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.

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Highest-grossing films

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North America

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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. $78,868,508
9 Poltergeist MGM $76,606,280
10 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal $69,701,637

Outside North America

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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

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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]
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

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Awards

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Category/Organization 40th Golden Globe Awards
January 29, 1983
36th BAFTA Awards
March 20, 1983
55th Academy Awards
April 11, 1983
Drama Musical or Comedy
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
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

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Victor Buono 43 US Actor
1 Margot Grahame 70 UK Actress
4 Kathryn Scola 90 US Screenwriter
5 Hans Conried 64 US Actor
5 Harvey Lembeck 58 US Actor
8 Reta Shaw 69 US Actress
8 Grégoire Aslan 73 Switzerland Actor
10 Paul Lynde 55 US Actor
30 Stanley Holloway 91 UK Actor
February 5 Dolores Moran 58 US Actress
11 Eleanor Powell 69 US Actress, Dancer
11 Takashi Shimura 76 Japan Actor
12 Victor Jory 79 Canada Actor
14 Antonio Casas 70 Spain Actor
17 Lee Strasberg 80 US Actor
18 Tina Carver 59 US Actress
22 John Carter 74 US Sound Engineer
24 Virginia Bruce 71 US Actress
March 5 John Belushi 33 US Actor
5 Burton Miller 57 US Costume Designer
5 Giuseppe Porelli 84 Italy Actor
6 Ayn Rand 77 Russia Screenwriter
8 Walter Plunkett 79 US Costume Designer
19 Alan Badel 58 UK Actor
21 Harry H. Corbett 57 UK Actor
22 Harold Goldblatt 82 UK Actor
26 Sam Kydd 67 UK Actor
27 Betty Schade 87 US Actress
29 Rudy Bond 69 US Actor
April 1 Stephen Chase 79 US Actor
3 Warren Oates 53 US Actor
7 Brenda Benet 36 US Actress
12 Lenny Baker 37 US Actor
15 Arthur Lowe 66 UK Actor
21 Joe Sawyer 75 Canada Actor
22 Stanley Roberts 65 US Screenwriter
25 W. R. Burnett 82 US Screenwriter
25 Don Wilson 81 US Actor
26 Celia Johnson 73 UK Actress
27 George Dunn 67 US Actor
27 Tom Tully 73 US Actor
May 1 Margaret Sheridan 55 US Actress
2 Helmut Dantine 63 Austria Actor
2 Hugh Marlowe 71 US Actor
2 Wini Shaw 75 US Actress, Singer
14 Hugh Beaumont 73 US Actor
16 Sidney Hickox 86 US Cinematographer
16 Leigh Snowden 52 US Actress
29 Romy Schneider 43 Germany Actress
June 10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 37 Germany Screenwriter, Director, Actor
16 Gwen Wakeling 81 US Costume Designer
18 Curd Jürgens 66 Germany Actor, Director
21 Cotton Warburton 70 US Film Editor
29 Michael Brennan 69 UK Actor
29 Henry King 96 US Director, Producer
July 8 Isa Miranda 73 Italy Actress
12 Kenneth More 67 UK Actor
16 Patrick Dewaere 35 France Actor, Screenwriter, Director
18 John Maxwell 64 US Actor
19 John Harvey 70 UK Actor
23 Vic Morrow 53 US Actor
29 Harold Sakata 62 US Actor
August 2 Cathleen Nesbitt 93 UK Actress
7 Jill Banner 35 US Actress
10 William Henry 67 US Actor
10 José Nieto 80 Spain Actor
11 Folmar Blangsted 77 Denmark Film Editor
11 Tom Drake 64 US Actor
12 Henry Fonda 77 US Actor
13 Joe E. Ross 68 US Actor
13 Charles Walters 70 US Director
14 Kanhaiyalal 71-72 India Actor
14 Patrick Magee 58 Ireland Actor
19 Russell Waters 74 UK Actor
20 Ulla Jacobsson 53 Sweden Actress
20 Edward Ludwig 82 Russia Director
22 John Boxer 73 UK Actor
29 Ingrid Bergman 67 Sweden Actress
September 2 Jay Novello 78 US Actor
5 Richard Lane 83 US Actor
13 Philip Ober 80 US Actor
14 Grace Kelly[37] 52 US Actress
15 Rolfe Sedan 86 US Actor
24 Sarah Churchill 67 UK Actress
28 Mabel Albertson 81 US Actress
28 Seth Banks 66 US Costume Designer
October 3 Vivien Merchant 53 UK Actress
5 Joseph Hurley 68 US Art Director
8 Fernando Lamas 67 Argentina Actor, Director
12 John Brahm 89 Germany Director
12 Howard Sackler 52 US Screenwriter
26 Valerio Zurlini 56 Italy Director, Screenwriter
November 1 King Vidor 88 US Director, Producer, Screenwriter
1 James Broderick 55 US Actor
4 Dominique Dunne 22 US Actress Poltergeist
4 Jacques Tati 75 France Actor, Screenwriter, Director
7 Elio Petri 53 Italy Director, Screenwriter
17 Ruth Donnelly 86 US Actress
18 William P. McGivern 63 US Screenwriter
21 Lee Patrick 80 US Actress
26 Robert Coote 73 UK Actor
26 Dan Tobin 72 US Actor
27 Steve Gordon 44 US Screenwriter, Director
30 Verna Fields 64 US Film Editor
December 2 Marty Feldman 48 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter
10 Roy Webb 94 US Composer
21 Gladys Henson 83 Ireland Actress
22 Jack Webb 62 US Actor
29 Sol C. Siegel 79 US Producer

Film debuts

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Notes

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  1. ^ Amblin corrected Variety's reporting of E.T.'s gross in 1992, stating that it had grossed $367.6 million in its initial release.[2]
  2. ^ 9.79 per US$ in 1982[7]
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ 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)

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