Domestic Release Schedule for 1993

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1993.

See also: Top 1993 Worldwide - Most Popular 1993

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January, 1993
January 1 Joshua Tree (Wide)    
 
During 1993 Amongst Friends (Wide) Fine Line $263,601  
Bodies, Rest & Motion (Wide) Fine Line $764,083  
Bopha! (Wide) Paramount Pictures $212,483  
Ed and his Dead Mother (Wide) $673  
La Florida (Wide) $1,600,000  
A Home of Our Own (Wide) $1,703,282  
House of Cards (Wide) $322,871  
Mother's Boys (Wide) $874,000  
Mr. Nanny (Wide) $4,247,162  
The Philadelphia Experiment II (Wide) $2,000  
Rescue Me (Wide) $1,000,000  
Return of the Living Dead 3 (Wide) $21,000  
Ruby Cairo (Wide) $608,000  
The Saint of Fort Washington (Wide) $57,115  
Son of the Pink Panther (Wide) $2,457,574  
The Trial (Wide) $50,815  
Twenty Bucks (Wide) $64,000  
 
January 8 Leprechaun (Wide) Trimark $8,533,294  
 
January 15 Alive (Wide) Walt Disney $36,299,670  
Body of Evidence (Wide) MGM $13,734,039  
Nowhere to Run (Wide) Sony Pictures $22,189,039  
 
January 22 Aspen Extreme (Wide) Walt Disney $7,843,388  
Hexed (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,786,807  
Knight Moves (Limited) InterStar Releasing $923,418  
 
January 29 Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (Wide) Paramount Pictures $6,953,340  
Matinee (Wide) Universal $8,925,775  
Nemesis (Wide) $2,001,124  
Sniper (Wide) Sony Pictures $18,994,653  
February, 1993
February 1 Strictly Ballroom (Wide) Miramax $11,738,000  
 
February 3 The Cemetery Club (Wide) Walt Disney $5,583,621  
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (Wide) Walt Disney $41,833,324  
 
February 5 Loaded Weapon 1 (Wide) New Line $27,979,399  
Sommersby (Wide) Warner Bros. $50,081,992  
The Vanishing (Wide) 20th Century Fox $14,543,394  
 
February 12 Dead Alive (Wide) Trimark $242,623  
Groundhog Day (Wide) Sony Pictures $71,097,843  
The Temp (Wide) Paramount Pictures $6,419,876  
Untamed Heart (Wide) MGM $18,899,204  
 
February 17 Like Water For Chocolate (Limited) Miramax $21,656,534  
 
February 19 Army of Darkness (Wide) Universal $11,502,976  
 
February 26 El Mariachi (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,040,920  
Falling Down (Wide) Warner Bros. $40,903,593  
March, 1993
March 1 Ethan Frome (Wide) $296,081  
 
March 5 Amos & Andrew (Wide) Sony Pictures $9,461,630  
Best of the Best 2 (Wide) 20th Century Fox $6,044,652  
Mad Dog and Glory (Wide) Universal $10,688,490  
Rich in Love (Wide) MGM $1,978,522  
Shadow of the Wolf (Wide) Triumph Releasing $1,448,640  
Swing Kids (Wide) Walt Disney $5,632,086  
 
March 12 CB4 (Wide) Universal $17,642,060  
A Far Off Place (Wide) Walt Disney $12,890,752  
Fire in the Sky (Wide) Paramount Pictures $19,724,334  
Street Knight (Wide) Cannon $507,656  
 
March 19 Point of No Return (Wide) Warner Bros. $30,038,362  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (Wide) New Line $42,273,609  
 
March 26 Born Yesterday (Wide) Walt Disney $17,760,754  
Hear No Evil (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,270,563  
Married To It (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,989,059  
April, 1993
April 2 The Adventures of Huck Finn (Wide) Walt Disney $24,103,594  
Cop and ½ (Wide) Universal $31,226,971  
The Crush (Wide) Warner Bros. $13,609,396  
Jack the Bear (Wide) 20th Century Fox $4,796,751  
 
April 7 Indecent Proposal (Wide) Paramount Pictures $106,614,059  
The Sandlot (Wide) 20th Century Fox $32,416,586  
 
April 9 Sidekicks (Wide) Triumph Releasing $17,180,393  
This Boy's Life (Wide) Warner Bros. $4,104,962  
 
April 16 Benny & Joon (Wide) MGM $23,202,734  
Boiling Point (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,058,318  
Bound by Honor (Wide) Walt Disney $4,496,583  
 
April 23 The Dark Half (Wide) Orion Pictures $9,579,068  
Indian Summer (Wide) Walt Disney $14,717,851  
Map of the Human Heart (Wide) Miramax $2,806,881  
Who's the Man? (Wide) New Line $11,299,730  
 
April 30 The Night We Never Met (Wide) Miramax $1,884,814  
Splitting Heirs (Wide) Universal $3,246,063  
Three of Hearts (Wide) New Line $5,495,507  
May, 1993
May 7 Dave (Wide) Warner Bros. $63,270,710  
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Wide) Universal $35,112,679  
Much Ado About Nothing (Limited) Goldwyn Entertainment $22,549,338  
 
May 14 Excessive Force (Wide) $1,152,117  
Lost in Yonkers (Wide) Sony Pictures $9,285,189  
Posse (Wide) Gramercy $18,290,000  
 
May 21 Carnosaur (Wide) $1,753,979  
Hot Shots! Part Deux (Wide) 20th Century Fox $38,618,836  
Sliver (Wide) Paramount Pictures $36,280,867  
 
May 26 Menace II Society (Limited) New Line $27,731,527  
 
May 28 Cliffhanger (Wide) Sony Pictures $84,049,211  
Happily Ever After (Wide) $3,299,382  
Made In America (Wide) Warner Bros. $44,942,695  
Super Mario Bros. (Wide) Walt Disney $20,844,907  
June, 1993
June 4 Guilty as Sin (Wide) Walt Disney $22,622,537  
Life With Mikey (Wide) Walt Disney $12,349,549  
 
June 9 What's Love Got to Do With It (Wide) Walt Disney $39,100,956  
Romper Stomper (Limited) $175,340  
 
June 11 Jurassic Park (Wide) Universal $415,404,543 Play
 
June 18 Last Action Hero (Wide) Sony Pictures $50,016,394  
Once Upon a Forest (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,274,950  
 
June 25 Dennis the Menace (Wide) Warner Bros. $51,270,765  
Sleepless in Seattle (Wide) Sony Pictures $126,680,884  
 
June 30 The Firm (Wide) Paramount Pictures $158,340,892  
July, 1993
July 2 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $184,925,486  
Son in Law (Wide) Walt Disney $25,989,889  
 
July 7 Rookie of the Year (Wide) 20th Century Fox $53,579,269  
 
July 9 In the Line of Fire (Wide) Sony Pictures $102,243,874  
Weekend at Bernie's II (Wide) Sony/TriStar $12,741,891  
 
July 16 Free Willy (Wide) Warner Bros. $77,698,625  
Hocus Pocus (Wide) Walt Disney $49,030,064  
The Thing Called Love (Wide) $1,029,721  
Benefit of the Doubt (Limited) Miramax $151,860  
 
July 23 Another Stakeout (Wide) Walt Disney $20,107,504  
Coneheads (Wide) Paramount Pictures $21,153,686  
Poetic Justice (Wide) Sony Pictures $27,450,453  
 
July 28 Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Wide) 20th Century Fox $35,699,287  
 
July 30 Aladdin (Wide) Walt Disney $217,350,219  
Rising Sun (Wide) 20th Century Fox $63,095,271  
So I Married an Axe Murderer (Wide) Sony/TriStar $11,585,483  
Tom and Jerry: The Movie (Wide) Miramax $3,560,469  
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (Limited)    
Wishman (Limited) Curb/Esquire Films $898  
August, 1993
August 1 The Wedding Banquet (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $6,933,000  
 
August 3 That Night (Wide) Warner Bros.    
 
August 6 The Fugitive (Wide) Warner Bros. $183,875,760  
The Meteor Man (Wide) MGM $8,015,592  
My Boyfriend's Back (Wide) Walt Disney $3,218,882  
 
August 11 Searching for Bobby Fischer (Wide) Paramount Pictures $7,266,393  
 
August 13 Heart and Souls (Wide) Universal $16,479,685  
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (Wide) New Line $15,935,068  
The Secret Garden (Wide) Warner Bros. $31,181,000  
 
August 18 Manhattan Murder Mystery (Wide) Sony/TriStar $11,330,911  
 
August 20 The Ballad of Little Jo (Wide) Fine Line $514,451  
Hard Target (Wide) Warner Bros. $31,636,358  
Surf Ninjas (Wide) New Line $4,916,135  
God is my Witness (Limited) $2,567  
 
August 25 The Man Without a Face (Wide) Warner Bros. $24,760,338  
 
August 27 Father Hood (Wide) Walt Disney $3,268,203  
Needful Things (Wide) Sony Pictures $15,185,672  
 
During 1993 Only the Strong (Wide) $3,273,588  
September, 1993
September 1 King of the Hill (Wide) Gramercy $465,417  
 
September 3 Boxing Helena (Wide) Orion Classics $1,699,744  
Calendar Girl (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,501,113  
Fortress (Wide) Miramax $6,730,578  
Kalifornia (Wide) Gramercy $2,395,231  
 
September 8 The Joy Luck Club (Limited) Walt Disney $32,790,064  
 
September 10 Money for Nothing (Wide) Walt Disney $1,044,824  
The Real McCoy (Wide) Universal $6,484,246  
True Romance (Wide) Warner Bros. $12,281,000  
Undercover Blues (Wide) MGM $12,416,686  
Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway (Limited)    
 
September 15 Household Saints (Limited) $31,201  
 
September 17 Airborne (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,859,811  
Into the West (Wide) Miramax $4,790,801  
Striking Distance (Wide) Sony Pictures $23,798,623  
The Age of Innocence (Limited) Sony Pictures $32,014,993  
Showdown (Limited)    
 
September 23 Jamón Jamón (Limited) Academy Entertainment    
 
September 24 Dazed and Confused (Wide) Universal $8,146,774  
The Good Son (Wide) 20th Century Fox $44,456,478  
The Program (Wide) Walt Disney $23,042,200  
Warlock: The Armageddon (Wide) Trimark $3,902,679  
 
September 29 A Bronx Tale (Wide) Savoy $17,239,789  
October, 1993
October 1 Cool Runnings (Wide) Walt Disney $68,856,263  
For Love or Money (Wide) Universal $10,709,430  
M. Butterfly (Wide) Warner Bros. $1,498,795  
Malice (Wide) Sony Pictures $46,038,636  
Mr. Wonderful (Wide) Warner Bros. $3,125,000  
Short Cuts (Wide) Fine Line $6,110,979  
 
October TBD Ruby in Paradise (Wide) $1,001,437  
 
October 8 Demolition Man (Wide) Warner Bros. $58,055,768  
Gettysburg (Wide) New Line $10,731,997  
Mr. Jones (Wide) Sony Pictures $8,302,752  
 
October 13 The Nightmare Before Christmas (Wide) Walt Disney $87,607,116  
Rudy (Wide) Sony Pictures $22,750,363  
Farewell My Concubine (Limited) Miramax $5,538,649  
 
October 15 The Beverly Hillbillies (Wide) 20th Century Fox $42,222,647  
Fearless (Wide) Warner Bros. $6,971,266  
Judgment Night (Wide) Universal $12,108,480  
 
October 22 Me and the Kid (Limited) Orion Pictures $60,473  
 
October 29 Fatal Instinct (Wide) MGM $7,839,327  
November, 1993
November 5 Flesh and Bone (Wide) Paramount Pictures $9,488,998  
Look Who's Talking Now (Wide) Sony/TriStar $10,172,124  
RoboCop 3 (Wide) Orion Pictures $10,696,210  
The Remains of the Day (Limited) Sony Pictures $22,954,968  
 
November 10 Carlito’s Way (Wide) Universal $36,516,012  
 
November 12 Ernest Rides Again (Wide) $1,433,496  
My Life (Wide) Sony Pictures $27,484,464  
The Three Musketeers (Wide) Walt Disney $53,661,805  
The Piano (Limited) Miramax $40,157,856  
 
November 17 Highway Patrolman (Limited) First Look    
 
November 19 Addams Family Values (Wide) Paramount Pictures $46,293,855  
Man's Best Friend (Wide) New Line $12,974,636  
 
November 24 Josh and S.A.M. (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,484,404  
Mrs. Doubtfire (Wide) 20th Century Fox $219,195,051  
A Perfect World (Wide) Warner Bros. $31,160,784  
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (Wide) Universal $9,315,576  
 
During 1993 The Nutcracker (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,119,994  
December, 1993
December 3 Bank Robber (Wide) $115,842  
A Dangerous Woman (Wide) $1,497,222  
Blue (Limited) Zeitgeist    
 
December 5 Blue (Limited) Miramax $1,324,974  
 
December 8 Six Degrees of Separation (Wide) MGM $6,284,090  
 
December 10 Geronimo: An American Legend (Wide) Sony Pictures $18,296,646  
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (Wide) Walt Disney $57,319,029  
Wayne's World 2 (Wide) Paramount Pictures $47,965,000  
 
December 15 Schindler’s List (Limited) Universal $96,898,818 Play
 
December 17 Beethoven's 2nd (Wide) Universal $52,636,940  
The Pelican Brief (Wide) Warner Bros. $100,768,056  
 
December 21 Faraway, So Close! (Wide) Sony Pictures Classics $810,455  
 
December 22 Philadelphia (Wide) Sony/TriStar $77,324,422  
 
December 25 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Wide) Warner Bros. $5,635,204  
Grumpy Old Men (Wide) Warner Bros. $70,172,621  
Heaven & Earth (Wide) Warner Bros. $5,840,300  
Tombstone (Wide) Walt Disney $56,505,065  
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Wide) Paramount Pictures $9,170,214  
 
December 29 Ghost in the Machine (Wide) 20th Century Fox $4,731,273  
Shadowlands (Wide) Savoy $25,842,377  
In the Name of the Father (Limited) Universal $25,096,862