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1992 in film

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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:

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross12345678910
*Aladdin*Walt Disney Pictures$504,050,219
*The Bodyguard*Warner Bros.$411,006,740
*Home Alone 2: Lost in New York*[20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox)$358,994,850
*Basic Instinct*TriStar$352,927,224
*Lethal Weapon 3*Warner Bros.$321,731,527
*Batman Returns*$266,822,354
*A Few Good Men*Columbia$243,240,178
*Sister Act*Buena Vista$231,605,150
*Bram Stoker's Dracula*Columbia$215,862,692
*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 Awards](50th-golden-globe-awards)
January 23, 1993[46th BAFTA Awards](46th-british-academy-film-awards)
March 21, 1993[65th Academy Awards](65th-academy-awards)
March 29, 1993DramaMusical and/or Comedy
Best Film*Scent of a Woman**The Player**Howards End**Unforgiven*
Best DirectorClint Eastwood
*Unforgiven*Robert Altman
*The Player*Clint Eastwood
*Unforgiven*
Best ActorAl Pacino
*Scent of a Woman*Tim Robbins
*The Player*Robert Downey Jr.
*Chaplin*Al Pacino
*Scent of a Woman*
Best ActressEmma Thompson
*Howards End*Miranda Richardson
*Enchanted April*Emma Thompson
*Howards End*
Best Supporting ActorGene Hackman
*Unforgiven*
Best Supporting ActressJoan Plowright
*Enchanted April*Miranda Richardson
*Damage*Marisa Tomei
*My Cousin Vinny*
Best Screenplay, AdaptedBo Goldman
*Scent of a Woman*Michael Tolkin
*The Player*Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
*Howards End*
Best Screenplay, OriginalWoody 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

  • 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 3 - Stevie Maddison
  • February 6 – Nora Fatehi, Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer
  • February 9 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
  • February 10 – Karen Fukuhara, American actress
  • February 11
    • Blair Dunlop, English folk musician and actor
    • Georgia Groome, actress
    • Taylor Lautner, actor
  • 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
  • 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 actress
  • April 10 – Daisy Ridley, English actress
  • April 11 – Jessica Madsen, English actress
  • April 12 – Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
  • 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
  • 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 – 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 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, actress and singer
    • Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-Russian actor
  • July 23 – Britne Oldford, Canadian-American actress
  • July 30 – Julia Ragnarsson, actress
  • July – Francesca Hayward, ballerina, actress, and singer
  • 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, American actor
  • September 27 – Sam Lerner, American actor
  • September 28 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (died 2014)
  • 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, 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 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

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
**January***1*M. J. Frankovich82USProducer
*2*Virginia Field74UKActress
*3*Judith Anderson94AustraliaActress
*7*Richard Hunt40USPuppeteer, Actor
*7*Andrew Marton87HungaryDirector
*8*Anthony Dawson75UKActor
*8*Marjorie Kane82USActress
*9*Steve Brodie72USActor
*9*Bill Naughton81IrelandScreenwriter
*15*Hari Rhodes59USActor
*17*Dorothy Alison66AustraliaActress
*18*Ruby R. Levitt84USSet Decorator
*23*Freddie Bartholomew67UKActor
*23*Ian Wolfe95USActor
*24*Ken Darby82USComposer, Lyricist
*26*José Ferrer79Puerto RicoActor, Director
*27*Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies101UKActress
**February***1*Dick York63USActor
*4*John Dehner76USActor
*8*Baruch Lumet93USActor
*9*Jack Kinney82USDirector, Animator
*10*Fred Hynes83USSound Engineer
*11*Ray Danton60USActor
*13*Dorothy Tree85USActress
*24*Doreen Montgomery79UKScreenwriter
**March***2*Robert Clatworthy80USArt Director, Production Designer
*2*Sandy Dennis54USActress
*3*Robert Beatty82CanadaActor
*4*Néstor Almendros61SpainCinematographer
*4*Art Babbitt84USAnimator
*11*László Benedek87HungaryDirector
*11*Richard Brooks85USDirector, Screenwriter
*14*Jean Poiret65FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
*15*Helen Deutsch85USScreenwriter
*17*Jack Arnold79USDirector
*17*Franklin R. Levy43USProducer
*17*Grace Stafford88USActress
*18*Arnold Diamond76UKActor
*19*Cesare Danova66ItalyActor
*20*Georges Delerue67FranceComposer
*21*John Ireland82CanadaActor
*22*Melissa Stribling65UKActress
*25*Nancy Walker69USActress, Director
*28*Wendell Mayes72USScreenwriter
*29*Paul Henreid84HungaryActor
*29*Archie Marshek90USFilm Editor
**April***3*Karl Tunberg85USScreenwriter
*5*Molly Picon92USActress
*6*Andy Russell72USSinger, Actor
*10*Cec Linder71PolandActor
*11*James Brown72USActor
*14*David Miller82USDirector
*16*Neville Brand71USActor
*18*Pat Thomson51UKActress
*19*Frankie Howerd75UKActor
*20*Mae Clarke81USActress
*20*Benny Hill68UKActor
*22*Steffi Duna82HungaryActress
*22*Rosemary Odell67USCostume Designer
*23*Satyajit Ray70IndiaDirector, Screenwriter
**May***3*George Murphy89USActor, Dancer
*6*Marlene Dietrich90GermanyActress
*8*Richard Derr73USActor
*10*John Lund81USActor
*12*Lenny Montana66USActor
*12*Robert Reed59USActor
*15*Bartlett Mullins87UKActor
*16*Marisa Mell53AustriaActress
*18*Marshall Thompson66USActor
*26*Edmund Beloin82USScreenwriter
**June***2*Philip Dunne84USScreenwriter, Director
*3*Robert Morley84UKActor
*5*Laurence Naismith83UKActor
*6*Larry Riley38USActor
*12*Renié Conley90USCostume Designer
*12*Gerda Nicolson54AustraliaActress
*24*Hans Reiser73GermanyActor
*22*Chuck Mitchell64USActor
*22*Frederic I. Rinaldo78USScreenwriter
*26*Phil Rubenstein51USActor
*27*Allan Jones84USActor, Singer
*28*Joan Marshall61USActress
**July***1*Franco Cristaldi67ItalyProducer
*12*Reginald Beck90UKFilm Editor
*23*Arletty94FranceActress
*23*Maxine Audley69UKActress
*23*Amjad Khan51IndiaActor
*28*Lester Shorr85USCinematographer
*30*Brenda Marshall76USActress
**August***7*John Anderson69USActor
*12*James W. Payne62USSet Decorator
*16*Malcolm Atterbury85USActor
*18*John Sturges82USDirector
*19*Gianni Polidori68ItalyProduction Designer
*21*Charles Nichols81USDirector, Animator
*23*Virginia Sale93USActress
*25*George R. Nelson65USSet Decorator
*30*Hideo Gosha63JapanDirector
**September***1*Morris Carnovsky94USActor
*4*John van Dreelen70NetherlandsActor
*6*Henry Ephron81USScreenwriter
*6*Mervyn Johns93UKActor
*8*Carroll Young83USScreenwriter
*12*H. F. Koenekamp100USSpecial Effects Artist, Cinematographer
*12*Ruth Nelson87USActress
*12*Ed Peck75USActor
*12*Anthony Perkins60USActor, Director
*15*Michael Luciano83USFilm Editor
*17*Feodor Chaliapin Jr.86RussiaActor
*18*Herbert W. Spencer87ChileOrchestrator, Composer
*21*Bill Williams77USActor
*27*Keith Prentice52USActor
*29*Paul Jabara44USActor, Songwriter
*29*Bill Rowe61UKSound Engineer
*30*Maria Malicka92PolandActress
**October***6*Denholm Elliott70UKActor
*6*Natalie Moorhead91USActress
*9*Ben Maddow83USScreenwriter
*12*John Hancock51USActor
*16*Shirley Booth87USActress
*16*Anna Hill Johnstone79USCostume Designer
*16*Vladek Sheybal69PolandActor
*21*Clem Portman87USSound Engineer
*22*Cleavon Little53USActor
*23*Dorothy Dunbar90USActress
*26*Laurel Cronin53USActress
**November***2*Hal Roach100USDirector, Producer
*6*Mark Rosenberg44USProducer
*7*Jack Kelly65USActor
*10*Chuck Connors71USActor
*12*Eddie Mayehoff83USActor
*13*Alan Balsam42USFilm Editor
*17*Todd Armstrong83USActor
*18*Dorothy Kirsten82USSinger, Actress
*19*Diane Varsi54USActress
*20*John Foreman67USProducer
*22*Sterling Holloway87USActor
*22*Ronald Sinclair68New ZealandActor, Film Editor
*23*Rita Corday72USActress
*26*Joby Blanshard73UKActor
*26*John Sharp72UKActor
*29*Robert Shayne92USActor
*29*Robert F. Simon83USActor
**December***2*Michael Gothard53UKActor
*6*Percy Herbert72UKActor
*6*Hank Worden91USActor
*9*Franco Franchi64ItalyActor
*9*Vincent Gardenia71ItalyActor
*11*Michael Robbins62UKActor
*11*Walter M. Simonds81USArt Director, Production Designer
*15*William Ware Theiss61USCostume Designer
*17*Dana Andrews83USActor
*20*Steve Ross65USStudio Executive
*22*Milo Sperber81UKActor
*25*Sandra Dorne68UKActress

Film debuts

  • Gillian Anderson – The Turning
  • David Arquette – Where the Day Takes You
  • Jeanne Balibar – The Sentinel
  • Maria Bello – Maintenance
  • Tina Benko – Waterland
  • Jack Black – Bob Roberts
  • Cara Buono – Gladiator
  • Max Casella – Newsies
  • Toni Collette – Spotswood
  • Daniel Craig – The Power of One
  • Penélope Cruz – Jamón Jamón
  • Michael Cudlitz – A River Runs Through It
  • Michael Culkin – Candyman
  • Alan Cumming – Prague
  • Liam Cunningham – Into the West
  • Henry Czerny – Buried on Sunday
  • Jeremy Davies – Guncrazy
  • Eliza Dushku – That Night
  • Bodhi Elfman – Sneakers
  • Omar Epps – Juice
  • Donald Faison – Juice
  • Jon Favreau – Folks!
  • Ralph Fiennes – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
  • Claire Forlani – Gypsy Eyes
  • Jamie Foxx – Toys
  • Benno Fürmann – Die ungewisse Lage des Paradieses
  • Walton Goggins – Forever Young
  • Adam Goldberg – Mr. Saturday Night
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Beethoven
  • Michael A. Goorjian – Newsies
  • Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity
  • Natasha Gregson Wagner – Fathers & Sons
  • Rhoda Griffis – Love Field
  • Frank Grillo – The Mambo Kings
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal – Waterland
  • Cole Hauser – School Ties
  • Lena Headey – Waterland
  • Katherine Heigl – That Night
  • Elaine Hendrix – Last Dance
  • Famke Janssen – Fathers & Sons
  • Toby Jones – Orlando
  • Bodil Jørgensen – Mirror of the Planet
  • Ashley Judd – Kuffs
  • Shah Rukh Khan – Deewana
  • Thomas Kretschmann – Shining Through
  • Vincent Laresca – Juice
  • Ang Lee (director) – Pushing Hands
  • Laura Linney – Lorenzo's Oil
  • Lucy Liu – Rhythm of Destiny
  • Ron Livingston – Straight Talk
  • Donal Logue – Sneakers
  • Sergi López – La petite amie d'Antonio
  • Faizon Love – Bebe's Kids
  • Baz Luhrmann (director) – Strictly Ballroom
  • Bernie Mac – Mo' Money
  • Chi McBride – The Distinguished Gentleman
  • Debra Monk – Prelude to a Kiss
  • Marguerite Moreau – The Mighty Ducks
  • Elise Neal – Malcolm X
  • Tim Blake Nelson – This Is My Life
  • Thomas Ian Nicholas – Radio Flyer
  • Jeremy Northam – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
  • Jack Noseworthy – Encino Man
  • Michael Rapaport – Zebrahead
  • Michael Rispoli – Night and the City
  • Robert Rodriguez (director) – El Mariachi
  • Matthias Schoenaerts – Daens
  • Matt Servitto – Mad Dog Coll
  • M. Night Shyamalan (director) – Praying with Anger
  • Ingvar Sigurðsson – Ingaló
  • Will Smith – Where the Day Takes You
  • Martin Starr – Hero
  • Hilary Swank – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Quentin Tarantino (director) – Reservoir Dogs
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn – Basic Instinct
  • Robin Tunney – Encino Man
  • Karl Urban – Chunuk Bair
  • Yul Vazquez – The Mambo Kings
  • John Ventimiglia – Swoon
  • Madeline Zima – The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

References

References

  1. "1992 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
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