1993 in Film - Events

Events

  • The film Jurassic Park, a dinosaur epic with massive special effects, breaks box-office records by becoming the highest-grossing film ever made (at the time).
  • Family romance film Sleepless in Seattle revives the genre of the Courtship of Eddie's Father, with an extensive soundtrack of oldies music.
  • March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow.
  • April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
  • April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California.
  • Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge orders her to pay $7.4 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.
  • May 28 - Produced by Hollywood Pictures, Super Mario Bros. opens, marking the first video game film released, starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi.

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