Week Domestic Box Office January 5, 1990
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Born on the Fourth of July | $14,639,250 | 1,310 | $11,175 | $15,793,184 | 23 | ||
| 2 | (1) | The War of the Roses | $8,849,264 | -32% | 1,525 | $5,803 | $54,765,480 | 35 | |
| 3 | (2) | Tango & Cash | $8,696,024 | -29% | 1,556 | $5,589 | $33,195,111 | 21 | |
| 4 | (7) | Steel Magnolias | $6,124,906 | -24% | 1,369 | $4,474 | $52,566,070 | 58 | |
| 5 | (6) | Always | $5,908,215 | -33% | 1,124 | $5,256 | $21,885,045 | 21 | |
| 6 | (3) | The Little Mermaid | $5,462,630 | -52% | 1,521 | $3,591 | $57,003,966 | 58 | |
| 7 | (4) | Back to the Future Part II | $4,472,451 | -55% | 1,760 | $2,541 | $100,656,381 | 51 | |
| 8 | (5) | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | $3,998,449 | -58% | 1,846 | $2,166 | $63,153,484 | 42 | |
| 9 | (11) | Glory | $249,729 | +14% | 8 | $31,216 | $704,510 | 30 | |
| 10 | (10) | Roger & Me | $209,540 | -22% | 9 | $23,282 | $648,968 | 23 | |
| 11 | (13) | Triumph of the Spirit | $47,007 | +64% | 11 | $4,273 | $182,954 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $58,657,465 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Born on the Fourth of July | $14,639,250 | 1,310 | $15,793,184 |
| 2 | The War of the Roses | $8,849,264 | 1,525 | $54,765,480 |
| 3 | Tango & Cash | $8,696,024 | 1,556 | $33,195,111 |
| 4 | Steel Magnolias | $6,124,906 | 1,369 | $52,566,070 |
| 5 | Always | $5,908,215 | 1,124 | $21,885,045 |
| 6 | The Little Mermaid | $5,462,630 | 1,521 | $57,003,966 |
| 7 | Back to the Future Part II | $4,472,451 | 1,760 | $100,656,381 |
| 8 | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | $3,998,449 | 1,846 | $63,153,484 |
| 9 | Glory | $249,729 | 8 | $704,510 |
| 10 | Roger & Me | $209,540 | 9 | $648,968 |
| 11 | Triumph of the Spirit | $47,007 | 11 | $182,954 |
| Reporting: 11 | $58,657,465 | total | ||