Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1990

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Ghost	EN	Drama Mystery Thriller	$217,631,306	$505,703,557
2	Home Alone	EN	Comedy Crime Family	$285,761,243	$476,684,675
3	Pretty Woman	EN	Comedy Romance	$178,406,268	$463,406,268
4	Dances with Wolves	EN	Adventure Drama Western	$184,208,848	$424,208,848
5	Total Recall	EN	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$119,412,921	$261,317,921
6	Back to the Future Part III	EN	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$88,277,583	$245,077,583
7	Die Hard 2	EN	Action Thriller Crime	$117,540,947	$240,031,274
8	Presumed Innocent	EN	Mystery Thriller	$86,303,188	$221,303,188
9	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	EN	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$135,384,756	$202,084,756
10	Kindergarten Cop	EN	Action Thriller Comedy	$91,457,688	$201,957,688
11	The Hunt for Red October	EN	Action Adventure Thriller	$122,012,643	$200,512,643
12	Sleeping with the Devil	EN		$101,599,005	$174,999,005
13	Dick Tracy	EN	Action Thriller Comedy	$103,738,726	$162,738,726
14	Days of Thunder	EN	Action Drama Sport	$82,670,733	$157,920,733
15	Another 48 Hrs.	EN	Action Drama Thriller	$80,818,974	$153,518,974
16	Bird on a Wire	EN	Action Comedy	$70,978,012	$138,697,012
17	The Godfather: Part III	EN	Action Drama Thriller	$66,761,392	$136,861,392
18	Rocky V	EN	Drama Sport	$40,946,358	$119,946,358
19	Edward Scissorhands	EN	Drama Fantasy Romance	$56,362,352	$86,024,005
20	Problem Child	EN	Comedy Family	$53,470,891	$72,270,891
21	3 Men and a Little Lady	EN	Drama Comedy Romance	$71,609,321	$71,609,321
22	Flatliners	EN	Sci-Fi Drama Thriller	$61,489,265	$61,489,638
23	Misery	EN	Drama Thriller Crime	$61,276,872	$61,277,597
24	Marked for Death	EN	Action Adventure Drama	$46,044,396	$57,968,936
25	Predator 2	EN	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$30,669,413	$57,120,318
26	Arachnophobia	EN	Thriller Fantasy Horror	$53,208,180	$53,208,180
27	Awakenings	EN	Drama	$52,096,475	$52,096,475
28	Darkman	EN	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$33,878,502	$48,878,502
29	Hard to Kill	EN	Action Drama Thriller	$47,410,827	$47,410,827
30	Goodfellas	EN	Biography Drama Crime	$46,909,721	$47,068,004
31	RoboCop 2	EN	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$45,681,173	$45,682,231
32	Pacific Heights	EN	Thriller	$29,381,956	$44,926,706
33	Young Guns II	EN	Action Western	$44,143,410	$44,143,410
34	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	EN	Fantasy Horror Comedy	$41,482,207	$41,483,050
35	Joe Versus the Volcano	EN	Comedy Romance	$39,404,261	$39,404,261
36	Postcards from the Edge	EN	Drama Comedy	$39,071,603	$39,071,603
37	The Exorcist III	EN	Drama Mystery Horror	$26,098,824	$39,024,251
38	Child’s Play 2	EN	Horror Thriller Horror	$28,501,605	$35,763,605
39	Mermaids	EN	Drama Comedy Romance	$35,419,397	$35,419,397
40	Air America	EN	Action Comedy	$31,053,601	$33,461,269
41	The Rescuers Down Under	EN	Adventure Drama Mystery	$27,931,461	$27,931,461
42	Internal Affairs	EN	Drama Thriller Crime	$27,734,391	$27,734,391
43	Cadillac Man	EN	Comedy Crime	$27,627,310	$27,627,310
44	Memphis Belle	EN	Action Drama War	$27,441,977	$27,441,977
45	Glory	BG	Biography Drama History	$26,979,166	$26,979,166
46	House Party	EN	Comedy Romance Music	$26,385,627	$26,385,627
47	Jacob's Ladder	EN	Drama Mystery Thriller	$26,118,851	$26,118,851
48	Ghost Dad	EN	Family Fantasy Comedy	$24,707,633	$25,421,633
49	Navy Seals	EN	Action Adventure Thriller	$25,069,101	$25,069,101
50	Ernest Goes to Jail	EN	Comedy Crime Family	$25,029,569	$25,029,569