Domestic Release Schedule for 1990

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1990.

See also: Top 1990 Worldwide - Most Popular 1990

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Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
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January, 1990
During 1990 Convicts (Wide) $13,000  
Daddy's Dyin'… Who's Got the Will? (Wide) $1,373,728  
Don't Tell Her it's Me (Wide) $1,171,762  
The End of Innocence (Wide) $115,000  
Frankenstein Unbound (Wide) $334,000  
Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive (Wide) $108,392  
Mister Frost (Wide) $32,000  
Mister Johnson (Wide) $1,464,000  
Prisoners of the Sun (Wide) $53,000  
The Return of Superfly (Wide) $610,402  
Shaking the Tree (Wide) $15,000  
The Sheltering Sky (Wide) $2,075,084  
The Spirit of '76 (Wide) $52,000  
Tune in Tomorrow (Wide) $1,794,000  
Vincent & Theo (Wide) $2,231,274  
White Hunter, Black Heart (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,319,124  
Why Me? (Wide) $84,000  
Fools of Fortune (Limited) $83,000  
 
January 5 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Wide) $609,939  
 
January 12 Downtown (Wide) 20th Century Fox $2,205,486  
Internal Affairs (Wide) Paramount Pictures $27,661,878  
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (Wide) $5,697,588  
Ski Patrol (Wide) $8,000,000  
 
January 18 Baxter (Limited) Backstreet Films    
 
January 19 Brain Dead (Wide) Concorde $1,627,955  
Everybody Wins (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,299,327  
Streets (Wide) Concorde $808,730  
Tremors (Wide) Universal $16,667,084  
February, 1990
February 2 Flashback (Wide) Paramount Pictures $6,476,134  
Heart Condition (Wide) New Line $4,134,992  
Men Don't Leave (Wide) Warner Bros. $6,050,018  
Cinema Paradiso (Wide) Miramax $11,985,152  
Stella (Wide) Walt Disney $20,062,347  
 
February 9 Hard To Kill (Wide) Warner Bros. $47,381,386  
The Haunting of Morella (Wide) Concorde $599,951  
Loose Cannons (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,463,085  
Stanley & Iris (Wide) MGM $5,820,015  
Torrents of Spring (Wide) Millimeter Films $111,747  
 
February 16 Courage Mountain (Wide) $1,393,610  
Madhouse (Wide) Orion Pictures $20,438,179  
Nightbreed (Wide) 20th Century Fox $8,000,000  
Revenge (Wide) Sony Pictures $15,535,771  
The Witches (Wide) Warner Bros. $10,360,553  
 
February 23 The Blood of Heroes (Wide) New Line $882,290  
Mountains of the Moon (Wide) Sony Pictures $4,011,793  
Where the Heart Is (Wide) Walt Disney $1,106,475  
Angel Town (Limited) Taurus $855,810  
Rockula (Limited) Self Distributed    
Spontaneous Combustion (Limited) Taurus    
March, 1990
March 2 The Hunt for Red October (Wide) Paramount Pictures $120,709,866  
 
March 9 Bad Influence (Wide) Triumph Releasing $12,626,043  
Body Chemistry (Wide) Sony/TriStar $323,908  
Coupe De Ville (Wide) Universal $592,089  
The Handmaid's Tale (Wide) Cinecom $4,960,385  
Joe Versus the Volcano (Wide) Warner Bros. $39,381,963  
The Last of the Finest (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,395,694  
Love at Large (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,214,295  
House Party (Limited) New Line $26,385,627  
 
March 16 Blind Fury (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,345,628  
Blue Steel (Wide) MGM $7,701,707  
The Forbidden Dance (Wide) Sony Pictures $1,719,538  
Lambada (Wide) Warner Bros. $4,248,622  
Lord of the Flies (Wide) Sony Pictures $13,812,230  
Nuns on the Run (Wide) 20th Century Fox $10,959,015  
 
March 21 The Ambulance (Limited) Triumph Releasing    
 
March 23 The Fourth War (Wide) Cannon $1,305,888  
Pretty Woman (Wide) Walt Disney $178,406,268  
A Shock to the System (Wide) Corsair $3,417,056  
Elliot Fauman, Ph.D (Limited) Taurus $3,128  
 
March 30 Opportunity Knocks (Wide) Universal $11,359,129  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Wide) New Line $135,265,915  
Side Out (Limited) $450,000  
April, 1990
April 6 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (Wide) Miramax $7,407,995  
Cry-Baby (Wide) Warner Bros. $7,735,790  
Ernest Goes to Jail (Wide) Walt Disney $25,029,569  
The First Power (Wide) Orion Pictures $21,365,321  
I Love You to Death (Wide) Sony Pictures $15,600,149  
Impulse (Wide) Warner Bros. $2,531,528  
 
April 11 Crazy People (Wide) Paramount Pictures $13,204,459  
 
April 13 The Gods Must be Crazy II (Wide) Sony Pictures $6,291,444  
Vital Signs (Wide) $1,224,605  
 
April 20 Chattahoochee (Wide) Hemdale $259,486  
Lisa (Wide) MGM $4,067,725  
Miami Blues (Wide) Orion Pictures $9,654,290  
 
April 27 The Guardian (Wide) Universal $16,140,440  
Q & A (Wide) Sony/TriStar $11,207,000  
Spaced Invaders (Wide) Walt Disney $15,000,000  
Wild Orchid (Wide) Triumph Releasing $11,000,000  
The Mahabharata (Limited) MK2 Diffusion    
May, 1990
May 1 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Wide) Miramax $4,087,000  
 
May 4 Happy Together (Wide) $100,000  
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Wide) $678,680  
Short Time (Wide) 20th Century Fox $4,010,647  
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (Wide) Paramount Pictures $16,324,573  
 
May 11 Class of 1999 (Wide) Taurus $1,400,149  
Def by Temptation (Wide) Shapiro $2,218,579  
Far Out Man (Wide) New Line $82,000  
Longtime Companion (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $4,609,953  
A Show of Force (Wide) Paramount Pictures $152,982  
Any Man’s Death (Limited) Film Ventures International $5,433  
 
May 18 Bird on a Wire (Wide) Universal $70,978,012  
Cadillac Man (Wide) Orion Pictures $27,257,086  
 
May 24 Back to the Future Part III (Wide) Universal $88,055,283  
Fire Birds (Wide) Walt Disney $14,760,451  
June, 1990
June 1 Total Recall (Wide) Sony Pictures $119,394,839  
Frankenhooker (Limited) Shapiro $146,931  
Ghosts Can’t Do It (Limited) Triumph Releasing $25,000  
Guns (Limited) Malibu Bay Films    
 
June 8 Another 48 Hrs. (Wide) Paramount Pictures $80,047,413  
 
June 15 Dick Tracy (Wide) Walt Disney $103,738,726  
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Wide) Warner Bros. $41,476,097  
The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Limited) Sony Pictures $13,299,749  
 
June 22 Betsy's Wedding (Wide) Walt Disney $19,740,070  
RoboCop 2 (Wide) Orion Pictures $45,681,173  
 
June 27 Days of Thunder (Wide) Paramount Pictures $82,670,733  
Santa Sangre (Limited) Republic Pictures    
 
June 29 Ghost Dad (Wide) Universal $23,007,150  
July, 1990
July 3 Die Hard 2 (Wide) 20th Century Fox $117,323,878  
 
July 6 Jetsons: The Movie (Wide) Universal $19,543,985  
 
July 11 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (Wide) 20th Century Fox $20,423,389  
 
July 13 Ghost (Wide) Paramount Pictures $217,631,306  
The Jungle Book (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $141,843,000  
Quick Change (Wide) Warner Bros. $15,260,154  
Life is a Long Quiet River (Limited) MK2 Diffusion    
 
July 18 Arachnophobia (Wide) Walt Disney $53,208,180  
 
July 20 The Freshman (Wide) Sony Pictures $21,289,527  
Navy SEALs (Wide) Orion Pictures $24,824,126  
 
July 27 Presumed Innocent (Wide) Warner Bros. $86,303,188  
Problem Child (Wide) Universal $53,470,891  
August, 1990
August 1 Young Guns II (Wide) 20th Century Fox $44,143,410  
 
August 3 DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Wide) Walt Disney $18,075,331  
Metropolitan (Wide) $2,938,000  
Mo' Better Blues (Wide) Universal $16,153,000  
 
August 10 Air America (Wide) Sony Pictures $30,506,847  
Flatliners (Wide) Sony Pictures $61,308,153  
The Two Jakes (Wide) Paramount Pictures $10,005,969  
 
August 17 The Exorcist III (Wide) 20th Century Fox $25,011,739  
My Blue Heaven (Wide) Warner Bros. $23,591,472  
Taking Care of Business (Wide) Walt Disney $20,005,435  
Wild at Heart (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $14,560,000  
 
August 22 Pump Up the Volume (Wide) New Line $11,541,758  
 
August 24 After Dark, My Sweet (Wide) $2,678,414  
Darkman (Wide) Universal $32,942,739  
Delta Force 2 (Wide) MGM $6,154,944  
Men At Work (Wide) Triumph Releasing $16,151,032  
Dreams (Wide) Warner Bros. $1,963,207  
 
August 31 The Lemon Sisters (Wide) Miramax $3,399,773  
Mirror Mirror (Limited) New City Releasing    
September, 1990
September 6 The Wrong Door (Special Engagement)    
 
September 9 Twilight (Canada Only)    
 
September 12 Postcards from the Edge (Wide) Sony Pictures $37,963,281  
 
September 14 Death Warrant (Wide) MGM $15,394,200  
Hardware (Wide) Millimeter Films $5,649,801  
State of Grace (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,911,542  
 
September 19 Goodfellas (Wide) Warner Bros. $46,743,809  
 
September 20 An Angel at My Table (Wide) Fine Line $1,054,638  
 
September 21 Funny About Love (Wide) Paramount Pictures $8,128,773  
Narrow Margin (Wide) Sony Pictures $10,873,237  
The Tall Guy (Wide) $510,000  
 
September 22 Miller's Crossing (Wide) 20th Century Fox $4,693,759  
 
September 26 Berkeley in the Sixties (Limited) California Newsreel    
 
September 28 Dark Angel (Wide) Triumph Releasing $4,372,561  
King of New York (Wide) New Line $2,389,850  
Pacific Heights (Wide) 20th Century Fox $29,381,956  
Texasville (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,268,181  
October, 1990
October 5 Avalon (Wide) Sony Pictures $15,702,685  
Desperate Hours (Wide) MGM $2,624,629  
Fantasia (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $83,320,000  
Henry & June (Wide) Universal $11,011,903  
Listen Up: Quincy Jones (Wide) Warner Bros. $765,909  
Marked for Death (Wide) 20th Century Fox $43,224,499  
Basket Case 2 (Limited) Shapiro    
 
October 12 The Hot Spot (Wide) Orion Pictures $1,206,153  
Memphis Belle (Wide) Warner Bros. $27,385,582  
Mr. Destiny (Wide) Walt Disney $15,379,253  
To Sleep With Anger (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $1,161,135  
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (Wide) Paramount Pictures $3,989,297  
Troll 2 (Limited)    
 
October 17 Reversal of Fortune (Wide) Warner Bros. $15,445,131  
 
October 19 Night of the Living Dead (Wide) Sony Pictures $5,835,247  
Quigley Down Under (Wide) MGM $21,413,105  
White Palace (Wide) Universal $17,487,531  
Night Angel (Limited) Fries Distribution Company    
 
October 26 Graveyard Shift (Wide) Paramount Pictures $11,578,883  
Sibling Rivalry (Wide) Sony Pictures $17,854,933  
The Nasty Girl (Limited) Miramax $2,281,569  
Tune in Tomorrow (Limited) $1,794,000  
 
 
October TBD Book of Love (Limited) New Line $1,382,259  
November, 1990
November 2 China Cry: A True Story (Wide) Penland $3,254,801  
Graffiti Bridge (Wide) Warner Bros. $4,562,778  
Jacob’s Ladder (Wide) Sony Pictures $25,965,144  
Waiting for the Light (Wide) Triumph Releasing $808,690  
 
November 9 Child's Play 2 (Wide) Universal $26,904,572  
Dances with Wolves (Wide) Orion Pictures $184,208,842  
The Krays (Wide) Miramax $2,035,562  
 
November 16 Eating (Wide) Rainbow Releasing $446,018  
Home Alone (Wide) 20th Century Fox $285,761,243  
The Rescuers Down Under (Wide) Walt Disney $27,931,461  
Rocky V (Wide) MGM $40,946,358  
 
November 21 3 Men and a Little Lady (Wide) Walt Disney $71,609,321  
Hidden Agenda (Wide) Hemdale $992,452  
Predator 2 (Wide) 20th Century Fox $28,317,513  
Robot Jox (Limited) Triumph Releasing    
 
November 23 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (Wide) Miramax $7,698,000  
 
November 30 Misery (Wide) Sony Pictures $61,158,960  
December, 1990
December 7 Edward Scissorhands (Wide) 20th Century Fox $53,976,987  
The Grifters (Wide) Miramax $12,850,000  
The Rookie (Wide) Sony Pictures $21,633,874  
Genuine Risk (Limited) IRS Releasing $2,900  
Freeze Die Come to Life (Limited) International Film Exchange $56,052  
 
December 12 Havana (Wide) Universal $9,200,339  
 
December 14 Look Who's Talking Too (Wide) Sony Pictures $46,614,448  
Mermaids (Wide) Orion Pictures $35,140,500  
 
December 17 The Russia House (Wide) MGM $22,998,000  
 
December 19 Almost An Angel (Wide) Paramount Pictures $6,633,976  
Awakenings (Wide) Sony Pictures $51,636,504  
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Wide) Warner Bros. $15,432,314  
Hamlet (Limited) Warner Bros. $20,710,451  
 
December 20 Kiki's Delivery Service (Limited) Streamlined Pictures    
 
December 21 Kindergarten Cop (Wide) Universal $91,457,688  
The Long Walk Home (Wide) Miramax $13,798,030  
 
December 23 Come See The Paradise (Wide) 20th Century Fox $865,660  
 
December 25 Alice (Wide) Orion Pictures $7,331,647  
The Godfather: Part III (Wide) Paramount Pictures $66,666,062 Play
Green Card (Limited) Walt Disney $29,804,169  
 
 
During 1990 The Garden (Limited) International Film Circuit $5,006