Box Office Game — September 29, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Tuesday, September 29, 2026 (day #1671 of the game): the weekend of August 10, 1990 — a 1990 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 #1671
The weekend to guessAugust 10, 1990Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Flatliners
Columbia PicturesNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$10,034,685Total$10,034,685
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Ghost
ParamountLast week #1Week 5 in release-12.5% vs last week
Weekend$9,453,230Total$85,477,046
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Air America
TriStar PicturesNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$8,064,480Total$8,064,480
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Presumed Innocent
Warner Bros.Last week #2Week 3 in release-22.4% vs last week
Weekend$7,901,866Total$42,012,238
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Problem Child
UniversalLast week #4Week 3 in release-29.2% vs last week
Weekend$4,847,060Total$31,229,870

No spoilers — titles and posters stay blurred until you tap.

About the five films

Flatliners poster

#1 Flatliners IMDb →

“Some lines shouldn't be crossed.”

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.

Director: Joel Schumacher · Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon · Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Horror · Budget: $26,000,000 · Worldwide: $61,489,265 · Domestic total: $61,489,265
Ghost poster

#2 Ghost IMDb →

“Before Sam was murdered, he told Molly he'd love and protect her forever.”

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Director: Jerry Zucker · Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg · Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller · Budget: $22,000,000 · Worldwide: $505,000,000 · Domestic total: $217,631,306
Air America poster

#3 Air America IMDb →

“The few. The proud. The totally insane.”

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode · Starring: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis · Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama · Budget: $35,000,000 · Worldwide: $57,661,269 · Domestic total: $31,053,601
Presumed Innocent poster

#4 Presumed Innocent IMDb →

“Some people would kill for love”

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.

Director: Alan J. Pakula · Starring: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá · Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller · Budget: $22,000,000 · Worldwide: $221,303,188 · Domestic total: $86,303,188
Problem Child poster

#5 Problem Child IMDb →

“Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once.”

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.

Director: Dennis Dugan · Starring: John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver · Genre: Comedy · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $72,000,000 · Domestic total: $53,470,891

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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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