The Numbers - Movies Released in 1990

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This list shows all films released in 1990, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.

See also: Top 1990 Worldwide - Domestic Release Schedule for 1990 - Domestic Home Market Release Schedule for 1990 - Most Popular 1990

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Release
Date
MovieGenreRelease
Type
Revenue
to Date
Trailer
 
January, 1990
1990 TBD Convicts Theatrical $13,000  
Daddy's Dyin'… Who's Got the Will? Comedy Theatrical $1,373,728  
Don't Tell Her it's Me Comedy Theatrical $1,171,762  
The End of Innocence Theatrical $115,000  
Fools of Fortune Drama Theatrical $83,000  
Frankenstein Unbound Horror Theatrical $334,000  
Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is … Theatrical $108,392  
Mister Frost Theatrical $32,000  
Mister Johnson Theatrical $1,464,000  
Prisoners of the Sun Theatrical $53,000  
The Return of Superfly Theatrical $610,402  
Shaking the Tree Theatrical $15,000  
The Sheltering Sky Theatrical $2,075,084  
The Spirit of '76 Comedy Theatrical $52,000  
Tune in Tomorrow Comedy Theatrical $1,794,000  
Vincent & Theo Drama Theatrical $2,231,274  
White Hunter, Black Heart Adventure Theatrical $2,319,124  
Why Me? Comedy Theatrical $84,000  
 
January 5 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Theatrical $613,865  
 
January 12 Downtown Theatrical $2,205,486  
Internal Affairs Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $27,789,904  
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III Horror Theatrical $5,697,588  
Ski Patrol Comedy Theatrical $8,000,000  
 
January 16 Nuovo cinema Paradiso Drama Theatrical $15,360,539  
 
January 17 3615 Code Père Noël Horror Theatrical $0  
 
January 18 Baxter Comedy Theatrical $0  
 
January 19 Brain Dead Horror Theatrical $1,627,955  
Everybody Wins Theatrical $1,299,327  
Streets Action Theatrical $808,730  
Tremors Comedy Theatrical $16,668,089  
February, 1990
February 1 La Voce Della Luna Comedy Theatrical $104,417  
 
February 2 Flashback Action Theatrical $6,476,134  
Heart Condition Comedy Theatrical $4,134,992  
Men Don't Leave Drama Theatrical $6,050,018  
Stella Drama Theatrical $20,062,347  
 
February 9 Hard To Kill Action Theatrical $47,381,527  
The Haunting of Morella Horror Theatrical $599,951  
Loose Cannons Comedy Theatrical $4,463,085  
Stanley & Iris Drama Theatrical $5,820,015  
Torrents of Spring Drama Theatrical $111,747  
 
February 16 Courage Mountain Drama Theatrical $1,393,610  
Madhouse Black Comedy Theatrical $20,438,179  
Nightbreed Horror Theatrical $8,605,163  
Revenge Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $15,535,771  
The Witches Horror Theatrical $15,349,948  
 
February 23 Angel Town Theatrical $920,810  
The Blood of Heroes Action Theatrical $882,290  
Mountains of the Moon Adventure Theatrical $4,011,793  
Rockula Musical Theatrical $99,850  
Spontaneous Combustion Horror Theatrical $0  
Where the Heart Is Comedy Theatrical $1,106,475  
March, 1990
March 2 Dekalog Drama Theatrical $759,898  
The Hunt for Red October Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $200,500,000  
 
March 5 Rich Girl Drama Theatrical $0  
 
March 9 Bad Influence Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $12,626,043  
Body Chemistry Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $323,908  
Coupe De Ville Comedy Theatrical $592,089  
The Handmaid's Tale Drama Theatrical $4,960,385  
House Party Comedy Theatrical $26,385,627  
Joe Versus the Volcano Comedy Theatrical $39,381,963  
The Last of the Finest Action Theatrical $1,395,694  
Love at Large Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $1,214,295  
 
March 16 Blind Fury Action Theatrical $2,345,628  
Blue Steel Action Theatrical $7,701,707  
The Forbidden Dance Drama Theatrical $1,719,538  
Lambada Drama Theatrical $4,248,622  
Lord of the Flies Adventure Theatrical $13,812,230  
Nuns on the Run Comedy Theatrical $10,959,015  
 
March 17 Eversmile, New Jersey Comedy Theatrical $0  
 
March 21 The Ambulance Action Theatrical $0  
 
March 23 Elliot Fauman, Ph.D Romantic Comedy Theatrical $3,128  
Fishy Stones Comedy Theatrical $0  
The Fourth War Drama Theatrical $1,305,888  
Pretty Woman Romantic Comedy Theatrical $432,566,361  
A Shock to the System Black Comedy Theatrical $3,474,095  
 
March 28 Paeopjeonya Drama Theatrical $8,583  
 
March 30 Opportunity Knocks Comedy Theatrical $11,359,129  
Side Out Comedy Theatrical $450,000  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventure Theatrical $202,000,000  
April, 1990
April 6 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and He… Drama Theatrical $7,408,830  
Cry-Baby Romantic Comedy Theatrical $7,736,103  
Ernest Goes to Jail Comedy Theatrical $25,029,569  
The First Power Horror Theatrical $21,365,321  
I Love You to Death Black Comedy Theatrical $15,600,149  
Impulse Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $2,531,528  
 
April 9 The Rift Horror Theatrical $74,157  
 
April 11 Crazy People Comedy Theatrical $13,204,459  
 
April 13 The Gods Must be Crazy II Comedy Theatrical $9,591,444  
Vital Signs Drama Theatrical $1,224,605  
 
April 18 Marked for Death Action Video $43,224,499  
 
April 20 Chattahoochee Drama Theatrical $259,486  
Lisa Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $4,067,725  
Miami Blues Black Comedy Theatrical $9,654,407  
 
April 26 Picture Mommy Dead Thriller/Suspense Video $0  
 
April 27 The Guardian Horror Theatrical $16,140,440  
The Mahabharata Theatrical $0  
Q & A Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $11,207,000  
Spaced Invaders Comedy Theatrical $15,000,000  
Wild Orchid Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $11,105,394  
 
April 28 The Sting of Death (死の棘) Drama Theatrical $0  
May, 1990
May 1 ¡Átame! Black Comedy Theatrical $4,661,425  
 
May 4 Happy Together Romantic Comedy Theatrical $100,000  
Last Exit to Brooklyn Theatrical $678,680  
Short Time Comedy Theatrical $4,010,647  
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Horror Theatrical $16,324,573  
 
May 11 Any Man’s Death Drama Theatrical $5,433  
Class of 1999 Adventure Theatrical $1,400,149  
Def by Temptation Horror Theatrical $2,218,579  
Far Out Man Comedy Theatrical $82,000  
Longtime Companion Theatrical $4,609,953  
A Show of Force Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $152,982  
 
May 18 Bird on a Wire Action Theatrical $138,697,012  
Cadillac Man Comedy Theatrical $27,257,086  
 
May 24 Back to the Future Part III Western Theatrical $244,087,259  
Fire Birds Action Theatrical $14,760,451  
June, 1990
June 1 Cien niños esperando un tren Documentary Theatrical $0  
Frankenhooker Comedy Theatrical $146,931  
Ghosts Can’t Do It Comedy Theatrical $25,000  
Guns Action Theatrical $24,422  
Total Recall Action Theatrical $261,399,830  
 
June 8 Another 48 Hrs. Action Theatrical $152,747,413  
 
June 15 Dick Tracy Action Theatrical $162,738,726  
Gremlins 2: The New Batch Comedy Theatrical $41,476,097  
 
June 22 Betsy's Wedding Romantic Comedy Theatrical $19,740,070  
RoboCop 2 Action Theatrical $45,681,173  
 
June 27 Days of Thunder Action Theatrical $157,670,733  
Santa Sangre Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $0  
 
June 29 Ghost Dad Comedy Theatrical $23,007,150  
July, 1990
July 3 Die Hard 2 Action Theatrical $239,813,888  
 
July 6 Jetsons: The Movie Comedy Theatrical $19,543,985  
 
July 11 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Comedy Theatrical $20,423,389  
 
July 13 Ghost Drama Theatrical $517,599,988  
Quick Change Comedy Theatrical $15,260,154  
La vie est un long fleuve tranquille Comedy Theatrical $0  
 
July 18 Arachnophobia Horror Theatrical $53,208,180  
Maniac Cop 2 Horror Theatrical $0  
 
July 20 The Freshman Comedy Theatrical $21,289,527  
Navy SEALs Action Theatrical $24,824,126  
 
July 27 Presumed Innocent Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $221,300,000  
Problem Child Black Comedy Theatrical $72,270,895  
August, 1990
August 1 S.O.S. Titanic Multiple Genres Video $0  
Young Guns II Western Theatrical $44,143,410  
 
August 3 DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of th… Adventure Theatrical $18,075,331  
Metropolitan Comedy Theatrical $2,938,000  
Mo' Better Blues Drama Theatrical $16,153,000  
 
August 9 Yo, la peor de todas Drama Theatrical $0  
 
August 10 Air America Action Theatrical $32,914,515  
Flatliners Horror Theatrical $61,308,153  
The Two Jakes Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $10,005,969  
 
August 17 The Exorcist III Horror Theatrical $25,011,739  
My Blue Heaven Comedy Theatrical $23,591,472  
Taking Care of Business Comedy Theatrical $20,022,132  
Wild at Heart Black Comedy Theatrical $14,561,825  
 
August 22 Pump Up the Volume Drama Theatrical $11,541,758  
 
August 24 After Dark, My Sweet Drama Theatrical $2,678,414  
Darkman Action Theatrical $32,942,739  
Delta Force 2 Action Theatrical $6,255,221  
Men At Work Comedy Theatrical $16,151,032  
The Two Worlds Of Jennie Logan Drama Video $0  
Yume Drama Theatrical $2,767,133  
 
August 31 American Ninja 4: The Annihilation Action Theatrical $394,166  
The Lemon Sisters Theatrical $3,399,773  
Mirror Mirror Horror Theatrical $0  
September, 1990
September 6 The Wrong Door Horror Theatrical $0  
 
September 12 Postcards from the Edge Comedy Theatrical $37,963,281  
 
September 14 Death Warrant Action Theatrical $15,394,200  
Hardware Action Theatrical $5,649,801  
Paper Mask Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $7,991  
State of Grace Drama Theatrical $1,911,542  
 
September 15 3-4 x jûgatsu Action Theatrical $84,693  
 
September 19 Deceptions Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $0  
Goodfellas Drama Theatrical $47,103,483  
 
September 20 An Angel at My Table Drama Theatrical $1,055,098  
 
September 21 Funny About Love Romantic Comedy Theatrical $8,128,773  
Narrow Margin Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $10,873,237  
The Tall Guy Romantic Comedy Theatrical $3,510,000  
 
September 22 Miller's Crossing Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $4,693,786  
 
September 26 Berkeley in the Sixties Documentary Theatrical $0  
 
September 28 Dark Angel Action Theatrical $4,372,561  
King of New York Action Theatrical $2,391,063  
Pacific Heights Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $29,381,956  
Texasville Drama Theatrical $2,268,181  
October, 1990
October 5 Avalon Drama Theatrical $15,702,685  
Basket Case 2 Black Comedy Theatrical $0  
Desperate Hours Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $2,624,629  
Henry & June Drama Theatrical $23,411,903  
Listen Up: Quincy Jones Theatrical $765,909  
 
October 12 The Hot Spot Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $1,206,153  
Memphis Belle Drama Theatrical $27,791,387  
Mr. Destiny Comedy Theatrical $15,399,614  
To Sleep With Anger Drama Theatrical $1,274,495  
Troll 2 Horror Theatrical $0  
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Drama Theatrical $3,989,297  
 
October 17 Reversal of Fortune Drama Theatrical $15,445,131  
 
October 18 Fire, Ice & Dynamite Action Theatrical $0  
 
October 19 Night Angel Horror Theatrical $32,913  
Night of the Living Dead Horror Theatrical $5,835,247  
Quigley Down Under Western Theatrical $21,413,105  
White Palace Drama Theatrical $17,487,531  
 
October 26 Graveyard Shift Horror Theatrical $11,578,883  
The Nasty Girl Drama Theatrical $2,281,569  
Sibling Rivalry Black Comedy Theatrical $17,854,933  
 
 
Oct, 1990 TBD Book of Love Comedy Theatrical $1,382,259  
November, 1990
November 2 Bullseye! Comedy Theatrical $0  
China Cry: A True Story Drama Theatrical $3,254,801  
Graffiti Bridge Drama Theatrical $4,562,778  
Jacob’s Ladder Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $25,965,144  
Magic Cop (驅魔警察) Comedy Theatrical $0  
Waiting for the Light Comedy Theatrical $808,690  
 
November 9 Child's Play 2 Horror Theatrical $34,166,572  
Dances with Wolves Western Theatrical $424,208,805  
The Krays Theatrical $2,035,562  
 
November 16 Eating Comedy Theatrical $446,018  
Home Alone Comedy Theatrical $476,680,641  
The Rescuers Down Under Adventure Theatrical $47,431,461  
Rocky V Action Theatrical $119,946,358  
 
November 21 3 Men and a Little Lady Comedy Theatrical $71,609,321  
Hidden Agenda Drama Theatrical $1,193,890  
Predator 2 Action Theatrical $54,768,418  
Robot Jox Action Theatrical $326,724  
 
November 23 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Drama Theatrical $7,698,000  
 
November 30 Misery Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $61,166,323  
December, 1990
December 7 Edward Scissorhands Drama Theatrical $53,980,220  
Genuine Risk Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $2,900  
The Grifters Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $12,850,000  
The Rookie Action Theatrical $21,633,874  
Zamri, umri, voskresni! Drama Theatrical $56,052  
 
December 12 Havana Drama Theatrical $9,200,339  
 
December 13 La Veritat Oculta Theatrical $0  
 
December 14 Look Who's Talking Too Comedy Theatrical $46,614,448  
Mermaids Comedy Theatrical $35,140,500  
 
December 15 Ah Fei Ching Chuen Drama Theatrical $3,206,405  
Cyrano de Bergerac Drama Theatrical $2,021  
 
December 17 The Russia House Thriller/Suspense Theatrical $22,998,000  
 
December 19 Almost An Angel Comedy Theatrical $6,633,976  
Awakenings Drama Theatrical $51,636,504  
The Bonfire of the Vanities Comedy Theatrical $15,432,314  
Hamlet Drama Theatrical $22,493,727  
 
December 21 Kindergarten Cop Comedy Theatrical $202,000,000  
The Long Walk Home Drama Theatrical $13,798,030  
 
December 23 Come See The Paradise Drama Theatrical $865,660  
 
December 25 Alice Romantic Comedy Theatrical $7,331,647  
The Godfather: Part III Drama Theatrical $66,786,966 Play
Green Card Romantic Comedy Theatrical $29,804,169  
 
 
Unknown TBD Ain't No Way Back Horror Unknown $0  
Coins in the Fountain Romantic Comedy Unknown $0  
Cold Dog Soup Comedy Unknown $0  
The Color of Evening Drama Unknown $0  
Echoes That Remain Documentary Unknown $0  
Fast Getaway Action Unknown $0  
 
1990 TBD The Garden Drama Theatrical $5,006