There are a few decades in film history that have been as screwed nuts as the 1980s, but to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going to take a couple of someone's who were there for it the first time around.

Drew McLean and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade, one month at a time. The look at what worked then, what endoers now, and how it felt to be there when it all went down. Turn back to calendar with us. It's the 80s all over. I'm gonna have to go back to the hotel.

I'm gonna have to go back to the hotel.

I'm gonna have to go back to the hotel. It's the 80s all over. Rommel Reagan was re-elected in the landslide. Everyone was dancing to Thriller, Michael Jackson was so hot he actually caught fire. America sat up to summer Olympics in Russia and every breath you take was on the radio every time you turn to dominant. Where's the beef was the biggest commercial in the world? Bob Geldoff band-aid, Bernie Gets, Kraken aides both made their first real appearance in the National Consciousness and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. It was awarded to Glingarry Glenn Ross by David Mammott because hell yes it was. Happy days went off the air. The The Cosme Show made its debut. Clearly the party was the late 70s and early 80s was over.

And Deerag Gandhi was a... because Hell yes it was. Happy days went off the air. The Cosmyshow made its debut.

Clearly the party was the late 70s and the early 80s was over. In Dira Gandhi was assassinated. We also sang it by the legends like Truman Capote, Marvin Gaye, Count Basie, and the great Francois Truffaut. But we also saw a US woman walk in space and the balance out all that lost in sorrow we welcome folks including Kate McKinning, Katie Perry, LeBron James, the bronze James, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Zuckerberg, and the late great Harris Whittles to the planet.

Well, okay, maybe the Zuckerberg, and the late great Harris Whittles to the planet.

Well, okay, maybe the Zuckerberg thing's not such a highlight.

But the point was, there were highs, there were lows, and even when it felt like it was

all about to blow up, the world spun on in 1984.

Hi everyone, I'm Drew McQueenie and welcome to the year end wrap up for another season of 80s all over. I'm joined as always by my co-host, Scott Weinberg. What's up, Scott? I'm Scott Weinberg and I'm here to say 1984 is over. No rhyme. That's all. It's funny because this is the year I feel like an actual time traveler where I can like see it and smell it and taste it and touch it and The details are coming back now so vividly 80 and 81 were very spotty memories. I have vague memories of seeing pop-i. I have vague memories of seeing flash Gordon But when we talk about these movies, I have stories around seeing those movies So this next season is going to be really fascinating for me And I'm happy that the movies are getting more interesting as we're getting to this point in the show. Like I think these years are more varied and richer and I don't know what your top 10 lists looks like. You don't know what mine looks like. I have no idea how the reader is gonna react. I'm already seeing people yell at me about movies that I know aren't on my list so it's gonna be fascinating. Drew, let us do... The top 10 biggest money makers of 1984, number 10, a very amiable, very likable, they both mean the same thing. Comedy called splash. What's your name? It's hard to say in English. Well just say in your language. Alright, my name is... And how much did it make? Just under 70. So how much would that be? 69. Nice. That's again. I know. I know. I guess my will. I led you there. One of the things that I love about these charts is that it reminds you that there was still a point this far into the decade where $69 million was enough to be in the top 10 for the year. Right, right. I know that you and I agree that adjusted for current, you know, that all stuff. That's kind of species at all. But this is Ron Howard coming off night shift, and you know, if this movie had made half of 69 million, nice, they would have been happy with that. So this was a, not a smash, but a surprise hit, definitely. It also pointed the way forward for Disney. I think if this movie not done that business, Touchstone might not have become this successful experiment. it might not have led them into PGPG13 realm and allowed filmmakers to stretch more.

It really is a good thing that this movie landed the way it did.

Archer, what is number nine clocking in at 76.4 million?

76.4 million, a very respectable showing for Star Trek III in the search for spot. I think they had really proven Star Trek is a ongoing box office concern and this will be a real franchise and we're going to keep making these and this was the one where they cemented that. Star Trek 2 was the surprise. This was no we can do that every time out if we really focus. They had gotten their confidence back after the overexpensive overlong and I still think underrated Star Trek 1 but it seemed like they found their feet after 2. It got a lot more confident and yeah yeah, in a way, two, three and four play kind of like a three

episode arc.

Well, and they were smart. They also got a lot cheaper. They were, they were much more economical. They realized that if we make them for this number, then there's room for that audience. And Star Trek films were not meant to, I think, ever be the biggest giant thing going, they were always sort of like elevated TV and they worked best in that era where

two, three and four kind of feel like really slick TV episodes. Another surprise hit squeaking in just above Star Trek 3 with 76.5 million. Nobody sought coming but man, oh man did it make a mark. And you talk about a movie that had to make money for whatever came next. This was it. This was the last shot for Robert Tomekis. And I'm so glad that he connected because God knows what the rest of that career would look like if we had not had this movie land the way it did. What I like about it is that it just holds up as a fun romantic adventure comedy. It's as fun today as it was when I was a kid. And another film that I think still holds up and is still fun, $80 million back then, which, to me, that was a big movie, Put Loose. Cause every time he pulls me in, I just want to change. Let's hear it for the smear. Look. I don't hate it, Twitter. I don't hate it. I just think it's very banal. I think it's... If this movie had never been made and somebody found the script, it would be sold to the Hallmark channel. But a good handful of people have told me that I should give the remake a shot. Maybe I will. Well, I hope they don't remake this next one, even though I am sure somebody's already working on it. Warner Brothers, what made $81 million that year, Scott?

Hahahaha! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!

Felicia Academy.

What I remember first was my parents coming home from seeing it and being like, oh my God!

And you can't see that, which immediately made it, well of course I'm going to have to

go see it now. First was my parents coming home from seeing it and being like, oh my God.

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