List of 1990 box office number-one films in Australia

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Australia during 1990. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

# Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1 3 January 1990 The War of the Roses $1,411,276 [1]
2 10 January 1990 $1,243,645 [2]
3 17 January 1990 $1,036,591 [3]
4 24 January 1990 Black Rain $1,102,849 [4]
5 31 January 1990 $804,156 [5]
6 7 February 1990 $718,387 [6]
7 14 February 1990 $481,393 [7]
8 21 February 1990 Born on the Fourth of July $788,618 Born on the Fourth of July reached number one in its second week of release [8]
9 28 February 1990 Tango & Cash $766,882 [9]
10 7 March 1990 $598,125 [10]
11 14 March 1990 $621,362 [11]
12 21 March 1990 Look Who's Talking $1,586,624 [12]
13 28 March 1990 $1,278,892 [13]
14 4 April 1990 $1,121,286 [14]
15 10 April 1990 The Hunt for Red October $1,080,000 Six days only [15]
16 18 April 1990 Look Who's Talking $1,596,872 Look Who's Talking returned to number one in its fifth week of release [16]
17 25 April 1990 The Adventures of Milo and Otis $1,427,583 The Adventures of Milo and Otis reached number one in its fourth week of release [17]
18 2 May 1990 Look Who's Talking $620,784 Look Who's Talking returned to number one in its seventh week of release [18]
19 9 May 1990 Pretty Woman $1,400,000 [19]
20 16 May 1990 $1,466,706 [20]
21 23 May 1990 $1,501,712 [21]
22 30 May 1990 $1,438,535 [22]
23 6 June 1990 $1,292,800 [23]
24 13 June 1990 $1,447,778 [24]
25 20 June 1990 $1,146,003 [25]
26 27 June 1990 Dick Tracy $1,673,890 Dick Tracy set an opening weekend record for a Disney film [26]
27 4 July 1990 Pretty Woman $1,430,180 Pretty Woman returned to number one in its ninth week of release [27]
28 11 July 1990 $1,617,311 [28]
29 18 July 1990 $1,451,352 [29]
30 25 July 1990 $1,178,070 [30]
31 1 August 1990 $952,948 [31]
32 8 August 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $1,946,653 [32]
33 15 August 1990 $2,029,758 [33]
34 22 August 1990 $1,600,000 [34][33]
35 29 August 1990 $1,077,363 [34]
36 5 September 1990 Die Hard 2 $1,758,085 Die Hard 2 had a record opening for a Fox film [35]
37 12 September 1990 $1,220,613 [36]
38 19 September 1990 Days of Thunder $1,811,611 [37]
39 26 September 1990 $1,274,029 [38]
40 3 October 1990 $1,165,084 [39]
41 10 October 1990 $759,161 [40]
42 17 October 1990 TBD [41]
43 24 October 1990 Flatliners $480,963 On the official chart, Flatliners reached number one in its sixth week of release although previews of Ghost were higher with A$845,244 [42][43][44]
44 31 October 1990 Ghost $2,097,276 [44]
45 7 November 1990 $1,868,391 [45]
46 14 November 1990 $1,739,175 [46]
47 21 November 1990 $1,426,879 [47]
48 28 November 1990 $1,397,521 [48]
49 5 December 1990 $1,276,469 [49]
50 12 December 1990 Total Recall $1,989,771 [50]
51 19 December 1990 $1,286,503 [51]
52 26 December 1990 Home Alone $900,005 Home Alone reached number one in its second week of release [52]

See also

References

  1. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 10 January 1990. p. 29. $1,100,795; $A1=78 cents
  2. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 17 January 1990. p. 33. $982,480; $A1=79 cents
  3. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 24 January 1990. p. 57. $824,090; $A1=79.5 cents
  4. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 31 January 1990. p. 37. $838,165; $A1=76 cents
  5. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 7 February 1990. p. 41. $619,200; $A1=77 cents
  6. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 14 February 1990. p. 43. $538,790; $A1=75 cents
  7. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 21 February 1990. p. 19. $361,045; $A1=75 cents
  8. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 28 February 1990. p. 31. $599,350; $A1=76 cents
  9. ^ "International boxoffice". Variety. 7 March 1990. p. 36. $582,830; $A1=76 cents
  10. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 14 March 1990. p. 27. $454,575; $A1=76 cents
  11. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 21 March 1990. p. 31. $472,235; $A1=76 cents
  12. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 28 March 1990. p. 37. $1,189,968; $A1=75 cents
  13. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 4 April 1990. p. 33. $959,169; $A1=75 cents
  14. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 11 April 1990. p. 37. $852,177; $A1=76 cents
  15. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 18 April 1990. p. 29. US$819,000
  16. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 25 April 1990. p. 37. $1,213,623; $A1=76 cents
  17. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 2 May 1990. p. 23. $1,089,758; $1=$A1.31
  18. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 9 May 1990. p. 39. $465,588; $A1=75 cents
  19. ^ Pitman, Jack (16 May 1990). "Good weather bad for biz; Scandi, Paris fall sharply". Variety. p. 34. US$1,050,000
  20. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 23 May 1990. p. 39. $1,100,030; $A1=75 cents
  21. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 30 May 1990. p. 37. $1,141,301; $A1=76 cents
  22. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 6 June 1990. p. 33. $1,107,672; $A1=77 cents
  23. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 13 June 1990. p. 37. $995,456; $A1=77 cents
  24. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 20 June 1990. p. 35. $1,114,789; $A1=77 cents
  25. ^ "International Film Grosses". Variety. 27 June 1990. p. 33. $893,882; $A1=78 cents
  26. ^ Pitman, Jack (4 July 1990). "Disney sweeps Oz with 'Dick Tracy,' 'Pretty Woman'". Variety. p. 33. $1,288,895; A$1=77 cents
  27. ^ "International film grosses". Variety. 11 July 1990. p. 34. $1,144,144; A$1=80 cents
  28. ^ "International film grosses". Variety. 18 July 1990. p. 24. $1,310,022; A$1=81 cents
  29. ^ "International film grosses". Variety. 25 July 1990. p. 28. $1,146,568; A$1=79 cents
  30. ^ "International film grosses". Variety. 1 August 1990. p. 48. $918,895; A$1=78 cents
  31. ^ "International film grosses". Variety. 8 August 1990. p. 39. $752,829; A$1=79 cents
  32. ^ "International film grosses". Variety. 15 August 1990. p. 42. $1,537,856; A$1=79 cents
  33. ^ a b "International film grosses". Variety. 22 August 1990. p. 47. $1,623,806; Cumulative to 15 August $3,210,502; A$1=80 cents
  34. ^ a b "International B.O.". Variety. 3 September 1990. p. 46. $894,211; Cumulative to 29 August $5,412,810; A$1=83 cents
  35. ^ Groves, Don (10 September 1990). "'Weekend' boosts Gallic b.o.; 'Heart' weak". Variety. p. 36. $1,459,211; A$1=83 cents
  36. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 17 September 1990. p. 54. $1,000,903; A$1=82 cents
  37. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 24 September 1990. p. 39. $1,503,637; A$1=83 cents
  38. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 1 October 1990. p. 60. $1,057,444; A$1=83 cents
  39. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 8 October 1990. p. 57. $967,020; A$1=83 cents
  40. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 15 October 1990. p. 70. $630,104; Cumulative total $4,189,274; A$1=83 cents
  41. ^ Pitman, Jack (22 October 1990). "'Ghost' going great, 'Recall' big". Variety. p. 42.
  42. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 29 October 1990. p. 35. $370,342; A$1=77 cents
  43. ^ Pitman, Jack (29 October 1990). "'Another 48 HRS.' flush in Japan; 'Ghost' hot". Variety. p. 35.
  44. ^ a b "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 5 November 1990. p. 48. $1,635,875; Cumulative total $2,295,165; A$1=78 cents
  45. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 12 November 1990. p. 51. $1,457,345; A$1=78 cents
  46. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 19 November 1990. p. 51. $1,339,165; A$1=77 cents
  47. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 26 November 1990. p. 54. $1,098,697; A$1=77 cents
  48. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 3 December 1990. p. 52. $1,076,091; A$1=77 cents
  49. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 10 December 1990. p. 45. $982,881; A$1=77 cents
  50. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 17 December 1990. p. 39. $1,532,124; A$1=77 cents
  51. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 24 December 1990. p. 27. $990,607; A$1=77 cents
  52. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 31 December 1990. p. 30. $693,004; A$1=77 cents
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