A cross-dresser won Best Actor at the Academy Awards, a pair of sequels to sequels (Star Trek III and Rocky III) were big at the box office, and we were visited by an alien (this time a friendly one who just wanted to phone home).
Big movies of 1982 included:
Top Five Movies of 1982:
5: Star Trek III: The Wrath of Khan ($78.9M)
4: Rocky III ($122.8M)
3: An Officer and a Gentleman ($129.8M)
2: Tootsie ($177.2M)
1: E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial ($399.8M)