List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1993 .[ 1]
Number-one films
#
Weekend end date
Film
Box office
Notes
Ref
1
January 3, 1993
Aladdin
$15,642,073
Aladdin reached No. 1 in its fifth weekend of release.
[ 2]
2
January 10, 1993
A Few Good Men
$9,012,668
A Few Good Men reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.
[ 3]
3
January 18, 1993 4-day weekend
Aladdin
$10,920,346
Aladdin reclaimed #1 in seventh weekend of release.
[ 4]
4
January 24, 1993
$7,438,690
[ 5]
5
January 31, 1993
$6,319,917
[ 6]
6
February 7, 1993
Loaded Weapon 1
$9,202,722
[ 7]
7
February 15, 1993 4-day weekend
Groundhog Day
$14,652,108
[ 8]
8
February 21, 1993
$9,330,577
[ 9]
9
February 28, 1993
Falling Down
$8,724,452
[ 10]
10
March 7, 1993
$7,625,100
[ 11]
11
March 14, 1993
CB4
$6,122,450
[ 12]
12
March 21, 1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
$12,419,597
[ 13]
13
March 28, 1993
$7,405,465
[ 14]
14
April 4, 1993
Cop and a Half
$6,027,285
[ 15]
15
April 11, 1993
Indecent Proposal
$18,387,632
Indecent Proposal broke Pet Sematary ' s record ($12.0 million) for highest weekend debut in April.
[ 16]
16
April 18, 1993
$14,724,600
[ 17]
17
April 25, 1993
$10,010,763
[ 18]
18
May 2, 1993
$7,089,915
[ 19]
19
May 9, 1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
$10,019,970
[ 20]
20
May 16, 1993
Dave
$8,506,834
Dave reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 21]
21
May 23, 1993
Sliver
$12,138,283
[ 22]
22
May 31, 1993 4-day weekend
Cliffhanger
$20,458,022
[ 23]
23
June 6, 1993
$12,152,400
[ 24]
24
June 13, 1993
Jurassic Park
$47,026,828
Jurassic Park broke Batman Returns ' records ($45.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for the month of June, for a summer release, a PG-13 rated film, and of all-time. It had the highest weekend debut of 1993.
[ 25]
25
June 20, 1993
$38,455,860
Jurassic Park broke Batman ' s record ($30 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all time.
[ 26]
26
June 27, 1993
$27,690,520
[ 27]
27
July 5, 1993 4-day weekend
The Firm
$32,476,785
[ 28]
28
July 11, 1993
$17,937,098
[ 29]
29
July 18, 1993
$13,281,416
[ 30]
30
July 25, 1993
Poetic Justice
$11,728,455
[ 31]
31
August 1, 1993
Rising Sun
$15,195,941
[ 32]
32
August 8, 1993
The Fugitive
$23,758,855
The Fugitive broke Unforgiven ' s record ($15 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ' s record ($18.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. It stayed at number 1 for 6 weeks, the most in 1993.
[ 33]
33
August 15, 1993
$22,438,277
[ 34]
34
August 22, 1993
$18,148,331
[ 35]
35
August 29, 1993
$14,502,865
[ 36]
36
September 6, 1993 4-day weekend
$17,239,413
[ 37]
37
September 12, 1993
$8,316,440
[ 38]
38
September 19, 1993
Striking Distance
$8,705,808
[ 39]
39
September 26, 1993
The Good Son
$12,520,305
[ 40]
40
October 3, 1993
Malice
$9,232,650
[ 41]
41
October 11, 1993 4-day weekend
Demolition Man
$15,973,850
[ 42] [ 43]
42
October 17, 1993
$10,284,335
[ 44]
43
October 24, 1993
The Beverly Hillbillies
$7,178,556
The Beverly Hillbilles reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.
[ 45]
44
October 31, 1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
$8,212,477
[ 46]
45
November 7, 1993
$7,684,284
[ 47]
46
November 14, 1993
The Three Musketeers
$10,621,992
[ 48]
47
November 21, 1993
Addams Family Values
$14,117,545
[ 49]
48
November 28, 1993
Mrs. Doubtfire
$20,468,847
[ 50]
49
December 5, 1993
$14,735,459
[ 51]
50
December 12, 1993
Wayne's World 2
$13,516,699
[ 52]
51
December 19, 1993
The Pelican Brief
$16,864,404
[ 53]
52
December 26, 1993
$11,124,936
[ 54]
53
January 2, 1994
Mrs. Doubtfire
$16,346,568
Mrs. Doubtfire reclaimed #1 in its sixth weekend of release.
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Highest-grossing films
Calendar gross
Highest-grossing films of 1993 by Calendar Gross[ 56] [ 57]
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
Jurassic Park
Universal Pictures
Sam Neill , Laura Dern , Jeff Goldblum , Richard Attenborough , Bob Peck , Martin Ferrero , BD Wong , Samuel L. Jackson , Wayne Knight , Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards
Steven Spielberg
$338,929,640
2.
The Fugitive
Warner Bros. Pictures
Harrison Ford , Tommy Lee Jones , Sela Ward , Joe Pantoliano , Andreas Katsulas and Jeroen Krabbé
Andrew Davis
$179,290,645 [ 57]
3.
The Firm
Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise , Jeanne Tripplehorn , Gene Hackman , Ed Harris , Holly Hunter , Hal Holbrook , David Strathairn and Gary Busey
Sydney Pollack
$158,348,367
4.
Sleepless in Seattle
TriStar Pictures
Tom Hanks , Meg Ryan , Bill Pullman , Ross Malinger , Rosie O'Donnell , Rita Wilson and Rob Reiner
Nora Ephron
$126,680,884
5.
Aladdin
Walt Disney Studios
voices of Scott Weinger , Robin Williams , Linda Larkin , Jonathan Freeman , Frank Welker , Gilbert Gottfried and Douglas Seale
Ron Clements and John Musker
$118,899,051 [ 57]
6.
Mrs. Doubtfire
20th Century Fox
Robin Williams , Sally Field , Pierce Brosnan , Harvey Fierstein and Robert Prosky
Chris Columbus
$109,086,478
7.
Indecent Proposal
Paramount Pictures
Robert Redford , Demi Moore , Woody Harrelson , Oliver Platt and Seymour Cassel
Adrian Lyne
$106,614,059
8.
In the Line of Fire
Columbia Pictures
Clint Eastwood , John Malkovich , Rene Russo , Dylan McDermott , Gary Cole , Fred Dalton Thompson and John Mahoney
Wolfgang Petersen
$102,314,823
9.
Cliffhanger
TriStar Pictures
Sylvester Stallone , John Lithgow , Michael Rooker , Janine Turner , Leon , Paul Winfield and Ralph Waite
Renny Harlin
$84,049,211
10.
A Few Good Men
Columbia Pictures
Tom Cruise , Jack Nicholson , Demi Moore , Kevin Bacon , Kevin Pollak , James Marshall , J. T. Walsh and Kiefer Sutherland
Rob Reiner
$78,211,341
In-year release
Highest-grossing films of 1993 by In-year release[ 58]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic gross
1.
Jurassic Park
Universal
$357,067,947
2.
Mrs. Doubtfire
20th Century Fox
$219,195,243
3.
The Fugitive
Warner Bros.
$183,875,760
4.
The Firm
Paramount
$158,348,367
5.
Sleepless in Seattle
TriStar
$126,680,884
6.
Indecent Proposal
Paramount
$106,614,059
7.
In the Line of Fire
Columbia
$102,314,823
8.
The Pelican Brief
Warner Bros.
$100,768,056
9.
Schindler's List
Universal
$96,065,768
10.
Cliffhanger
TriStar
$84,049,211
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