The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.
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The top ten films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1. | Aladdin | Walt Disney Pictures | $504,050,219 |
2. | The Bodyguard | Warner Bros. Pictures | $411,006,740 |
3. | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 20th Century Fox | $358,994,850 |
4. | Basic Instinct | TriStar Pictures | $352,927,224 |
5. | Lethal Weapon 3 | Warner Bros. Pictures | $321,731,527 |
6. | Batman Returns | $266,822,354 | |
7. | A Few Good Men | Columbia Pictures | $243,240,178 |
8. | Sister Act | Touchstone Pictures | $231,605,150 |
9. | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Columbia Pictures | $215,862,692 |
10. | Wayne's World | Paramount Pictures | $183,097,323 |
- August 24 - Production begins on Jurassic Park.
Category/Organization | 50th Golden Globe Awards January 23, 1993 |
46th BAFTA Awards February 19, 1993 |
65th Academy Awards March 29, 1993 | |
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Drama | Musical 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 | 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 |
January–March
Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
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J A N U A R Y |
10 | Kuffs | Universal Pictures | Bruce A. Evans (director/screenplay); Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Bruce Boxleitner, Tony Goldwyn, George de la Peña, Leon Rippy | Action, Comedy | Live Action |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Hollywood Pictures | Curtis Hanson (director); Amanda Silver (screenplay); Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, Julianne Moore, John de Lancie, Madeline Zima | Horror | Live Action | ||
17 | Freejack | Warner Bros. Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions | Geoff Murphy (director); Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett, Dan Gilroy (screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Banks, David Johansen | Action, Sci-Fi | Live Action | |
Juice | Paramount Pictures | Ernest R. Dickerson (director/screenplay); Gerard Brown (screenplay); Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Samuel L. Jackson, Cindy Herron, Queen Latifah, Vincent Laresca, Shihab Rashid | Crime, Drama | Live Action | ||
31 | Hurricane Smith | Warner Bros. Pictures | Colin Budds (director); Peter A. Kinloch, Kevin James Dobson (screenplay); Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney, Tony Bonner | Action | Live Action | |
Into the Sun | Trimark Pictures | Fritz Kiersch (director); John Brancato, Michael Ferris (screenplay); Michael Paré, Anthony Michael Hall, Deborah Moore | Action, Comedy | Live Action | ||
Shining Through | 20th Century Fox | David Seltzer (director/screenplay); Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud | Period, Drama | Live Action | ||
F E B R U A R Y |
7 | Final Analysis | Warner Bros. Pictures | Wesley Strick (director/screenplay); Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David, Paul Guilfoyle | Drama | Live Action |
Medicine Man | Hollywood Pictures | John McTiernan (director); Tom Schulman, Sally Robinson (screenplay); Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker | Adventure | Live Action | ||
14 | The Great Mouse Detective (re-release) | Walt Disney Pictures | Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, John Musker (directors/screenplay); Matthew O'Callaghan, Mel Shaw, Pete Young, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Bruce Morris (screenplay); Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Alan Young, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Frank Welker | Family, Mystery, Comedy | Animation | |
Wayne's World | Paramount Pictures | Penelope Spheeris (director); Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner (screenplay); Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere | Comedy | Live Action | ||
21 | Radio Flyer | Columbia Pictures | Richard Donner (director); David M. Evans (screenplay); Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Lorraine Bracco, John Heard | Drama, Fantasy | Live Action | |
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Universal Pictures | Roger Spottiswoode (director); Blake Snyder, William Osborne, William Davies (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, John Wesley, Ving Rhames | Action, Comedy | Live Action | ||
28 | The Mambo Kings | Warner Bros. Pictures | Arne Glimcher (director); Cynthia Cidre (screenplay); Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Roscoe Lee Browne, Desi Arnaz Jr. | Drama | Live Action | |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Warner Bros. Pictures | John Carpenter (director); Robert Collector, Dana Olsen, William Goldman (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Paul Perri, Pat Skipper | Fantasy, Drama | Live Action | ||
M A R C H |
6 | Gladiator | Columbia Pictures | Rowdy Herrington (director); Lyle Kessler, Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); James Marshall, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Brian Dennehy | Sports | Live Action |
The Lawnmower Man | New Line Cinema | Brett Leonard (director/screenplay); Gimel Everett (screenplay); Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeremy Slate, Dean Norris, Austin O'Brien | Sci-Fi, Action, Horror | Live Action | ||
Meatballs 4 | Moviestore Entertainment | Bob Logan (director/screenplay); Corey Feldman, Jack Nance, Sarah Douglas, Bojesse Christopher | Comedy | Live Action | ||
Once Upon a Crime | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Eugene Levy (director); Rodolfo Sonego, Giorgio Arlorio, Stefano Strucchi, Luciano Vincenzoni, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Steve Kluger (screenplay); John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Richard Lewis, Ornella Muti, Giancarlo Giannini, George Hamilton | Comedy, Crime | Live Action | ||
13 | American Me | Universal Pictures | Edward James Olmos (director); Floyd Mutrux, Desmond Nakano (screenplay); Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Danny De La Paz | Biography, Crime | Live Action | |
Article 99 | Orion Pictures | Howard Deutch (director); Ron Cutler (screenplay); Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Lea Thompson, John Mahoney, John C. McGinley, Keith David, Kathy Baker | Drama | Live Action | ||
Howards End | Sony Pictures Classics | James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson | Period, Drama | Live Action | ||
My Cousin Vinny | 20th Century Fox | Jonathan Lynn (director); Dale Launer (screenplay); Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne | Comedy | Live Action | ||
20 | Basic Instinct | TriStar Pictures / Carolco Pictures | Paul Verhoeven (director); Joe Eszterhas (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn | Thriller | Live Action | |
Noises Off | Touchstone Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Peter Bogdanovich (director); Marty Kaplan (screenplay); Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Mark Linn-Baker, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Nicollette Sheridan | Comedy | Live Action | ||
27 | The Cutting Edge | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Paul Michael Glaser (director); Tony Gilroy (screenplay); D. B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Dwier Brown, Terry O'Quinn | Romance, Comedy, Sports | Live Action | |
Ladybugs | Paramount Pictures | Sidney J. Furie (director); Curtis Burch (screenplay); Rodney Dangerfield, Jackée Harry, Jonathan Brandis, Vinessa Shaw, Ilene Graff | Comedy, Sports | Live Action | ||
The Power of One | Warner Bros. Pictures | John G. Avildsen (director); Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, John Gielgud, Morgan Freeman, Daniel Craig | Drama | Live Action | ||
Ruby | Triumph Films | John Mackenzie (director); Stephen Davis (screenplay); Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Arliss Howard, Marc Lawrence, Richard C. Sarafian | Drama | Live Action | ||
White Men Can't Jump | 20th Century Fox | Ron Shelton (director/screenplay); Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez | Sports, Comedy | Live Action |