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
# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 3, 1982Modern Problems$5,432,125[2]
2January 10, 1982Sharky's Machine$2,850,839Sharky's Machine reached #1 in its fourth weekend of release.[3][4]
3January 17, 1982Absence of Malice$3,290,111Absence of Malice reached #1 in its ninth weekend of release[5]
4January 24, 1982On Golden Pond$3,853,902On Golden Pond reached #1 in its eighth weekend of release.[6]
5January 31, 1982$5,008,290[7]
6February 7, 1982$4,900,463[8]
7February 15, 19824-day weekend$8,177,208[9]
8February 21, 1982$6,526,822[10]
9February 28, 1982$5,602,328[11]
10March 7, 1982$5,507,123[12]
11March 14, 1982Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip$7,780,693[13]
12March 21, 1982Porky's$7,623,988[14]
13March 28, 1982$8,602,473[15]
14April 4, 1982$8,034,766[16]
15April 11, 1982$8,082,295[17]
16April 18, 1982$6,511,216[18]
17April 25, 1982$5,280,637[19]
18May 2, 1982$4,333,570[20]
19May 9, 1982$3,393,114[21]
20May 16, 1982Conan the Barbarian$9,603,139Conan the Barbarian broke Halloween II's record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.[22]
21May 23, 1982$6,874,042[23]
22May 31, 19824-day weekendRocky III$16,015,408Rocky 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]
23June 6, 1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan$14,347,221Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan had the highest 3-day weekend debut of all-time surpassing Superman II's $14.1 million.[25]
24June 13, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$11,835,389[26]
25June 20, 1982$12,610,610Highest-grossing second weekend of all-time surpassing the record of $10,765,687 set last year by Superman II.[27]
26June 27, 1982$13,729,552[28]
27July 5, 19824-day weekend$16,706,592Highest-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]
28July 11, 1982$12,802,287[31]
29July 18, 1982$13,003,581[32]
30July 25, 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas$11,874,268The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas broke Conan the Barbarian's record ($9.60 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film.[33]
31August 1, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$10,425,071E.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]
32August 8, 1982$9,525,306[35]
33August 15, 1982Friday the 13th Part III$9,406,522Friday the 13th Part III broke Halloween II's record ($7.67 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film.[36]
34August 22, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$7,684,162E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.[37]
35August 29, 1982$6,630,709[38]
36September 6, 19824-day weekendAn Officer and a Gentleman$7,711,202An Officer and a Gentleman reached #1 in its sixth weekend of release.[39]
37September 12, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$4,598,728E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its fourteenth weekend of release.[40]
38September 19, 1982$4,261,887[41]
39September 26, 1982Amityville II: The Possession$4,104,277[42]
40October 3, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$3,742,140E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its sixteenth weekend of release.[43]
41October 10, 1982An Officer and a Gentleman$4,509,267An Officer and a Gentleman reclaimed #1 in its eleventh weekend of release.[44]
42October 17, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$3,315,692E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its eighteenth weekend of release.[45]
43October 24, 1982First Blood$6,642,005[46]
44October 31, 1982$4,565,972[47]
45November 7, 1982$4,416,115[48]
46November 14, 1982Creepshow$5,870,889[49]
47November 21, 1982The Empire Strikes Back (1982 Re-issue)$3,949,478[50]
48November 28, 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial$3,976,778E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reclaimed #1 in its twenty-fourth weekend of release.[51]
49December 5, 1982$2,355,819E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has the record for most weeks at #1 (sixteen weeks). This will be the lowest grossing #1 film until Onward grosses $71,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[52]
50December 12, 1982The Toy$6,322,804[53]
51December 19, 1982Tootsie$5,540,470[54]
52December 26, 1982$7,469,326[55]
53January 2, 1983$11,222,714Columbia 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]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Pictures Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote and Henry Thomas 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 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 Hugh Hudson $58,866,893
10. Annie Columbia Pictures Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn 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-TerrestrialUniversal$359,197,037[nb 2]
2.TootsieColumbia$177,200,000
3.An Officer and a GentlemanParamount$129,795,554
4.Rocky IIIUnited Artists$124,146,897
5.Porky'sFox$105,492,483
6.Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanParamount$78,912,963
7.48 Hrs.$78,868,508
8.PoltergeistMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$76,606,280
9.The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasUniversal$69,701,637
10.AnnieColumbia$57,059,003


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1982
GBambi (1982 re-issue)
PGE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
RAn Officer and a Gentleman

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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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See also
1982 Succeeded by
1983
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