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Top 1990 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top 1990 International - Top 1990 Worldwide
Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic
This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1990.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1990 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1990, including films released in 1989 and earlier.
| Rank | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office |
Opening Weekend Box Office |
Max Theater Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | 20th Cent… | $285,761,243 | $17,081,997 | 2,173 |
| 2 | Ghost | Paramount… | $217,631,306 | $12,191,373 | 1,766 |
| 3 | Dances with Wolves | Orion Pic… | $184,208,842 | $598,257 | 1,636 |
| 4 | Pretty Woman | Walt Disney | $178,406,268 | $11,280,591 | 1,811 |
| 5 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | New Line | $135,265,915 | $25,398,367 | 2,377 |
| 6 | The Hunt for Red October | Paramount… | $120,709,866 | $17,161,835 | 1,817 |
| 7 | Total Recall | Sony Pict… | $119,394,839 | $25,533,700 | 2,131 |
| 8 | Die Hard 2 | 20th Cent… | $117,323,878 | $21,744,661 | 2,507 |
| 9 | Dick Tracy | Walt Disney | $103,738,726 | $22,543,911 | 2,332 |
| 10 | Kindergarten Cop | Universal | $91,457,688 | $11,260,685 | 1,934 |
| 11 | Back to the Future Part III | Universal | $88,055,283 | $23,703,060 | 2,070 |
| 12 | Presumed Innocent | Warner Bros. | $86,303,188 | $11,718,981 | 1,451 |
| 13 | Days of Thunder | Paramount… | $82,670,733 | $15,490,445 | 2,307 |
| 14 | Another 48 Hrs. | Paramount… | $80,047,413 | $19,470,596 | 2,301 |
| 15 | 3 Men and a Little Lady | Walt Disney | $71,609,321 | $13,774,642 | 1,614 |
| 16 | Bird on a Wire | Universal | $70,978,012 | $15,338,160 | 2,008 |
| 17 | The Godfather: Part III | Paramount… | $66,666,062 | $19,558,558 | 1,922 |
| 18 | Flatliners | Sony Pict… | $61,308,153 | $10,034,685 | 1,483 |
| 19 | Misery | Sony Pict… | $61,158,960 | $10,076,834 | 1,370 |
| 20 | Edward Scissorhands | 20th Cent… | $53,976,987 | 1,372 | |
| 21 | Problem Child | Universal | $53,470,891 | $10,026,900 | 1,769 |
| 22 | Arachnophobia | Walt Disney | $53,208,180 | $8,045,760 | 2,005 |
| 23 | Awakenings | Sony Pict… | $51,636,504 | 1,330 | |
| 24 | Hard To Kill | Warner Bros. | $47,381,386 | $9,213,631 | 1,508 |
| 25 | Goodfellas | Warner Bros. | $46,743,809 | $6,368,901 | 1,328 |
| 26 | Look Who's Talking Too | Sony Pict… | $46,614,448 | $8,100,640 | 1,647 |
| 27 | RoboCop 2 | Orion Pic… | $45,681,173 | $14,145,411 | 1,806 |
| 28 | Young Guns II | 20th Cent… | $44,143,410 | $8,017,438 | 1,770 |
| 29 | Marked for Death | 20th Cent… | $43,224,499 | $11,790,047 | 1,974 |
| 30 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Warner Bros. | $41,476,097 | $9,702,804 | 2,155 |
| 31 | Rocky V | MGM | $40,946,358 | $14,073,170 | 2,106 |
| 32 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Warner Bros. | $39,381,963 | $9,252,232 | 1,802 |
| 33 | Postcards from the Edge | Sony Pict… | $37,963,281 | $7,871,856 | 1,323 |
| 34 | Mermaids | Orion Pic… | $35,140,500 | $3,514,678 | 1,111 |
| 35 | Darkman | Universal | $32,942,739 | $8,054,860 | 1,833 |
| 36 | Air America | Sony Pict… | $30,506,847 | $8,064,480 | 1,902 |
| 37 | Green Card | Walt Disney | $29,804,169 | 718 | |
| 38 | Pacific Heights | 20th Cent… | $29,381,956 | $6,912,637 | 1,291 |
| 39 | Predator 2 | 20th Cent… | $28,317,513 | $8,784,943 | 1,978 |
| 40 | The Rescuers Down Under | Walt Disney | $27,931,461 | $3,499,819 | 1,237 |
| 41 | Internal Affairs | Paramount… | $27,661,878 | $5,043,516 | 986 |
| 42 | Memphis Belle | Warner Bros. | $27,385,582 | $5,026,846 | 1,368 |
| 43 | Cadillac Man | Orion Pic… | $27,257,086 | $6,712,079 | 1,878 |
| 44 | Child's Play 2 | Universal | $26,904,572 | $10,718,520 | 2,017 |
| 45 | House Party | New Line | $26,385,627 | $4,611,024 | 700 |
| 46 | Jacob’s Ladder | Sony Pict… | $25,965,144 | $7,500,760 | 1,264 |
| 47 | Ernest Goes to Jail | Walt Disney | $25,029,569 | $6,143,372 | 1,956 |
| 48 | The Exorcist III | 20th Cent… | $25,011,739 | $9,312,219 | 1,414 |
| 49 | Navy SEALs | Orion Pic… | $24,824,126 | $6,543,832 | 1,355 |
| 50 | My Blue Heaven | Warner Bros. | $23,591,472 | $6,207,092 | 1,868 |
| 51 | Ghost Dad | Universal | $23,007,150 | $4,803,480 | 1,221 |
| 52 | The Russia House | MGM | $22,998,000 | $4,435,650 | 768 |
| 53 | The Rookie | Sony Pict… | $21,633,874 | $5,510,056 | 1,862 |
| 54 | Quigley Down Under | MGM | $21,413,105 | $3,853,149 | 1,094 |
| 55 | The First Power | Orion Pic… | $21,365,321 | $5,677,715 | 1,336 |
| 56 | The Freshman | Sony Pict… | $21,289,527 | 1,044 | |
| 57 | Hamlet | Warner Bros. | $20,710,451 | 525 | |
| 58 | Madhouse | Orion Pic… | $20,438,179 | $5,240,816 | 1,555 |
| 59 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | 20th Cent… | $20,423,389 | $6,374,391 | 1,263 |
| 60 | Stella | Walt Disney | $20,062,347 | $4,311,656 | 1,393 |
| 61 | Taking Care of Business | Walt Disney | $20,005,435 | $3,620,054 | 1,176 |
| 62 | Betsy's Wedding | Walt Disney | $19,740,070 | $4,662,488 | 1,058 |
| 63 | Jetsons: The Movie | Universal | $19,543,985 | $5,029,640 | 1,566 |
| 64 | DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Walt Disney | $18,075,331 | $3,870,366 | 1,558 |
| 65 | Sibling Rivalry | Sony Pict… | $17,854,933 | $4,017,930 | 1,455 |
| 66 | White Palace | Universal | $17,487,531 | 892 | |
| 67 | Tremors | Universal | $16,667,084 | $3,731,520 | 1,477 |
| 68 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Paramount… | $16,324,573 | $5,028,096 | 1,535 |
| 69 | Mo' Better Blues | Universal | $16,153,000 | $4,387,360 | 572 |
| 70 | Men At Work | Triumph R… | $16,151,032 | $3,184,311 | 1,035 |
| 71 | The Guardian | Universal | $16,140,440 | $5,565,620 | 1,736 |
| 72 | Avalon | Sony Pict… | $15,702,685 | 635 | |
| 73 | I Love You to Death | Sony Pict… | $15,600,149 | $4,014,640 | 1,095 |
| 74 | Revenge | Sony Pict… | $15,535,771 | $6,086,672 | 1,382 |
| 75 | Reversal of Fortune | Warner Bros. | $15,445,131 | 661 | |
| 76 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Warner Bros. | $15,432,314 | $4,216,063 | 1,373 |
| 77 | Death Warrant | MGM | $15,394,200 | $5,019,902 | 1,090 |
| 78 | Mr. Destiny | Walt Disney | $15,379,253 | $2,991,605 | 1,025 |
| 79 | Quick Change | Warner Bros. | $15,260,154 | $4,700,960 | 1,595 |
| 80 | Spaced Invaders | Walt Disney | $15,000,000 | $4,474,336 | 1,845 |
| 81 | Fire Birds | Walt Disney | $14,760,451 | $6,358,761 | 2,006 |
| 82 | Wild at Heart | Goldwyn E… | $14,560,000 | $2,913,764 | 532 |
| 83 | Lord of the Flies | Sony Pict… | $13,812,230 | $4,410,457 | 919 |
| 84 | The Long Walk Home | Miramax | $13,798,030 | 333 | |
| 85 | Crazy People | Paramount… | $13,204,459 | $3,357,800 | 1,389 |
| 86 | The Grifters | Miramax | $12,850,000 | 779 | |
| 87 | Bad Influence | Triumph R… | $12,626,043 | $3,822,019 | 1,300 |
| 88 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | Miramax | $11,985,152 | 39 | |
| 89 | Graveyard Shift | Paramount… | $11,578,883 | $5,082,300 | 1,603 |
| 90 | Pump Up the Volume | New Line | $11,541,758 | 375 | |
| 91 | Opportunity Knocks | Universal | $11,359,129 | $3,512,625 | 1,275 |
| 92 | Q & A | Sony/TriStar | $11,207,000 | $2,816,605 | 923 |
| 93 | Henry & June | Universal | $11,011,903 | $1,032,942 | 295 |
| 94 | Wild Orchid | Triumph R… | $11,000,000 | $2,622,637 | 822 |
| 95 | Nuns on the Run | 20th Cent… | $10,959,015 | 641 | |
| 96 | Narrow Margin | Sony Pict… | $10,873,237 | $3,628,060 | 1,253 |
| 97 | The Witches | Warner Bros. | $10,360,553 | 879 | |
| 98 | The Two Jakes | Paramount… | $10,005,969 | $3,729,149 | 1,206 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.