The Top Movies, Weekend of August 17, 1990

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Exorcist III	20th Century Fox	Horror	$9,312,219		1,288	$7,230	$9,312,219	3
2	(2)	Ghost	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$8,364,565	-11.52%	1,766	$4,736	$99,166,346	38
3	(1)	Flatliners	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$7,056,904	-29.67%	1,424	$4,956	$23,059,421	10
4	(new)	My Blue Heaven	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,207,092		1,859	$3,339	$6,207,092	3
5	(4)	Presumed Innocent	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$6,101,374	-22.79%	1,423	$4,288	$51,858,747	24
6	(3)	Air America	Sony Pictures	Action	$4,735,980	-41.27%	1,902	$2,490	$16,956,330	10
7	(new)	Taking Care of Business	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$3,620,054		1,074	$3,371	$3,620,054	3
8	(5)	Problem Child	Universal	Comedy	$3,312,800	-31.65%	1,640	$2,020	$37,205,420	24
9	(6)	Young Guns II	20th Century Fox	Western	$3,118,748	-33.77%	1,461	$2,135	$27,330,250	19
10	(new)	Wild at Heart	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$2,913,764		532	$5,477	$2,913,764	3
11	(9)	Die Hard 2	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,149,899	-30.16%	1,234	$1,742	$104,930,383	47
12	(8)	Arachnophobia	Walt Disney Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,842,429	-48.85%	1,377	$1,338	$45,053,945	33
13	(7)	The Two Jakes	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,800,804	-51.71%	1,206	$1,493	$7,227,450	10
14	(10)	DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$1,507,802	-42.42%	1,324	$1,139	$12,563,879	17
15	(11)	Mo' Better Blues	Universal	Drama	$1,450,820	-40.53%	482	$3,010	$11,096,560	17
16	(13)	The Jungle Book	Walt Disney Pictures	Musical	$1,306,499	-31.42%	1,082	$1,207	$37,969,769	8,342
17	(12)	The Freshman	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,185,840	-42.45%	648	$1,830	$16,352,040	31
18	(14)	Days of Thunder	Paramount Pictures	Action	$888,406	-45.37%	622	$1,428	$78,771,268	54
19	(16)	Pretty Woman	Walt Disney Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$706,054	-20.06%	571	$1,237	$167,045,267	150

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