This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1993.
# | Weekend ending | Film | Box Office | Notes | Ref |
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1 | 3 January 1993 | The Bodyguard | £1,286,920 | [1][2] | |
2 | 10 January 1993 | £1,435,628 | [3][4] | ||
3 | 17 January 1993 | £1,361,441 | [5][6] | ||
4 | 24 January 1993 | £1,182,845 | [7][8] | ||
5 | 31 January 1993 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | £2,640,584 | Bram Stoker's Dracula set an opening weekend record surpassing Batman Returns' £2.5 million | [9][10][11][12] |
6 | 7 February 1993 | £1,840,433 | [13][14] | ||
7 | 14 February 1993 | £1,123,283 | [15][16] | ||
8 | 21 February 1993 | £714,284 | [17][18] | ||
9 | 28 February 1993 | Under Siege | £1,400,180 | [19][20] | |
10 | 7 March 1993 | £886,062 | [21][22] | ||
11 | 14 March 1993 | £507,964 | [23][24] | ||
12 | 21 March 1993 | Scent of a Woman | £359,280 | Scent of a Woman reached number one in its second week of release | [25][26] |
13 | 28 March 1993 | Forever Young | £1,094,789 | [27][28] | |
14 | 4 April 1993 | The Jungle Book (reissue) | £870,600 | [29][30] | |
15 | 11 April 1993 | £1,137,727 | [31][32] | ||
16 | 18 April 1993 | £684,965 | [33][34] | ||
17 | 25 April 1993 | Sommersby | £1,190,143 | [35][36] | |
18 | 2 May 1993 | £880,764 | [37][38] | ||
19 | 9 May 1993 | Groundhog Day | £748,106 | [39][40] | |
20 | 16 May 1993 | Indecent Proposal | £1,547,925 | Includes previews | [41][42] |
21 | 23 May 1993 | £1,189,918 | [43][44] | ||
22 | 30 May 1993 | £987,297 | [45][46] | ||
23 | 6 June 1993 | Falling Down | £729,563 | [47][48] | |
24 | 13 June 1993 | £682,851 | [49][50] | ||
25 | 20 June 1993 | Indecent Proposal | £449,965 | Indecent Proposal returned to number one in its sixth week of release | [51][52] |
26 | 27 June 1993 | Cliffhanger | £1,351,158 | [53][54] | |
27 | 4 July 1993 | £920,773 | [53][55] | ||
28 | 11 July 1993 | £907,342 | [56][57] | ||
29 | 18 July 1993 | Jurassic Park | £4,875,137 | Jurassic Park set an opening weekend record (including £443,034 of previews) beating the record set earlier in the year by Bram Stoker's Dracula and beat Terminator 2: Judgment Day's weekly record of £4.64 million with a weekly gross of £9.2 million | [58][59][60][61][62] |
30 | 25 July 1993 | £4,301,647 | [63][64][65] | ||
31 | 1 August 1993 | £3,360,646 | Jurassic Park became the first film to gross more than £2 million for three consecutive weekends | [66][64][67] | |
32 | 8 August 1993 | £2,686,827 | Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing film of all-time in the United Kingdom | [68][69] | |
33 | 15 August 1993 | £2,151,284 | [70][71] | ||
34 | 22 August 1993 | £1,581,161 | [72][73] | ||
35 | 29 August 1993 | £1,314,569 | [74][75] | ||
36 | 5 September 1993 | £955,114 | Jurassic Park becomes the first film to top the box office for eight consecutive weekends | [76][77][78] | |
37 | 12 September 1993 | The Firm | £1,437,712 | The Firm had a record September opening. The gross included previews of £126,078. | [79][80][81] |
38 | 19 September 1993 | £1,055,425 | [82][83] | ||
39 | 26 September 1993 | The Fugitive | £1,616,243 | [84][85] | |
40 | 3 October 1993 | £1,548,427 | [86][87] | ||
41 | 10 October 1993 | £1,309,909 | [88][89] | ||
42 | 17 October 1993 | £974,357 | [90][91] | ||
43 | 24 October 1993 | £820,000 | [92][93] | ||
44 | 31 October 1993 | £736,992 | [94][95] | ||
45 | 7 November 1993 | £526,195 | [96][97] | ||
46 | 14 November 1993 | Demolition Man | £1,376,106 | [98][99] | |
47 | 21 November 1993 | £936,758 | [100][101] | ||
48 | 28 November 1993 | £603,680 | [102][103] | ||
49 | 5 December 1993 | Aladdin | £1,668,778 | Aladdin set an opening record for a Disney film in the UK beating the record set by Who Framed Roger Rabbit | [104][105][106] |
50 | 12 December 1993 | £1,380,028 | [107][108] | ||
51 | 19 December 1993 | TBD | Aladdin grossed £2,335,972 for the week ended 23 December | [109] | |
52 | 26 December 1993 | TBD | Aladdin grossed £2,515,240 for the week ended 30 December | [109][110] |
Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross (£)[111] |
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1. | Jurassic Park | UIP | 46,564,080 |
2. | The Bodyguard | Warner Bros. | 14,665,069 |
3. | The Fugitive | Warner Bros. | 14,002,047 |
4. | Indecent Proposal | UIP | 11,885,752 |
5. | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Columbia TriStar | 11,548,429 |
6. | Sleepless in Seattle | Columbia TriStar | 9,417,608 |
7. | Cliffhanger | Guild | 9,219,405 |
8. | A Few Good Men | Columbia TriStar | 8,416,625 |
9. | Aladdin | Buena Vista | 8,167,165 |
10. | The Jungle Book (reissue) | Buena Vista | 7,415,989 |