# 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.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 3, 1982 | Modern Problems | $5,432,125 | |
| 2 | January 10, 1982 | Sharky's Machine | $2,850,839 | Sharky's Machine reached #1 in its fourth weekend of release. |
| 3 | January 17, 1982 | Absence of Malice | $3,290,111 | Absence of Malice reached #1 in its ninth weekend of release |
| 4 | January 24, 1982 | On Golden Pond | $3,853,902 | On Golden Pond reached #1 in its eighth weekend of release. |
| 5 | January 31, 1982 | On Golden Pond | $5,008,290 | |
| 6 | February 7, 1982 | On Golden Pond | $4,900,463 | |
| 7 | February 15, 1982$^{4-dayweekend}$ | On Golden Pond | $8,177,208 | |
| 8 | February 21, 1982 | On Golden Pond | $6,526,822 | |
| 9 | February 28, 1982 | On Golden Pond | $5,602,328 | |
| 10 | March 7, 1982 | On Golden Pond | $5,507,123 | |
| 11 | March 14, 1982 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $7,780,693 | |
| 12 | March 21, 1982 | Porky's | $7,623,988 | |
| 13 | March 28, 1982 | Porky's | $8,602,473 | |
| 14 | April 4, 1982 | Porky's | $8,034,766 | |
| 15 | April 11, 1982 | Porky's | $8,082,295 | |
| 16 | April 18, 1982 | Porky's | $6,511,216 | |
| 17 | April 25, 1982 | Porky's | $5,280,637 | |
| 18 | May 2, 1982 | Porky's | $4,333,570 | |
| 19 | May 9, 1982 | Porky's | $3,393,114 | |
| 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. |
| 21 | May 23, 1982 | Conan the Barbarian | $6,874,042 | |
| 22 | May 31, 1982$^{4-dayweekend}$ | 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. |
| 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. |
| 24 | June 13, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $11,835,389 | |
| 25 | June 20, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $12,610,610 | Highest-grossing second weekend of all-time surpassing the record of $10,765,687 set last year by Superman II. |
| 26 | June 27, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $13,729,552 | |
| 27 | July 5, 1982$^{4-dayweekend}$ | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $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. |
| 28 | July 11, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $12,802,287 | |
| 29 | July 18, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $13,003,581 | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 32 | August 8, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $9,525,306 | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 35 | August 29, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $6,630,709 | |
| 36 | September 6, 1982$^{4-dayweekend}$ | An Officer and a Gentleman | $7,711,202 | An Officer and a Gentleman reached #1 in its sixth weekend of release. |
| 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. |
| 38 | September 19, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $4,261,887 | |
| 39 | September 26, 1982 | Amityville II: The Possession | $4,104,277 | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 43 | October 24, 1982 | First Blood | $6,642,005 | |
| 44 | October 31, 1982 | First Blood | $4,565,972 | |
| 45 | November 7, 1982 | First Blood | $4,416,115 | |
| 46 | November 14, 1982 | Creepshow | $5,870,889 | |
| 47 | November 21, 1982 | The Empire Strikes Back (1982 Re-issue) | $3,949,478 | |
| 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. |
| 49 | December 5, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial † | $2,355,819 | This will be the lowest grossing #1 film until Onward grosses $71,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 50 | December 12, 1982 | The Toy | $6,322,804 | |
| 51 | December 19, 1982 | Tootsie | $5,540,470 | |
| 52 | December 26, 1982 | Tootsie | $7,469,326 | |
| 53 | January 2, 1983 | Tootsie | $11,222,714 | Columbia Pictures' biggest weekend of all-time; their first over $10 million. |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1982 by Calendar Gross
| 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 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Universal | $359,197,037 |
| 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. | Paramount | $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 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1982 :
| G | Bambi (1982 re-issue) |
| PG | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| R | An Officer and a Gentleman |