The 50 Highest Grossing '90s Movies, Ranked
These are the 50 highest-grossing films of the 1990s. The 90s marked a huge leap in motion picture special effects. With the advent of that era's computers, CGI finally began to reach a photo realistic quality as seen in such films as Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park. The films on this list span multiple genres and demographics. As the top 50 grossing films of the 1990s, rest assured that the movies on this list are the most popular and some of the best.
What are the top 90s movies by box office sales? Take a look here and you'll see some real blockbusters.
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1Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Box Office: $783,841,776This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), ...more
2Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Box Office: $914,691,118In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour ...more![Home Alone]()
3Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $476,684,675When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters ...more![Toy Story]()
4Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles- Released: 1995
- Directed by: John Lasseter
Box Office: $191,796,233Woody (Tom Hanks), a good-hearted cowboy doll who belongs to a young boy named Andy (John Morris), sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear (Tim ...more![Titanic]()
5Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane- Released: 1997
- Directed by: James Cameron
Box Office: $1,843,201,268James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic; the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest ...more![Terminator 2: Judgment Day]()
6Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong- Released: 1991
- Directed by: James Cameron
Box Office: $519,398,546In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor (Edward Furlong), the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000 ...more
