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.

Number-one films †This indicates the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Box office Notes 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 $25,533,700Total 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 $22,543,911Included 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. 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 +Highest calendar gross films of 1990 in the United States RankTitleStudio(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 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 List of American films – American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

References

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