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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1990.

Number one films

Week endingFilmGrossNotesRef
1 Back to the Future Part II £870,957 [1]
2 When Harry Met Sally£940,111When Harry Met Sally reached number one in its sixth week of release[2]
3 Parenthood£1,155,153[3]
4 £1,026,465 [4]
5 Black Rain £1,044,253 [5]
6 £801,322[6]
7 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids £1,750,661 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids had the biggest opening week for a Disney film[7]
8 £3,049,785 [8]
9 £1,655,565[9]
10 Born on the Fourth of July £1,153,894 [10]
11 £862,042 [11]
12 £526,655[12]
13 The War of the Roses £1,424,019The War of the Roses reached number one in its third week of release[13]
14 £1,091,348 [14]
15 Look Who's Talking £1,886,779 Six days only[15]
16 £1,968,369 [16]
17 £1,281,831 [17]
18 The Krays £1,036,117[18]
19 £691,771[19]
20 Pretty Woman £1,351,836 [20]
21 £1,259,370 [21]
22 £920,097 [22]
23 £838,476[23]
24 £822,042[24]
25 £671,228 [25]
26 £783,657 [26]
27 £682,635 [27]
28 £673,517[28]
29 Back to the Future Part III£2,227,580[29]
30 £1,544,843[30]
31 £2,436,707[31]
32 £1,521,568 [32]
33 Total Recall £1,931,415Total Recall reached number one in its third week of release[33]
34 £1,608,429[34]
35 Die Hard 2 £1,738,784Die Hard 2 reached number one in its second week of release[35]
36 £1,294,204[36]
37 Memphis Belle £1,174,250 [37]
38 £1,080,722[38]
39 Another 48 Hrs.£982,527[39]
40 Presumed Innocent£1,168,011[40]
41 Ghost £2,677,450 [41]
42 £2,388,613 [42]
43 £2,507,197 [43]
44 £2,224,302 [44]
45 £2,197,639[45]
46 £1,963,776[46]
47 £1,672,825 [47]
48 £1,301,821[48]
49 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles£2,013,665Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reached number one in its second week of release[49]
50 £1,131,231[50]
51 Home Alone £978,535Home Alone reached number one in its second week of release [51]
52 £944,656 [52]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1989 and 20 December 1990

Rank[53] [54] TitleDistributorGross (£)
1. GhostParamount Pictures/UIP19,161,000
2. Pretty Woman Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.12,068,000
3. Look Who's TalkingColumbia Tri-Star10,381,000
4. Honey, I Shrunk the KidsTouchstone/Warner Bros. 9,395,000
5. Total RecallGuild8,580,000
6. Ghostbusters IIColumbia Tri-Star8,491,000
7. Back to the Future Part IIIUniversal Pictures/UIP8,007,000
8. Back to the Future Part IIUniversal/UIP 7,675,000
9. Warner Bros.7,419,000
10. When Harry Met SallyPalace Pictures7,000,000

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films. 30. 10 January 1990.
  2. Variety. 34. U.K. Top 10 Films. 17 January 1990.
  3. Variety. 58. U.K. Top 10 Films. 24 January 1990.
  4. Variety. 38. U.K. Top 10 Films. 31 January 1990.
  5. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films. 42. 7 February 1990.
  6. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films. 44. 14 February 1990.
  7. Variety. 'Magnolias' not quite blooming; 'Business' booming. Don. Groves. 20. 21 February 1990.
  8. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 32. 28 February 1990.
  9. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 35. 7 March 1990.
  10. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 28. 14 March 1990.
  11. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 32. 21 March 1990.
  12. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 38. 28 March 1990.
  13. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 32. 4 April 1990.
  14. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 36. 11 April 1990.
  15. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 30. 18 April 1990.
  16. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 38. 25 April 1990.
  17. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 24. 2 May 1990.
  18. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 40. 9 May 1990.
  19. Variety. Good weather bad for biz; Scandi, Paris fall sharply. 34. 16 May 1990. Pitman. Jack.
  20. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 38. 23 May 1990.
  21. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 38. 30 May 1990.
  22. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 32. 6 June 1990.
  23. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 38. 13 June 1990.
  24. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 36. 20 June 1990.
  25. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 32. 27 June 1990.
  26. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 31. 4 July 1990.
  27. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 35. 11 July 1990.
  28. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 23. 18 July 1990.
  29. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 27. 25 July 1990.
  30. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 49. 1 August 1990.
  31. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 40. 8 August 1990.
  32. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 43. 15 August 1990.
  33. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 48. 22 August 1990. Cume gross=£2,501,904.
  34. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 48. 3 September 1990. Week's gross £991,250; Cume gross £5,101,583.
  35. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 48. 3 September 1990.
  36. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 32. 10 September 1990.
  37. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 56. 17 September 1990.
  38. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 40. 24 September 1990.
  39. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 59. 1 October 1990.
  40. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 54. 8 October 1990.
  41. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 72. 15 October 1990.
  42. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 43. 22 October 1990.
  43. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 33. 29 October 1990.
  44. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 48. 5 November 1990.
  45. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 52. 12 November 1990.
  46. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 52. 19 November 1990.
  47. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 54. 26 November 1990.
  48. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 53. 3 December 1990.
  49. Variety. 'Turtles' storm Britain. Pitman. Jack . 47. 10 December 1990.
  50. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 40. 17 December 1990.
  51. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 28. 24 December 1990.
  52. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films . 31. 31 December 1990.
  53. Book: Swern, Phil. The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits. 371. Guinness Publishing. 1995. 0-85112-670-7.
  54. Variety. Top-grossing films in the U.K. 1990 Dec. 1, 1989 to Dec. 20, 1990. 58. 21 January 1991.

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