1992 in film

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1992 in film

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	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	20th Century Fox	$358,994,850
4	Basic Instinct	Tri-Star / Carolco	$352,927,224
5	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	$321,731,527
6	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	$266,822,354
7	A Few Good Men	Columbia	$243,240,178
8	Sister Act	Buena Vista	$231,605,150
9	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Columbia	$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	Drama	Musical and/or Comedy	46th BAFTA Awards March 21, 1993	65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993
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		Strictly Ballroom David Hirschfelder	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 genre/medium

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
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 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
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 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 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
- Yvette Monreal, American actress
July 9 – Douglas Booth, actor
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, 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 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, 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	Notable films
January	1	M. J. Frankovich	82	US	Producer	Cactus Flower The Shootist
	2	Virginia Field	74	UK	Actress	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Dream Girl
	3	Judith Anderson	94	Australia	Actress	Rebecca Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
	7	Richard Hunt	40	US	Puppeteer, Actor	The Muppet Movie Trading Places
	7	Andrew Marton	87	Hungary	Director	The Longest Day The Thin Red Line
	8	Anthony Dawson	75	UK	Actor	Dr. No Dial M for Murder
	8	Marjorie Kane	82	US	Actress	Border Romance Billboard Girl
	9	Steve Brodie	72	US	Actor	Out of the Past Donovan's Brain
	9	Bill Naughton	81	Ireland	Screenwriter	Alfie The Family Way
	15	Hari Rhodes	59	US	Actor	Detroit 9000 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
	17	Dorothy Alison	66	Australia	Actress	Reach for the Sky The Scamp
	18	Ruby R. Levitt	84	US	Set Decorator	The Sound of Music Chinatown
	23	Freddie Bartholomew	67	UK	Actor	Captains Courageous Little Lord Fauntleroy
	23	Ian Wolfe	95	US	Actor	Rebel Without a Cause Dick Tracy
	24	Ken Darby	82	US	Composer, Lyricist	How the West Was Won The King and I
	26	José Ferrer	79	Puerto Rico	Actor, Director	Cyrano de Bergerac The Caine Mutiny
	27	Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies	101	UK	Actress	The Devil Rides Out The Witches
February	1	Dick York	63	US	Actor	Inherit the Wind They Came to Cordura
	4	John Dehner	76	US	Actor	Man of the West The Left Handed Gun
	8	Baruch Lumet	93	US	Actor	The Killer Shrews The Pawnbroker
	9	Jack Kinney	82	US	Director, Animator	Dumbo Pinocchio
	10	Fred Hynes	83	US	Sound Engineer	The Sound of Music West Side Story
	11	Ray Danton	60	US	Actor	I'll Cry Tomorrow The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
	13	Dorothy Tree	85	US	Actress	Abe Lincoln in Illinois The Asphalt Jungle
	24	Doreen Montgomery	79	UK	Screenwriter	Dead Men Tell No Tales The Second Mr. Bush
March	2	Robert Clatworthy	80	US	Art Director, Production Designer	Psycho Ship of Fools
	2	Sandy Dennis	54	US	Actress	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sweet November
	3	Robert Beatty	82	Canada	Actor	2001: A Space Odyssey Where Eagles Dare
	4	Néstor Almendros	61	Spain	Cinematographer	Days of Heaven Kramer vs Kramer
	4	Art Babbitt	84	US	Animator	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Fantasia
	11	László Benedek	87	Hungary	Director	Death of a Salesman The Wild One
	11	Richard Brooks	85	US	Director, Screenwriter	Elmer Gantry Blackboard Jungle
	14	Jean Poiret	65	France	Actor, Screenwriter, Director	Cop au Vin La Cage aux Folles
	15	Helen Deutsch	85	US	Screenwriter	The Unsinkable Molly Brown Valley of the Dolls
	17	Jack Arnold	79	US	Director	Creature from the Black Lagoon The Mouse That Roared
	17	Franklin R. Levy	43	US	Producer	Nighthawks Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
	17	Grace Stafford	88	US	Actress	Indianapolis Speedway Confessions of a Nazi Spy
	18	Arnold Diamond	76	UK	Actor	Fiddler on the Roof The Italian Job
	19	Cesare Danova	66	Italy	Actor	Viva Las Vegas Animal House
	20	Georges Delerue	67	France	Composer	A Little Romance Anne of the Thousand Days
	21	John Ireland	82	Canada	Actor	All the King's Men Red River
	22	Melissa Stribling	65	UK	Actress	Dracula The Secret Partner
	25	Nancy Walker	69	US	Actress, Director	Murder by Death Can't Stop the Music
	28	Wendell Mayes	72	US	Screenwriter	Anatomy of a Murder The Poseidon Adventure
	29	Paul Henreid	84	Hungary	Actor	Casablanca Now, Voyager
	29	Archie Marshek	90	US	Film Editor	The Most Dangerous Game This Gun for Hire
April	3	Karl Tunberg	85	US	Screenwriter	Ben Hur Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
	5	Molly Picon	92	US	Actress	Fiddler on the Roof Come Blow Your Horn
	6	Andy Russell	72	US	Singer, Actor	The Stork Club Copacabana
	10	Cec Linder	71	Poland	Actor	Goldfinger Lolita
	11	James Brown	72	US	Actor	Going My Way Objective, Burma!
	14	David Miller	82	US	Director	Lonely Are the Brave Captain Newman, M.D.
	16	Neville Brand	71	US	Actor	D.O.A. Stalag 17
	18	Pat Thomson	51	UK	Actress	Evil Angels Strictly Ballroom
	19	Frankie Howerd	75	UK	Actor	The Ladykillers Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
	20	Mae Clarke	81	US	Actress	The Public Enemy Frankenstein
	20	Benny Hill	68	UK	Actor	The Italian Job Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
	22	Steffi Duna	82	Hungary	Actress	Way Down South Panama Lady
	22	Rosemary Odell	67	US	Costume Designer	To Kill a Mockingbird Beau Geste
	23	Satyajit Ray	70	India	Director, Screenwriter	Aparajito The World of Apu
May	3	George Murphy	89	US	Actor, Dancer	Broadway Melody of 1938 Show Business
	6	Marlene Dietrich	90	Germany	Actress	The Blue Angel Destry Rides Again
	8	Richard Derr	73	US	Actor	When Worlds Collide American Gigolo
	10	John Lund	81	US	Actor	A Foreign Affair High Society
	12	Lenny Montana	66	US	Actor	The Godfather The Jerk
	12	Robert Reed	59	US	Actor	Star! Bloodlust!
	15	Bartlett Mullins	87	UK	Actor	Frankenstein Created Woman Tales from the Crypt
	16	Marisa Mell	53	Austria	Actress	Danger: Diabolik Masquerade
	18	Marshall Thompson	66	US	Actor	It! The Terror from Beyond Space Battleground
	26	Edmund Beloin	82	US	Screenwriter	The Harvey Girls G.I. Blues
June	2	Philip Dunne	84	US	Screenwriter, Director	How Green Was My Valley The Agony and the Ecstasy
	3	Robert Morley	84	UK	Actor	The African Queen Marie Antoinette
	5	Laurence Naismith	83	UK	Actor	Diamonds Are Forever Kind Hearts and Coronets
	6	Larry Riley	38	US	Actor	A Soldier's Story Long Gone
	12	Renié Conley	90	US	Costume Designer	Cleopatra Body Heat
	12	Gerda Nicolson	54	Australia	Actress	Gallipoli The Devil's Playground
	24	Hans Reiser	73	Germany	Actor	The Great Escape A Song Goes Round the World
	22	Chuck Mitchell	64	US	Actor	Porky's Better Off Dead
	22	Frederic I. Rinaldo	78	US	Screenwriter	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein The Black Cat
	26	Phil Rubenstein	51	US	Actor	Tango & Cash RoboCop 2
	27	Allan Jones	84	US	Actor, Singer	A Night at the Opera Show Boat
	28	Joan Marshall	61	US	Actress	Homicidal Shampoo
July	1	Franco Cristaldi	67	Italy	Producer	Cinema Paradiso Divorce, Italian Style
	12	Reginald Beck	90	UK	Film Editor	Hamlet Modesty Blaise
	23	Arletty	94	France	Actress	The Longest Day Thunder Over Paris
	23	Maxine Audley	69	UK	Actress	Peeping Tom The Vikings
	23	Amjad Khan	51	India	Actor	Sholay Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
	28	Lester Shorr	85	US	Cinematographer	Take the Money and Run The Phantom Tollbooth
	30	Brenda Marshall	76	US	Actress	Captains of the Clouds The Sea Hawk
August	7	John Anderson	69	US	Actor	Ride the High Country Psycho
	12	James W. Payne	62	US	Set Decorator	The Sting Come Blow Your Horn
	16	Malcolm Atterbury	85	US	Actor	North by Northwest The Birds
	18	John Sturges	82	US	Director	Bad Day at Black Rock The Great Escape
	19	Gianni Polidori	68	Italy	Production Designer	My Name Is Nobody Le Amiche
	21	Charles Nichols	81	US	Director, Animator	Charlotte's Web Pinocchio
	23	Virginia Sale	93	US	Actress	Topper Badman's Territory
	25	George R. Nelson	65	US	Set Decorator	The Godfather Part II Apocalypse Now
	30	Hideo Gosha	63	Japan	Director	Goyokin The Geisha
September	1	Morris Carnovsky	94	US	Actor	Cyrano de Bergerac Dead Reckoning
	4	John van Dreelen	70	Netherlands	Actor	Madame X Topaz
	6	Henry Ephron	81	US	Screenwriter	Carousel Daddy Long Legs
	6	Mervyn Johns	93	UK	Actor	Dead of Night Scrooge
	8	Carroll Young	83	US	Screenwriter	Tarzan Triumphs Jungle Jim
	12	H. F. Koenekamp	100	US	Special Effects Artist, Cinematographer	Air Force Strangers on a Train
	12	Ruth Nelson	87	US	Actress	Humoresque Awakenings
	12	Ed Peck	75	US	Actor	Bullitt Heaven Can Wait
	12	Anthony Perkins	60	US	Actor, Director	Psycho Murder on the Orient Express
	15	Michael Luciano	83	US	Film Editor	The Dirty Dozen The Longest Yard
	17	Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	86	Russia	Actor	The Name of the Rose Moonstruck
	18	Herbert W. Spencer	87	Chile	Orchestrator, Composer	Star Wars Jesus Christ Superstar
	21	Bill Williams	77	US	Actor	Deadline at Dawn The Stratton Story
	27	Keith Prentice	52	US	Actor	The Boys in the Band Cruising
	29	Paul Jabara	44	US	Actor, Songwriter	Thank God It's Friday The Lords of Flatbush
	29	Bill Rowe	61	UK	Sound Engineer	The Shining Alien
	30	Maria Malicka	92	Poland	Actress	Uwiedziona Pan Twardowski
October	6	Denholm Elliott	70	UK	Actor	Raiders of the Lost Ark A Room with a View
	6	Natalie Moorhead	91	US	Actress	The Thin Man Illicit
	9	Ben Maddow	83	US	Screenwriter	The Asphalt Jungle Johnny Guitar
	12	John Hancock	51	US	Actor	A Soldier's Story Crossroads
	16	Shirley Booth	87	US	Actress	Come Back, Little Sheba The Matchmaker
	16	Anna Hill Johnstone	79	US	Costume Designer	The Godfather Dog Day Afternoon
	16	Vladek Sheybal	69	Poland	Actor	Red Dawn From Russia with Love
	21	Clem Portman	87	US	Sound Engineer	Out of the Past In the Heat of the Night
	22	Cleavon Little	53	US	Actor	Blazing Saddles Vanishing Point
	23	Dorothy Dunbar	90	US	Actress	Tarzan and the Golden Lion The Amateur Gentleman
	26	Laurel Cronin	53	US	Actress	Beethoven Hook
November	2	Hal Roach	100	US	Director, Producer	Our Gang Laurel and Hardy
	6	Mark Rosenberg	44	US	Producer	Presumed Innocent The Fabulous Baker Boys
	7	Jack Kelly	65	US	Actor	A Fever in the Blood She Devil
	10	Chuck Connors	71	US	Actor	The Big Country Move Over, Darling
	12	Eddie Mayehoff	83	US	Actor	How to Murder Your Wife Artists and Models
	13	Alan Balsam	42	US	Film Editor	Revenge of the Nerds Harlem Nights
	17	Todd Armstrong	83	US	Actor	Jason and the Argonauts King Rat
	18	Dorothy Kirsten	82	US	Singer, Actress	The Great Caruso Mr. Music
	19	Diane Varsi	54	US	Actress	Peyton Place Wild in the Streets
	20	John Foreman	67	US	Producer	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Prizzi's Honor
	22	Sterling Holloway	87	US	Actor	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Jungle Book
	22	Ronald Sinclair	68	New Zealand	Actor, Film Editor	A Christmas Carol Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
	23	Rita Corday	72	US	Actress	The Falcon in Hollywood The Truth About Murder
	26	Joby Blanshard	73	UK	Actor	Doomwatch Hell Is a City
	26	John Sharp	72	UK	Actor	Barry Lyndon Top Secret!
	29	Robert Shayne	92	US	Actor	Christmas in Connecticut Nobody Lives Forever
	29	Robert F. Simon	83	US	Actor	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Operation Petticoat
December	2	Michael Gothard	53	UK	Actor	For Your Eyes Only Lifeforce
	6	Percy Herbert	72	UK	Actor	The Bridge on the River Kwai The Guns of Navarone
	6	Hank Worden	91	US	Actor	The Searchers Red River
	9	Franco Franchi	64	Italy	Actor	War Italian Style Kaos
	9	Vincent Gardenia	71	Italy	Actor	Moonstruck Little Shop of Horrors
	11	Michael Robbins	62	UK	Actor	On the Buses Victor/Victoria
	11	Walter M. Simonds	81	US	Art Director, Production Designer	The Omega Man Marty
	15	William Ware Theiss	61	US	Costume Designer	Harold and Maude The Pink Panther
	17	Dana Andrews	83	US	Actor	The Best Years of Our Lives Laura
	20	Steve Ross	65	US	Studio Executive
	22	Milo Sperber	81	UK	Actor	Billion Dollar Brain The Spy Who Loved Me
	25	Sandra Dorne	68	UK	Actress	Marilyn The Bank Raiders