Moonstruck (1987)

Moonstruck is a 1987 romantic-comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. It stars Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, and Olympia Dukakis.

The film was released on December 16, 1987 in New York City, and then nationally on December 18, 1987, receiving largely positive reviews from critics. It went on to gross $91,640,528 at the North American box office, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of that year.

Moonstruck was nominated for six Oscars at the 60th Academy Awards, winning three for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

The 37-year-old Loretta Castorini is an accountant for a few local businesses in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Her boy friend, Johnny Cammareri, proposes to her before leaving for Italy to attend to his dying mother, and asks Loretta to invite his estranged younger brother Ronny to the wedding. Loretta visits the bakery where Ronny works and finds that he blames Johnny for an accident in which he lost his hand, which led to his fiancée leaving him. They end up in his apartment above the bakery. In the morning, Loretta feels ashamed but Ronny admits to falling in love with her. He agrees to not see her again if she goes to the opera with him that night.

On its wide release, the film opened at #3 and spent 20 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 and finally grossed $80,640,528. The movie also grossed $34,393,000 in rentals and grossed a total of $115,033,528 in the US alone.