List of 1993 box office number-one films in the United States explained

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	<	-- Box Office Mojo considers the Dec 31-Jan 2 weekend as part of 1993 -->
1		Aladdin	$15,642,073	Aladdin reached No. 1 in its fifth weekend of release.	^[2]
2		A Few Good Men	$9,012,668	A Few Good Men reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.	^[3]
3	^4-day weekend	Aladdin	$10,920,346	Aladdin reclaimed #1 in seventh weekend of release.	^[4]
4			$7,438,690		^[5]
5			$6,319,917		^[6]
6		Loaded Weapon 1	$9,202,722		^[7]
7	^4-day weekend	Groundhog Day	$14,652,108		^[8]
8			$9,330,577		^[9]
9		Falling Down	$8,724,452		^[10]
10			$7,625,100		^[11]
11		CB4	$6,122,450		^[12]
12		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III	$12,419,597		^[13]
13			$7,405,465		^[14]
14		Cop and a Half	$6,027,285		^[15]
15		Indecent Proposal	$18,387,632	Indecent Proposal broke Pet Sematarys record ($12.0 million) for highest weekend debut in April.	^[16]
16			$14,724,600		^[17]
17			$10,010,763		^[18]
18			$7,089,915		^[19]
19			$10,019,970		^[20]
20		Dave	$8,506,834	Dave reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.	^[21]
21		Sliver	$12,138,283		^[22]
22	^4-day weekend	Cliffhanger	$20,458,022		^[23]
23			$12,152,400		^[24]
24		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			$38,455,860	Jurassic Park broke Batmans record ($30 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all time.	^[26]
26			$27,690,520		^[27]
27	^4-day weekend	The Firm	$32,476,785		^[28]
28			$17,937,098		^[29]
29			$13,281,416		^[30]
30		Poetic Justice	$11,728,455		^[31]
31		Rising Sun	$15,195,941		^[32]
32		The Fugitive	$23,758,855	The Fugitive broke Unforgivens record ($15 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August and 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			$22,438,277		^[34]
34			$18,148,331		^[35]
35			$14,502,865		^[36]
36	^4-day weekend		$17,239,413		^[37]
37			$8,316,440		^[38]
38		Striking Distance	$8,705,808		^[39]
39		The Good Son	$12,520,305		^[40]
40		Malice	$9,232,650		^[41]
41	^4-day weekend	Demolition Man	$15,973,850		^[42] ^[43]
42			$10,284,335		^[44]
43		The Beverly Hillbillies	$7,178,556	The Beverly Hillbilles reached No. 1 in its second weekend of release.	^[45]
44		The Nightmare Before Christmas	$8,212,477		^[46]
45			$7,684,284		^[47]
46		The Three Musketeers	$10,621,992		^[48]
47		Addams Family Values	$14,117,545		^[49]
48		Mrs. Doubtfire	$20,468,847		^[50]
49			$14,735,459		^[51]
50		Wayne's World 2	$13,516,699		^[52]
51		The Pelican Brief	$16,864,404		^[53]
52			$11,124,936		^[54]
53		Mrs. Doubtfire	$16,346,568	Mrs. Doubtfire reclaimed #1 in its sixth weekend of release.	^[55]

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
3.	The Firm	Paramount Pictures		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
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		$357,067,947
2.	Mrs. Doubtfire		$219,195,243
3.	The Fugitive		$183,875,760
4.	The Firm		$158,348,367
5.	Sleepless in Seattle		$126,680,884
6.	Indecent Proposal		$106,614,059
7.	In the Line of Fire		$102,314,823
8.	The Pelican Brief		$100,768,056
9.	Schindler's List		$96,065,768
10.	Cliffhanger		$84,049,211

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1993

G
PG	Sleepless in Seattle
PG-13	Jurassic Park
R	The Firm

See also

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1993. .
2. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 21. Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 27 (July 4th long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
36. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic 1993 Weekend 53. Box Office Mojo.
56. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1993. Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.
57. Variety. January 24, 1994. 14. 1993 Film Grosses.
58. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1993 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.