List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1990.
Number one films
# | Week ending | Film | Gross | Notes | Ref |
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1 | 5 January 1990 | Back to the Future Part II | £870,957 | [1] | |
2 | 12 January 1990 | When Harry Met Sally | £940,111 | When Harry Met Sally reached number one in its sixth week of release | [2] |
3 | 19 January 1990 | Parenthood | £1,155,153 | [3] | |
4 | 26 January 1990 | £1,026,465 | [4] | ||
5 | 2 February 1990 | Black Rain | £1,044,253 | [5] | |
6 | 9 February 1990 | £801,322 | [6] | ||
7 | 16 February 1990 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | £1,750,661 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids had the biggest opening week for a Disney film | [7] |
8 | 23 February 1990 | £3,049,785 | [8] | ||
9 | 2 March 1990 | £1,655,565 | [9] | ||
10 | 9 March 1990 | Born on the Fourth of July | £1,153,894 | [10] | |
11 | 16 March 1990 | £862,042 | [11] | ||
12 | 23 March 1990 | £526,655 | [12] | ||
13 | 30 March 1990 | The War of the Roses | £1,424,019 | The War of the Roses reached number one in its third week of release | [13] |
14 | 6 April 1990 | £1,091,348 | [14] | ||
15 | 11 April 1990 | Look Who's Talking | £1,886,779 | Six days only | [15] |
16 | 19 April 1990 | £1,968,369 | [16] | ||
17 | 26 April 1990 | £1,281,831 | [17] | ||
18 | 3 May 1990 | The Krays | £1,036,117 | [18] | |
19 | 10 May 1990 | £691,771 | [19] | ||
20 | 17 May 1990 | Pretty Woman | £1,351,836 | [20] | |
21 | 24 May 1990 | £1,259,370 | [21] | ||
22 | 31 May 1990 | £920,097 | [22] | ||
23 | 7 June 1990 | £838,476 | [23] | ||
24 | 14 June 1990 | £822,042 | [24] | ||
25 | 21 June 1990 | £671,228 | [25] | ||
26 | 28 June 1990 | £783,657 | [26] | ||
27 | 5 July 1990 | £682,635 | [27] | ||
28 | 12 July 1990 | £673,517 | [28] | ||
29 | 19 July 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | £2,227,580 | [29] | |
30 | 26 July 1990 | £1,544,843 | [30] | ||
31 | 2 August 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | £2,436,707 | [31] | |
32 | 9 August 1990 | £1,521,568 | [32] | ||
33 | 16 August 1990 | Total Recall | £1,931,415 | Total Recall reached number one in its third week of release | [33] |
34 | 23 August 1990 | £1,608,429 | [34][33] | ||
35 | 30 August 1990 | Die Hard 2 | £1,738,784 | Die Hard 2 reached number one in its second week of release | [35] |
36 | 6 September 1990 | £1,294,204 | [36] | ||
37 | 13 September 1990 | Memphis Belle | £1,174,250 | [37] | |
38 | 20 September 1990 | £1,080,722 | [38] | ||
39 | 27 September 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. | £982,527 | [39] | |
40 | 4 October 1990 | Presumed Innocent | £1,168,011 | [40] | |
41 | 11 October 1990 | Ghost | £2,677,450 | [41] | |
42 | 18 October 1990 | £2,388,613 | [42] | ||
43 | 25 October 1990 | £2,507,197 | [43] | ||
44 | 1 November 1990 | £2,224,302 | [44] | ||
45 | 8 November 1990 | £2,197,639 | [45] | ||
46 | 15 November 1990 | £1,963,776 | [46] | ||
47 | 22 November 1990 | £1,672,825 | [47] | ||
48 | 29 November 1990 | £1,301,821 | [48] | ||
49 | 6 December 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | £2,013,665 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reached number one in its second week of release | [49] |
50 | 13 December 1990 | £1,131,231 | [50] | ||
51 | 20 December 1990 | Home Alone | £978,535 | Home Alone reached number one in its second week of release | [51] |
52 | 27 December 1990 | £944,656 | [52] |
Highest-grossing films
Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1989 and 20 December 1990
Rank[53][54] | Title | Distributor | Gross (£) |
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1. | Ghost | Paramount Pictures/UIP | 19,161,000 |
2. | Pretty Woman | Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. | 12,068,000 |
3. | Look Who's Talking | Columbia Tri-Star | 10,381,000 |
4. | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Touchstone/Warner Bros. | 9,395,000 |
5. | Total Recall | Guild | 8,580,000 |
6. | Ghostbusters II | Columbia Tri-Star | 8,491,000 |
7. | Back to the Future Part III | Universal Pictures/UIP | 8,007,000 |
8. | Back to the Future Part II | Universal/UIP | 7,675,000[nb 1] |
9. | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Warner Bros. | 7,419,000 |
10. | When Harry Met Sally | Palace Pictures | 7,000,000 |
Notes
- ^ The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits from Screen International lists Gremlins 2: The New Batch above Back to the Future Part II with the latter having a gross for the period reported by Screen International of £7.2 million[55]
See also
- List of British films — British films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 10 January 1990. p. 30.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 17 January 1990. p. 34.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 24 January 1990. p. 58.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 31 January 1990. p. 38.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 7 February 1990. p. 42.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 14 February 1990. p. 44.
- ^ Groves, Don (21 February 1990). "'Magnolias' not quite blooming; 'Business' booming". Variety. p. 20.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 28 February 1990. p. 32.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 7 March 1990. p. 35.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 14 March 1990. p. 28.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 21 March 1990. p. 32.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 28 March 1990. p. 38.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 4 April 1990. p. 32.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 11 April 1990. p. 36.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 18 April 1990. p. 30.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 25 April 1990. p. 38.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 2 May 1990. p. 24.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 9 May 1990. p. 40.
- ^ Pitman, Jack (16 May 1990). "Good weather bad for biz; Scandi, Paris fall sharply". Variety. p. 34.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 23 May 1990. p. 38.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 30 May 1990. p. 38.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 6 June 1990. p. 32.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 13 June 1990. p. 38.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 20 June 1990. p. 36.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 27 June 1990. p. 32.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 4 July 1990. p. 31.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 11 July 1990. p. 35.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 18 July 1990. p. 23.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 25 July 1990. p. 27.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 1 August 1990. p. 49.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 8 August 1990. p. 40.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 15 August 1990. p. 43.
- ^ a b "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 22 August 1990. p. 48.
Cume gross=£2,501,904
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 3 September 1990. p. 48.
Week's gross £991,250; Cume gross £5,101,583
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- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 17 September 1990. p. 56.
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- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 1 October 1990. p. 59.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 8 October 1990. p. 54.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 15 October 1990. p. 72.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 22 October 1990. p. 43.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 29 October 1990. p. 33.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 5 November 1990. p. 48.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 12 November 1990. p. 52.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 19 November 1990. p. 52.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 26 November 1990. p. 54.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 3 December 1990. p. 53.
- ^ Pitman, Jack (10 December 1990). "'Turtles' storm Britain". Variety. p. 47.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 17 December 1990. p. 40.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 24 December 1990. p. 28.
- ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 31 December 1990. p. 31.
- ^ Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 371. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.
- ^ "Top-grossing films in the U.K. 1990 Dec. 1, 1989 to Dec. 20, 1990". Variety. 21 January 1991. p. 58.
- ^ "The Stats" (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 6. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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