#1 of 12 An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
1982 · Drama, Romance
$129.8M worldwide · 39% of the chart's total
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in July 1982, with $129.8M worldwide, ahead of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) at $69.7M and Young Doctors in Love (1982) at $30.7M. 12 English-language films released in July 1982 report a worldwide gross, $332.6M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 4% on June 1982, whose releases took $347.6M. By genre, Drama leads with $187.3M across 7 English releases.
#1 of 12 An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
1982 · Drama, Romance
$129.8M worldwide · 39% of the chart's total
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) leads with $129.8M, 39% of the total. The top 5 together took $281M, 84% of what all 12 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in July 1982.
Jul 28, 1982 US and Canada: $129.8M Rest of the world: $336 Worldwide: $129.8M
Jul 23, 1982 US and Canada: $69.7M Rest of the world: $535 Worldwide: $69.7M
Jul 16, 1982 US and Canada: $30.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.7M
Jul 23, 1982 US and Canada: $29.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $29.7M
Jul 30, 1982 US and Canada: $21.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.1M
Jul 16, 1982 US and Canada: $14.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.7M
Jul 16, 1982 US and Canada: $9.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.1M
Jul 30, 1982 US and Canada: $7.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.4M
Jul 30, 1982 US and Canada: $6.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.7M
Jul 30, 1982 US and Canada: $5.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.8M
Jul 16, 1982 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5M
Jul 23, 1982 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3M Of the top 10, Young Doctors in Love (1982) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) made <1% of its gross abroad. Across all 12 films, $332.6M (100%) came from the US & Canada.
1 of 12 films crossed $100M and took $129.8M between them, 39% of the total. 6 films, 50% of the list, earned under $10M.
Films released in week 31 (Jul 25–31) took $170.8M, led by An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.
Of these 10 years, July 1981 earned the most: $340.9M from 14 films, led by Arthur (1981). July 1982 took $332.6M.
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1973 1 film | 1 | $2.3M | – | The Day of the Jackal (1973) $2.3M |
| July 1974 2 films · +857% | 2 | $22M | +857% | Death Wish (1974) $22M |
| July 1975 2 films · +68% | 2 | $36.9M | +68% | The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) $36.9M |
| July 1976 3 films · −26% | 3 | $27.3M | −26% | Gus (1976) $21.9M |
| July 1977 2 films · −30% | 2 | $19.1M | −30% | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) $19.1M |
| July 1978 7 films · +947% | 7 | $200M | +947% | Hooper (1978) $78M |
| July 1979 5 films · −33% | 5 | $133.2M | −33% | The Amityville Horror (1979) $86.4M |
| July 1980 13 films · +148% | 13 | $329.7M | +148% | Airplane! (1980) $83.5M |
| July 1981 14 films · +3% | 14 | $340.9M | +3% | Arthur (1981) $95.5M |
| July 1982 12 films · −2% | 12 | $332.6M | −2% | An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) $129.8M |
Drama took $187.3M across 7 films, 56% of the total, ahead of Comedy ($171.1M) and Romance ($140.6M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
The months of 1982 with their totals: December leads with $483.3M, led by Tootsie (1982).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 12 films as the chart.
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) leads with $129.8M worldwide, $129.8M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) at $69.7M and Young Doctors in Love (1982) at $30.7M.
12 English-language films released in July 1982 report a worldwide gross, $332.6M in all, or $27.7M per film on average. June 1982 releases took $347.6M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) with $129.8M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in July 1982. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.