This is a list of American films released in 1982.
Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 1982, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
+ Highest-grossing films of 1982 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal $359,197,037 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 KhanParamount $78,912,963 748 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
January–March Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref.JANUARY 1 Madman Jensen Farley Pictures Joe Giannone (director/screenplay); Gaylen Ross, Paul Ehlers, Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones, Jan Claire, Alex Murphy, Jimmy Steele, Carl Fredericks, Michael Sullivan 22 Death Valley Universal Pictures / Cinema VII Dick Richards (director); Richard Rothstein (screenplay); Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley, Peter Billingsley, Edward Herrmann, Earl W. Smith, Jack O'Leary, Mary Steelsmith, Gina Christian, Kirk I. Kiskella, Frank J. Cimorelli, Arnold C. Waterman, Fred W.S. Newton, J.P.S. Brown, Roy S. Gunsberg, Merritt Holloway, Glenn McCreedy, Allan Wood The Seduction Embassy Pictures David Schmoeller (director/screenplay); Morgan Fairchild, Michael Sarrazin, Vince Edwards, Andrew Stevens, Colleen Camp, Kevin Brophy, Betty Kean, Joanne Linville, Wendy Smith Howard, Marri Mak Shoot the Moon MGM/UA Entertainment Company Alan Parker (director); Bo Goldman (screenplay); Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen, Peter Weller, Dana Hill, Viveka Davis, Tracey Gold, Tina Yothers, George Murdock, Leora Dana, Irving Metzman, Robert Costanzo, David Landsberg, O-Lan Shepard Vice Squad Embassy Pictures Gary Sherman (director/screenplay); Sandy Howard, Robert Vincent O'Neil, Kenneth Peter (screenplay); Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd, Nina Blackwood, Fred Berry, Grand L. Bush, Michael Ensign, Stack Pierce, Joseph DiGiroloma, Maurice Emanuel, Sudana Bobatoon, Lydia Lei, Kelly Piper, Kristoffer Anders, Joseph Baroncini, Stacy Everly, Cyndi James-Reese 29 The Border Universal Pictures / RKO Pictures Tony Richardson (director); Deric Washburn, Walon Green, David Freeman (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Dirk Blocker, Jeff Morris FEB<br/ >RUARY 5 Butterfly Analysis Releasing / Par-Par Productions Matt Cimber (director/screenplay); John F. Goff (screenplay); Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Ed McMahon, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, James Franciscus, Stuart Whitman, June Lockhart, Ann Dane, George Buck Flower, John O'Conner White, Paul Hampton, Peter Jason Night Crossing Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Delbert Mann (director); John McGreevey (screenplay); John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Glynnis O'Connor, Doug McKeon, Beau Bridges, Ian Bannen, Keith McKeon, Klaus Löwitsch, Geoffrey Liesik, Michael Liesik, Anne Stallybrass, Matthew Taylor, Günter Meisner, Sky Dumont, Jan Niklas Personal Best The Geffen Film Company Robert Towne (director/screenplay); Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Evelyn Ashford, Jodi Anderson, Maren Seidler, Martha Watson, Emily Dole, Pam Spencer, Deby LaPlante, Jan Van Reenen, Al Feuerbach, Jane Frederick, Cindy Gilbert, Milan Tiff, Earl Bell, Frank Shorter, Themis Zambrzycki, John Smith, Charlie Jones, Len Dawson, Mitzi McMillin, Jan Glotzer, Marlene Harmon, Linda Waltman, Cindy Banks, Jim Tracy, Sharon Brazell, Susan Brownell, Desiree Gauthier, Sharon Hatfield, Linda Hightower, Joan Russell, Clim Jackson, Chuck DeBus, Robert Horn 11 One from the Heart Columbia Pictures / Zoetrope Studios Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Armyan Bernstein (screenplay); Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raúl Juliá, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton, Allen Garfield, Rebecca De Mornay, Carmine Coppola, Italia Coppola 12 The Amateur 20th Century Fox Charles Jarrott (director); Robert Littell, Diana Maddox (screenplay); John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, George Coe, John Marley, Ed Lauter The Beast Within United Artists / Katzka Philippe Mora (director); Tom Holland (screenplay); Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, Don Gordon, R.G. Armstrong, Katherine Moffat, L.Q. Jones, Logan Ramsey, John Dennis Johnston, Ron Soble, Luke Askew, Meshach Taylor, Boyce Holleman Cannery Row MGM/UA Entertainment Company David S. Ward (director/screenplay); William Graham (screenplay); Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Rosanna DeSoto, Frank McRae, Anne Lockhart, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, John Malloy, James Keane, Santos Morales Love and Money Paramount Pictures / Lorimar James Toback (director/screenplay); Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski, Armand Assante, King Vidor, William Prince, Anthony Sirico, Jacqueline Brookes, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., Tom McFadden, Tony Plana Making Love 20th Century Fox Arthur Hiller (director); Barry Sandler (screenplay); Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin, Kate Jackson, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill, Nancy Olson Missing Universal Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Costa-Gavras (director/screenplay); Donald E. Stewart (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Jerry Hardin, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto, Keith Szarabajka, John Doolittle, Janice Rule, Ward Costello, Hansford Rowe, Tina Romero Quest for Fire 20th Century Fox Jean-Jacques Annaud (director); Gerard Brach (screenplay); Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong, Nameer El-Kadi, Gary Schwartz, Joy Boushel, George Buza, Antonio Barichievich, Naseer El-Kadi, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Jean-Michel Kindt, Kurt Schiegl, Brian Gill, Terry Fitt, Bibi Caspari, Peter Elliott, Michelle Leduc, Robert Lavoie, Matt Birman, Christian Benard, Tarlok Sing Seva, Lolamal Kapisisi 19 Barbarosa Universal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / ITC Entertainment Fred Schepisi (director); William D. Wittliff (screenplay); Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Gilbert Roland, Isela Vega, Danny De La Paz, Alma Martinez, George Voskovec, Sharon Compton, Howland Chamberlain, Harry Caesar, Wolf Muser, Kai Wulff, Roberto Contreras, Luis Contreras, Jake Busey, Itasco Wilson, Michael O'Rourke, Allison Wittliff Swamp Thing Embassy Pictures / Swampfilms Wes Craven (director/screenplay); Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Dick Durock, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight, Karen Price, Al Ruban, Nannette Brown, Reggie Batts 20 Death Wish II Filmways Pictures / American-European Productions / Golan-Globus Productions / Landers-Roberts Productions / City Films Michael Winner (director); David Engelbach (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, J.D. Cannon, Anthony Franciosa, Robin Sherwood, Charles Cyphers, Ben Frank, Paul Comi, Michael Prince, Thomas F. Duffy, Larry Fishburne, Kevyn Major Howard, Stuart K. Robinson, E. Lamont Johnson, Silvana Gallardo, Robert F. Lyons, Frank Campanella, Don Dubbins, Buck Young, Jim Begg, Melody Santangello 26 Evilspeak Moreno Films / Warner Bros. / Leisure Investment Company / Coronet Film Eric Weston (director/screenplay); Joseph Garofalo (screenplay); Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese, Claude Earl Jones, Haywood Nelson, Don Stark, Charles Tyner, Hamilton Camp, Loren Lester, Lenny Montana, Richard Moll, Louie Gravance, Jim Greenleaf, Lynn Hancock, Leonard D'John MARCH 5 Evil Under the Sun Universal Pictures / Associated Film Distribution / EMI Films / Titan Productions / Mersham Productions Ltd. Guy Hamilton (director); Anthony Shaffer (screenplay); Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, James Mason, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Emily Hone Fitzcarraldo Filmverlag der Autoren / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion / Pro-ject Filmproduktion Werner Herzog (director/screenplay); Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez, Grande Otelo, Peter Berling, Milton Nascimento, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, David Pérez Espinosa, Ruy Polanah, Salvator Godínez, Dieter Miltz, William "Bill" Rose, Leôncio Bueno I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Paramount Pictures Jack Hofsiss (director); David Rabe (screenplay); Jill Clayburgh, Nicol Williamson, Geraldine Page, Dianne Wiest, Albert Salmi, James Sutorius, Ellen Greene, Joseph Maher, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Dan Hedaya, Kathleen Widdoes, Richard Masur, John Lithgow, David Margulies 12 Parasite Embassy Pictures Charles Band (director); Michael Shoob, Alan J. Adler, Frank Levering (screenplay); Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, Tom Villard, Freddy Moore, James Davidson, Al Fann Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Columbia Pictures / Rastar Joe Layton (director); Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor (screenplay); Richard Pryor, Jesse Jackson, Gene Cross, Julie Hampton 19 Deathtrap Warner Bros. Sidney Lumet (director); Jay Presson Allen (screenplay); Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones, Joe Silver, Jeffrey Lyons, Joel Siegel Victor/Victoria Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Pinewood Studios Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies, Graham Stark, Peter Arne, Ina Skriver, Michael Robbins, Maria Charles, Glen Murphy, Geoffrey Beevers, Norman Alden, Jay Benedict, Malcolm Jamieson, Sherloque Tanney, Norman Chancer, David Gant 24 Eating Raoul 20th Century Fox International Classics / Quartet/Films Inc. Paul Bartel (director/screenplay); Richard Blackburn (screenplay); Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Ed Begley Jr., Buck Henry, Edie McClurg, Richard Paul, Hamilton Camp, John Paragon, John Shearin 26 Robin Hood (re-release) Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Larry Clemmons, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry, Frank Thomas, Eric Cleworth, Julius Svendsen, David Michener (screenplay); Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris, Brian Bedford, Terry-Thomas, Roger Miller, Pat Buttram, George Lindsey, Andy Devine, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Ken Curtis, John Fiedler, Barbara Luddy, Candy Candido, J. Pat O'Malley, Don Bluth, Stan Freberg, Hal Smith, Billy Whitaker, Dana Laurita, Dori Whitaker, Richie Sanders I Ought to Be in Pictures 20th Century Fox Herbert Ross (director); Neil Simon (screenplay); Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest, Larry Barton, Eugene Butler, Michael Dudikoff, David Faustino, Martin Ferrero, Allan Graf, Art LaFleur, Lewis Smith, Tom Wright, Calvin Ander, Shelby Balik, Samantha Harper
April–June