1982 in film
Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Years in film 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 filmsEdit
North AmericaEdit
The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Universal | $359,197,037<ref group="n">Amblin corrected VarietyTemplate:'s reporting of E.T.Template:'s gross in 1992, stating that it had grossed $367.6 million in its initial release.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref></ref> |
| 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. | $78,868,508 | |
| 9 | Poltergeist | MGM | $76,606,280 |
| 10 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Universal | $69,701,637 |
Outside North AmericaEdit
The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.
Worldwide gross revenueEdit
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.
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| Gandhi | $127,767,889 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Rocky III | $124,146,897 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Poltergeist | $121,706,019 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Shaolin Temple | $111,441,439 | <ref group="n">Shaolin Temple:
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| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $97,000,000 | <ref name="nytimes-office">Template:Cite news</ref> | United States |
EventsEdit
- 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.
AwardsEdit
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 filmsEdit
By country/regionEdit
- 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 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/mediumEdit
- 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
BirthsEdit
- January 4 - Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
- January 6
- Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
- Eddie Redmayne, English actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 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 19
- Tom Lorcan, English actor
- Simone Missick, American actress
- Jodie Sweetin, American actress
- 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
- 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<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 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
- Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
- Colin Jost, American actor and comedian
- Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
- June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
- July 1
- Hilarie Burton, American actress
- Fedi Nuril, Indonesian actor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
- 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
- September 22
- Katie Lowes, American actress
- Billie Piper, English singer and 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 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 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<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 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