List of 1993 box office number-one films in Japan

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.

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1]

#	Week ending	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
1	1 January 1993	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	¥377,351,500		[2]
2	8 January 1993		¥409,308,250		[3]
3	15 January 1993		¥260,795,682		[4]
4	22 January 1993	The Bodyguard	¥223,173,660	The Bodyguard returned to number one in its seventh week of release	[5]
5	29 January 1993		¥201,785,750		[6]
6	5 February 1993		¥181,913,456		[7]
7	12 February 1993		¥205,435,373		[8]
8	19 February 1993		¥182,840,292		[9]
9	26 February 1993	A Few Good Men	¥170,902,232		[10]
10	5 March 1993		¥152,695,530		[11]
11	12 March 1993	The Last of the Mohicans	¥181,353,858		[12]
12	19 March 1993		¥151,599,084		[13]
13	26 March 1993		¥126,907,794		[14]
14	2 April 1993		¥123,413,550		[15]
15	9 April 1993		¥88,845,346		[16]
16	16 April 1993		¥77,578,600		[17]
17	23 April 1993	RoboCop 3	¥147,695,744		[18]
18	30 April 1993	Sister Act	¥122,670,130	Sister Act reached number one in its second week of release	[19]
19	7 May 1993		¥214,454,109		[20]
20	14 May 1993		¥105,141,420		[21]
21	21 May 1993	Under Siege	¥167,216,573		[22]
22	28 May 1993	Indecent Proposal	¥230,208,146		[23]
23	4 June 1993		¥231,854,292		[24]
24	11 June 1993		¥234,597,080		[25]
25	18 June 1993		¥161,988,738		[26]
26	25 June 1993		¥157,000,000		[26] [27]
27	2 July 1993	Hot Shots! Part Deux	¥160,134,625		[28]
28	9 July 1993		¥114,150,060		[29]
29	16 July 1993		¥107,279,316		[30]
30	23 July 1993	Jurassic Park †	¥851,766,604	Jurassic Park set an opening weekend record with a gross of $8.376 million (888 million Yen) nationwide in its first 2 days	[31] [32]
31	30 July 1993		¥710,814,195		[33]
32	6 August 1993		¥692,210,367		[34]
33	13 August 1993		¥758,000,000		[34] [35]
34	20 August 1993		¥779,138,256		[35]
35	27 August 1993		¥496,018,536		[36]
36	3 September 1993		¥457,276,768		[37]
37	10 September 1993		¥329,254,762		[38]
38	17 September 1993		¥333,911,550		[39]
39	24 September 1993	The Fugitive	¥327,146,422		[40]
40	1 October 1993		¥235,220,996		[41]
41	8 October 1993		¥205,660,352		[42]
42	15 October 1993		¥225,657,465		[43]
43	22 October 1993		¥163,212,408		[44]
44	29 October 1993		¥132,024,924		[45]
45	5 November 1993	Sliver	¥237,783,060		[46]
46	12 November 1993		¥151,605,440		[47]
47	19 November 1993		¥133,372,764		[48]
48	26 November 1993		¥125,732,481		[49]
49	3 December 1993		¥92,946,312		[50]
50	10 December 1993	Cliffhanger	¥480,465,432		[51]
51	17 December 1993		¥332,700,000		[51] [52]
52	24 December 1993		¥349,937,490		[52]
53	31 December 1993		¥314,996,022		[53]

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Distributor	Distribution income (¥ million) [1]
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	Toho	2,030
9.	Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth	Toho	1,650
10.	Tora-san Makes Excuses Tsuribaka Nisshi 5 (double feature)	Shochiku	1,450

References

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

See also

• Lists of box office number-one films

1993	Succeeded by 1994