| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $78,540,027 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | 58.1% | Mar 30, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $50,327,847 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | 28.2% | Mar 23, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $22,328,330 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | 18.3% | Mar 2, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $16,775,235 | 1,956 | $25,029,569 | 67% | Apr 6, 1990 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | The First Power | - | - | - | $15,479,622 | 1,336 | $22,424,195 | 69% | Apr 6, 1990 | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $14,799,258 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | 13.9% | Dec 15, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $10,781,925 | 1,095 | $16,186,793 | 66.6% | Apr 6, 1990 | TriStar Pictures |
| 8 | Henry V | - | - | - | $9,953,550 | 134 | $10,161,099 | 98% | Nov 8, 1989 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 9 | Cry-Baby | - | - | - | $8,266,343 | 1,236 | $8,266,343 | 100% | Apr 6, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | Nuns on the Run | - | - | - | $8,091,652 | 702 | $10,959,015 | 73.8% | Mar 16, 1990 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $7,623,090 | 1,389 | $13,236,513 | 57.6% | Apr 13, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | Opportunity Knocks | - | - | - | $7,049,629 | 1,275 | $11,359,129 | 62.1% | Mar 30, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | House Party | - | - | - | $6,057,250 | 700 | $26,385,627 | 23% | Mar 9, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $5,171,040 | 510 | $14,743,391 | 35.1% | Nov 10, 1989 | Miramax |
| 15 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $4,900,770 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | 12.4% | Mar 9, 1990 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Lord of the Flies | - | - | - | $4,331,797 | 919 | $13,985,225 | 31% | Mar 16, 1990 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | Born on the Fourth of July | - | - | - | $3,709,999 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | 5.3% | Dec 22, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | Glory | - | - | - | $3,005,303 | 811 | $26,828,365 | 11.2% | Dec 14, 1989 | TriStar Pictures |
| 19 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $2,823,390 | 833 | $9,888,167 | 28.6% | Apr 20, 1990 | Orion Pictures |
| 20 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,544,504 | 155 | $2,544,504 | 100% | Apr 6, 1990 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | - | - | - | $2,411,670 | 323 | $6,291,444 | 38.3% | Apr 13, 1990 | Columbia Pictures |
| 22 | Bad Influence | - | - | - | $1,880,340 | 1,300 | $12,626,043 | 14.9% | Mar 9, 1990 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 23 | Blue Steel | - | - | - | $1,735,318 | 1,307 | $8,217,997 | 21.1% | Mar 16, 1990 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 24 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $1,625,162 | 239 | $7,724,701 | 21% | Apr 6, 1990 | Miramax |
| 25 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $1,296,748 | 124 | $11,990,401 | 10.8% | Feb 2, 1990 | Miramax |
| 26 | Vital Signs | - | - | - | $1,224,605 | 275 | $1,224,605 | 100% | Apr 13, 1990 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | Lisa | - | - | - | $972,475 | 287 | $4,347,648 | 22.4% | Apr 20, 1990 | United Artists |
| 28 | Martians Go Home | - | - | - | $129,778 | 155 | $129,778 | 100% | Apr 20, 1990 | Taurus Entertainment Company |
| 29 | The Fourth War | - | - | - | $73,602 | 1,005 | $1,305,887 | 5.6% | Mar 23, 1990 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 30 | Why Me? | - | - | - | $50,430 | 113 | $83,882 | 60.1% | Apr 20, 1990 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 31 | Monsieur Hire | - | - | - | $34,370 | 26 | $1,417,030 | 2.4% | Apr 20, 1990 | Orion Classics |
| 32 | Chattahoochee | - | - | - | $18,255 | 2 | $259,486 | 7% | Apr 20, 1990 | Hemdale |
