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1993 in film

The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)

January 1 – ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films.[3]

China Film Import & Export Corporation

January 29 – opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million.[4][5]

Bram Stoker's Dracula

March 31 – actor is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.

Brandon Lee

May 27 – actress files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purchased in 1989, Braselton, Georgia, to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech.

Kim Basinger

May 28 – Produced by Hollywood Pictures, opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. The film would unfortunately end up grossing only $20.9 million domestically and receive negative reviews from critics.

Super Mario Bros.

June 11 – The filmed version of 's novel Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with groundbreaking special effects directed by Steven Spielberg, breaks box-office records with a record $50 million opening weekend and goes on to become the highest-grossing film ever made with a worldwide gross of over $900 million.[6]

Michael Crichton

June 18 – 's film career falters with the commercial disappointment of Last Action Hero, despite Columbia Pictures new logo making its debut in that film.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

July 16 – Jurassic Park opens in Mexico and the United Kingdom and on July 17 in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, setting opening records in each market.

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October 31 – actor accidentally dies of an overdose during the filming of Dark Blood. The film was later completed and released in 2012.

River Phoenix

December 15 – , directed by Steven Spielberg, is released and goes on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Spielberg's first for Best Director.

Schindler's List

December 22 – acquired Castle Rock Entertainment.

Turner Broadcasting System

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January 5 – , English actor

Franz Drameh

January 7 – , Japanese actor and dancer

Yuta Nakatsuka

January 9 – , American actress

Ashley Argota

January 10 - , English actor and writer

Jacob Scipio

January 11 – , French-American actress

Flora Cross

January 18 – , American actress

Morgan York

January 19 – , American-English actor

Gus Lewis

January 26 – , Canadian actor

Cameron Bright

January 28 – , English actor

Will Poulter

January 29 - , American actor

Lewis Pullman

February 3 - , American actor

Brandon Micheal Hall

David Dorfman

February 12 – , American actress

Jennifer Stone

February 13 - , Welsh actress and singer

Sophie Evans

February 14 – , American actor

Shane Harper

February 19 – , American actress and singer

Victoria Justice

February 21 – , Japanese actor

Masaki Suda

February 24 – , American actress

Emily Rudd

Jenna Boyd

March 11 – , English actress

Jodie Comer

March 15 – , British actress

Alia Bhatt

March 22 - , Uruguayan actor

Enzo Vogrincic

March 29 - , American actor

Joe Adler

April 7 – , Burmese comedian, actor, and model (died 2018)

Yell Htwe Aung

April 10 – , actress, singer and musician

Sofia Carson

Vivien Cardone

April 26 - , Japanese actor

Ryoma Takeuchi

April 30 - , Brazilian actor

Henry Zaga

May 6 – , English actress and singer

Naomi Scott

Spencer Fox

Olivia Liang

May 13 – , American actress and singer

Debby Ryan

May 14 – , American actress, singer

Miranda Cosgrove

May 29 – , American actress

Maika Monroe

June 7 - , American actress

Amanda Leighton

June 9 – , American actress

Danielle Chuchran

June 11 - , Indian singer, rapper and actor (died 2022)

Sidhu Moose Wala

June 19 – , British YouTuber, rapper and actor[8]

Olajide Olatunji

June 24 – , American actress

Beanie Feldstein

June 25 – , English actor

Barney Clark

June 26 – , American actress, singer

Ariana Grande

June 27 – , Brazilian actress

Camila Queiroz

June 29 - , Australian actor

Harrison Gilbertson

July 1 – , American actress, singer

Raini Rodriguez

July 3 – , Dutch-American voice actress

Sarah Wiedenheft

July 8 - , American actor

David Corenswet

July 9 – , Canadian actress

Emily Hirst

July 21 - , Brazilian actor and musician

Gabriel Leone

July 23 – , American actress

Lili Simmons

Elizabeth Gillies

July 31 – , Australian actor

Christian Byers

August 1 – , American actor, singer/songwriter, musician and dancer

Leon Thomas III

August 2 – , American actors

Ryan and Kyle Pepi

August 4 – , Japanese actor and DJ

Alan Shirahama

August 5 – , Japanese actress

Suzuka Ohgo

August 7 - , American actress and television personality

Francesca Eastwood

August 8 – , Canadian actress

Devery Jacobs

August 11 – , American actress

Alyson Stoner

Imani Hakim

August 16 – , American actor

Cameron Monaghan

August 18 – , Australian actress, singer

Maia Mitchell

August 26 – , American actress

Keke Palmer

September 1 - , Canadian actor

Alexander Conti

September 18 – , American actor

Patrick Schwarzenegger

September 22 – , American actor

Chase Ellison

September 24 – , American actor

Ben Platt

Greg Davis

Angus T. Jones

October 9 - , American actress and writer

Autumn Chiklis

October 19 - , American actress

Hunter King

Mia Goth

October 29 - , American actress

India Eisley

October 30 – , Canadian actor

Brett Kelly

October 31 – , Guyanese-British actress

Letitia Wright

November 8 - , American actor, comedian and writer (died 2022)

Jak Knight

November 16 – , American comedian and actor

Pete Davidson

November 22 – , French actress

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Anthony De La Torre

December 8 – , American actress

AnnaSophia Robb

December 10 - , German actress

Alicia von Rittberg

December 16 – , Canadian actor

Stephan James

December 17 – , American actress

Kiersey Clemons

Hermione Corfield

December 21 - , Indonesian actress, model and singer (died 2021)

Vanessa Angel

December 22 – , American actress

Aliana Lohan

December 24 - , English actress and model

Millie Brady

December 27 – , English actress

Olivia Cooke

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