This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1990.

Number one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week ending Film Gross Notes Ref 1 Back to the Future Part II £870,957 2 When Harry Met Sally£940,111When Harry Met Sally reached number one in its sixth week of release 3 Parenthood£1,155,153 4 £1,026,465 5 Black Rain £1,044,253 6 £801,322 7 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids £1,750,661 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids had the biggest opening week for a Disney film 8 £3,049,785 9 £1,655,565 10 Born on the Fourth of July £1,153,894 11 £862,042 12 £526,655 13 The War of the Roses £1,424,019The War of the Roses reached number one in its third week of release 14 £1,091,348 15 Look Who's Talking £1,886,779 Six days only 16 £1,968,369 17 £1,281,831 18 The Krays £1,036,117 19 £691,771 20 Pretty Woman £1,351,836 21 £1,259,370 22 £920,097 23 £838,476 24 £822,042 25 £671,228 26 £783,657 27 £682,635 28 £673,517 29 Back to the Future Part III£2,227,580 30 £1,544,843 31 Gremlins 2: The New Batch £2,436,707 32 £1,521,568 33 Total Recall £1,931,415Total Recall reached number one in its third week of release 34 £1,608,429 35 Die Hard 2 £1,738,784Die Hard 2 reached number one in its second week of release 36 £1,294,204 37 Memphis Belle £1,174,250 38 £1,080,722 39 Another 48 Hrs.£982,527 40 Presumed Innocent£1,168,011 41 Ghost † £2,677,450 42 £2,388,613 43 £2,507,197 44 £2,224,302 45 £2,197,639 46 £1,963,776 47 £1,672,825 48 £1,301,821 49 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles£2,013,665 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reached number one in its second week of release 50 £1,131,231 51 Home Alone £978,535Home Alone reached number one in its second week of release 52 £944,656

Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1989 and 20 December 1990 Rank Title Distributor Gross (£) 1. GhostParamount Pictures/UIP19,161,000 2. Pretty Woman Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.12,068,000 3. Look Who's TalkingColumbia Tri-Star10,381,000 4. Honey, I Shrunk the KidsTouchstone/Warner Bros. 9,395,000 5. Total RecallGuild8,580,000 6. Ghostbusters IIColumbia Tri-Star8,491,000 7. Back to the Future Part IIIUniversal Pictures/UIP8,007,000 8. Back to the Future Part IIUniversal/UIP 7,675,000 9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch Warner Bros.7,419,000 10. When Harry Met SallyPalace Pictures7,000,000

Notes

See also List of British films — British films by year Lists of box office number-one films

References

Chronology