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List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States
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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1990.
Number-one films
| † | This indicates the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
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| # | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
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| 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 | $8,028,075 | ||||
| 3 | $6,228,360 | ||||
| 4 | Driving Miss Daisy | $5,705,721 | Driving Miss Daisy reached number 1 in its seventh weekend of release. | ||
| 5 | $6,011,600 | ||||
| 6 | Hard to Kill | $9,213,631 | Highest 3-day weekend debut in the month of February. | ||
| 7 | 4-day weekend | Driving Miss Daisy | $9,834,744 | Driving Miss Daisy reclaimed number 1 in its ninth weekend of release. | |
| 8 | $6,107,836 | ||||
| 9 | The Hunt for Red October | $17,161,835 | The Hunt for Red October broke Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 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 | $14,058,772 | ||||
| 11 | $11,077,359 | ||||
| 12 | Pretty Woman | $11,280,591 | |||
| 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 | $18,813,741 | ||||
| 15 | $14,064,921 | ||||
| 16 | $9,797,376 | ||||
| 17 | Pretty Woman | $7,150,551 | Pretty Woman reclaimed number 1 in its sixth weekend of release. | ||
| 18 | $6,810,883 | ||||
| 19 | $7,594,013 | ||||
| 20 | Bird on a Wire | $15,338,160 | |||
| 21 | 4-day weekend | Back to the Future Part III | $23,703,060 | ||
| 22 | Total Recall | $25,533,700 | Total Recall had the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film and the highest debut of 1990. | ||
| 23 | Another 48 Hrs. | $19,475,559 | |||
| 24 | 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 Kidss $14.3 million. | ||
| 25 | $15,546,837 | ||||
| 26 | Days of Thunder | $15,490,445 | |||
| 27 | Die Hard 2 | $21,744,661 | |||
| 28 | $14,512,301 | ||||
| 29 | Ghost † | $12,523,295 | Ghost reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. | ||
| 30 | Presumed Innocent | $11,718,981 | |||
| 31 | Ghost † | $10,798,834 | Ghost reclaimed number 1 in fourth weekend of release. | ||
| 32 | Flatliners | $10,034,685 | |||
| 33 | The Exorcist III | $9,312,219 | |||
| 34 | Darkman | $8,054,860 | |||
| 35 | 4-day weekend | Ghost † | $9,953,630 | Ghost reclaimed number 1 in eighth weekend of release. | |
| 36 | $6,510,023 | ||||
| 37 | Postcards from the Edge | $7,871,856 | |||
| 38 | Goodfellas | $6,368,901 | |||
| 39 | Pacific Heights | $6,912,637 | |||
| 40 | 4-day weekend | Marked for Death | $11,790,047 | ||
| 41 | $7,423,949 | ||||
| 42 | $5,097,944 | ||||
| 43 | Graveyard Shift | $5,082,300 | |||
| 44 | Jacob's Ladder | $7,500,760 | |||
| 45 | Child's Play 2 | $10,718,520 | Third consecutive week that a horror thriller was number one. | ||
| 46 | Home Alone | $17,081,997 | Biggest pre-holiday fall opening. Home Alone remained number one for 12 consecutive weekends. | ||
| 47 | $20,987,761 | Second-highest Thanksgiving weekend. | |||
| 48 | $14,386,876 | ||||
| 49 | $14,232,156 | ||||
| 50 | $11,617,249 | ||||
| 51 | 5-day weekend | $15,079,919 | |||
| 52 | 5-day weekend | $25,148,406 | Highest weekend after 4 weeks of wide release. |
Highest-grossing films
Calendar gross
| 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
| 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 |
| R | Pretty Woman |
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References
Chronology
References
- "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1990". [[Box Office Mojo]].
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 1".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 2".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 3".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 4".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 5".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 6".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 8".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 9".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 10".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 11".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 12".
- McBride, Joseph. (September 17, 1991). "Top 10 Gets Rise Out Of Freddy".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 13".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 14".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 15".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 16".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 17".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 18".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 19".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 20".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 22".
- (June 6, 1990). "'Recall' totally big, best R-rated bow; 'Future III,' 'Wire' show sharp falloff".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 23".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 24".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 25".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 26".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 27".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 28".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 29".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 30".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 31".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 32".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 33".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 34".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 36".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 37".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 38".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 39".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 40 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 41".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 42".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 43".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 44".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 45".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 46".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 47 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 48 (Post-Thanksgiving)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 49".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 50".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 51 (Christmas long weekend)".
- "Domestic 1990 Weekend 52 (New Year's long weekend)".
- "Domestic Box Office For 1990". Box Office Mojo.
- "Domestic Box Office For 1990 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo.
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