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

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

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross

Rank!scope="col"
TitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1.GhostParamount PicturesPatrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and Tony GoldwynJerry Zucker$205,344,137
2.Pretty WomanWalt Disney StudiosRichard Gere, Julia Roberts, Héctor Elizondo, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo and Ralph BellamyGarry Marshall$170,111,732
3.Home Alone20th Century FoxMacaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'HaraChris Columbus$143,592,523
4.Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesNew Line CinemaJudith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman and Josh PaisSteve Barron$135,265,915
5.The Hunt for Red OctoberParamount PicturesSean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill and Tim CurryJohn McTiernan$122,012,643
6.Total RecallTriStar PicturesArnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside and Ronny CoxPaul Verhoeven$119,394,840
7.Die Hard 220th Century FoxBruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, Dennis Franz and John AmosRenny Harlin$117,540,947
8.Driving Miss DaisyWarner Bros. PicturesMorgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone and Esther RolleBruce Beresford$103,859,381
9.Dick TracyWalt Disney StudiosWarren Beatty, Al Pacino, Madonna, Glenne Headly and Charlie KorsmoWarren Beatty$103,738,726
10.Back to the Future Part IIIUniversal PicturesMichael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea ThompsonRobert Zemeckis$87,727,583

In-year release

Highest-grossing films of 1990 by In-year release[56]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Home Alone $285,761,243
2. Ghost $217,631,306
3. Dances with Wolves $184,208,848
4. Pretty Woman $178,406,268
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $135,265,915
6. The Hunt for Red October $122,012,643
7. Total Recall $119,394,840
8. Die Hard 2 $117,540,947
9. Dick Tracy $103,738,726
10. Kindergarten Cop $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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1990. .
  2. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
  3. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
  4. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
  5. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
  6. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
  7. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
  8. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  9. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
  10. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
  11. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
  12. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
  13. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
  14. Daily Variety. Top 10 Gets Rise Out Of Freddy. McBride. Joseph. 1. September 17, 1991.
  15. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
  16. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
  17. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
  18. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
  19. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
  20. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
  21. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
  22. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
  23. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  24. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
  25. Variety. 'Recall' totally big, best R-rated bow; 'Future III,' 'Wire' show sharp falloff. 6. June 6, 1990.
  26. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
  27. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
  28. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
  29. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
  30. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
  31. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
  32. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
  33. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
  34. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
  35. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
  36. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
  37. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
  38. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  39. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 36. Box Office Mojo.
  40. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
  41. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
  42. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
  43. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 40 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  44. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
  45. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
  46. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
  47. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
  48. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
  49. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
  50. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 47 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  51. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 48 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
  52. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 49. Box Office Mojo.
  53. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
  54. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 51 (Christmas long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  55. Web site: Domestic 1990 Weekend 52 (New Year's long weekend). Box Office Mojo.
  56. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1990 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 14, 2020.

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