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The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park , The Fugitive, and The Firm . (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]

Highest-grossing films of 1993
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Jurassic Park Universal $914,691,120 [2]
2 Mrs. Doubtfire 20th Century Fox $441,286,195
3 The Fugitive Warner Bros. $368,875,760
4 Schindler's List Universal $321,306,305
5 The Firm Paramount $270,248,367
6 Indecent Proposal $266,614,059
7 Cliffhanger Sony $255,000,211
8 Sleepless in Seattle $227,799,884
9 Philadelphia $206,678,440
10 The Pelican Brief Warner Bros. $195,268,056

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 51st Golden Globe Awards
January 22, 1994
66th Academy Awards
March 21, 1994
47th BAFTA Awards
April 14, 1994
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film Schindler's List Mrs. Doubtfire Schindler's List
Best Director Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List
Best Actor Tom Hanks
Philadelphia
Robin Williams
Mrs. Doubtfire
Tom Hanks
Philadelphia
Anthony Hopkins
The Remains of the Day
Best Actress Holly Hunter
The Piano
Angela Bassett
What's Love Got to Do with It
Holly Hunter
The Piano
Best Supporting Actor Tommy Lee Jones
The Fugitive
Ralph Fiennes
Schindler's List
Best Supporting Actress Winona Ryder
The Age of Innocence
Anna Paquin
The Piano
Miriam Margolyes
The Age of Innocence
Best Screenplay, Adapted Steven Zaillian
Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian
Schindler's List
Best Screenplay, Original Jane Campion
The Piano
Danny Rubin
Groundhog Day
Best Original Score Heaven & Earth
Kitarō
Schindler's List
John Williams
Best Original Song"Streets of Philadelphia"
Philadelphia
N/A
Best Foreign Language Film Farewell My Concubine Belle Epoque Farewell My Concubine

1993 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 June Clayworth 70USActress
4 Leonard Kibrick 68USActor
6 Rudolf Nureyev 54RussiaDancer, Actor
14 Robert A. Mattey 82USSpecial Effects Artist
15 Sammy Cahn 79USSongwriter
16 Glenn Corbett 59USActor
16 Florence Desmond 87UKActress
20 Joseph Anthony 80USDirector
20 Audrey Hepburn 63UKActress
24 Don Bassman 64USSound Engineer
27 André "the Giant" Roussimoff 46FranceWrestler, Actor
28 John Steadman 83USActor
29 Gustav Hasford 45USScreenwriter Full Metal Jacket
February 5 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 83USDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
5 Tip Tipping 34UKStuntman, Actor
8 Douglas Heyes 73USScreenwriter, Director
13 Willoughby Gray 76UKActor
14 Lester Wilson 50USChoreographer
18 Ted Haworth 75USArt Director, Production Designer
18 Rita La Roy 91USActress
18 Leslie Norman 81UKDirector
25 Mary Walter 80PhilippinesActress
26 Constance Ford 69USActress
27 Lillian Gish 99USActress
28 Franco Brusati 70ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
28 Joyce Carey 94UKActress
28 Ishirō Honda 81JapanDirector
28 Ruby Keeler 82USActress, Dancer
March 4 Harper Goff 81USArt Director, Set Designer
4 Richard Sale 81USScreenwriter, Director
5 Asta Vihandi 63EstoniaActress, Singer
7 Patricia Lawrence 67UKActress
9 Bob Crosby 79USSinger, Actor
11 Irene Ware 82USActress
12 Michael Kanin 83USScreenwriter
16 Donald Randolph 87South AfricaActor
16 Chishū Ryū 88JapanActor
17 Helen Hayes 92USActress
21 Buddy Swan 63USActor
27 Kate Reid 62UKActress
31 Brandon Lee 28USActor
April 3 Eugenie Leontovich 83RussiaActress
3 Alexandre Mnouchkine 85RussiaProducer
7 Gladys Lehman 101USScreenwriter
7 Arleen Whelan 78USActress
15 William Bakewell 84USActor
20 Cantinflas 81MexicoActor
29 Michael Gordon 83USDirector
May 6 Ann Todd 82UKActress
7 Mary Philbin 90USActress
9 Mary Duncan 97USActress
9Daniel Paredes46USCostume Designer
19 Richard Murphy 81USScreenwriter, Director
25 Dan Seymour 78USActor
26 Jan Wiley 77USActress
27 Roger MacDougall 82UKScreenwriter
29 Richard Macdonald 73UKProduction Designer
June 5 Conway Twitty 59USSinger, Actor
6 James Bridges 57USDirector, Screenwriter
6 Mort Mills 74USActor
9 Alexis Smith 72CanadaActress
10 Richard Webb 77USActor
11 Bernard Bresslaw 59UKActor
11 Ray Sharkey 40USActor
22 Victor Maddern 67UKActor
25Wes Bishop60USScreenwriter, Producer, Actor
25 Eileen Stevens 77USActress
July 2 Fred Gwynne 66USActor
3 Joe DeRita 83USActor
4 Anne Shirley 75USActress
9 John Beaird 40USScreenwriter
15 David Brian 78USActor
18 John Beck 83USProducer
18 Jean Negulesco 93RomaniaDirector
21 Robert Glass 53USSound Engineer
21 Valda Hansen 60USActress
25 Nan Grey 75USActress
25 Cecilia Parker 79CanadaActress
26 Daniel Fuchs 84USScreenwriter
31 Lenore Aubert 75SloveniaActress
August 1 Claire Du Brey 100USActress
3 James Donald 76UKActor
7 Roy Budd 46UKComposer
8 Harry Bellaver 88USActor
10 Irene Sharaff 83USCostume Designer
16 Ellsworth Fredricks 89USCinematographer
16 Stewart Granger 80UKActor
23 Gregory Gaye 92RussiaActor
28 Rene Ray 81UKActress
30 Richard Jordan 56USActor
September 4 Hervé Villechaize 50FranceActor
5 Claude Renoir 79FranceCinematographer
5 John Truscott 57USProduction Designer, Costume Designer
7 Hall Bartlett 70USDirector
12 Raymond Burr 76CanadaActor
12 Harold Innocent 58UKActor
12 Charles Lamont 98USDirector
17 James Griffith 77USActor, Screenwriter
17 Zita Johann 89GermanyActress
17 Christian Nyby 80USFilm Editor, Director
29 Gordon Douglas 85USDirector
October 2 William Berger 65AustriaActor
5 Jane Nigh 68USActress
7 Cyril Cusack 82South AfricaActor
7 Kenneth Nelson 63USActor
12 Patrick Holt 81UKActor
13 Gwen Welles 42USActress
14 Leon Ames 91USActor
15 Walter Newman 77USScreenwriter
25 Vincent Price 82USActor
26 Albert Zugsmith 83USProducer, Director
29 Elliot Scott 78UKProduction Designer
30 Margaret Vyner 78AustraliaScreenwriter, Actress
31 Federico Fellini 73ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
31 River Phoenix 23USActor
November 3 Duncan Gibbins 41UKDirector
3 John Lupton 65USActor
4 Ely Landau 73USProducer
5 Michael Bilton 73UKActor
5 Mario Cecchi Gori 73ItalyProducer
7 Charles Aidman 68USActor
7 Jack Martin Smith 82USArt Director
9 Stanley Myers 60UKComposer
9 Gerald Thomas 72UKDirector, Film Editor
10 Wensley Pithey 79South AfricaActor
12 Anna Sten 84RussiaActress
15 Evelyn Venable 80USActress
15 Gladys Walton 90USActress
18 Fritz Feld 93GermanyActor
19 Dorothy Revier 89USActress
20 Emile Ardolino 50USDirector
21 Bill Bixby 59USActor
21 Richard Wordsworth 78UKActor
28 Kenneth Connor 75UKActor
December 5 Alexandre Trauner 87HungaryArt Director, Production Designer
6 Don Ameche 85USActor
14 Myrna Loy 88USActress
16 Moses Gunn 64USActor
17 Janet Margolin 50USActress
18 Steve James 41USActor, Stuntman
18 Sam Wanamaker 74USActor
22 Don DeFore 80USActor
22 Salah Zulfikar 67EgyptActor, Producer
22 Alexander Mackendrick 81UKDirector
23 James Ellison 83USActor
26 Jeff Morrow 86USActor
27 Michael Callen 38USActor
28 William Austin 90CanadaFilm Editor
28 Howard Caine 65USActor
29 Marie Kean 75IrelandActress
30 Mack David 81USSongwriter

Film debuts

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References

  1. "1993 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. "Jurassic Park (1993)". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on January 1, 2013.
  3. Hutchinson-Houa, Gilly (9 August 1993). "China's movie distributionrevolution". Variety .
  4. Groves, Don (8 February 1993). "'Bodyguard,' 'Beauty' blockbuster-ready". Variety . p. 38.
  5. "Col Tristar U.K. high set by 'Dracula'". Daily Variety . February 2, 1993. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. "How Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Compares to Classic Jurassic Park". June 18, 2019.
  7. Groves, Don (July 20, 1993). "'Jurassic' renders Japan B.O. record extinct". Daily Variety . p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2021.