Domestic 1990 Week 42
October 19-25, 1990
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marked for Death | $6,664,484 | -30.2% | 1,899 | -75 | $3,509 | $30,496,371 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | 2 | Memphis Belle | $5,723,010 | -15.2% | 1,368 | +281 | $4,183 | $12,471,607 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | - | Quigley Down Under | $5,092,234 | - | 996 | - | $5,112 | $5,092,234 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 4 | 3 | Ghost | $4,708,439 | -13.7% | 1,766 | - | $2,666 | $173,387,657 | 15 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 14 | Avalon | $3,720,365 | +1,178.4% | 630 | +623 | $5,905 | $4,314,419 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | Fantasia 1990 Re-release | $3,651,973 | -26.7% | 481 | - | $7,592 | $15,865,927 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Night of the Living Dead | $3,579,624 | - | 1,544 | - | $2,318 | $3,579,624 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Mr. Destiny | $3,500,741 | -7.9% | 859 | +132 | $4,075 | $7,300,371 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | Goodfellas | $3,432,845 | -28.9% | 1,269 | -49 | $2,705 | $31,665,477 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 6 | Pacific Heights | $3,221,554 | -29.6% | 1,274 | -17 | $2,528 | $23,519,097 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 8 | Postcards from the Edge | $2,097,971 | -28.8% | 1,284 | -30 | $1,633 | $33,652,579 | 6 | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Henry & June | $1,710,069 | -14.5% | 212 | +23 | $8,066 | $5,091,298 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | - | White Palace | $1,527,606 | - | 99 | - | $15,430 | $1,527,606 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | Miller's Crossing | $1,172,697 | +26.3% | 289 | +144 | $4,057 | $3,084,355 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | - | Reversal of Fortune | $347,606 | - | 7 | - | $49,658 | $347,606 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
