Domestic Box Office For August 1989

Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
1Parenthood$100,047,8301,399$10,506,45010.5%1,262Aug 2-Universal Pictures
2Uncle Buck$66,758,5381,835$8,794,50113.2%1,804Aug 18-Universal Pictures
3The Abyss$54,222,3101,538$9,319,79717.2%1,533Aug 11-Twentieth Century Fox
4A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child$22,168,3591,902$8,115,17636.6%1,902Aug 11-New Line Cinema
5Lock Up$22,099,8471,384$6,025,52027.3%1,382Aug 4-TriStar Pictures
6Casualties of War$18,671,3171,487$5,201,26127.9%1,487Aug 18-Columbia Pictures
7Young Einstein$11,536,5991,217$3,094,58126.8%1,217Aug 4-Warner Bros.
8Cheetah$8,153,6771,321$2,636,11832.3%1,310Aug 18-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
9Let It Ride$4,973,2851,191$1,925,04938.7%1,191Aug 18-Paramount Pictures
10Rude Awakening$3,169,719953$1,121,54235.4%953Aug 18-Orion Pictures
11Wired$1,089,000745$681,05462.5%745Aug 25-Taurus Entertainment Company