#1 of 3 1990 · Sci-Fi, Mystery
$1.6M worldwide · 36% of the chart's total
Brain Dead (1990) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 3 of 1990 (Jan 14–20), with $1.6M worldwide, ahead of Streets (1990) at $1.5M and Everybody Wins (1990) at $1.4M. 3 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $4.5M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 90% on Week 2, 1990, whose releases took $44.4M.
#1 of 3 1990 · Sci-Fi, Mystery
$1.6M worldwide · 36% of the chart's total
Brain Dead (1990) leads with $1.6M, 36% of the total. The top 3 together took $4.5M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 3 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 3 of 1990 (Jan 14–20).
Jan 19, 1990 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.6M
Jan 19, 1990 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.5M
Jan 19, 1990 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.4M Of the top 3, Brain Dead (1990) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Everybody Wins (1990) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $4.5M (100%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 3 releases took $4.5M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 51, 1989 (Dec 17–23) with $312.5M, led by Born on the Fourth of July (1989).
Of these 10 years, Week 3, 1988 earned the most: $161.7M from 4 films, led by Good Morning, Vietnam (1988). Week 3, 1990 took $4.5M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 3, 1981 Jan 11–17 1 film | 1 | $14.2M | – | Scanners (1981) $14.2M |
| Week 3, 1982 Jan 10–16 1 film · −95% | 1 | $719.5K | −95% | One from the Heart (1982) $719.5K |
| Week 3, 1983 Jan 9–15 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 3, 1984 Jan 15–21 1 film | 1 | $929.2K | – | The Power (1984) $929.2K |
| Week 3, 1985 Jan 13–19 2 films · +380% | 2 | $4.5M | +380% | Blood Simple (1985) $4.3M |
| Week 3, 1986 Jan 12–18 6 films · +750% | 6 | $38M | +750% | Iron Eagle (1986) $24.2M |
| Week 3, 1987 Jan 11–17 3 films · +7% | 3 | $40.4M | +7% | Critical Condition (1987) $20.2M |
| Week 3, 1988 Jan 10–16 4 films · +300% | 4 | $161.7M | +300% | Good Morning, Vietnam (1988) $123.9M |
| Week 3, 1989 Jan 15–21 1 film · −99% | 1 | $858.6K | −99% | The Terror Within (1989) $858.6K |
| Week 3, 1990 Jan 14–20 3 films · +425% | 3 | $4.5M | +425% | Brain Dead (1990) $1.6M |
52 weeks of 1990 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 46 (Nov 11–17) with $624.6M, 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 3 films as the chart.
Brain Dead (1990) leads with $1.6M worldwide, $1.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Streets (1990) at $1.5M and Everybody Wins (1990) at $1.4M.
3 English-language films released in week 3 of 1990 (Jan 14–20) report a worldwide gross, $4.5M in all, or $1.5M per film on average. Week 2, 1990 releases took $44.4M.
None. The biggest, Brain Dead (1990), earned $1.6M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 3 of 1990 (Jan 14–20). 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
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.