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
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This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]
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| #
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Week ending
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Film
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Box office
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Notes
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Ref
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| 1 |
1 January 1993 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
¥377,351,500 |
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[2]
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| 2 |
8 January 1993 |
¥409,308,250 |
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[3]
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| 3 |
15 January 1993 |
¥260,795,682 |
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[4]
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| 4 |
22 January 1993 |
The Bodyguard |
¥223,173,660 |
The Bodyguard returned to number one in its seventh week of release |
[5]
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| 5 |
29 January 1993 |
¥201,785,750 |
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[6]
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| 6 |
5 February 1993 |
¥181,913,456 |
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[7]
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| 7 |
12 February 1993 |
¥205,435,373 |
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[8]
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| 8 |
19 February 1993 |
¥182,840,292 |
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[9]
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| 9 |
26 February 1993 |
A Few Good Men |
¥170,902,232 |
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[10]
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| 10 |
5 March 1993 |
¥152,695,530 |
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[11]
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| 11 |
12 March 1993 |
The Last of the Mohicans |
¥181,353,858 |
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[12]
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| 12 |
19 March 1993 |
¥151,599,084 |
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[13]
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| 13 |
26 March 1993 |
¥126,907,794 |
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[14]
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| 14 |
2 April 1993 |
¥123,413,550 |
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[15]
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| 15 |
9 April 1993 |
¥88,845,346 |
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[16]
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| 16 |
16 April 1993 |
¥77,578,600 |
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[17]
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| 17 |
23 April 1993 |
RoboCop 3 |
¥147,695,744 |
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[18]
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| 18 |
30 April 1993 |
Sister Act |
¥122,670,130 |
Sister Act reached number one in its second week of release |
[19]
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| 19 |
7 May 1993 |
¥214,454,109 |
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[20]
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| 20 |
14 May 1993 |
¥105,141,420 |
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[21]
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| 21 |
21 May 1993 |
Under Siege |
¥167,216,573 |
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[22]
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| 22 |
28 May 1993 |
Indecent Proposal |
¥230,208,146 |
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[23]
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| 23 |
4 June 1993 |
¥231,854,292 |
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[24]
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| 24 |
11 June 1993 |
¥234,597,080 |
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[25]
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| 25 |
18 June 1993 |
¥161,988,738 |
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[26]
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| 26 |
25 June 1993 |
¥157,000,000 |
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[26][27]
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| 27 |
2 July 1993 |
Hot Shots! Part Deux |
¥160,134,625 |
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[28]
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| 28 |
9 July 1993 |
¥114,150,060 |
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[29]
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| 29 |
16 July 1993 |
¥107,279,316 |
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[30]
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| 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]
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| 31 |
30 July 1993 |
¥710,814,195 |
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[33]
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| 32 |
6 August 1993 |
¥692,210,367 |
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[34]
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| 33 |
13 August 1993 |
¥758,000,000 |
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[34][35]
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| 34 |
20 August 1993 |
¥779,138,256 |
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[35]
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| 35 |
27 August 1993 |
¥496,018,536 |
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[36]
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| 36 |
3 September 1993 |
¥457,276,768 |
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[37]
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| 37 |
10 September 1993 |
¥329,254,762 |
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[38]
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| 38 |
17 September 1993 |
¥333,911,550 |
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[39]
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| 39 |
24 September 1993 |
The Fugitive |
¥327,146,422 |
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[40]
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| 40 |
1 October 1993 |
¥235,220,996 |
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[41]
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| 41 |
8 October 1993 |
¥205,660,352 |
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[42]
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| 42 |
15 October 1993 |
¥225,657,465 |
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[43]
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| 43 |
22 October 1993 |
¥163,212,408 |
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[44]
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| 44 |
29 October 1993 |
¥132,024,924 |
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[45]
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| 45 |
5 November 1993 |
Sliver |
¥237,783,060 |
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[46]
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| 46 |
12 November 1993 |
¥151,605,440 |
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[47]
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| 47 |
19 November 1993 |
¥133,372,764 |
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[48]
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| 48 |
26 November 1993 |
¥125,732,481 |
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[49]
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| 49 |
3 December 1993 |
¥92,946,312 |
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[50]
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| 50 |
10 December 1993 |
Cliffhanger |
¥480,465,432 |
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[51]
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| 51 |
17 December 1993 |
¥332,700,000 |
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[51][52]
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| 52 |
24 December 1993 |
¥349,937,490 |
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[52]
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| 53 |
31 December 1993 |
¥314,996,022 |
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[53]
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Highest-grossing films
| Rank
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Title
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Distributor
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Distribution income (¥ million)[1]
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| 1. |
Jurassic Park |
UIP |
8,300
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| 2. |
The Bodyguard |
Warner Bros. |
4,100
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| 3. |
Aladdin |
Buena Vista |
2,500
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| 4. |
Home Alone 2 |
Fox |
2,500
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| 5. |
The Fugitive |
Warner Bros. |
2,250
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| 6. |
Godzilla vs. Mothra |
Toho |
2,220
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| 7. |
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story |
Shochiku |
2,200
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| 8. |
Samurai Kids |
Toho |
2,030
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| 9. |
Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth |
Toho |
1,650
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| 10. |
Tora-san Makes Excuses Tsuribaka Nisshi 5 (double feature) |
Shochiku |
1,450
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References
- ^ a b "1993 January - December". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 11 January 1993. p. 54.
$3,018,812; $1=125 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 18 January 1993. p. 70.
$3,274,466; $1=125 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 25 January 1993. p. 53.
$2,069,807; $1=126 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 1 February 1993. p. 43.
$1,814,420; $1=123 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 8 February 1993. p. 38.
$1,614,286; $1=125 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 15 February 1993. p. 32.
$1,467,044; $1=124 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 22 February 1993. p. 92.
$1,697,813; $1=121 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 1 March 1993. p. 48.
$1,549,494; $1=118 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 8 March 1993. p. 38.
$1,448,324; $1=118 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 15 March 1993. p. 46.
$1,305,090; $1=117 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 22 March 1993. p. 36.
$1,523,982; $1=119 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 29 March 1993. p. 38.
$1,284,738; $1=118 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 5 April 1993. p. 54.
$1,084,682; $1=117 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 12 April 1993. p. 44.
$1,082,575; $1=114 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 19 April 1993. p. 34.
$786,242; $1=113 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 26 April 1993. p. 38.
$775,786; $1=100 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 3 May 1993. p. 34.
$1,318,712; $1=112 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 10 May 1993. p. 92.
$1,115,183; $1=110 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 17 May 1993. p. 58.
$1,932,019; $1=111 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 24 May 1993. p. 38.
$947,220; $1=111 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 7 June 1993. p. 32.
$1,534,097; $1=109 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 14 June 1993. p. 42.
$2,151,478; $1=107 Yen
- ^ "International box office". Variety. 21 June 1993. p. 36.
$2,146,799; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "Weekly Box Office Report International". Variety. 28 June 1993. p. 9.
$2,213,180; $1=106 Yen
- ^ a b "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
- ^ "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
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 19 July 1993. p. 20.
$1,469,125; $1=109 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 26 July 1993. p. 12.
$1,056,945; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 2 August 1993. p. 18.
$993,327; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 9 August 1993. p. 13.
$8,035,534; $1=106 Yen
- ^ Groves, Don (20 July 1993). "'Jurassic' renders Japan B.O. record extinct". Daily Variety. p. 1. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 16 August 1993. p. 11.
$6,769,659; $1=105 Yen
- ^ a b "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
- ^ a b "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
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 13 September 1993. p. 14.
$4,769,409; $1=104 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 20 September 1993. p. 13.
$4,396,892; $1=104 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 27 September 1993. p. 16.
$3,106,177; $1=106 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 4 October 1993. p. 16.
$3,180,110; $1=105 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 11 October 1993. p. 18.
$3,086,287; $1=106 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 18 October 1993. p. 14.
$2,219,066; $1=106 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 25 October 1993. p. 40.
$1,940,192; $1=106 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 1 November 1993. p. 14.
$2,098,302; $1=107.5 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 8 November 1993. p. 9.
$1,511,226; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 15 November 1993. p. 14.
$1,222,453; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 22 November 1993. p. 16.
$2,201,695; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 29 November 1993. p. 10.
$1,430,240; $1=106 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 6 December 1993. p. 8.
$1,234,933; $1=108 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 13 December 1993. p. 16.
$1,153,509; $1=109 Yen
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 20 December 1993. p. 16.
$860,614; $1=108 Yen
- ^ a b "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
- ^ a b "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
- ^ "International Box Office". Variety. 10 January 1994. p. 24.
$2,837,802; $1=111 Yen
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