List of 1993 box office number-one films in Japan

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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.

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#Week endingFilmBox officeNotesRef
11 January 1993 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ¥377,351,500 [1]
28 January 1993Home Alone 2: Lost in New York¥409,308,250 [2]
315 January 1993Home Alone 2: Lost in New York¥260,795,682 [3]
422 January 1993 The Bodyguard ¥223,173,660The Bodyguard returned to number one in its seventh week of release [4]
529 January 1993The Bodyguard¥201,785,750 [5]
65 February 1993The Bodyguard¥181,913,456 [6]
712 February 1993The Bodyguard¥205,435,373 [7]
819 February 1993The Bodyguard¥182,840,292 [8]
926 February 1993 A Few Good Men ¥170,902,232 [9]
105 March 1993A Few Good Men¥152,695,530 [10]
1112 March 1993 The Last of the Mohicans ¥181,353,858 [11]
1219 March 1993The Last of the Mohicans¥151,599,084 [12]
1326 March 1993The Last of the Mohicans¥126,907,794 [13]
142 April 1993The Last of the Mohicans¥123,413,550 [14]
159 April 1993The Last of the Mohicans¥88,845,346 [15]
1616 April 1993The Last of the Mohicans¥77,578,600 [16]
1723 April 1993 RoboCop 3 ¥147,695,744 [17]
1830 April 1993 Sister Act ¥122,670,130Sister Act reached number one in its second week of release [18]
197 May 1993Sister Act¥214,454,109 [19]
2014 May 1993Sister Act¥105,141,420 [20]
2121 May 1993 Under Siege ¥167,216,573 [21]
2228 May 1993 Indecent Proposal ¥230,208,146 [22]
234 June 1993Indecent Proposal¥231,854,292 [23]
2411 June 1993Indecent Proposal¥234,597,080 [24]
2518 June 1993Indecent Proposal¥161,988,738 [25]
2625 June 1993Indecent Proposal¥157,000,000 [25] [26]
272 July 1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux ¥160,134,625 [27]
289 July 1993Hot Shots! Part Deux¥114,150,060 [28]
2916 July 1993Hot Shots! Part Deux¥107,279,316 [29]
3023 July 1993 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]
3130 July 1993Jurassic Park¥710,814,195 [32]
326 August 1993Jurassic Park¥692,210,367 [33]
3313 August 1993Jurassic Park¥758,000,000 [33] [34]
3420 August 1993Jurassic Park¥779,138,256 [34]
3527 August 1993Jurassic Park¥496,018,536 [35]
363 September 1993Jurassic Park¥457,276,768 [36]
3710 September 1993Jurassic Park¥329,254,762 [37]
3817 September 1993Jurassic Park¥333,911,550 [38]
3924 September 1993 The Fugitive ¥327,146,422 [39]
401 October 1993The Fugitive¥235,220,996 [40]
418 October 1993The Fugitive¥205,660,352 [41]
4215 October 1993The Fugitive¥225,657,465 [42]
4322 October 1993The Fugitive¥163,212,408 [43]
4429 October 1993The Fugitive¥132,024,924 [44]
455 November 1993 Sliver ¥237,783,060 [45]
4612 November 1993Sliver¥151,605,440 [46]
4719 November 1993Sliver¥133,372,764 [47]
4826 November 1993Sliver¥125,732,481 [48]
493 December 1993Sliver¥92,946,312 [49]
5010 December 1993 Cliffhanger ¥480,465,432 [50]
5117 December 1993Cliffhanger¥332,700,000 [50] [51]
5224 December 1993Cliffhanger¥349,937,490 [51]
5331 December 1993Cliffhanger¥314,996,022 [52]

Highest-grossing films

RankTitleDistributorDistribution income (¥ million) [53]
1. Jurassic Park UIP 8,300
2. The Bodyguard Warner Bros. 4,100
3. Aladdin Buena Vista 2,500
4. Home Alone 2 Fox 2,500
5. The Fugitive Warner Bros.2,250
6. Godzilla vs. Mothra Toho 2,220
7. Rex: A Dinosaur's Story Shochiku 2,200
8. Samurai Kids Toho2,030
9. Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth Toho1,650
10. Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tsuribaka Nisshi 5 (double feature)		Shochiku1,450

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References

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

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