1987 in film

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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.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1987 box office number-one films in the United States

The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1987

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Three Men and a Baby	Disney	$167,780,960
2.	Fatal Attraction	Paramount	$156,645,693
3.	Beverly Hills Cop II		$153,665,036
4.	Good Morning, Vietnam	Disney	$123,922,370
5.	Moonstruck	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$80,640,528
6.	The Untouchables	Paramount	$76,270,454
7.	The Secret of My Success	Universal	$66,995,000
8.	Stakeout	Disney	$65,673,23
9.	Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros.	$65,207,127
10.	The Witches of Eastwick		$63,766,510

Events

• 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.
• 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 75 years.

Awards

Academy Awards:

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

Golden Globe Awards:

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

Notable films released in 1987

1. Wall Street

Births

• January 5 - Kristin Cavallari, television personality/actress
• January 7 - Lyndsy Fonseca, actress
• January 16 - Carrie Keranen, voice actress
• January 31 - Zoe Costello, actress
• February 5 - Darren Criss, actor
• February 9 - Michael B. Jordan, actor
• February 21
  • Ashley Greene, actress
  • Ellen Page, Canadian actress
• April 4 - Sarah Gadon, actress
• April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor, singer-songwriter and voice actor
• April 19 - Oksana Akinshina, actress
• April 27 - William Moseley, English actor
• June 27 - Ed Westwick, English film and television actor
• July 11 - Cristina Vee, voice actress
• July 26 - Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
• July 27 - Mara Wilson, actress and writer
• August 8 - Katie Leung Scottish film, television and stage actress
• August 25 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, actress
• September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, actor
• September 22 - Tom Felton, English actor
• September 28 - Hilary Duff, actress
• September 29 - Anaïs Demoustier, actress
• October 18 - Zac Efron, actor and singer
• November 12 - Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
• December 28 - Adam Gregory, actor

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	9	Arthur Lake	81	USA	Actor	Blondie Dance Hall
	14	Douglas Sirk	89	Germany	Director	Imitation of Life Written on the Wind
	15	Ray Bolger	83	USA	Actor, Singer	The Wizard of Oz Babes in Toyland
	27	Norman McLaren	72	Canada	Animator, Director	Neighbours Pas de deux
February	1	Alessandro Blasetti	86	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	1860 The Countess of Parma
	23	Esmond Knight	80	UK	Actor	Henry V The Red Shoes
	25	James Coco	56	USA	Actor	Only When I Laugh Wholly Moses!
	25	John Collin	58	UK	Actor	Tess Star!
	28	Joan Greenwood	65	UK	Actress	He Found a Star The October Man
March	2	Randolph Scott	89	USA	Actor	The Texans The Walking Hills
	3	Danny Kaye	74	USA	Actor	White Christmas The Court Jester
	7	Waldo Salt	72	USA	Screenwriter	Midnight Cowboy Serpico
	21	Robert Preston	68	USA	Actor	The Music Man Victor Victoria
	22	Morton Haack	62	USA	Costume Designer	Planet of the Apes The Unsinkable Molly Brown
	28	Patrick Troughton	67	UK	Actor	Jason and the Argonauts Scars of Dracula
April	17	Dick Shawn	63	USA	Actor	The Producers It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
May	2	Michael Gover	73	UK	Actor	A Clockwork Orange Superman
	14	Rita Hayworth	68	USA	Actress	Gilda The Lady from Shanghai
June	1	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	72	India	Director, Screenwriter	Mera Naam Joker Awaara
	6	Fulton Mackay	64	UK	Actor	Local Hero Gumshoe
	10	Elizabeth Hartman	43	USA	Actress	You're a Big Boy Now The Secret of NIMH
	13	Geraldine Page	62	USA	Actress	The Trip to Bountiful Interiors
	22	Fred Astaire	88	USA	Actor	Swing Time The Towering Inferno
	24	Jackie Gleason	71	USA	Actor	The Hustler The Toy
July	3	Viola Dana	90	USA	Actress	That Certain Thing The Show of Shows
	7	Hannelore Schroth	65	Germany	Actress	Sweetheart of the Gods Beloved Corinna
	15	Alfie Bass	71	UK	Actor	The Fearless Vampire Killers Moonraker
	31	Joseph E. Levine	81	USA	Producer	A Bridge Too Far The Lion in Winter
August	1	Pola Negri	90	Poland	Actress	Madame DuBarry Carmen
	17	Clarence Brown	97	USA	Director	National Velvet The Yearling
	28	John Huston	81	USA	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	The Maltese Falcon The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
	29	Lee Marvin	63	USA	Actor	The Dirty Dozen The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
September	4	Richard Marquand	49	UK	Director	Return of the Jedi Jagged Edge
	5	Bill Fraser	79	UK	Actor	Up Pompeii Up the Chastity Belt
	13	Mervyn LeRoy	89	USA	Director	Quo Vadis Mister Roberts
	23	Bob Fosse	60	USA	Director, Screenwriter	Cabaret All That Jazz
	25	Mary Astor	81	USA	Actress	The Maltese Falcon Meet Me in St. Louis
	25	Emlyn Williams	81	UK	Actress	The Man Who Knew Too Much The Citadel
October	2	Madeleine Carroll	81	UK	Actress	The 39 Steps Secret Agent
	22	Lino Ventura	68	Italy	Actor	Illustrious Corpses The Dictator's Guns
November	5	Georges Franju	75	France	Director, Screenwriter	Judex Nuits Rouges
December	4	Rouben Mamoulian	90	Georgia	Director	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Mark of Zorro

Film debuts

• Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
• Alec Baldwin - Forever, Lulu
• Jason Bateman - Teen Wolf Too
• Kenneth Branagh - A Month in the Country
• Sandra Bullock - Hangmen
• Patricia Clarkson - The Untouchables
• George Clooney - Return to Horror High
• Chris Cooper - Matewan
• Courteney Cox - Down Twisted
• Stephen Dorff - The Gate
• Edie Falco - Sweet Lorraine
• Gong Li - Red Sorghum
• Richard E. Grant - Withnail and I
• Anthony LaPaglia - Cold Steel
• Nathan Lane - Ironweed
• Penelope Ann Miller - Hotshot
• Brad Pitt - No Man's Land
• Chris Rock - Beverly Hills Cop II
• David Spade - Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
• Ben Stiller - Empire of the Sun
• Nancy Travis - Three Men and a Baby
• Courtney B. Vance - Hamburger Hill
• Jesse Ventura - Predator
• Robin Wright - The Princess Bride

See also

• List of American films of 1987
• List of British films of 1987
• List of French films of 1987
• List of German films of the 1980s
• List of Bollywood films of 1987
• List of Italian films of 1987
• List of Japanese films of 1987
• List of Swedish films of the 1980s

References

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