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Weekly Box Office

Weekly Box Office

August 11-17, 1989

Note: Weekly box office charts 7-day results (Friday through Thursday). To access the Weekend chart (Friday through Sunday), click here.


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TWLWTitle (Click to view)StudioWeekly Gross% ChangeTheater Count / ChangeAverageTotal GrossBudget*Week #
1 N The Abyss Fox $17,532,302 - 1,533 - $11,437 $17,532,302 - 1
2 1 Parenthood Uni. $15,002,350 -12.3% 1,300 +37 $11,540 $35,658,876 - 2
3 N A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child NL $11,104,112 - 1,902 - $5,838 $11,104,112 - 1
4 2 Turner & Hooch BV $9,841,796 -26.5% 1,888 - $5,213 $42,359,781 - 3
5 4 When Harry Met Sally... Col. $9,400,336 -17.0% 1,171 +38 $8,028 $49,115,219 - 5
6 3 Lethal Weapon 2 WB $9,027,632 -24.2% 1,830 - $4,933 $115,058,089 - 6
7 5 Batman WB $7,731,172 -24.9% 1,777 -295 $4,351 $225,681,145 $35 8
8 7 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $5,330,153 -16.6% 1,451 +15 $3,673 $110,202,025 - 8
9 6 Lock Up TriS $4,948,347 -42.7% 1,384 +2 $3,575 $13,589,551 - 2
10 8 Young Einstein WB $3,272,365 -35.1% 1,217 - $2,689 $8,317,139 - 2
11 11 Dead Poets Society BV $2,663,423 -14.4% 846 -56 $3,148 $81,971,288 - 11
12 10 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $2,450,846 -23.7% 853 -149 $2,873 $184,145,411 $48 12
13 13 Peter Pan (Re-issue) (1989) BV $1,880,825 -20.6% 1,004 -207 $1,873 $25,368,457 - 5
14 12 License to Kill UA $1,872,028 -39.2% 850 -258 $2,202 $30,927,296 - 5
15 14 Ghostbusters II Col. $1,668,863 -23.9% 831 -221 $2,008 $107,093,124 - 9
16 16 sex, lies and videotape Mira. $1,019,460 +237.9% 28 +24 $36,409 $1,321,132 - 2
TOTAL (16 MOVIES):$104,746,010+1.1%19,865+277$5,273 
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* Production Budget in millions. Studios get on average 55 percent of the final gross.


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