1994 in film

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1994 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Events

• February 15 - Viacom acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications Inc. for $9.75 billion, following a five-month battle with QVC.
• March 4 - Actor John Candy (1950-1994) dies of a heart attack at the age of 43 while on location in Durango, Mexico for the film Wagons East.
• March 21 - Steven Spielberg wins his first Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List.
• April 14 - Gone with the Wind (1939) becomes the first motion picture ever to be broadcast on the cable channel Turner Classic Movies.
• June 7 - Pierce Brosnan is officially announced as the fifth actor to play James Bond.
• June 10 - Speed is released, becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year, as well as launching Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock into superstardom.
• June 24 - The Lion King is theatrically released. It goes on to become Buena Vista's highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing animated film.
• July 1 - Val Kilmer (1959-2025) is officially announced as the next actor to portray Batman following the abrupt departure of Michael Keaton.
• July 6 - Forrest Gump is released and becomes Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film of all-time.
• July 15 - 20th Century Fox unveils a new on-screen logo and fanfare composed by Bruce Broughton, which debuts True Lies.
• October 12 - DreamWorks is founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
• December 29 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution becomes the first distributor to have grosses in the United States and Canada in a year exceed $1 billion.

Awards

1994 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 1994
• List of Argentine films of 1994
• List of Australian films of 1994
• List of Bangladeshi films of 1994
• List of British films of 1994
• List of Canadian films of 1994
• List of French films of 1994
• List of Hong Kong films of 1994
• List of Indian films of 1994
  • List of Hindi films of 1994
  • List of Kannada films of 1994
  • List of Malayalam films of 1994
  • List of Marathi films of 1994
  • List of Tamil films of 1994
  • List of Telugu films of 1994
• List of Japanese films of 1994
• List of Mexican films of 1994
• List of Pakistani films of 1994
• List of Russian films of 1994
• List of South Korean films of 1994
• List of Spanish films of 1994

By genre/medium

• List of action films of 1994
• List of animated feature films of 1994
• List of avant-garde films of 1994
• List of crime films of 1994
• List of comedy films of 1994
• List of drama films of 1994
• List of horror films of 1994
• List of science fiction films of 1994
• List of thriller films of 1994
• List of western films of 1994

Births

• January 4 - Masey McLain, American actress
• January 17 – Lucy Boynton, English actress
• January 18
  • Sam Strike, English actor
  • Hunter Doohan, American actor
• January 19
  • Josh Dylan, British actor
  • Kristi Lauren, American actress
• January 21 – Booboo Stewart, American actor and singer
• January 26 - Joseph Quinn, English actor
• January 28 – Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter and actor
• January 29 - Selina Lo, British actress
• January 30 - Tom Hudson, French actor
• February 1
  • Julia Garner, American actress
  • Harry Styles, English singer and actor
• February 5 - Andrea Deck, American actress
• February 6
  • Charlie Heaton, English actor
  • Moses Ingram, American actress
• February 10
  • Seulgi, South Korean singer, dancer and actress
  • Makenzie Vega, American actress
• February 11 – Dylan Arnold, American actor
• February 14
  • Allie Grant, American actress
  • Paul Butcher, American actor
• February 15 – Corinne Foxx, American model, actress and producer
• February 16 – Matthew Knight, Canadian actor
• February 21 –
  • Hayley Orrantia, actress
  • Wendy, South Korean singer, voice actress and radio host
• February 23
  • Little Simz, British rapper, singer and actress
  • Dakota Fanning, American actress
  • James Paxton, American actor
• March 1
  • Justin Bieber, Canadian singer
• March 3 – Lee David, South Korean actor
• March 12
  • Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter, musician, actress and YouTuber (d. 2016)
  • Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
• March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and singer
• March 15 – Märten Metsaviir, Estonian actor
• March 16 - Sierra McClain, American actress and singer
• March 21 – Jasmin Savoy Brown, American actress
• March 26 - Freya Tingley, Australian actress
• April 1 - Ella Eyre, English singer-songwriter
• April 6 – Fabien Frankel, British actor
• April 11 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
• April 12 – Saoirse Ronan, Irish actress
• April 14 - Skyler Samuels, American 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 17 - Anna Grace Barlow, American actress
• July 18
  • Lamar Johnson, Canadian actor
  • Taylor Russell, Canadian actress and filmmaker
  • Lee Yoo-mi, South Korean actress
• July 22 - Jaz Sinclair, American film actress
• July 23 – Kelvin Harrison Jr., American actor
• July 24
  • Bronwyn James, English actress
  • 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
  • Josh Flitter, American actor
  • Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Australian actress and model
• 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 17 - Denyse Tontz, American actress and singer-songwriter
• September 19 - Alex Etel, English former 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
  • Halsey, American singer and actress
  • Clara Mamet, American actress and musician
  • Nicholas Galitzine, British actor
• September 30 – Raphaël Coleman, English actor (d. 2020)
• October 2 - Brendan Meyer, Canadian actor
• October 9 – Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress
• October 10
  • Kyle Allen, American actor
  • Bae Suzy, South Korean actress and singer
• October 23 – Margaret Qualley, American actress
• October 26 - Allie DeBerry, American actress
• October 27 - Eddie Alderson, American actor
• 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 26 - Anjelica Bette Fellini, American 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

• Jessica Alba – Camp Nowhere
• Gil Bellows – Love and a .45
• Moritz Bleibtreu – Simply Love
• Hugh Bonneville – Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• Danny Boyle (director) – Shallow Grave
• Richard Brake – Death Machine
• Marylouise Burke – Angie
• Rose Byrne – Dallas Doll
• Margaret Cho – Angie
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Nightwatch
• Marion Cotillard – The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
• Tony Curran – Being Human
• Claire Danes – Little Women
• Thomas Dekker – Star Trek Generations
• Cameron Diaz – The Mask
• Julie Depardieu – Colonel Chabert
• John DiMaggio – Pom Poko
• Jennifer Ehle – Backbeat
• Eduard Fernández − Souvenir
• William Fichtner – Quiz Show
• Nathan Fillion – Strange and Rich
• Patrick Fischler – Speed
• Jason Flemyng – The Jungle Book
• Carla Gallo – Spanking the Monkey
• Spencer Garrett – The Crow
• Rachel Griffiths – Muriel's Wedding
• Wood Harris – Above the Rim
• Christopher Heyerdahl – Warriors
• John Benjamin Hickey – The Ref
• Marin Hinkle – Angie
• Siobhan Fallon Hogan – Greedy
• Ralph Ineson – Shopping
• Peter Jacobson – It Could Happen to You
• Scarlett Johansson – North
• Greg Kinnear – Blankman
• Phil LaMarr – Pulp Fiction
• Jude Law – Shopping
• Gary Lewis – Shallow Grave
• Melanie Lynskey – Heavenly Creatures
• James Marsden – No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn
• Catherine McCormack – Loaded
• Mary McCormack – Miracle on 34th Street
• Helen McCrory – Interview with the Vampire
• Ewan McGregor – Being Human
• Christopher Meloni – Clean Slate
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers – A Man of No Importance
• Dash Mihok – Black Is White
• Jennifer Morrison – Intersection
• Carrie-Anne Moss – The Soft Kill
• Pepón Nieto – Running Out of Time
• Jesús Ochoa – La orilla de la tierra
• Sandra Oh – Double Happiness
• Zak Orth – Spanking the Monkey
• Haley Joel Osment – Forrest Gump
• Candela Peña – Running Out of Time
• Michael Peña – Running Free
• Natalie Portman – Léon: The Professional
• Callum Keith Rennie – Double Happiness
• Mark Ruffalo – There Goes My Baby
• Colin Salmon – Captives
• Horatio Sanz – Miracle on 34th Street
• Will Sasso – Ski School 2
• Devon Sawa – Little Giants
• Liev Schreiber – Mixed Nuts
• Dougray Scott – Princess Caraboo
• Mathilde Seigner – Le sourire
• Andy Serkis – Prince of Jutland
• Ben Shenkman – Quiz Show
• J. K. Simmons – The Ref
• Sebastian Stan – 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
• French Stewart – Stargate
• Lew Temple – Angels in the Outfield
• Kenan Thompson – D2: The Mighty Ducks
• Ulrich Thomsen – Nightwatch
• Antonio de la Torre − The Worst Years of Our Lives
• Gregg Turkington − Terminal USA
• Guinevere Turner – Go Fish
• Liv Tyler – Silent Fall
• Alexa Vega – Little Giants
• Mark Wahlberg – Renaissance Man
• Rachel Weisz – Death Machine
• Mae Whitman – When a Man Loves a Woman
• Harland Williams – Dumb and Dumber
• Michelle Williams – Lassie
• Debra Wilson – Cracking Up
• Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures
• Robert Wisdom – Clean Slate
• Bokeem Woodbine – Crooklyn

References

References

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