Week 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 | $23,396,819 | +47% | 2,108 | $11,099 | $126,954,843 | 42 | |
| 2 | (new) | Kindergarten Cop | $16,136,905 | 1,833 | $8,804 | $16,136,905 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (new) | The Godfather: Part III | $14,023,983 | 1,820 | $7,705 | $14,023,983 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (4) | Dances with Wolves | $9,301,126 | +44% | 1,254 | $7,417 | $49,663,807 | 49 | |
| 5 | (2) | Look Who’s Talking Too | $9,170,806 | -10% | 1,616 | $5,675 | $19,320,561 | 14 | |
| 6 | (3) | Edward Scissorhands | $9,080,794 | +5% | 1,087 | $8,354 | $17,989,769 | 21 | |
| 7 | (5) | Misery | $6,085,473 | +8% | 1,320 | $4,610 | $33,846,198 | 28 | |
| 8 | (-) | The Russia House | $5,958,364 | 717 | $8,310 | $6,033,291 | 11 | ||
| 9 | (7) | 3 Men and a Little Lady | $5,888,885 | +55% | 1,578 | $3,732 | $46,798,655 | 37 | |
| 10 | (6) | Mermaids | $5,141,743 | +2% | 968 | $5,312 | $10,167,865 | 14 | |
| 11 | (-) | Ghost | $2,038,628 | 988 | $2,063 | $203,616,313 | 168 | ||
| 12 | (8) | Predator 2 | $758,965 | -55% | 571 | $1,329 | $26,280,517 | 37 | |
| 13 | (9) | Child's Play 2 | $214,200 | -50% | 252 | $850 | $26,275,115 | 49 | |
| 14 | (10) | Jacob’s Ladder | $162,800 | -57% | 200 | $814 | $25,138,566 | 56 | |
| 15 | (11) | Freeze Die Come to Life | $5,670 | -32% | 1 | $5,670 | $22,507 | 21 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $107,365,161 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | $23,396,819 | 2,108 | $126,954,843 |
| 2 | Kindergarten Cop | $16,136,905 | 1,833 | $16,136,905 |
| 3 | The Godfather: Part III | $14,023,983 | 1,820 | $14,023,983 |
| 4 | Dances with Wolves | $9,301,126 | 1,254 | $49,663,807 |
| 5 | Look Who’s Talking Too | $9,170,806 | 1,616 | $19,320,561 |
| 6 | Edward Scissorhands | $9,080,794 | 1,087 | $17,989,769 |
| 7 | Misery | $6,085,473 | 1,320 | $33,846,198 |
| 8 | The Russia House | $5,958,364 | 717 | $6,033,291 |
| 9 | 3 Men and a Little Lady | $5,888,885 | 1,578 | $46,798,655 |
| 10 | Mermaids | $5,141,743 | 968 | $10,167,865 |
| 11 | Ghost | $2,038,628 | 988 | $203,616,313 |
| 12 | Predator 2 | $758,965 | 571 | $26,280,517 |
| 13 | Child's Play 2 | $214,200 | 252 | $26,275,115 |
| 14 | Jacob’s Ladder | $162,800 | 200 | $25,138,566 |
| 15 | Freeze Die Come to Life | $5,670 | 1 | $22,507 |
| Reporting: 15 | $107,365,161 | total | ||