List of 1994 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 1994. 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	7 January 1994	Cliffhanger †	¥432,282,256		[2]
2	14 January 1994		¥307,117,020		[3]
3	21 January 1994		¥254,075,472		[4]
4	28 January 1994		¥202,151,182		[5]
5	4 February 1994		¥184,610,556		[6]
6	11 February 1994		¥292,133,192		[7]
7	18 February 1994		¥164,929,275		[8]
8	25 February 1994	Cool Runnings	¥128,904,195		[9]
9	4 March 1994	Schindler's List	¥168,828,320		[10]
10	11 March 1994		¥167,138,574		[11]
11	18 March 1994	The Three Musketeers	¥165,627,014		[12]
12	25 March 1994	Schindler's List	¥196,263,585	Schindler's List returned to number one in its fourth week of release	[13]
13	1 April 1994		¥241,936,240		[14]
14	8 April 1994		¥197,337,525		[15]
15	15 April 1994	Mrs. Doubtfire	¥199,629,141		[16]
16	22 April 1994		¥187,013,701		[17]
17	29 April 1994		¥222,232,602		[18]
18	6 May 1994		¥411,939,024		[19]
19	13 May 1994		¥149,585,384		[20]
20	20 May 1994		¥144,625,208		[21]
21	27 May 1994		¥111,504,952		[22]
22	3 June 1994		¥109,916,730		[23]
23	10 June 1994		¥102,149,117		[24]
24	17 June 1994	Major League II	¥287,534,903		[25]
25	24 June 1994		¥240,000,000		[25] [26]
26	1 July 1994		¥185,177,916		[26]
27	8 July 1994	Wyatt Earp	¥155,152,228		[27]
28	15 July 1994		¥146,586,342		[28]
29	22 July 1994	Pom Poko	¥190,237,212		[29]
30	29 July 1994	The Lion King	¥283,459,869		[30]
31	5 August 1994		¥248,808,551		[31]
32	12 August 1994		¥261,322,200		[32]
33	19 August 1994		¥316,188,576		[33]
34	26 August 1994		¥187,997,500		[34]
35	2 September 1994		¥197,000,000		[35] [34]
36	9 September 1994	When a Man Loves a Woman	¥148,739,481		[36]
37	16 September 1994	True Lies	¥588,305,322	True Lies had a record opening weekend for Nippon Herald with a gross of ¥301 million	[37] [38]
38	23 September 1994		¥413,087,444		[39]
39	30 September 1994		¥313,684,371		[40]
40	7 October 1994		¥272,963,300		[41]
41	14 October 1994		¥257,561,287		[42]
42	21 October 1994		¥180,038,499		[43]
43	28 October 1994		¥152,653,718		[44]
44	4 November 1994		¥185,835,510		[45]
45	11 November 1994		¥133,833,210		[46]
46	18 November 1994		¥116,459,378		[47]
47	25 November 1994		¥123,692,976		[48]
48	2 December 1994		¥122,684,300		[49]
49	9 December 1994	Speed	¥494,536,000		[50]
50	16 December 1994		¥197,680,000	Weekend only	[51]
51	23 December 1994		TBD		[52]
52	30 December 1994		¥373,758,681		[53]

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Distributor	Distributor income (¥ million) [1]
1.	Cliffhanger	Toho Towa	4,000
2.	True Lies	Nippon Herald	3,500
3.	Pom Poko	Toho	2,630
4.	Schindler's List	UIP	2,050
5.	The Lion King	Buena Vista International	2,000
6.	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	Toho	1,870
7.	A Perfect World	Warner Bros.	1,700
8.	Mrs. Doubtfire	20th Century Fox	1,600
9.	Tora-san's Matchmaker / Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (double bill)	Shochiku	1,570
10.	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming / Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo!! Follow the Rescued Shark... / Slam Dunk (triple bill)	Toei	1,450

References

1. "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1994-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
2. "International box office". Variety . 17 January 1994. p. 18. $3,859,663; $1=112 Yen
3. "International box office". Variety . 24 January 1994. p. 16. $2,766,820; $1=111 Yen
4. "International box office". Variety . 31 January 1994. p. 13. $2,268,531; $1=112 Yen
5. "International box office". Variety . 7 February 1994. p. 14. $1,854,598; $1=109 Yen
6. "International box office". Variety . 14 February 1994. p. 16. $1,709,357; $1=108 Yen
7. "International box office". Variety . 21 February 1994. p. 73. $2,808,973; $1=104 Yen
8. "International box office". Variety . 28 February 1994. p. 30. $1,570,755; $1=105 Yen
9. "International box office". Variety . 7 March 1994. p. 16. $1,227,659; $1=105 Yen
10. "International box office". Variety . 14 March 1994. p. 10. $1,592,720; $1=106 Yen
11. "International box office". Variety . 21 March 1994. p. 14. $1,576,779; $1=106 Yen
12. "International box office". Variety . 28 March 1994. p. 16. $1,562,519; $1=106 Yen
13. "International box office". Variety . 4 April 1994. p. 10. $1,869,177; $1=105 Yen
14. "International box office". Variety . 11 April 1994. p. 25. $2,326,310; $1=104 Yen
15. "International box office". Variety . 18 April 1994. p. 16. $1,879,405; $1=105 Yen
16. "International box office". Variety . 25 April 1994. p. 18. $1,938,147; $1=103 Yen
17. "International box office". Variety . 2 May 1994. p. 22. $1,815,667; $1=103 Yen
18. "International box office". Variety . 9 May 1994. p. 22. $2,178,751; $1=102 Yen
19. "International box office". Variety . 16 May 1994. p. 14. $3,999,408; $1=103 Yen
20. "International box office". Variety . 23 May 1994. p. 14. $1,438,321; $1=104 Yen
21. "International box office". Variety . 30 May 1994. p. 10. $1,390,627; $1=104 Yen
22. "International box office". Variety . 6 June 1994. p. 14. $1,072,163; $1=104 Yen
23. "International box office". Variety . 13 June 1994. p. 18. $1,046,826; $1=105 Yen
24. "International box office". Variety . 20 June 1994. p. 10. $991,739; $1=103 Yen
25. "International box office". Variety . 27 June 1994. p. 21. Weekly gross to 17 June $2,791,601; Total gross to 17 June $2,791,601; $1=103 Yen
26. "International Box Office". Variety . 11 July 1994. p. 14. Weekly gross to 1 July $1,870,484; Total gross to 1 July $7,039,976; $1=99 Yen
27. "International Box Office". Variety . 18 July 1994. p. 10. $1,583,186; $1=98 Yen
28. "International Box Office". Variety . 25 July 1994. p. 14. $1,495,779; $1=98 Yen
29. "International Box Office". Variety . 1 August 1994. p. 22. $1,921,588; $1=99 Yen
30. "International Box Office". Variety . 8 August 1994. p. 19. $2,863,231; $1=99 Yen
31. "International Box Office". Variety . 15 August 1994. p. 16. $2,463,451; $1=101 Yen
32. "International Box Office". Variety . 22 August 1994. p. 13. $2,613,222; $1=100 Yen
33. "International Box Office". Variety . 29 August 1994. p. 14. $3,193,824; $1=99 Yen
34. "International Box Office". Variety . 5 September 1994. p. 12. Weekly gross to 26 August $1,879,975; Total gross to 26 August $12,977,968; $1=100 Yen
35. "International Box Office". Variety . 19 September 1994. p. 18. Gross to 9 September $16,130,751; Weekly gross to 9 September $1,172,061; $1=99 Yen
36. "International Box Office". Variety . 19 September 1994. p. 18. $1,502,419; $1=99 Yen
37. "International Box Office". Variety . 26 September 1994. p. 14. $5,942,478; $1=99 Yen
38. "Arnie strikes back". Screen International . 16 September 1994. p. 27.
39. "International Box Office". Variety . 3 October 1994. p. 17. $4,215,178; $1=98 Yen
40. "International Box Office". Variety . 10 October 1994. p. 16. $3,168,529; $1=99 Yen
41. "International Box Office". Variety . 17 October 1994. p. 28. $2,729,633; $1=100 Yen
42. "International Box Office". Variety . 24 October 1994. p. 18. $2,655,271; $1=97 Yen
43. "International Box Office". Variety . 31 October 1994. p. 14. $1,856,067; $1=97 Yen
44. "International Box Office". Variety . 7 November 1994. p. 14. $1,557,691; $1=98 Yen
45. "International Box Office". Variety . 14 November 1994. p. 14. $1,915,830; $1=97 Yen
46. "International Box Office". Variety . 21 November 1994. p. 14. $1,365,645; $1=98 Yen
47. "International Box Office". Variety . 28 November 1994. p. 17. $1,188,361; $1=98 Yen
48. "International Box Office". Variety . 5 December 1994. p. 18. $1,249,424; $1=99 Yen
49. "International Box Office". Variety . 12 December 1994. p. 14. $1,226,843; $1=100 Yen
50. "International Box Office". Variety . 19 December 1994. p. 18. $4,945,360; $1=100 Yen
51. "International box office". Screen International . 16 December 1994. p. 19. $1,976,800; $1=100 Yen
52. Groves, Don (2 January 1995). "'Lion' king over Euro holiday B.O.". Variety . p. 14.
53. "International Box Office". Variety . 9 January 1995. p. 18. $3,700,581; $1=101 Yen

See also

• Lists of box office number-one films

Preceded by 1993

1994

Succeeded by 1995