1982 in film

Years in film;
1870s
1880s
1890s
	1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894; 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899;
1900s
	1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904; 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909;
1910s
	1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914; 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919;
1920s
	1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924; 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929;
1930s
	1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934; 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939;
1940s
	1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944; 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949;
1950s
	1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954; 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959;
1960s
	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964; 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969;
1970s
	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974; 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979;
1980s
	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984; 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989;
1990s
	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994; 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999;
2000s
	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004; 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s
	2010 • 2011 • 2012; 2013 and beyond

List of years in film (table)
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[edit] Events

March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff (a rare starring role) is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.
June = PG-rated film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, becomes one of the highest-grossing box-office successes until Jurassic Park,
June 11 = Michelle Pfeiffer makes her film debut in Grease 2; this is incorrect. Michelle Pfeiffer's film debut was as Tony Danza's character's girlfriend in the 1980 movie The Hollywood Knights;, the sequel to the top grossing film of 1978.
July 23 = During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, 53-year-old American actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were accidentally killed during a scene involving an operated helicopter. The accident led to reforms in film-making safety and child-labor laws.
The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.
Hugh Grant makes his film debut.
Eddie Murphy makes his film debut.
October 8 = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out. She next appeared on film as an adult 11 years later in Cyborg 2.
The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures.

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

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	20th Century 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	Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton and Charles Durning	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	20th Century 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]