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:
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1AladdinWalt Disney Pictures$504,050,219
2The BodyguardWarner Bros.$411,006,740
3Home Alone 2: Lost in New York20th Century Fox$358,994,850
4Basic InstinctTriStar$352,927,224
5Lethal Weapon 3Warner Bros.$321,731,527
6Batman ReturnsWarner Bros.$266,822,354
7A Few Good MenColumbia$243,240,178
8Sister ActBuena Vista$231,605,150
9Bram Stoker's DraculaColumbia$215,862,692
10Wayne's WorldParamount$183,097,323

Events

1992 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1992|January]1M. J. Frankovich82USProducer
January2Virginia Field74UKActress
January3Judith Anderson94AustraliaActress
January7Richard Hunt40USPuppeteer, Actor
January7Andrew Marton87HungaryDirector
January8Anthony Dawson75UKActor
January8Marjorie Kane82USActress
January9Steve Brodie72USActor
January9Bill Naughton81IrelandScreenwriter
January15Hari Rhodes59USActor
January17Dorothy Alison66AustraliaActress
January18Ruby R. Levitt84USSet Decorator
January23Freddie Bartholomew67UKActor
January23Ian Wolfe95USActor
January24Ken Darby82USComposer, Lyricist
January26José Ferrer79Puerto RicoActor, Director
January27Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies101UKActress
February 1992|February]1Dick York63USActor
February4John Dehner76USActor
February8Baruch Lumet93USActor
February9Jack Kinney82USDirector, Animator
February10Fred Hynes83USSound Engineer
February11Ray Danton60USActor
February13Dorothy Tree85USActress
February24Doreen Montgomery79UKScreenwriter
March 1992|March]2Robert Clatworthy80USArt Director, Production Designer
March2Sandy Dennis54USActress
March3Robert Beatty82CanadaActor
March4Néstor Almendros61SpainCinematographer
March4Art Babbitt84USAnimator
March11László Benedek87HungaryDirector
March11Richard Brooks85USDirector, Screenwriter
March14Jean Poiret65FranceActor, Screenwriter, Director
March15Helen Deutsch85USScreenwriter
March17Jack Arnold79USDirector
March17Franklin R. Levy43USProducer
March17Grace Stafford88USActress
March18Arnold Diamond76UKActor
March19Cesare Danova66ItalyActor
March20Georges Delerue67FranceComposer
March21John Ireland82CanadaActor
March22Melissa Stribling65UKActress
March25Nancy Walker69USActress, Director
March28Wendell Mayes72USScreenwriter
March29Paul Henreid84HungaryActor
March29Archie Marshek90USFilm Editor
April 1992|April]3Karl Tunberg85USScreenwriter
April5Molly Picon92USActress
April6Andy Russell72USSinger, Actor
April10Cec Linder71PolandActor
April11James Brown72USActor
April14David Miller82USDirector
April16Neville Brand71USActor
April18Pat Thomson51UKActress
April19Frankie Howerd75UKActor
April20Mae Clarke81USActress
April20Benny Hill68UKActor
April22Steffi Duna82HungaryActress
April22Rosemary Odell67USCostume Designer
April23Satyajit Ray70IndiaDirector, Screenwriter
May 1992|May]3George Murphy89USActor, Dancer
May6Marlene Dietrich90GermanyActress
May8Richard Derr73USActor
May10John Lund81USActor
May12Lenny Montana66USActor
May12Robert Reed59USActor
May15Bartlett Mullins87UKActor
May16Marisa Mell53AustriaActress
May18Marshall Thompson66USActor
May26Edmund Beloin82USScreenwriter
June 1992|June]2Philip Dunne84USScreenwriter, Director
June3Robert Morley84UKActor
June5Laurence Naismith83UKActor
June6Larry Riley38USActor
June12Renié Conley90USCostume Designer
June12Gerda Nicolson54AustraliaActress
June24Hans Reiser73GermanyActor
June22Chuck Mitchell64USActor
June22Frederic I. Rinaldo78USScreenwriter
June26Phil Rubenstein51USActor
June27Allan Jones84USActor, Singer
June28Joan Marshall61USActress
July 1992|July]1Franco Cristaldi67ItalyProducer
July12Reginald Beck90UKFilm Editor
July23Arletty94FranceActress
July23Maxine Audley69UKActress
July23Amjad Khan51IndiaActor
July28Lester Shorr85USCinematographer
July30Brenda Marshall76USActress
August7John Anderson69USActor
August12James W. Payne62USSet Decorator
August16Malcolm Atterbury85USActor
August18John Sturges82USDirector
August19Gianni Polidori68ItalyProduction Designer
August21Charles Nichols81USDirector, Animator
August23Virginia Sale93USActress
August25George R. Nelson65USSet Decorator
August30Hideo Gosha63JapanDirector
September 1992|September]1Morris Carnovsky94USActor
September4John van Dreelen70NetherlandsActor
September6Henry Ephron81USScreenwriter
September6Mervyn Johns93UKActor
September8Carroll Young83USScreenwriter
September12H. F. Koenekamp100USSpecial Effects Artist, Cinematographer
September12Ruth Nelson87USActress
September12Ed Peck75USActor
September12Anthony Perkins60USActor, Director
September15Michael Luciano83USFilm Editor
September17Feodor Chaliapin Jr.86RussiaActor
September18Herbert W. Spencer87ChileOrchestrator, Composer
September21Bill Williams77USActor
September27Keith Prentice52USActor
September29Paul Jabara44USActor, Songwriter
September29Bill Rowe61UKSound Engineer
September30Maria Malicka92PolandActress
October6Denholm Elliott70UKActor
October6Natalie Moorhead91USActress
October9Ben Maddow83USScreenwriter
October12John Hancock51USActor
October16Shirley Booth87USActress
October16Anna Hill Johnstone79USCostume Designer
October16Vladek Sheybal69PolandActor
October21Clem Portman87USSound Engineer
October22Cleavon Little53USActor
October23Dorothy Dunbar90USActress
October26Laurel Cronin53USActress
November 1992|November]2Hal Roach100USDirector, Producer
November6Mark Rosenberg44USProducer
November7Jack Kelly65USActor
November10Chuck Connors71USActor
November12Eddie Mayehoff83USActor
November13Alan Balsam42USFilm Editor
November17Todd Armstrong83USActor
November18Dorothy Kirsten82USSinger, Actress
November19Diane Varsi54USActress
November20John Foreman67USProducer
November22Sterling Holloway87USActor
November22Ronald Sinclair68New ZealandActor, Film Editor
November23Rita Corday72USActress
November26Joby Blanshard73UKActor
November26John Sharp72UKActor
November29Robert Shayne92USActor
November29Robert F. Simon83USActor
December 1992|December]2Michael Gothard53UKActor
December6Percy Herbert72UKActor
December6Hank Worden91USActor
December9Franco Franchi64ItalyActor
December9Vincent Gardenia71ItalyActor
December11Michael Robbins62UKActor
December11Walter M. Simonds81USArt Director, Production Designer
December15William Ware Theiss61USCostume Designer
December17Dana Andrews83USActor
December20Steve Ross65USStudio Executive
December22Milo Sperber81UKActor
December25Sandra Dorne68UKActress