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The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]

Highest-grossing films of 1992
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Aladdin Buena Vista $504,050,219
2 The Bodyguard Warner Bros. $411,006,740
3 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 20th Century Fox $358,994,850
4 Basic Instinct Tri-Star / Carolco $352,927,224
5 Lethal Weapon 3 Warner Bros. $321,731,527
6 Batman Returns $266,822,354
7 A Few Good Men Columbia $243,240,178
8 Sister Act Buena Vista $231,605,150
9 Bram Stoker's Dracula Columbia $215,862,692
10 Wayne's World Paramount $183,097,323

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 50th Golden Globe Awards
January 23, 1993
46th BAFTA Awards
March 21, 1993
65th Academy Awards
March 29, 1993
DramaMusical and/or Comedy
Best Film Scent of a Woman The Player Howards End Unforgiven
Best Director Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven
Robert Altman
The Player
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven
Best Actor Al Pacino
Scent of a Woman
Tim Robbins
The Player
Robert Downey Jr.
Chaplin
Al Pacino
Scent of a Woman
Best Actress Emma Thompson
Howards End
Miranda Richardson
Enchanted April
Emma Thompson
Howards End
Best Supporting Actor Gene Hackman
Unforgiven
Best Supporting Actress Joan Plowright
Enchanted April
Miranda Richardson
Damage
Marisa Tomei
My Cousin Vinny
Best Screenplay, Adapted Bo Goldman
Scent of a Woman
Michael Tolkin
The Player
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Howards End
Best Screenplay, Original Woody Allen
Husbands and Wives
Neil Jordan
The Crying Game
Best Original Score Aladdin
Alan Menken
Strictly Ballroom
David Hirschfelder
Aladdin
Alan 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

1992 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 M. J. Frankovich 82USProducer
2 Virginia Field 74UKActress
3 Judith Anderson 94AustraliaActress
7 Richard Hunt 40USPuppeteer, Actor
7 Andrew Marton 87HungaryDirector
8 Anthony Dawson 75UKActor
8 Marjorie Kane 82USActress
9 Steve Brodie 72USActor
9 Bill Naughton 81IrelandScreenwriter
15 Hari Rhodes 59USActor
17 Dorothy Alison 66AustraliaActress
18 Ruby R. Levitt 84USSet Decorator
23 Freddie Bartholomew 67UKActor
23 Ian Wolfe 95USActor
24 Ken Darby 82USComposer, Lyricist
26 José Ferrer 79Puerto RicoActor, Director
27 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies 101UKActress
February 1 Dick York 63USActor
4 John Dehner 76USActor
8 Baruch Lumet 93USActor
9 Jack Kinney 82USDirector, Animator
10 Fred Hynes 83USSound Engineer
11 Ray Danton 60USActor
13 Dorothy Tree 85USActress
24 Doreen Montgomery 79UKScreenwriter
March 2 Robert Clatworthy 80USArt Director, Production Designer
2 Sandy Dennis 54USActress
3 Robert Beatty 82CanadaActor
4 Néstor Almendros 61SpainCinematographer
4 Art Babbitt 84USAnimator
11 László Benedek 87HungaryDirector
11 Richard Brooks 85USDirector, Screenwriter
14 Jean Poiret 65FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
15 Helen Deutsch 85USScreenwriter
17 Jack Arnold 79USDirector
17 Franklin R. Levy 43USProducer
17 Grace Stafford 88USActress
18 Arnold Diamond 76UKActor
19 Cesare Danova 66ItalyActor
20 Georges Delerue 67FranceComposer
21 John Ireland 82CanadaActor
22 Melissa Stribling 65UKActress
25 Nancy Walker 69USActress, Director
28 Wendell Mayes 72USScreenwriter
29 Paul Henreid 84HungaryActor
29 Archie Marshek 90USFilm Editor
April 3 Karl Tunberg 85USScreenwriter
5 Molly Picon 92USActress
6 Andy Russell 72USSinger, Actor
10 Cec Linder 71PolandActor
11 James Brown 72USActor
14 David Miller 82USDirector
16 Neville Brand 71USActor
18 Pat Thomson 51UKActress
19 Frankie Howerd 75UKActor
20 Mae Clarke 81USActress
20 Benny Hill 68UKActor
22 Steffi Duna 82HungaryActress
22Rosemary Odell67USCostume Designer
23 Satyajit Ray 70IndiaDirector, Screenwriter
May 3 George Murphy 89USActor, Dancer
6 Marlene Dietrich 90GermanyActress
8 Richard Derr 73USActor
10 John Lund 81USActor
12 Lenny Montana 66USActor
12 Robert Reed 59USActor
15 Bartlett Mullins 87UKActor
16 Marisa Mell 53AustriaActress
18 Marshall Thompson 66USActor
26 Edmund Beloin 82USScreenwriter
June 2 Philip Dunne 84USScreenwriter, Director
3 Robert Morley 84UKActor
5 Laurence Naismith 83UKActor
6 Larry Riley 38USActor
12 Renié Conley 90USCostume Designer
12 Gerda Nicolson 54AustraliaActress
24 Hans Reiser 73GermanyActor
22 Chuck Mitchell 64USActor
22Frederic I. Rinaldo78USScreenwriter
26 Phil Rubenstein 51USActor
27 Allan Jones 84USActor, Singer
28 Joan Marshall 61USActress
July 1 Franco Cristaldi 67ItalyProducer
12 Reginald Beck 90UKFilm Editor
23 Arletty 94FranceActress
23 Maxine Audley 69UKActress
23 Amjad Khan 51IndiaActor
28 Lester Shorr 85USCinematographer
30 Brenda Marshall 76USActress
August 7 John Anderson 69USActor
12 James W. Payne 62USSet Decorator
16 Malcolm Atterbury 85USActor
18 John Sturges 82USDirector
19 Gianni Polidori 68ItalyProduction Designer
21 Charles Nichols 81USDirector, Animator
23 Virginia Sale 93USActress
25 George R. Nelson 65USSet Decorator
30 Hideo Gosha 63JapanDirector
September 1 Morris Carnovsky 94USActor
4 John van Dreelen 70NetherlandsActor
6 Henry Ephron 81USScreenwriter
6 Mervyn Johns 93UKActor
8 Carroll Young 83USScreenwriter
12 H. F. Koenekamp 100USSpecial Effects Artist, Cinematographer
12 Ruth Nelson 87USActress
12 Ed Peck 75USActor
12 Anthony Perkins 60USActor, Director
15 Michael Luciano 83USFilm Editor
17 Feodor Chaliapin Jr. 86RussiaActor
18 Herbert W. Spencer 87ChileOrchestrator, Composer
21 Bill Williams 77USActor
27 Keith Prentice 52USActor
29 Paul Jabara 44USActor, Songwriter
29 Bill Rowe 61UKSound Engineer
30 Maria Malicka 92PolandActress
October 6 Denholm Elliott 70UKActor
6 Natalie Moorhead 91USActress
9 Ben Maddow 83USScreenwriter
12 John Hancock 51USActor
16 Shirley Booth 87USActress
16 Anna Hill Johnstone 79USCostume Designer
16 Vladek Sheybal 69PolandActor
21 Clem Portman 87USSound Engineer
22 Cleavon Little 53USActor
23 Dorothy Dunbar 90USActress
26 Laurel Cronin 53USActress
November 2 Hal Roach 100USDirector, Producer
6 Mark Rosenberg 44USProducer
7 Jack Kelly 65USActor
10 Chuck Connors 71USActor
12 Eddie Mayehoff 83USActor
13Alan Balsam42USFilm Editor
17 Todd Armstrong 83USActor
18 Dorothy Kirsten 82USSinger, Actress
19 Diane Varsi 54USActress
20 John Foreman 67USProducer
22 Sterling Holloway 87USActor
22 Ronald Sinclair 68New ZealandActor, Film Editor
23 Rita Corday 72USActress
26 Joby Blanshard 73UKActor
26 John Sharp 72UKActor
29 Robert Shayne 92USActor
29 Robert F. Simon 83USActor
December 2 Michael Gothard 53UKActor
6 Percy Herbert 72UKActor
6 Hank Worden 91USActor
9 Franco Franchi 64ItalyActor
9 Vincent Gardenia 71ItalyActor
11 Michael Robbins 62UKActor
11 Walter M. Simonds 81USArt Director, Production Designer
15 William Ware Theiss 61USCostume Designer
17 Dana Andrews 83USActor
20 Steve Ross 65USStudio Executive
22 Milo Sperber 81UKActor
25 Sandra Dorne 68UKActress

Film debuts

References

  1. "1992 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved March 7, 2020.