1983 in film explained
The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
See also: List of 1983 box office number-one films in the United States. The top ten 1983 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1983[1] | Rank | Title | Distributor | Box-office gross |
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| 1 | Return of the Jedi | 20th Century Fox | $309,306,177 |
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| 2 | Terms of Endearment | Paramount | $108,423,489 |
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| 3 | Flashdance | $92,921,203 |
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| 4 | Trading Places | $90,404,800 |
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| 5 | WarGames | United Artists | $79,567,667 |
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| 6 | Octopussy | $67,893,619 |
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| 7 | Sudden Impact | Warner Bros. | $67,642,693 |
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| 8 | Staying Alive | Paramount | $64,892,670 |
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| 9 | Mr. Mom | 20th Century Fox | $64,783,827 |
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| 10 | Risky Business | Warner Bros. | $63,541,777 | |
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Events
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Ballad of Narayama (楢山節考,), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen), directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, United Kingdom
The Beehive (La Colmena), directed by Mario Camus, Spain
1983 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Births
- January 2
- January 9 - Kerry Condon, Irish actress
- January 13 - Julian Morris, British actor
- January 16 - Marwan Kenzari, Dutch actor
- January 17 - Ryan Gage, English actor
- January 21 - Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
- January 24
- January 28 - Angel Manuel Soto, Puerto Rican film director, producer, and screenwriter
- February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
- February 7 - Elina Pähklimägi, Estonian actress
- February 12 - Iko Uwais, Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer and martial artist
- February 16 - Agyness Deyn, English actress and model
- February 18
- February 20
- February 21
- February 22 - Taraka Ratna, Indian actor (died 2023)
- February 23
- February 27 - Kate Mara, American actress
- March 1 - Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress and director
- March 4 - Julieta Zylberberg, Argentine actress
- March 7 - Greta Lee, American actress
- March 9 - Bobby Campo, American actor
- March 10
- March 11 - Lucy DeVito, American actress
- March 12 - Ron Funches, American actor, comedian and writer
- March 14 - Johnny Flynn, British actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- March 15 - Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
- March 18 - Ivan Kolesnikov, Russian actor
- March 20 - Michael Cassidy, American actor
- March 21 - Justin McDonald, British actor
- March 29 - Ed Skrein, English actor, director, screenwriter and rapper
- March 31 - Ashleigh Ball, Canadian singer, musician and voice actress
- April 1
- April 4
- April 6 - Diora Baird, American actress and former model
- April 7 - Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
- April 8 - Levy Tran, Vietnamese-American actress
- April 10 - Jamie Chung, American actress and former reality television personality
- April 15 - Alice Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
- April 19 - Victoria Yeates, English actress
- April 21 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress
- April 22 - Francis Capra, American actor
- May 3 - Ari Magder, Canadian actor (died 2012)
- May 4
- May 5 - Henry Cavill, British actor
- May 6
- May 8 - Elyes Gabel, English actor
- May 11 - Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
- May 12 - Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor, writer, and director
- May 14 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress, writer, and director
- May 17 - Ginger Gonzaga, American comedian and actress
- May 25 - Chelse Swain, American actress
- May 28 - Megalyn Echikunwoke, American actress
- June 1 - Sylvia Hoeks, Dutch actress
- June 2 - Yuliya Snigir, Russian actress and model
- June 10 - Leelee Sobieski, American retired actress
- June 14 - Louis Garrel, French actor and filmmaker
- June 16 - Olivia Hack, American actress
- June 19 - Aidan Turner, Irish actor
- June 23 - Miles Fisher, American actor, comedian and musician
- June 24 - John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
- June 28 - Scott Haze, American actor and filmmaker
- June 30 - Angela Sarafyan, Armenian-American actress
- July 1 - Tanya Chisholm, American actress
- July 6
- July 8 - DeVaughn Nixon, American actor
- July 10 - Golshifteh Farahani, Iranian actress
- July 18 - Cara Gee, Canadian actress
- July 20 - Martin McCann, Irish actor
- July 23 - Olamide Faison, American actor and singer
- July 28 - Dhanush, Indian actor
- August 1 - Inga Salurand, Estonian actress
- August 3 - Mamie Gummer, American actress
- August 4
- August 6 - Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter and actor
- August 7 - Brit Marling, American actress and screenwriter
- August 8
- August 9 - Ashley Johnson, American actress
- August 10 - Bonnie Piesse, Australian actress and singer-songwriter
- August 11
- August 14
- Mila Kunis, actress
- Lamorne Morris, American actor, comedian and television personality
- August 16 - Dominik García-Lorido, American actress
- August 19 - Mike Moh, American actor and martial artist
- August 20 - Andrew Garfield, English actor
- August 23 - Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
- August 24 - Antonio Campos, American film director
- August 29 - Jennifer Landon, American actress
- September 9 - Zoe Kazan, American actress and screenwriter
- September 21
- September 25 - Donald Glover, American actor, singer, comedian, writer, producer and director
- October 3 - Tessa Thompson, American actress
- October 5
- October 9 - Spencer Grammer, American actress
- October 10 - Layke Anderson, British director and former actor
- October 16 - Andrew Santino, American stand-up comedian and actor
- October 17 - Felicity Jones, English actress
- October 19 - Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- October 24 - Katie McGrath, Irish actress
- October 28 - Joe Thomas, English actor, writer and comedian
- October 29 - Johnny Lewis, American actor (died 2012)
- November 7 - Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer
- November 8 - Chris Rankin, New Zealand-born British actor
- November 18 - Julia Ducournau, French film director and screenwriter
- November 15 - Sophia Di Martino, English actress
- November 19 - Adam Driver, American actor
- November 24 - Gwilym Lee, British actor
- December 8 - Utkarsh Ambudkar, American actor, singer and rapper
- December 10
- December 13 - Satya Bhabha, British actor
- December 17 - Stef Dawson, Australian actress
- December 20 - Jonah Hill, American actor, filmmaker, and comedian
- December 21 - Steven Yeun, American actor
- December 23
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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| January | 8 | | 69 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | | 75 | US | Actor | |
| 19 | | 73 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 24 | | 83 | US | Director | |
| 27 | | 68 | France | Actor, Director | |
| 28 | | 42 | UK | Singer, Actor | |
| 30 | | 71 | US | Actress | |
| February | 10 | | 80 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | | 78 | US | Actress | |
| 19 | | 56 | Austria | Studio Executive | |
| 19 | | 75 | US | Actress | |
| 21 | | 83 | US | Actress | |
| 25 | | 71 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 27 | | 71 | UK | Actress | |
| March | 7 | | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 8 | | 80 | UK | Composer | |
| 9 | | 65 | US | Actress | |
| 14 | | 55 | France | Actor | |
| 16 | | 79 | US | Actor | |
| 27 | | 75 | UK | Actor | |
| 28 | | 79 | Austria | Screenwriter | |
| April | 4 | | 75 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | | 84 | US | Actress | |
| 5 | | 81 | Poland | Composer | |
| 11 | | 77 | Mexico | Actress | |
| 15 | | 67 | Mexico | Actor | |
| 21 | | 80 | Austria | Actor | |
| 23 | | 78 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | | 70 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | | 73 | US | Actor | |
| May | 1 | | 93 | Ukraine | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | | 80 | UK | Actor | |
| 8 | | style=text-align:center;" | 50 | US | Actress | |
| 22 | | 68 | US | Special Effects Artist | |
| 23 | | 68 | US | Composer | |
| 23 | | 87 | UK | Actress | |
| 25 | | 78 | UK | Producer, Screenwriter | |
| 28 | | 52 | US | Film Editor | |
| 30 | | style=text-align:center;" | 78 | US | Cinematographer | |
| June | 12 | | 80 | Canada | Actress | |
| 22 | | 79 | UK | Director | |
| 23 | | 76 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 30 | | 62 | US | Screenwriter | |
| July | 1 | | style=text-align:center;" | 84 | US | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | | 67 | US | Musician, Actor | |
| 9 | | 61 | US | Makeup Artist | |
| 15 | | 78 | US | Actor | |
| 16 | | 89 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 17 | | 33 | Australia | Producer | |
| 20 | | 77 | US | Art Director | |
| 23 | | 84 | France | Composer | |
| 25 | | 69 | US | Composer | |
| 29 | | 83 | Spain | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | |
| 29 | | 86 | Canada | Actor | |
| 29 | | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 30 | | 95 | UK | Actress | |
| August | 1 | | 64 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | | 53 | US | Actress | |
| 5 | | 69 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | | 61 | US | Actor | |
| 28 | | 66 | US | Actress | |
| 29 | | 68 | US | Actor | |
| September | 15 | | 88 | US | Choreographer, Director | |
| 16 | | 76 | US | Set Decorator | |
| 27 | | 47 | US | Actor | |
| 30 | | 49 | US | Actor | |
| October | 5 | | 66 | Cuba | Actor | |
| 8 | | 49 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | | 80 | UK | Actor, Director | |
| 11 | | 82 | US | Film Editor | |
| 14 | | 82 | US | Actor | |
| 15 | | 83 | US | Actor | |
| 17 | | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer | |
| 18 | | 97 | Ukraine | Costume Designer | |
| 22 | | 64 | UK | Actor | |
| November | ? | | 66 | US | Actress | |
| 8 | | 84 | US | Actor | |
| 15 | | 71 | UK | Actor | |
| 18 | | 83 | France | Actor | |
| 22 | | 58 | US | Actor | |
| 28 | | 73 | US | Actor | |
| 28 | | 52 | US | Actor | |
| December | 2 | | 79 | Canada | Actress | |
| 5 | | 65 | US | Director | |
| 8 | | 64 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | | 60 | US | Actress | |
| 17 | | 78 | US | Art Director | |
| 21 | | 73 | Canada | Actor | |
| 22 | | 81 | UK | Actor | |
| 28 | | 91 | US | Actor | |
| 29 | | 52 | UK | Actress | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 1983 Domestic Grosses. Box Office Mojo. April 7, 2014.
