#1 of 5 1990 · Comedy, Crime
$25M worldwide · 34% of the chart's total
Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) is the highest-grossing crime movie released in week 14 of 1990 (Apr 1–7), with $25M worldwide, ahead of The First Power (1990) at $22.4M and I Love You to Death (1990) at $16.2M. 5 crime films released that week report a worldwide gross, $74.7M in all, 99% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $58.5M across 4 crime releases.
#1 of 5 1990 · Comedy, Crime
$25M worldwide · 34% of the chart's total
Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) leads with $25M, 34% of the total. The top 5 together took $74.7M, almost all of what the 5 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 14 of 1990 (Apr 1–7).
Apr 6, 1990 US and Canada: $25M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25M
Apr 6, 1990 US and Canada: $22.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $22.4M
Apr 6, 1990 US and Canada: $16.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $16.2M
Apr 6, 1990 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5M Of the top 5, Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) made 9% of its gross abroad. Across all 5 films, $73.9M (99%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 14 releases took $74.7M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 14 (Apr 1–7) with $74.7M, led by Ernest Goes to Jail (1990).
Of these 10 years, Week 14, 1990 earned the most: $74.7M from 5 films, led by Ernest Goes to Jail (1990).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 14, 1981 Mar 29–Apr 4 2 films | 2 | $20M | – | Atlantic City (1981) $12.7M |
| Week 14, 1982 Mar 28–Apr 3 3 films · +87% | 3 | $37.3M | +87% | Some Kind of Hero (1982) $23.7M |
| Week 14, 1983 Mar 27–Apr 2 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 14, 1984 Apr 1–7 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 14, 1985 Mar 31–Apr 6 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 14, 1986 Mar 30–Apr 5 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 14, 1987 Mar 29–Apr 4 1 film | 1 | $28.1M | – | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) $28.1M |
| Week 14, 1988 Mar 27–Apr 2 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 14, 1989 Apr 2–8 1 film | 1 | $28.9M | – | The Dream Team (1989) $28.9M |
| Week 14, 1990 Apr 1–7 5 films · +158% | 5 | $74.7M | +158% | Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) $25M |
34 weeks of 1990 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 46 (Nov 11–17) with $476.7M, led by Home Alone (1990).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 5 films as the chart.
Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) leads with $25M worldwide, $25M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The First Power (1990) at $22.4M and I Love You to Death (1990) at $16.2M.
5 crime films released in week 14 of 1990 (Apr 1–7) report a worldwide gross, $74.7M in all, or $14.9M per film on average.
None. The biggest, Ernest Goes to Jail (1990), earned $25M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 14 of 1990 (Apr 1–7). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.