Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1990
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1990 | |||
| During 1990 | Convicts (Wide) | $13,000 | |
| Daddy's Dyin'… Who's Got the Will? (Wide) | $1,373,728 | ||
| Don't Tell Her it's Me (Wide) | $1,171,762 | ||
| The End of Innocence (Wide) | $115,000 | ||
| Frankenstein Unbound (Wide) | $334,000 | ||
| Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive (Wide) | $108,392 | ||
| Mister Frost (Wide) | $32,000 | ||
| Mister Johnson (Wide) | $1,464,000 | ||
| Prisoners of the Sun (Wide) | $53,000 | ||
| The Return of Superfly (Wide) | $610,402 | ||
| Shaking the Tree (Wide) | $15,000 | ||
| The Sheltering Sky (Wide) | $2,075,084 | ||
| The Spirit of '76 (Wide) | $52,000 | ||
| Tune in Tomorrow (Wide) | $1,794,000 | ||
| Vincent & Theo (Wide) | $2,231,274 | ||
| White Hunter, Black Heart (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $2,319,124 | |
| Why Me? (Wide) | $84,000 | ||
| Fools of Fortune (Limited) | $83,000 | ||
| January 5 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (Wide) | $609,939 | |
| January 12 | Downtown (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $2,205,486 |
| Internal Affairs (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $27,661,878 | |
| Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (Wide) | $5,697,588 | ||
| Ski Patrol (Wide) | $8,000,000 | ||
| January 18 | Baxter (Limited) | Backstreet Films | |
| January 19 | Brain Dead (Wide) | Concorde | $1,627,955 |
| Everybody Wins (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,299,327 | |
| Streets (Wide) | Concorde | $808,730 | |
| Tremors (Wide) | Universal | $16,667,084 | |
| January 26 | Mortal Passions (Limited) | ||
| February 1990 | |||
| February 2 | Flashback (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $6,476,134 |
| Heart Condition (Wide) | New Line | $4,134,992 | |
| Men Don't Leave (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $6,050,018 | |
| Cinema Paradiso (Wide) | Miramax | $11,985,152 | |
| Stella (Wide) | Walt Disney | $20,062,347 | |
| A Man Called Sarge (Limited) | Cannon | ||
| February 9 | Hard To Kill (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $47,381,386 |
| The Haunting of Morella (Wide) | Concorde | $599,951 | |
| Loose Cannons (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $4,463,085 | |
| Stanley & Iris (Wide) | MGM | $5,820,015 | |
| Torrents of Spring (Wide) | Millimeter Films | $111,747 | |
| February 16 | Courage Mountain (Wide) | $1,393,610 | |
| Madhouse (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $20,438,179 | |
| Nightbreed (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $8,000,000 | |
| Revenge (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $15,535,771 | |
| The Witches (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $10,360,553 | |
| February 23 | The Blood of Heroes (Wide) | New Line | $882,290 |
| Mountains of the Moon (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $4,011,793 | |
| Where the Heart Is (Wide) | Walt Disney | $1,106,475 | |
| Angel Town (Limited) | Taurus | $855,810 | |
| Rockula (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||
| Spontaneous Combustion (Limited) | Taurus | ||
| March 1990 | |||
| March 2 | The Hunt for Red October (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $120,709,866 |
| March 9 | Bad Influence (Wide) | Triumph Releasing | $12,626,043 |
| Body Chemistry (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $323,908 | |
| Coupe De Ville (Wide) | Universal | $592,089 | |
| The Handmaid's Tale (Wide) | Cinecom | $4,960,385 | |
| Joe Versus the Volcano (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $39,381,963 | |
| The Last of the Finest (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,395,694 | |
| Love at Large (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,214,295 | |
| House Party (Limited) | New Line | $26,385,627 | |
| March 16 | Blind Fury (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $2,345,628 |
| Blue Steel (Wide) | MGM | $7,701,707 | |
| The Forbidden Dance (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $1,719,538 | |
| Lambada (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $4,248,622 | |
| Lord of the Flies (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $13,812,230 | |
| Nuns on the Run (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $10,959,015 | |
| March 21 | The Ambulance (Limited) | Triumph Releasing | |
| March 23 | The Fourth War (Wide) | Cannon | $1,305,888 |
| Pretty Woman (Wide) | Walt Disney | $178,406,268 | |
| A Shock to the System (Wide) | Corsair | $3,417,056 | |
| Elliot Fauman, Ph.D (Limited) | Taurus | $3,128 | |
| March 30 | Opportunity Knocks (Wide) | Universal | $11,359,129 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Wide) | New Line | $135,265,915 | |
| Side Out (Limited) | $450,000 | ||
| April 1990 | |||
| April 6 | The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (Wide) | Miramax | $7,407,995 |
| Cry-Baby (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $7,735,790 | |
| Ernest Goes to Jail (Wide) | Walt Disney | $25,029,569 | |
| The First Power (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $21,365,321 | |
| I Love You to Death (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $15,600,149 | |
| Impulse (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $2,531,528 | |
| April 11 | Crazy People (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $13,204,459 |
| April 13 | The Gods Must be Crazy II (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,291,444 |
| Vital Signs (Wide) | $1,224,605 | ||
| April 20 | Chattahoochee (Wide) | Hemdale | $259,486 |
| Lisa (Wide) | MGM | $4,067,725 | |
| Miami Blues (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $9,654,290 | |
| April 27 | The Guardian (Wide) | Universal | $16,140,440 |
| Q & A (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $11,207,000 | |
| Spaced Invaders (Wide) | Walt Disney | $15,000,000 | |
| Wild Orchid (Wide) | Triumph Releasing | $11,000,000 | |
| The Mahabharata (Limited) | MK2 Diffusion | ||
| May 1990 | |||
| May 1 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Wide) | Miramax | $4,087,000 |
| May 4 | Happy Together (Wide) | $100,000 | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn (Wide) | $678,680 | ||
| Short Time (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $4,010,647 | |
| Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $16,324,573 | |
| May 11 | Class of 1999 (Wide) | Taurus | $1,400,149 |
| Def by Temptation (Wide) | Shapiro | $2,218,579 | |
| Far Out Man (Wide) | New Line | $82,000 | |
| Longtime Companion (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $4,609,953 | |
| A Show of Force (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $152,982 | |
| Any Man’s Death (Limited) | Film Ventures International | $5,433 | |
| May 18 | Bird on a Wire (Wide) | Universal | $70,978,012 |
| Cadillac Man (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $27,257,086 | |
| May 24 | Back to the Future Part III (Wide) | Universal | $88,055,283 |
| Fire Birds (Wide) | Walt Disney | $14,760,451 | |
| June 1990 | |||
| June 1 | Total Recall (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $119,394,839 |
| Frankenhooker (Limited) | Shapiro | $146,931 | |
| Ghosts Can’t Do It (Limited) | Triumph Releasing | $25,000 | |
| Guns (Limited) | Malibu Bay Films | ||
| June 8 | Another 48 Hrs. (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $80,047,413 |
| June 15 | Dick Tracy (Wide) | Walt Disney | $103,738,726 |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $41,476,097 | |
| The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $13,299,749 | |
| June 22 | Betsy's Wedding (Wide) | Walt Disney | $19,740,070 |
| RoboCop 2 (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $45,681,173 | |
| June 27 | Days of Thunder (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $82,670,733 |
| Santa Sangre (Limited) | Republic Pictures | ||
| June 29 | Ghost Dad (Wide) | Universal | $23,007,150 |
| July 1990 | |||
| July 3 | Die Hard 2 (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $117,323,878 |
| July 6 | Jetsons: The Movie (Wide) | Universal | $19,543,985 |
| July 11 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $20,423,389 |
| July 12 | No Picnic (Limited) | $88,284 | |
| July 13 | Ghost (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $217,631,306 |
| The Jungle Book (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $141,843,000 | |
| Quick Change (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $15,260,154 | |
| Life is a Long Quiet River (Limited) | MK2 Diffusion | ||
| July 18 | Arachnophobia (Wide) | Walt Disney | $53,208,180 |
| July 20 | The Freshman (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $21,289,527 |
| Navy SEALs (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $24,824,126 | |
| July 27 | Presumed Innocent (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $86,303,188 |
| Problem Child (Wide) | Universal | $53,470,891 | |
| August 1990 | |||
| August 1 | Young Guns II (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $44,143,410 |
| August 3 | DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Wide) | Walt Disney | $18,075,331 |
| Metropolitan (Wide) | $2,938,000 | ||
| Mo' Better Blues (Wide) | Universal | $16,153,000 | |
| August 10 | Air America (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $30,506,847 |
| Flatliners (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $61,308,153 | |
| The Two Jakes (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $10,005,969 | |
| August 17 | The Exorcist III (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $25,011,739 |
| My Blue Heaven (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $23,591,472 | |
| Taking Care of Business (Wide) | Walt Disney | $20,005,435 | |
| Wild at Heart (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $14,560,000 | |
| August 22 | Pump Up the Volume (Wide) | New Line | $11,541,758 |
| August 24 | After Dark, My Sweet (Wide) | $2,678,414 | |
| Darkman (Wide) | Universal | $32,942,739 | |
| Delta Force 2 (Wide) | MGM | $6,154,944 | |
| Men At Work (Wide) | Triumph Releasing | $16,151,032 | |
| Dreams (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $1,963,207 | |
| August 31 | The Lemon Sisters (Wide) | Miramax | $3,399,773 |
| Mirror Mirror (Limited) | New City Releasing | ||
| September 1990 | |||
| September 6 | The Wrong Door (Special Engagement) | ||
| September 9 | Twilight (Canada Only) | ||
| September 12 | Postcards from the Edge (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $37,963,281 |
| September 14 | Death Warrant (Wide) | MGM | $15,394,200 |
| Hardware (Wide) | Millimeter Films | $5,649,801 | |
| State of Grace (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,911,542 | |
| Repossessed (Limited) | |||
| September 19 | Goodfellas (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $46,743,809 |
| September 20 | An Angel at My Table (Wide) | Fine Line | $1,054,638 |
| September 21 | Funny About Love (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $8,128,773 |
| Narrow Margin (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $10,873,237 | |
| The Tall Guy (Wide) | $510,000 | ||
| September 22 | Miller's Crossing (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $4,693,759 |
| September 26 | Berkeley in the Sixties (Limited) | California Newsreel | |
| September 28 | Dark Angel (Wide) | Triumph Releasing | $4,372,561 |
| King of New York (Wide) | New Line | $2,389,850 | |
| Pacific Heights (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $29,381,956 | |
| Texasville (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $2,268,181 | |
| October 1990 | |||
| October 5 | Avalon (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $15,702,685 |
| Desperate Hours (Wide) | MGM | $2,624,629 | |
| Fantasia (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $83,320,000 | |
| Henry & June (Wide) | Universal | $11,011,903 | |
| Listen Up: Quincy Jones (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $765,909 | |
| Marked for Death (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $43,224,499 | |
| Basket Case 2 (Limited) | Shapiro | ||
| October 12 | Bloodfist II (Wide) | Concorde | $1,292,323 |
| The Hot Spot (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,206,153 | |
| Memphis Belle (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $27,385,582 | |
| Mr. Destiny (Wide) | Walt Disney | $15,379,253 | |
| To Sleep With Anger (Wide) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $1,161,135 | |
| Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $3,989,297 | |
| Troll 2 (Limited) | |||
| October 17 | Reversal of Fortune (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $15,445,131 |
| October 19 | Night of the Living Dead (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $5,835,247 |
| Quigley Down Under (Wide) | MGM | $21,413,105 | |
| White Palace (Wide) | Universal | $17,487,531 | |
| Night Angel (Limited) | Fries Distribution Company | ||
| October 26 | Graveyard Shift (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $11,578,883 |
| Sibling Rivalry (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $17,854,933 | |
| The Nasty Girl (Limited) | Miramax | $2,281,569 | |
| Tune in Tomorrow (Limited) | $1,794,000 | ||
| October TBD | Book of Love (Limited) | New Line | $1,382,259 |
| November 1990 | |||
| November 2 | China Cry: A True Story (Wide) | Penland | $3,254,801 |
| Graffiti Bridge (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $4,562,778 | |
| Jacob’s Ladder (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $25,983,963 | |
| Waiting for the Light (Wide) | Triumph Releasing | $808,690 | |
| November 9 | Child's Play 2 (Wide) | Universal | $26,904,572 |
| Dances with Wolves (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $184,208,842 | |
| The Krays (Wide) | Miramax | $2,035,562 | |
| November 16 | Eating (Wide) | Rainbow Releasing | $446,018 |
| Home Alone (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $285,761,243 | |
| The Rescuers Down Under (Wide) | Walt Disney | $27,931,461 | |
| Rocky V (Wide) | MGM | $40,946,358 | |
| November 21 | 3 Men and a Little Lady (Wide) | Walt Disney | $71,609,321 |
| Hidden Agenda (Wide) | Hemdale | $992,452 | |
| Predator 2 (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $28,317,513 | |
| Robot Jox (Limited) | Triumph Releasing | ||
| November 23 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (Wide) | Miramax | $7,698,000 |
| November 30 | Misery (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $61,158,960 |
| December 1990 | |||
| December 7 | Edward Scissorhands (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $53,976,987 |
| The Grifters (Wide) | Miramax | $12,850,000 | |
| The Rookie (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $21,633,874 | |
| Genuine Risk (Limited) | IRS Releasing | $2,900 | |
| Freeze Die Come to Life (Limited) | International Film Exchange | $56,052 | |
| December 12 | Havana (Wide) | Universal | $9,200,339 |
| December 14 | Look Who’s Talking Too (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $46,614,448 |
| Mermaids (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $35,140,500 | |
| December 17 | The Russia House (Wide) | MGM | $22,998,000 |
| December 19 | Almost An Angel (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $6,633,976 |
| Awakenings (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $51,636,504 | |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $15,432,314 | |
| Hamlet (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $20,710,451 | |
| December 20 | Kiki's Delivery Service (Limited) | Streamlined Pictures | $2,697,212 |
| December 21 | Kindergarten Cop (Wide) | Universal | $91,457,688 |
| The Long Walk Home (Wide) | Miramax | $13,798,030 | |
| December 23 | Come See The Paradise (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $865,660 |
| December 25 | Alice (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $7,331,647 |
| The Godfather: Part III (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $66,666,062 | |
| Green Card (Limited) | Walt Disney | $29,804,169 | |
| During 1990 | The Garden (Limited) | International Film Circuit | $5,006 |