Domestic Release Schedule for 1982

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1982.

See also: Top 1982 Worldwide - Most Popular 1982

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January, 1982
During 1982 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (Wide) $6,000,000  
 
January 15 The Boogens (Wide) $4,000,000  
Jaws of Satan (Wide)    
 
January 22 The Seduction (Wide) Avco Embassy $4,888,270  
Shoot the Moon (Wide) MGM $8,100,000  
A Stranger is Watching (Wide) $481,088  
Vice Squad (Wide) Avco Embassy $5,568,880  
 
January 29 The Border (Wide) Universal $6,118,683  
Venom (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,117,958  
February, 1982
February 5 Night Crossing (Wide) Walt Disney $4,500,000  
Personal Best (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,119,003  
A Hard Day's Night (Limited, re-release) Universal $1,537,860  
 
February 10 The Boot (Wide) Quartet Films $11,487,676  
 
February 12 The Amateur (Wide) 20th Century Fox $2,358,271  
The Beast Within (Wide) United Artists $4,000,000  
Cannery Row (Wide) MGM $2,638,311  
Quest for Fire (Wide) 20th Century Fox $20,959,585  
Love and Money (Wide) Paramount Pictures    
Making Love (Wide) 20th Century Fox $11,897,978  
Missing (Wide) Universal $16,000,000  
One From the Heart (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,053,622  
 
February 19 Death Wish II (Wide) Sony Pictures $16,100,000  
Swamp Thing (Wide) Embassy    
Three Brothers (Wide)    
 
February 28 Sleeping Dogs (Limited) Satori    
 
February TBD Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (Limited) Comworld    
March, 1982
March 5 Evil Under the Sun (Wide) Universal $4,659,287  
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (Wide)    
Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (Wide)    
 
March 12 Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip (Wide) Sony Pictures $34,970,309  
 
March 17 The Atomic Cafe (Limited) Libra Films $22,293  
 
March 19 Deathtrap (Wide) Warner Bros. $19,282,000  
Porky's (Wide) 20th Century Fox $109,492,484  
Victor/Victoria (Wide) MGM $22,524,614  
 
March 22 Mephisto (Wide)    
 
March 26 The Beach Girls (Wide) Crown $20,418,789  
Diva (Wide) MGM $2,909,190  
I Ought to be in Pictures (Wide) 20th Century Fox $6,968,359  
April, 1982
April 2 Cat People (Wide) Universal $7,000,000  
Diner (Wide) MGM $12,592,907  
A Little Sex (Wide) Universal $2,370,376  
Penitentiary II (Wide) United Artists $662,896  
Silent Rage (Wide) Sony Pictures $10,490,791  
Some Kind of Hero (Wide) Paramount Pictures $20,400,486  
Basket Case (Limited) Analysis    
 
April 16 Wrong is Right (Wide) Sony Pictures $3,600,000  
 
April 23 If You Could See What I Hear (Wide) Jensen Farley Pictures $8,693,512  
National Lampoon's Movie Madness (Wide)    
The Sword and the Sorcerer (Wide) Group 1 $36,714,025  
 
April 30 AC/DC: Let There Be Rock (Wide) Warner Bros. $52,590  
Pandemonium (Wide)    
Partners (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,109,724  
Smash Palace (Limited) Atlantic    
May, 1982
May 7 The House Where Evil Dwells (Wide)    
Paradise (Wide) Embassy $5,000,000  
Forbidden World (Limited) New World    
Lady Chatterley's Lover (Limited) Cannon    
 
May 14 Conan the Barbarian (Wide) Universal $38,264,085  
Death Screams (Limited) United Film Distribution Co.    
 
May 21 Annie (Wide) Sony Pictures $57,059,003  
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Wide) Universal $18,196,170  
Fighting Back (Wide) Paramount Pictures $3,016,496  
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Wide) Warner Bros. $23,667,907  
 
May 26 Gregory’s Girl (Limited) Samuel Goldwyn Films $7,710  
 
May 28 The Escape Artist (Wide) Orion Pictures $23,323  
Rocky 3 (Wide) MGM $125,049,125  
Safari 3000 (Wide)    
Visiting Hours (Wide) 20th Century Fox $12,581,713  
Midnight (Limited) Independent-International Pictures    
June, 1982
June 4 Bambi (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $102,797,000  
Hanky Panky (Wide) Sony Pictures $9,823,934  
Poltergeist (Wide) MGM $74,706,019  
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Wide) Paramount Pictures $78,912,963  
Xún Chéng Mǎ (Limited)    
 
June 11 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Wide) Universal $439,454,989  
Grease 2 (Wide) Paramount Pictures $14,297,083  
The Forest (Limited) Fury Films Ltd    
 
June 18 Author! Author! (Wide) 20th Century Fox $13,111,101  
Firefox (Wide) Warner Bros. $45,785,720  
 
June 25 Blade Runner (Wide) Warner Bros. $32,656,328  
Megaforce (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,675,599  
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Wide) Sony Pictures $327,958  
The Thing (Wide) Universal $14,244,703  
Serie noire (Limited) Putnam Square Films $5,633  
July, 1982
July 2 The Secret of Nimh (Wide) MGM $10,140,325  
 
July 9 Tron (Wide) Walt Disney $26,918,576  
 
July 16 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Wide) Orion Pictures $9,077,269  
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Wide, re-release) Paramount Pictures $225,686,079  
Six Pack (Wide) 20th Century Fox $20,225,989  
Summer Lovers (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,200,000  
Young Doctors in Love (Wide) 20th Century Fox $30,688,860  
 
July 23 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Wide) Universal $69,701,637  
The Challenge (Wide) Embassy $3,534,852  
The World According to Garp (Wide) Warner Bros. $30,207,324  
Zapped! (Wide) Embassy $15,026,217  
 
July 28 An Officer and a Gentleman (Wide) Paramount Pictures $129,795,554  
 
July 30 Forced Vengeance (Wide) MGM $4,388,500  
Night Shift (Wide) Warner Bros. $21,017,056  
Things Are Tough All Over (Wide) Sony Pictures $21,134,374  
August, 1982
August 4 The Last American Virgin (Wide) Cannon $5,829,781  
 
August 6 Pink Floyd: The Wall (Wide) MGM $14,844,106  
The Pirate Movie (Wide) 20th Century Fox $7,983,086  
 
August 9 The Nest (Wide)    
 
August 13 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Wide) Universal $27,092,880  
Friday the 13th Part 3 (Wide) Paramount Pictures $36,690,067  
The Soldier (Wide) Embassy $6,123,549  
Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope (Wide, re-release) 20th Century Fox $460,998,007  
Tempest (Wide) Sony Pictures $5,005,245  
 
August 20 The Beastmaster (Wide) MGM $10,751,126  
Class of 1984 (Wide) United Film Distribution Co. $6,965,361  
 
August 27 Homework (Wide) Jensen Farley Pictures $2,914,328  
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (Wide) Universal $3,707,583  
September, 1982
September 3 The Concrete Jungle (Wide) Pentagon Releasing Inc. $5,664,557  
The Incubus (Wide) Artists Releasing Corporation $13,110,874  
 
September 17 Hammett (Wide) Warner Bros. $8,222  
Inchon (Wide) MGM $4,408,636  
 
September 24 Amityville II: The Possession (Wide) Orion Pictures $11,328,000  
Eating Raoul (Wide) 20th Century Fox $1,114,825  
Yes, Giorgio (Wide) MGM $1,368,588  
Bloodtide (Limited) 21st Century Distribution    
October, 1982
October 1 I, The Jury (Wide) 20th Century Fox $1,515,578  
My Favorite Year (Wide) MGM $17,458,105  
Sorceress (Wide) New World $1,358,792  
Split Image (Wide) Orion Pictures $263,635  
Time Walker (Wide) New World $426,284  
The Slayer (Limited)    
 
October 8 Lookin' To Get Out (Wide) Paramount Pictures $832,238  
 
October 15 Ladies and Gentleman: The Fabulous Stains (Wide)    
Love Child (Wide) Warner Bros. $50,091  
 
October 22 First Blood (Wide) Orion Pictures $47,212,904  
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (Wide) Universal $14,400,000  
Jinxed! (Wide) MGM $2,133,621  
Monsignor (Wide) 20th Century Fox $12,408,066  
The Sender (Wide) Paramount Pictures $968,663  
Sweet Hours (Limited) New Yorker    
 
October 29 It Came From Hollywood (Wide) Paramount Pictures $2,091,037  
National Lampoon's Class Reunion (Wide) 20th Century Fox $16,550,727  
Trick or Treats (Limited) Lone Star Pictures International    
November, 1982
November 3 The Man From Snowy River (Wide) 20th Century Fox $20,659,423  
 
November 5 Five Days One Summer (Wide) Warner Bros. $121,867  
The Missionary (Wide) Sony Pictures $7,241,180  
Piranha 2: The Spawning (Limited) Sony Pictures    
 
November 10 Creepshow (Wide) Warner Bros. $20,036,244  
 
November 12 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Wide) Cinecom $177,500  
They Call Me Bruce (Wide) Artists Releasing Corporation $12,925,437  
White Dog (Wide)    
Alone in the Dark (Limited) New Line    
The Slumber Party Massacre (Limited) New World    
 
November 19 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (Wide) Warner Bros. $78,350  
Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (Wide, re-release) 20th Century Fox $291,738,960  
Heidi's Song (Wide) Paramount Pictures $4,269,402  
The Last Unicorn (Wide) Jensen Farley Pictures $6,455,330  
Q (Wide) United Film Distribution Co. $255,000  
Still of the Night (Wide) MGM $3,017,965  
Tex (Wide) Walt Disney $7,199,408  
Smithereens (Limited) New Line    
 
November 30 Inseminoid (Limited) Almi    
 
November TBD Nightbeast (Limited) Troma Entertainment    
December, 1982
December 8 48 Hrs. (Wide) Paramount Pictures $75,936,265  
Gandhi (Wide) Sony Pictures $52,767,889  
The Verdict (Wide) 20th Century Fox $53,977,250  
 
December 10 Airplane II: The Sequel (Wide) Paramount Pictures $25,009,494  
Savannah Smiles (Wide)    
Sophie's Choice (Wide) Universal $25,215,547  
That Championship Season (Wide) Cannon $40,000  
The Toy (Wide) Sony Pictures $47,118,057  
 
December 15 Honkytonk Man (Wide) Warner Bros. $3,695,409  
 
December 17 Best Friends (Wide) Warner Bros. $36,670,556  
The Dark Crystal (Wide) Universal $40,577,001  
Frances (Wide) Universal $122,100  
Peter Pan (Wide, re-release) RKO Radio Pictures $87,400,000  
Six Weeks (Wide) Universal $6,668,025  
Tootsie (Wide) Sony Pictures $177,200,000  
Trail of the Pink Panther (Wide) MGM $7,201,697  
 
December 20 Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (Wide) $13,884  
 
December 22 Kiss Me Goodbye (Wide) 20th Century Fox $15,782,759