# 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.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | January 9, 1994 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $11,536,024 | |
| 2 | January 16, 1994 | Philadelphia | $13,817,010 | Philadelphia reached No. 1 in its first weekend of wide release and fourth overall week. It was the highest-grossing wide debut in January |
| 3 | January 23, 1994 | Philadelphia | $8,830,605 | Philadelphia remained number 1 with a margin of just $32,487 over Mrs. Doubtfire. |
| 4 | January 30, 1994 | Mrs. Doubtfire | $7,742,001 | Mrs. Doubtfire reclaimed number 1 in tenth weekend of release. |
| 5 | February 6, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $12,115,105 | |
| 6 | February 13, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $9,673,717 | |
| 7 | February 20, 1994 | On Deadly Ground | $12,679,573 | |
| 8 | February 27, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $6,512,350 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective reclaimed number 1 in its fourth week of release. |
| 9 | March 6, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | $5,095,449 | |
| 10 | March 13, 1994 | Guarding Tess | $7,065,213 | |
| 11 | March 20, 1994 | Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult | $13,216,531 | |
| 12 | March 27, 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | $10,356,748 | |
| 13 | April 3, 1994 | Major League II | $7,040,777 | |
| 14 | April 10, 1994 | D2: The Mighty Ducks | $5,513,111 | D2: The Mighty Ducks reclaimed number 1 in its third week of release. |
| 15 | April 17, 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | $4,162,489 | Four Weddings and a Funeral reached No. 1 in its sixth weekend of limited release. |
| 16 | April 24, 1994 | Bad Girls | $5,012,200 | Andie 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. |
| 17 | May 1, 1994 | No Escape | $4,588,736 | |
| 18 | May 8, 1994 | With Honors | $3,741,737 | With Honors reached No. 1 in its second week of release. |
| 19 | May 15, 1994 | The Crow | $11,774,332 | Other industry sources disputed Miramax Films' claimed gross, believing that it was overstated by as much as $1 million. |
| 20 | May 22, 1994 | Maverick | $17,248,545 | |
| 21 | May 29, 1994 | The Flintstones | $29,688,730 | The Flintstones broke Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade's record ($29.4 mil) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut and The Fugitive's record ($23.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. |
| 22 | June 5, 1994 | The Flintstones | $18,217,305 | |
| 23 | June 12, 1994 | Speed | $14,456,194 | |
| 24 | June 19, 1994 | Wolf | $17,911,366 | |
| 25 | June 26, 1994 | The Lion King † | $40,888,194 | The Lion King broke Aladdin's record ($19.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. It also had the highest weekend debut of 1994. |
| 26 | July 3, 1994 | The Lion King † | $34,208,876 | |
| 27 | July 10, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $24,450,602 | |
| 28 | July 17, 1994 | True Lies | $25,869,770 | |
| 29 | July 24, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $21,931,425 | Forrest Gump reclaimed number 1 in its third week of release. |
| 30 | July 31, 1994 | The Mask | $23,117,068 | |
| 31 | August 7, 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | $20,348,017 | Clear and Present Danger broke Patriot Games' record ($18.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. |
| 32 | August 14, 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | $15,965,071 | |
| 33 | August 21, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $11,248,160 | Forrest Gump reclaimed number 1 in its seventh week of release. |
| 34 | August 28, 1994 | Natural Born Killers | $11,166,687 | |
| 35 | September 4, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $12,221,147 | Forrest Gump reclaimed number 1 in its ninth week of release. |
| 36 | September 11, 1994 | Forrest Gump | $6,760,367 | Forrest Gump had its fifth weekend at number one, the most in 1994. |
| 37 | September 18, 1994 | Timecop | $12,064,625 | |
| 38 | September 25, 1994 | Timecop | $8,176,615 | |
| 39 | October 2, 1994 | The River Wild | $10,214,450 | |
| 40 | October 9, 1994 | The Specialist | $14,317,765 | |
| 41 | October 16, 1994 | Pulp Fiction | $9,311,882 | Other sources disputed Miramax Films' claimed gross for Pulp Fiction with many believing that The Specialist was the number one film for the weekend. |
| 42 | October 23, 1994 | Pulp Fiction | $8,389,221 | |
| 43 | October 30, 1994 | Stargate | $16,651,018 | Stargate broke Under Siege's record ($15.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October. |
| 44 | November 6, 1994 | Stargate | $12,368,778 | |
| 45 | November 13, 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | $36,389,705 | Interview with the Vampire broke Home Alone 2: Lost in New York's record ($31.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in November, 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. |
| 46 | November 20, 1994 | Star Trek Generations | $23,116,394 | |
| 47 | November 27, 1994 | The Santa Clause | $20,437,607 | The Santa Clause reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release. |
| 48 | December 4, 1994 | The Santa Clause | $11,390,638 | |
| 49 | December 11, 1994 | Disclosure | $10,068,126 | |
| 50 | December 18, 1994 | Dumb and Dumber | $16,363,442 | |
| 51 | December 25, 1994$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Dumb and Dumber | $15,586,425 | |
| 52 | January 1, 1995$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Dumb and Dumber | $14,929,291 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1994 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Gross |
| 1. | The Lion King | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | voices of Matthew Broderick, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings and Madge Sinclair | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | $298,879,911 |
| 2. | Forrest Gump | Paramount Pictures | Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field | Robert Zemeckis | $298,096,620 |
| 3. | True Lies | 20th Century Fox | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Art Malik and Tia Carrere | James Cameron | $146,282,411 |
| 4. | The Santa Clause | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, David Krumholtz and Peter Boyle | John Pasquin | $132,242,452 |
| 5. | The Flintstones | Universal Pictures | John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry and Elizabeth Taylor | Brian Levant | $130,531,208 |
| 6. | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount Pictures | Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer and James Earl Jones | Phillip Noyce | $122,187,717 |
| 7. | Speed | 20th Century Fox | Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels | Jan de Bont | $121,248,145 |
| 8. | The Mask | New Line Cinema | Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni and Cameron Diaz | Chuck Russell | $118,644,781 |
| 9. | Mrs. Doubtfire | 20th Century Fox | Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein and Robert Prosky | Chris Columbus | $110,108,760 |
| 10. | Maverick | Warner Bros. | Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, James Coburn and Alfred Molina | Richard Donner | $101,631,272 |

### In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1994 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $329,694,499 |
| 2. | The Lion King | Disney | $312,855,561 |
| 3. | True Lies | 20th Century Fox | $146,282,411 |
| 4. | The Santa Clause | Disney | $144,833,357 |
| 5. | The Flintstones | Universal | $130,531,208 |
| 6. | Dumb and Dumber | New Line Cinema | $127,175,374 |
| 7. | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount | $122,187,717 |
| 8. | Speed | 20th Century Fox | $121,248,145 |
| 9. | The Mask | New Line Cinema | $119,938,730 |
| 10. | Pulp Fiction | Miramax | $107,928,762 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1994 :
| G | The Lion King |
| PG | The Santa Clause |
| PG-13 | Forrest Gump |
| R | True Lies |