List of 1982 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1982 .[ 1]
Number-one films
#
Week ending
Film
Gross
Notes
Ref
1
January 3, 1982
Modern Problems
$5,432,125
[ 2]
2
January 10, 1982
Sharky's Machine
$2,850,839
Sharky's Machine reached #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
[ 3] [ 4]
3
January 17, 1982
Absence of Malice
$3,290,111
Absence of Malice reached #1 in its ninth weekend of release
[ 5]
4
January 24, 1982
On Golden Pond
$3,853,902
On Golden Pond reached #1 in its eighth weekend of release.
[ 6]
5
January 31, 1982
$5,008,290
[ 7]
6
February 7, 1982
$4,900,463
[ 8]
7
February 15, 1982 4-day weekend
$8,177,208
[ 9]
8
February 21, 1982
$6,526,822
[ 10]
9
February 28, 1982
$5,602,328
[ 11]
10
March 7, 1982
$5,507,123
[ 12]
11
March 14, 1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
$7,780,693
[ 13]
12
March 21, 1982
Porky's
$7,623,988
[ 14]
13
March 28, 1982
$8,602,473
[ 15]
14
April 4, 1982
$8,034,766
[ 16]
15
April 11, 1982
$8,082,295
[ 17]
16
April 18, 1982
$6,511,216
[ 18]
17
April 25, 1982
$5,280,637
[ 19]
18
May 2, 1982
$4,333,570
[ 20]
19
May 9, 1982
$3,393,114
[ 21]
20
May 16, 1982
Conan the Barbarian
$9,603,139
Conan the Barbarian broke Halloween II ' s record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.
[ 22]
21
May 23, 1982
$6,874,042
[ 23]
22
May 31, 1982 4-day weekend
Rocky III
$16,015,408
Rocky III ' s 4-day Memorial Day weekend was the highest weekend of all-time surpassing the $14.1 million earned by Superman II in 1981.
[ 24]
23
June 6, 1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
$14,347,221
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan had the highest 3-day weekend debut of all-time surpassing Superman II' s $14.1 million.
[ 25]
24
June 13, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$11,835,389
[ 26]
25
June 20, 1982
$12,610,610
Highest-grossing second weekend of all-time surpassing the record of $10,765,687 set last year by Superman II .
[ 27]
26
June 27, 1982
$13,729,552
[ 28]
27
July 5, 1982 4-day weekend
$16,706,592
Highest-grossing weekend of all-time surpassing the record set earlier in the year by Rocky III . E.T. becomes the first film to have four weekends with a gross over $10 million, surpassing the three set by Superman II the previous year.
[ 29] [ 30]
28
July 11, 1982
$12,802,287
[ 31]
29
July 18, 1982
$13,003,581
[ 32]
30
July 25, 1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
$11,874,268
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas broke Conan the Barbarian ' s record ($9.60 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.
[ 33]
31
August 1, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$10,425,071
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its eighth weekend of release. It was E.T.' s eighth weekend grossing more than $10 million and the highest-grossing 8th weekend of all time.
[ 34]
32
August 8, 1982
$9,525,306
[ 35]
33
August 15, 1982
Friday the 13th Part III
$9,406,522
Friday the 13th Part III broke Halloween II ' s record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film .
[ 36]
34
August 22, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$7,684,162
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.
[ 37]
35
August 29, 1982
$6,630,709
[ 38]
36
September 6, 1982 4-day weekend
An Officer and a Gentleman
$7,711,202
An Officer and a Gentleman reached #1 in its sixth weekend of release.
[ 39]
37
September 12, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$4,598,728
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its fourteenth weekend of release.
[ 40]
38
September 19, 1982
$4,261,887
[ 41]
39
September 26, 1982
Amityville II: The Possession
$4,104,277
[ 42]
40
October 3, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$3,742,140
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its sixteenth weekend of release.
[ 43]
41
October 10, 1982
An Officer and a Gentleman
$4,509,267
An Officer and a Gentleman reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.
[ 44]
42
October 17, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$3,315,692
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its eighteenth weekend of release.
[ 45]
43
October 24, 1982
First Blood
$6,642,005
[ 46]
44
October 31, 1982
$4,565,972
[ 47]
45
November 7, 1982
$4,416,115
[ 48]
46
November 14, 1982
Creepshow
$5,870,889
[ 49]
47
November 21, 1982
The Empire Strikes Back (1982 Re-issue)
$3,949,478
[ 50]
48
November 28, 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
$3,976,778
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its twenty-fourth weekend of release.
[ 51]
49
December 5, 1982
$2,355,819
This will be the lowest grossing #1 film until Onward grosses $71,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic .
[ 52]
50
December 12, 1982
The Toy
$6,322,804
[ 53]
51
December 19, 1982
Tootsie
$5,540,470
[ 54]
52
December 26, 1982
$7,469,326
[ 55]
53
January 2, 1983
$11,222,714
Columbia Pictures ' biggest weekend of all-time; their first over $10 million.
[ 56]
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1982 by Calendar Gross[ 57] [ nb 1]
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Universal Pictures
Dee Wallace , Peter Coyote , Henry Thomas , Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore
Steven Spielberg
$314,911,094
2.
Rocky III
United Artists
Sylvester Stallone , Talia Shire , Burt Young , Carl Weathers , Burgess Meredith and Mr. T
Sylvester Stallone
$124,146,897
3.
On Golden Pond
Universal Pictures
Katharine Hepburn , Henry Fonda , Jane Fonda , Doug McKeon , Dabney Coleman and William Lanteau
Mark Rydell
$118,720,608
4.
An Officer and a Gentleman
Paramount Pictures
Richard Gere , Debra Winger , David Keith , Lisa Blount , Lisa Eilbacher , Robert Loggia and Louis Gossett Jr.
Taylor Hackford
$108,402,267
5.
Porky's
20th Century Fox
Kim Cattrall , Scott Colomby , Kaki Hunter , Nancy Parsons , Alex Karras and Susan Clark
Bob Clark
$105,492,483
6.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Paramount Pictures
William Shatner , Leonard Nimoy , DeForest Kelley , James Doohan , Walter Koenig , George Takei , Nichelle Nichols , Bibi Besch , Merritt Butrick , Paul Winfield , Kirstie Alley and Ricardo Montalbán
Nicholas Meyer
$78,912,963
7.
Poltergeist
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
JoBeth Williams , Craig T. Nelson and Beatrice Straight
Tobe Hooper
$73,555,425
8.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Universal Pictures
Burt Reynolds , Dolly Parton , Dom DeLuise , Charles Durning and Jim Nabors
Colin Higgins
$69,701,637
9.
Chariots of Fire
Warner Bros.
Ben Cross , Ian Charleson , Nigel Havers , Ian Holm , Alice Krige , Cheryl Campbell , Lindsay Anderson , Dennis Christopher , Nigel Davenport , Brad Davis , Peter Egan , John Gielgud and Patrick Magee
Hugh Hudson
$58,866,893
10.
Annie
Columbia Pictures
Albert Finney , Carol Burnett , Aileen Quinn , Ann Reinking , Bernadette Peters , Tim Curry , Geoffrey Holder and Edward Herrmann
John Huston
$49,411,223
In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 1982 by In-year release[ 58]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic gross
1.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Universal
$359,197,037[ nb 2]
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.
$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
See also
Notes
^ The chart listed on Box Office Mojo as the primary source for this chart is inaccurate as their data for the calendar year grosses for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Arthur are overstated as Box Office Mojo have recorded large grosses in early January 1982 to account for grosses that were earned in calendar year 1981 (the yearly data was adjusted to include grosses of $156 million and $77 million respectively). The chart presented here removes these films to adjust for this erroneous data recorded in the wrong year.
^ Amblin corrected Variety 's reporting of E.T. 's gross in 1992, stating that it had grossed $367.6 million in its initial release.[ 59]
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