1987 in film

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.

Fandom movies:1987

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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

Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Three Men and a Baby	Buena Vista	$167,780,960
2	Fatal Attraction	Paramount	$156,645,693
3	Beverly Hills Cop II	Paramount	$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	Warner Bros.	$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.
February 22 - Blue Sky Studios is founded by Chris Wedge.
May 23 – 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 the company's 75th anniversary, a variant used until 1989, and the standard variant of this logo was used from 1989 to 2002.

Awards

Academy Awards:
Golden Globe Awards:
Palme d'Or :
Golden Lion :
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1987 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

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
January 13 – Max Van Ville, American DJ, producer, and actor
January 16
* Carrie Keranen, voice actress, production manager, producer, and voice director
* Angel Karamoy, Indonesian actress, singer and comedian
January 18
*Ingvild Deila, Norwegian actress
*Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model
January 20 – Evan Peters, American actor and producer
January 30 - Valene Kane, Northern Irish actress
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
*Jay Hayden, American actor
February 21
*Ashley Greene, American actress
*Tuppence Middleton, British actress
*Elliot Page, Canadian actor
February 24 - Tina Desai, Indian actress
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 24 - María Valverde, Spanish actress
March 22 – Billy Kametz, American voice actor
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
*Lachlan Buchanan. Australian Actor
April 28 – Tonia Sotiropoulou, Greek actress
May 2 - Mae Martin, Canadian comedian, actor and screenwriter
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 17 - Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress and singer
May 20
*Ray Chase, American voice actor
*Fra Fee, Northern Irish 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
*Olivia Hamilton, American actress and producer
*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 17 - Sarah Niles, English actress
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
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 Meyers-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
*Mădălina Diana Ghenea, Romanian actress
*Katie Leung, Scottish film, television, and stage actress
*Jenn Proske, Canadian-American actress
August 18
*Mika Boorem, American actress and filmmaker
*Óscar Catacora, Peruvian director, screenwriter and cinematographer
August 19 – Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor
August 20 - Alexandra Roach, Welsh actress
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
*Cameron Finley, American former child actor
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 9 - Clayton Snyder, American actor
September 10 - Tunji Kasim, Scottish actor
September 11
*Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
*Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
September 14
*Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
*Anna Chazelle, American actress, writer and director
*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 10 - James Northcote, English actor and producer
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, American actor and singer
October 23 - Kirby Howell-Baptiste, English actress
October 24 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
November 1
*Zach Cherry, American actor and comedian
*Jamie Demetriou, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor
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 24 – Renate Reinsve, Norwegian actress
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 16 - Hallee Hirsh, American actress
December 21 – Khris Davis, American actor
December 23 - Agam Darshi, British actress
December 25 - Eugenia Kuzmina, Russian actress and comedian
December 28 – Adam Gregory, American actor
December 29 - Joseph Lee, American actor