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
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 (£)
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

  1. ^ 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

References

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  18. ^ "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 9 May 1990. p. 40.
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  34. ^ "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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  55. ^ "The Stats" (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 6. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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Preceded by1989 1990 Succeeded by1991
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