1990 Weekly Box Office Records

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

Rank	Date	Movie	Weekly Gross	Theaters	Per-Theater Average	Total Gross	Days in Release
1	Jun 1, 1990	Total Recall	$36,080,900	2,060	$17,515	$36,080,900	7
2	Jun 15, 1990	Dick Tracy	$34,746,228	2,332	$14,900	$34,746,228	7
3	Jul 6, 1990	Die Hard 2	$32,369,940	2,507	$12,912	$52,108,319	9
4	Mar 30, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$32,162,745	2,006	$16,033	$32,162,745	7
5	Dec 28, 1990	Home Alone	$29,115,944	2,141	$13,599	$156,070,787	49
6	May 25, 1990	Back to the Future Part III	$27,761,250	2,019	$13,750	$27,761,250	8
7	Nov 16, 1990	Home Alone	$27,309,391	1,202	$22,720	$27,309,391	7
8	Jun 8, 1990	Another 48 Hrs.	$26,963,071	2,301	$11,718	$26,963,071	7
9	Apr 6, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$26,674,000	2,226	$11,983	$58,836,745	14
10	Nov 23, 1990	Home Alone	$25,051,924	1,284	$19,511	$52,361,315	14
11	Jun 29, 1990	Days of Thunder	$23,805,672	2,307	$10,319	$29,817,389	9
12	Mar 2, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$23,597,892	1,225	$19,264	$23,597,892	7
13	Jun 22, 1990	Dick Tracy	$23,545,497	2,332	$10,097	$58,291,725	14
14	Dec 21, 1990	Home Alone	$23,396,819	2,108	$11,099	$126,954,843	42
15	Dec 28, 1990	The Godfather: Part III	$22,423,901	1,901	$11,796	$36,447,884	10
16	Jun 8, 1990	Total Recall	$21,320,520	2,076	$10,270	$57,401,420	14
17	Jul 13, 1990	Die Hard 2	$20,997,635	2,433	$8,630	$73,105,954	16
18	May 18, 1990	Bird on a Wire	$20,606,400	1,944	$10,600	$20,606,400	7
19	Jul 20, 1990	Ghost	$20,550,183	1,400	$14,679	$40,318,134	14
20	Apr 13, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$20,425,432	2,337	$8,740	$79,262,177	21
21	Jul 13, 1990	Ghost	$19,767,951	1,101	$17,955	$19,767,951	7
22	Nov 16, 1990	Rocky V	$19,606,494	2,053	$9,550	$19,606,494	7
23	Jun 22, 1990	RoboCop 2	$19,394,412	1,768	$10,970	$19,394,412	7
24	Mar 9, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$19,251,188	1,665	$11,562	$42,849,080	14
25	Dec 28, 1990	Kindergarten Cop	$19,191,170	1,922	$9,985	$35,328,075	14
26	Jul 27, 1990	Presumed Innocent	$18,211,961	1,349	$13,500	$18,211,961	7
27	Jul 27, 1990	Ghost	$18,014,258	1,694	$10,634	$58,332,392	21
28	Dec 7, 1990	Home Alone	$17,754,241	1,764	$10,065	$87,690,188	28
29	Aug 3, 1990	Ghost	$17,691,424	1,766	$10,018	$76,023,816	28
30	Nov 30, 1990	Home Alone	$17,574,632	1,342	$13,096	$69,935,947	21
31	Mar 30, 1990	Pretty Woman	$17,161,608	1,538	$11,158	$33,027,333	14
32	Jun 29, 1990	Dick Tracy	$16,789,452	2,332	$7,200	$75,081,177	21
33	Nov 23, 1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	$16,409,717	1,281	$12,810	$21,735,239	9
34	Oct 5, 1990	Marked for Death	$16,407,938	1,968	$8,337	$16,407,938	7
35	Apr 6, 1990	Pretty Woman	$16,147,956	1,707	$9,460	$49,175,289	21
36	Dec 21, 1990	Kindergarten Cop	$16,136,905	1,833	$8,804	$16,136,905	7
37	Jul 6, 1990	Days of Thunder	$16,066,441	2,307	$6,964	$45,883,830	16
38	Aug 10, 1990	Flatliners	$16,002,517	1,319	$12,132	$16,002,517	7
39	Jun 15, 1990	Another 48 Hrs.	$15,985,009	2,301	$6,947	$42,948,080	14
40	Aug 3, 1990	Presumed Innocent	$15,898,411	1,380	$11,521	$34,110,372	14
41	Dec 14, 1990	Home Alone	$15,867,836	2,017	$7,867	$103,558,024	35
42	Mar 23, 1990	Pretty Woman	$15,865,725	1,325	$11,974	$15,865,725	7
43	Jun 15, 1990	Total Recall	$15,743,932	2,095	$7,515	$73,145,352	21
44	Mar 16, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$15,327,099	1,817	$8,435	$58,176,179	21
45	May 25, 1990	Bird on a Wire	$15,299,650	1,949	$7,850	$35,906,050	14
46	Jul 27, 1990	Problem Child	$15,297,450	1,714	$8,925	$15,297,450	7
47	Aug 10, 1990	Ghost	$14,777,965	1,766	$8,368	$90,801,781	35
48	Jan 5, 1990	Born on the Fourth of July	$14,639,250	1,310	$11,175	$15,793,184	23
49	Jul 20, 1990	Die Hard 2	$14,620,001	2,325	$6,288	$87,725,955	23
50	Jun 15, 1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	$14,313,729	2,075	$6,898	$14,313,729	7
51	Dec 28, 1990	Dances with Wolves	$14,252,734	1,269	$11,231	$63,916,541	56
52	Apr 13, 1990	Pretty Woman	$14,226,496	1,707	$8,334	$63,401,785	28
53	Jun 1, 1990	Back to the Future Part III	$14,114,250	2,025	$6,970	$41,875,500	15
54	Dec 21, 1990	The Godfather: Part III	$14,023,983	1,820	$7,705	$14,023,983	3
55	Jun 29, 1990	Die Hard 2	$13,811,679	2,507	$5,509	$13,811,679	2
56	Jul 20, 1990	Arachnophobia	$13,261,916	1,479	$8,967	$15,669,648	9
57	Aug 17, 1990	Ghost	$13,191,612	1,766	$7,470	$103,993,393	42
58	Nov 9, 1990	Child's Play 2	$13,113,720	1,996	$6,570	$13,113,720	7
59	Nov 30, 1990	Misery	$13,003,403	1,244	$10,453	$13,003,403	7
60	Aug 17, 1990	The Exorcist III	$12,978,905	1,288	$10,077	$12,978,905	7
61	Aug 3, 1990	Young Guns II	$12,766,913	1,770	$7,213	$16,571,960	9
62	Jul 27, 1990	Arachnophobia	$12,549,969	1,831	$6,854	$28,219,617	16
63	Nov 23, 1990	Dances with Wolves	$12,537,664	1,048	$11,963	$17,386,832	21
64	Jun 22, 1990	Total Recall	$12,402,413	2,131	$5,820	$85,547,765	28
65	Aug 10, 1990	Air America	$12,220,350	1,902	$6,425	$12,220,350	7
66	Feb 9, 1990	Hard To Kill	$12,148,738	1,301	$9,338	$12,148,738	7
67	Jul 13, 1990	The Jungle Book	$12,005,314	1,901	$6,315	$85,748,690	8,311
68	Mar 23, 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$11,877,040	1,817	$6,537	$70,053,219	28
69	Jul 13, 1990	Days of Thunder	$11,866,822	2,307	$5,144	$57,750,652	23
70	Aug 31, 1990	Ghost	$11,864,168	1,766	$6,718	$126,927,070	56
71	Mar 9, 1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	$11,860,682	1,802	$6,582	$11,860,682	7
72	Apr 20, 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$11,854,100	2,377	$4,987	$91,116,277	28
73	Feb 16, 1990	Driving Miss Daisy	$11,784,365	1,397	$8,435	$47,182,680	72
74	Aug 10, 1990	Presumed Innocent	$11,647,001	1,451	$8,027	$45,757,373	21
75	Aug 17, 1990	Flatliners	$11,326,689	1,424	$7,954	$27,329,206	14
76	Aug 24, 1990	Darkman	$11,260,730	1,786	$6,305	$11,260,730	7
77	Aug 3, 1990	Problem Child	$11,085,360	1,768	$6,270	$26,382,810	14
78	Aug 24, 1990	Ghost	$11,069,509	1,766	$6,268	$115,062,902	49
79	Nov 23, 1990	Predator 2	$11,068,948	1,950	$5,676	$15,573,117	9
80	Sep 21, 1990	Goodfellas	$11,053,410	1,070	$10,330	$11,132,909	9
81	Jun 8, 1990	Back to the Future Part III	$10,845,120	2,054	$5,280	$52,720,620	22
82	Jun 22, 1990	Another 48 Hrs.	$10,808,775	2,301	$4,697	$53,756,855	21
83	Apr 20, 1990	Pretty Woman	$10,773,151	1,707	$6,311	$74,174,936	35
84	Sep 14, 1990	Postcards from the Edge	$10,744,922	1,013	$10,607	$10,855,698	9
85	Dec 28, 1990	Edward Scissorhands	$10,695,396	1,109	$9,644	$28,685,165	28
86	Jan 12, 1990	Born on the Fourth of July	$10,585,750	1,315	$8,050	$26,378,934	30
87	Jun 22, 1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	$10,477,311	2,155	$4,862	$24,791,040	14
88	Jul 6, 1990	Dick Tracy	$10,447,408	2,209	$4,729	$85,528,585	28
89	May 11, 1990	Pretty Woman	$10,402,558	1,794	$5,799	$103,371,507	56
90	Jul 20, 1990	The Jungle Book	$10,278,011	1,923	$5,345	$96,026,701	8,318
91	Dec 14, 1990	Look Who’s Talking Too	$10,149,755	1,576	$6,440	$10,149,755	7
92	Dec 28, 1990	Look Who’s Talking Too	$10,021,375	1,625	$6,167	$29,341,936	21
93	Feb 16, 1990	Hard To Kill	$9,952,237	1,452	$6,854	$22,100,975	14
94	May 25, 1990	Pretty Woman	$9,945,130	1,803	$5,516	$121,986,319	70
95	Nov 2, 1990	Jacob’s Ladder	$9,825,680	1,052	$9,340	$9,825,680	7
96	Jul 20, 1990	Navy SEALs	$9,781,703	1,341	$7,294	$9,781,703	7
97	Apr 27, 1990	Pretty Woman	$9,658,138	1,710	$5,648	$83,833,074	42
98	Sep 21, 1990	Postcards from the Edge	$9,602,348	1,322	$7,264	$20,458,046	16
99	Jun 29, 1990	RoboCop 2	$9,585,440	1,772	$5,409	$28,979,852	14
100	Nov 30, 1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	$9,576,788	1,282	$7,470	$31,312,027	16