The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.
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Highest-grossing films
editThe top 10 films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Aladdin | Buena Vista | $504,050,219 |
2 | The Bodyguard | Warner Bros. | $411,006,740 |
3 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 20th Century Fox | $358,994,850 |
4 | Basic Instinct | Sony / Carolco | $352,927,224 |
5 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Warner Bros. | $321,731,527 |
6 | Batman Returns | $266,822,354 | |
7 | A Few Good Men | Sony | $243,240,178 |
8 | Sister Act | Buena Vista | $231,605,150 |
9 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Sony | $215,862,692 |
10 | Wayne's World | Paramount | $183,097,323 |
Events
edit- August 24 – Production begins on Jurassic Park.
- October 29 - After just 15 months in the role, Brandon Tartikoff resigns as chairman of Paramount Pictures.
- November 2 - 20th Century Fox chairman Joe Roth announces he is leaving to set up an independent production company at Walt Disney Studios. Roth was replaced by Peter Chernin.
Awards
edit1992 films
editBy country/region
edit- List of American films of 1992
- List of Argentine films of 1992
- List of Australian films of 1992
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1992
- List of British films of 1992
- List of Canadian films of 1992
- List of French films of 1992
- List of Hong Kong films of 1992
- List of Indian films of 1992
- List of Japanese films of 1992
- List of Mexican films of 1992
- List of Pakistani films of 1992
- List of Russian films of 1992
- List of South Korean films of 1992
- List of Spanish films of 1992
By genre/medium
edit- List of action films of 1992
- List of animated feature films of 1992
- List of avant-garde films of 1992
- List of crime films of 1992
- List of comedy films of 1992
- List of drama films of 1992
- List of horror films of 1992
- List of science fiction films of 1992
- List of thriller films of 1992
- List of western films of 1992
Births
edit- January 5
- Mike Faist, American actor
- Suki Waterhouse, English actress, model and singer
- January 8 - Dali Benssalah, French-Algerian actor
- January 11 – Laysla De Oliveira, Canadian actress
- January 19 – Logan Lerman, American actor
- January 23 - Jack Reynor, Irish-American actor
- January 27 - James Bloor, English writer and actor
- January 31 - Nabiyah Be, Brazilian actress and singer
- February 6 – Nora Fatehi, Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer
- February 9 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
- February 10 – Karen Fukuhara, American actress
- February 11
- Blair Dunlop, English folk musician and actor
- Georgia Groome, actress
- Taylor Lautner, actor
- February 14 – Freddie Highmore, English actor
- February 15 – Greer Grammer, actress
- February 16 - Jimmy Tatro, American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality
- February 20 - Ray Nicholson, American actor
- February 23 - Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model
- February 26 - Toby Sebastian, British actor and musician
- February 29 - Jessie T. Usher, American actor
- March 5 - Amber Anderson, English actress and model
- March 7 - Bel Powley, English actress
- March 10
- Emily Osment, American actress
- Sawyer Spielberg, American actor and director
- March 12 - Austin Swift, American actor
- March 13
- George MacKay, British actor
- Kaya Scodelario, British actress
- March 15
- Sosie Bacon, American actress
- Anna Shaffer, British actress
- March 16
- Diego Calva, Mexican actor
- Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model (died 2022)
- March 17
- Eliza Bennett, English actress and singer
- John Boyega, British actor
- March 25 - Elizabeth Lail, American actress
- March 26 - Haley Ramm, American actress
- March 28 - Daisy Bevan, English actress
- March 31 - Caitlin Carver, American actress
- April 2 - Sammi Kane Kraft, American baseball player, musician and actress (died 2012)
- April 4 – Alexa Nikolas, actress
- April 8 - Shelby Young, American actress
- April 10 – Daisy Ridley, English actress
- April 11 - Jessica Madsen, English actress
- April 12 – Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
- April 16 - Valentina Bellè, Italian actress
- April 18 - Chloe Bennet, American actress and singer
- April 23 – Syd tha Kyd, singer and DJ
- April 24
- Joe Keery, American actor and musician
- Jack Quaid, American actor
- April 25 - Adria Arjona, American actress
- May 4
- Courtney Jines, actress
- Ashley Rickards, actress
- Miles Robbins, American musician and actor
- May 7 – Alexander Ludwig, actor
- May 10 - Sophie Vavasseur, Irish actress
- May 12 - Malcolm David Kelley, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
- May 16 – Davika Hoorne, Thai actress
- May 18 – Spencer Breslin, American actor
- May 20 - Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
- May 21 - Olivia Olson, American actress and singer-songwriter
- May 29 – Erica Lindbeck, actress, voice actress
- June 3 - Dilraba Dilmurat, Chinese actress
- June 10 - Kate Upton, American model and actress
- June 11 - Anna Sawai, New Zealand actress and singer of Japanese descent
- June 12 – Ryan Malgarini, American actor
- June 14 – Daryl Sabara, actor
- June 23 - Yoson An, Chinese-born New Zealand actor and filmmaker
- June 26 – Jennette McCurdy, actress and singer
- June 27 - Vanessa Grasse, English actress
- June 29 - Souheila Yacoub, Swiss actress
- June 30 – Chay Suede, Brazilian actor
- July 1 - Rhea Chakraborty, Indian actress
- July 3 – Nathalia Ramos, actress
- July 7 – Manjot Singh, Indian actor
- July 8 - Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress
- July 9 – Douglas Booth, actor
- July 12 – Woo Do-hwan, South Korean actor
- July 15 - Vaishali Takkar, Indian actress (died 2022)
- July 17
- Jonno Davies, English actor
- Billie Lourd, American actress
- July 20
- Paige Hurd, American actress
- Jordan Rodrigues, Australian actor
- July 22
- Selena Gomez, actress and singer
- Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-Russian actor
- July 30 – Julia Ragnarsson, actress
- July – Francesca Hayward, ballerina, actress, and singer
- August 2
- Charli XCX, English singer
- Hallie Eisenberg, American former child actress
- August 3 – Christine Ko, actress
- August 4 – Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors
- August 12 – Cara Delevingne, British actress and model
- August 20
- Neslihan Atagül, actress
- Demi Lovato, actress and singer
- August 22
- Keith Powers, American actor
- Ari Stidham, American actor
- August 30 - Jessica Henwick, English actress, writer and director
- September 11 - Vinnie Bennett, New Zealand actor
- September 12 - Alexia Fast, Canadian actress
- September 16 – Nick Jonas, singer (Jonas Brothers)
- September 17 - Danny Ramirez, American actor
- September 27 - Sam Lerner, American actor
- September 28 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress (died 2014)
- September 30
- Baifern, Thai actress
- Ezra Miller, actor
- October 3 - Lyna Khoudri, French-Algerian actress
- October 9 – Tyler James Williams, actor
- October 11 - Cardi B, American rapper and actress
- October 12 – Josh Hutcherson, actor
- October 13 – Aaron Dismuke, voice actor
- October 15
- Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor
- Vincent Martella, American actor, voice actor and singer
- October 17
- Nanami Sakuraba, Japanese actress
- Barry Keoghan, actor
- October 21
- Hari Nef, American actress
- Natasha Bassett, Australian actress
- October 30 - Tequan Richmond, American actor and rapper
- October 31 - Vanessa Marano, American actress
- November 6 - Robert Aramayo, English actor
- November 7 - Mary Chieffo, American actress
- November 10 - Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Bangladeshi actress and model
- November 11 - Ashleigh Cummings, Australian actress
- November 18
- John Karna, American actor
- Nathan Kress, American actor
- November 23 – Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer
- November 28 - Adam Hicks, American actor and rapper
- December 8 - Katie Stevens, American actress and singer
- December 10 - Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian actress
- December 14 - Tori Kelly, American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer
- December 17
- Jordan Garrett, American actor
- Thomas Law, English actor
- December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, American singer and actress
- December 22 - Shioli Kutsuna, Japanese-Australian actress
- December 23 - Spencer Daniels, American actor
Deaths
editMonth | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 2 | Virginia Field | 74 | UK | Actress | |
3 | Judith Anderson | 94 | Australia | Actress | ||
7 | Richard Hunt | 40 | US | Puppeteer, Actor | ||
7 | Andrew Marton | 87 | Hungary | Director | ||
8 | Anthony Dawson | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Marjorie Kane | 82 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Steve Brodie | 72 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Hari Rhodes | 59 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Dorothy Alison | 66 | Australia | Actress | ||
23 | Freddie Bartholomew | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Ian Wolfe | 95 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Ken Darby | 82 | US | Composer, Lyricist | ||
26 | José Ferrer | 79 | Puerto Rico | Actor, Director | ||
27 | Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies | 101 | UK | Actress | ||
February | 1 | Dick York | 63 | US | Actor | |
4 | John Dehner | 76 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Baruch Lumet | 93 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Jack Kinney | 82 | US | Director, Animator | ||
10 | Fred Hynes | 83 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
11 | Ray Danton | 60 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Dorothy Tree | 85 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Doreen Montgomery | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
March | 2 | Robert Clatworthy | 80 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | |
2 | Sandy Dennis | 54 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Robert Beatty | 82 | Canada | Actor | ||
4 | Néstor Almendros | 61 | Spain | Cinematographer | ||
4 | Art Babbitt | 84 | US | Animator | ||
11 | László Benedek | 87 | Hungary | Director | ||
11 | Richard Brooks | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
15 | Helen Deutsch | 85 | US | Screenwriter | ||
17 | Jack Arnold | 79 | US | Director | ||
17 | Grace Stafford | 88 | US | Actress, Voice Actress | ||
18 | Arnold Diamond | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Cesare Danova | 66 | Italy | Actor | ||
20 | Georges Delerue | 67 | France | Composer | ||
21 | John Ireland | 82 | Canada | Actor | ||
22 | Melissa Stribling | 65 | UK | Actress | ||
25 | Nancy Walker | 69 | US | Actress, Director | ||
28 | Wendell Mayes | 72 | US | Screenwriter | ||
29 | Paul Henreid | 84 | Hungary | Actor | ||
April | 3 | Karl Tunberg | 85 | US | Screenwriter | |
5 | Molly Picon | 92 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Andy Russell | 72 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
10 | Cec Linder | 71 | Poland | Actor | ||
11 | James Brown | 72 | US | Actor | ||
14 | David Miller | 82 | US | Director | ||
16 | Neville Brand | 71 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Frankie Howerd | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Mae Clarke | 81 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Benny Hill | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | Steffi Duna | 82 | Hungary | Actress | ||
22 | Rosemary Odell | 67 | US | Costume Designer | ||
23 | Satyajit Ray | 70 | India | Director, Screenwriter | ||
May | 3 | George Murphy | 89 | US | Actor, Dancer | |
6 | Marlene Dietrich | 90 | Germany | Actress | ||
8 | Richard Derr | 73 | US | Actor | ||
10 | John Lund | 81 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Robert Reed | 59 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Bartlett Mullins | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Marisa Mell | 53 | Austria | Actress | ||
18 | Marshall Thompson | 66 | US | Actor | ||
June | 2 | Philip Dunne | 84 | US | Screenwriter, Director | |
3 | Robert Morley | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
5 | Laurence Naismith | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Larry Riley | 38 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Renié Conley | 90 | US | Costume Designer | ||
22 | Chuck Mitchell | 64 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Allan Jones | 84 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
July | 1 | Franco Cristaldi | 67 | Italy | Producer | |
12 | Reginald Beck | 90 | UK | Film Editor | ||
23 | Arletty | 94 | France | Actress | ||
23 | Maxine Audley | 69 | UK | Actress | ||
23 | Amjad Khan | 51 | India | Actor | ||
28 | Lester Shorr | 85 | US | Cinematographer | ||
30 | Brenda Marshall | 76 | US | Actress | ||
August | 7 | John Anderson | 69 | US | Actor | |
16 | Malcolm Atterbury | 85 | US | Actor | ||
18 | John Sturges | 82 | US | Director | ||
19 | Gianni Polidori | 68 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
21 | Charles Nichols | 81 | US | Director, Animator | ||
23 | Virginia Sale | 93 | US | Actress | ||
25 | George R. Nelson | 65 | US | Set Decorator | ||
September | 4 | John van Dreelen | 70 | Netherlands | Actor | |
6 | Henry Ephron | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
6 | Mervyn Johns | 93 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | H. F. Koenekamp | 100 | US | Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer | ||
12 | Ruth Nelson | 87 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Ed Peck | 75 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Anthony Perkins | 60 | US | Actor, Director | ||
15 | Michael Luciano | 83 | US | Film Editor | ||
17 | Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | 86 | Russia | Actor | ||
18 | Herbert W. Spencer | 87 | Chile | Orchestrator, Composer | ||
21 | Bill Williams | 77 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Bill Rowe | 61 | UK | Sound Engineer | ||
October | 6 | Denholm Elliott | 70 | UK | Actor | |
6 | Natalie Moorhead | 91 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Ben Maddow | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
16 | Shirley Booth | 87 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Anna Hill Johnstone | 79 | US | Costume Designer | ||
16 | Vladek Sheybal | 69 | Poland | Actor | ||
22 | Cleavon Little | 53 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Dorothy Dunbar | 90 | US | Actress | ||
November | 2 | Hal Roach | 100 | US | Director, Producer | |
6 | Mark Rosenberg | 44 | US | Producer | ||
7 | Jack Kelly | 65 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Chuck Connors | 71 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Eddie Mayehoff | 83 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Alan Balsam | 42 | US | Film Editor | ||
17 | Todd Armstrong | 83 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Dorothy Kirsten | 82 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
19 | Diane Varsi | 54 | US | Actress | ||
20 | John Foreman | 67 | US | Producer | ||
22 | Sterling Holloway | 87 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Ronald Sinclair | 68 | New Zealand | Actor, Film Editor | ||
23 | Rita Corday | 72 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Joby Blanshard | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | John Sharp | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Robert Shayne | 92 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Robert F. Simon | 83 | US | Actor | ||
December | 2 | Michael Gothard | 53 | UK | Actor | |
6 | Percy Herbert | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Hank Worden | 91 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Franco Franchi | 64 | Italy | Actor | ||
9 | Vincent Gardenia | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
11 | Michael Robbins | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Walter M. Simonds | 81 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
15 | William Ware Theiss | 61 | US | Costume Designer | ||
17 | Dana Andrews | 83 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Steve Ross | 65 | US | Studio Executive | ||
22 | Milo Sperber | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Sandra Dorne | 68 | UK | Actress |
Film debuts
edit- Gillian Anderson – The Turning
- David Arquette – Where the Day Takes You
- Maria Bello – Maintenance
- Jack Black – Bob Roberts
- Ryan Bollman – Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
- Toni Collette – Spotswood
- Daniel Craig – The Power of One
- Penélope Cruz – Jamón Jamón
- Alan Cumming – Prague
- Liam Cunningham – Into the West
- Jeremy Davies – Guncrazy
- Eliza Dushku – That Night
- Omar Epps – Juice
- Donald Faison – Juice
- Ralph Fiennes – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
- Claire Forlani – Gypsy Eyes
- Jamie Foxx – Toys
- Walton Goggins – Forever Young
- Adam Goldberg – Mr. Saturday Night
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Beethoven
- Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity
- Maggie Gyllenhaal – Waterland
- Cole Hauser – School Ties
- Lena Headey – Waterland
- Katherine Heigl – That Night
- Jennifer Love Hewitt – Munchie
- Famke Janssen – Fathers & Sons
- Toby Jones – Orlando
- Bodil Jørgensen – Mirror of the Planet
- Ashley Judd – Kuffs
- Thomas Kretschmann – Shining Through
- Vincent Laresca – Juice
- Ang Lee (director) – Pushing Hands
- Laura Linney – Lorenzo's Oil
- Lucy Liu – Rhythm of Destiny
- Ron Livingston – Straight Talk
- Sergi López – La petite amie d'Antonio
- Faizon Love – Bebe's Kids
- Baz Luhrmann (director) – Strictly Ballroom
- Bernie Mac – Mo' Money
- Chi McBride – The Distinguished Gentleman
- Mike Myers – Wayne's World
- Elise Neal – Malcolm X
- Tim Blake Nelson – This Is My Life
- Michael Rapaport – Zebrahead
- Robert Rodriguez (director) – El Mariachi
- Keri Russell – Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
- M. Night Shyamalan (director) – Praying with Anger
- Ingvar Sigurðsson – Ingaló
- Will Smith – Where the Day Takes You
- Hilary Swank – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Quentin Tarantino (director) – Reservoir Dogs
- Jeanne Tripplehorn – Basic Instinct
- Robin Tunney – Encino Man
- Karl Urban – Chunuk Bair
- John Ventimiglia – Swoon
- Nick Young – The Vagrant
References
edit- ^ "1992 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.