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1989 Film Season - Grades and Awards
Best Picture of the Year
- Henry V
1st Runner-Up - The Killer
2nd Runner-Up - Crimes and Misdemeanors
3rd Runner-Up - Do the Right Thing
4th Runner-Up - Valmont
5th Runner-Up - Roger & Me
6th Runner-Up - Driving Miss Daisy
7th Runner-Up - Born on the Fourth of July
8th Runner-Up - Scandal
9th Runner-Up - Music Box
10th Runner-Up - Sea of Love
Top Ten Films of 1989
- HENRY V
- THE KILLER
- CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
- DO THE RIGHT THING
- DRIVING MISS DAISY
- VALMONT
- ROGER & ME
- BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
- SCANDAL
- MUSIC BOX
Best Director of the Year
- Kenneth Branagh (Henry V)
1st Runner-Up - John Woo (The Killer)
2nd Runner-Up - Woody Allen (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
3rd Runner-Up - Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing)
4th Runner-Up - Milos Forman (Valmont)
5th Runner-Up - Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July)
6th Runner-Up - Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy)
7th Runner-Up - Michael Caton-Jones (Scandal)
8th Runner-Up - Harold Becker (Sea of Love)
9th Runner-Up - Costa-Gavras (Music Box)
10th Runner-Up - John Glenn (Licence to Kill)
Best Actor of the Year
- Kenneth Branagh (Henry V)
1st Runner-Up - Martin Landau (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
2nd Runner-Up - Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy / Lean on Me)
3rd Runner-Up - Al Pacino (Sea of Love)
4th Runner-Up - Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July)
5th Runner-Up - John Hurt (Scandal)
6th Runner-Up - Chow-Yun Fat (The Killer)
7th Runner-Up - Danny Lee (The Killer)
8th Runner-Up - Michael Douglas (The War of the Roses)
9th Runner-Up - Colin Firth (Valmont)
10th Runner-Up - Armin Mueller-Stahl (Music Box)
Best Actress of the Year
- Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)
1st Runner-Up - Jessica Lange (Music Box)
2nd Runner-Up - Kathleen Turner (The War of the Roses)
3rd Runner-Up - Pauline Collins (Shirley Valentine)
4th Runner-Up - Annette Bening (Valmont)
5th Runner-Up - Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love)
Best Supporting Actor of the Year
- Jack Nicholson (Batman)
1st Runner-Up - Kurt Fuller (No Holds Barred)
2nd Runner-Up - Robert Davi (Licence to Kill)
3rd Runner-Up - Denzel Washington (Glory)
4th Runner-Up - Danny Aiello (Do the Right Thing)
5th Runner-Up - Ian McKellen (Scandal)
Best Supporting Actress of the Year
- Meryl Streep (She-Devil)
1st Runner-Up - Dianne Wiest (Parenthood)
2nd Runner-Up - Bridget Fonda (Scandal)
3rd Runner-Up - Meg Tilly (Valmont)
4th Runner-Up - Julia Roberts (Steel Magnolias)
5th Runner-Up - Julia McKenzie (Shirley Valentine)
Best Motion Picture Screenplay of the Year
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)
1st Runner-Up - Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
2nd Runner-Up - Henry V (Kenneth Branagh)
3rd Runner-Up - Valmont (Milos Forman / Jan Novak / Jean-Claude Carriere)
4th Runner-Up - The Killer (John Woo)
5th Runner-Up - Scandal (Michael Thomas)
Best Film Editing of the Year
- Henry V
1st Runner-Up - Crimes and Misdemeanors
2nd Runner-Up - The Killer
3rd Runner-Up - Born on the Fourth of July
4th Runner-Up - Glory
5th Runner-Up - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Best Cinematography of the Year
- Henry V
1st Runner-Up - Born on the Fourth of July
2nd Runner-Up - Glory
3rd Runner-Up - Valmont
4th Runner-Up - Crimes and Misdemeanors
5th Runner-Up - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Best Costume Design of the Year
- The Adventures of Baron Muchausen
1st Runner-Up - Henry V
2nd Runner-Up - Valmont
3rd Runner-Up - Driving Miss Daisy
4th Runner-Up - Glory
5th Runner-Up - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Best Art Direction / Set Decoration
- The Adventures of Baron Muchausen
1st Runner-Up - Henry V
2nd Runner-Up - Valmont
3rd Runner-Up - Batman
4th Runner-Up - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5th Runner-Up - The Abyss
Best Motion Picture Score of the Year
- Henry V (Patrick Doyle)
1st Runner-Up - Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams)
2nd Runner-Up - Batman (Danny Elfman)
3rd Runner-Up - Glory (James Horner)
4th Runner-Up - Field of Dreams (James Horner)
5th Runner-Up - Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Best Motion Picture Sound of the Year
- Glory
1st Runner-Up - The Abyss
2nd Runner-Up - Born on the Fourth of July
3rd Runner-Up - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4th Runner-Up - Henry V
5th Runner-Up - Licence to Kill
1989 U.S. Box Office Grosses :
Batman - $251,188,924
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - $197,171,806
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - $130,724,172
Back to the Future, Part II - $118,450,002
Ghostbusters II - $112,494,738
Driving Miss Daisy - $106,593,296
Parenthood - $95,565,783
The War of the Roses - $86,888,546
The Little Mermaid - $84,355,863
Steel Magnolias - $83,759,088
Turner and Hooch - $71,079,915
Born on the Fourth of July - $70,100,195
Uncle Buck - $66,758,538
Field of Dreams - $64,431,625
Sea of Love - $58,571,513
The Abyss - $54,801,731
Star Trek V : The Final Frontier - $52,206,498
See No Evil, Hear No Evil - $49,908,988
Major League - $49,796,848
Always - $43,944,009
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - $40,485,039
The Karate Kid, Part III - $38,956,288
The 'burds - $36,601,993
Fletch Lives - $35,150,960
Licence to Kill - $34,667,015
The Bear - $34,101,149
Lean on Me - $29,914,661
Weekend at Bernie's - $29,903,663
Do the Right Thing - $27,545,445
Glory - $26,828,364
sex, lies & videotape - $24,681,553
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - $7,431,992
Scandal - $6,557,290 (Dir. - Michael Caton-Jones)
No Holds Barred - $14,254,775
Say Anything - $19,301,001
Friday the 13th, Part VIII : Jason Takes Manhattan - $12,175,880
Casualties of War - $16,365,916
The Adventures of Milo and Otis - $914,837
Shirley Valentine - $362,170
The Big Picture - $47,870
Crimes & Misdemeanors - $14,543,403
Halloween V - $10,877,956
Henry V - $207,549
Valmont - $145,160
She-Devil - $11,099,913
Family Business - $9,071,060
Music Box - $157,614
Roger & Me - $439,428
The Killer - $
1985 Film Season - Grades and Awards
Best Picture of the Year
- Ran
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple
3rd Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A.
4th Runner-Up - Lost in America
5th Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor
6th Runner-Up - After Hours
7th Runner-Up - Sweet Dreams
8th Runner-Up - Wintness
9th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party
10th Runner-Up - Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Top Ten of the Year 1985
- RAN
- OUT OF AFRICA
- THE COLOR PURPLE
- TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
- LOST IN AMERICA
- THE SHOOTING PARTY
- PRIZZI'S HONOR
- AFTER HOURS
- SWEET DREAMS
- WITNESS
Best Director of the Year
- Akira Kurosawa (Ran)
1st Runner-Up - Steven Spielberg (Out of Africa)
2nd Runner-Up - William Friedkin (To Live and Die in L.A.)
3rd Runner-Up - Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)
4th Runner-Up - Albert Brooks (Lost in America)
5th Runner-Up - John Houston (Prizzi's Honor)
6th Runner-Up - Martin Scorsese (After Hours)
7th Runner-Up - Karel Reisz (Sweet Dreams)
8th Runner-Up - Peter Weir (Witness)
9th Runner-Up - Alan Bridges (The Shooting Party)
10th Runner-Up - Tim Burton (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Best Actor of the Year
- Albert Brooks (Lost in America)
1st Runner-Up - William Petersen (To Live and Die in L.A.)
2nd Runner-Up - Jack Nicholson (Prizzi's Honor)
3rd Runner-Up - Tatsuya Nakadai (Ran)
4th Runner-Up - Danny Glover (The Color Purple)
5th Runner-Up - Griffin Dunne (After Hours)
6th Runner-Up - James Mason (The Shooting Party)
7th Runner-Up - Jeff Bridges (Jagged Edge)
8th Runner-Up - Paul Reubens (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
9th Runner-Up - Eric Stoltz (Mask)
10th Runner-Up - Ed Harris (Sweet Dreams)
Best Actress of the Year
- Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple)
1st Runner-Up - Meryl Streep (Out of Africa)
2nd Runner-Up - Jessica Lange (Sweet Dreams)
3rd Runner-Up - Glenn Close (Jagged Edge)
4th Runner-Up - Mieko Harada (Ran)
5th Runner-Up - Kathleen Turner (Prizzi's Honor / The Jewel of the Nile)
Best Supporting Actor of the Year
- Willem Dafoe (To Live and Die in L.A.)
1st Runner-Up - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa)
2nd Runner-Up - John Gielgud (The Shooting Party)
3rd Runner-Up - Christopher Walken (A View to a Kill)
4th Runner-Up - John Lone (Year of the Dragon)
5th Runner-Up - William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor)
Best Supporting Actress of the Year
- Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple)
1st Runner-Up - Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor)
2nd Runner-Up - Margaret Avery (The Color Purple)
3rd Runner-Up - Ann Wedgeworth (Sweet Dreams)
Best Film Editing of the Year
- Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
1st Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A. (Bud S. Smith / M. Scott Smith)
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Michael Kahn)
3rd Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Pembroke Herring / Sheldon Kahn / Fredric Steinkamp / William Steinkamp)
4th Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor (Rudi Fehr / Kaja Fehr)
5th Runner-Up - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Richard Francis-Bruce)
Best Cinematography of the Year
- Ran (Asakazu Nakai / Takao Saito / Masaharu Ueda)
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa (David Watkin)
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Allen Daviau)
3rd Runner-Up - Witness (John Seale)
4th Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A. (Robert Weiner)
5th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party (Fred Tammes)
Best Motion Picture Screenplay
- Ran (Akira Kurosawa / Hideo Oguni / Masato Ide)
1st Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor (Richard Condon / Janet Roach)
2nd Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Kurt Luedtke)
3rd Runner-Up - To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin / Gerald Petievich)
4th Runner-Up - Jagged Edge (Joe Eszterhas)
5th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party (Julian Bond)
Best Art Direction / Set Decoration of the Year
- Ran (Shinobu Muraki / Yoshiro Muraki)
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Stephen Grimes / Josie MacAvin)
2nd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (J. Michael Riva / Linda DeScenna)
3rd Runner-Up - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Graham Walker / Anni Browning / Martin O'Neill)
4th Runner-Up - Pee-wee's Big Adventure (David L. Snyder / Thomas L. Roysden / James E. Tocci)
5th Runner-Up - Sweet Dreams (Albert Brenner / David M. Haber / Garrett Lewis / Nancy Stearn / Frances W. Wells)
Best Costume Design of the Year
- Ran (Emi Wada)
1st Runner-Up - Out of Africa (Milena Canonero)
2nd Runner-Up - Prizzi's Honor (Donfeld)
3rd Runner-Up - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Norma Moriceau)
4th Runner-Up - The Shooting Party (Tom Rand)
5th Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Aggie Guerard Rodgers)
Best Motion Picture Score of the Year
- Out of Africa (John Barry)
1st Runner-Up - Ran (Toru Takemitsu)
2nd Runner-Up - Witness (Maurice Jarre)
3rd Runner-Up - The Color Purple (Quincy Jones)
Best Makeup
- Mask (Michael Westmore / Zoltan Elek)
1985 Film Grades:
Masterpiece
A+ (1)
*****
Ran
Excellent
A (3)
****3/4
-
****1/2
Out of Africa
The Color Purple
****1/3
To Live and Die in L.A.
Very Good
A- (2)
***3/4
Lost in America
***1/2
Prizzi's Honor
Good
B+ (4)
***1/3
After Hours
Sweet Dreams
Witness
The Shooting Party
B (5)
***
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Jagged Edge
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club
Fair
B- (3)
**3/4 - **1/2
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Mask
The Jewel of the Nile
Satisfactory
C+ (3)
**1/3
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Goonies
Rocky IV
Unsatisfactory
C (1)
**
A View to a Kill
Poor
C- (1)
*3/4
Year of the Dragon
Very Poor
D+ (1)
*1/2
Revolution
Terrible
D (1)
*1/3
Santa Claus : The Movie
Horrible
D- (1)
*
Friday the 13th, Part V : A New Beginning
Unwatchable
F (0)
No Stars
Total Number of Films Seen - 26
U.S. Box Office Grosses :
Back to the Future - $210,609,762
Rocky IV - $127,873,716
The Color Purple - $94,175,854
Out of Africa - $88,081,296
Witness - $68,706,993
The Jewel of the Nile - $65,600,000
The Goonies - $61,389,680
Fletch - $50,650,276
A View to a Kill - $50,304,757
Mask - $48,245,400
The Breakfast Club - $45,895,806
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - $40,940,682
Jagged Edge - $40,491,165
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - $36,230,219
Prizzi's Honor - $26,657,534
Santa Claus : The Movie - $23,717,291
The Care Bears Movie - $22,934,622
Friday the 13th Part V : A New Beginning - $21,930,418
Year of the Dragon - $18,707,466
Lost in America - $10,179,000
The Purple Rose of Cairo - $4,162,532
The Man with One Red Shoe - $8,645,411
After Hours - $10,609,321
Sweet Dreams - $9,085,049
To Live and Die in L.A. - $17,307,019
Revolution - $133,256
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1987 Film Season - Grades and Awards
Best Picture of the Year
- Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - The Last Emperor
2nd Runner-Up - Hope and Glory
3rd Runner-Up - Maurice
4th Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket
5th Runner-Up - Raising Arizona
6th Runner-Up - Wall Street
7th Runner-Up - Radio Days
8th Runner-Up - The Dead
9th Runner-Up - The Princess Bride
10th Runner-Up - The Untouchables
Top Ten Films of 1987
- EMPIRE OF THE SUN
- THE LAST EMPEROR
- HOPE AND GLORY
- MAURICE
- FULL METAL JACKET
- RAISING ARIZONA
- WALL STREET
- RADIO DAYS
- THE DEAD
- THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Best Director of the Year
- Steven Spielberg, Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
2nd Runner-Up - John Boorman, Hope and Glory
3rd Runner-Up - James Ivory, Maurice
4th Runner-Up - Woody Allen, Radio Days, September
5th Runner-Up - John Huston, The Dead
6th Runner-Up - Joel Coen, Raising Arizona
7th Runner-Up - Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket
8th Runner-Up - Brian DePalma, The Untouchables
9th Runner-Up - Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction
10th Runner-Up - Oliver Stone, Wall Street
Best Actor of the Year
- Christian Bale, Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - Michael Douglas, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street
2nd Runner-Up - Steve Martin, Planes, Trains & Automoblies
3rd Runner-Up - James Wilby, Maurice
4th Runner-Up - Nicholas Cage, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck
5th Runner-Up - Lou Dimond Phillips, La Bamba
6th Runner-Up - William Hurt, Broadcast News
7th Runner-Up - Donal McCann, The Dead
8th Runner-Up - Cary Elwes, The Princess Bride
9th Runner-Up - John Lone, The Last Emperor
10th Runner-Up - John Candy, Planes, Trains & Automoblies
Best Actress of the Year
- Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
1st Runner-Up - Holly Hunter, Raising Arizona, Broadcast News
2nd Runner-Up - Anjelica Huston, The Dead
3rd Runner-Up- Elaine Stritch, September
4th Runner-Up - Cher, Moonstruck, Suspect
5th Runner-Up - Mia Farrow, September
Best Supporting Actor of the Year
- Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
1st Runner-Up - Sean Connery, The Untouchables
2nd Runner-Up - Hugh Grant, Maurice
3rd Runner-Up - Esai Morales, La Bamba
4th Runner-Up - John Malkovich, Empire of the Sun
5th Runner-Up - Martin Sheen, Wall Street
Best Supporting Actress of the Year
- Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
1st Runner-Up - Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction
2nd Runner-Up - Dianne Wiest, September
3rd Runner-Up - Joan Cusack, Broadcast News
Best Motion Picture Screenplay of the Year
- Tom Stoppard, Empire of the Sun
1st Runner-Up - Maurice (James Ivory / Kit Hesketh-Harvey)
2nd Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Mark Peploe / Bernardo Bertolucci)
3rd Runner-Up - Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
4th Runner-Up - Radio Days (Woody Allen)
5th Runner-Up - Hope and Glory (John Boorman)
Best Film Editing of the Year
- Empire of the Sun (Michael Kahn)
1st Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Gabriella Cristiani)
2nd Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket (Martin Hunter)
3rd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Gerald Greenberg / Bill Pankow)
4th Runner-Up - Fatal Attraction (Michael Kahn / Peter Berger)
5th Runner-Up - Maurice (Katherine Wenning)
Best Cinematography of the Year
- The Last Emperor (Vittorio Storaro)
1st Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (Allen Daviau)
2nd Runner-Up - Maurice (Pierre Lhomme)
3rd Runner-Up - Hope and Glory (Philippe Rousselot)
4th Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket (Douglas Milsome)
5th Runner-Up - Radio Days (Carlo Di Palma)
Best Costume Design of the Year
- The Last Emperor (James Acheson)
1st Runner-Up - Maurice (Jenny Beavan / John Bright)
2nd Runner-Up - The Dead (Dorothy Jeakins)
3rd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Marilyn Vance)
4th Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (Bob Ringwood)
5th Runner-Up - The Princess Bride (Phyllis Dalton)
Best Art Direction / Set Decoration of the Year
- The Last Emperor (Ferdinando Scarfiotti / Bruno Cesari / Osvaldo Desideri)
1st Runner-Up - Radio Days (Santo Loquasto / Carol Joffe / Leslie Bloom / George DeTitta Jr.)
2nd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Patrizia von Brandenstein / William A. Elliott / Hal Gausman)
3rd Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (Norman Reynolds / Harry Cordwell)
4th Runner-Up - Maurice (Brian Ackland-Snow / Peter James / Brian Savegar)
5th Runner-Up - Hope and Glory (Anthony Pratt / Joanne Woollard)
Best Motion Picture Score of the Year
- The Untouchables (Ennio Morricone)
1st Runner-Up - Empire of the Sun (John Williams)
2nd Runner-Up - Maurice (Richard Robbins)
3rd Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Ryuichi Sakamoto / David Byrne / Cong Su)
4th Runner-Up - The Living Daylights (John Barry)
5th Runner-Up - Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Best Motion Picture Sound of the Year
- Empire of the Sun (Robert Knudson / Don Digirolamo / John Boyde / Tony Dawe)
1st Runner-Up - The Last Emperor (Bill Rowe / Ivan Sharrock)
2nd Runner-Up - The Untouchables (Jack Fitzstephens / Kevin Lee / Abe Nejad / Michael Steinfeld)
3rd Runner-Up - Full Metal Jacket (Edward Tise / Nigel Galt)
4th Runner-Up - The Living Daylights (Derek Holding / Vernon Messenger / Colin Miller / Peter Musgrave)
5th Runner-Up - The Princess Bride (Tom Bellfort / Lon Bender / Jacqueline Cristianini / Cameron Frankley / Randy Kelley / Larry Kemp / Vince Melandri / Dan M. Rich / Ronald Roose / Hugo Weng)
1987 Film Grades :
Masterpiece
A+ (0)
*****
-
Excellent
A (3)
****3/4
Empire of the Sun
****1/2
The Last Emperor
****1/3
Hope and Glory
Very Good
A- (2)
***3/4
Maurice
***1/2
Full Metal Jacket
Good
B+ (13)
***1/3
Prick Up Your Ears
Raising Arizona
Wall Street
Radio Days
The Dead
The Princess Bride
The Untouchables
The Living Daylights
Moonstruck
Fatal Attraction
La Bamba
Broadcast News
Planes, Trains & Automoblies
Good
B (4)
***
September
Throw Mama From the Train
No Way Out
Adventures in Babysitting
Fair
B- (1)
**3/4 - **1/2
Blind Date
Satisfactory
C+ (2)
**1/3
The Witches of Eastwick
The Secret of My Success
Unsatisfactory
C (0)
**
-
Poor
C- (1)
*3/4
Good Morning Vietnam
Very Poor
D+ (1)
*1/2
Spaceballs
Terrible
D (1)
*1/3
Ishtar
Horrible
D- (0)
*
-
Unwatchable
F (0)
No Stars
-
Total Films Seen - 26
1987 U.S. Box Office Grosses :
Fatal Attraction - $156,645,693
Good Morning Vietnam - $123,922,370
Moonstruck - $80,640,528
The Untouchables - $76,269,454
The Secret of My Success - $67,939,445
The Witches of Eastwick - $63,749,955
Throw Mama From the Train - $57,695,259
La Bamba - $54,200,000
The Living Daylights - $51,185,897
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - $49,530,280
Broadcast News - $49,154,886
Full Metal Jacket - $46,341,085
The Last Emperor - $43,984,230
Wall Street - $41,311,607
Blind Date - $39,321,715
Spaceballs - $38,119,483
Adventures in Babysitting - $34,368,475
The Princess Bride - $26,906,897
Radio Days - $10,414,422
Raising Arizona - $18,945,857
Ishtar - $12,715,192
Maurice - $94,782
Hope and Glory - $7,265,838
Suspect - $18,177,440
Empire of the Sun - $17,629,026
The Dead - $123,588
September - $137,427
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