100 English films of 1982 ranked by box office. #1: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ($797.3 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Steven Spielberg | $10.5 million | $797.3 million | 75.93x | |
| 2 | Rocky III | Sylvester Stallone | $17 million | $270 million | 15.88x | |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Taylor Hackford | $6 million | $190 million | 31.67x | |
| 4 | Tootsie | Sydney Pollack | $21 million | $177.2 million | 8.44x | |
| 5 | First Blood | Ted Kotcheff | $15 million | $125.2 million | 8.35x | |
| 6 | Poltergeist | Tobe Hooper | $10.7 million | $121.7 million | 11.37x | |
| 7 | On Golden Pond | Mark Rydell | $7.5 million | $119.3 million | 15.91x | |
| 8 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Nicholas Meyer | $12 million | $97 million | 8.08x | |
| 9 | 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | $12 million | $78.9 million | 6.58x | |
| 10 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Colin Higgins | $20.5 million | $69.7 million | 3.40x | |
| 11 | Conan the Barbarian | John Milius | $20 million | $68.9 million | 3.45x | |
| 12 | Annie | John Huston | $35 million | $57.1 million | 1.63x | |
| 13 | The Verdict | Sidney Lumet | $16 million | $54 million | 3.38x | |
| 14 | Tron | Steven Lisberger | $17 million | $50 million | 2.94x | |
| 15 | The Toy | Richard Donner | $17 million | $47.1 million | 2.77x | |
| 16 | Firefox | Clint Eastwood | $21 million | $46.7 million | 2.22x | |
| 17 | Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | $28 million | $41.8 million | 1.49x | |
| 18 | The Dark Crystal | Frank Oz | $25 million | $41.4 million | 1.66x | |
| 19 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | Albert Pyun | $4 million | $39.1 million | 9.78x | |
| 20 | Best Friends | Norman Jewison | $15 million | $36.8 million | 2.45x | |
| 21 | Friday the 13th Part III | Steve Miner | $2.2 million | $36.7 million | 16.31x | |
| 22 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Joe Layton | $4.5 million | $36.3 million | 8.07x | |
| 23 | Young Doctors in Love | Garry Marshall | $7 million | $30.7 million | 4.37x | |
| 24 | Sophie's Choice | Alan J. Pakula | $9 million | $30 million | 3.33x | |
| 25 | The World According to Garp | George Roy Hill | $17 million | $29.7 million | 1.75x | |
| 26 | Death Wish II | Michael Winner | $8 million | $29 million | 3.63x | |
| 27 | Victor Victoria | Blake Edwards | $15 million | $28.2 million | 1.88x | |
| 28 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Ken Finkleman | $15 million | $27.2 million | 1.81x | |
| 29 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Amy Heckerling | $5 million | $27.1 million | 5.42x | |
| 30 | Some Kind of Hero | Michael Pressman | $8 million | $23.7 million | 2.96x | |
| 31 | Pink Floyd – The Wall | Alan Parker | $12 million | $22.3 million | 1.86x | |
| 32 | Night Shift | Ron Howard | $8.1 million | $21.1 million | 2.60x | |
| 33 | Creepshow | George A. Romero | $8 million | $21 million | 2.63x | |
| 33 | Cat People | Paul Schrader | $12.5 million | $21 million | 1.68x | |
| 33 | Things Are Tough All Over | Thomas K. Avildsen | $7 million | $21 million | 3.00x | |
| 36 | The Thing | John Carpenter | $15 million | $20.9 million | 1.39x | |
| 37 | Six Pack | Daniel Petrie | $11.5 million | $20.2 million | 1.76x | |
| 38 | My Favorite Year | Richard Benjamin | $7.9 million | $20.1 million | 2.55x | |
| 39 | Deathtrap | Sidney Lumet | $10 million | $19 million | 1.90x | |
| 40 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Carl Reiner | $9 million | $18.2 million | 2.02x | |
| 41 | Zapped! | Robert J. Rosenthal | $16.9 million | |||
| 42 | They Call Me Bruce? | Elliott Hong | $16.9 million | |||
| 43 | Missing | Costa-Gavras | $9.5 million | $16 million | 1.68x | |
| 44 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Robert Mulligan | $8 million | $15.8 million | 1.98x | |
| 45 | Grease 2 | Patricia Birch | $11.2 million | $15.2 million | 1.36x | |
| 46 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Tommy Lee Wallace | $4.6 million | $14.4 million | 3.13x | |
| 47 | The Beastmaster | Don Coscarelli | $9 million | $14.1 million | 1.57x | |
| 47 | Diner | Barry Levinson | $5 million | $14.1 million | 2.82x | |
| 49 | Visiting Hours | Jean-Claude Lord | $6 million | $13.3 million | 2.22x | |
| 50 | Vice Squad | Gary Sherman | $5.5 million | $13.2 million | 2.40x | |
| 51 | Author! Author! | Arthur Hiller | $13.1 million | |||
| 52 | Amityville II: The Possession | Damiano Damiani | $5 million | $12.5 million | 2.50x | |
| 53 | Monsignor | Frank Perry | $10 million | $12.4 million | 1.24x | |
| 54 | Making Love | Arthur Hiller | $14 million | $11.9 million | 0.85x | |
| 55 | The Concrete Jungle | Tom DeSimone | $700,000 | $11 million | 15.71x | |
| 56 | Silent Rage | Michael Miller | $4.5 million | $10.5 million | 2.33x | |
| 57 | Savannah Smiles | Pierre De Moro | $10.4 million | |||
| 58 | National Lampoon's Class Reunion | Michael Miller | $10.1 million | |||
| 59 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | $6 million | $9.1 million | 1.52x | |
| 59 | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | Woody Allen | $9.1 million | |||
| 61 | The Pirate Movie | Ken Annakin | $5.9 million | $9 million | 1.53x | |
| 61 | Hanky Panky | Sidney Poitier | $14 million | $9 million | 0.64x | |
| 63 | If You Could See What I Hear | Eric Till | C$5.6 million | $8.7 million | ||
| 64 | Night Crossing | Delbert Mann | $10 million | $8 million | 0.80x | |
| 65 | The Beast Within | Philippe Mora | $5 million | $7.7 million | 1.54x | |
| 66 | Tex | Tim Hunter | $5 million | $7.4 million | 1.48x | |
| 67 | The Missionary | Richard Loncraine | £2 million | $7.2 million | ||
| 68 | Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures | Herbert Ross | $10.5 million | $7 million | 0.66x | |
| 69 | Six Weeks | Tony Bill | $9 million | $6.7 million | 0.74x | |
| 69 | Fanny and Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | $6 million | $6.7 million | 1.12x | |
| 71 | Forced Vengeance | James Fargo | $5 million | $6.7 million | 1.33x | |
| 72 | Fighting Back | Lewis Teague | $9 million | $6.4 million | 0.71x | |
| 73 | The Soldier | James Glickenhaus | $6 million | $6.3 million | 1.05x | |
| 74 | The Border | Tony Richardson | $22 million | $6.1 million | 0.28x | |
| 75 | Evil Under the Sun | Guy Hamilton | $10 million | $6.1 million | 0.61x | |
| 75 | Class of 1984 | Mark L. Lester | $3 million | $6.1 million | 2.03x | |
| 75 | Partners | James Burrows | $6 million | $6.1 million | 1.02x | |
| 78 | The Grey Fox | Phillip Borsos | $4.5 million | $6 million | 1.33x | |
| 79 | Still of the Night | Robert Benton | $10 million | $6 million | 0.60x | |
| 80 | The Last American Virgin | Boaz Davidson | $5.8 million | |||
| 81 | Personal Best | Robert Towne | $15 million | $5.7 million | 0.38x | |
| 81 | Megaforce | Hal Needham | $20 million | $5.7 million | 0.29x | |
| 83 | The Incubus | John Hough | C$5.1 million | $5.6 million | ||
| 84 | Parasite | Charles Band | $800,000 | $5.5 million | 6.88x | |
| 84 | Paradise | Stuart Gillard | C$3.5 million | $5.5 million | ||
| 86 | Heidi's Song | Robert Taylor | $9 million | $5.1 million | 0.57x | |
| 87 | Vigilante | William Lustig | $5.1 million | |||
| 88 | Tempest | Paul Mazursky | $13 million | $5 million | 0.39x | |
| 89 | Frances | Graeme Clifford | $8 million | $5 million | 0.63x | |
| 89 | Summer Lovers | Randal Kleiser | $5 million | |||
| 89 | Jimmy the Kid | Gary Nelson | $800,000 | $5 million | 6.25x | |
| 92 | The Seduction | David Schmoeller | $2 million | $4.7 million | 2.35x | |
| 93 | Honkytonk Man | Clint Eastwood | $2 million | $4.5 million | 2.25x | |
| 94 | Mortuary | Howard Avedis | $4.3 million | |||
| 95 | Forbidden World | Allan Holzman | $1 million | $4 million | 4.00x | |
| 96 | The House on Sorority Row | Mark Rosman | $425,000 | $3.8 million | 8.94x | |
| 97 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | Jerry Belson | $5 million | $3.8 million | 0.76x | |
| 98 | One Dark Night | Tom McLoughlin | $800,000 | $3.7 million | 4.63x | |
| 99 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | William Dear | $3.6 million | |||
| 99 | The Slumber Party Massacre | Amy Holden Jones | $220,000 | $3.6 million | 16.36x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.