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Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

28th Dec
1990

Home Alone
(3rd week)

Almost An Angel
(@2)

Ghost
(13 weeks)

Ghost
(£26,945,751)

£2,234,922

21st Dec
1990

Home Alone
(2nd week)

The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
(@3)

Ghost
(12 weeks)

Ghost
(£26,468,320)

£1,990,104

14th Dec
1990

Home Alone
(1st week)

Miami Blues
(@5)

Ghost
(11 weeks)

Ghost
(£26,277,130)

£2,540,789

7th Dec
1990

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(2nd week)

Staying Together
(@4)

Ghost
(10 weeks)

Ghost
(£25,932,989)

£2,697,767

30th Nov
1990

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(1st week)

Repossessed
(@3)

Ghost
(9 weeks)

Ghost
(£25,389,737)

£4,603,548

23rd Nov
1990

Ghost
(8th week)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(@2)

Ghost
(8 weeks)

Ghost
(£24,395,169)

£4,110,248

16th Nov
1990

Ghost
(7th week)

Darkman
(@2)

Ghost
(7 weeks)

Ghost
(£22,702,802)

£3,657,488

9th Nov
1990

Ghost
(6th week)

Flatliners
(@2)

Heart Condition
(6 weeks)

Ghost
(£20,444,488)

£4,687,516

2nd Nov
1990

Ghost
(5th week)

Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory
(@3)

Hardware
(5 weeks)

Ghost
(£17,695,202)

£6,093,416

26th Oct
1990

Ghost
(4th week)

Goodfellas
(@4)

Die Hard 2: Die Harder
(11 weeks)

Ghost
(£14,838,271)

£7,313,708

19th Oct
1990

Ghost
(3rd week)

Bird On a Wire
(@2)

Die Hard 2: Die Harder
(10 weeks)

Ghost
(£11,849,608)

£7,342,746

12th Oct
1990

Ghost
(2nd week)

The Little Mermaid
(@2)

Total Recall
(12 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,468,284)

£9,249,721

5th Oct
1990

Ghost
(1st week)

Ghost
(@1)

Total Recall
(11 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,452,351)

£5,478,374

28th Sep
1990

Presumed Innocent
(1st week)

Presumed Innocent
(@1)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(10 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,430,871)

£3,160,565

21st Sep
1990

Another 48 Hrs
(1st week)

Another 48 Hrs
(@1)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(9 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,399,643)

£3,265,605

14th Sep
1990

Memphis Belle
(2nd week)

Crazy People
(@3)

Dick Tracy
(11 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,335,914)

£2,363,762

7th Sep
1990

Memphis Belle
(1st week)

Memphis Belle
(@1)

Dick Tracy
(10 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,201,469)

£3,248,751

31st Aug
1990

Die Hard 2: Die Harder
(2nd week)

White Hunter Black Heart
(@2)

Dick Tracy
(9 weeks)

Total Recall
(£10,049,489)

£4,278,507

24th Aug
1990

Die Hard 2: Die Harder
(1st week)

Wild At Heart
(@3)

Pretty Woman
(13 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£10,668,104)

£4,525,653

17th Aug
1990

Total Recall
(2nd week)

Die Hard 2: Die Harder
(@2)

Pretty Woman
(12 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£10,661,350)

£5,105,806

10th Aug
1990

Total Recall
(1st week)

Days of Thunder
(@2)

Pretty Woman
(11 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£10,651,943)

£5,613,427

3rd Aug
1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(2nd week)

Wild Orchid
(@4)

Pretty Woman
(10 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£10,626,762)

£5,097,118

27th Jul
1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(1st week)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
(@1)

Pretty Woman
(9 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£10,591,596)

£7,574,434

20th Jul
1990

Back to the Future Part III
(2nd week)

Cry Baby
(@5)

Pretty Woman
(8 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£9,614,996)

£3,877,225

13th Jul
1990

Back to the Future Part III
(1st week)

Back to the Future Part III
(@1)

Pretty Woman
(7 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£8,659,307)

£6,035,680

6th Jul
1990

Dick Tracy
(1st week)

Dick Tracy
(@1)

Harlem Nights
(7 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£7,562,187)

£4,119,538

29th Jun
1990

Pretty Woman
(5th week)

Tremors
(@2)

Nuns On the Run
(9 weeks)

Pretty Woman
(£6,656,029)

£2,960,812

22nd Jun
1990

Pretty Woman
(4th week)

Revenge
(@2)

Look Who's Talking
(12 weeks)

Look Who's Talking
(£8,606,308)

£2,469,401

15th Jun
1990

Pretty Woman
(3rd week)

The Package
(@2)

Look Who's Talking
(11 weeks)

Look Who's Talking
(£8,600,593)

£2,640,346

8th Jun
1990

Pretty Woman
(2nd week)

Clean and Sober
(@2)

Tango & Cash
(12 weeks)

Look Who's Talking
(£8,589,980)

£2,676,476

1st Jun
1990

Pretty Woman
(1st week)

Pretty Woman
(@1)

Tango & Cash
(11 weeks)

Look Who's Talking
(£8,566,306)

£2,926,023

25th May
1990

The Witches
(1st week)

The Witches
(@1)

The War of the Roses
(12 weeks)

Look Who's Talking
(£8,694,401)

£2,594,307

18th May
1990

The Hunt For Red October
(1st week)

Shooting Stars
(@4)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(15 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,471,883)

£1,612,866

11th May
1990

The Krays
(3rd week)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
(@4)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(14 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,470,483)

£2,084,517

4th May
1990

The Krays
(2nd week)

Nuns On the Run
(@2)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(13 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,468,199)

£2,591,580

27th Apr
1990

The Krays
(1st week)

The Krays
(@1)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(12 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,463,563)

£3,665,209

20th Apr
1990

Look Who's Talking
(3rd week)

The Hunt For Red October
(@2)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(11 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,455,125)

£3,371,526

13th Apr
1990

Look Who's Talking
(2nd week)

Uncle Buck
(@2)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(10 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,441,357)

£4,581,309

6th Apr
1990

Look Who's Talking
(1st week)

Look Who's Talking
(@1)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(9 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,416,299)

£3,603,047

30th Mar
1990

The War of the Roses
(2nd week)

Back to the Future Part II
(17 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£12,356,308)

£2,439,412

23rd Mar
1990

The War of the Roses
(1st week)

Tango & Cash
(@2)

Steel Magnolias
(7 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,287,692)

£4,095,384

16th Mar
1990

Born On the Fourth of July
(3rd week)

Always
(@3)

All Dogs Go to Heaven
(6 weeks)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(£10,119,196)

£2,941,728

9th Mar
1990

Born On the Fourth of July
(2nd week)

The War of the Roses
(@2)

Back to the Future Part II
(16 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£12,314,361)

£3,626,168

2nd Mar
1990

Born On the Fourth of July
(1st week)

Born On the Fourth of July
(@1)

Back to the Future Part II
(15 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£12,286,572)

£4,077,168

23rd Feb
1990

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(3rd week)

Driving Miss Daisy
(@2)

Back to the Future Part II
(14 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£12,247,667)

£4,427,356

16th Feb
1990

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(2nd week)

Sea of Love
(@2)

Back to the Future Part II
(13 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£12,016,820)

£6,287,730

9th Feb
1990

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(1st week)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
(@1)

Back to the Future Part II
(12 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£11,943,195)

£4,218,375

2nd Feb
1990

Black Rain
(2nd week)

Lock Up
(@3)

Shirley Valentine
(15 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£11,847,484)

£2,216,618

26th Jan
1990

Black Rain
(1st week)

Black Rain
(@1)

Shirley Valentine
(14 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£11,713,488)

£2,911,518

19th Jan
1990

Parenthood
(2nd week)

Jesus of Montreal
(@11)

Batman
(20 weeks)

Back to the Future Part II
(£11,525,894)

£2,584,907

12th Jan
1990

Parenthood
(1st week)

Parenthood
(@1)

Batman
(19 weeks)

Batman
(£11,320,261)

£3,261,360

5th Jan
1990

When Harry Met Sally
(1st week)

Mystic Pizza
(@4)

Batman
(18 weeks)

Batman
(£11,319,536)

£2,824,460

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