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Overview of the events of 1994 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Lion King | Buena Vista | $763,455,561[3] |
2 | Forrest Gump | Paramount | $677,945,399 |
3 | True Lies | 20th Century Fox / Universal | $378,882,411 |
4 | The Mask | New Line | $351,583,407 |
5 | Speed | 20th Century Fox | $350,448,145 |
6 | The Flintstones | Universal | $341,631,208 |
7 | Dumb and Dumber | New Line | $247,275,374 |
8 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Gramercy | $245,700,832 |
9 | Interview with the Vampire | Warner Bros. | $223,664,608 |
10 | Clear and Present Danger | Paramount | $215,887,717 |
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | Cesar Romero | 86 | US | Actor | |
3 | Heather Sears | 58 | UK | Actress | ||
7 | Vittorio Mezzogiorno | 52 | Italy | Actor | ||
7 | Llewellyn Rees | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Pat Buttram | 78 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Madge Ryan | 75 | Australia | Actress | ||
12 | Samuel Bronston | 85 | Moldova | Producer | ||
14 | Esther Ralston | 91 | US | Actress | ||
19 | Kenneth Utt | 72 | US | Producer, Production Manager | ||
22 | Jean-Louis Barrault | 83 | France | Actor | ||
22 | Frances Gifford | 73 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Telly Savalas | 72 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Oliver Smith | 75 | US | Production Designer | ||
27 | Claude Akins | 67 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Hal Smith | 77 | US | Actor, Voice Actor | ||
February | 1 | Olan Soule | 84 | US | Actor | |
6 | Harold Schneider | 55 | US | Producer | ||
6 | Joseph Cotten | 88 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Gwen Watford | 66 | UK | Actress | ||
9 | Jarmila Novotna | 86 | Czech Republic | Singer, Actress | ||
11 | Sorrell Booke | 64 | US | Actor | ||
11 | William Conrad | 73 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
15 | Tiger Haynes | 86 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Derek Jarman | 52 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Dinah Shore | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
28 | Enrico Maria Salerno | 67 | Italy | Actor | ||
March | 2 | Anita Morris | 50 | US | Actress | |
4 | John Candy | 43 | Canada | Actor | ||
6 | Melina Mercouri | 73 | Greece | Actress | ||
8 | John Ewart | 66 | Australia | Actor | ||
9 | Fernando Rey | 76 | Spain | Actor | ||
17 | Mai Zetterling | 68 | Sweden | Actress | ||
21 | Macdonald Carey | 81 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Lili Damita | 89 | France | Actress | ||
21 | Dack Rambo | 52 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Walter Lantz | 94 | US | Animator | ||
23 | Giulietta Masina | 73 | Italy | Actress | ||
23 | Paula Trueman | 93 | US | Actress | ||
29 | Bill Travers | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
April | 2 | Betty Furness | 78 | US | Actress | |
3 | Frank Wells | 62 | US | Studio Executive | ||
4 | Ginny Simms | 80 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
12 | Frank V. Phillips | 82 | US | Cinematographer | ||
16 | John McLiam | 76 | Canada | Actor | ||
16 | Ron Vawter | 45 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Dennis Cleveland Stewart | 46 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Lynne Frederick | 39 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Chris Butler | 41 | US | Set Decorator | ||
30 | Ferdinando Scarfiotti | 53 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
May | 6 | Fred Sadoff | 67 | US | Actor | |
7 | Ray Elton | 80 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
8 | George Peppard | 65 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Murray Spivack | 90 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
11 | Timothy Carey | 65 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Royal Dano | 71 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Gilbert Roland | 88 | Mexico | Actor | ||
16 | Alain Cuny | 85 | France | Actor | ||
19 | Henry Morgan | 79 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Oscar Saul | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
29 | Joseph Janni | 78 | Italy | Producer | ||
31 | Sidney Gilliat | 86 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
June | 2 | Philip Dunne | 84 | US | Screenwriter, Director | |
4 | Stephen McNally | 80 | US | Actor | ||
4 | Massimo Troisi | 41 | Italy | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
6 | Johnny Downs | 80 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Barry Sullivan | 81 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Dennis Potter | 59 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Herbert Anderson | 77 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Chris Latta | 44 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Nadia Gray | 70 | Romania | Actress | ||
13 | K. T. Stevens | 74 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Henry Mancini | 70 | US | Composer | ||
16 | Eileen Way | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
20 | Robin Raymond | 77 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Winston Miller | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Jack Davies | 80 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
July | 1 | Dominic Lucero | 26 | US | Dancer, Actor | |
6 | Cameron Mitchell | 75 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Robert B. Hauser | 75 | US | Cinematographer | ||
8 | Dick Sargent | 64 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Eric Linden | 84 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Alberto Lionello | 64 | Italy | Actor | ||
19 | Gottfried Reinhardt | 83 | Germany | Director | ||
20 | Gregg Fonseca | 41 | US | Production Designer | ||
23 | Mario Brega | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
23 | Hans J. Salter | 98 | Austria | Composer | ||
30 | Janis Carter | 80 | US | Actress | ||
August | 2 | Bert Freed | 74 | US | Actor | |
3 | John Zenda | 50 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Robert Hutton | 74 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Peter Cushing | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Red Mitchell | 33 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Joan Harrison | 87 | UK | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
16 | John Doucette | 73 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Danitra Vance | 40 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Norman Warwick | 74 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
26 | Tariq Yunus | 47-54 | India | Actor | ||
30 | Lindsay Anderson | 71 | UK | Director | ||
September | 6 | James Clavell | 72 | Australia | Screenwriter, Director | |
6 | Duccio Tessari | 67 | Italian | Director, Screenwriter | ||
7 | Dennis Morgan | 85 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Godfrey Quigley | 71 | Israel | Actor | ||
7 | Terence Young | 79 | China | Director | ||
9 | Douglas Morrow | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
9 | Patrick O'Neal | 66 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Charles Drake | 76 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Jessica Tandy | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | Tom Ewell | 85 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Mark Stevens | 77 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Jack Dodson | 63 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Iris Adrian | 82 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Wayne Finkelman | 47 | US | Costume Designer | ||
20 | Jule Styne | 88 | UK | Songwriter, Composer | ||
21 | Arthur B. Krim | 84 | US | Studio Executive | ||
23 | Robert Bloch | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Harry Saltzman | 78 | Canada | Producer | ||
30 | Lina Basquette | 87 | US | Actress | ||
30 | Sydney Walker | 73 | US | Actress | ||
October | 1 | Marjorie Weaver | 81 | US | Actress | |
2 | Harriet Nelson | 85 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Virginia Dale | 77 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Dub Taylor | 87 | US | Actor | ||
7 | James Hill | 75 | UK | Director | ||
8 | Diana Churchill | 81 | UK | Actress | ||
16 | Peter Bromilow | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Monja Danischewsky | 83 | Russia | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
17 | Martha Raye | 78 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Burt Lancaster | 80 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Robert Lansing | 66 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Raul Julia | 54 | Puerto Rico | Actor | ||
25 | Mildred Natwick | 89 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Tutta Rolf | 87 | Norway | Actress | ||
November | 1 | Noah Beery Jr. | 81 | US | Actor | |
7 | Carleton Young | 89 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Michael O'Donoghue | 54 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
9 | Ralph Michael | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Richard Rust | 54 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Ernest Clark | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Tom Villard | 40 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Cab Calloway | 86 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
24 | Irwin Kostal | 83 | US | Orchestrator | ||
27 | Rufina Nifontova | 63 | Russia | Actress | ||
30 | Lionel Stander | 86 | US | Actor | ||
December | 5 | Alan Splet | 54 | US | Sound Engineer | |
5 | Harry Horner | 84 | Czech Republic | Production Designer, Director | ||
5 | Günter Meisner | 68 | Germany | Actor | ||
6 | Gian Maria Volonté | 61 | Italy | Actor | ||
11 | Yuli Raizman | 90 | Russia | Director, Screenwriter | ||
18 | Lilia Skala | 98 | Hungary | Actress | ||
23 | Nora Dunfee | 78 | US | Dialogue Coach, Actress | ||
23 | Sebastian Shaw | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Rossano Brazzi | 78 | Italy | Actor | ||
24 | Julie Haydon | 84 | US | Actress | ||
24 | John Osborne | 65 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Robert Emhardt | 81 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Sylva Koscina | 61 | Yugoslavia | Actress | ||
27 | Steve Plytas | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Frank Thring | 68 | Australia | Actor | ||
31 | Woody Strode | 80 | US | Actor |
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