Domestic 1990 Week 31
August 3-9, 1990
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ghost | $17,691,424 | -1.8% | 1,766 | +72 | $10,017 | $76,023,816 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | Young Guns II | $16,571,958 | - | 1,770 | - | $9,362 | $16,571,958 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | Presumed Innocent | $15,898,411 | -12.7% | 1,380 | +31 | $11,520 | $34,110,372 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 3 | Problem Child | $11,085,360 | -27.5% | 1,768 | +54 | $6,270 | $26,382,810 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Arachnophobia | $9,332,473 | -25.6% | 2,005 | +174 | $4,654 | $37,552,090 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Die Hard 2 | $7,295,911 | -19% | 1,946 | -170 | $3,749 | $98,104,747 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | - | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | $6,660,581 | - | 1,549 | - | $4,299 | $6,660,581 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | - | Mo' Better Blues | $6,188,000 | - | 544 | - | $11,375 | $6,188,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | The Freshman | $5,340,060 | -15.7% | 1,044 | +4 | $5,115 | $12,051,390 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | $4,644,731 | -30.9% | 1,478 | -317 | $3,142 | $33,650,968 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Days of Thunder | $4,194,082 | -17.1% | 1,626 | -365 | $2,579 | $75,322,841 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 8 | Navy Seals | $3,814,221 | -26.7% | 1,355 | +8 | $2,814 | $18,800,884 | 3 | Orion Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | Pretty Woman | $1,751,934 | -7.7% | 892 | -11 | $1,964 | $164,783,450 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 10 | Dick Tracy | $1,659,893 | -39.2% | 990 | -233 | $1,676 | $101,735,816 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 12 | Total Recall | $1,585,520 | -19.9% | 876 | -60 | $1,809 | $113,208,740 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 17 | Back to the Future Part III | $1,157,705 | -3.5% | 570 | -46 | $2,031 | $81,603,230 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | - | Metropolitan | $91,532 | - | 1 | - | $91,532 | $91,532 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 18 | 18 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | $44,840 | +75.7% | 18 | +12 | $2,491 | $70,366 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 19 | - | Twister | $3,820 | - | - | - | - | $3,820 | 1 | - |
