Week Domestic Box Office August 17, 1990
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Ghost | $13,191,612 | -11% | 1,766 | $7,470 | $103,993,393 | 42 | |
| 2 | (new) | The Exorcist III | $12,978,905 | 1,288 | $10,077 | $12,978,905 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Flatliners | $11,326,689 | -29% | 1,424 | $7,954 | $27,329,206 | 14 | |
| 4 | (new) | My Blue Heaven | $9,466,836 | 1,859 | $5,092 | $9,466,836 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (4) | Presumed Innocent | $9,165,220 | -21% | 1,423 | $6,441 | $54,922,593 | 28 | |
| 6 | (3) | Air America | $7,090,656 | -42% | 1,902 | $3,728 | $19,311,006 | 14 | |
| 7 | (new) | Taking Care of Business | $5,893,398 | 1,074 | $5,487 | $5,893,398 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (15) | Pretty Woman | $1,185,007 | -19% | 571 | $2,075 | $167,524,220 | 154 | |
| 9 | (16) | Bird on a Wire | $342,445 | -34% | 347 | $987 | $69,250,635 | 98 | |
| 10 | (17) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $306,130 | -27% | 251 | $1,220 | $132,645,827 | 147 | |
| 11 | (18) | Frankenhooker | $17,596 | +15% | 20 | $880 | $58,161 | 84 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $70,964,494 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost | $13,191,612 | 1,766 | $103,993,393 |
| 2 | The Exorcist III | $12,978,905 | 1,288 | $12,978,905 |
| 3 | Flatliners | $11,326,689 | 1,424 | $27,329,206 |
| 4 | My Blue Heaven | $9,466,836 | 1,859 | $9,466,836 |
| 5 | Presumed Innocent | $9,165,220 | 1,423 | $54,922,593 |
| 6 | Air America | $7,090,656 | 1,902 | $19,311,006 |
| 7 | Taking Care of Business | $5,893,398 | 1,074 | $5,893,398 |
| 8 | Pretty Woman | $1,185,007 | 571 | $167,524,220 |
| 9 | Bird on a Wire | $342,445 | 347 | $69,250,635 |
| 10 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $306,130 | 251 | $132,645,827 |
| 11 | Frankenhooker | $17,596 | 20 | $58,161 |
| Reporting: 11 | $70,964,494 | total | ||