Box Office Game — November 14, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Saturday, November 14, 2026 (day #1717 of the game): the weekend of August 27, 1993 — a 1993 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1717
The weekend to guessAugust 27, 1993Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Fugitive
Warner Bros.Last week #1Week 4 in release-20.1% vs last week
Weekend$14,502,865Total$111,203,521
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Needful Things
Columbia PicturesNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$5,202,478Total$5,202,478
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Hard Target
UniversalLast week #2Week 2 in release-50.3% vs last week
Weekend$5,027,485Total$18,524,025
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Man Without a Face
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$4,026,775Total$4,026,775
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Secret Garden
Warner Bros.Last week #3Week 3 in release-21.9% vs last week
Weekend$3,352,889Total$18,195,390

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About the five films

The Fugitive poster

#1 The Fugitive IMDb →

“A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.”

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

Director: Andrew Davis · Starring: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano · Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama · Budget: $44,000,000 · Worldwide: $368,875,760 · Domestic total: $183,875,760
Needful Things poster

#2 Needful Things IMDb →

“Buy now. Pay later.”

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

Director: Fraser Clarke Heston · Starring: Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia · Genre: Drama, Horror · Budget: $0 · Worldwide: $15,185,672 · Domestic total: $15,185,672
Hard Target poster

#3 Hard Target IMDb →

“Don't hunt what you can't kill.”

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

Director: John Woo · Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Vosloo, Lance Henriksen · Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime · Budget: $18,000,000 · Worldwide: $74,189,677 · Domestic total: $32,589,677
The Man Without a Face poster

#4 The Man Without a Face IMDb →

“A fatherless boy had almost given up all his dreams... until one man believed in him enough to make them come true.”

Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.

Director: Mel Gibson · Starring: Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Margaret Whitton · Genre: Drama · Budget: $20,000,000 · Worldwide: $36,560,338 · Domestic total: $24,760,338
The Secret Garden poster

#5 The Secret Garden IMDb →

“The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow.”

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

Director: Agnieszka Holland · Starring: Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott · Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy · Budget: $18,000,000 · Worldwide: $40,000,000 · Domestic total: $31,181,347

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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