Box Office Game — September 16, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Wednesday, September 16, 2026 (day #1658 of the game): the weekend of October 8, 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 #1658
The weekend to guessOctober 8, 1993Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Demolition Man
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$14,262,432Total$14,262,432
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Cool Runnings
Walt DisneyLast week #3Week 2 in release+20.9% vs last week
Weekend$8,517,932Total$17,206,066
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Malice
Columbia PicturesLast week #1Week 2 in release-18.4% vs last week
Weekend$7,530,307Total$19,538,021
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Good Son
20th Century FoxLast week #2Week 3 in release-34.1% vs last week
Weekend$5,128,900Total$30,524,349
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Age of Innocence
Columbia PicturesLast week #5Week 4 in release-18.1% vs last week
Weekend$3,404,626Total$18,447,142

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About the five films

Demolition Man poster

#1 Demolition Man IMDb →

“The future isn't big enough for the both of them.”

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

Director: Marco Brambilla · Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock · Genre: Crime, Action, Science Fiction · Budget: $57,000,000 · Worldwide: $159,055,768 · Domestic total: $58,055,768
Cool Runnings poster

#2 Cool Runnings IMDb →

“One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero.”

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

Director: Jon Turteltaub · Starring: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug · Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Drama, Sport · Budget: $14,000,000 · Worldwide: $154,856,263 · Domestic total: $68,856,263
Malice poster

#3 Malice IMDb →

“Her doctor wasn't playing God. He thought he was God.”

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Director: Harold Becker · Starring: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman · Genre: Thriller · Budget: $20,000,000 · Worldwide: $46,405,336 · Domestic total: $46,405,336
The Good Son poster

#4 The Good Son IMDb →

“Evil has many faces.”

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

Director: Joseph Ruben · Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson · Genre: Drama, Thriller · Budget: $17,000,000 · Worldwide: $60,613,008 · Domestic total: $44,456,478
The Age of Innocence poster

#5 The Age of Innocence IMDb →

“In a world of tradition. In an *** ** *********. They dared to break the rules.”

In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Director: Martin Scorsese · Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder · Genre: Drama, Romance · Budget: $34,000,000 · Worldwide: $32,255,440 · Domestic total: $32,255,440

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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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