Editing Total Recall (1990 film) (section)

===Box office===
In the U.S. and Canada, ''Total Recall'' was released on June{{nbsp}}1, 1990, in 2,060 theaters. It grossed $25.5{{nbsp}}million—an average of $12,395 per theater—and finished as the [[List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United States|number one film of the weekend]], ahead of ''Back to the Future Part III'' ($10.3{{nbsp}}million), which was in its second weekend of release, and ''[[Bird on a Wire (film)|Bird on a Wire]]'' ($6.3{{nbsp}}million), in its third. This figure gave it the highest opening weekend gross of the year to date, narrowly beating ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''{{'s}} $25.4{{nbsp}}million.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="ringer june2020"/><ref name="BOMDomesticWeekend1"/><ref name="NYTIMesJune221990"/><ref name="LATimesJune41990"/>}} This was also the highest opening for an [[R rating (Motion Picture Association of America)|R-rated]] film,{{sfn|Variety, June|1996|p=6}} and one of the ten highest-grossing three-day opening weekends ever.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="ringer june2020"/><ref name="BOMDomesticWeekend1"/><ref name="NYTIMesJune221990"/><ref name="LATimesJune41990"/>}} The film fell to number two in its second weekend, with an additional gross of $15{{nbsp}}million (a decline of forty-one percent), behind the debut of ''Another 48 Hrs.'' ($19.5{{nbsp}}million), and to the number three position in its third week with an additional gross of $10.2{{nbsp}}million, behind ''Another 48 Hrs.'' ($10.7{{nbsp}}million) and the debut of ''Dick Tracy'' ($22.5{{nbsp}}million).<ref name="BOMDomesticWeekend2"/><ref name="BOMDomesticWeekend3"/>

By mid-July, the film had earned over $100{{nbsp}}million and was classified as a success.<ref name="NYTimesJuly121990"/> During the remainder of its sixteen-weekend theatrical run, ''Total Recall'' never regained the number one position, leaving the top-ten highest-grossing films by the end of July.<ref name="BOMOverall"/> ''Total Recall'' earned an approximate total box office gross of $119.4{{nbsp}}million.{{efn|The United States and Canada box office of $119.4{{nbsp}}million is equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|119400000|1990}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}}} This figure made it the second-highest-grossing film of the summer, behind the surprise success of ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'', and the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year behind ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' ($120.1{{nbsp}}million), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' ($135.3{{nbsp}}million), ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' ($178.4{{nbsp}}million), ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' ($184.2{{nbsp}}million), ''Ghost'' ($217.6{{nbsp}}million), and ''[[Home Alone]]'' ($285.8{{nbsp}}million).{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="WiredPKD"/><ref name="TheNumbersDomestic1990"/><ref name="NYTimesSep221990"/><ref name="NYTimesNov31990"/>}}

Figures are unavailable for all theatrical releases outside of the U.S. and Canada, but the film is estimated to have earned a further $142{{nbsp}}million, giving it a cumulative worldwide gross of $261.4{{nbsp}}million,{{efn|The worldwide 1990 box office of $261.4{{nbsp}}million is equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|261400000|1990}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}}} making it the [[1990 in film|fifth-highest-grossing film of the year]], behind ''Dances with Wolves'' ($424.2{{nbsp}}million), ''Pretty Woman'' ($432.6{{nbsp}}million), ''Home Alone'' ($476.7{{nbsp}}million), and ''Ghost'' ($517.6{{nbsp}}million).{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="WiredPKD"/><ref name="ringer june2020"/><ref name="AFIBio"/><ref name="TheNumbersWorldwide1990"/>}} Taking into account production fees, interest, residual payments, and other costs, ''Total Recall'' is estimated to have returned $36{{nbsp}}million in profit to the studio.<ref name="NYTimesCarolcoProfit"/>{{efn|Carolco Pictures is estimated to have earned $36{{nbsp}}million in profit from the theatrical box office, equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|36000000|1990}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}}}