1982 in film

Highest-grossing films

North America

The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Outside North America

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

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.

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

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 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 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
• April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
• April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
• 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 26 – Cedric Sanders, 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
  • 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
• 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 28 – Grazi Massafera, Brazilian actress
• 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
• 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
• 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 11 - Remi Adeleke, American writer and actor
• 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 5 - Francisco Bosch, Spanish 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 19 - Gillian Jacobs, American actress
• 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
• 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 14 - Jesse Garcia, American actor
• December 15
  • Charlie Cox, English actor
  • George O. Gore II, American actor
• December 16 – Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)
• December 21 – Alexia Barlier, French actress
• December 22 – Alinne Moraes, Brazilian 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

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 – **
• 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
• Wil Wheaton – The Secret of NIMH
• 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
• Chuck Zito – Dead Ringer
• Daphne Zuniga – The Dorm That Dripped Blood

Notes

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