This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 1994. Amounts are in Yen and are from a sample of key cities.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref 1 Cliffhanger † ¥432,282,256 2 ¥307,117,020 3 ¥254,075,472 4 ¥202,151,182 5 ¥184,610,556 6 ¥292,133,192 7 ¥164,929,275 8 Cool Runnings ¥128,904,195 9 Schindler's List ¥168,828,320 10 ¥167,138,574 11 The Three Musketeers ¥165,627,014 12 Schindler's List ¥196,263,585Schindler's List returned to number one in its fourth week of release 13 ¥241,936,240 14 ¥197,337,525 15 Mrs. Doubtfire ¥199,629,141 16 ¥187,013,701 17 ¥222,232,602 18 ¥411,939,024 19 ¥149,585,384 20 ¥144,625,208 21 ¥111,504,952 22 ¥109,916,730 23 ¥102,149,117 24 Major League II ¥287,534,903 25 ¥240,000,000 26 ¥185,177,916 27 Wyatt Earp ¥155,152,228 28 ¥146,586,342 29 Pom Poko ¥190,237,212 30 The Lion King ¥283,459,869 31 ¥248,808,551 32 ¥261,322,200 33 ¥316,188,576 34 ¥187,997,500 35 ¥197,000,000 36 When a Man Loves a Woman ¥148,739,481 37 True Lies ¥588,305,322True Lies had a record opening weekend for Nippon Herald with a gross of ¥301 million 38 ¥413,087,444 39 ¥313,684,371 40 ¥272,963,300 41 ¥257,561,287 42 ¥180,038,499 43 ¥152,653,718 44 ¥185,835,510 45 ¥133,833,210 46 ¥116,459,378 47 ¥123,692,976 48 ¥122,684,300 49 Speed ¥494,536,000 50 ¥197,680,000Weekend only 51 TBD 52 ¥373,758,681 Highest-grossing films Rank Title Distributor Distributor income (¥ million) 1. CliffhangerToho Towa4,000 2. True LiesNippon Herald3,500 3. Pom PokoToho2,630 4. Schindler's ListUIP2,050 5. The Lion King Buena Vista International2,000 6. Godzilla vs. MechagodzillaToho1,870 7. A Perfect WorldWarner Bros.1,700 8. Mrs. Doubtfire20th Century Fox1,600 9. Tora-san's Matchmaker/Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (double bill)Shochiku1,570 10. Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming/Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo!! Follow the Rescued Shark.../ Slam Dunk (triple bill)Toei1,450
References
See also Lists of box office number-one films