List of 1990 box office number-one films in Australia explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Australia during 1990. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

Week endingFilmGrossNotesRef
1 The War of the Roses $1,411,276 [1]
2 $1,243,645[2]
3 $1,036,591[3]
4 Black Rain$1,102,849 [4]
5 $804,156 [5]
6 $718,387[6]
7 $481,393 [7]
8 Born on the Fourth of July$788,618 Born on the Fourth of July reached number one in its second week of release[8]
9 Tango & Cash$766,882[9]
10 $598,125 [10]
11 $621,362 [11]
12 Look Who's Talking$1,586,624[12]
13 $1,278,892[13]
14 $1,121,286[14]
15 The Hunt for Red October$1,080,000 Six days only[15]
16 Look Who's Talking$1,596,872 Look Who's Talking returned to number one in its fifth week of release[16]
17 The Adventures of Milo and Otis $1,427,583The Adventures of Milo and Otis reached number one in its fourth week of release[17]
18 Look Who's Talking$620,784 Look Who's Talking returned to number one in its seventh week of release[18]
19 Pretty Woman $1,400,000 [19]
20 $1,466,706 [20]
21 $1,501,712 [21]
22 $1,438,535 [22]
23 $1,292,800 [23]
24 $1,447,778 [24]
25 $1,146,003 [25]
26 Dick Tracy$1,673,890 Dick Tracy set an opening weekend record for a Disney film[26]
27 Pretty Woman$1,430,180 Pretty Woman returned to number one in its ninth week of release [27]
28 $1,617,311[28]
29 $1,451,352[29]
30 $1,178,070[30]
31 $952,948[31]
32 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles$1,946,653 [32]
33 $2,029,758[33]
34 $1,600,000
35 $1,077,363[34]
36 Die Hard 2$1,758,085Die Hard 2 had a record opening for a Fox film[35]
37 $1,220,613 [36]
38 Days of Thunder$1,811,611[37]
39 $1,274,029[38]
40 $1,165,084[39]
41 $759,161 [40]
42 TBD [41]
43 Flatliners$480,963 On the official chart, Flatliners reached number one in its sixth week of release although previews of Ghost were higher with A$845,244[42] [43]
44 Ghost$2,097,276 [44]
45 $1,868,391[45]
46 $1,739,175[46]
47 $1,426,879[47]
48 $1,397,521[48]
49 $1,276,469[49]
50 Total Recall$1,989,771[50]
51 $1,286,503[51]
52 Home Alone $900,005 Home Alone reached number one in its second week of release [52]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. 29. International boxoffice. 10 January 1990. $1,100,795; $A1=78 cents.
  2. Variety. 33. International boxoffice. 17 January 1990. $982,480; $A1=79 cents.
  3. Variety. 57. International boxoffice. 24 January 1990. $824,090; $A1=79.5 cents.
  4. Variety. 37. International boxoffice. 31 January 1990. $838,165; $A1=76 cents.
  5. Variety. International boxoffice. 41. 7 February 1990. $619,200; $A1=77 cents.
  6. Variety. International boxoffice. 43. 14 February 1990. $538,790; $A1=75 cents.
  7. Variety. International boxoffice. 19. 21 February 1990. $361,045; $A1=75 cents.
  8. Variety. International boxoffice. 31. 28 February 1990. $599,350; $A1=76 cents.
  9. Variety. International boxoffice . 36. 7 March 1990. $582,830; $A1=76 cents.
  10. Variety. International Film Grosses . 27. 14 March 1990. $454,575; $A1=76 cents.
  11. Variety. International Film Grosses . 31. 21 March 1990. $472,235; $A1=76 cents.
  12. Variety. International Film Grosses. 37. 28 March 1990. $1,189,968; $A1=75 cents.
  13. Variety. International Film Grosses. 33. 4 April 1990. $959,169; $A1=75 cents.
  14. Variety. International Film Grosses. 37. 11 April 1990. $852,177; $A1=76 cents.
  15. Variety. International Film Grosses. 29. 18 April 1990. US$819,000.
  16. Variety. International Film Grosses. 37. 25 April 1990. $1,213,623; $A1=76 cents.
  17. Variety. International Film Grosses. 23. 2 May 1990. $1,089,758; $1=$A1.31.
  18. Variety. International Film Grosses. 39. 9 May 1990. $465,588; $A1=75 cents.
  19. Variety. Good weather bad for biz; Scandi, Paris fall sharply. 34. 16 May 1990. Pitman. Jack. US$1,050,000.
  20. Variety. International Film Grosses. 39. 23 May 1990. $1,100,030; $A1=75 cents.
  21. Variety. International Film Grosses. 37. 30 May 1990. $1,141,301; $A1=76 cents.
  22. Variety. International Film Grosses. 33. 6 June 1990. $1,107,672; $A1=77 cents.
  23. Variety. International Film Grosses. 37. 13 June 1990. $995,456; $A1=77 cents.
  24. Variety. International Film Grosses. 35. 20 June 1990. $1,114,789; $A1=77 cents.
  25. Variety. International Film Grosses. 33. 27 June 1990. $893,882; $A1=78 cents.
  26. Variety. Disney sweeps Oz with 'Dick Tracy,' 'Pretty Woman'. Pitman. Jack . 33. 4 July 1990. $1,288,895; A$1=77 cents.
  27. Variety. International film grosses . 34. 11 July 1990. $1,144,144; A$1=80 cents.
  28. Variety. International film grosses . 24. 18 July 1990. $1,310,022; A$1=81 cents.
  29. Variety. International film grosses. 28. 25 July 1990. $1,146,568; A$1=79 cents.
  30. Variety. International film grosses. 48. 1 August 1990. $918,895; A$1=78 cents.
  31. Variety. International film grosses . 39. 8 August 1990. $752,829; A$1=79 cents.
  32. Variety. International film grosses . 42. 15 August 1990. $1,537,856; A$1=79 cents.
  33. Variety. International film grosses. 47. 22 August 1990. $1,623,806; Cumulative to 15 August $3,210,502; A$1=80 cents.
  34. Variety. International B.O.. 46. 3 September 1990. $894,211; Cumulative to 29 August $5,412,810; A$1=83 cents.
  35. Variety. 'Weekend' boosts Gallic b.o.; 'Heart' weak. Groves. Don. 36. 10 September 1990. $1,459,211; A$1=83 cents.
  36. Variety. International B.O.. 54. 17 September 1990. $1,000,903; A$1=82 cents.
  37. Variety. International B.O.. 39. 24 September 1990. $1,503,637; A$1=83 cents.
  38. Variety. International B.O.. 60. 1 October 1990. $1,057,444; A$1=83 cents.
  39. Variety. International B.O. . 57. 8 October 1990. $967,020; A$1=83 cents.
  40. Variety. International B.O. . 70. 15 October 1990. $630,104; Cumulative total $4,189,274; A$1=83 cents.
  41. Variety. 'Ghost' going great, 'Recall' big. 42. 22 October 1990. Pitman. Jack.
  42. Variety. International B.O.. 35. 29 October 1990. $370,342; A$1=77 cents.
  43. Variety. 'Another 48 HRS.' flush in Japan; 'Ghost' hot. Pitman. Jack. 35. 29 October 1990.
  44. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 48. 5 November 1990. $1,635,875; Cumulative total $2,295,165; A$1=78 cents.
  45. Variety. International B.O.. 51. 12 November 1990. $1,457,345; A$1=78 cents.
  46. Variety. International B.O.. 51. 19 November 1990. $1,339,165; A$1=77 cents.
  47. Variety. International B.O.. 54. 26 November 1990. $1,098,697; A$1=77 cents.
  48. Variety. International B.O.. 52. 3 December 1990. $1,076,091; A$1=77 cents.
  49. Variety. International B.O.. 45. 10 December 1990. $982,881; A$1=77 cents.
  50. Variety. International B.O.. 39. 17 December 1990. $1,532,124; A$1=77 cents.
  51. Variety. International B.O.. 27. 24 December 1990. $990,607; A$1=77 cents.
  52. Variety. International B.O.. 30. 31 December 1990. $693,004; A$1=77 cents.

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