Domestic Box Office For September 1990
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodfellas | $46,836,214 | 1,328 | $6,368,901 | 13.6% | 1,070 | Sep 19 | Jun 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Postcards from the Edge | $39,071,603 | 1,323 | $7,871,856 | 20.1% | 1,013 | Sep 14 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | Pacific Heights | $29,381,956 | 1,291 | $6,912,637 | 23.5% | 1,278 | Sep 28 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | Death Warrant | $16,853,487 | 1,090 | $5,019,902 | 29.8% | 1,089 | Sep 14 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 5 | Narrow Margin | $10,873,237 | 1,253 | $3,628,060 | 33.4% | 1,132 | Sep 21 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 6 | Funny About Love | $8,141,292 | 1,213 | $3,036,352 | 37.3% | 1,213 | Sep 21 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Hardware | $5,728,953 | 695 | $2,381,285 | 41.6% | 695 | Sep 14 | - | Miramax |
| 8 | Miller's Crossing | $5,080,409 | 289 | $28,202 | 0.6% | 1 | Sep 21 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | Dark Angel | $4,348,368 | 1,041 | $1,912,421 | 44% | 1,041 | Sep 28 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 10 | King of New York | $2,554,476 | 119 | $411,597 | 16.1% | 115 | Sep 28 | May 30 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | White Hunter Black Heart | $2,319,124 | 78 | $165,450 | 7.1% | 24 | Sep 14 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Texasville | $2,268,181 | 354 | $823,534 | 36.3% | 354 | Sep 28 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 13 | State of Grace | $1,911,542 | 335 | $179,927 | 9.4% | 14 | Sep 14 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 14 | The Rain Killer | $1,696,066 | - | - | - | - | Sep 14 | - | Concorde Pictures |
| 15 | Repossessed | $1,382,462 | 115 | $266,975 | 19.3% | 115 | Sep 14 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | Slumber Party Massacre III | $1,242,995 | 81 | $270,135 | 21.7% | 81 | Sep 7 | - | Concorde Pictures |
| 17 | The Boyfriend School | $1,171,762 | 177 | $531,714 | 45.4% | 177 | Sep 21 | - | Hemdale |
| 18 | The Tall Guy | $510,712 | 41 | $91,131 | 17.8% | 30 | Sep 21 | - | Miramax |
| 19 | Fools of Fortune | $83,490 | 9 | $11,422 | 13.7% | 3 | Sep 14 | - | New Line Cinema |
