List of 1994 box office number-one films in Australia

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Australia during 1994. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1] [2]

#	Week ending	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
1	5 January 1994	Mrs. Doubtfire	$3,889,154		[3]
2	12 January 1994		$3,515,732		[4]
3	19 January 1994		$2,983,120		[5]
4	26 January 1994		$2,447,549		[6]
5	2 February 1994		$1,762,966		[7]
6	9 February 1994		$1,187,509		[8]
7	16 February 1994		$1,128,736		[9]
8	23 February 1994	The Good Son	$1,073,372		[10]
9	2 March 1994	Schindler's List	$914,472	Schindler's List reached number one in its third week of release	[11]
10	9 March 1994	Cool Runnings	$1,465,439		[12]
11	16 March 1994	The Pelican Brief	$1,925,788		[13]
12	23 March 1994		$1,220,771		[14]
13	30 March 1994	Cool Runnings	$790,917	Weekend only. Cool Runnings returned to number one in its fourth week of release	[15]
14	6 April 1994	Lightning Jack	$2,478,579		[16]
15	13 April 1994		$1,605,927		[17]
16	20 April 1994	Cool Runnings	$1,015,655	Cool Runnings returned to number one in its seventh week of release	[18]
17	27 April 1994	Intersection	$1,094,117		[19]
18	4 May 1994	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	$952,379		[20]
19	11 May 1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	$2,248,063		[21]
20	18 May 1994		$2,531,944		[22]
21	25 May 1994		$2,208,927		[23]
22	1 June 1994		$1,844,055		[24]
23	8 June 1994		$1,694,877		[25]
24	15 June 1994	Maverick	$2,695,922	Maverick reached number one in its fourth week of release	[26]
25	22 June 1994		$1,769,489		[27]
26	29 June 1994		$1,200,000		[27] [28]
27	6 July 1994	Speed	$2,886,463		[29]
28	13 July 1994		$2,779,920		[30]
29	20 July 1994		$2,287,785		[31]
30	27 July 1994		$1,782,506		[32]
31	3 August 1994		$1,494,312		[33]
32	10 August 1994		$1,114,272		[34]
33	17 August 1994		$930,195		[35]
34	24 August 1994		$833,139		[36]
35	31 August 1994	The Lion King †	$3,044,806		[37]
36	7 September 1994		$3,252,523		[38]
37	14 September 1994		$2,737,079		[39]
38	21 September 1994	The Flintstones	$4,343,408		[40]
39	28 September 1994		$4,325,056		[41]
40	5 October 1994	The Lion King †	$3,309,175	The Lion King returned to number one in its sixth week of release	[42]
41	12 October 1994	Clear and Present Danger	$2,100,591		[43]
42	19 October 1994	Muriel's Wedding	$1,622,900	Muriel's Wedding reached number one in its third week of release	[44]
43	26 October 1994	The Specialist	$1,683,953		[45]
44	2 November 1994	Muriel's Wedding	$1,385,772	Muriel's Wedding returned to number one in its fifth week of release	[46]
45	9 November 1994		$1,467,315		[47]
46	16 November 1994		$1,213,287		[48]
47	23 November 1994	Forrest Gump	$4,594,391		[49]
48	30 November 1994		$3,320,313		[50]
49	7 December 1994		$2,531,161		[51]
50	14 December 1994	The Mask	$3,928,864		[52]
51	21 December 1994		TBD
52	28 December 1994	Interview with the Vampire		Interview with the Vampire grossed $5 million in its first 10 days	[53]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1994 ^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Title	Distributor	Gross A$ million
1.	The Lion King	Disney/Roadshow	$24,647,222
2.	Four Weddings and a Funeral	REP	$21,471,077
3.	Mrs. Doubtfire	Fox	$20,525,035
4.	Speed	Fox	$17,882,442
5.	Forrest Gump	Paramount/UIP	$16,329,786
6.	The Flintstones	Universal/UIP	$14,941,101
7.	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Roadshow	$14,760,104
8.	Muriel's Wedding	Roadshow	$13,954,530
9.	Cool Runnings	Disney/Roadshow	$13,385,021
10.	True Lies	Fox/UIP	$13,199,718

See also

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

References

1. "Top 10 B.O. Films Down Under 1994". Variety . 1 May 1995. p. OZ8.
2. "Top 50 Films Each Year - 1994". Screen Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
3. "International box office". Variety . 10 January 1994. p. 24. $2,663,804; $A1.46=$1
4. "International box office". Variety . 17 January 1994. p. 18. $2,424,643; $A1.45=$1
5. "International box office". Variety . 24 January 1994. p. 16. $2,071,611; $A1.44=$1
6. "International box office". Variety . 31 January 1994. p. 13. $1,711,573; $A1.43=$1
7. "International box office". Variety . 7 February 1994. p. 14. $1,268,321; $A1.39=$1
8. "International box office". Variety . 14 February 1994. p. 16. $848,221; $A1.40=$1
9. "International box office". Variety . 21 February 1994. p. 73. $800,522; $A1.41=$1
10. "International box office". Variety . 28 February 1994. p. 30. $772,210; $A1.39=$1
11. "International box office". Variety . 7 March 1994. p. 16. $648,562; $A1.41=$1
12. "International box office". Variety . 14 March 1994. p. 10. $1,046,742; $A1.40=$1
13. "International box office". Variety . 21 March 1994. p. 14. $1,375,563; $A1.40=$1
14. "International box office". Variety . 28 March 1994. p. 16. $865,795; $A1.41=$1
15. "International box office". Variety . 4 April 1994. p. 10. $556,984; $A1.42=$1
16. "International box office". Variety . 11 April 1994. p. 25. $1,745,478; $A1.42=$1
17. "International box office". Variety . 18 April 1994. p. 16. $1,163,715; $A1.38=$1
18. "International box office". Variety . 25 April 1994. p. 18. $725,468; $A1.40=$1
19. "International box office". Variety . 2 May 1994. p. 22. $781,512; $A1.40=$1
20. "International box office". Variety . 9 May 1994. p. 22. $680,271; $A1.40=$1
21. "International box office". Variety . 16 May 1994. p. 14. $1,605,759; $A1.40=$1
22. "International box office". Variety . 23 May 1994. p. 14. $1,848,133; $A1.37=$1
23. "International box office". Variety . 30 May 1994. p. 10. $1,624,211; $A1.36=$1
24. "International box office". Variety . 6 June 1994. p. 14. $1,355,923; $A1.36=$1
25. "International box office". Variety . 13 June 1994. p. 18. $1,246,233; $A1.36=$1
26. "International box office". Variety . 20 June 1994. p. 10. $1,953,567; $A1.38=$1
27. "International box office". Variety . 27 June 1994. p. 21. Weekly gross to 22 June $1,320,514; Total gross to 22 June $3,312,745 $A1.34=$1
28. "International box office". Variety . 11 July 1994. p. 14. Weekly gross to 6 July $721,923; Total gross to 6 July $4,943,217; $A1.39=$1
29. "International box office". Variety . 11 July 1994. p. 14. $2,076,592; $A1.39=$1
30. "International box office". Variety . 18 July 1994. p. 10. $2,044,059; $A1.36=$1
31. "International box office". Variety . 25 July 1994. p. 14. $1,682,195; $A1.36=$1
32. "International box office". Variety . 1 August 1994. p. 22. $1,320,375; $A1.35=$1
33. "International box office". Variety . 8 August 1994. p. 19. $1,090,739; $A1.37=$1
34. "International box office". Variety . 15 August 1994. p. 16. $825,387; $A1.35=$1
35. "International box office". Variety . 22 August 1994. p. 13. $689,033; $A1.35=$1
36. "International box office". Variety . 29 August 1994. p. 14. $612,602; $A1.36=$1
37. "International box office". Variety . 5 September 1994. p. 12. $2,255,412; $A1.35=$1
38. "International box office". Variety . 12 September 1994. p. 16. $2,409,276; $A1.35=$1
39. "International box office". Variety . 19 September 1994. p. 18. $2,027,466; $A1.35=$1
40. "International box office". Variety . 26 September 1994. p. 14. $3,217,339; $A1.35=$1
41. "International box office". Variety . 3 October 1994. p. 17. $3,180,188; $A1.36=$1
42. "International box office". Variety . 10 October 1994. p. 16. $2,433,217; $A1.36=$1
43. "International box office". Variety . 17 October 1994. p. 28. $1,544,552; $A1.36=$1
44. "International box office". Variety . 24 October 1994. p. 18. $1,193,309; $A1.36=$1
45. "International box office". Variety . 31 October 1994. p. 14. $1,238,201; $A1.36=$1
46. "International box office". Variety . 7 November 1994. p. 14. $1,026,498; $A1.35=$1
47. "International box office". Variety . 14 November 1994. p. 14. $1,103,244; $A1.33=$1
48. "International box office". Variety . 21 November 1994. p. 14. $905,438; $A1.34=$1
49. "International box office". Variety . 28 November 1994. p. 17. $3,480,599; $A1.32=$1
50. "International box office". Variety . 5 December 1994. p. 18. $2,534,590; $A1.31=$1
51. "International box office". Variety . 12 December 1994. p. 14. $1,947,047; $A1.30=$1
52. "International box office". Variety . 19 December 1994. p. 18. $3,045,631; $A1.29=$1
53. Groves, Don (18 January 1995). "O'seas B.O. year enters like 'Lion'". Variety . p. 18.

Chronology

Preceded by 1993

1994

Succeeded by 1995