Box Office Game — September 27, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Sunday, September 27, 2026 (day #1669 of the game): the weekend of April 28, 1989 — a 1989 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1669
The weekend to guessApril 28, 1989Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Pet Sematary
ParamountLast week #1Week 2 in release-30.4% vs last week
Weekend$8,380,098Total$24,424,407
2
Poster of the #2 movie
K-9
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$7,471,035Total$7,471,035
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Major League
ParamountLast week #2Week 4 in release-21.1% vs last week
Weekend$4,125,768Total$31,246,706
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Criminal Law
HemdaleNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$2,636,091Total$2,636,091
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Dream Team
UniversalLast week #4Week 4 in release-29.2% vs last week
Weekend$2,293,200Total$19,143,220

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About the five films

Pet Sematary poster

#1 Pet Sematary IMDb →

“Sometimes dead is better.”

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

Director: Mary Lambert · Starring: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby · Genre: Horror, Drama · Budget: $11,500,000 · Worldwide: $57,500,000 · Domestic total: $57,469,467
K-9 poster

#2 K-9 IMDb →

“Meet the two toughest cops in town. One's just a little smarter than the other!”

The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life...

Director: Rod Daniel · Starring: Jim Belushi, Mel Harris, Kevin Tighe · Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime · Budget: $17,000,000 · Worldwide: $78,247,647 · Domestic total: $43,247,647
Major League poster

#3 Major League IMDb →

“A comedy with bats and balls.”

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.

Director: David S. Ward · Starring: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen · Genre: Comedy, Sport · Budget: $11,000,000 · Worldwide: $75,000,000 · Domestic total: $49,797,148
Criminal Law poster

#4 Criminal Law IMDb →

“A killer is back on the streets. The only one who can stop him is the lawyer who set him free.”

Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man on trial for a particularly brutal murder. The verdict sets Thiel free. Within 24 hours another grizzly and all-too-familiar murder has taken place with striking similarities to the first crime. Chase inexplicably agrees to act as his defense attorney; but this time it will be to gather evidence that will put away his client for good.

Director: Martin Campbell · Starring: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper · Genre: Drama, Thriller · Budget: $5,000,000 · Worldwide: $9,974,446 · Domestic total: $9,974,446
The Dream Team poster

#5 The Dream Team IMDb →

“This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they're lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy.”

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

Director: Howard Zieff · Starring: Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Boyle · Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller · Budget: $14,000,000 · Worldwide: $28,890,240 · Domestic total: $28,890,240

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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