This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1994.[1]
Number-one films[edit]
# | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 9, 1994 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $11,536,024 | [2] | |
2 | January 16, 1994 | Philadelphia | $13,817,010 | Philadelphia reached No. 1 in its first weekend of wide release and fourth overall week. It was the highest-grossing wide debut in January | [3][4] |
3 | January 23, 1994 | $8,830,605 | Philadelphia remained number 1 with a margin of just $32,487 over Mrs. Doubtfire. | [5] | |
4 | January 30, 1994 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $7,742,001 | Mrs. Doubtfire reclaimed number 1 in tenth weekend of release. | [6] |
5 | February 6, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $12,115,105 | [7] | |
6 | February 13, 1994 | $9,673,717 | [8] | ||
7 | February 20, 1994 | On Deadly Ground | $12,679,573 | [9] | |
8 | February 27, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $6,512,350 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective reclaimed number 1 in its fourth week of release. | [10] |
9 | March 6, 1994 | $5,095,449 | [11] | ||
10 | March 13, 1994 | Guarding Tess | $7,065,213 | [12] | |
11 | March 20, 1994 | Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult | $13,216,531 | [13] | |
12 | March 27, 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | $10,356,748 | [14] | |
13 | April 3, 1994 | Major League II | $7,040,777 | [15] | |
14 | April 10, 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | $5,513,111 | D2: The Mighty Ducks reclaimed number 1 in its third week of release. | [16] |
15 | April 17, 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | $4,162,489 | Four Weddings and a Funeral reached No. 1 in its sixth weekend of limited release. | [17] |
16 | April 24, 1994 | Bad Girls | $5,012,200 | Andie MacDowell became the first actress in cinema history to star in two back to back number 1 films as she starred in both Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bad Girls. | [18] |
17 | May 1, 1994 | No Escape | $4,588,736 | [19] | |
18 | May 8, 1994 | With Honors | $3,741,737 | With Honors reached No. 1 in its second week of release. | [20] |
19 | May 15, 1994 | The Crow | $11,774,332 | Other industry sources disputed Miramax Films' claimed gross, believing that it was overstated by as much as $1 million. | [21][22] |
20 | May 22, 1994 | Maverick | $17,248,545 | [23] | |
21 | May 29, 1994 | The Flintstones | $29,688,730 | The Flintstones broke Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade's record ($29.4 mil) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut and The Fugitive's record ($23.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. | [24] |
22 | June 5, 1994 | $18,217,305 | [25] | ||
23 | June 12, 1994 | Speed | $14,456,194 | [26] | |
24 | June 19, 1994 | Wolf | $17,911,366 | [27] | |
25 | June 26, 1994 | The Lion King | $40,888,194 | The Lion King broke Aladdin's record ($19.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. It also had the highest weekend debut of 1994. | [28] |
26 | July 3, 1994 | $34,208,876 | [29] | ||
27 | July 10, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $24,450,602 | [30] | |
28 | July 17, 1994 | True Lies | $25,869,770 | [31] | |
29 | July 24, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $21,931,425 | Forrest Gump reclaimed number 1 in its third week of release. | [32] |
30 | July 31, 1994 | The Mask | $23,117,068 | [33] | |
31 | August 7, 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | $20,348,017 | Clear and Present Danger broke Patriot Games' record ($18.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. | [34] |
32 | August 14, 1994 | $15,965,071 | [35] | ||
33 | August 21, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $11,248,160 | Forrest Gump reclaimed number 1 in its seventh week of release. | [36] |
34 | August 28, 1994 | Natural Born Killers | $11,166,687 | [37] | |
35 | September 4, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $12,221,147 | Forrest Gump reclaimed number 1 in its ninth week of release. | [38] |
36 | September 11, 1994 | $6,760,367 | Forrest Gump had its fifth weekend at number one, the most in 1994. | [39] | |
37 | September 18, 1994 | Timecop | $12,064,625 | [40] | |
38 | September 25, 1994 | $8,176,615 | [41] | ||
39 | October 2, 1994 | The River Wild | $10,214,450 | [42] | |
40 | October 9, 1994 | The Specialist | $14,317,765 | [43] | |
41 | October 16, 1994 | Pulp Fiction | $9,311,882 | Other sources disputed Miramax Films' claimed gross for Pulp Fiction with many believing that The Specialist was the number one film for the weekend. | [44][22] |
42 | October 23, 1994 | $8,389,221 | [45] | ||
43 | October 30, 1994 | Stargate | $16,651,018 | Stargate broke Under Siege's record ($15.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October. | [46] |
44 | November 6, 1994 | $12,368,778 | [47] | ||
45 | November 13, 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | $36,389,705 | Interview with the Vampire broke Home Alone 2: Lost in New York's record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in November, Lethal Weapon 3's record ($33.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a R-rated film and Dracula's record ($30.5 million) for highest weekend debut for a vampire film. | [48][49] |
46 | November 20, 1994 | Star Trek Generations | $23,116,394 | [50] | |
47 | November 27, 1994 | The Santa Clause | $20,437,607 | The Santa Clause reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release. | [51] |
48 | December 4, 1994 | $11,390,638 | [52] | ||
49 | December 11, 1994 | Disclosure | $10,068,126 | [53] | |
50 | December 18, 1994 | Dumb and Dumber | $16,363,442 | [54] | |
51 | December 25, 19944-day weekend | $15,586,425 | [55] | ||
52 | January 1, 19954-day weekend | $14,929,291 | [56] |
Highest-grossing films[edit]
Calendar Gross[edit]
Highest-grossing films of 1994 by Calendar Gross[57][58]
In-Year Release[edit]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $329,694,499 |
2. | The Lion King | Disney | $312,855,561 |
3. | True Lies | 20th Century Fox | $146,282,411 |
4. | The Santa Clause | Disney | $144,833,357 |
5. | The Flintstones | Universal | $130,531,208 |
6. | Dumb and Dumber | New Line Cinema | $127,175,374 |
7. | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount | $122,187,717 |
8. | Speed | 20th Century Fox | $121,248,145 |
9. | The Mask | New Line Cinema | $119,938,730 |
10. | Pulp Fiction | Miramax | $107,928,762 |
G | The Lion King |
PG | The Santa Clause |
PG-13 | Forrest Gump |
R | True Lies |
See also[edit]
- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References[edit]
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- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 2 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 3". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 4". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 5". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 8". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 9". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 10". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 11". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 12". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 13". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 14". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 15". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 16". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 17". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 18". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 19". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ a b Klady, Leonard (October 18, 1994). "'Pulp' claims B.O. title; competitors call it fiction". Daily Variety. p. 1.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 22". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 23". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 24". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 25". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 26 (July 4th long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 27". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 28". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 29". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 30". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 31". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 32". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 33". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 34". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 36". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 37". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 38". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 40". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 41". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 42". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 43". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 44". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 45". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ "Top opening weekends of November". Daily Variety. November 15, 1994. p. 12.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 46". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 47 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 48 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 49". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 51 (Christmas long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1994 Weekend 52 (New Year's long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1994 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.