Domestic Box Office For August 1989
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
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1 | Parenthood | $100,047,830 | 1,399 | $10,506,450 | 10.5% | 1,262 | Aug 2 | - | Universal Pictures |
2 | Uncle Buck | $66,758,538 | 1,835 | $8,794,501 | 13.2% | 1,804 | Aug 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
3 | The Abyss | $54,222,310 | 1,538 | $9,319,797 | 17.2% | 1,533 | Aug 11 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $22,168,359 | 1,902 | $8,115,176 | 36.6% | 1,902 | Aug 11 | - | New Line Cinema |
5 | Lock Up | $22,099,847 | 1,384 | $6,025,520 | 27.3% | 1,382 | Aug 4 | - | TriStar Pictures |
6 | Casualties of War | $18,671,317 | 1,487 | $5,201,261 | 27.9% | 1,487 | Aug 18 | - | Columbia Pictures |
7 | Young Einstein | $11,536,599 | 1,217 | $3,094,581 | 26.8% | 1,217 | Aug 4 | - | Warner Bros. |
8 | Cheetah | $8,153,677 | 1,321 | $2,636,118 | 32.3% | 1,310 | Aug 18 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
9 | Let It Ride | $4,973,285 | 1,191 | $1,925,049 | 38.7% | 1,191 | Aug 18 | - | Paramount Pictures |
10 | Rude Awakening | $3,169,719 | 953 | $1,121,542 | 35.4% | 953 | Aug 18 | - | Orion Pictures |
11 | Wired | $1,089,000 | 745 | $681,054 | 62.5% | 745 | Aug 25 | - | Taurus Entertainment Company |