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The following is an overview of events in1987 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.
The 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 |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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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 |