Yearly box office · films released in
1990
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Alone | Fox | $285,761,243 | $17,081,997 |
| 2 | Ghost | Par. | $217,631,306 | $12,191,540 |
| 3 | Dances with Wolves | Orion | $184,208,848 | $598,257 |
| 4 | Pretty Woman | BV | $178,406,268 | $11,280,591 |
| 5 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | NL | $135,265,915 | $25,398,367 |
| 6 | The Hunt for Red October | Par. | $122,012,643 | $17,161,835 |
| 7 | Total Recall | Sony | $119,394,840 | $25,533,700 |
| 8 | Die Hard 2: Die Harder | Fox | $117,540,947 | $21,744,661 |
| 9 | Dick Tracy | BV | $103,738,726 | $22,543,911 |
| 10 | Kindergarten Cop | Uni. | $91,457,688 | $7,918,560 |
| 11 | Back to the Future Part III | Uni. | $87,727,583 | $19,089,645 |
| 12 | Presumed Innocent | WB | $86,303,188 | $11,718,981 |
| 13 | Days of Thunder | Par. | $82,670,733 | $15,490,445 |
| 14 | Another 48 HRS. | Par. | $80,818,974 | $19,475,559 |
| 15 | Three Men and a Little Lady | BV | $71,609,321 | $13,774,642 |
| 16 | Bird on a Wire | Uni. | $70,978,012 | $15,338,160 |
| 17 | The Godfather Part III | Par. | $66,666,062 | $19,558,558 |
| 18 | Flatliners | Col. | $61,489,265 | $10,034,685 |
| 19 | Misery | Col. | $61,276,872 | $10,076,834 |
| 20 | Edward Scissorhands | Fox | $56,362,352 | $159,622 |
| 21 | Problem Child | Uni. | $53,470,891 | $10,026,900 |
| 22 | Arachnophobia | BV | $53,208,180 | $8,045,760 |
| 23 | Awakenings | Col. | $52,096,475 | $417,076 |
| 24 | Look Who's Talking Too | TriS | $47,789,074 | $8,100,640 |
| 25 | Hard to Kill | WB | $47,410,827 | $9,213,631 |
| 26 | Goodfellas | WB | $46,836,214 | $6,368,901 |
| 27 | Marked for Death | Fox | $46,044,396 | $11,790,047 |
| 28 | Robocop 2 | Orion | $45,681,173 | $14,145,411 |
| 29 | The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1990) | BV | $44,645,619 | $7,708,029 |
| 30 | Young Guns II | Fox | $44,143,410 | $8,017,438 |
| 31 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | WB | $41,482,207 | $9,702,804 |
| 32 | Rocky V | UA | $40,946,358 | $14,073,170 |
| 33 | Joe Versus the Volcano | WB | $39,404,261 | $9,252,232 |
| 34 | Postcards from the Edge | Col. | $39,071,603 | $7,871,856 |
| 35 | Mermaids | Orion | $35,419,397 | $3,514,678 |
| 36 | Darkman | Uni. | $33,878,502 | $8,054,860 |
| 37 | Air America | TriS | $31,053,601 | $8,064,480 |
| 38 | Predator 2 | Fox | $30,669,413 | $8,784,943 |
| 39 | Green Card | BV | $29,888,235 | $47,781 |
| 40 | Pacific Heights | Fox | $29,381,956 | $6,912,637 |
| 41 | Child's Play 2 | Uni. | $28,501,605 | $10,718,520 |
| 42 | The Rescuers Down Under | BV | $27,931,461 | $3,499,819 |
| 43 | Internal Affairs | Par. | $27,734,391 | $5,043,516 |
| 44 | Cadillac Man | Orion | $27,627,310 | $6,712,079 |
| 45 | Memphis Belle | WB | $27,441,977 | $5,026,846 |
| 46 | House Party | NL | $26,385,627 | $4,611,024 |
| 47 | Jacob's Ladder | TriS | $26,118,851 | $7,500,760 |
| 48 | The Exorcist III | Fox | $26,098,824 | $9,312,219 |
| 49 | Fantasia (Re-issue) (1990) | BV | $25,363,371 | $6,047,613 |
| 50 | Navy Seals | Orion | $25,069,101 | $6,543,832 |
225 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.