Domestic Box Office For October 1993
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gettysburg | $10,769,960 | 248 | $913,617 | 8.5% | 124 | Oct 8 | Mar 17 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Fearless | $6,995,302 | 749 | $144,044 | 2.1% | 6 | Oct 15 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Short Cuts | $6,110,979 | 165 | - | - | - | Oct 1 | Apr 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 4 | Farewell My Concubine | $5,216,888 | 3 | $69,408 | 1.3% | 3 | Oct 15 | - | Miramax |
| 5 | Black Diamond Rush | $1,634,386 | 47 | $161,115 | 9.9% | 11 | Oct 12 | - | Warren Miller Entertainment |
| 6 | M. Butterfly | $1,498,795 | 120 | $57,280 | 3.8% | 3 | Oct 1 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Ruby in Paradise | $1,001,437 | 35 | $25,297 | 2.5% | 2 | Oct 8 | May 26 | October Films |
| 8 | Deception | $608,866 | 112 | $162,274 | 26.7% | 67 | Oct 29 | Dec 23 | Miramax |
| 9 | Twenty Bucks | $89,558 | 8 | $30,667 | 34.2% | 8 | Oct 22 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 10 | Return of the Living Dead III | $54,207 | 9 | $14,810 | 27.3% | 9 | Oct 29 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 11 | Freaked | $29,296 | 2 | $6,957 | 23.7% | 2 | Oct 1 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | Deadfall | $18,369 | 2 | $9,183 | 50% | 2 | Oct 8 | - | Trimark Pictures |
