Domestic 1990 Week 33
August 17-23, 1990
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost | $13,191,612 | $8,364,565 | 63.4% | $4,827,047 | 36.6% | 1,766 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | The Exorcist III | $12,978,905 | $9,312,219 | 71.8% | $3,666,686 | 28.2% | 1,288 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | Flatliners | $11,326,689 | $7,056,904 | 62.3% | $4,269,785 | 37.7% | 1,424 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | My Blue Heaven | $9,466,836 | $6,207,092 | 65.6% | $3,259,744 | 34.4% | 1,859 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Presumed Innocent | $9,165,219 | $6,101,374 | 66.6% | $3,063,845 | 33.4% | 1,423 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Air America | $7,090,656 | $4,735,980 | 66.8% | $2,354,676 | 33.2% | 1,902 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 7 | Taking Care of Business | $5,893,398 | $3,620,054 | 61.4% | $2,273,344 | 38.6% | 1,074 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Problem Child | $5,333,095 | $3,312,800 | 62.1% | $2,020,295 | 37.9% | 1,640 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | Young Guns II | $5,055,312 | $3,118,748 | 61.7% | $1,936,564 | 38.3% | 1,461 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Wild at Heart | $4,473,700 | $2,913,764 | 65.1% | $1,559,936 | 34.9% | 532 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 11 | Die Hard 2 | $3,343,499 | $2,149,899 | 64.3% | $1,193,600 | 35.7% | 1,234 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | Arachnophobia | $2,954,397 | $1,842,429 | 62.4% | $1,111,968 | 37.6% | 1,377 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | $2,767,109 | $1,507,802 | 54.5% | $1,259,307 | 45.5% | 1,324 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | The Two Jakes | $2,630,952 | $1,800,304 | 68.4% | $830,648 | 31.6% | 1,206 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | $2,191,043 | $1,306,499 | 59.6% | $884,544 | 40.4% | 1,082 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | Mo' Better Blues | $2,093,005 | $1,450,820 | 69.3% | $642,185 | 30.7% | 482 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | The Freshman | $1,818,936 | $1,185,840 | 65.2% | $633,096 | 34.8% | 648 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 18 | Total Recall | $913,164 | $602,700 | 66% | $310,464 | 34% | 588 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| - | Days of Thunder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| - | Metropolitan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| - | Twister | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Greycat Films |
| - | Navy Seals | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Orion Pictures |
| - | Back to the Future Part III | - | $457,215 | - | - | - | - | 13 | Universal Pictures |
