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The $20 Million Club · 1990s

1993

Kevin Costner

Top-earning actor

Kevin Costner

$24,000,000

Forbes, $48M over 1992–93 (half shown)Reported

About $53.5 million in 2025 dollars

The top actor on a list headed by Oprah Winfrey.

The pictures that paid

Whoopi Goldberg

Top-earning actress

Whoopi Goldberg

≈ $8,000,000

Sister Act 2, reported $7–12MEstimate

About $17.8 million in 2025 dollars

With an estimated $7–12 million for the sequel, she was the highest-paid actress of the moment.

The pictures that paid

Box office champions of 1993

By worldwide box-office gross

  1. 1

    Jurassic Park

    $913 million

  2. 2

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    $441 million

  3. 3

    The Fugitive

    $369 million

Neither top earner was in one of the year's three biggest films.

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