristina Vee, American voice actress
- July 15 – Jimmy Rees, Australian entertainer
- July 25 – Michael Welch, American actor
- July 26
- Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
- Hallie M1eyers-Shyer, American actress and filmmaker
- July 27 – Mara Wilson, actress and writer
- July 29 – Genesis Rodriguez, American actress and model
- July 31 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
- August 2 - Hannah Hoekstra, Dutch actress
- August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage actress
- August 18
- Mika Boorem, American actress and filmmaker
- Óscar Catacora, Peruvian director, screenwriter and cinematographer (died 2021)
- August 19 – Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor
- August 21 – Cody Kasch, American actor
- August 25
- Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
- Blake Lively, American actress, model, and director
- Chloe Pirrie, Scottish actress
- Liu Yifei, Chinese-American actress, singer, and model
- August 30 - Johanna Braddy, American actress
- September 7 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress, model, and musician
- September 8
- Ray Fisher, American actor
- Wiz Khalifa, American Rapper
- Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director
- September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
- September 11
- Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
- September 14
- Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
- Davide Tucci, Maltese-Italian actor
- September 15 - Christian Cooke, English actor
- September 17 – Augustus Prew, English actor
- September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
- September 20 – Sarah Natochenny, American voice actress
- September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor
- September 22
- Tom Felton, English actor
- Teyonah Parris, American actress
- September 23 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer
- September 24
- Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
- Grey Damon, American actor
- September 28 – Hilary Duff, actress, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman
- September 29
- David Del Rio, American actor, director and producer
- Anaïs Demoustier, French actress
- September 30 - Mahaley Patel, American actress
- October 1 – Michaela Coel, British actress and screenwriter
- October 9 - Melissa Villaseñor, American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and musician
- October 11 - Mike Conley Jr., American Basketball Player
- October 14 – Jay Pharoah, American actor and stand-up comedian
- October 16 – Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
- October 18 – Zac Efron, actor and singer
- October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
- November 1 - Jamie Demetriou, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
- November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
- November 9 – Jennifer Holland, American actress
- November 10 - Andrew Koji, British actor and martial artist
- DJ Augustin, American Basketball Player
- November 11
- Melanie Liburd, British actress
- Ludi Lin, Chinese-born Canadian actor and model
- November 12 – Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
- November 14 – Brian Gleeson, Irish actor
- November 18 – Jake Abel, American actor and singer
- November 23 – Vallo Kirs, Estonian actor
- November 27 – Lashana Lynch, Jamaican-British actress
- November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress and filmmaker
- December 1 - Sarah Snook, Australian actress
- December 3 – Michael Angarano, American actor
- December 4 - Orlando Brown, American actor, rapper and singer
- December 6 - Idara Victor, American actress
- December 8 – Aria Curzon, American actress
- December 11 – Moe Dunford, Irish actor
- December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
- December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor
Deaths
edit| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | David Maysles | 55 | US | Documentarian | |
| 9 | Arthur Lake | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Douglas Sirk | 89 | Germany | Director | ||
| 15 | Ray Bolger | 83 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 15 | George Markstein | 60 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 16 | Joyce Jameson | 54 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Norman McLaren | 72 | UK | Animator, Director | ||
| February | 1 | Alessandro Blasetti | 86 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 22 | David Susskind | 66 | US | Producer | ||
| 23 | William Rose | 68 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Esmond Knight | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | James Coco | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | John Collin | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Joan Greenwood | 65 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 2 | Randolph Scott | 89 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | Danny Kaye | 74 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 7 | Henri Decaë | 71 | France | Cinematographer | ||
| 7 | Waldo Salt | 72 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Dean Paul Martin | 35 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Robert Preston | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Morton Haack | 62 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 27 | William Bowers | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Patrick Troughton | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| April | 6 | Philip M. Jefferies | 61 | US | Production Designer | |
| 11 | Kent Taylor | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Dick Shawn | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Milt Kahl | 78 | US | Animator | ||
| May | 2 | Michael Gover | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 4 | Paul Groesse | 81 | US | Art Director | ||
| 7 | Colin Blakely | 56 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 14 | Rita Hayworth | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Alejandro Rey | 57 | Argentina | Actor | ||
| 24 | Hermione Gingold | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
| 29 | Howard Shoup | 83 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| June | 1 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 72 | India | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 3 | Will Sampson | 53 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Fulton Mackay | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Daniel Mandell | 91 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 10 | Elizabeth Hartman | 43 | US | Actress | ||
| 11 | Dan Vadis | 49 | China | Actor | ||
| 13 | Geraldine Page | 62 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Fred Astaire | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Jackie Gleason | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 1 | Jerry Livingston | 78 | US | Songwriter | |
| 3 | Viola Dana | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Phil Abramson | 54 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 7 | Hannelore Schroth | 65 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 12 | Harold Goodwin | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Alfie Bass | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Yūjirō Ishihara | 52 | Japan | Actor, Singer | ||
| 20 | Richard Egan | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Adele Comandini | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 31 | Joseph E. Levine | 81 | US | Producer | ||
| August | 1 | Pola Negri | 90 | Poland | Actress | |
| 17 | Clarence Brown | 97 | US | Director | ||
| 17 | Shaike Ophir | 58 | Israel | Actor | ||
| 19 | Hayden Rorke | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Bombolo | 56 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 22 | Ted Sherdeman | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | John Huston | 81 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Lee Marvin | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 1 | Philip Friend | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| 4 | Richard Marquand | 49 | UK | Director | ||
| 5 | Bill Fraser | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Lorne Greene | 72 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 12 | John Qualen | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Mervyn LeRoy | 86 | US | Director | ||
| 23 | Bob Fosse | 60 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Erland Van Lidth De Jeude | 34 | Netherlands | Actor | ||
| 25 | Mary Astor | 81 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Emlyn Williams | 81 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| October | 2 | Madeleine Carroll | 81 | UK | Actress | |
| 21 | Bob Simmons | 64 | UK | Stuntman | ||
| 22 | Lino Ventura | 68 | Italy | Actor | ||
| November | 4 | Danielle Gaubert | 44 | France | Actress | |
| 5 | Georges Franju | 75 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 11 | John 'Dusty' King | 78 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 23 | Marcia Henderson | 58 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Morton Lowry | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Irene Handl | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
| December | 4 | Rouben Mamoulian | 90 | Georgia | Director | |
| 8 | Fay Baker | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Clinton Sundberg | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Robert Paige | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Ralph Nelson | 71 | US | Director |
Film debuts
edit- Patricia Arquette – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- Obba Babatundé – Leonard Part 6
- Dylan Baker – Ishtar
- Alec Baldwin – Forever, Lulu
- Christian Bale – Mio in the Land of Faraway
- Jason Bateman – Teen Wolf Too
- Paul Ben-Victor – Pass the Ammo
- Gil Birmingham – House II: The Second Story
- David Bowe – Back to the Beach
- Doug Bradley – Hellraiser
- Sandra Bullock – Hangmen
- Vanessa Bell Calloway – Number One with a Bullet
- Patricia Clarkson – The Untouchables
- Robert Clohessy – The Believers
- George Clooney – Return to Horror High
- Chris Cooper – Matewan
- Courteney Cox – Down Twisted
- Bryan Cranston – Amazon Women on the Moon
- Raymond Cruz – Maid to Order
- Jim Cummings – The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- Stacey Dash – Enemy Territory
- Rossy de Palma – Law of Desire
- Stephen Dorff – The Gate
- Illeana Douglas – Hello Again
- Edie Falco – Sweet Lorraine
- Thierry Frémont – Travelling avant
- Kurt Fuller – The Running Man
- James Gandolfini – Shock! Shock! Shock!
- Aidan Gillen – The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Gong Li – Red Sorghum
- Beth Grant – Under Cover
- Richard E. Grant – Withnail and I
- Zach Grenier – Radio Days
- Peter Haber – Nionde kompaniet
- Don Harvey – Creepshow 2
- Peter Jackson (director) – Bad Taste
- Thomas Jane – Padamati Sandhya Ragam
- Cherry Jones – Light of Day
- Doug Jones – The Newlydeads
- Nathan Lane – Ironweed
- Anthony LaPaglia – Cold Steel
- Robert LaSardo – China Girl
- Jason Scott Lee – Born in East L.A.
- Steven Mackintosh – Prick Up Your Ears
- Eddie Marsan – Empire State
- Holt McCallany – Creepshow 2
- Dylan McDermott – Hamburger Hill
- Paul McGann – Withnail and I
- William McNamara – Opera
- Colm Meaney – The Dead
- Lance E. Nichols – Project X
- Robert Patrick – Equalizer 2000
- Sean Pertwee – Prick Up Your Ears
- Robert Peters – Pass the Ammo
- Brad Pitt – No Man's Land
- Glenn Plummer – Who's That Girl
- Tara Reid – A Return to Salem's Lot
- Campbell Scott – Five Corners
- Joan Severance – Lethal Weapon
- Victor Slezak – Five Corners
- David Spade – Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
- Ben Stiller – Hot Pursuit
- Don Swayze – Shy People
- Noah Taylor – The Year My Voice Broke
- Lee Tergesen – Mind Benders
- David Thewlis – Little Dorrit
- Uma Thurman – Kiss Daddy Goodnight
- Nancy Travis – Three Men and a Baby
- Courtney B. Vance – Hamburger Hill
- Patrick Warburton – Dragonard
- Frank Whaley – Ironweed
- Luis Zahera – Divinas palabras
References
edit- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1987". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.