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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.)
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide 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
- January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films.[3]
- January 29 – Bram Stoker's Dracula opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million.[4][5]
- March 31 – actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
- May 27 – actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech.
- May 28 – Produced by Hollywood Pictures, Super Mario Bros. opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. The film would unfortunately end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews from critics.
- June 11 – The filmed version of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with groundbreaking special effects directed by Steven Spielberg, breaks box-office records with a record $50 million opening weekend and goes on to become the highest-grossing film ever made with a worldwide gross of over $900 million.[6]
- June 18 – Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career falters with the commercial disappointment of Last Action Hero, despite Columbia Pictures new logo making its debut in that film.
- July 16 – Jurassic Park opens in Mexico and the United Kingdom and on July 17 in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, setting opening records in each market.[7]
- Hocus Pocus is released by Walt Disney Pictures. While the film upon its original release, received mixed reviews from critics and is initially a box-office bomb, the film would eventually be rediscovered by audiences through frequent television airings on Disney Channel and Freeform and home video sales during the Halloween season and is now considered a cult classic.
- October 31 – actor River Phoenix accidentally dies of an overdose during the filming of Dark Blood. The film was later completed and released in 2012.
- December 15 – Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released and goes on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Spielberg's first for Best Director.
- December 22 – Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.
Awards
1993 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1993
- List of Argentine films of 1993
- List of Australian films of 1993
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1993
- List of British films of 1993
- List of Canadian films of 1993
- List of French films of 1993
- List of Hong Kong films of 1993
- List of Indian films of 1993
- List of Japanese films of 1993
- List of Mexican films of 1993
- List of Pakistani films of 1993
- List of Russian films of 1993
- List of South Korean films of 1993
- List of Spanish films of 1993
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1993
- List of animated feature films of 1993
- List of avant-garde films of 1993
- List of crime films of 1993
- List of comedy films of 1993
- List of drama films of 1993
- List of horror films of 1993
- List of science fiction films of 1993
- List of thriller films of 1993
- List of western films of 1993
Births
- January 5 – Franz Drameh, English actor
- January 7 – Yuta Nakatsuka, Japanese actor and dancer
- January 9 – Ashley Argota, American actress
- January 10 - Jacob Scipio, English actor and writer
- January 11 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
- January 18 – Morgan York, American actress
- January 19 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
- January 26 – Cameron Bright, Canadian actor
- January 28 – Will Poulter, English actor
- January 29 - Lewis Pullman, American actor
- February 3 - Brandon Micheal Hall, American actor
- February 7
- David Dorfman, American actor
- Philip Wiegratz, German former actor
- February 10 - Lexi Atkins, American actress
- February 12 – Jennifer Stone, American actress
- February 13 - Sophie Evans, Welsh actress and singer
- February 14 – Shane Harper, American actor
- February 19 – Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
- February 21 – Masaki Suda, Japanese actor
- February 24 – Emily Rudd, American actress
- March 4
- Jenna Boyd, American actress
- Abigail Mavity, American actress
- March 11 – Jodie Comer, English actress
- March 15 – Alia Bhatt, British actress
- March 22 - Enzo Vogrincic, Uruguayan actor
- March 29 - Joe Adler, American actor
- April 7 – Yell Htwe Aung, Burmese comedian, actor, and model (died 2018)
- April 10 – Sofia Carson, actress, singer and musician
- April 14
- Vivien Cardone, American actress
- Graham Phillips, American actor, filmmaker and singer
- April 26 - Ryoma Takeuchi, Japanese actor
- April 30 - Henry Zaga, Brazilian actor
- May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
- May 10
- Spencer Fox, American actor, singer and musician
- Halston Sage, American actress
- May 11
- Olivia Liang, American actress
- James Reid, Filipino actor
- May 13 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
- May 14 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer
- May 29 – Maika Monroe, American actress
- June 6 - Aisling Franciosi, Irish actress
- June 7 - Amanda Leighton, American actress
- June 9 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
- June 11 - Sidhu Moose Wala, Indian singer, rapper and actor (died 2022)
- June 19 – Olajide Olatunji, British YouTuber, rapper and actor[8]
- June 24 – Beanie Feldstein, American actress
- June 25 – Barney Clark, English actor
- June 26 – Ariana Grande, American actress, singer
- June 27 – Camila Queiroz, Brazilian actress
- June 29 - Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
- July 1 – Raini Rodriguez, American actress, singer
- July 3 – Sarah Wiedenheft, Dutch-American voice actress
- July 8 - David Corenswet, American actor
- July 9 – Emily Hirst, Canadian actress
- July 21 - Gabriel Leone, Brazilian actor and musician
- July 23 – Lili Simmons, American actress
- July 26
- Elizabeth Gillies, American actress
- Taylor Momsen, American actress
- July 31 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
- August 1 – Leon Thomas III, American actor, singer/songwriter, musician and dancer
- August 2 – Ryan and Kyle Pepi, American actors
- August 4 – Alan Shirahama, Japanese actor and DJ
- August 5 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
- August 7 - Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality
- August 8 – Devery Jacobs, Canadian actress
- August 11 – Alyson Stoner, American actress
- August 12
- Imani Hakim, American actress
- Hannah Quinlivan, Taiwanese-Australian actress and model
- August 16 – Cameron Monaghan, American actor
- August 18 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress, singer
- August 26 – Keke Palmer, American actress
- August 29 – Liam Payne, English singer (died 2024)
- September 1 - Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
- September 5 - Clark Backo, Canadian actress
- September 8 - Pepi Sonuga, Nigerian-American actress and singer
- September 18 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American actor
- September 22 – Chase Ellison, American actor
- September 24 – Ben Platt, American actor
- September 25
- Greg Davis, American actor
- Zach Tyler Eisen, American former voice actor
- October 8
- Angus T. Jones, American actor
- Molly C. Quinn, American actress
- October 9 - Autumn Chiklis, American actress and writer
- October 19 - Hunter King, American actress
- October 23 - Taylor Spreitler, American actress
- October 25
- Mia Goth, English actress
- Bessie Carter, English actress
- Rachel Matthews, American actress
- October 29 - India Eisley, American actress
- October 30 – Brett Kelly, Canadian actor
- October 31 – Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress
- November 8 - Jak Knight, American actor, comedian and writer (died 2022)
- November 16 – Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
- November 22 – Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
- November 24
- Anthony De La Torre, American actor
- Zoe Levin, American actress
- December 8 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
- December 10 - Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
- December 16 – Stephan James, Canadian actor
- December 17 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
- December 19
- Hermione Corfield, English actress
- Nik Dodani, American actor, writer and comedian
- December 21 - Vanessa Angel, Indonesian actress, model and singer (died 2021)
- December 22 – Aliana Lohan, American actress
- December 24 - Millie Brady, English actress and model
- December 27 – Olivia Cooke, English actress
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | June Clayworth | 70 | US | Actress | |
| 4 | Leonard Kibrick | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Rudolf Nureyev | 54 | Russia | Dancer, Actor | ||
| 14 | Robert A. Mattey | 82 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 15 | Sammy Cahn | 79 | US | Songwriter | ||
| 16 | Glenn Corbett | 59 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Florence Desmond | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
| 20 | Joseph Anthony | 80 | US | Director | ||
| 20 | Audrey Hepburn | 63 | UK | Actress | ||
| 24 | Don Bassman | 64 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 27 | André "the Giant" Roussimoff | 46 | France | Wrestler, Actor | ||
| 28 | John Steadman | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Gustav Hasford | 45 | US | Screenwriter | Full Metal Jacket | |
| February | 5 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 83 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | |
| 5 | Tip Tipping | 34 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 8 | Douglas Heyes | 73 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 13 | Willoughby Gray | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Lester Wilson | 50 | US | Choreographer | ||
| 18 | Ted Haworth | 75 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
| 18 | Rita La Roy | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Leslie Norman | 81 | UK | Director | ||
| 25 | Mary Walter | 80 | Philippines | Actress | ||
| 26 | Constance Ford | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Lillian Gish | 99 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Franco Brusati | 70 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Joyce Carey | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
| 28 | Ishirō Honda | 81 | Japan | Director | ||
| 28 | Ruby Keeler | 82 | US | Actress, Dancer | ||
| March | 4 | Harper Goff | 81 | US | Art Director, Set Designer | |
| 4 | Richard Sale | 81 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 5 | Asta Vihandi | 63 | Estonia | Actress, Singer | ||
| 7 | Patricia Lawrence | 67 | UK | Actress | ||
| 9 | Bob Crosby | 79 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 11 | Irene Ware | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Michael Kanin | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 16 | Donald Randolph | 87 | South Africa | Actor | ||
| 16 | Chishū Ryū | 88 | Japan | Actor | ||
| 17 | Helen Hayes | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Buddy Swan | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Kate Reid | 62 | UK | Actress | ||
| 31 | Brandon Lee | 28 | US | Actor | ||
| April | 3 | Eugenie Leontovich | 83 | Russia | Actress | |
| 3 | Alexandre Mnouchkine | 85 | Russia | Producer | ||
| 7 | Gladys Lehman | 101 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 7 | Arleen Whelan | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | William Bakewell | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Cantinflas | 81 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 29 | Michael Gordon | 83 | US | Director | ||
| May | 6 | Ann Todd | 82 | UK | Actress | |
| 7 | Mary Philbin | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Mary Duncan | 97 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Daniel Paredes | 46 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 19 | Richard Murphy | 81 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 25 | Dan Seymour | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Jan Wiley | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Roger MacDougall | 82 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Richard Macdonald | 73 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| June | 5 | Conway Twitty | 59 | US | Singer, Actor | |
| 6 | James Bridges | 57 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Mort Mills | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Alexis Smith | 72 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 10 | Richard Webb | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Bernard Bresslaw | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Ray Sharkey | 40 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Victor Maddern | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Wes Bishop | 60 | US | Screenwriter, Producer, Actor | ||
| 25 | Eileen Stevens | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| July | 2 | Fred Gwynne | 66 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | Joe DeRita | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 4 | Anne Shirley | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | John Beaird | 40 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 15 | David Brian | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | John Beck | 83 | US | Producer | ||
| 18 | Jean Negulesco | 93 | Romania | Director | ||
| 21 | Robert Glass | 53 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 21 | Valda Hansen | 60 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Nan Grey | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Cecilia Parker | 79 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 26 | Daniel Fuchs | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 31 | Lenore Aubert | 75 | Slovenia | Actress | ||
| August | 1 | Claire Du Brey | 100 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | James Donald | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Roy Budd | 46 | UK | Composer | ||
| 8 | Harry Bellaver | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Irene Sharaff | 83 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 16 | Ellsworth Fredricks | 89 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 16 | Stewart Granger | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Gregory Gaye | 92 | Russia | Actor | ||
| 28 | Rene Ray | 81 | UK | Actress | ||
| 30 | Richard Jordan | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 4 | Hervé Villechaize | 50 | France | Actor | |
| 5 | Claude Renoir | 79 | France | Cinematographer | ||
| 5 | John Truscott | 57 | US | Production Designer, Costume Designer | ||
| 7 | Hall Bartlett | 70 | US | Director | ||
| 12 | Raymond Burr | 76 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 12 | Harold Innocent | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 12 | Charles Lamont | 98 | US | Director | ||
| 17 | James Griffith | 77 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Zita Johann | 89 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 17 | Christian Nyby | 80 | US | Film Editor, Director | ||
| 29 | Gordon Douglas | 85 | US | Director | ||
| October | 2 | William Berger | 65 | Austria | Actor | |
| 5 | Jane Nigh | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 7 | Cyril Cusack | 82 | South Africa | Actor | ||
| 7 | Kenneth Nelson | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Patrick Holt | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 13 | Gwen Welles | 42 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Leon Ames | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Walter Newman | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Vincent Price | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Albert Zugsmith | 83 | US | Producer, Director | ||
| 29 | Elliot Scott | 78 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| 30 | Margaret Vyner | 78 | Australia | Screenwriter, Actress | ||
| 31 | Federico Fellini | 73 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 31 | River Phoenix | 23 | US | Actor | ||
| November | 3 | Duncan Gibbins | 41 | UK | Director | |
| 3 | John Lupton | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 4 | Ely Landau | 73 | US | Producer | ||
| 5 | Michael Bilton | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Mario Cecchi Gori | 73 | Italy | Producer | ||
| 7 | Charles Aidman | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Jack Martin Smith | 82 | US | Art Director | ||
| 9 | Stanley Myers | 60 | UK | Composer | ||
| 9 | Gerald Thomas | 72 | UK | Director, Film Editor | ||
| 10 | Wensley Pithey | 79 | South Africa | Actor | ||
| 12 | Anna Sten | 84 | Russia | Actress | ||
| 15 | Evelyn Venable | 80 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Gladys Walton | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Fritz Feld | 93 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 19 | Dorothy Revier | 89 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Emile Ardolino | 50 | US | Director | ||
| 21 | Bill Bixby | 59 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Richard Wordsworth | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Kenneth Connor | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| December | 5 | Alexandre Trauner | 87 | Hungary | Art Director, Production Designer | |
| 6 | Don Ameche | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Myrna Loy | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Moses Gunn | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Janet Margolin | 50 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Steve James | 41 | US | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| 18 | Sam Wanamaker | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Don DeFore | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Salah Zulfikar | 67 | Egypt | Actor, Producer | ||
| 22 | Alexander Mackendrick | 81 | UK | Director | ||
| 23 | James Ellison | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Jeff Morrow | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Michael Callen | 38 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | William Austin | 90 | Canada | Film Editor | ||
| 28 | Howard Caine | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Marie Kean | 75 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| 30 | Mack David | 81 | US | Songwriter |
Film debuts
- Joey Lauren Adams – Coneheads
- Jennifer Aniston – Leprechaun
- Diedrich Bader – The Beverly Hillbillies
- Adam Beach – Cadillac Girls
- Kate Beckinsale – Much Ado About Nothing
- Amber Benson – The Crush
- Brent Briscoe – Grey Knight
- Saffron Burrows – In the Name of the Father
- Neve Campbell – The Dark
- Winston Chao – The Wedding Banquet
- Ben Chaplin – The Remains of the Day
- Joe Chrest – King of the Hill
- Thomas Haden Church – Tombstone
- Rory Culkin – The Good Son
- Cliff Curtis – The Piano
- Aaron Eckhart – Slaughter of the Innocents
- Noah Emmerich – Last Action Hero
- Joseph R. Gannascoli – Money for Nothing
- Michael Gaston – The Wedding Banquet
- Ian Gomez – Excessive Force
- Salma Hayek – Mi Vida Loca
- Anne Heche – An Ambush of Ghosts
- Terrence Howard – Who's the Man?
- Albert and Allen Hughes (directors) – Menace II Society
- Richard T. Jones – What's Love Got to Do with It
- Vincent Kartheiser – Untamed Heart
- Chris Kattan – The Making of '...And God Spoke'
- David Krumholtz – Life with Mikey
- Jason Lee – Mi Vida Loca
- Louis Lombardi – Amongst Friends
- Domenick Lombardozzi – A Bronx Tale
- Josh Lucas – Alive
- John Carroll Lynch – Grumpy Old Men
- Danny Masterson – Beethoven's 2nd
- Matthew McConaughey – My Boyfriend's Back
- Brittany Murphy – Family Prayers
- Arthur J. Nascarella – Guns of Dragon
- Bob Odenkirk – Wayne's World 2
- Julia Ormond – The Baby of Mâcon
- Leland Orser – Cover Story
- John Ortiz – Carlito's Way
- Anna Paquin – The Piano
- Parker Posey – Joey Breaker
- Ryan Reynolds – Ordinary Magic
- Denise Richards – Loaded Weapon 1
- Kevin Michael Richardson – Fatal Instinct
- Carlo Rota – Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
- Johnathon Schaech – Sparrow
- Michael Shannon – Groundhog Day
- Alicia Silverstone – The Crush
- Jada Pinkett Smith – Menace II Society
- Nick Stahl – The Man Without a Face
- Mark Strong – Century
- Chris Tucker – The Meteor Man
- Alanna Ubach – Airborne
- Steve Zahn – Rain Without Thunder
- Renée Zellweger – Dazed and Confused
References
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- ^ "Jurassic Park (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013.
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- ^ "Col Tristar U.K. high set by 'Dracula'". Daily Variety. February 2, 1993. p. 26. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "How Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Compares to Classic Jurassic Park". June 18, 2019.
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