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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1982.[1]
# | 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, 19824-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, 19824-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, 19824-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, 19824-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 of 1982 by Calendar Gross[57][nb 1]
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 |
G | Bambi (1982 re-issue) |
PG | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
R | An Officer and a Gentleman |
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