# | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 7, 1990 | Born on the Fourth of July | $11,023,650 | Born on the Fourth of July reached number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. | [2] |
2 | January 14, 1990 | $8,028,075 | | [3] |
3 | January 21, 1990 | $6,228,360 | | [4] |
4 | January 28, 1990 | Driving Miss Daisy | $5,705,721 | Driving Miss Daisy reached number 1 in its seventh weekend of release. | [5] |
5 | February 4, 1990 | $6,011,600 | | [6] |
6 | February 11, 1990 | Hard to Kill | $9,213,631 | Highest 3-day weekend debut in the month of February. | [7] |
7 | February 19, 19904-day weekend | Driving Miss Daisy | $9,834,744 | Driving Miss Daisy reclaimed number 1 in its ninth weekend of release. | [8] |
8 | February 25, 1990 | $6,107,836 | | [9] |
9 | March 4, 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | $17,161,835 | The Hunt for Red October broke Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 's record ($10.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of March and for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. It also broke The Living Daylights ' record ($11 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. It was also the biggest opener for a film outside of Thanksgiving or summer, beating Beverly Hills Cop 's $15.2 million. | [10] |
10 | March 11, 1990 | $14,058,772 | | [11] |
11 | March 18, 1990 | $11,077,359 | | [12] |
12 | March 25, 1990 | Pretty Woman | $11,280,591 | | [13] |
13 | April 1, 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $25,398,367 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles broke The Hunt for Red October's record from four weeks earlier ($17.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in March, the highest weekend debut for a spring release and the biggest opening for an independent film. | [14] [15] |
14 | April 8, 1990 | $18,813,741 | | [16] |
15 | April 15, 1990 | $14,064,921 | | [17] |
16 | April 22, 1990 | $9,797,376 | | [18] |
17 | April 29, 1990 | Pretty Woman | $7,150,551 | Pretty Woman reclaimed number 1 in its sixth weekend of release. | [19] |
18 | May 6, 1990 | $6,810,883 | | [20] |
19 | May 13, 1990 | $7,594,013 | | [21] |
20 | May 20, 1990 | Bird on a Wire | $15,338,160 | | [22] |
21 | May 28, 19904-day weekend | Back to the Future Part III | $23,703,060 | | [23] |
22 | June 3, 1990 | Total Recall | $25,533,700 | Total Recall had the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film and the highest debut of 1990. | [24] [25] |
23 | June 10, 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | $19,475,559 | | [26] |
24 | June 17, 1990 | Dick Tracy | $22,543,911 | Included an estimated $1.5 million of t-shirt sales. Disney's biggest opener beating Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 's $14.3 million. | [27] |
25 | June 24, 1990 | $15,546,837 | | [28] |
26 | July 1, 1990 | Days of Thunder | $15,490,445 | | [29] |
27 | July 8, 1990 | Die Hard 2 | $21,744,661 | | [30] |
28 | July 15, 1990 | $14,512,301 | | [31] |
29 | July 22, 1990 | Ghost | $12,523,295 | Ghost reached number 1 in its second weekend of release. | [32] |
30 | July 29, 1990 | Presumed Innocent | $11,718,981 | | [33] |
31 | August 5, 1990 | Ghost | $10,798,834 | Ghost reclaimed number 1 in fourth weekend of release. | [34] |
32 | August 12, 1990 | Flatliners | $10,034,685 | | [35] |
33 | August 19, 1990 | The Exorcist III | $9,312,219 | | [36] |
34 | August 26, 1990 | Darkman | $8,054,860 | | [37] |
35 | September 3, 19904-day weekend | Ghost | $9,953,630 | Ghost reclaimed number 1 in eighth weekend of release. | [38] |
36 | September 9, 1990 | $6,510,023 | | [39] |
37 | September 16, 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | $7,871,856 | | [40] |
38 | September 23, 1990 | Goodfellas | $6,368,901 | | [41] |
39 | September 30, 1990 | Pacific Heights | $6,912,637 | | [42] |
40 | October 8, 19904-day weekend | Marked for Death | $11,790,047 | | [43] |
41 | October 14, 1990 | $7,423,949 | | [44] |
42 | October 21, 1990 | $5,097,944 | | [45] |
43 | October 28, 1990 | Graveyard Shift | $5,082,300 | | [46] |
44 | November 4, 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | $7,500,760 | | [47] |
45 | November 11, 1990 | Child's Play 2 | $10,718,520 | Seventh consecutive week that a horror thriller was number one. | [48] |
46 | November 18, 1990 | Home Alone | $17,081,997 | Biggest pre-holiday fall opening. Home Alone remained number one for 12 consecutive weekends. | [49] |
47 | November 25, 1990 | $20,987,761 | Second-highest Thanksgiving weekend. | [50] |
48 | December 2, 1990 | $14,386,876 | | [51] |
49 | December 9, 1990 | $14,232,156 | Home Alone became the first film since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. | [52] |
50 | December 16, 1990 | $11,617,249 | Home Alone became the first film since Look Who's Talking to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. | [53] |
51 | December 25, 19905-day weekend | $15,079,919 | Home Alone became the first film since Good Morning, Vietnam to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. | [54] |
52 | January 1, 19915-day weekend | $25,148,406 | Home Alone became the first film since Good Morning, Vietnam to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends. Highest weekend after 4 weeks of wide release. | [55] |
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