1994

The Client

The Mask

Thumbelina

A Troll in Central Park

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

With Honors

Interview with the Vampire

1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

Production

Month	Notes
	Production and filming begins on The Matrix.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

Month	Title	Studio	Distributor	Notes
January 5	Force on Force	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
	Rave, Dancing to a Different Beat	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
January 12	House Party 3	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
January 26	Blink	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
January 28	Body Snatchers	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
February 4	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Morgan Creek Productions	Warner Bros.
February 18	On Deadly Ground	Seagal/Nasso Productions	Warner Bros.
February 25	8 Seconds	Jersey Films	New Line Cinema
March 11	The Hudsucker Proxy	Silver Pictures Working Title Films PolyGram Filmed Entertainment	Warner Bros. (USA) Universal Pictures (International)
March 30	Thumbelina	Don Bluth Ireland, Ltd.	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (Warner Bros.)	First Don Bluth's animated film to be distributed by Warner Bros.; Distribution owned by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment since 2002.
	Major League II	Morgan Creek Productions	Warner Bros.	Paramount Pictures only released the first film in 1989
April 15	Surviving the Game	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
April 22	Chasers	Morgan Creek Productions	Warner Bros.
April 29	With Honors	Spring Creek Productions	Warner Bros.
May 6	Being Human	Enigma Productions Fujisankei British Sky Broadcasting NatWest Ventures	Warner Bros.
	Reckless Kelly	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
May 20	Maverick	Icon Productions	Warner Bros.
June 3	The Endless Summer II	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
June 10	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Castle Rock Entertainment Face Productions	Columbia Pictures Triumph Releasing Corporation
June 24	Wyatt Earp	Kasdan Pictures Tig Productions	Warner Bros.
June 29	Little Big League	Castle Rock Entertainment Lobell/Bergman Productions	Columbia Pictures Triumph Releasing Corporation
July 15	Spanking the Monkey	Fine Line Features	Fine Line Features Axiom Films
July 20	The Client	Regency Enterprises Alcor Films	Warner Bros.
July 22	North	New Line Cinema Castle Rock Entertainment	Columbia Pictures
July 29	The Mask	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
	Black Beauty	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (Warner Bros.)
	Barcelona	Castle Rock Entertainment	Fine Line Features
August 12	Corrina, Corrina	Turner Pictures	New Line Cinema
August 26	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
	Natural Born Killers	Regency Enterprises	Warner Bros.
September 9	Arizona Dream	Constellation U.G.C. Hachette Premiere	Warner Bros.
	Rapa Nui	Regency Enterprises Tig Productions	Warner Bros.
	Trial by Jury	Morgan Creek Productions Chris Meledandri Productions	Warner Bros.
September 16	The New Age	New Regency Alcor Films	Warner Bros.
September 23	The Shawshank Redemption	Castle Rock Entertainment	Columbia Pictures
September 30	Second Best	Regency Enterprises Alcor Films	Warner Bros.
October 7	The Specialist	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
	A Troll in Central Park	Don Bluth Ireland, Ltd.	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (Warner Bros.)	Limited release; Second Don Bluth's animated film to be distributed by Warner Bros.; Distribution owned by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment since 2002.
October 14	Little Giants	Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros.	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (Warner Bros.)
	Imaginary Crimes	Morgan Creek Productions	Warner Bros.
	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema
October 21	Love Affair	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
October 28	Silent Fall	Morgan Creek Productions	Warner Bros.
November 11	Interview with the Vampire	The Geffen Film Company	Warner Bros.
November 18	The Swan Princess	Rich Animation Studios Nest Entertainment	New Line Cinema (USA) Columbia TriStar (International)	Theatrical only; International distribution released by Columbia-TriStar; Rights currently owned by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment since 1998.
November 23	The Pagemaster	Turner Feature Animation Turner Pictures	20th Century Fox (USA) Turner Pictures Worldwide (International)	International distribution only; Domestically distributed by 20th Century Fox.
December 2	Cobb	Regency Enterprises Alcor Films	Warner Bros.
December 9	Disclosure	Warner Bros.	Warner Bros.
December 16	Dumb and Dumber	Katja Motion Picture Corporation Krevoy/Stabler/Wessler Production	New Line Cinema
December 21	Richie Rich	Silver Pictures Davis Entertainment The Harvey Entertainment Company	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (Warner Bros.)	The film was premiered in United States and Canada.
December 23	Safe Passage	New Line Cinema	New Line Cinema	The film was premiered in Los Angeles.

Shorts

Month	Title	Studio	Distributor	Notes
March 30	I'm Mad	Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Warner Bros.
December 21	Chariots of Fur	Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Warner Bros.

Television

• February 10 - Fox Kids airs new episodes of Animaniacs.
• February 12 - State of Emergency (HBO Pictures) is aired on HBO
• March 26 - Against the Wall (HBO Pictures) is aired on HBO
• March 27 - The Tiny Toons Spring Break Special airs on FOX.
• April 3 - Yogi the Easter Bear (Hanna-Barbera / Turner Program Services) is aired on Syndication.
• May 8 - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 1 is ended on ABC and The Flintstones: The Best of Bedrock (Hanna-Barbera / Turner Program Services) is aired on FOX.
• May 15 - Living Single season 1 is ended on FOX.
• May 20 - The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. is ended on FOX
• May 21 - White Mile (HBO Pictures) is aired on HBO
• May 23 - Animaniacs season 1 is ended.
• May 28 - Café Americain is ended on NBC.
• June 13 - Tom is ended on CBS. the other episode is remain unaired.
• June 18 - Getting By was ended with the season 2.
• August 20 - The Enemy Within (HBO Pictures; made in Television) airs on HBO.
• September 1 - Living Single season 2 is began on FOX.
• September 3 - Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (Hanna-Barbera / Turner Program Services) is aired on TBS.
• September 10 - Animaniacs season 2 airs on Fox Kids, just only 4 episodes.
• September 18 - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 2 airs on ABC.
• September 21 - Daddy's Girls is aired on CBS.
• September 24 - Free Willy airs on ABC and on Global Television Network.
• November 12 - Animaniacs season 2 is ended, now the all episodes were reruns on Kids' WB.
• November 21 - A Flintstones' Christmas Carol (Hanna-Barbera / Turner Program Services) is aired on Syndication.
• December 3 - Time Trax is ended on Prime Time Entertainment Network.

Theme parks

• March 26 - Batman: The Ride opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Comics

• DC Comics begins publishing the current Looney Tunes comic book

Video games

• January - Batman: The Animated Series
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin
• February - Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage
• September - Taz-Mania (Game Boy version)

Character debuts

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