Overview of the events of 1994 in film
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of the best years for cinema during the post Golden Age Hollywood era and setting the standard for the movies of the modern era.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated its 70th anniversary in 1994.[1]
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Events
Awards
1994 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Births
- January 17 – Lucy Boynton, English actress
- January 18 – Sam Strike, English actor
- January 19 – Kristi Lauren, American actress
- January 21 – Booboo Stewart, American actor and singer
- January 28 – Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter and actor
- February 1
- February 6 – Charlie Heaton, English actor
- February 10
- February 11 – Dylan Arnold, American actor
- February 14
- February 15 – Corinne Foxx, American model, actress and producer
- February 16 – Matthew Knight, Canadian actor
- February 21 –
- February 23
- March 3 – Lee David, South Korean actor
- March 12
- March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and singer
- March 15 – Märten Metsaviir, Estonian actor
- March 21 – Jasmin Savoy Brown, American actress
- April 6 – Fabien Frankel, British actor
- April 11 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
- April 12 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
- April 16 – Liliana Mumy, American actress
- April 18 – Moisés Arias, American actor
- April 24 – Jordan Fisher, American actor, singer and musician
- May 2 – Sara Forsberg, Finnish singer-songwriter, YouTube personality, television presenter and actress
- May 4 – Alexander Gould, American actor
- May 11 – David Alvarez, Canadian dancer and actor
- May 24 – Cayden Boyd, American actor
- May 29 – Paloma Kwiatkowski, Canadian actress
- June 2 – Jemma McKenzie-Brown, English actress and singer
- June 4 – Mandela Van Peebles, American actor and producer
- June 7 – Andi Matichak, American actress
- June 8 – Anthony Boyle, Irish actor
- June 11 – Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
- June 23 – Connor Jessup, Canadian actor, writer and director
- June 24 – Erin Moriarty, American actress
- June 26 – Leonard Carow, German actor
- June 29 – Camila Mendes, American actress
- June 30 – Josh Rojas, American Baseball Player
- July 6 – Camilla and Rebecca Rosso, English twin actresses
- July 16 – Mark Indelicato, American actor
- July 18
- July 23 – Kelvin Harrison Jr., American actor
- July 24 – Jaboukie Young-White, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
- August 2 – Angus Imrie, English actor
- August 10 – Brigette Lundy-Paine, American actor
- August 17 – Taissa Farmiga, American actress
- August 18 – Madelaine Petsch, American actress and YouTuber
- August 21 – Jacqueline Emerson, American actress and singer
- August 22 – Israel Broussard, American actor
- August 23 – Francesca Reale, American actress
- August 25
- August 27 – Ellar Coltrane, American actor
- August 29 – Eduardo Franco, American actor and comedian
- September 3 – María Mercedes Coroy, Guatemalan actress of Kaqchikel Maya descent
- September 4 – Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Australian actress
- September 7 – Kento Yamazaki, Japanese actor
- September 11 – Jordi El Niño Polla, Spanish adult film actor
- September 20 – Mathilde Ollivier, French actress and model
- September 21 – Khin Wint Wah, Burmese actress
- September 23 – Aurora Perrineau, American actress and model
- September 25 – Jansen Panettiere, American actor (d. 2023)
- September 29
- September 30 – Raphaël Coleman, English actor (d. 2020)
- October 9 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
- October 10
- October 23 – Margaret Qualley, American actress
- November 10 – Zoey Deutch, American actress
- November 11 – Connor Price, Canadian-American actor
- November 15 – Emma Dumont, American actress and model
- November 17 – Raquel Castro, American actress
- November 22 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor
- November 24 – Holly Mae Brood, Dutch actress
- November 29 – Sarah Roach, American voice actress
- December 3 – Jake T. Austin, American actor
- December 10 – Kayli Mills, American voice actress
- December 11 – Gabriel Basso, American actor
- December 15 – Emma Lockhart, American journalist & former actress
- December 17 – Nat Wolff, American actor and singer
- December 26 – Samantha Boscarino, actress
Deaths
Film debuts
References
- ^ Turan, Kenneth (January 4, 1994). "The Lion Will Roar at LACMA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "1994 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ The Lion King
- Lifetime grosses (US & Canada): "The Lion King (1994) – Release Summary". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
Initial: $312,855,561
- Lifetime grosses (outside US & Canada): Brevert, Brad (May 29, 2016). "'X-Men' & 'Alice' Lead Soft Memorial Day Weekend; Disney Tops $4 Billion Worldwide". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
...the original release of The Lion King made $450.6 million internationally...
- ^ Gordinier, Jeff (July 15, 1994). "Val Kilmer takes over Batman Forever". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Keaton quits new 'Batman' movie". United Press International. July 1, 1994.
External links
- List of 1994 films at IMDb
- 1994 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- List of 1994 deaths at IMDb
- List of 1994 births at IMDb
