The Top Movies, Weekend of September 1, 1989

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Uncle Buck	Universal	Comedy	$7,822,640	+16.32%	1,832	$4,270	$34,726,816	19
2	(2)	Parenthood	Universal	Comedy	$7,499,084	+17.54%	1,390	$5,395	$64,107,270	33
3	(3)	The Abyss	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,532,135	+16.85%	1,532	$3,611	$40,726,991	26
4	(4)	When Harry Met Sally�	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,849,364	+19.55%	1,152	$4,210	$67,515,438	52
5	(5)	Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,659,654	+39.70%	1,613	$2,889	$131,302,932	59
6	(6)	Turner & Hooch	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,840,100	+27.10%	1,536	$2,500	$57,160,330	38
7	(8)	Batman	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,539,827	+36.28%	1,344	$2,634	$238,559,567	73
8	(re-entry)	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Miramax		$3,416,823		347	$9,847	$8,064,653	31
9	(new)	Relentless	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$2,838,177		835	$3,399	$3,298,164	6
10	(10)	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,739,307	+57.77%	1,257	$2,179	$119,076,248	73
11	(re-entry)	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,701,555		1,049	$2,575	$189,539,802	103
12	(7)	Casualties of War	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,326,728	-18.83%	1,482	$1,570	$14,180,176	17
13	(9)	The Package	Orion Pictures	Action	$2,183,139	+17.90%	460	$4,746	$4,781,525	10
14	(re-entry)	Dead Poets' Society	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,370,827		721	$1,901	$86,402,887	94
15	(re-entry)	Millennium	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,151,201		488	$2,359	$3,399,610	10
16	(re-entry)	A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child	New Line	Horror	$1,088,856		733	$1,485	$19,717,578	24
17	(re-entry)	Lock Up	Sony Pictures	Action	$983,938		647	$1,521	$18,586,222	31
18	(re-entry)	Cheetah	Buena Vista	Adventure	$886,988		978	$907	$7,009,164	17
19	(re-entry)	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Paramount Pictures	Action	$866,842		659	$1,315	$50,531,965	87
20	(re-entry)	Ghostbusters II	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$656,346		518	$1,267	$110,000,794	80
21	(re-entry)	Weekend at Bernie's	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$655,324		565	$1,160	$26,787,309	61
22	(re-entry)	Field of Dreams	Universal	Drama	$649,750		575	$1,130	$60,045,168	136
23	(re-entry)	License to Kill	MGM	Action	$585,441		526	$1,113	$33,197,509	52
24	(re-entry)	The Adventures of Milo and Otis	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$536,973		243	$2,210	$1,451,810	10
25	(re-entry)	Peter Pan	RKO Radio Pictures	Adventure	$502,319		640	$785	$27,312,145	13,360
26	(re-entry)	Young Einstein	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$477,222		340	$1,404	$10,357,223	31
27	(re-entry)	Do the Right Thing	Universal	Comedy	$466,310		211	$2,210	$24,289,231	66
28	(re-entry)	The Karate Kid, Part III	Sony Pictures	Action	$435,525		434	$1,004	$37,995,331	66
29	(re-entry)	Let it Ride	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$309,405		214	$1,446	$4,620,606	17
30	(new)	Cage	New Century Vista Film Company	Action	$278,188		96	$2,898	$278,188	3
31	(re-entry)	Cookie	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$256,939		76	$3,381	$797,924	12