 the year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. universal pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990. ==highest-grossing films==  the top ten films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;" |+ highest-grossing films of 1990 |- !rank!!title!!studio!!worldwide gross |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1. | ghost | paramount pictures | $505,702,588 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2. | home alone | 20th century fox | $476,684,675 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 3. | pretty woman | touchstone pictures | $463,406,268 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 4. | dances with wolves | orion pictures | $424,208,848 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 5. | total recall | tristar pictures / carolco pictures | $261,336,002 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 6. | back to the future part iii | universal pictures | $244,527,583 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 7. | die hard 2 | 20th century fox / silver pictures | $240,031,094 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 8. | presumed innocent | warner bros. | $221,303,188 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 9. | teenage mutant ninja turtles | new line cinema | $201,965,915 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | kindergarten cop | universal pictures | $201,957,688 |- |} ==events== * cgi technique is expanded with motion capture for cgi characters, used in total recall (1990). * the first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in die hard 2. * the use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in robocop 2. *future movie stars chris rock and adam sandler join snl. *february 4 - actor tom cruise and actress mimi rogers divorce. *december 24 - tom cruise and actress nicole kidman marry. == awards ==  academy awards: :best picture: dances with wolves - orion pictures, tig productions, majestic films international :best director: kevin costner - dances with 
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