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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.)[]

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	Domestic gross
1.	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Universal	$359,197,037
2.	Tootsie	Columbia	$177,200,000
3.	An Officer and a Gentleman	Paramount	$129,795,554
4.	Rocky III	United Artists	$124,146,897
5.	Porky's	20th Century Fox	$105,492,483
6.	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Paramount	$78,912,963
7.	48 Hrs.	Paramount	$78,868,508
8.	Poltergeist	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$76,606,280
9.	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Universal	$69,701,637
10.	Annie	Columbia	$57,059,003

Events[]

June 11
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is released; it will become the highest-grossing film of all time.
- 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 9 — Sci-fi movie Tron is the first feature film to use computer animation extensively.
July 23 — During production of Twilight Zone: The Movie, 53-year-old American actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are accidentally killed during a scene involving an operated helicopter. The accident leads to reforms in filmmaking safety and child-labor laws.
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 appears on film as an adult 11 years later in Cyborg 2.
Glenn Close makes her film debut.
Hugh Grant makes his film debut.
Eddie Murphy makes his film debut.
The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures.
The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters.

Awards[]

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 Yılmaz 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[]

Births[]

January 6
- Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
- Eddie Redmayne, English actor
January 8 – Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
January 19 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress
January 28 - Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress
February 6 – Alice Eve, English actress
February 8 – Danny Tamberelli, American actor
February 11 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
March 3 – Jessica Biel, American actress
March 7 – Nora Danish, Malaysian actress
March 11 – Thora Birch, American actress
March 16 – Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress
March 24 – Vino Bastian, Indonesian actor
March 25 – Jenny Slate, American actress-comedian
April 3 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
April 4 – Justin Cook, American voice actor
April 5 – Hayley Atwell, English actress
April 9 – Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian
April 10 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
April 11 – Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
April 15 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor-comedian
April 30 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
May 11 – Jonathan Jackson, American actor
June 17 - Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
June 29
- Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
- Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
June 30 – Lizzy Caplan, American actress
July 1 – Hilarie Burton, American actress
July 8
- Sophia Bush, American actress
- Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
July 9 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
July 18 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
July 19 – Jared Padalecki, American actor
July 24
- Elisabeth Moss, American actress
- Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
July 25 – Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
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
September 4 – Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
September 10 – Bret Iwan, current voice of Mickey Mouse
September 13 – J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer, and voice actor
September 19 – Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
September 22 – Billie Piper, English singer and actress
September 27 – Anna Camp, American actress and singer
September 30
- Kieran Culkin, American actor
- Lacey Chabert, American actress
October 3 – Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
October 23 – Bradley Pierce, American actor
October 27 – Patrick Fugit, American actor
October 31 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
November 12 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
November 29 – Lucas Black, American actor
November 30 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
December 29 – Alison Brie, American actress
December 30 – Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress

Notable deaths[]

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Victor Buono	43	USA	Actor	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Robin and the 7 Hoods
	1	Margot Grahame	70	UK	Actress	The Informer The Three Musketeers
	4	Kathryn Scola	90	USA	Screenwriter	Baby Face The Glass Key
	5	Hans Conried	64	USA	Actor	The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T The Birds and the Bees
	5	Harvey Lembeck	58	USA	Actor	Stalag 17 Beach Party
	8	Reta Shaw	69	USA	Actress	Mary Poppins Escape to Witch Mountain
	8	Grégoire Aslan	73	UK	Actor	Cleopatra The Return of the Pink Panther
	10	Paul Lynde	55	USA	Actor	Bye Bye Birdie Son of Flubber
	30	Stanley Holloway	91	UK	Actor	My Fair Lady Brief Encounter
February	5	Dolores Moran	58	USA	Actress	To Have and Have Not The Horn Blows at Midnight
	11	Eleanor Powell	69	USA	Actress, Dancer	That's Entertainment! Broadway Melody of 1936
	12	Victor Jory	79	USA	Actor	Gone with the Wind The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
	17	Lee Strasberg	80	USA	Actor, Director	The Godfather Part II Going in Style
	24	Virginia Bruce	71	USA	Actress	Born to Dance Jane Eyre
March	5	John Belushi	33	USA	Actor	The Blues Brothers National Lampoon's Animal House
	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
	21	Harry H. Corbett	57	UK	Actor, Writer	Jabberwocky Carry On Screaming!
	26	Sam Kydd	67	UK	Actor	The Ladykillers Eye of the Needle
	27	Betty Schade	87	USA	Actress, Writer	After Five First Love
	29	Rudy Bond	69	USA	Actor	The Godfather 12 Angry Men
April	3	Warren Oates	53	USA	Actor	The Wild Bunch In the Heat of the Night
	15	Arthur Lowe	66	UK	Actor	Dad's Army Theatre of Blood
	21	Joe Sawyer	75	USA	Actor	Gilda It Came from Outer Space
	22	Harold Goldblatt	82	UK	Actor	A Night to Remember Sunday Bloody Sunday
	25	Don Wilson	81	USA	Actor	Niagara Buck Benny Rides Again
	25	W. R. Burnett	82	USA	Screenwriter	High Sierra The Great Escape
	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
May	2	Helmut Dantine	63	Austria	Actor, Producer	Whispering City Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
	2	Hugh Marlowe	71	USA	Actor	All About Eve The Day the Earth Stood Still
	2	Wini Shaw	75	USA	Actress, Singer	Gold Diggers of 1935 Front Page Woman
	14	Hugh Beaumont	73	USA	Actor	The Blue Dahlia Railroaded!
	16	Leigh Snowden	52	USA	Actress	Outside the Law The Creature Walks Among Us
	29	Romy Schneider	43	France	Actress	The Trial What's New Pussycat?
June	10	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	37	Germany	Writer, Director, Actor	Love Is Colder Than Death Katzelmacher
	18	Curd Jürgens	66	Austria	Actor, Director	The Spy Who Loved Me The Longest Day
	29	Henry King	96	USA	Director, Producer	Twelve O'Clock High The Gunfighter
	29	Michael Brennan	69	UK	Actor	Trouble in Store Up in the World
July	8	Isa Miranda	73	Italy	Actress	Hotel Imperial Summertime
	12	Kenneth More	67	UK	Actor	The Longest Day Battle of Britain
	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
August	2	Cathleen Nesbitt	93	UK	Actress	An Affair to Remember Separate Tables
	7	Jill Banner	35	USA	Actress	Spider Baby The President's Analyst
	11	Tom Drake	64	USA	Actor	Meet Me in St. Louis Words and Music
	12	Henry Fonda	77	USA	Actor, Producer	12 Angry Men Once Upon a Time in the West
	13	Joe E. Ross	68	USA	Actor	Hear Me Good The Love Bug
	13	Charles Walters	70	USA	Director	Lili The Unsinkable Molly Brown
	14	Patrick Magee	58	UK	Actor	A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon
	19	Russell Waters	74	UK	Actor	The Wicker Man The Blue Lagoon
	20	Ulla Jacobsson	53	Sweden	Actress	Smiles of a Summer Night Love Is a Ball
	20	Edward Ludwig	82	Russia	Director	Wake of the Red Witch Big Jim McLain
	29	Ingrid Bergman	67	Sweden	Actress, Producer	Casablanca Notorious
September	2	Jay Novello	78	USA	Actor	The Pride and the Passion The Lost World
	5	Richard Lane	83	USA	Actor	Alias Boston Blackie Brother Orchid
	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
	24	Sarah Churchill	67	UK	Actress	Royal Wedding All Over the Town
	28	Mabel Albertson	81	USA	Actress	What's Up, Doc Barefoot in the Park
	28	Seth Banks	66	USA	Costume Designer	To Kill a Mockingbird 9 to 5
	29	Lucy Griffiths	63	UK	Actress	The Ladykillers Murder, She Said
October	1	Larry Breeding	36	USA	Actor	Street Music
	3	Vivien Merchant	53	UK	Actress	Frenzy Alfie
	5	Eddie Frewin	61	UK	Transportation Co-ordinator	2001: A Space Odyssey The Pink Panther
	8	Fernando Lamas	67	Argentina	Actor, Director	Dangerous When Wet The Merry Widow
	13	John Brahm	89	Germany	Director	Hangover Square The Locket
	14	Dick Ung	59	USA	Animator	One Hundred and One Dalmatians The Pink Panther
	27	Valerio Zurlini	56	Italy	Director, Writer	The Desert of the Tartars Violent Summer
November	1	King Vidor	88	USA	Director, Producer	Duel in the Sun The Fountainhead
	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	Elio Petri	53	Italy	Director, Writer	Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion The 10th Victim
	10	John Bay	53	USA	Actor	Gold Design for Loving
	17	Ruth Donnelly	86	USA	Actress	The Bells of St. Mary's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
	18	Forbes Murray	98	USA	Actor	Vertigo Singin' in the Rain
	21	Lee Patrick	80	USA	Actress	Auntie Mame The Maltese Falcon
	26	Robert Coote	73	USA	Actor	A Matter of Life and Death The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
	30	Eric Thompson	53	UK	Actor, Writer	The Jokers One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
	30	Verna Fields	64	USA	Film Editor	Jaws American Graffiti
December	2	Marty Feldman	48	UK	Actor, Director, Writer	Young Frankenstein The Last Remake of Beau Geste
	4	George Tovey	68	UK	Actor	Frenzy Steptoe and Son Ride Again
	10	Roy Webb	94	USA	Composer, Musical Director	Notorious Bringing Up Baby
	21	Gladys Henson	83	UK	Actress	A Night to Remember The Prince and the Showgirl
	22	Jack Webb	62	USA	Actor	Sunset Boulevard Pete Kelly's Blues

Film debuts[]

Kirstie Alley – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Antonio Banderas – Labyrinth of Passion
Ellen Barkin – Diner
Nicolas Cage - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Glenn Close – The World According to Garp
Geena Davis – Tootsie
Shannen Doherty – Night Shift
Christine Ebersole – Tootsie
Emilio Estevez – Tex
Hugh Grant – Privileged
Anthony Michael Hall – Six Pack
Linda Hamilton – Tag: The Assassination Game
C. Thomas Howell – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Hulk Hogan – Rocky III
Jet Li – Shaolin Temple
Angelina Jolie – Lookin' to Get Out
Kevin Kline – Sophie's Choice
Amy Madigan – Love Child
Michael Madsen – Against All Hope
Eddie Murphy – 48 Hrs.
Heather O'Rourke – Poltergeist
Gary Oldman – Remembrance
Molly Ringwald – Tempest
Meredith Salenger – Annie
Eric Stoltz – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Mr. T – Rocky III
Forest Whitaker – Tag: The Assassination Game
Aileen Quinn – Annie

References[]

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

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

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