1982 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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Highest-grossing films

North America

The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1982[1]
RankTitleDistributorBox-office gross
1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal $359,197,037[n 1]
2 Tootsie Columbia $177,200,000
3 An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount $129,795,554
4 Rocky III United Artists $124,146,897
5 Porky's 20th Century Fox $105,492,483
6 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Paramount $78,912,963
7 48 Hrs. $78,868,508
8 Poltergeist MGM $76,606,280
9 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal $69,701,637
10 Annie Columbia $57,059,003

Outside North America

The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.

International marketTitleDirectorProduction countryGrossRef
China Shaolin Temple Chang Hsin Yen China / Hong Kong CN¥161,578,014 [3]
France E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,881,332 admissions [4]
Germany E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,666,017 admissions [5]
India Vidhaata Subhash Ghai India 160,000,000 ($16,300,000) [6][n 2]
Italy E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 10,298,000 admissions [8]
Japan The Gods Must Be Crazy Jamie Uys South Africa ¥2,360,000,000 (rentals) [9]
South Korea Dragon Lord Jackie Chan Hong Kong 894,366,000 [10][11]
Soviet Union Sportloto-82 Leonid Gaidai Soviet Union 13,800,000 Rbls ($19,500,000) [n 3]
Spain E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,719,932 admissions [15]
Taiwan The Gods Must Be Crazy Jamie Uys South Africa NT$39,431,235 [16]
United Kingdom E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States £21,700,000 [17]

Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.

TitleWorldwide gross (US$)Source(s)Production country
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 [18] United States
Gandhi $127,767,889 [19] India
United Kingdom
Rocky III $124,146,897 [20] United States
Poltergeist $121,706,019 [21]
Shaolin Temple $111,441,439 [n 4] China
Hong Kong
Disco Dancer $106,000,000 [26][27] India
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $97,000,000 [28] United States

Events

Awards

Category/Organization40th Golden Globe Awards
January 29, 1983
36th BAFTA Awards
March 20, 1983
55th Academy Awards
April 11, 1983
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialTootsieGandhi
Best DirectorRichard Attenborough
Gandhi
Best ActorBen Kingsley
Gandhi
Dustin Hoffman
Tootsie
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
Best ActressMeryl Streep
Sophie's Choice
Julie Andrews
Victor/Victoria
Katharine Hepburn
On Golden Pond
Meryl Streep
Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting ActorLouis Gossett Jr.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Jack Nicholson
Reds
Louis Gossett Jr.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting ActressJessica Lange
Tootsie
Rohini Hattangadi
Gandhi
Maureen Stapleton
Reds
Jessica Lange
Tootsie
Best Screenplay, AdaptedJohn Briley
Gandhi
Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart
Missing
Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart
Missing
Best Screenplay, OriginalJohn Briley
Gandhi
Best Original ScoreJohn Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
John Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse
Victor/Victoria
Best Original Song"Up Where We Belong"
An Officer and a Gentleman
"Another Brick in the Wall"
Pink Floyd – The Wall
"Up Where We Belong"
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Foreign Language FilmGandhiChrist Stopped at EboliBegin the Beguine

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras, United States
Yol (The Way), directed by Yılmaz Güney, Turkey

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / US

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

1982 films

By country/region

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  • List of Hong Kong films of 1982
  • List of Indian films of 1982
    • List of Hindi films of 1982
    • List of Kannada films of 1982
    • List of Malayalam films of 1982
    • List of Marathi films of 1982
    • List of Tamil films of 1982
    • List of Telugu films of 1982
  • List of Japanese films of 1982
  • List of Mexican films of 1982
  • List of Pakistani films of 1982
  • List of South Korean films of 1982
  • List of Soviet films of 1982
  • List of Spanish films of 1982

By genre/medium

  • List of action films of 1982
  • List of animated feature films of 1982
  • List of avant-garde films of 1982
  • List of comedy films of 1982
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  • List of horror films of 1982
  • List of science fiction films of 1982
  • List of thriller films of 1982
  • List of western films of 1982

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Victor Buono43USActor
1Margot Grahame70UKActress
4Kathryn Scola90USScreenwriter
5Hans Conried64USActor
5Harvey Lembeck58USActor
8Reta Shaw69USActress
8Grégoire Aslan73SwitzerlandActor
10Paul Lynde55USActor
30Stanley Holloway91UKActor
February 5Dolores Moran58USActress
11Eleanor Powell69USActress, Dancer
11Takashi Shimura76JapanActor
12Victor Jory79CanadaActor
14Antonio Casas70SpainActor
17Lee Strasberg80USActor
18Tina Carver59USActress
  • From Hell It Came
  • Inside Detroit
22John Carter74USSound Engineer
24Virginia Bruce71USActress
March 5John Belushi33USActor
5Burton Miller57USCostume Designer
5Giuseppe Porelli84ItalyActor
  • I dieci comandamenti
  • Don Camillo: Monsignor
6Ayn Rand77RussiaScreenwriter
8Walter Plunkett79USCostume Designer
19Alan Badel58UKActor
21Harry H. Corbett57UKActor
22Harold Goldblatt82UKActor
26Sam Kydd67UKActor
27Betty Schade87USActress
  • After Five
  • First Love
29Rudy Bond69USActor
April 1Stephen Chase79USActor
3Warren Oates53USActor
7Brenda Benet36USActress
12Lenny Baker37USActor
15Arthur Lowe66UKActor
21Joe Sawyer75CanadaActor
22Stanley Roberts65USScreenwriter
25W. R. Burnett82USScreenwriter
25Don Wilson81USActor
26Celia Johnson73UKActress
27George Dunn67USActor
27Tom Tully73USActor
May 1Margaret Sheridan55USActress
2Helmut Dantine63AustriaActor
2Hugh Marlowe71USActor
2Wini Shaw75USActress, Singer
14Hugh Beaumont73USActor
16Sidney Hickox86USCinematographer
16Leigh Snowden52USActress
  • Outside the Law
  • The Creature Walks Among Us
29Romy Schneider43GermanyActress
June 10Rainer Werner Fassbinder37GermanyScreenwriter, Director, Actor
  • Love Is Colder Than Death
  • Katzelmacher
16Gwen Wakeling81USCostume Designer
18Curd Jürgens66GermanyActor, Director
21Cotton Warburton70USFilm Editor
29Michael Brennan69UKActor
  • Trouble in Store
  • Up in the World
29Henry King96USDirector, Producer
July 8Isa Miranda73ItalyActress
12Kenneth More67UKActor
16Patrick Dewaere35FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
  • A Bad Son
  • Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff
18John Maxwell64USActor
  • The Prowler
  • Without Warning!
19John Harvey70UKActor
23Vic Morrow53USActor
29Harold Sakata62USActor
August 2Cathleen Nesbitt93UKActress
7Jill Banner35USActress
10William Henry67USActor
10José Nieto80SpainActor
  • The Girl from Bejar
  • El abanderado
11Folmar Blangsted77DenmarkFilm Editor
11Tom Drake64USActor
12Henry Fonda77USActor
13Joe E. Ross68USActor
13Charles Walters70USDirector
14Kanhaiyalal71-72IndiaActor
14Patrick Magee58IrelandActor
19Russell Waters74UKActor
20Ulla Jacobsson53SwedenActress
20Edward Ludwig82RussiaDirector
  • Wake of the Red Witch
  • Big Jim McLain
22John Boxer73UKActor
29Ingrid Bergman67SwedenActress
September 2Jay Novello78USActor
5Richard Lane83USActor
  • Alias Boston Blackie
  • Brother Orchid
13Philip Ober80USActor
14Grace Kelly[37]52USActress
15Rolfe Sedan86USActor
24Sarah Churchill67UKActress
28Mabel Albertson81USActress
28Seth Banks66USCostume Designer
October 3Vivien Merchant53UKActress
5Joseph Hurley68USArt Director
8Fernando Lamas67ArgentinaActor, Director
12John Brahm89GermanyDirector
  • Hangover Square
  • The Locket
12Howard Sackler52USScreenwriter
26Valerio Zurlini56ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
  • The Desert of the Tartars
  • Violent Summer
November 1King Vidor88USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
1James Broderick55USActor
4Dominique Dunne22USActressPoltergeist
4Jacques Tati75FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
7Elio Petri53ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
17Ruth Donnelly86USActress
18William P. McGivern63USScreenwriter
21Lee Patrick80USActress
26Robert Coote73UKActor
26Dan Tobin72USActor
27Steve Gordon44USScreenwriter, Director
30Verna Fields64USFilm Editor
December 2Marty Feldman48UKActor, Director, Screenwriter
10Roy Webb94USComposer
21Gladys Henson83IrelandActress
22Jack Webb62USActor
29Sol C. Siegel79USProducer

Film debuts

Notes

  1. Amblin corrected Variety's reporting of E.T.'s gross in 1992, stating that it had grossed $367.6 million in its initial release.[2]
  2. 9.79 per US$ in 1982[7]
  3. 55.2 million Soviet tickets sold,[12] at average ticket price of 25 kopecks,[13] approximately 13.8 million руб; 0.708 Rbl per US$ in 1982[14]
  4. Shaolin Temple:
    • China – CN¥161,578,014[3] (US$85,355,528)[22]
    • Hong Kong – HK$16,157,801[23] (US$2,661,911)[22]
    • Singapore – S$1.7 million[24] (US$794,000)
    • Japan – ¥4 billion[25] (US$16.06 million)
    • South Korea – 5.1 billion[25] (US$6.57 million)

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