List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1990.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Box office Notes Ref
1 January 7, 1990 Born on the Fourth of July $11,023,650 Born on the Fourth of July reached number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. [2]
2 January 14, 1990 $8,028,075 [3]
3 January 21, 1990 $6,228,360 [4]
4 January 28, 1990 Driving Miss Daisy $5,705,721 Driving Miss Daisy reached number 1 in its seventh weekend of release. [5]
5 February 4, 1990 $6,011,600 [6]
6 February 11, 1990 Hard to Kill $9,213,631 Highest 3-day weekend debut in the month of February. [7]
7 February 19, 19904-day weekend Driving Miss Daisy $9,834,744 Driving Miss Daisy reclaimed number 1 in its ninth weekend of release. [8]
8 February 25, 1990 $6,107,836 [9]
9 March 4, 1990 The Hunt for Red October $17,161,835 The Hunt for Red October broke Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment's record ($10.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. It also broke The Living Daylights' record ($11 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. It was also the biggest opener for a film outside of Thanksgiving or summer, beating Beverly Hills Cop's $15.2 million. [10]
10 March 11, 1990 $14,058,772 [11]
11 March 18, 1990 $11,077,359 [12]
12 March 25, 1990 Pretty Woman $11,280,591 [13]
13 April 1, 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $25,398,367 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles broke The Hunt for Red October's record from four weeks earlier ($17.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in March, the highest weekend debut for a spring release and the biggest opening for an independent film. [14][15]
14 April 8, 1990 $18,813,741 [16]
15 April 15, 1990 $14,064,921 [17]
16 April 22, 1990 $9,797,376 [18]
17 April 29, 1990 Pretty Woman $7,150,551 Pretty Woman reclaimed number 1 in its sixth weekend of release. [19]
18 May 6, 1990 $6,810,883 [20]
19 May 13, 1990 $7,594,013 [21]
20 May 20, 1990 Bird on a Wire $15,338,160 [22]
21 May 28, 19904-day weekend Back to the Future Part III $23,703,060 [23]
22 June 3, 1990 Total Recall $25,533,700 Total Recall had the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film and the highest debut of 1990. [24][25]
23 June 10, 1990 Another 48 Hrs. $19,475,559 [26]
24 June 17, 1990 Dick Tracy $22,543,911 Included an estimated $1.5 million of t-shirt sales. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' biggest opener beating Honey, I Shrunk the Kids's $14.3 million. [27]
25 June 24, 1990 $15,546,837 [28]
26 July 1, 1990 Days of Thunder $15,490,445 [29]
27 July 8, 1990 Die Hard 2 $21,744,661 [30]
28 July 15, 1990 $14,512,301 [31]
29 July 22, 1990 Ghost $12,523,295 Ghost reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. [32]
30 July 29, 1990 Presumed Innocent $11,718,981 [33]
31 August 5, 1990 Ghost $10,798,834 Ghost reclaimed number 1 in fourth weekend of release. [34]
32 August 12, 1990 Flatliners $10,034,685 [35]
33 August 19, 1990 The Exorcist III $9,312,219 [36]
34 August 26, 1990 Darkman $8,054,860 [37]
35 September 3, 19904-day weekend Ghost $9,953,630 Ghost reclaimed number 1 in eighth weekend of release. [38]
36 September 9, 1990 $6,510,023 [39]
37 September 16, 1990 Postcards from the Edge $7,871,856 [40]
38 September 23, 1990 Goodfellas $6,368,901 [41]
39 September 30, 1990 Pacific Heights $6,912,637 [42]
40 October 8, 19904-day weekend Marked for Death $11,790,047 [43]
41 October 14, 1990 $7,423,949 [44]
42 October 21, 1990 $5,097,944 [45]
43 October 28, 1990 Graveyard Shift $5,082,300 [46]
44 November 4, 1990 Jacob's Ladder $7,500,760 [47]
45 November 11, 1990 Child's Play 2 $10,718,520 Seventh consecutive week that a horror thriller was number one. [48]
46 November 18, 1990 Home Alone $17,081,997 Biggest pre-holiday fall opening. Home Alone remained number one for 12 consecutive weekends. [49]
47 November 25, 1990 $20,987,761 Second-highest Thanksgiving weekend. [50]
48 December 2, 1990 $14,386,876 [51]
49 December 9, 1990 $14,232,156 [52]
50 December 16, 1990 $11,617,249 [53]
51 December 25, 19905-day weekend $15,079,919 [54]
52 January 1, 19915-day weekend $25,148,406 Highest weekend after 4 weeks of wide release. [55]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross

Highest calendar gross films of 1990 in the United States[56]
Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Ghost Paramount Pictures Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and Tony Goldwyn Jerry Zucker $205,344,137
2. Pretty Woman Walt Disney Studios Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Héctor Elizondo, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo and Ralph Bellamy Garry Marshall $170,111,732
3. Home Alone 20th Century Fox Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'Hara Chris Columbus $143,592,523
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line Cinema Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman and Josh Pais Steve Barron $135,265,915
5. The Hunt for Red October Paramount Pictures Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill and Tim Curry John McTiernan $122,012,643
6. Total Recall TriStar Pictures Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside and Ronny Cox Paul Verhoeven $119,394,840
7. Die Hard 2 20th Century Fox Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, Dennis Franz and John Amos Renny Harlin $117,540,947
8. Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. Pictures Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone and Esther Rolle Bruce Beresford $103,859,381
9. Dick Tracy Walt Disney Studios Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Charlie Korsmo Warren Beatty $103,738,726
10. Back to the Future Part III Universal Pictures Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson Robert Zemeckis $87,727,583

In-year release

Highest-grossing films of 1990 by In-year release[57]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Home Alone 20th Century Fox $285,761,243
2. Ghost Paramount $217,631,306
3. Dances with Wolves Orion $184,208,848
4. Pretty Woman Disney $178,406,268
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line Cinema $135,265,915
6. The Hunt for Red October Paramount $122,012,643
7. Total Recall TriStar $119,394,840
8. Die Hard 2 20th Century Fox $117,540,947
9. Dick Tracy Disney $103,738,726
10. Kindergarten Cop Universal $91,457,688


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1990
G The Jungle Book (1990 Re-issue)
PG Home Alone
PG-13 Ghost
R Pretty Woman

See also

References

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