Weekend Domestic Box Office December 21, 1990
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Home Alone | $14,715,701 | +27% | 2,108 | $6,981 | $118,273,725 | 38 | |
| 2 | (new) | Kindergarten Cop | $11,260,685 | 1,833 | $6,143 | $11,260,685 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (3) | Edward Scissorhands | $6,013,877 | -5% | 1,087 | $5,533 | $14,922,852 | 17 | |
| 4 | (4) | Dances with Wolves | $5,906,935 | +32% | 1,254 | $4,710 | $46,269,616 | 45 | |
| 5 | (2) | Look Who’s Talking Too | $5,858,000 | -28% | 1,616 | $3,625 | $16,007,755 | 10 | |
| 6 | (new) | The Russia House | $4,435,650 | 717 | $6,186 | $4,510,577 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (new) | The Bonfire of the Vanities | $4,216,063 | 1,373 | $3,071 | $4,216,063 | 5 | ||
| 8 | (5) | Misery | $4,125,895 | +3% | 1,320 | $3,126 | $31,886,620 | 24 | |
| 9 | (8) | 3 Men and a Little Lady | $3,517,374 | +29% | 1,578 | $2,229 | $44,427,144 | 33 | |
| 10 | (6) | Mermaids | $3,323,442 | -5% | 968 | $3,433 | $8,349,564 | 10 | |
| 11 | (-) | Ghost | $1,237,697 | 988 | $1,253 | $202,815,382 | 164 | ||
| 12 | (10) | Predator 2 | $586,840 | -50% | 571 | $1,028 | $26,108,392 | 33 | |
| 13 | (11) | Child's Play 2 | $192,780 | -39% | 252 | $765 | $26,253,695 | 45 | |
| 14 | (12) | Jacob’s Ladder | $118,600 | -52% | 200 | $593 | $25,094,366 | 52 | |
| 15 | (13) | Freeze Die Come to Life | $4,488 | -23% | 1 | $4,488 | $21,325 | 17 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $65,514,027 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | $14,715,701 | 2,108 | $118,273,725 |
| 2 | Kindergarten Cop | $11,260,685 | 1,833 | $11,260,685 |
| 3 | Edward Scissorhands | $6,013,877 | 1,087 | $14,922,852 |
| 4 | Dances with Wolves | $5,906,935 | 1,254 | $46,269,616 |
| 5 | Look Who’s Talking Too | $5,858,000 | 1,616 | $16,007,755 |
| 6 | The Russia House | $4,435,650 | 717 | $4,510,577 |
| 7 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | $4,216,063 | 1,373 | $4,216,063 |
| 8 | Misery | $4,125,895 | 1,320 | $31,886,620 |
| 9 | 3 Men and a Little Lady | $3,517,374 | 1,578 | $44,427,144 |
| 10 | Mermaids | $3,323,442 | 968 | $8,349,564 |
| 11 | Ghost | $1,237,697 | 988 | $202,815,382 |
| 12 | Predator 2 | $586,840 | 571 | $26,108,392 |
| 13 | Child's Play 2 | $192,780 | 252 | $26,253,695 |
| 14 | Jacob’s Ladder | $118,600 | 200 | $25,094,366 |
| 15 | Freeze Die Come to Life | $4,488 | 1 | $21,325 |
| Reporting: 15 | $65,514,027 | total | ||