1992 in film explained

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:^[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1992
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1	Aladdin	Buena Vista	$504,050,219
2	The Bodyguard	Warner Bros.	$411,006,740
3		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	Warner Bros.	$266,940,209
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

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

Category/Organization	50th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 1993		46th BAFTA Awards March 21, 1993	65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993
Category/Organization	width=200	Drama !	46th BAFTA Awards March 21, 1993	65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993	Musical and/or Comedy
Best Film	Scent of a Woman	The Player	Howards End	Unforgiven
Best Director	Clint Eastwood Unforgiven		Robert Altman The Player	Clint Eastwood Unforgiven
Best Actor	Al Pacino Scent of a Woman	Tim Robbins The Player	Robert Downey Jr. Chaplin	Al Pacino Scent of a Woman
Best Actress	Emma Thompson Howards End	Miranda Richardson Enchanted April	Emma Thompson Howards End
Best Supporting Actor	Gene Hackman Unforgiven
Best Supporting Actress	Joan Plowright Enchanted April		Miranda Richardson Damage	Marisa Tomei My Cousin Vinny
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Bo Goldman Scent of a Woman		Michael Tolkin The Player	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Howards End
Best Screenplay, Original	Bo Goldman Scent of a Woman		Woody Allen Husbands and Wives	Neil Jordan The Crying Game
Best Original Score				Aladdin Alan Menken
Best Original Song	"A Whole New World" Aladdin		N/A	"A Whole New World" Aladdin
Best Foreign Language Film	Indochine		Raise the Red Lantern	Indochine

1992 films

By country/region

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
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 - 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

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession
January	2		74	UK	Actress
3		94	Australia	Actress
7		40	US	Puppeteer, Actor
7		87	Hungary	Director
8		75	UK	Actor
8		82	US	Actress
9		72	US	Actor
15		59	US	Actor
17		66	Australia	Actress
23		67	UK	Actor
23		95	US	Actor
24		82	US	Composer, Lyricist
26		79	Puerto Rico	Actor, Director
27		101	UK	Actress
February	1		63	US	Actor
4		76	US	Actor
8		93	US	Actor
9		82	US	Director, Animator
10		83	US	Sound Engineer
11		60	US	Actor
13		85	US	Actress
24		79	UK	Screenwriter
March	2		80	US	Art Director, Production Designer
2		54	US	Actress
3		82	Canada	Actor
4		61	Spain	Cinematographer
4		84	US	Animator
11	László Benedek	87	Hungary	Director
11		85	US	Director, Screenwriter
15		85	US	Screenwriter
17		79	US	Director
17		88	US	Actress, Voice Actress
18		76	UK	Actor
19		66	Italy	Actor
20		67	France	Composer
21		82	Canada	Actor
22		65	UK	Actress
25		69	US	Actress, Director
28		72	US	Screenwriter
29		84	Hungary	Actor
April	3		85	US	Screenwriter
5		92	US	Actress
6		72	US	Singer, Actor
10		71	Poland	Actor
11		72	US	Actor
14		82	US	Director
16		71	US	Actor
19		75	UK	Actor
20		81	US	Actress
20		68	UK	Actor
22		82	Hungary	Actress
22	Rosemary Odell	67	US	Costume Designer
23		70	India	Director, Screenwriter
May	3		89	US	Actor, Dancer
6		90	Germany	Actress
8		73	US	Actor
10		81	US	Actor
12		59	US	Actor
15		87	UK	Actor
16		53	Austria	Actress
18		66	US	Actor
June	2		84	US	Screenwriter, Director
3		84	UK	Actor
5		83	UK	Actor
6		38	US	Actor
12		90	US	Costume Designer
22		64	US	Actor
27		84	US	Actor, Singer
July	1		67	Italy	Producer
12		90	UK	Film Editor
23		94	France	Actress
23		69	UK	Actress
23		51	India	Actor
28		85	US	Cinematographer
30		76	US	Actress
August	7		69	US	Actor
16		85	US	Actor
18		82	US	Director
19		68	Italy	Production Designer
21		81	US	Director, Animator
23		93	US	Actress
25		65	US	Set Decorator
September	4		70	Netherlands	Actor
6		81	US	Screenwriter
6		93	UK	Actor
12	H. F. Koenekamp	100	US	Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer
12	Ruth Nelson	87	US	Actress
12		75	US	Actor
12		60	US	Actor, Director
15		83	US	Film Editor
17		86	Russia	Actor
18		87	Chile	Orchestrator, Composer
21		77	US	Actor
29		61	UK	Sound Engineer
October	6		70	UK	Actor
6		91	US	Actress
9		83	US	Screenwriter
16		87	US	Actress
16		79	US	Costume Designer
16		69	Poland	Actor
22		53	US	Actor
23		90	US	Actress
November	2		100	US	Director, Producer
6		44	US	Producer
7		65	US	Actor
10		71	US	Actor
12		83	US	Actor
13	Alan Balsam	42	US	Film Editor
17		83	US	Actor
18		82	US	Singer, Actress
19		54	US	Actress
20		67	US	Producer
22		87	US	Actor
22		68	New Zealand	Actor, Film Editor
23		72	US	Actress
26		73	UK	Actor
26		72	UK	Actor
29		92	US	Actor
29		83	US	Actor
December	2		53	UK	Actor
6		72	UK	Actor
6		91	US	Actor
9		64	Italy	Actor
9		71	Italy	Actor
11		62	UK	Actor
11		81	US	Art Director, Production Designer
15		61	US	Costume Designer
17		83	US	Actor
20		65	US	Studio Executive
22		81	UK	Actor
25		68	UK	Actress

External links

List of 1992 films at IMDb
1992 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 1992 deaths at IMDb
List of 1992 births at IMDb

Notes and References

Web site: 1992 Worldwide Box Office . Box Office Mojo. IMDb. March 7, 2020.