| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Total Recall | - | - | - | $64,513,945 | 2,131 | $119,394,840 | 54% | Jun 1, 1990 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | Back to the Future Part III | - | - | - | $56,208,570 | 2,070 | $87,727,583 | 64.1% | May 25, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Bird on a Wire | - | - | - | $53,283,855 | 2,008 | $70,978,012 | 75.1% | May 18, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $53,161,601 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | 29.8% | Mar 23, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Another 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $31,530,215 | 2,721 | $80,818,974 | 39% | Jun 8, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $24,742,709 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | 18.3% | Mar 30, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | Cadillac Man | - | - | - | $23,543,812 | 1,878 | $27,627,310 | 85.2% | May 18, 1990 | Orion Pictures |
| 8 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | - | - | - | $16,324,573 | 1,535 | $16,324,573 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Fire Birds | - | - | - | $14,760,451 | 2,006 | $14,760,451 | 100% | May 25, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $13,966,731 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | 11.4% | Mar 2, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Spaced Invaders | - | - | - | $10,043,157 | 1,845 | $15,369,573 | 65.3% | Apr 27, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Dick Tracy | - | - | - | $9,927,492 | 2,332 | $103,738,726 | 9.6% | Jun 15, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $9,063,737 | 1,736 | $17,037,887 | 53.2% | Apr 27, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | Q&A | - | - | - | $7,460,026 | 923 | $11,207,891 | 66.6% | Apr 27, 1990 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | Wild Orchid | - | - | - | $7,413,843 | 822 | $11,060,485 | 67% | Apr 27, 1990 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 16 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $6,864,026 | 124 | $11,990,401 | 57.2% | Feb 2, 1990 | Miramax |
| 17 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $5,565,631 | 1,956 | $25,029,569 | 22.2% | Apr 6, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $5,078,023 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | 4.8% | Dec 15, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | The First Power | - | - | - | $4,257,291 | 1,336 | $22,424,195 | 19% | Apr 6, 1990 | Orion Pictures |
| 20 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | - | - | - | $4,089,636 | 2,155 | $41,482,207 | 9.9% | Jun 15, 1990 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | - | - | - | $4,087,361 | 82 | $4,087,361 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | Miramax |
| 22 | Short Time | - | - | - | $4,010,647 | 574 | $4,010,647 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $3,954,853 | 833 | $9,888,167 | 40% | Apr 20, 1990 | Orion Pictures |
| 24 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $3,912,219 | 187 | $4,011,793 | 97.5% | Feb 23, 1990 | TriStar Pictures |
| 25 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $3,433,505 | 239 | $7,724,701 | 44.4% | Apr 6, 1990 | Miramax |
| 26 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $3,370,353 | 1,095 | $16,186,793 | 20.8% | Apr 6, 1990 | TriStar Pictures |
| 27 | Longtime Companion | - | - | - | $3,305,673 | 85 | $4,609,953 | 71.7% | May 11, 1990 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 28 | Camille Claudel | - | - | - | $3,232,024 | 34 | $3,331,297 | 97% | Dec 21, 1989 | Orion Classics |
| 29 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $2,837,980 | 1,389 | $13,236,513 | 21.4% | Apr 13, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $2,468,749 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | 6.3% | Mar 9, 1990 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | Class of 1999 | - | - | - | $2,459,895 | 320 | $2,459,895 | 100% | May 11, 1990 | Taurus Entertainment Company |
| 32 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | - | - | - | $1,730,005 | 25 | $1,730,005 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 33 | Too Beautiful for You | - | - | - | $1,724,320 | 29 | $1,776,440 | 97.1% | Mar 2, 1990 | Orion Classics |
| 34 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | - | - | - | $1,373,728 | 150 | $1,373,728 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 35 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $902,738 | 91 | $2,415,312 | 37.4% | Mar 9, 1990 | Concorde Pictures |
| 36 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | $885,668 | 915 | $10,351,534 | 8.6% | Jun 15, 1990 | Columbia Pictures |
| 37 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | - | - | - | $377,807 | 8 | $609,939 | 61.9% | Jan 5, 1990 | - |
| 38 | A Show of Force | - | - | - | $91,578 | 12 | $91,578 | 100% | May 11, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 39 | Def by Temptation | - | - | - | $82,582 | 57 | $2,218,579 | 3.7% | May 11, 1990 | Troma |
| 40 | Happy Together | - | - | - | $70,912 | 10 | $70,912 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | - |
| 41 | Jesus of Montreal | - | - | - | $26,090 | 21 | $1,601,612 | 1.6% | May 25, 1990 | Orion Classics |
| 42 | Red Surf | - | - | - | $13,136 | 6 | $13,136 | 100% | Jun 1, 1990 | Academy Entertainment |
| 43 | Pathfinder | - | - | - | $10,628 | 1 | $10,628 | 100% | May 11, 1990 | - |
| 44 | The Feud | - | - | - | $3,102 | 1 | $3,102 | 100% | May 4, 1990 | Castle Hill Productions |
