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.
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 Rank Title Distributor Box-office 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/MGM $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
Outside North America The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.
International market Title Director Production country Gross China Shaolin Temple Chang Hsin Yen China / Hong Kong France E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,881,332 admissions West Germany E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,666,017 admissions India Vidhaata Subhash Ghai India () Box Office 1982, Box Office India Italy E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 10,298,000 admissions Japan The Gods Must Be Crazy Jamie Uys South Africa (rentals) South Korea Dragon Lord Jackie Chan Hong Kong Soviet Union Sportloto-82 Leonid Gaidai Soviet Union 13,800,000 Rbls ($19,500,000) Spain E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States 7,719,932 admissions Taiwan The Gods Must Be Crazy Jamie Uys South Africa United Kingdom E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steven Spielberg United States
Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.
Title Worldwide gross (US$) Source(s) Production country E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 United States Gandhi $127,767,889 India United Kingdom Rocky III $124,146,897 United States Poltergeist $121,706,019 Shaolin Temple $111,441,439 China Hong Kong Disco Dancer India Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $97,000,000 United States
Events January 1 - Terry Semel becomes president of Warner Bros. March 5 - John Belushi dies after being injected with a mixture of heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, California. June 11 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it became the highest-grossing film to date. Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978. June 22 – The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures for $750 million. July 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively. July 23 — During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a helicopter scene, leading to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws. October 22 – First Blood is released to widespread commercial and critical success, launching the Rambo franchise. December 8 – Comedian Eddie Murphy makes his film debut in the hit 48 Hrs. December 17 – Tootsie is released, becoming the highest-grossing comedy to date and Columbia Pictures's highest-grossing film at $177 million. December 27 - Ned Tanen resigns as president of Universal Pictures. Robert Rehme becomes president of Universal's new Theatrical Motion Picture Group. The THX Sound System is developed for movie theaters.
Awards Category/Organization 40th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 29, 1983 36th BAFTA AwardsMarch 20, 1983 55th Academy AwardsApril 11, 1983 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Tootsie Gandhi Best Director Richard AttenboroughGandhi Best Actor Ben KingsleyGandhi Dustin HoffmanTootsie Ben KingsleyGandhi Best Actress Meryl StreepSophie's Choice Julie AndrewsVictor/Victoria Katharine HepburnOn Golden Pond Meryl StreepSophie's Choice Best Supporting Actor Louis Gossett Jr.An Officer and a Gentleman Jack NicholsonReds Louis Gossett Jr.An Officer and a Gentleman Best Supporting Actress Jessica LangeTootsie Rohini HattangadiGandhiMaureen StapletonReds Jessica LangeTootsie Best Screenplay, Adapted John BrileyGandhi Costa-Gavras and Donald E. StewartMissing Costa-Gavras and Donald E. StewartMissing Best Screenplay, Original John BrileyGandhi Best Original Score John WilliamsE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial John WilliamsE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialHenry Mancini and Leslie BricusseVictor/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 Film Gandhi Christ Stopped at Eboli Begin 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
People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival): Tempest, directed by Paul Mazursky, United States
1982 films By country/region List of American films of 1982 List of Argentine films of 1982 List of Australian films of 1982 List of Bangladeshi films of 1982 List of British films of 1982 List of Canadian films of 1982 List of French films of 1982 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 List of drama films of 1982 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 January 4 - Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress January 6 Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer Eddie Redmayne, English actor January 7 – Lauren Cohan, British-American actress January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress January 9 - Catherine, Princess of Wales, Brittish monarch, wife of Prince William January 10 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002) Misato Fukuen, Japanese voice actress January 11 Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017) Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress January 13 Pawel Szajda, American actor Ruth Wilson, English actress January 16 – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress January 18 - Joanna Newsom, American singer-songwriter and actress January 19 Tom Lorcan, English actor Simone Missick, American actress Jodie Sweetin, American actress January 23 - Geoffrey Wigdor, American actor January 24 Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and producer Fiona Xie, Singaporean actress and television host January 25 John Behlmann, American actor Shawna Waldron, American actress January 28 – Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress February 1 - Daisy Betts, Australian actress February 3 – Bridget Regan, American actress February 5 – Yū Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress February 7 – Cory Doran, Canadian voice actor and director February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor February 10 – Yoshimasa Hosoya, Japanese voice actor February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress February 12 – Carter Hayden, Canadian actor and voice actor February 15 – Nesreen Tafesh, Syrian-Palestinian-Algerian actress and singer February 22 Buğra Gülsoy, Turkish actor and director Dichen Lachman, Australian actress and producer February 23 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter February 24 – Fala Chen, Hong Kong actress March 1 – Kim Min-hee, South Korean actress March 2 – Pilou Asbæk, Danish actor March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress March 8 – Marjorie Estiano, Brazilian actress March 10 Shin Koyamada, Japanese actor, producer and martial artist Thomas Middleditch, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter March 11 Thora Birch, American actress Robbie Daymond, American voice actor Mircea Monroe, American actress and model March 12 Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress Samm Levine, American comedian and actor Luis Gerardo Méndez, Mexican actor and producer March 14 – Kate Maberly, English actress, director, writer, producer and musician March 15 Tom Budge, Australian actor Patricia Summersett, Canadian actress March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress March 18 – Adam Pally, American actor, comedian, writer and producer March 20 Nick Blood, English actor Erica Luttrell, Canadian actress March 21 - Santino Fontana, American actor and singer March 22 – Constance Wu, American actress March 23 - Nicolas Wright, Canadian actor and writer March 24 – Kenichirou Ohashi, Japanese voice actor March 25 Sean Faris, American actor and model Rory Markham, American mixed martial artist and actor Jenny Slate, American comedian March 26 - Joe Anderson, English actor and singer March 28 - Flula Borg, German actor, musician, comedian, YouTube personality and DJ March 31 Falk Hentschel, German actor and choreographer Judi Shekoni, English actress Brian Tyree Henry, African-American actor Chloé Zhao, Chinese-American director April 1 Sam Huntington, American actor Taran Killam, American actor and comedian April 3 Sofia Boutella, Algerian actress Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress April 4 Justin Cook, American voice actor Kett Turton, American-born Canadian actor April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress April 6 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor April 13 - Giulia Steigerwalt, Italian screenwriter, director and former actress April 14 – Paolla Oliveira, Brazilian actress April 15 - Seth Rogen, Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker April 16 - Gina Carano, American actress April 19 Marta Milans, Spanish-American actress Cassandra Lee Morris, American voice actress Ignacio Serricchio, Argentine-born American actor Ali Wong, Vietnamese-Chinese-American stand-up comedian, actress and writer Blitz the Ambassador, Ghanaian filmmaker, author, visual artist, rapper April 22 Cassidy Freeman, American actress and musician Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, American singer, songwriter and actress April 25 – Josh Kelly, American actor April 28 – Harry Shum Jr., Costa Rican-American actor, singer and dancer April 30 Kirsten Dunst, American actress Joseph Perrino, American actor Drew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer May 1 – Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish actor May 3 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress May 8 – Christina Cole, English actress May 11 Evan Goldberg, Canadian filmmaker Jonathan Jackson, American actor Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013) May 14 Anjelah Johnson, American actress and comedian Jessica Raine, English actress May 15 - Alexandra Breckenridge, American actress May 16 - Tiya Sircar, American actress May 20 – Donald Reignoux, French voice actor May 24 – Chaunté Wayans, American actress, comedian, writer and editor May 25 – Fryda Wolff, American voice actress May 28 – Alexa Davalos, American actress May 29 – Anita Briem, Icelandic actress May 31