9 Hindi films of 1982 ranked by box office. #1: Disco Dancer (₹100.7 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disco Dancer | Babbar Subhash | ₹2 crore | ₹100.7 crore | 50.34x | |
| 2 | Vidhaata | Subhash Ghai | ₹16 crore | |||
| 3 | Namak Halaal | Prakash Mehra | ₹12 crore | |||
| 4 | Desh Premee | Manmohan Desai | ₹3 crore | ₹7.2 crore | 2.40x | |
| 5 | Ghazab | C.P. Dixit | ₹2 crore | ₹7 crore | 3.50x | |
| 6 | Nadiya Ke Paar | Govind Moonis | ₹18 lakh | ₹5.4 crore | 30.00x | |
| 7 | Insaan | Narendra Bedi | ₹2.2 crore | ₹4.4 crore | 2.00x | |
| 8 | Arth | Mahesh Bhatt | ₹1 crore | ₹2 crore | 2.00x | |
| Gandhi | Richard Attenborough | $22 million | $127.8 million | 5.81x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.