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.

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]

#	Week ending	Film	Gross	Notes	Ref
1	3 January 1990	The War of the Roses	$1,411,276		[2]
2	10 January 1990		$1,243,645		[3]
3	17 January 1990		$1,036,591		[4]
4	24 January 1990	Black Rain	$1,102,849		[5]
5	31 January 1990		$804,156		[6]
6	7 February 1990		$718,387		[7]
7	14 February 1990		$481,393		[8]
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	[9]
9	28 February 1990	Tango & Cash	$766,882		[10]
10	7 March 1990		$598,125		[11]
11	14 March 1990		$621,362		[12]
12	21 March 1990	Look Who's Talking	$1,586,624		[13]
13	28 March 1990		$1,278,892		[14]
14	4 April 1990		$1,121,286		[15]
15	10 April 1990	The Hunt for Red October	$1,080,000	Six days only	[16]
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	[17]
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	[18]
18	2 May 1990	Look Who's Talking	$620,784	Look Who's Talking returned to number one in its seventh week of release	[19]
19	9 May 1990	Pretty Woman †	$1,400,000		[20]
20	16 May 1990		$1,466,706		[21]
21	23 May 1990		$1,501,712		[22]
22	30 May 1990		$1,438,535		[23]
23	6 June 1990		$1,292,800		[24]
24	13 June 1990		$1,447,778		[25]
25	20 June 1990		$1,146,003		[26]
26	27 June 1990	Dick Tracy	$1,673,890	Dick Tracy set an opening weekend record for a Disney film	[27]
27	4 July 1990	Pretty Woman †	$1,430,180	Pretty Woman returned to number one in its ninth week of release	[28]
28	11 July 1990		$1,617,311		[29]
29	18 July 1990		$1,451,352		[30]
30	25 July 1990		$1,178,070		[31]
31	1 August 1990		$952,948		[32]
32	8 August 1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$1,946,653		[33]
33	15 August 1990		$2,029,758		[34]
34	22 August 1990		$1,600,000		[35][34]
35	29 August 1990		$1,077,363		[35]
36	5 September 1990	Die Hard 2	$1,758,085	Die Hard 2 had a record opening for a Fox film	[36]
37	12 September 1990		$1,220,613		[37]
38	19 September 1990	Days of Thunder	$1,811,611		[38]
39	26 September 1990		$1,274,029		[39]
40	3 October 1990		$1,165,084		[40]
41	10 October 1990		$759,161		[41]
42	17 October 1990		TBD		[42]
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	[43][44][45]
44	31 October 1990	Ghost	$2,097,276		[45]
45	7 November 1990		$1,868,391		[46]
46	14 November 1990		$1,739,175		[47]
47	21 November 1990		$1,426,879		[48]
48	28 November 1990		$1,397,521		[49]
49	5 December 1990		$1,276,469		[50]
50	12 December 1990	Total Recall	$1,989,771		[51]
51	19 December 1990		$1,286,503		[52]
52	26 December 1990	Home Alone	$900,005	Home Alone reached number one in its second week of release	[53]

See also

• List of Australian films - Australian films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films