This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Australia during 1993. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

Number-one films

# Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref
1 6 January 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula $3,215,030 [1][2]
2 13 January 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula $1,908,042 [3][4]
3 20 January 1993 The Bodyguard $4,367,344 The Bodyguard set an opening week record surpassing that set by Crocodile Dundee II [5][6][7]
4 27 January 1993 The Bodyguard $3,398,125 [8][9]
5 3 February 1993 The Bodyguard $2,095,084 [10][11]
6 10 February 1993 The Bodyguard $1,417,604 [12][13]
7 17 February 1993 Unforgiven $1,252,793 [14][15]
8 24 February 1993 Unforgiven $1,135,157 [16][17]
9 3 March 1993 Unforgiven $812,263 [18][19]
10 10 March 1993 The Last of the Mohicans $1,214,246 [20][21]
11 17 March 1993 The Last of the Mohicans $859,657 [22][23]
12 24 March 1993 Scent of a Woman $747,832 Scent of a Woman reached number one in its second week of release [24][25]
13 31 March 1993 Forever Young $1,381,503 [26][27]
14 7 April 1993 Loaded Weapon 1 $1,145,122 [28][29]
15 14 April 1993 Reckless Kelly $2,034,810 [30][31]
16 21 April 1993 Reckless Kelly $1,629,188 [32][33]
17 28 April 1993 Indecent Proposal $1,157,997 3-day previews [34][35]
18 5 May 1993 Indecent Proposal $2,435,465 [36][37]
19 12 May 1993 Indecent Proposal $1,598,720 [38]
20 19 May 1993 Indecent Proposal $1,270,913 [39][40]
21 26 May 1993 Indecent Proposal $1,021,323 [41][42]
22 2 June 1993 Falling Down $1,274,144 [43][44]
23 9 June 1993 Aladdin $1,783,182 [45]
24 16 June 1993 Aladdin $2,243,924 [46][47]
25 23 June 1993 Aladdin $1,628,695 [48][49]
26 30 June 1993 Aladdin $2,147,251 [50]
27 7 July 1993 Aladdin $2,711,330 [51][52]
28 14 July 1993 Cliffhanger $2,736,228 Cliffhanger reached number one in its second week of release [53][54]
29 21 July 1993 Cliffhanger $1,923,934 [55][56]
30 28 July 1993 The Firm $2,610,466 [57][58]
31 4 August 1993 The Firm $1,904,932 [59][60]
32 11 August 1993 Sleepless in Seattle $1,386,671 [61][62]
33 18 August 1993 The Fugitive $1,853,879 [63][64]
34 25 August 1993 The Fugitive $1,766,005 [65][66]
35 1 September 1993 The Fugitive $1,617,935 [67][68]
36 8 September 1993 Jurassic Park $6,807,969 Jurassic Park broke the opening weekend record set by Terminator 2: Judgment Day with a 4-day gross of $5,447,000 and the weekly record set earlier in the year by The Bodyguard [69][70][71][72]
37 15 September 1993 Jurassic Park $5,450,377 [73][74]
38 22 September 1993 Jurassic Park $4,688,860 [75][76]
39 29 September 1993 Jurassic Park $4,325,060 [77][78]
40 6 October 1993 Jurassic Park $3,773,095 [79][80]
41 13 October 1993 Jurassic Park $1,826,378 [81][82]
42 20 October 1993 Jurassic Park $1,167,136 [83]
43 27 October 1993 In the Line of Fire $858,747 In the Line of Fire reached number one in its third week of release [84]
44 3 November 1993 Rising Sun $1,237,615 [85]
45 10 November 1993 Rising Sun $827,292 [86]
46 17 November 1993 Point of No Return $950,435 [87]
47 24 November 1993 Malice $770,150 [88]
48 1 December 1993 Addams Family Values $1,137,024 [89]
49 8 December 1993 Demolition Man $1,695,480 [90]
50 15 December 1993 Demolition Man $1,067,391 [91]
51 22 December 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire $2,400,000 [92]
52 29 December 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire $3,286,073 [93][92]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1993 by calendar gross[94]
Rank Title Distributor Gross (A$)
1. Jurassic Park UIP/Universal $31,745,057
2. The Bodyguard Warner Bros. $18,260,412
3. Aladdin Disney $17,639,062
4. Sister Act Touchstone Pictures $13,609,732
5. The Fugitive Warner Bros. $11,700,288
6. Cliffhanger TriStar $10,452,392
7. Sleepless in Seattle Tristar $10,449,702
8. Indecent Proposal UIP/Paramount $10,321,517
9. The Piano Miramax/Disney $9,209,898
10. The Firm UIP/Paramount $8,682,262

References

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