List of 1993 box office number-one films in Japan explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 1993. Amounts are in Yen and are from a sample of key cities.

Week endingFilmBox officeNotesRef
1 ¥377,351,500[1]
2 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ¥409,308,250[2]
3 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ¥260,795,682[3]
4 The Bodyguard ¥223,173,660The Bodyguard returned to number one in its seventh week of release[4]
5 The Bodyguard ¥201,785,750[5]
6 The Bodyguard ¥181,913,456[6]
7 The Bodyguard ¥205,435,373[7]
8 The Bodyguard ¥182,840,292[8]
9 A Few Good Men ¥170,902,232[9]
10 A Few Good Men ¥152,695,530[10]
11 The Last of the Mohicans ¥181,353,858[11]
12 The Last of the Mohicans ¥151,599,084[12]
13 The Last of the Mohicans ¥126,907,794[13]
14 The Last of the Mohicans ¥123,413,550[14]
15 The Last of the Mohicans ¥88,845,346[15]
16 The Last of the Mohicans ¥77,578,600[16]
17 RoboCop 3 ¥147,695,744[17]
18 Sister Act ¥122,670,130Sister Act reached number one in its second week of release[18]
19 Sister Act ¥214,454,109[19]
20 Sister Act ¥105,141,420[20]
21 Under Siege ¥167,216,573[21]
22 Indecent Proposal ¥230,208,146[22]
23 Indecent Proposal ¥231,854,292[23]
24 Indecent Proposal ¥234,597,080[24]
25 Indecent Proposal ¥161,988,738[25]
26 Indecent Proposal ¥157,000,000[26]
27 Hot Shots! Part Deux ¥160,134,625[27]
28 Hot Shots! Part Deux ¥114,150,060[28]
29 Hot Shots! Part Deux ¥107,279,316[29]
30 Jurassic Park ¥851,766,604Jurassic Park set an opening weekend record with a gross of $8.376 million (888 million Yen) nationwide in its first 2 days[30] [31]
31 Jurassic Park ¥710,814,195[32]
32 Jurassic Park ¥692,210,367[33]
33 Jurassic Park ¥758,000,000
34 Jurassic Park ¥779,138,256[34]
35 Jurassic Park ¥496,018,536[35]
36 Jurassic Park ¥457,276,768[36]
37 Jurassic Park ¥329,254,762[37]
38 Jurassic Park ¥333,911,550[38]
39 The Fugitive ¥327,146,422[39]
40 The Fugitive ¥235,220,996[40]
41 The Fugitive ¥205,660,352[41]
42 The Fugitive ¥225,657,465[42]
43 The Fugitive ¥163,212,408[43]
44 The Fugitive ¥132,024,924[44]
45 Sliver ¥237,783,060[45]
46 Sliver ¥151,605,440[46]
47 Sliver ¥133,372,764[47]
48 Sliver ¥125,732,481[48]
49 Sliver ¥92,946,312[49]
50 Cliffhanger ¥480,465,432[50]
51 Cliffhanger ¥332,700,000
52 Cliffhanger ¥349,937,490[51]
53 Cliffhanger ¥314,996,022[52]

Highest-grossing films

RankTitleDistributorDistribution income (¥ million)[53]
1. Jurassic ParkUIP8,300
2. The Bodyguard Warner Bros.4,100
3. AladdinBuena Vista2,500
4. Home Alone 2Fox2,500
5. The FugitiveWarner Bros.2,250
6. Godzilla vs. Mothra Toho2,220
7. Shochiku2,200
8. Samurai KidsToho2,030
9. Toho1,650
10. Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tsuribaka Nisshi 5 (double feature)		Shochiku1,450

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. 11 January 1993. International box office. 54. $3,018,812; $1=125 Yen.
  2. Variety. 70. 18 January 1993. International box office. $3,274,466; $1=125 Yen.
  3. Variety. 53. 25 January 1993. International box office. $2,069,807; $1=126 Yen.
  4. Variety. 43. 1 February 1993. International box office. $1,814,420; $1=123 Yen.
  5. Variety. 38. 8 February 1993. International box office. $1,614,286; $1=125 Yen.
  6. Variety. 32. 15 February 1993. International box office. $1,467,044; $1=124 Yen.
  7. Variety. 92. 22 February 1993. International box office. $1,697,813; $1=121 Yen.
  8. Variety. 48. 1 March 1993. International box office. $1,549,494; $1=118 Yen.
  9. Variety. 38. 8 March 1993. International box office. $1,448,324; $1=118 Yen.
  10. Variety. 46. 15 March 1993. International box office. $1,305,090; $1=117 Yen.
  11. Variety. 36. 22 March 1993. International box office. $1,523,982; $1=119 Yen.
  12. Variety. 38. 29 March 1993. International box office. $1,284,738; $1=118 Yen.
  13. Variety. 54. 5 April 1993. International box office. $1,084,682; $1=117 Yen.
  14. Variety. 44. 12 April 1993. International box office. $1,082,575; $1=114 Yen.
  15. Variety. 34. 19 April 1993. International box office. $786,242; $1=113 Yen.
  16. Variety. 38. 26 April 1993. International box office. $775,786; $1=100 Yen.
  17. Variety. 34. 3 May 1993. International box office. $1,318,712; $1=112 Yen.
  18. Variety. 92. 10 May 1993. International box office. $1,115,183; $1=110 Yen.
  19. Variety. 58. 17 May 1993. International box office. $1,932,019; $1=111 Yen.
  20. Variety. 38. 24 May 1993. International box office. $947,220; $1=111 Yen.
  21. Variety. 32. 7 June 1993. International box office. $1,534,097; $1=109 Yen.
  22. Variety. 42. 14 June 1993. International box office. $2,151,478; $1=107 Yen.
  23. Variety. 36. 21 June 1993. International box office. $2,146,799; $1=108 Yen.
  24. Variety. 9. 28 June 1993. Weekly Box Office Report International. $2,213,180; $1=106 Yen.
  25. Variety. 12. 12 July 1993. Weekly Box Office Report International. Week ended June 18 gross $1,459,358; Total gross $7,735,569; $1=111 Yen.
  26. Variety. 20. 19 July 1993. International Box Office. Week ended July 2 gross $1,068,857; Total gross $10,236,085 $1=109 Yen.
  27. Variety. 20. 19 July 1993. International Box Office. $1,469,125; $1=109 Yen.
  28. Variety. 12. 26 July 1993. International Box Office. $1,056,945; $1=108 Yen.
  29. Variety. 18. 2 August 1993. International Box Office. $993,327; $1=108 Yen.
  30. Variety. 13. 9 August 1993. International Box Office. $8,035,534; $1=106 Yen.
  31. Groves . Don . 'Jurassic' renders Japan B.O. record extinct . . 1. 20 July 1993 . 3 February 2021.
  32. Variety. 11. 16 August 1993. International Box Office. $6,769,659; $1=105 Yen.
  33. Variety. 10. 23 August 1993. International Box Office. Gross week ended 6 August $6,720,489; Total gross $21,891,177; $1=103 Yen.
  34. Variety. 10. 6 September 1993. International Box Office. Gross week ended 20 August $7,491,714; Total gross $36,715,606; $1=104 Yen.
  35. Variety. 14. 13 September 1993. International Box Office. $4,769,409; $1=104 Yen.
  36. Variety. 13. 20 September 1993. International Box Office. $4,396,892; $1=104 Yen.
  37. Variety. 16. 27 September 1993. International Box Office. $3,106,177; $1=106 Yen.
  38. Variety. 16. 4 October 1993. International Box Office. $3,180,110; $1=105 Yen.
  39. Variety. 18. 11 October 1993. International Box Office. $3,086,287; $1=106 Yen.
  40. Variety. 14. 18 October 1993. International Box Office. $2,219,066; $1=106 Yen.
  41. Variety. 40. 25 October 1993. International Box Office. $1,940,192; $1=106 Yen.
  42. Variety. 14. 1 November 1993. International Box Office. $2,098,302; $1=107.5 Yen.
  43. Variety. 9. 8 November 1993. International Box Office. $1,511,226; $1=108 Yen.
  44. Variety. 14. 15 November 1993. International Box Office. $1,222,453; $1=108 Yen.
  45. Variety. 16. 22 November 1993. International Box Office. $2,201,695; $1=108 Yen.
  46. Variety. 10. 29 November 1993. International Box Office. $1,430,240; $1=106 Yen.
  47. Variety. 8. 6 December 1993. International Box Office. $1,234,933; $1=108 Yen.
  48. Variety. 16. 13 December 1993. International Box Office. $1,153,509; $1=109 Yen.
  49. Variety. 16. 20 December 1993. International Box Office. $860,614; $1=108 Yen.
  50. Variety. 26. 27 December 1993. International Box Office. Gross week ended 10 December $4,448,754; Total gross to 10 December $4,448,754; $1=108 Yen.
  51. Variety. 24. 3 January 1994. International Box Office. Gross for week ended 24 December $3,152,590; Total gross to 24 December $10,626,092; $1=111 Yen.
  52. Variety. 24. 10 January 1994. International Box Office. $2,837,802; $1=111 Yen.
  53. Web site: 1993 January - December. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Japanese. 27 December 2023.

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