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1992 in film

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The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows:

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross12345678910
AladdinWalt Disney Pictures$504,050,219
The BodyguardWarner Bros.$411,006,740
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York20th Century Fox$358,994,850
Basic InstinctTriStar$352,927,224
Lethal Weapon 3Warner Bros.$321,731,527
Batman Returns$266,822,354
A Few Good MenColumbia$243,240,178
Sister ActBuena Vista$231,605,150
Bram Stoker's DraculaColumbia$215,862,692
Wayne's WorldParamount$183,097,323

Events

  • August 24 – Production begins on Jurassic Park (1993).
  • 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

Category/Organization50th Golden Globe Awards
January 23, 199346th BAFTA Awards
March 21, 199365th Academy Awards
March 29, 1993DramaMusical and/or Comedy
Best FilmScent of a WomanThe PlayerHowards EndUnforgiven
Best DirectorClint Eastwood
UnforgivenRobert Altman
The PlayerClint Eastwood
Unforgiven
Best ActorAl Pacino
Scent of a WomanTim Robbins
The PlayerRobert Downey Jr.
ChaplinAl Pacino
Scent of a Woman
Best ActressEmma Thompson
Howards EndMiranda Richardson
Enchanted AprilEmma Thompson
Howards End
Best Supporting ActorGene Hackman
Unforgiven
Best Supporting ActressJoan Plowright
Enchanted AprilMiranda Richardson
DamageMarisa Tomei
My Cousin Vinny
Best Screenplay, AdaptedBo Goldman
Scent of a WomanMichael Tolkin
The PlayerRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Howards End
Best Screenplay, OriginalWoody Allen
Husbands and WivesNeil Jordan
The Crying Game
Best Original ScoreAladdin
Alan MenkenStrictly Ballroom
David HirschfelderAladdin
Alan Menken
Best Original Song"A Whole New World"
AladdinN/A"A Whole New World"
Aladdin
Best Foreign Language FilmIndochineRaise the Red LanternIndochine

1992 films

By country/region

  • 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 Hindi films of 1992
    • List of Kannada films of 1992
    • List of Malayalam films of 1992
    • List of Marathi films of 1992
    • List of Tamil films of 1992
    • List of Telugu 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

  • 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

  • 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
    • Connor Widdows, Canadian former child actor
  • January 31
    • Nabiyah Be, Brazilian actress and singer
    • Lincoln Younes, Australian actor
  • February 3 - Stevie Maddison
  • 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 19 – Camille Kostek, American television personality and actress
  • February 20 – Ray Nicholson, American actor
  • February 23 – Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model
  • February 25 - Rose Matafeo, New Zealand comedian, actress and television presenter
  • 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
    • Phil Dunster, English actor
  • 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 20 - Bestemsu Özdemir, Turkish actress
  • April 23 – Syd tha Kyd, singer and DJ
  • April 24
    • Joe Keery, American actor and musician
    • Jack Quaid, American actor
    • Doc Shaw, American actor
  • April 25 – Adria Arjona, American actress
  • April 27 – Morgan Berry, American voice 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 19 - Eleanor Tomlinson, English actress
  • May 20 – Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
  • May 21 – Olivia Olson, American actress and singer-songwriter
  • May 24 - Travis T. Flory, American singer and actor
  • May 29 – Erica Lindbeck, actress, voice actress
  • June 2 - Ethan Slater, American actor and singer
  • 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
    • Georgina Campbell, English actress
    • 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 28 - Niamh Algar, Irish 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
    • Yvette Monreal, American actress
  • July 9 – Douglas Booth, actor
  • July 10 – Kelley Mack, American actress (died 2025)
  • July 12 – Woo Do-hwan, South Korean actor
  • July 13 - Ahney Her, American actress
  • 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 23 – Britne Oldford, Canadian-American actress
  • 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 25 - Blake Jenner, American actor
  • August 30 – Jessica Henwick, English actress, writer and director
  • August 31 – Talon Warburton, American actor
  • 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, American actress (died 2014)
  • September 30
    • Baifern, Thai actress
    • Ezra Miller, American actor
  • October 1 - Christopher O'Shea, English actor
  • October 3 – Lyna Khoudri, French-Algerian actress
  • October 8 - Tom Rhys Harries, Welsh actor
  • October 9 – Tyler James Williams, actor
  • October 10 - John McCrea, British actor and singer
  • 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, Irish 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
  • November 30 – Oka Giner, Mexican actress
  • 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

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January1M. J. Frankovich82USProducer
2Virginia Field74UKActress
3Judith Anderson94AustraliaActress
7Richard Hunt40USPuppeteer, Actor
7Andrew Marton87HungaryDirector
8Anthony Dawson75UKActor
8Marjorie Kane82USActress
9Steve Brodie72USActor
9Bill Naughton81IrelandScreenwriter
15Hari Rhodes59USActor
17Dorothy Alison66AustraliaActress
18Ruby R. Levitt84USSet Decorator
23Freddie Bartholomew67UKActor
23Ian Wolfe95USActor
24Ken Darby82USComposer, Lyricist
26José Ferrer79Puerto RicoActor, Director
27Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies101UKActress
February1Dick York63USActor
4John Dehner76USActor
8Baruch Lumet93USActor
9Jack Kinney82USDirector, Animator
10Fred Hynes83USSound Engineer
11Ray Danton60USActor
13Dorothy Tree85USActress
24Doreen Montgomery79UKScreenwriter
March2Robert Clatworthy80USArt Director, Production Designer
2Sandy Dennis54USActress
3Robert Beatty82CanadaActor
4Néstor Almendros61SpainCinematographer
4Art Babbitt84USAnimator
11László Benedek87HungaryDirector
11Richard Brooks85USDirector, Screenwriter
14Jean Poiret65FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
15Helen Deutsch85USScreenwriter
17Jack Arnold79USDirector
17Franklin R. Levy43USProducer
17Grace Stafford88USActress
18Arnold Diamond76UKActor
19Cesare Danova66ItalyActor
20Georges Delerue67FranceComposer
21John Ireland82CanadaActor
22Melissa Stribling65UKActress
25Nancy Walker69USActress, Director
28Wendell Mayes72USScreenwriter
29Paul Henreid84HungaryActor
29Archie Marshek90USFilm Editor
April3Karl Tunberg85USScreenwriter
5Molly Picon92USActress
6Andy Russell72USSinger, Actor
10Cec Linder71PolandActor
11James Brown72USActor
14David Miller82USDirector
16Neville Brand71USActor
18Pat Thomson51UKActress
19Frankie Howerd75UKActor
20Mae Clarke81USActress
20Benny Hill68UKActor
22Steffi Duna82HungaryActress
22Rosemary Odell67USCostume Designer
23Satyajit Ray70IndiaDirector, Screenwriter
May3George Murphy89USActor, Dancer
6Marlene Dietrich90GermanyActress
8Richard Derr73USActor
10John Lund81USActor
12Lenny Montana66USActor
12Robert Reed59USActor
15Bartlett Mullins87UKActor
16Marisa Mell53AustriaActress
18Marshall Thompson66USActor
26Edmund Beloin82USScreenwriter
June2Philip Dunne84USScreenwriter, Director
3Robert Morley84UKActor
5Laurence Naismith83UKActor
6Larry Riley38USActor
12Renié Conley90USCostume Designer
12Gerda Nicolson54AustraliaActress
24Hans Reiser73GermanyActor
22Chuck Mitchell64USActor
22Frederic I. Rinaldo78USScreenwriter
26Phil Rubenstein51USActor
27Allan Jones84USActor, Singer
28Joan Marshall61USActress
July1Franco Cristaldi67ItalyProducer
12Reginald Beck90UKFilm Editor
23Arletty94FranceActress
23Maxine Audley69UKActress
23Amjad Khan51IndiaActor
28Lester Shorr85USCinematographer
30Brenda Marshall76USActress
August7John Anderson69USActor
12James W. Payne62USSet Decorator
16Malcolm Atterbury85USActor
18John Sturges82USDirector
19Gianni Polidori68ItalyProduction Designer
21Charles Nichols81USDirector, Animator
23Virginia Sale93USActress
25George R. Nelson65USSet Decorator
30Hideo Gosha63JapanDirector
September1Morris Carnovsky94USActor
4John van Dreelen70NetherlandsActor
6Henry Ephron81USScreenwriter
6Mervyn Johns93UKActor
8Carroll Young83USScreenwriter
12H. F. Koenekamp100USSpecial Effects Artist, Cinematographer
12Ruth Nelson87USActress
12Ed Peck75USActor
12Anthony Perkins60USActor, Director
15Michael Luciano83USFilm Editor
17Feodor Chaliapin Jr.86RussiaActor
18Herbert W. Spencer87ChileOrchestrator, Composer
21Bill Williams77USActor
27Keith Prentice52USActor
29Paul Jabara44USActor, Songwriter
29Bill Rowe61UKSound Engineer
30Maria Malicka92PolandActress
October6Denholm Elliott70UKActor
6Natalie Moorhead91USActress
9Ben Maddow83USScreenwriter
12John Hancock51USActor
16Shirley Booth87USActress
16Anna Hill Johnstone79USCostume Designer
16Vladek Sheybal69PolandActor
21Clem Portman87USSound Engineer
22Cleavon Little53USActor
23Dorothy Dunbar90USActress
26Laurel Cronin53USActress
November2Hal Roach100USDirector, Producer
6Mark Rosenberg44USProducer
7Jack Kelly65USActor
10Chuck Connors71USActor
12Eddie Mayehoff83USActor
13Alan Balsam42USFilm Editor
17Todd Armstrong83USActor
18Dorothy Kirsten82USSinger, Actress
19Diane Varsi54USActress
20John Foreman67USProducer
22Sterling Holloway87USActor
22Ronald Sinclair68New ZealandActor, Film Editor
23Rita Corday72USActress
26Joby Blanshard73UKActor
26John Sharp72UKActor
29Robert Shayne92USActor
29Robert F. Simon83USActor
December2Michael Gothard53UKActor
6Percy Herbert72UKActor
6Hank Worden91USActor
9Franco Franchi64ItalyActor
9Vincent Gardenia71ItalyActor
11Michael Robbins62UKActor
11Walter M. Simonds81USArt Director, Production Designer
15William Ware Theiss61USCostume Designer
17Dana Andrews83USActor
20Steve Ross65USStudio Executive
22Milo Sperber81UKActor
25Sandra Dorne68UKActress

Film debuts

  • Gillian Anderson – The Turning
  • David Arquette – Where the Day Takes You
  • Jeanne Balibar – The Sentinel
  • Maria Bello – Maintenance
  • Tina Benko – Waterland
  • Jack Black – Bob Roberts
  • Cara Buono – Gladiator
  • Max Casella – Newsies
  • Toni Collette – Spotswood
  • Daniel Craig – The Power of One
  • Penélope Cruz – Jamón Jamón
  • Michael Cudlitz – A River Runs Through It
  • Michael Culkin – Candyman
  • Alan Cumming – Prague
  • Liam Cunningham – Into the West
  • Henry Czerny – Buried on Sunday
  • Jeremy Davies – Guncrazy
  • Eliza Dushku – That Night
  • Bodhi Elfman – Sneakers
  • Omar Epps – Juice
  • Donald Faison – Juice
  • Jon Favreau – Folks!
  • Ralph Fiennes – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
  • Claire Forlani – Gypsy Eyes
  • Jamie Foxx – Toys
  • Benno Fürmann – Die ungewisse Lage des Paradieses
  • Walton Goggins – Forever Young
  • Adam Goldberg – Mr. Saturday Night
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Beethoven
  • Michael A. Goorjian – Newsies
  • Peter Greene – Laws of Gravity
  • Natasha Gregson Wagner – Fathers & Sons
  • Rhoda Griffis – Love Field
  • Frank Grillo – The Mambo Kings
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal – Waterland
  • Cole Hauser – School Ties
  • Lena Headey – Waterland
  • Katherine Heigl – That Night
  • Elaine Hendrix – Last Dance
  • Famke Janssen – Fathers & Sons
  • Toby Jones – Orlando
  • Bodil Jørgensen – Mirror of the Planet
  • Ashley Judd – Kuffs
  • Shah Rukh Khan – Deewana
  • 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
  • Donal Logue – Sneakers
  • 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
  • Debra Monk – Prelude to a Kiss
  • Marguerite Moreau – The Mighty Ducks
  • Elise Neal – Malcolm X
  • Tim Blake Nelson – This Is My Life
  • Thomas Ian Nicholas – Radio Flyer
  • Jeremy Northam – Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
  • Jack Noseworthy – Encino Man
  • Michael Rapaport – Zebrahead
  • Michael Rispoli – Night and the City
  • Robert Rodriguez (director) – El Mariachi
  • Matthias Schoenaerts – Daens
  • Matt Servitto – Mad Dog Coll
  • M. Night Shyamalan (director) – Praying with Anger
  • Ingvar Sigurðsson – Ingaló
  • Will Smith – Where the Day Takes You
  • Martin Starr – Hero
  • Hilary Swank – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Quentin Tarantino (director) – Reservoir Dogs
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn – Basic Instinct
  • Robin Tunney – Encino Man
  • Karl Urban – Chunuk Bair
  • Yul Vazquez – The Mambo Kings
  • John Ventimiglia – Swoon
  • Madeline Zima – The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

References

References

  1. "1992 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
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