1982 in film

Last updated October 05, 2025

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^[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-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	First Blood	Orion	$125,212,904
5	Rocky III	United Artists	$124,146,897
6	Porky's	20th Century Fox	$105,492,483
7	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Paramount	$78,912,963
8	48 Hrs.	Paramount	$78,868,508
9	Poltergeist	MGM	$76,606,280
10	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Universal	$69,701,637

Outside North America

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

International market	Title	Director	Production country	Gross	Ref
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]
West 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.

Title	Worldwide 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]	United States
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

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 Awards January 29, 1983		36th BAFTA Awards March 20, 1983	55th Academy Awards April 11, 1983
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	36th BAFTA Awards March 20, 1983	55th Academy Awards April 11, 1983
Best Film	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Tootsie	Gandhi
Best Director	Richard Attenborough Gandhi
Best Actor	Ben Kingsley Gandhi	Dustin Hoffman Tootsie	Ben Kingsley Gandhi
Best Actress	Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice	Julie Andrews Victor/Victoria	Katharine Hepburn On Golden Pond	Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor	Louis Gossett Jr. An Officer and a Gentleman		Jack Nicholson Reds	Louis Gossett Jr. An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress	Jessica Lange Tootsie		Rohini Hattangadi Gandhi Maureen Stapleton Reds	Jessica Lange Tootsie
Best Screenplay, Adapted	John Briley Gandhi		Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Missing	Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Missing
Best Screenplay, Original	John Briley Gandhi		Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Missing	John Briley Gandhi
Best Original Score	John 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 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

1982 films

By genre/medium

Births

January 4 - Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
January 6
- Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
- Eddie Redmayne, English actor^[29]
January 7 – Lauren Cohan, British-American actress
January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
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 - 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 film producer
January 25 - John Behlmann, American actor
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 actress and 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, 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^[30]
April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
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 26 – Cedric Sanders, American actor
April 28 – Harry Shum Jr., Costa Rican-American actor, singer and dancer
April 30
- Kirsten Dunst, American actress^[31]
- 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
- 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
- Lee Majdoub, Canadian actor
- Jonathan Tucker, American actor
June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
June 4 – MC Jin, American rapper, actor and comedian of Chinese descent
June 5 – Yoo In-na, South Korean actress
June 7 - Amy Nuttall, English actress and singer
June 8 – Josh Pence, American actor
June 16
- Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
- Jodi Sta. Maria, Filipina actress
June 17
- Arthur Darvill, English actor and musician
- Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
- Jodie Whittaker, English actress
June 19 – Gabriella Wright, English actress
June 21
- Benjamin Walker, American actor
- Jussie Smollett, American actor^[32]
June 22 – Mati Diop, French-Senegalese actress and director
June 24
- Laura Donnelly, Northern Irish actress
- Sarai Givaty, Israeli actress and singer-songwriter
- Lotte Verbeek, Dutch actress
June 27
- Polo Ravales, Filipino actor and model
- Takeru Shibaki, Japanese actor
June 29
- Colin Jost, American actor and comedian
- Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
- Lily Rabe, American actress
- Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
July 1
- Hilarie Burton, American actress
- Fedi Nuril, Indonesian actor^[33]
July 6 - Misty Upham, Native American actress (d. 2014)
July 8
- Sophia Bush, American actress
- Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
July 13 - Aya Cash, American actress
July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
July 19
- Jared Padalecki, American actor
- Derek Wilson, American actor
July 23
- Zanjoe Marudo, Filipino actor
- Tom Mison, English actor
- Paul Wesley, American actor
July 24
- Elisabeth Moss, American actress
- Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress^[34]
July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
July 28 - Tom Pelphrey, American actor
July 29 - Allison Mack, American actress
July 30
- Nesrin Cavadzade, Turkish-Azerbaijani actress
- Brandon Scott, American actor and producer
- Martin Starr, American actor
- Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
August 1 – Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
August 6 – Romola Garai, English actress
August 7 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
August 10 – Devon Aoki, American actress and model
August 13 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
August 16
- Cam Gigandet, American actor
- Todd Haberkorn, American voice actor
August 19
- Erika Christensen, American actress
- Melissa Fumero, American actress
August 20
- Meghan Ory, Canadian actress
- Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
August 21 – Akane Omae, Japanese voice actress
August 25 – Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor
August 26
- Nazneen Contractor, Canadian actress
- John Mulaney, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer
August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress
August 29 – Echo Kellum, American comedian and actor
September 1 – Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and filmmaker
September 3 – Ayumi Fujimura, Japanese voice actress
September 4
- Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
- Sarah Solemani, English actress and writer
September 7
- David Dawson, English actor
- Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
September 10 – Bret Iwan, American voice actor
September 13
- J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer and voice actor
September 15 – Evan Goldberg, Canadian filmmaker and comedian
September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
September 20
- JJ Jia, Hong Kong actress
- Hu Ge, Chinese actor
September 22
- Katie Lowes, American actress
- Billie Piper, English singer and actress
September 23 - Alyssa Sutherland, Australian actress
September 25 – Charlene Amoia, American actress
September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer
September 28 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
September 29 – Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (d. 2022)
September 30
- Lacey Chabert, American actress
- Kieran Culkin, American actor
October 1 – Olga Fonda, Russian-American actress
October 2 - Amanda Hale, English actress
October 3 – Erik von Detten, former American actor
October 10 – Dan Stevens, British actor
October 13 – Jo Yoon-hee, South Korean actress and model
October 15
- Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor and model
- Jessica Rey, American actress
- Lane Toran, American actor, voice actor, musician and songwriter
October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor
October 27
- Patrick Fugit, American actor
- Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
October 28 – Matt Smith, English actor
October 29 – Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress and former professional model
October 30 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model^[35]
October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
November 2 – Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
November 4 – Travis Van Winkle, American actor
November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
November 11 – Fayssal Bazzi, Australian actor
November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
November 14 - Laura Ramsey, American actress
November 15 – Yaya DaCosta, American actress
November 18
- Akeno Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
- Damon Wayans Jr., American actor, comedian and writer
November 21 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
November 22 – Fiona Glascott, Irish actress
November 24 – Joey Ansah, British actor, director and martial artist
November 25 – Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Mexican-American actress
November 28
- Malcolm Goodwin, American actor
- Alan Ritchson, American actor, filmmaker and singer
November 29
- Gemma Chan, English actress
- Lucas Black, American actor
- Eddie Spears, Indigenous American actor
November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
December 1
- Riz Ahmed, British actor and rapper
- Jonny Cruz, American actor, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker and musician
December 3
- Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong actor and singer
- Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress
December 5 – Gabriel Luna, American actor and producer
December 7
- Jack Huston, British actor
- Jesse Johnson, American actor
December 8
- Nicki Minaj, American rapper
- Hannah Ware, English actress
December 12 – Ai Kato, Japanese actress
December 15
- Charlie Cox, English actor^[36]
- George O. Gore II, American actor
December 16 – Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)
December 21 – Alexia Barlier, French actress
December 24
- Robert Schwartzman, American actor, screenwriter, director, and musician
- Tetsuya Kakihara, Japanese voice actor
December 28 – Beau Garrett, American actress and model
December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress
December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Victor Buono	43	US	Actor	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Robin and the 7 Hoods
	1	Margot Grahame	70	UK	Actress	The Informer The Three Musketeers
	4	Kathryn Scola	90	US	Screenwriter	Baby Face The Glass Key
	5	Hans Conried	64	US	Actor	The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Peter Pan
	5	Harvey Lembeck	58	US	Actor	Stalag 17 Beach Party
	8	Reta Shaw	69	US	Actress	Mary Poppins Escape to Witch Mountain
	8	Grégoire Aslan	73	Switzerland	Actor	Cleopatra The Return of the Pink Panther
	10	Paul Lynde	55	US	Actor	Bye Bye Birdie Send Me No Flowers
	30	Stanley Holloway	91	UK	Actor	My Fair Lady Brief Encounter
February	5	Dolores Moran	58	US	Actress	To Have and Have Not The Horn Blows at Midnight
	11	Eleanor Powell	69	US	Actress, Dancer	Born to Dance Broadway Melody of 1936
	11	Takashi Shimura	76	Japan	Actor	Seven Samurai Godzilla
	12	Victor Jory	79	Canada	Actor	Gone with the Wind The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
	14	Antonio Casas	70	Spain	Actor	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Tristana
	17	Lee Strasberg	80	US	Actor	The Godfather Part II Going in Style
	18	Tina Carver	59	US	Actress	From Hell It Came Inside Detroit
	22	John Carter	74	US	Sound Engineer	Jaws El Dorado
	24	Virginia Bruce	71	US	Actress	The Great Ziegfeld Jane Eyre
March	5	John Belushi	33	US	Actor	The Blues Brothers National Lampoon's Animal House
	5	Burton Miller	57	US	Costume Designer	The Front Page Airport '77
	5	Giuseppe Porelli	84	Italy	Actor	I dieci comandamenti Don Camillo: Monsignor
	6	Ayn Rand	77	Russia	Screenwriter	The Fountainhead Love Letters
	8	Walter Plunkett	79	US	Costume Designer	Gone with the Wind An American in Paris
	19	Alan Badel	58	UK	Actor	The Day of the Jackal Force 10 from Navarone
	21	Harry H. Corbett	57	UK	Actor	Jabberwocky Carry On Screaming!
	22	Harold Goldblatt	82	UK	Actor	A Night to Remember Sunday Bloody Sunday
	26	Sam Kydd	67	UK	Actor	The Ladykillers Eye of the Needle
	27	Betty Schade	87	US	Actress	After Five First Love
	29	Rudy Bond	69	US	Actor	The Godfather A Streetcar Named Desire
April	1	Stephen Chase	79	US	Actor	When Worlds Collide The Blob
	3	Warren Oates	53	US	Actor	The Wild Bunch In the Heat of the Night
	7	Brenda Benet	36	US	Actress	Harum Scarum Walking Tall
	12	Lenny Baker	37	US	Actor	Next Stop, Greenwich Village The Paper Chase
	15	Arthur Lowe	66	UK	Actor	Kind Hearts and Coronets The Ruling Class
	21	Joe Sawyer	75	Canada	Actor	Gilda It Came from Outer Space
	22	Stanley Roberts	65	US	Screenwriter	The Caine Mutiny Made in Paris
	25	W. R. Burnett	82	US	Screenwriter	High Sierra The Great Escape
	25	Don Wilson	81	US	Actor	Niagara Buck Benny Rides Again
	26	Celia Johnson	73	UK	Actress	Brief Encounter The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
	27	George Dunn	67	US	Actor	Operation Petticoat The Beguiled
	27	Tom Tully	73	US	Actor	The Caine Mutiny Charley Varrick
May	1	Margaret Sheridan	55	US	Actress	The Thing from Another World I, the Jury
	2	Helmut Dantine	63	Austria	Actor	Whispering City Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
	2	Hugh Marlowe	71	US	Actor	All About Eve The Day the Earth Stood Still
	2	Wini Shaw	75	US	Actress, Singer	Gold Diggers of 1935 Front Page Woman
	14	Hugh Beaumont	73	US	Actor	The Blue Dahlia Railroaded!
	16	Sidney Hickox	86	US	Cinematographer	The Big Sleep White Heat
	16	Leigh Snowden	52	US	Actress	Outside the Law The Creature Walks Among Us
	29	Romy Schneider	43	Germany	Actress	The Trial What's New Pussycat?
June	10	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	37	Germany	Screenwriter, Director, Actor	Love Is Colder Than Death Katzelmacher
	16	Gwen Wakeling	81	US	Costume Designer	Samson and Delilah How Green Was My Valley
	18	Curd Jürgens	66	Germany	Actor, Director	The Spy Who Loved Me The Longest Day
	21	Cotton Warburton	70	US	Film Editor	Mary Poppins Neptune's Daughter
	29	Michael Brennan	69	UK	Actor	Trouble in Store Up in the World
	29	Henry King	96	US	Director, Producer	Twelve O'Clock High The Gunfighter
July	8	Isa Miranda	73	Italy	Actress	Hotel Imperial Summertime
	12	Kenneth More	67	UK	Actor	The Longest Day Battle of Britain
	16	Patrick Dewaere	35	France	Actor, Screenwriter, Director	A Bad Son Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff
	18	John Maxwell	64	US	Actor	The Prowler Without Warning!
	19	John Harvey	70	UK	Actor	The Satanic Rites of Dracula The Man with My Face
	23	Vic Morrow	53	US	Actor	Twilight Zone: The Movie The Bad News Bears
	29	Harold Sakata	62	US	Actor	Goldfinger Dimension 5
August	2	Cathleen Nesbitt	93	UK	Actress	An Affair to Remember Separate Tables
	7	Jill Banner	35	US	Actress	Spider Baby The President's Analyst
	10	William Henry	67	US	Actor	The Thin Man Mister Roberts
	10	José Nieto	80	Spain	Actor	The Girl from Bejar El abanderado
	11	Folmar Blangsted	77	Denmark	Film Editor	Rio Bravo Summer of '42
	11	Tom Drake	64	US	Actor	Meet Me in St. Louis Words and Music
	12	Henry Fonda	77	US	Actor	12 Angry Men Once Upon a Time in the West
	13	Joe E. Ross	68	US	Actor	Hear Me Good The Love Bug
	13	Charles Walters	70	US	Director	Lili The Unsinkable Molly Brown
	14	Kanhaiyalal	71-72	India	Actor	Meri Surat Teri Ankhen Satyam Shivam Sundaram
	14	Patrick Magee	58	Ireland	Actor	A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon
	19	Russell Waters	74	UK	Actor	The Wicker Man The Blue Lagoon
	20	Ulla Jacobsson	53	Sweden	Actress	Smiles of a Summer Night Love Is a Ball
	20	Edward Ludwig	82	Russia	Director	Wake of the Red Witch Big Jim McLain
	22	John Boxer	73	UK	Actor	Gandhi The Bridge on the River Kwai
	29	Ingrid Bergman	67	Sweden	Actress	Casablanca Notorious
September	2	Jay Novello	78	US	Actor	The Pride and the Passion The Lost World
	5	Richard Lane	83	US	Actor	Alias Boston Blackie Brother Orchid
	13	Philip Ober	80	US	Actor	From Here to Eternity North by Northwest
	14	Grace Kelly ^[37]	52	US	Actress	Rear Window Dial M for Murder
	15	Rolfe Sedan	86	US	Actor	Ninotchka Phantom of the Rue Morgue
	24	Sarah Churchill	67	UK	Actress	Royal Wedding All Over the Town
	28	Mabel Albertson	81	US	Actress	What's Up, Doc? Barefoot in the Park
	28	Seth Banks	66	US	Costume Designer	To Kill a Mockingbird 9 to 5
October	3	Vivien Merchant	53	UK	Actress	Frenzy Alfie
	5	Joseph Hurley	68	US	Art Director	Psycho The Postman Always Rings Twice
	8	Fernando Lamas	67	Argentina	Actor, Director	Dangerous When Wet The Merry Widow
	12	John Brahm	89	Germany	Director	Hangover Square The Locket
	12	Howard Sackler	52	US	Screenwriter	The Great White Hope Jaws 2
	26	Valerio Zurlini	56	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	The Desert of the Tartars Violent Summer
November	1	King Vidor	88	US	Director, Producer, Screenwriter	Duel in the Sun War and Peace
	1	James Broderick	55	US	Actor	Dog Day Afternoon The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
	4	Dominique Dunne	22	US	Actress	Poltergeist
	4	Jacques Tati	75	France	Actor, Screenwriter, Director	Mon Oncle Mr. Hulot's Holiday
	7	Elio Petri	53	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion The 10th Victim
	17	Ruth Donnelly	86	US	Actress	The Bells of St. Mary's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
	18	William P. McGivern	63	US	Screenwriter	The Wrecking Crew Brannigan
	21	Lee Patrick	80	US	Actress	Auntie Mame The Maltese Falcon
	26	Robert Coote	73	UK	Actor	A Matter of Life and Death The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
	26	Dan Tobin	72	US	Actor	Woman of the Year The Velvet Touch
	27	Steve Gordon	44	US	Screenwriter, Director	Arthur The One and Only
	30	Verna Fields	64	US	Film Editor	Jaws American Graffiti
December	2	Marty Feldman	48	UK	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	Young Frankenstein The Last Remake of Beau Geste
	10	Roy Webb	94	US	Composer	Notorious Bringing Up Baby
	21	Gladys Henson	83	Ireland	Actress	The Happiest Days of Your Life The Prince and the Showgirl
	22	Jack Webb	62	US	Actor	Sunset Boulevard Pete Kelly's Blues
	29	Sol C. Siegel	79	US	Producer	Three Coins in the Fountain Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Film debuts

Caroline Aaron – Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Pamela Adlon – Grease 2
Antonio Banderas – Labyrinth of Passion
Christine Baranski – Soup for One
Frances Barber – The Missionary
Michael Bowen – Forbidden World
Nicolas Cage – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Billy Campbell – How Sleep the Brave
Peter Capaldi – Living Apart Together
Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
Maryam d'Abo – Xtro
Tim Daly – Diner
Geena Davis – Tootsie
Rebecca De Mornay – One from the Heart
Christine Ebersole – Tootsie
Erika Eleniak – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
David Faustino – Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures
Miguel Ferrer – Truckin' Buddy McCoy
Whoopi Goldberg – Citizen
Hugh Grant – Privileged
Anthony Michael Hall – Six Pack
Paul Herman – Dear Mr. Wonderful
C. Thomas Howell – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Alex Hyde-White – The Toy
Željko Ivanek – The Soldier
Luz María Jerez – Sorceress
Angelina Jolie – Lookin' to Get Out
Claudia Karvan – Going Down
Tchéky Karyo – The Return of Martin Guerre
Kevin Kline – Sophie's Choice
Andy Lau – Once Upon a Rainbow
Joey Lawrence – Hit and Run
Jet Li – Shaolin Temple
Vincent Lindon – Guy de Maupassant
Diego Luna – Antonieta
Amy Madigan – Love Child
Michael Madsen – Against All Hope
Wendie Malick – A Little Sex
Ian McElhinney – Angel
Ian McNeice – Voice Over
Michael Milhoan – The Beach Girls
Esai Morales – Forty Deuce
Bill Moseley – Endangered Species
Eddie Murphy – 48 Hrs.
Gary Oldman – Remembrance
Ed O'Ross – Dear Mr. Wonderful
Barry Otto – Norman Loves Rose
Rick Overton – Young Doctors in Love
Rob Paulsen – Tron
Larry Pine – I, the Jury
Paul Reiser – Diner
Molly Ringwald – Tempest
Scott Rudin (producer) – I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
James Russo – A Stranger Is Watching
William Sadler – Hanky Panky
Meredith Salenger – Annie
Miguel Sandoval – Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Greta Scacchi – Second Sight [ it ]
Jackie Shroff – Swami Dada
Shawnee Smith – Annie
Bill Smitrovich – A Little Sex
Beau Starr – Hanky Panky
Eric Stoltz – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fred Tatasciore – Dragon Lord
Ulrich Tukur – Die Weiße Rose
Tom Virtue – Tex
Forest Whitaker – Tag: The Assassination Game
James Wilby – Privileged
Mark Williams – Privileged
Victor Wong – Nightsongs
Philip Zandén – Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry
Hans Zimmer (film composer) – Moonlighting
Daphne Zuniga – The Dorm That Dripped Blood

Notes

↑ Amblin corrected Variety 's reporting of E.T.'s gross in 1992, stating that it had grossed $367.6 million in its initial release.^[2]
↑ ₹9.79 per US$ in 1982^[7]
↑ 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]
↑
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)

References

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↑ "Errata". Variety . January 13, 1992. p. 6.
1 2 "1982《少林寺》票价1毛，票房1.6亿，相当于现在的多少钱". QQ News . Tencent. 15 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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↑ BFI Statistical Yearbook (PDF) (2012 ed.). London: British Film Institute. 2013. pp. 22 & 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
↑ "Gandhi (1982) – Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
↑ "Box Office Information for Rocky III". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
↑ "Box Office Information for Poltergeist". The Numbers. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
1 2 "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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↑ "'Shaolin Temple' Champ of Singapore's Box Office". Variety . October 20, 1982. p. 229.
1 2 "1982". 中国进行曲——流行音乐四十年回眸[March in China: A Look Back at 40 Years of Popular Music] (in Chinese). Beijing Book Co. Inc. 1 August 2018. ISBN 978-7-5523-1578-3. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2022. 同样在日本,创下了40亿日元的票房纪录,1983年在韩国创下了51亿韩元的票房纪录。[Also in Japan, it set a box office record of ¥4 billion, and in 1983, it set a box office record of ₩5.1 billion in South Korea.]
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↑ Harmetz, Aljean (June 8, 1982). "'Star Trek II' Sets Mark for Sales at Opening". The New York Times . p. C11.
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External links

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1982 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 1982 deaths at IMDb
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[3] 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]

[9] ₹9.79 per US$ in 1982^[7]

[17] 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]

[29] 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)

[mwCoE] China – CN¥161,578,014^[3] ( US$85,355,528)^[22]

[mwCo0] Hong Kong – HK$16,157,801^[23] (US$2,661,911)^[22]

[mwCpg] Singapore – S$1.7 million^[24] (US$794,000)

[mwCp8] Japan – ¥4 billion^[25] (US$16.06 million)

[mwCqY] South Korea – ₩5.1 billion^[25] (US$6.57 million)

[1] "1982 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 3 August 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

[2] "Errata". Variety . January 13, 1992. p. 6.

[qq-4] 1 2 "1982《少林寺》票价1毛，票房1.6亿，相当于现在的多少钱". QQ News . Tencent. 15 October 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[5] "Charts – LES ENTREES EN FRANCE". JP's Box-Office. 1982. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

[6] "Bilan Annuel Allemagne – 1982". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[boi82-7] Box Office 1982, Box Office India

[indian-institute-8] Monthly Commentary on Indian Economic Conditions, Volume 28, page xv, Indian Institute of Public Opinion, 1986

[10] "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1982". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[eiren-11] "1982年（1月～12月）". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[korea2-12] "【ジャッキーチェン興行成績】第10回：韓国での興行収入". KungFu Tube (in Japanese). 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[13] Park, Seung Hyun (2000). A Cultural Interpretation of Korean Cinema, 1988–1997. Indiana University. p. 119. Archived from the original on 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2018-12-13. Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974–1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997–1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1982 [...] 3,000

[14] "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.

[moscow7-15] Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48 Archived 2018-05-10 at the Wayback Machine , Cornell University Press, 2011

[russia-16] Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls Archived 2017-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

[18] "Bilan Annuel Espagne – 1982". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

[19] "1982 Taiwan Box Office". National Chengchi University . 19 February 2001. Archived from the original on 19 February 2001. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[BFI_2013-20] BFI Statistical Yearbook (PDF) (2012 ed.). London: British Film Institute. 2013. pp. 22 & 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[21] "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2009.

[22] "Gandhi (1982) – Box Office Data, DVD and Blu-ray Sales, Movie News, Cast and Crew Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[23] "Box Office Information for Rocky III". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[24] "Box Office Information for Poltergeist". The Numbers. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2012.

[worldbank-25] 1 2 "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[26] "Shaolin Temple (1982)". Hong Kong Movie Database . Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[27] "'Shaolin Temple' Champ of Singapore's Box Office". Variety . October 20, 1982. p. 229.

[Beijing-28] 1 2 "1982". 中国进行曲——流行音乐四十年回眸[March in China: A Look Back at 40 Years of Popular Music] (in Chinese). Beijing Book Co. Inc. 1 August 2018. ISBN 978-7-5523-1578-3. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2022. 同样在日本,创下了40亿日元的票房纪录,1983年在韩国创下了51亿韩元的票房纪录。[Also in Japan, it set a box office record of ¥4 billion, and in 1983, it set a box office record of ₩5.1 billion in South Korea.]

[30] "On Independence Day, here are the most successful Indian movies of every decade since 1947". Hindustan Times . 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

[31] "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank . Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[nytimes-office-32] Harmetz, Aljean (June 8, 1982). "'Star Trek II' Sets Mark for Sales at Opening". The New York Times . p. C11.

[33] Editors of Chase's (27 October 2020). Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[34] "Jay Baruchel". TVGuide.com . Archived from the original on September 13, 2015.

[35] Editors of Chase's (27 October 2020). Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[36] "The Birth of Justin Smollett". California Birth Index. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.

[37] Detikcom, Tim. "Fedi Nuril Kisahkan Ditahan Tentara Israel dan Jelaskan Pelanggaran HAM". detikhot (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-02-07.

[38] Editors of Chase's (30 September 2018). Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 382. ISBN 978-1-64143-264-1. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[39] Editors of Chase's (27 October 2020). Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 534–. ISBN 978-1-64143-424-9. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[40] "UPI Almanac for Friday, Dec. 15, 2017". United Press International . Archived from the original on 15 December 2017.

[41] "Grace Kelly | American actress and princess of Monaco". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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