List of 1994 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1994.

# Weekend end date Film Box office[1] Notes
1January 9, 1994Mrs. Doubtfire$11,536,024
2January 16, 1994Philadelphia$13,817,010Philadelphia reached #1 in its third weekend of limited release.
3January 23, 1994$8,830,605
4January 30, 1994Mrs. Doubtfire$7,742,001Mrs. Doubtfire reclaimed #1 in tenth weekend of release.
5February 6, 1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective$12,115,105
6February 13, 1994$9,673,717
7February 20, 1994On Deadly Ground$12,679,573
8February 27, 1994Ace Ventura: Pet Detective$6,512,350Ace Ventura: Pet Detective reclaimed #1 in its fourth week of release.
9March 6, 1994$5,095,449
10March 13, 1994Guarding Tess$7,065,213
11March 20, 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult$13,216,531
12March 27, 1994D2: The Mighty Ducks$10,356,748
13April 3, 1994Major League II$7,040,777
14April 10, 1994D2: The Mighty Ducks$5,513,111D2: The Mighty Ducks reclaimed #1 in its third week of release.
15April 17, 1994Four Weddings and a Funeral$4,162,489Four Weddings and a Funeral reached #1 in its sixth weekend of limted release.
16April 24, 1994Bad Girls$5,012,200Andie 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.
17May 1, 1994No Escape$4,588,736
18May 8, 1994With Honors$3,741,737With Honors reached #1 in its second week of release.
19May 15, 1994The Crow$11,774,332
20May 22, 1994Maverick$17,248,545
21May 29, 1994The Flintstones$29,688,730The Flintstones broke Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade's record ($29.4 mil) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut.
22June 5, 1994$18,217,305
23June 12, 1994Speed$14,456,194
24June 19, 1994Wolf$17,911,366
25June 26, 1994The Lion King$40,888,194The Lion King broke Aladdin's record ($19.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and had the highest weekend debut of 1994.
26July 3, 1994$34,208,876
27July 10, 1994Forrest Gump$24,450,602
28July 17, 1994True Lies$25,869,770
29July 24, 1994Forrest Gump$21,931,425Forrest Gump reclaimed #1 in its third week of release.
30July 31, 1994The Mask$23,117,068
31August 7, 1994Clear and Present Danger$20,348,017
32August 14, 1994$15,965,071
33August 21, 1994Forrest Gump$11,248,160Forrest Gump reclaimed #1 in its seventh week of release.
34August 28, 1994Natural Born Killers$11,166,687
35September 4, 1994Forrest Gump$12,221,147Forrest Gump reclaimed #1 in its ninth week of release.
36September 11, 1994$6,760,367
37September 18, 1994Timecop$12,064,625
38September 25, 1994$8,176,615
39October 2, 1994The River Wild$10,214,450
40October 9, 1994The Specialist$14,317,765
41October 16, 1994Pulp Fiction$9,311,882
42October 23, 1994$8,389,221
43October 30, 1994Stargate$16,651,018Stargate broke Under Siege's record ($15.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October.
44November 6, 1994$12,368,778
45November 13, 1994Interview with the Vampire$36,389,705Interview with the Vampire broke 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.and had the highest grossing debut of 1994.
46November 20, 1994Star Trek Generations$23,116,394
47November 27, 1994The Santa Clause$20,437,607The Santa Clause reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
48December 4, 1994$11,390,638
49December 11, 1994Disclosure$10,068,126
50December 18, 1994Dumb and Dumber$16,363,442
51December 25, 19944-day weekend$15,586,425
52January 1, 19954-day weekend$14,929,291

Highest-grossing films

RankTitleStudioActorsDirector(s)Domestic Gross[2]
1. Forrest Gump Paramount Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field Robert Zemeckis $329,694,499
2. The Lion King Disney voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Madge Sinclair and Frank Welker Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers $312,855,561
3. True Lies 20th Century Fox/Lightstorm Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Eliza Dushku and Charlton Heston James Cameron $146,282,411
4. The Santa Clause Disney Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz and Peter Boyle John Pasquin $144,833,357
5. The Flintstones Universal/Amblin John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry and Elizabeth Taylor Brian Levant $130,531,208
6. Dumb and Dumber New Line Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Charles Rocket, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Victoria Rowell and Teri Garr Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly $127,175,374
7. Clear and Present Danger Paramount Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, Miguel Sandoval, Donald Moffat, Thora Birch and James Earl Jones Phillip Noyce $122,187,717
8. Speed 20th Century Fox Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels Jan de Bont $121,248,145
9. The Mask New Line Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck and Richard Jeni Chuck Russell $119,938,730
10. Pulp Fiction Miramax John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Amanda Plummer, Rosanna Arquette, Maria de Medeiros and Christopher Walken Quentin Tarantino $107,928,762
11. Interview with the Vampire Warner Bros./Geffen Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst Neil Jordan $105,264,608
12. Maverick Warner Bros. Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene and Alfred Molina Richard Donner $101,631,272
13. The Client Warner Bros. Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Anthony LaPaglia and Mary-Louise Parker Joel Schumacher $92,115,211
14. Disclosure Warner Bros. Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall and Dennis Miller Barry Levinson $83,015,089
15. Star Trek Generations Paramount Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Doohan, Walter Koenig and Malcolm McDowell David Carson $75,671,125
16. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Bros. Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc and Dan Marino Tom Shadyac $72,217,396
17. Stargate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Carolco Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson and Viveca Lindfors Roland Emmerich $71,567,262
18. Legends of the Fall TriStar Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Henry Thomas and Julia Ormond Edward Zwick $66,638,883
19. Wolf Columbia Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins and Christopher Plummer Mike Nichols $65,002,597
20. The Specialist Warner Bros. Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts Luis Llosa $57,362,582

(*) Includes theatrical reissue(s).

References

  1. ↑ Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 1994, weekend 1 to 52. Retrieved 2007-09-28
  2. ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1994&p=.htm

See also

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