1990 Weekend Box Office Records

This chart shows the highest-grossing weekends at the domestic box office for 1990.

Rank	Date	Movie	Weekend Gross	Theaters	Per-Theater Average	Total Gross	Days in Release
1	Jun 1, 1990	Total Recall	$25,533,700	2,060	$12,395	$25,533,700	3
2	Mar 30, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$25,398,367	2,006	$12,661	$25,398,367	3
3	Dec 28, 1990	Home Alone	$25,148,406	2,141	$11,746	$152,103,249	45
4	May 25, 1990	Back to the Future Part III	$23,703,060	2,019	$11,740	$23,703,060	4
5	Jun 15, 1990	Dick Tracy	$22,543,911	2,332	$9,667	$22,543,911	3
6	Jul 6, 1990	Die Hard 2	$21,744,661	2,507	$8,674	$35,556,340	5
7	Nov 23, 1990	Home Alone	$20,987,761	1,284	$16,346	$48,297,152	10
8	Dec 28, 1990	The Godfather: Part III	$19,558,558	1,901	$10,289	$33,582,541	6
9	Jun 8, 1990	Another 48 Hrs.	$19,470,596	2,301	$8,462	$19,470,596	3
10	Apr 6, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$18,813,741	2,226	$8,452	$50,976,486	10
11	Mar 2, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$17,161,835	1,225	$14,010	$17,161,835	3
12	Nov 16, 1990	Home Alone	$17,081,997	1,202	$14,211	$17,081,997	3
13	Dec 28, 1990	Kindergarten Cop	$16,346,610	1,922	$8,505	$32,483,515	10
14	Jun 22, 1990	Dick Tracy	$15,546,837	2,332	$6,667	$50,293,065	10
15	Jun 29, 1990	Days of Thunder	$15,490,445	2,307	$6,715	$21,502,162	5
16	May 18, 1990	Bird on a Wire	$15,338,160	1,944	$7,890	$15,338,160	3
17	Jun 8, 1990	Total Recall	$15,061,380	2,076	$7,255	$51,142,280	10
18	Dec 21, 1990	Home Alone	$14,715,701	2,108	$6,981	$118,273,725	38
19	Jul 13, 1990	Die Hard 2	$14,512,301	2,507	$5,789	$66,620,620	12
20	Nov 30, 1990	Home Alone	$14,386,876	1,342	$10,720	$66,748,191	17
21	Dec 7, 1990	Home Alone	$14,232,156	1,764	$8,068	$84,168,103	24
22	Jun 22, 1990	RoboCop 2	$14,145,411	1,768	$8,001	$14,145,411	3
23	Nov 16, 1990	Rocky V	$14,073,170	2,053	$6,855	$14,073,170	3
24	Apr 13, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$14,064,921	2,337	$6,018	$72,901,666	17
25	Mar 9, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$14,058,772	1,665	$8,444	$37,656,664	10
26	Nov 23, 1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	$13,774,642	1,281	$10,753	$19,100,164	5
27	May 25, 1990	Bird on a Wire	$12,795,185	1,949	$6,565	$33,401,585	10
28	Jul 20, 1990	Ghost	$12,523,295	1,400	$8,945	$32,291,246	10
29	Mar 30, 1990	Pretty Woman	$12,471,670	1,538	$8,109	$28,337,395	10
30	Jul 13, 1990	Ghost	$12,191,373	1,101	$11,073	$12,191,373	3
31	Dec 28, 1990	Dances with Wolves	$11,898,621	1,269	$9,376	$61,562,428	52
32	Oct 5, 1990	Marked for Death	$11,790,047	1,968	$5,991	$11,790,047	3
33	Jul 27, 1990	Presumed Innocent	$11,718,981	1,349	$8,687	$11,718,981	3
34	Dec 14, 1990	Home Alone	$11,617,249	2,017	$5,760	$99,307,437	31
35	Mar 23, 1990	Pretty Woman	$11,280,591	1,325	$8,514	$11,280,591	3
36	Apr 6, 1990	Pretty Woman	$11,270,218	1,707	$6,602	$44,297,551	17
37	Dec 21, 1990	Kindergarten Cop	$11,260,685	1,833	$6,143	$11,260,685	3
38	Mar 16, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$11,077,359	1,817	$6,097	$53,926,439	17
39	Jul 27, 1990	Ghost	$11,074,738	1,694	$6,538	$51,392,872	17
40	Jan 5, 1990	Born on the Fourth of July	$11,023,650	1,310	$8,415	$12,177,584	19
41	Aug 3, 1990	Ghost	$10,798,834	1,766	$6,115	$69,131,226	24
42	Jun 15, 1990	Another 48 Hrs.	$10,724,254	2,301	$4,661	$37,687,325	10
43	Nov 9, 1990	Child's Play 2	$10,718,520	1,996	$5,370	$10,718,520	3
44	Jul 6, 1990	Days of Thunder	$10,707,895	2,307	$4,641	$40,525,284	12
45	Jun 1, 1990	Back to the Future Part III	$10,337,625	2,025	$5,105	$38,098,875	11
46	Jun 15, 1990	Total Recall	$10,223,600	2,095	$4,880	$67,625,020	17
47	Aug 3, 1990	Presumed Innocent	$10,176,663	1,380	$7,374	$28,388,624	10
48	Apr 13, 1990	Pretty Woman	$10,117,891	1,707	$5,927	$59,293,180	24
49	Jun 29, 1990	Dick Tracy	$10,101,204	2,332	$4,332	$68,392,929	17
50	Nov 30, 1990	Misery	$10,076,834	1,244	$8,100	$10,076,834	3
51	Aug 10, 1990	Flatliners	$10,034,685	1,319	$7,608	$10,034,685	3
52	Jul 27, 1990	Problem Child	$10,026,900	1,714	$5,850	$10,026,900	3
53	Jul 20, 1990	Die Hard 2	$10,019,244	2,325	$4,309	$83,125,198	19
54	Aug 31, 1990	Ghost	$9,953,630	1,766	$5,636	$125,016,532	52
55	Feb 16, 1990	Driving Miss Daisy	$9,834,744	1,397	$7,040	$45,233,059	68
56	Apr 20, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$9,797,376	2,377	$4,122	$89,059,553	24
57	Jun 15, 1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	$9,702,804	2,075	$4,676	$9,702,804	3
58	Nov 23, 1990	Dances with Wolves	$9,491,623	1,048	$9,057	$14,340,791	17
59	Aug 10, 1990	Ghost	$9,453,230	1,766	$5,353	$85,477,046	31
60	Aug 17, 1990	The Exorcist III	$9,312,219	1,288	$7,230	$9,312,219	3
61	Dec 28, 1990	Edward Scissorhands	$9,263,513	1,109	$8,353	$27,253,282	24
62	Mar 9, 1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	$9,252,232	1,802	$5,134	$9,252,232	3
63	Feb 9, 1990	Hard To Kill	$9,213,631	1,301	$7,082	$9,213,631	3
64	Mar 23, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$9,111,680	1,817	$5,015	$67,287,859	24
65	Nov 23, 1990	Predator 2	$8,784,943	1,950	$4,505	$13,289,112	5
66	Dec 28, 1990	Look Who’s Talking Too	$8,653,125	1,625	$5,325	$27,973,686	17
67	Feb 16, 1990	Hard To Kill	$8,420,285	1,452	$5,799	$20,569,023	10
68	Aug 17, 1990	Ghost	$8,364,565	1,766	$4,736	$99,166,346	38
69	Apr 20, 1990	Pretty Woman	$8,323,687	1,707	$4,876	$71,725,472	31
70	Jun 22, 1990	Total Recall	$8,278,935	2,131	$3,885	$81,424,287	24
71	May 25, 1990	Pretty Woman	$8,189,423	1,803	$4,542	$120,230,612	66
72	Jul 13, 1990	Days of Thunder	$8,168,248	2,307	$3,541	$54,052,078	19
73	Jul 27, 1990	Arachnophobia	$8,162,034	1,831	$4,458	$23,831,682	12
74	Dec 14, 1990	Look Who’s Talking Too	$8,100,640	1,576	$5,140	$8,100,640	3
75	Aug 10, 1990	Air America	$8,064,480	1,902	$4,240	$8,064,480	3
76	Aug 24, 1990	Darkman	$8,054,860	1,786	$4,510	$8,054,860	3
77	Jul 20, 1990	Arachnophobia	$8,045,760	1,479	$5,440	$10,453,492	5
78	Nov 30, 1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	$8,036,576	1,282	$6,269	$29,771,815	12
79	Jan 12, 1990	Born on the Fourth of July	$8,028,075	1,315	$6,105	$23,821,259	26
80	Aug 3, 1990	Young Guns II	$8,017,438	1,770	$4,530	$11,822,485	5
81	Aug 31, 1990	Darkman	$7,936,890	1,833	$4,330	$19,197,620	10
82	Aug 10, 1990	Presumed Innocent	$7,901,866	1,451	$5,446	$42,012,238	17
83	Sep 14, 1990	Postcards from the Edge	$7,871,856	1,013	$7,771	$7,982,632	5
84	Jul 13, 1990	The Jungle Book	$7,708,029	1,901	$4,055	$81,451,405	8,307
85	Nov 23, 1990	Rocky V	$7,703,740	2,053	$3,752	$27,310,234	10
86	Jun 8, 1990	Back to the Future Part III	$7,651,150	2,054	$3,725	$49,526,650	18
87	Jun 22, 1990	Another 48 Hrs.	$7,636,311	2,301	$3,319	$50,584,391	17
88	May 11, 1990	Pretty Woman	$7,594,013	1,794	$4,233	$100,562,962	52
89	Nov 2, 1990	Jacob’s Ladder	$7,500,760	1,052	$7,130	$7,500,760	3
90	Aug 24, 1990	Ghost	$7,474,702	1,766	$4,233	$111,468,095	45
91	Oct 12, 1990	Marked for Death	$7,423,949	1,974	$3,761	$23,831,887	10
92	Dec 28, 1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	$7,215,698	1,578	$4,573	$54,014,353	40
93	Apr 27, 1990	Pretty Woman	$7,150,551	1,710	$4,182	$81,325,487	38
94	Jun 22, 1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	$7,077,114	2,155	$3,284	$21,390,843	10
95	Aug 17, 1990	Flatliners	$7,056,904	1,424	$4,956	$23,059,421	10
96	Nov 30, 1990	Dances with Wolves	$7,024,913	1,053	$6,671	$24,411,745	24
97	Mar 16, 1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	$7,017,237	1,799	$3,901	$18,877,919	10
98	Jan 5, 1990	The War of the Roses	$7,006,812	1,525	$4,595	$52,923,028	31
99	Dec 7, 1990	Misery	$6,961,449	1,281	$5,434	$19,964,852	10
100	Apr 27, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$6,914,351	2,377	$2,909	$98,030,628	31