List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1989.

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Number one films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1] [2]
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16 January 1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit [3]
213 January 1989 [4]
320 January 1989 [5]
427 January 1989 Cocktail [6]
53 February 1989 [7]
610 February 1989 Die Hard [8]
717 February 1989 [9]
824 February 1989 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! reached number one in its second week of release [10]
93 March 1989 [11]
1010 March 1989 [12]
1117 March 1989 Rain Man Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release [13]
1224 March 1989 Twins [14]
1331 March 1989 [15]
147 April 1989Rain ManRain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release [16]
1514 April 1989 [17]
1621 April 1989 Working Girl [18]
1728 April 1989Rain ManRain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release [19]
185 May 1989 My Stepmother is an Alien My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release [20]
1912 May 1989 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [21]
2019 May 1989 [22]
2126 May 1989 Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release [23]
222 June 1989 [24]
239 June 1989 [25]
2416 June 1989 Beaches Beaches reached number one in its third week of release [26]
2523 June 1989 Hellbound: Hellraiser II [27]
2630 June 1989 Licence to Kill Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release [28]
277 July 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade grossed a record £1,811,542 in its opening weekend and £3,125,434 in its opening week beating the records set by Crocodile Dundee II [29] [30]
2814 July 1989 [31]
2921 July 1989 [32]
3028 July 1989 [33]
314 August 1989 [34]
3211 August 1989 [35]
3318 August 1989 Batman Batman beat the opening weekend and week records set in July by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with a gross of £2,058,159 for the weekend and £3,945,527 for the week [36] [30] [37] [38]
3425 August 1989Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend [39] [37]
351 September 1989 [40]
368 September 1989 [41]
3715 September 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil See No Evil, Hear No Evil reached number one in its second week of release [42]
3822 September 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 [43]
3929 September 1989 [44]
406 October 1989 Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release [45]
4113 October 1989 [46]
4220 October 1989 Young Einstein [47]
4327 October 1989 [48]
443 November 1989 Shirley Valentine Shirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release [49]
4510 November 1989 [50]
4617 November 1989 [51]
4724 November 1989 Wilt Wilt reached number one in its third week of release [52]
481 December 1989 Back to the Future Part II [53]
498 December 1989 [54]
5015 December 1989 [55]
5122 December 1989 [56]
5229 December 1989Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week [57] [56]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1988 and 21 December 1989

Rank [1] [2] TitleDistributorGross (US$)
1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount Pictures/UIP 25,732,000
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. 25,384,000
3. Batman Warner Bros.19,413,000
4. Rain Man United Artists/UIP15,560,000
5. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Paramount/UIP12,464,000
6. Back to the Future Part II Universal Pictures/UIP12,194,000 [nb 1]
7. Licence to Kill United Artists/UIP12,157,000
8. Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros.10,815,000
9. Twins Universal/UIP10,547,000
10. Shirley Valentine Paramount/UIP9,954,000 [nb 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits does not list Back to the Future Part II.
  2. ↑ The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits lists Dead Poets Society and Cocktail higher than Shirley Valentine. For the period, Variety reported grosses of $9,953,000 and $9,329,000 for those films respectively.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 356. ISBN   0-85112-670-7.
  2. 1 2 "Top-grossing films in the U.K. 1989 Dec. 1, 1988 to Dec. 21, 1989". Variety . 24 January 1990. p. 94.
  3. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 13 January 1989. p. 18.
  4. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 20 January 1989. p. 18.
  5. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 27 January 1989. p. 20.
  6. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 3 February 1989. p. 22.
  7. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 10 February 1989. p. 20.
  8. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 17 February 1989. p. 20.
  9. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 24 February 1989. p. 18.
  10. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 3 March 1989. p. 22.
  11. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 10 March 1989. p. 22.
  12. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 17 March 1989. p. 22.
  13. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 24 March 1989. p. 18.
  14. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 31 March 1989. p. 18.
  15. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 7 April 1989. p. 18.
  16. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 14 April 1989. p. 20.
  17. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 21 April 1989. p. 20.
  18. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 28 April 1989. p. 22.
  19. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 5 May 1989. p. 18.
  20. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 12 May 1989. p. 18.
  21. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 19 May 1989. p. 22.
  22. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 26 May 1989. p. 22.
  23. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 2 June 1989. p. 16.
  24. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 9 June 1989. p. 20.
  25. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 16 June 1989. p. 22.
  26. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 23 June 1989. p. 18.
  27. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 30 June 1989. p. 18.
  28. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 7 July 1989. p. 20.
  29. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 14 July 1989. p. 20.
  30. 1 2 Groves, Don (16 August 1989). "'Batman' zaps 'Indy's' record in U.K. opener". Variety . p. 1.
  31. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 21 July 1989. p. 20.
  32. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 28 July 1989. p. 18.
  33. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 4 August 1989. p. 16.
  34. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 11 August 1989. p. 16.
  35. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 18 August 1989. p. 16.
  36. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 25 August 1989. p. 16.
  37. 1 2 "'Batman' drops 28% in U.K. and Ireland". Variety . 23 August 1989. p. 4.
  38. ↑ Groves, Don (23 August 1989). "'Batman' proves impervious in U.K.". Variety . p. 39.
  39. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 1 September 1989. p. 18.
  40. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 8 September 1989. p. 16.
  41. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 15 September 1989. p. 18.
  42. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 22 September 1989. p. 18.
  43. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 29 September 1989. p. 18.
  44. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 6 October 1989. p. 18.
  45. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 13 October 1989. p. 22.
  46. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 20 October 1989. p. 20.
  47. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 27 October 1989. p. 22.
  48. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 3 November 1989. p. 18.
  49. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 10 November 1989. p. 22.
  50. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 17 November 1989. p. 22.
  51. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 24 November 1989. p. 22.
  52. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 1 December 1989. p. 22.
  53. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 8 December 1989. p. 20.
  54. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 15 December 1989. p. 18.
  55. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 22 December 1989. p. 16.
  56. 1 2 "U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety . 3 January 1990. p. 26.
  57. ↑ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International. 5 January 1990. p. 20.

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