Top Movies of 1990 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Ghost	UK	Drama Mystery Thriller	$217,631,306	$505,703,557
2	Home Alone	UK	Comedy Crime Family	$285,761,243	$476,684,675
3	Pretty Woman	UK	Comedy Romance	$178,406,268	$463,406,268
4	Dances with Wolves	UK	Adventure Drama Western	$184,208,848	$424,208,848
5	Total Recall	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$119,412,921	$261,317,921
6	Back to the Future Part III	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$88,277,583	$245,077,583
7	Die Hard 2	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$117,540,947	$240,031,274
8	Presumed Innocent	UK	Mystery Thriller	$86,303,188	$221,303,188
9	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$135,384,756	$202,084,756
10	Kindergarten Cop	UK	Action Thriller Comedy	$91,457,688	$201,957,688
11	The Hunt for Red October	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$122,012,643	$200,512,643
12	Dick Tracy	UK	Action Thriller Comedy	$103,738,726	$162,738,726
13	Days of Thunder	UK	Action Drama Sport	$82,670,733	$157,920,733
14	Another 48 Hrs.	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$80,818,974	$153,518,974
15	Bird on a Wire	UK	Action Comedy	$70,978,012	$138,697,012
16	The Godfather: Part III	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$66,761,392	$136,861,392
17	Rocky V	UK	Drama Sport	$40,946,358	$119,946,358
18	Edward Scissorhands	UK	Drama Fantasy Romance	$56,362,352	$86,024,005
19	Problem Child	UK	Comedy Family	$53,470,891	$72,270,891
20	3 Men and a Little Lady	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$71,609,321	$71,609,321
21	Flatliners	UK	Sci-Fi Drama Thriller	$61,489,265	$61,489,638
22	Misery	UK	Drama Thriller Crime	$61,276,872	$61,277,597
23	Marked for Death	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$46,044,396	$57,968,936
24	Predator 2	UK	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$30,669,413	$57,120,318
25	Arachnophobia	UK	Thriller Fantasy Horror	$53,208,180	$53,208,180
26	Awakenings	UK	Drama	$52,096,475	$52,096,475
27	Darkman	UK	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$33,878,502	$48,878,502
28	Hard to Kill	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$47,410,827	$47,410,827
29	Goodfellas	UK	Biography Drama Crime	$46,909,721	$47,054,093
30	RoboCop 2	UK	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$45,681,173	$45,681,173
31	Pacific Heights	UK	Thriller	$29,381,956	$44,926,706
32	Young Guns II	UK	Action Western	$44,143,410	$44,143,410
33	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	UK	Fantasy Horror Comedy	$41,482,207	$41,483,050
34	Joe Versus the Volcano	UK	Comedy Romance	$39,404,261	$39,404,261
35	Postcards from the Edge	UK	Drama Comedy	$39,071,603	$39,071,603
36	The Exorcist III	UK	Drama Mystery Horror	$26,098,824	$39,024,251
37	Mermaids	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$35,419,397	$35,419,397
38	Air America	UK	Action Comedy	$31,053,601	$33,461,269
39	The Rescuers Down Under	UK	Adventure Drama Mystery	$27,931,461	$27,931,461
40	Internal Affairs	UK	Drama Thriller Crime	$27,734,391	$27,734,391
41	Cadillac Man	UK	Comedy Crime	$27,627,310	$27,627,310
42	Memphis Belle	UK	Action Drama War	$27,441,977	$27,441,977
43	Glory	BG	Biography Drama History	$26,979,166	$26,979,166
44	House Party	UK	Comedy Romance Music	$26,385,627	$26,385,627
45	Jacob's Ladder		Drama Mystery Thriller	$26,118,851	$26,118,851
46	Navy Seals	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$25,069,101	$25,069,101
47	Ernest Goes to Jail	UK	Comedy Crime Family	$25,029,569	$25,029,569
48	My Blue Heaven	UK	Comedy	$23,591,472	$23,591,472
49	Henry & June	UK	Biography Drama	$11,567,449	$23,472,449
50	The Russia House	UK	Drama Thriller Romance	$22,997,992	$22,997,992

Top Grossing Movies in 1990

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