Domestic Box Office For 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 | Schindler's List | $96,065,768 | 1,389 | $656,636 | 0.7% | 25 | Dec 15 | Sep 29 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | Philadelphia | $77,446,440 | 1,604 | $143,433 | 0.2% | 4 | Dec 24 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 3 | The Piano | $40,157,856 | 671 | $151,419 | 0.4% | 4 | Nov 12 | Jun 30 | Miramax |
| 4 | Menace II Society | $27,912,072 | 581 | $3,816,393 | 13.7% | 464 | May 28 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 5 | Shadowlands | $25,842,377 | 1,023 | $81,082 | 0.3% | 3 | Dec 31 | - | Savoy Pictures |
| 6 | In the Name of the Father | $25,096,862 | 688 | $109,805 | 0.4% | 4 | Dec 31 | Jun 23 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | The Remains of the Day | $23,237,911 | 517 | $1,528,982 | 6.6% | 94 | Nov 5 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | Much Ado About Nothing | $22,549,338 | 204 | $108,617 | 0.5% | 3 | May 7 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 9 | Like Water for Chocolate | $21,665,468 | 64 | $23,600 | 0.1% | 2 | Feb 19 | - | Miramax |
| 10 | Strictly Ballroom | $11,738,022 | 401 | $145,977 | 1.2% | 9 | Feb 12 | - | Miramax |
| 11 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | $11,330,911 | 337 | $2,015,360 | 17.8% | 268 | Aug 18 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 12 | Gettysburg | $10,769,960 | 248 | $913,617 | 8.5% | 124 | Oct 8 | Mar 17 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | $10,032,765 | 611 | $74,421 | 0.7% | 6 | Dec 17 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | Dazed and Confused | $8,249,404 | 214 | $918,127 | 11.1% | 183 | Sep 24 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 15 | Lorenzo's Oil | $7,286,388 | 456 | $79,353 | 1.1% | 3 | Jan 1 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 16 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | $7,266,383 | 233 | $1,121,354 | 15.4% | 219 | Aug 13 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | The Wedding Banquet | $6,933,459 | 113 | $134,870 | 1.9% | 7 | Aug 6 | Apr 28 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 18 | Six Degrees of Separation | $6,405,918 | 201 | $53,058 | 0.8% | 2 | Dec 10 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | Short Cuts | $6,110,979 | 165 | - | - | - | Oct 1 | Apr 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 20 | The Cemetery Club | $6,011,745 | 523 | $56,833 | 0.9% | 6 | Feb 5 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | Heaven & Earth | $5,864,949 | 781 | $379,807 | 6.5% | 63 | Dec 25 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Swing Kids | $5,632,086 | 544 | $1,967,957 | 34.9% | 542 | Mar 5 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | Orlando | $5,319,445 | 78 | $107,030 | 2% | 3 | Jun 9 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | Farewell My Concubine | $5,216,888 | 3 | $69,408 | 1.3% | 3 | Oct 15 | - | Miramax |
| 25 | Into the West | $4,790,801 | 550 | $1,410,414 | 29.4% | 550 | Sep 17 | Dec 23 | Miramax |
| 26 | Blood In, Blood Out | $4,496,583 | 391 | $1,002,548 | 22.3% | 391 | Apr 30 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | Screen Two: The Snapper | $3,323,524 | 1 | $21,802 | 0.7% | 1 | Nov 24 | May 26 | Miramax |
| 28 | The Judas Project | $2,850,135 | 1 | $7,506 | 0.3% | 1 | Feb 19 | - | R.S. Entertainment |
| 29 | Map of the Human Heart | $2,806,881 | 523 | $81,636 | 2.9% | 6 | Apr 23 | Aug 5 | Miramax |
| 30 | Kalifornia | $2,395,231 | 359 | $1,159,133 | 48.4% | 359 | Sep 3 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 31 | Rich in Love | $2,149,866 | 374 | $140,434 | 6.5% | 24 | Mar 5 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 32 | Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe | $2,106,846 | 63 | $161,542 | 7.7% | 60 | Dec 21 | Jun 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 33 | El Mariachi | $2,040,920 | 88 | $312,528 | 15.3% | 66 | Feb 26 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 34 | Nemesis | $2,001,124 | 86 | $197,231 | 9.9% | 86 | Jan 29 | Jun 24 | Imperial Entertainment |
| 35 | The Story of Qiu Ju | $1,890,247 | 35 | $25,785 | 1.4% | 1 | Apr 16 | Nov 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | The Night We Never Met | $1,884,814 | 504 | $911,736 | 48.4% | 504 | Apr 30 | - | Miramax |
| 37 | Boxing Helena | $1,796,389 | 161 | $787,724 | 43.9% | 161 | Sep 3 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 38 | Naked | $1,769,305 | 26 | $36,463 | 2.1% | 4 | Dec 17 | Jun 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 39 | Carnosaur | $1,753,979 | 65 | $142,127 | 8.1% | 65 | May 21 | - | Concorde Pictures |
| 40 | A Home of Our Own | $1,677,807 | 428 | $808,428 | 48.2% | 428 | Nov 5 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 41 | Black Diamond Rush | $1,634,386 | 47 | $161,115 | 9.9% | 11 | Oct 12 | - | Warren Miller Entertainment |
| 42 | Wide Sargasso Sea | $1,614,784 | 1 | $33,806 | 2.1% | 1 | Apr 16 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 43 | M. Butterfly | $1,498,795 | 120 | $57,280 | 3.8% | 3 | Oct 1 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | A Dangerous Woman | $1,497,222 | 293 | $680,441 | 45.4% | 293 | Nov 30 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 45 | Shadow of the Wolf | $1,434,174 | 373 | $747,119 | 52.1% | 373 | Mar 5 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 46 | Three Colors: Blue | $1,324,974 | 19 | $6,413 | 0.5% | 1 | Nov 30 | - | Miramax |
| 47 | Baraka | $1,254,237 | 15 | $26,812 | 2.1% | 2 | Sep 24 | Jun 16 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | King of the Hill | $1,214,231 | 5 | $46,476 | 3.8% | 5 | Aug 20 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 49 | Excessive Force | $1,152,117 | 501 | $308,499 | 26.8% | 501 | May 14 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 50 | Money for Nothing | $1,039,824 | 449 | $491,206 | 47.2% | 449 | Sep 10 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | The Thing Called Love | $1,029,721 | 490 | $433,254 | 42.1% | 490 | Aug 27 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 52 | Love Field | $1,014,726 | 210 | $301,000 | 29.7% | 210 | Feb 12 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 53 | Ruby in Paradise | $1,001,437 | 35 | $25,297 | 2.5% | 2 | Oct 8 | May 26 | October Films |
| 54 | The Stolen Children | $931,280 | 26 | $17,524 | 1.9% | 1 | Mar 3 | Jun 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 55 | Knight Moves | $923,418 | 420 | $459,900 | 49.8% | 420 | Jan 22 | - | - |
| 56 | The War Room | $901,668 | 21 | $15,264 | 1.7% | 1 | Nov 3 | - | October Films |
| 57 | Faraway, So Close! | $810,455 | 15 | $55,019 | 6.8% | 13 | Dec 21 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | Visions of Light | $799,856 | 13 | $27,761 | 3.5% | 2 | Feb 24 | - | Kino International |
| 59 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | $764,724 | 6 | $75,957 | 9.9% | 6 | Apr 9 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 60 | Deception | $608,866 | 112 | $162,274 | 26.7% | 67 | Oct 29 | Dec 23 | Miramax |
| 61 | Road Scholar | $597,564 | 16 | $8,635 | 1.4% | 1 | Jul 16 | Dec 23 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 62 | The Ballad of Little Jo | $543,091 | 40 | $20,773 | 3.8% | 3 | Aug 20 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 63 | Sex Is... | $530,833 | 6 | - | - | - | May 7 | - | Outsider Films |
| 64 | Especially on Sunday | $442,676 | 15 | $51,479 | 11.6% | 5 | Aug 13 | Oct 28 | Miramax |
| 65 | American Heart | $384,048 | 8 | $5,549 | 1.4% | 1 | May 7 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 66 | House of Cards | $322,871 | 29 | $12,753 | 3.9% | 6 | Jun 25 | - | Miramax |
| 67 | The Music of Chance | $313,967 | 8 | $13,359 | 4.3% | 1 | Jun 4 | - | IRS Media |
| 68 | Ethan Frome | $296,081 | 27 | $57,623 | 19.5% | 17 | Mar 12 | - | Miramax |
| 69 | Equinox | $279,627 | 8 | $6,310 | 2.3% | 1 | Jun 11 | - | IRS Media |
| 70 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | $278,720 | 47 | $14,871 | 5.3% | 4 | Dec 17 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 71 | Dead Alive | $242,623 | 11 | $23,765 | 9.8% | 3 | Feb 12 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 72 | The Abyss 1993 Special Edition | $238,737 | 2 | $20,962 | 8.8% | 2 | Feb 26 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 73 | Fifty/Fifty | $229,041 | 337 | $104,450 | 45.6% | 337 | Mar 26 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 74 | Bopha! | $212,483 | 26 | $88,390 | 41.6% | 26 | Sep 24 | Nov 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 75 | Man Bites Dog | $205,569 | 4 | $15,176 | 7.4% | 1 | Jan 15 | - | Roxie Releasing |
| 76 | Romper Stomper | $175,340 | 5 | $8,233 | 4.7% | 1 | Jun 9 | - | Academy Entertainment |
| 77 | No Place to Hide | $135,004 | 215 | $91,000 | 67.4% | 215 | Apr 16 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 78 | The Saint of Fort Washington | $134,454 | 16 | $19,409 | 14.4% | 3 | Nov 17 | Jan 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 79 | The Trial | $119,267 | 2 | $14,854 | 12.5% | 1 | Nov 24 | Jan 20 | Angelika Films |
| 80 | Bank Robber | $115,842 | 18 | $34,998 | 30.2% | 18 | Dec 10 | - | IRS Media |
| 81 | Guncrazy | $114,516 | 9 | $6,640 | 5.8% | 1 | Jan 20 | - | - |
| 82 | Crush | $107,792 | 3 | $12,205 | 11.3% | 1 | Aug 27 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 83 | Twenty Bucks | $89,558 | 8 | $30,667 | 34.2% | 8 | Oct 22 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 84 | Wilder Napalm | $84,859 | 35 | $12,078 | 14.2% | 3 | Aug 20 | Sep 9 | TriStar Pictures |
| 85 | The Pickle | $84,471 | 40 | $45,570 | 53.9% | 40 | Apr 30 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 86 | To Want to Fly | $78,144 | 10 | $7,572 | 9.7% | 2 | Feb 3 | Apr 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 87 | Betty | $58,099 | 3 | $5,243 | 9% | 1 | Aug 20 | Sep 30 | MK2 Productions |
| 88 | Return of the Living Dead III | $54,207 | 9 | $14,810 | 27.3% | 9 | Oct 29 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 89 | Mac | $39,437 | 2 | $27,587 | 70% | 2 | Feb 19 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 90 | Twist | $36,875 | 6 | $1,589 | 4.3% | 1 | Jul 16 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 91 | Freaked | $29,296 | 2 | $6,957 | 23.7% | 2 | Oct 1 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 92 | Dangerous Game | $23,671 | 1 | $16,995 | 71.8% | 1 | Nov 19 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 93 | American Friends | $23,034 | 3 | $5,334 | 23.2% | 2 | Apr 9 | May 6 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 94 | Deadfall | $18,369 | 2 | $9,183 | 50% | 2 | Oct 8 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 95 | The Last Party | $11,156 | 1 | $4,088 | 36.6% | 1 | Aug 27 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 96 | Motorama | $10,535 | 2 | $5,577 | 52.9% | 2 | Jan 13 | Jan 28 | Two Moon Releasing |
| 97 | The Hawk | $8,906 | 1 | $4,535 | 50.9% | 1 | Dec 10 | Dec 23 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 98 | By the Sword | $6,220 | 9 | $4,078 | 65.6% | 9 | Sep 24 | Sep 30 | Hansen Entertainment |
| 99 | When the Party's Over | $3,514 | 1 | $2,531 | 72% | 1 | Mar 12 | Mar 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | Philadelphia Experiment II | $2,970 | 2 | $1,926 | 64.8% | 2 | Nov 12 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 101 | Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family | $1,738 | 1 | $1,099 | 63.2% | 1 | Nov 23 | Dec 2 | First Run |
