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Contents

Events[edit]

Top grossing films (U.S.)[edit]

Rank Title Studio Actors Director Gross
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore Steven Spielberg $435,110,554[1]
2. Tootsie Columbia Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange and, Teri Garr Sydney Pollack $177,200,000[2]
3. An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Louis Gossett, Jr. Taylor Hackford $129,795,554[3]
4. Rocky III United Artists Sylvester Stallone, Mr. T, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith Sylvester Stallone $125,049,125[4]
5. Porky's Fox Dan Monahan Bob Clark $109,492,484[5]
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Paramount William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricardo Montalbán Nicholas Meyer $79,912,963[6]
7. 48 Hrs. Paramount Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy Walter Hill $78,868,508[7]
8. Poltergeist MGM Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein, and Beatrice Straight Tobe Hooper $76,606,280[8]
9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal/RKO Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Theresa Merritt, and Jim Nabors Colin Higgins $69,701,637[9]
10. Annie Columbia Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, and Tim Curry John Huston $57,059,003[10]
11. The Verdict Fox Paul Newman, Jack Warden, and James Mason Sidney Lumet $53,977,250[11]
12. Gandhi Columbia Ben Kingsley Richard Attenborough $52,767,889[12]
13. First Blood Orion Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, and Brian Dennehy Ted Kotcheff $47,212,904[13]
14. The Toy Columbia Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, and Ned Beatty Richard Donner $47,118,057[14]
15. Firefox Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood $46,708,276[15]
16. The Dark Crystal Universal Jim Henson and Frank Oz Jim Henson and Frank Oz $40,577,001[16]
17. Conan the Barbarian Universal Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones John Milius $39,565,475[17]
18. The Sword and the Sorcerer Group 1 Lee Horsley Albert Pyun $39,103,425[18]
19. Best Friends Warner Bros. Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn Norman Jewison $36,821,203[19]
20. Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Columbia Richard Pryor Joe Layton $36,299,720[20]

Box office results courtesy of Box Office Mojo.[21]

Awards[edit]

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Gandhi - Indo-British Films, Columbia
Best Director: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr. - An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange - Tootsie
Best Foreign Language Film: Volver a empezar (Begin the Beguine), directed by José Luis Garci, Spain

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: Tootsie
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie
Best Actress: Julie Andrews - Victor Victoria
Other
Best Director: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi
Best Foreign Film: Gandhi, India

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Missing, directed by Costa Gavras, United States
Yol (The Way), directed by Yilmaz Güney, Turkey

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / USA

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany

Notable films released in 1982[edit]

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Wide-release movies[edit]

January[edit]

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1st), Shoot the Moon (22nd), A Stranger Is Watching (22nd), Vice Squad (22nd), Venom (29th), The Seduction (29th), The Border (31st)

February[edit]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2nd), Personal Best (5th), Cannery Row (12th), One from the Heart (12th), Swamp Thing (19th), Death Wish II (20th)

March[edit]

Diner (5th), Evil Under the Sun (5th), Fitzcarraldo (5th), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (12th), Deathtrap (19th), Porky's (19th), I Ought to Be in Pictures (26th)

April[edit]

Cat People (2nd), Wrong Is Right (16th), If You Could See What I Hear (23rd), Partners (30th)

May[edit]

Victor Victoria (6th), Conan the Barbarian (14th), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (21st), Visiting Hours (28th), Rocky III (28th)

June[edit]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist (4th), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Grease 2 (11th), Firefox, Annie, Author! Author! (18th), Megaforce, The Thing, Blade Runner, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (25th)

July[edit]

Tron (9th), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (16th), Six Pack (16th), Young Doctors in Love (16th), The World According to Garp (23rd), Zapped! (23rd), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (23rd), Night Shift (30th), Tex (30th)

August[edit]

The Pirate Movie (6th), Pink Floyd The Wall (13th), An Officer and a Gentleman (13th), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (13th), White Dog (13th), The Beastmaster (20th)

September[edit]

Endangered Species (10th), Hammett (17th), Yes, Giorgio (24th), Amityville II: The Possession (24th)

October[edit]

My Favorite Year (1st), Airplane II: The Sequel (10th), First Blood (22nd), Q (29th), It Came from Hollywood (29th: In LA)

November[edit]

The Man from Snowy River (5th), Creepshow (12th), Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (12th)

December[edit]

Frances (3rd), Gandhi (8th), Sophie's Choice (8th), 48 Hours (8th), The Verdict (8th), The Toy (10th), Honkytonk Man (15th), Best Friends (17th), The Dark Crystal (17th), The Year of Living Dangerously (17th), Tootsie (17th)

Births[edit]

Notable deaths[edit]

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 8 Reta Shaw 69 United States Actress, Soundtrack Mary Poppins • Escape to Witch Mountain • Picnic
8 Gregoire Aslan 73 UK Actor, Miscellaneous, Actor Cleopatra • The Return of the Pink Panther • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
11 Kenneth Strong 81 UK  ??
30 Stanley Holloway 91 United Kingdom Actor, Soundtrack My Fair Lady • Brief Encounter • ₢Hamlet • The Lavender Hill Mob • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
March 5 John Belushi 33 USA Actor, Writer, Soundtrack The Blues Brothers • National Lampoon's Animal House • 1941 • Neighbors
6 Ayn Rand 77 USA Writer, Editor, Actress The King of Kings
19 Alan Badel 58 UK Actor, Miscellaneous The Day of the Jackal • Force 10 from Navarone • Shogun • This Sporting Life • Arabesque • Telefon • The Medusa Touch
21 Harry H. Corbett 57 UK Actor, Writer, Soundtrack Jabberwocky • Carry On Screaming! • Shake Hands with the Devil • Steptoe and Son
26 Sam Kydd 67 United Kingdom Actor The Ladykillers • Eye of the Needle • The Hound of the Baskervilles
27 Betty Schade 87 USA Actress, Writer The Soul of Youth
29 Rudy Bond 69 USA Actor The Godfather • 12 Angry Men • On the Waterfront • A Streetcar Named Desire
April 3 Warren Oates 53 USA Actor, Soundtrack, Stuntman The Wild Bunch • In the Heat of the Night • Stripes • Badlands • 1941 • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
22 Harold Goldblatt 82 United Kingdom Actor A Night to Remember • Sunday Bloody Sunday • Children of the Damned • The Reptile • The 25th Hour
26 Celia Johnson 73 United Kingdom Actress Brief Encounter • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
May 29 Romy Schneider 43 France Actress, Soundtrack The Trial • What's New Pussycat? • Purple Noon • Sissi • Sissi – The Young Empress
June 10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 37 Germany Writer, Director, Actor Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
18 Curt Jürgens 66 Austria Actor, Director, Soundtrack The Spy Who Loved Me • The Longest Day • Battle of Britain • The Enemy Below • And God Created Woman
29 Henry King 96 United States Director, Actor, Producer Twelve O'Clock High • The Gunfighter
July 12 Kenneth More 67 UK Actor, Soundtrack The Longest Day • Battle of Britain • A Night to Remember • The Collector • Scrooge • Sink the Bismarck! • No Highway in the Sky • Genevieve
19 John Harvey 70 United Kingdom Actor The Satanic Rites of Dracula
23 Vic Morrow 53 United States Actor, Director, Writer Twilight Zone: The Movie • The Bad News Bears
August 7 Jill Banner 35 USA Actress Spider Baby • The President's Analyst • Deadlier Than the Male
12 Henry Fonda 77 United States Actor, Producer, Soundtrack 12 Angry Men • Once Upon a Time in the West • The Grapes of Wrath • The Longest Day
29 Ingrid Bergman 67 United Kingdom Actress, Soundtrack, Producer Casablanca • Notorious • Murder on the Orient Express
September 14 Grace Kelly 52 Monaco Actress, Soundtrack Rear Window • Dial M for Murder
28 Mabel Albertson 81 USA Actress What's Up, Doc • Barefoot in the Park • The Long, Hot Summer
28 Seth Banks 66 USA Costume Designer To Kill a Mockingbird • 9 to 5 • The Goodbye Girl • The Fury • The Chase • California Suite
29 Lucy Griffiths 63 UK Actress The Ladykillers • Murder She Said • Murder Ahoy! • Carry On Doctor • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell • Carry On Behind
October 1 Larry Breeding 36 USA Actor
3 Viven Merchant 53 United Kingdom Actress Frenzy • Alfie • The Offence • Accident • The Man in the Iron Mask • Alfred the Great
14 Dick Ung 59 USA Animator One Hundred and One Dalmatians • The Pink Panther
November 1 King Vidor 88 USA Director, Writer, Producer The Wizard of Oz • The Fountainhead
4 Dominique Dunne 22 USA Actress, Soundtrack Poltergeist
4 Jacques Tati 75 France Actor, Writer, Director Mon Oncle
4 Talfryn Thomas 60 UK Actor Under Milk Wood
7 John Bay 53 USA Actor Gold
18 Forbes Murray 98 USA Actor Vertigo • Singin' in the Rain • Dial M for Murder • The Big Sleep • Laura
21' Lee Patrick 80 USA Actress, Soundtrack Vertigo • The Maltese Falcon • Mildred Pierce • Now, Voyager • Pillow Talk • Auntie Mame
26' Robert Coote 73 USA Actor, Soundtrack A Matte of Life and Death • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir • Gunga Din • Theatre of Blood
30 Eric Thompson 53 UK Actor, Writer The Jokers • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
December 4 George Tovey 68 United Kingdom Actor Frenzy • Steptoe and Son Ride Again • The Wicked Lady
10 Roy Webb 94 United States Composer, Musical Director Notorious • Bringing Up Baby • Out of the Past • Marty
21 Gladys Henson 83 UK Actress A Night to Remember • The Prince and the Showgirl • First Men in the Moon

Film debuts[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Box Office Information for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Box Office Information for Tootsie". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Box Office Information for An Officer and a Gentleman". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Box Office Information for Rocky III". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Box Office Information for Porky's". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012. 
  6. ^ "Box Office Information for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan". The Numbers. Retrieved January 29, 2012. 
  7. ^ "Box Office Information for 48 Hrs.". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Box Office Information for Poltergeist". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  9. ^ "Box Office Information for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  10. ^ "Box Office Information for Annie". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010. 
  11. ^ "Box Office Information for The Verdict". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  12. ^ "Box Office Information for Gandhi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  13. ^ "Box Office Information for First Blood". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  14. ^ toy.htm "Box Office Information for The Toy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  15. ^ "Box Office Information for Fire Fox". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  16. ^ dark crystal.htm "Box Office Information for The Dark Crystal". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  17. ^ the barbarian.htm "Box Office Information for Conan the Barbarian". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  18. ^ "Box Office Information for The Sword and the Sorcerer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  19. ^ "Box Office Information for Best Friends". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  20. ^ "Box Office Information for Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 10, 2012. 
  21. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1982&p=.htm
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