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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 films (U.S.)

See also: List of 1982 box office number-one films in the United States

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 Production company Domestic gross
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Studios / United International Pictures Amblin Entertainment $359,197,037
2. Tootsie Columbia Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors Mirage Enterprises $177,200,000
3. An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount Pictures / United International Pictures Lorimar Film Entertainment $129,795,554
4. Rocky III MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / United International Pictures United Artists Pictures / Chartoff-Winkler Productions $124,146,897
5. Porky's 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation Astral Films $105,492,483
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Paramount Pictures / United International Pictures Robert Sallin Productions $78,912,963
7. 48 Hrs. Paramount Pictures / United International Pictures Lawrence Gordon Productions $78,868,508
8. Poltergeist MGM/UA Entertainment Co. / United International Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / SLM Production Group $76,606,280
9. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal Studios / United International Pictures RKO Pictures $69,701,637
10. Annie Columbia Pictures / Columbia-Warner Distributors Rastar Films $57,059,003

Events

  • June 11— E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it would become the highest-grossing film of all time.
  • June 11— Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in Grease 2, the sequel to the top grossing film of 1978 (her film debut had come as Tony Danza's character's girlfriend in the 1980 movie The Hollywood Knights).
  • 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.

Awards

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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
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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

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 Victor Buono 43 USA Actor What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? • The Greatest Story Ever Told • Beneath the Planet of the Apes • Robin and the 7 Hoods • The Silencers
5 Hans Conried 64 USA Actor The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T • The Birds and the Bees • Rock-A-Bye Baby • Bus Stop • Oh, God! Book II • My Friend Irma • Peter Pan
5 Harvey Lembeck 58 USA Actor Stalag 17 • Beach Party • Pajama Party • Beach Blanket Bingo • Love with the Proper Stranger
8 Reta Shaw 69 USA Actress Mary Poppins • Escape to Witch Mountain • Picnic
8 Gregoire Aslan 73 UK Actor Cleopatra • The Return of the Pink Panther • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
10 Paul Lynde 55 USA Actor Bye Bye Birdie • Son of Flubber • Beach Blanket Bingo • For Those Who Think Young • Send Me No Flowers • Charlotte's Web • The Villain
30 Stanley Holloway 91 UK Actor My Fair Lady • Brief Encounter • Hamlet • The Lavender Hill Mob • In Harm's Way • Ten Little Indians • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
February 11 Eleanor Powell 69 USA Actress, Dancer That's Entertainment! • Broadway Melody of 1936 • Born to Dance • Honolulu • Broadway Melody of 1940 • Ship Ahoy • Lady Be Good
12 Victor Jory 79 USA Actor Gone with the Wind • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Dodge City • The Capture • Cat-Women of the Moon • The Miracle Worker • Flap • Papillon
March 5 John Belushi 33 USA Actor The Blues Brothers • National Lampoon's Animal House • 1941 • Neighbors • Continental Divide • Goin' South
6 Ayn Rand 77 USA Writer, Actress The King of Kings • The Fountainhead
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 Jabberwocky • Carry On Screaming! • Shake Hands with the Devil • Steptoe and Son
26 Sam Kydd 67 UK Actor The Ladykillers • Eye of the Needle • The Hound of the Baskervilles
27 Betty Schade 87 USA Actress, Writer After Five • First Love
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 The Wild Bunch • In the Heat of the Night • Stripes • Badlands • 1941 • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia • The Brink's Job • Ride the High Country • Dillinger • Tough Enough • The Hired Hand • The Shooting • Two-Lane Blacktop • Welcome to Hard Times • 92 in the Shade • The Split • There Was a Crooked Man... • Race with the Devil • Blue Thunder • The Border
22 Harold Goldblatt 82 UK Actor A Night to Remember • Sunday Bloody Sunday • Children of the Damned • The Reptile • The 25th Hour
25 Don Wilson 81 USA Actor Niagara • Buck Benny Rides Again
26 Celia Johnson 73 UK Actress Brief Encounter • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
27 Tom Tully 73 USA Actor The Caine Mutiny • Charley Varrick • Coogan's Bluff • Where the Sidewalk Ends • Ten North Frederick • Soldier of Fortune • The Wackiest Ship in the Army
May 2 Hugh Marlowe 71 USA Actor All About Eve • Seven Days in May • Elmer Gantry • Birdman of Alcatraz • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Monkey Business • Meet Me in St. Louis • Rawhide
14 Hugh Beaumont 73 USA Actor The Blue Dahlia • Railroaded! • Second Chance • Bury Me Dead • Night Passage
29 Romy Schneider 43 France Actress The Trial • What's New Pussycat? • Purple Noon • Sissi • Sissi – The Young Empress • Good Neighbor Sam • The Victors • The Cardinal
June 10 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 37 Germany Writer, Director, Actor Love Is Colder Than Death • Katzelmacher • Gods of the Plague • The American Soldier • Beware of a Holy Whore • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul • The Marriage of Maria Braun • Lola • Veronika Voss
18 Curt Jürgens 66 Austria Actor, Director The Spy Who Loved Me • The Longest Day • Battle of Britain • The Enemy Below • And God Created Woman • Assault on a Queen
29 Henry King 96 USA Director, Producer Twelve O'Clock High • The Gunfighter • Carousel • The Sun Also Rises • Beloved Infidel • The Song of Bernadette • The Bravados • The Snows of Kilimanjaro • Untamed • Tender Is the Night
29 Michael Brennan 69 UK Actor Trouble in Store • Up in the World • Thunderball • Doomwatch
July 12 Kenneth More 67 UK Actor The Longest Day • Battle of Britain • A Night to Remember • The Collector • Scrooge • Sink the Bismarck! • Genevieve • No Highway in the Sky • The Slipper and the Rose • Dark of the Sun • Reach for the Sky • North West Frontier • The 39 Steps • Doctor in the House
19 John Harvey 70 UK Actor The Satanic Rites of Dracula • The Man with My Face
23 Vic Morrow 53 USA Actor Twilight Zone: The Movie • The Bad News Bears • Blackboard Jungle • Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry • Humanoids from the Deep • King Creole • Tribute to a Bad Man • Cimarron • 1990: The Bronx Warriors • Men in War
August 7 Jill Banner 35 USA Actress Spider Baby • The President's Analyst • Deadlier Than the Male
11 Tom Drake 64 USA Actor Meet Me in St. Louis • Words and Music • Warlock • The Singing Nun • Sudden Danger • Mrs. Parkington • Raintree County • Scene of the Crime
12 Henry Fonda 77 USA Actor, Producer 12 Angry Men • Once Upon a Time in the West • The Grapes of Wrath • The Ox-Bow Incident • The Lady Eve • Jezebel • Young Mr. Lincoln • Jesse James • My Darling Clementine • Mister Roberts • Advise & Consent • Fail-Safe • The Boston Strangler • Madigan • The Wrong Man • There Was a Crooked Man... • The Cheyenne Social Club • In Harm's Way • Warlock • Firecreek • Fort Apache • The Big Street • The Long Night • Sometimes a Great Notion • Yours, Mine and Ours • The Best Man • Welcome to Hard Times • My Name is Nobody • The Swarm • Gideon's Trumpet • On Golden Pond
29 Ingrid Bergman 67 Sweden Actress, Producer Casablanca • Notorious • Intermezzo • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Gaslight • For Whom the Bell Tolls • Spellbound • Stromboli • The Bells of St. Mary's • Indiscreet • Cactus Flower • Murder on the Orient Express
September 13 Philip Ober 80 USA Actor From Here to Eternity • North by Northwest
14 Grace Kelly 52 USA, Monaco Actress Rear Window • Dial M for Murder • High Noon • Mogambo • The Country Girl • High Society • To Catch a Thief
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 Street Music
3 Vivien Merchant 53 UK Actress Frenzy • Alfie • The Offence • Accident • The Man in the Iron Mask • Alfred the Great • Under Milk Wood
5 Eddie Frewin 61 UK Transportation Co-ordinator, Unit Production Manager 2001: A Space Odyssey • The Pink Panther • A Shot in the Dark • Moby Dick • Village of the Damned • Quo Vadis • Night of the Demon • The Dam Busters • Ivanhoe • The Day of the Triffids • Ice Cold in Alex • Operation Crossbow • Billy Budd • Children of the Damned • 633 Squadron • The V.I.P.s • Knights of the Round Table • The Yellow Rolls-Royce • 1984 • The Pride and the Passion • School for Scoundrels
8 Fernando Lamas 67 Argentina Actor, Director Dangerous When Wet • The Merry Widow • The Lost World • The Violent Ones • Rich, Young and Pretty • The Cheap Detective
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 • War and Peace • Stella Dallas • Duel in the Sun • The Champ • Solomon and Sheba • Man Without a Star • The Citadel • Comrade X • Northwest Passage
4 Dominique Dunne 22 USA Actress Poltergeist
4 Jacques Tati 75 France Actor, Writer, Director Mon Oncle • Mr. Hulot's Holiday
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 Vertigo • The Maltese Falcon • Mildred Pierce • Now, Voyager • Pillow Talk • Auntie Mame
26 Robert Coote 73 USA Actor A Matter 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 2 Marty Feldman 48 UK Actor Young Frankenstein • The Last Remake of Beau Geste • The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother • Silent Movie
4 George Tovey 68 UK Actor Frenzy • Steptoe and Son Ride Again • The Wicked Lady
10 Roy Webb 94 USA 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
22 Jack Webb 62 USA Actor Sunset Boulevard • Pete Kelly's Blues • The D.I. • Dark City • Halls of Montezuma • The Men • The Last Time I Saw Archie • -30-

Film debuts

See also

References

  1. ^ "1982 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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