Domestic 1990 Week 33
August 17-23, 1990
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ghost | $13,191,612 | -10.7% | 1,766 | - | $7,469 | $103,993,393 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | - | The Exorcist III | $12,978,905 | - | 1,288 | - | $10,076 | $12,978,905 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | Flatliners | $11,326,689 | -29.2% | 1,424 | +105 | $7,954 | $27,329,206 | 2 | Columbia Pictures |
| 4 | - | My Blue Heaven | $9,466,836 | - | 1,859 | - | $5,092 | $9,466,836 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 4 | Presumed Innocent | $9,165,219 | -21.3% | 1,423 | -28 | $6,440 | $54,922,592 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 3 | Air America | $7,090,656 | -42% | 1,902 | - | $3,728 | $19,311,006 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 7 | - | Taking Care of Business | $5,893,398 | - | 1,074 | - | $5,487 | $5,893,398 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | Problem Child | $5,333,095 | -29% | 1,640 | -129 | $3,251 | $39,225,715 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | Young Guns II | $5,055,312 | -33.8% | 1,461 | -309 | $3,460 | $29,266,814 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | - | Wild at Heart | $4,473,700 | - | 532 | - | $8,409 | $4,473,700 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 11 | 9 | Die Hard 2 | $3,343,499 | -28.5% | 1,234 | -457 | $2,709 | $106,123,983 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 7 | Arachnophobia | $2,954,397 | -47.8% | 1,377 | -446 | $2,145 | $46,165,913 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | $2,767,109 | -37% | 1,324 | -234 | $2,089 | $13,823,186 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 8 | The Two Jakes | $2,630,952 | -51.5% | 1,206 | - | $2,181 | $8,057,598 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | $2,191,043 | -27.3% | 1,082 | -164 | $2,024 | $38,854,313 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 11 | Mo' Better Blues | $2,093,005 | -39.5% | 482 | -90 | $4,342 | $11,738,745 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 12 | The Freshman | $1,818,936 | -41.6% | 648 | -306 | $2,807 | $16,985,136 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 18 | 16 | Total Recall | $913,164 | -29.4% | 588 | -133 | $1,553 | $115,416,099 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
