The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows:
+ Highest-grossing films of 1992RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross 1 Aladdin Walt Disney Pictures $504,050,219 2 The Bodyguard Warner Bros. $411,006,740 3Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 20th Century Fox $358,994,850 4 Basic Instinct TriStar $352,927,224 5 Lethal Weapon 3 Warner Bros. $321,731,527 6Batman Returns $266,822,354 7 A Few Good Men Columbia $243,240,178 8 Sister Act Touchstone $231,605,150 9 Bram Stoker's Dracula Columbia $215,862,692 10 Wayne's World Paramount $183,097,323
Events August 24 – Production begins on Jurassic Park (1993). October 29 – After just 15 months in the role, Brandon Tartikoff resigns as chairman of Paramount Pictures. November 2 – 20th Century Fox chairman Joe Roth announces he is leaving to set up an independent production company at Walt Disney Studios. Roth was replaced by Peter Chernin.
Awards Category/Organization 50th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 23, 1993 46th BAFTA AwardsMarch 21, 1993 65th Academy AwardsMarch 29, 1993 Drama Musical and/or Comedy Best Film Scent of a Woman The Player Howards End Unforgiven Best Director Clint EastwoodUnforgiven Robert AltmanThe Player Clint EastwoodUnforgiven Best Actor Al PacinoScent of a Woman Tim RobbinsThe Player Robert Downey Jr.Chaplin Al PacinoScent of a Woman Best Actress Emma ThompsonHowards End Miranda RichardsonEnchanted April Emma ThompsonHowards End Best Supporting Actor Gene HackmanUnforgiven Best Supporting Actress Joan PlowrightEnchanted April Miranda RichardsonDamage Marisa TomeiMy Cousin Vinny Best Screenplay, Adapted Bo GoldmanScent of a Woman Michael TolkinThe Player Ruth Prawer JhabvalaHowards End Best Screenplay, Original Woody AllenHusbands and Wives Neil JordanThe Crying Game Best Original Score AladdinAlan Menken Strictly BallroomDavid Hirschfelder AladdinAlan Menken Best Original Song "A Whole New World"Aladdin N/A "A Whole New World"Aladdin Best Foreign Language Film Indochine Raise the Red Lantern Indochine
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan), directed by Bille August, Denmark / Sweden
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiū jú dǎ guānsī), directed by Zhang Yimou, China
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Grand Canyon, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, United States
People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival): Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann, Australia
1992 films By country/region List of American films of 1992 List of Argentine films of 1992 List of Australian films of 1992 List of Bangladeshi films of 1992 List of British films of 1992 List of Canadian films of 1992 List of French films of 1992 List of Hong Kong films of 1992 List of Indian films of 1992 List of Hindi films of 1992 List of Kannada films of 1992 List of Malayalam films of 1992 List of Marathi films of 1992 List of Tamil films of 1992 List of Telugu films of 1992 List of Japanese films of 1992 List of Mexican films of 1992 List of Pakistani films of 1992 List of Russian films of 1992 List of South Korean films of 1992 List of Spanish films of 1992
By genre/medium List of action films of 1992 List of animated feature films of 1992 List of avant-garde films of 1992 List of crime films of 1992 List of comedy films of 1992 List of drama films of 1992 List of horror films of 1992 List of science fiction films of 1992 List of thriller films of 1992 List of western films of 1992
Births January 5 Mike Faist, American actor Suki Waterhouse, English actress, model and singer January 8 – Dali Benssalah, French-Algerian actor January 11 – Laysla De Oliveira, Canadian actress January 19 – Logan Lerman, American actor January 23 – Jack Reynor, Irish-American actor January 27 James Bloor, English writer and actor Connor Widdows, Canadian former child actor January 31 Nabiyah Be, Brazilian actress and singer Lincoln Younes, Australian actor February 6 – Nora Fatehi, Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer February 9 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor February 10 – Karen Fukuhara, Japanese-American actress February 11 Blair Dunlop, English folk musician and actor Georgia Groome, English actress Taylor Lautner, American actor Victoria Loke, Singaporean actress February 14 – Freddie Highmore, English actor February 15 – Greer Grammer, actress February 16 – Jimmy Tatro, American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality February 19 – Camille Kostek, American television personality and actress February 20 – Ray Nicholson, American actor February 23 – Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model February 25 – Rose Matafeo, New Zealand comedian, actress and television presenter February 26 – Toby Sebastian, British actor and musician February 29 – Jessie T. Usher, American actor March 5 – Amber Anderson, English actress and model March 7 – Bel Powley, English actress March 10 Emily Osment, American actress Sawyer Spielberg, American actor and director March 12 – Austin Swift, American actor March 13 George MacKay, British actor Kaya Scodelario, British actress March 15 Sosie Bacon, American actress Anna Shaffer, British actress March 16 Diego Calva, Mexican actor Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model (died 2022) March 17 Eliza Bennett, English actress and singer John Boyega, British actor March 25 Elizabeth Lail, American actress Joana Ribeiro, Portuguese actress March 26 – Haley Ramm, American actress March 28 – Daisy Bevan, English actress March 31 Caitlin Carver, American actress Phil Dunster, English actor April 2 – Sammi Kane Kraft, American baseball player, musician and actress (died 2012) April 4 – Alexa Nikolas, actress April 8 – Shelby Young, American voice actress April 10 – Daisy Ridley, English actress April 11 – Jessica Madsen, English actress April 12 – Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor April 14 - Humberly González, Venezuelan-Canadian actress April 16 – Valentina Bellè, Italian actress April 18 – Chloe Bennet, American actress and singer April 20 – Bestemsu Özdemir, Turkish actress April 23 – Syd tha Kyd, singer and DJ April 24 Joe Keery, American actor and musician Jack Quaid, American actor Doc Shaw, American actor April 25 – Adria Arjona, American actress April 27 – Morgan Berry, American voice actress May 4 Courtney Jines, actress Ashley Rickards, actress Miles Robbins, American musician and actor May 7 – Alexander Ludwig, actor May 10 – Sophie Vavasseur, Irish actress May 12 – Malcolm David Kelley, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor May 16 – Davika Hoorne, Thai actress May 18 – Spencer Breslin, American actor May 19 – Eleanor Tomlinson, English actress May 20 – Jack Gleeson, Irish actor May 21 – Olivia Olson, American actress and singer-songwriter May 24 – Travis T. Flory, American singer and actor May 29 Erica Lindbeck, actress, voice actress Gregg Sulkin, English actor June 2 – Ethan Slater, American actor and singer June 3 – Dilraba Dilmurat, Chinese actress June 10 – Kate Upton, American model and actress June 11 – Anna Sawai, New Zealand actress and singer of Japanese descent June 12 Georgina Campbell, English actress Ryan Malgarini, American actor June 14 – Daryl Sabara, actor June 23 – Yoson An, Chinese-born New Zealand actor and filmmaker June 26 – Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer June 27 Emma D'Arcy, English actor Vanessa Grasse, English actress June 28 – Niamh Algar, Irish actress June 29 – Souheila Yacoub, Swiss actress June 30 – Chay Suede, Brazilian actor July 1 – Rhea Chakraborty, Indian actress July 3 – Nathalia Ramos, actress July 4 – Francesca Hayward, ballerina, actress, and singer July 7 – Manjot Singh, Indian actor July 8 Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress Yvette Monreal, American actress July 9 – Douglas Booth, actor July 10 – Kelley Mack, American actress (died 2025) July 12 – Woo Do-hwan, South Korean actor July 13 – Ahney Her, American actress July 15 – Vaishali Takkar, Indian actress (died 2022) July 17 Jonno Davies, English actor Billie Lourd, American actress July 20 Paige Hurd, American actress Jordan Rodrigues, Australian actor July 22 Selena Gomez, Mexican-American actress and singer Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-Russian actor July 23 – Britne Oldford, Canadian-American actress July 30 – Julia Ragnarsson, actress August 1 - Ben Rosenfield, American actor and musician August 2 Charli XCX, English singer Hallie Eisenberg, American former child actress August 3 – Christine Ko, actress August 4 – Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors August 12 – Cara Delevingne, British actress and model August 20 Neslihan Atagül, actress Demi Lovato, actress and singer August 22 Keith Powers, American actor Ari Stidham, American actor August 25 – Blake Jenner, American actor August 30 – Jessica Henwick, English actress, writer and director August 31 – Talon Warburton, American actor September 11 – Vinnie Bennett, New Zealand actor September 12 – Alexia Fast, Canadian actress September 16 – Nick Jonas, singer (Jonas Brothers) September 17 – Danny Ramirez, Hispanic-American actor September 27 – Sam Lerner, American actor September 28 Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (died 2014) Keir Gilchrist, Canadian actor September 30 Baifern, Thai actress Ezra Miller, American actor October 1 – Christopher O'Shea, English actor October 3 – Lyna Khoudri, French-Algerian actress October 8 – Tom Rhys Harries, Welsh actor October 9 – Tyler James Williams, actor October 10 – John McCrea, British actor and singer October 11 – Cardi B, Dominican-American rapper and actress October 12 – Josh Hutcherson, actor October 13 – Aaron Dismuke, voice actor October 15 Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor Vincent Martella, American actor, voice actor and singer October 17 Nanami Sakuraba, Japanese actress Barry Keoghan, Irish actor October 21 Hari Nef, American actress Natasha Bassett, Australian actress October 30 – Tequan Richmond, American actor and rapper October 31 – Vanessa Marano, American actress November 6 – Robert Aramayo, English actor November 7 – Mary Chieffo, American actress November 10 – Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Bangladeshi actress and model November 11 – Ashleigh Cummings, Australian actress November 18 John Karna, American actor Nathan Kress, American actor November 23 – Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer November 28 – Adam Hicks, American actor and rapper November 30 – Oka Giner, Mexican actress December 8 – Katie Stevens, American actress and singer December 10 – Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian actress December 13 - Dawn M. Bennett, American voice actress December 14 – Tori Kelly, American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer December 17 Jordan Garrett, American actor Thomas Law, English actor December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, American singer and actress December 22 – Shioli Kutsuna, Japanese-Australian actress December 23 – Spencer Daniels, American actor
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