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Top 1982 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1982 International - Top 1982 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1982.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1982 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1982, including films released in 1981 and earlier.

Top 1981 Domestic Top 1983 Domestic
Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal $439,454,989 $11,911,430 3,010
2 Tootsie Sony Pict… $177,200,000 $5,540,470 1,222
3 An Officer and a Gentleman Paramount… $129,795,554 $3,304,679 1,050
4 Rocky III MGM $125,049,125 $16,015,408 1,317
5 Porky's 20th Cent… $109,492,484 $7,623,988 1,605
6 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Paramount… $78,912,963 $14,347,221 1,621
7 48 Hrs. Paramount… $75,936,265 $4,369,868 1,050
8 Poltergeist MGM $74,706,019 $6,896,612 1,060
9 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Universal $69,701,637 $11,874,268 1,435
10 Annie Sony Pict… $57,059,003 $510,632 1,102
11 The Verdict 20th Cent… $53,977,250 $100,982 904
12 Gandhi Sony Pict… $52,767,889 $131,153 825
13 First Blood Orion Pic… $47,212,904 $6,642,005 1,047
14 The Toy Sony Pict… $47,118,057 $6,322,804 1,542
15 Firefox Warner Bros. $45,785,720 $8,152,948 1,304
16 The Dark Crystal Universal $40,577,001 $4,657,335 1,052
17 Conan the Barbarian Universal $38,264,085 $9,479,373 1,497
18 The Sword and the Sorcerer Group 1 $36,714,025 $1,798,879 660
19 Friday the 13th Part 3 Paramount… $36,690,067 $9,406,522 1,079
20 Best Friends Warner Bros. $36,670,556 $4,022,891 1,080
21 Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip Sony Pict… $34,970,309 $7,780,693 1,277
22 Blade Runner Warner Bros. $32,656,328 $6,150,002 1,325
23 Young Doctors in Love 20th Cent… $30,688,860 $4,206,265 796
24 The World According to Garp Warner Bros. $30,207,324 $2,902,088 560
25 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Universal $27,092,880 $2,545,674 713
26 Tron Walt Disney $26,918,576 $4,761,795 1,112
27 Sophie's Choice Universal $25,215,547 $202,131 548
28 Airplane II: The Sequel Paramount… $25,009,494 $5,329,208 1,300
29 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Warner Bros. $23,667,907 $2,527,864 708
30 Victor/Victoria MGM $22,524,614 $139,634 615
31 Things Are Tough All Over Sony Pict… $21,134,374 1,516
32 Night Shift Warner Bros. $21,017,056 $2,539,633 683
33 La Guerre du feu 20th Cent… $20,959,585 426
34 The Man From Snowy River 20th Cent… $20,659,423 $694,126 517
35 The Beach Girls Crown $20,418,789 263
36 Some Kind of Hero Paramount… $20,400,486 $5,631,293 975
37 Six Pack 20th Cent… $20,225,989 $1,946,418 783
38 Creepshow Warner Bros. $20,036,244 $5,870,889 1,132
39 Deathtrap Warner Bros. $19,282,000 $2,238,977 603
40 Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Universal $18,196,170 $4,289,601 906
41 My Favorite Year MGM $17,458,105 $266,009 720
42 National Lampoon's Class Reunion 20th Cent… $16,550,727 $3,086,525 1,125
43 Death Wish II Sony Pict… $16,100,000 377
44 Missing Universal $16,000,000 733
45 Kiss Me Goodbye 20th Cent… $15,782,759 $1,345,672 803
46 Zapped! Embassy $15,026,217 $823,548 777
47 Pink Floyd: The Wall MGM $14,844,106 $67,870 673
48 Halloween 3: Season of the Witch Universal $14,400,000 $6,333,259 1,328
49 Grease 2 Paramount… $14,297,083 $4,645,411 1,250
50 The Thing Universal $14,244,703 $3,107,897 910
51 Author! Author! 20th Cent… $13,111,101 $2,279,260 508
52 The Incubus Artists R… $13,110,874 694
53 They Call Me Bruce Artists R… $12,925,437 $1,071,345 324
54 Diner MGM $12,592,907 266
55 Visiting Hours 20th Cent… $12,581,713 $5,250,157 1,176
56 Monsignor 20th Cent… $12,408,066 $3,631,834 857
57 Making Love 20th Cent… $11,897,978 $3,015,497 380
58 Das Boot Quartet F… $11,487,676 $26,994 29
59 Amityville II: The Possession Orion Pic… $11,328,000 $4,104,277 1,200
60 The Beastmaster MGM $10,751,126 $2,955,641 1,061
61 Silent Rage Sony Pict… $10,490,791 $3,693,117 1,458
62 The Secret of Nimh MGM $10,140,325 $386,530 700

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.