It retained the number-one position in its second weekend with an additional gross of $8.6million, ahead of the debuting comedy-drama "Heartburn" ($5.8million) and "The Karate Kid Part II" ($5million). "Aliens" remained the number-one film of its third weekend with a gross of $7.1million, ahead of the debuts of "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" ($6.8million) and the comedy "Howard the Duck" ($5.1million). The film fell to third place in its fifth weekend with a gross of $4.30million, behind the debuts of the science-fiction horror film "The Fly" ($7million) and the comedy "Armed and Dangerous" ($4.33million). "Aliens" was one of the top ten highest-grossing films for 11 weeks.