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

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1989. [1]

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Number-one films

#Weekend end dateFilmBox officeNotesRef
1January 8, 1989 Rain Man $9,245,626 [2]
2January 15, 1989$10,111,504 [3]
3January 22, 1989$7,003,147 [4]
4January 29, 1989$6,829,705 [5]
5February 5, 1989 Three Fugitives $5,477,051Three Fugitives reached #1 in its second weekend of release. [6]
6February 12, 1989 The Fly II $6,751,371 [7]
7February 20, 19894-day weekend The 'Burbs $11,101,197 [8]
8February 26, 1989$6,024,480 [9]
9March 5, 1989 Lean on Me $5,032,605 [10]
10March 12, 1989$4,579,440 [11]
11March 19, 1989 Fletch Lives $8,045,760 [12]
12March 26, 1989$5,647,320 [13]
13April 2, 1989Rain Man$5,537,165Rain Man reclaimed #1 in sixteenth weekend of release. [14]
14April 9, 1989 Major League $8,836,265 [15]
15April 16, 1989$7,070,809 [16]
16April 23, 1989 Pet Sematary $12,046,179Pet Sematary broke Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 's record ($11.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in April. [17]
17April 30, 1989$8,380,098 [18]
18May 7, 1989$6,338,594 [19]
19May 14, 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil $7,098,741 [20]
20May 21, 1989$6,105,120 [21]
21May 29, 19894-day weekend Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $37,031,573Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade broke Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's records ($33.9 million) for the 4-day highest Memorial Day weekend debut as well as for the highest weekend debut of all-time. [22]
22June 4, 1989$21,230,164Biggest second weekend gross of all-time surpassing Return of the Jedi's $17.2 million. [23]
23June 11, 1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier $17,375,648Star Trek V: The Final Frontier broke Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 's record ($16.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. [24]
24June 18, 1989 Ghostbusters II $29,472,894Ghostbusters II set a record 3-day weekend surpassing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusades record $29,355,021 set 3 weeks earlier. [25]
25June 25, 1989 Batman $40,489,746Batman broke Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade's record ($37 million) for the highest weekend debut of all time (which had been set one month earlier). It also broke Superman II 's record ($14.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film and Cobra 's record ($15.6 million) for highest weekend debut for a Warner Bros. film. It had the highest weekend debut of 1989. [26]
26July 2, 1989$30,075,189Batman broke Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade's record ($21.2 million) for the highest second weekend gross (which had been set one month earlier). [27]
27July 9, 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 $20,388,800 [28]
28July 16, 1989$17,188,126 [29]
29July 23, 1989$13,022,249 [30]
30July 30, 1989 Turner & Hooch $12,211,042 [31]
31August 6, 1989 Parenthood $10,506,450 [32]
32August 13, 1989$9,672,350 [33]
33August 20, 1989 Uncle Buck $8,794,501 [34]
34August 27, 1989$6,725,275 [35]
35September 4, 19894-day weekend$7,822,640 [36]
36September 10, 1989$4,550,887 [37]
37September 17, 1989 Sea of Love $10,017,840Sea of Love broke Crocodile Dundee 's record ($8 million) for the highest weekend debut in September. [38] [39]
38September 24, 1989 Black Rain $9,677,102 [40]
39October 1, 1989$6,503,065 [41]
40October 9, 19894-day weekend$6,100,000 [42]
41October 15, 1989 Look Who's Talking $12,107,784Look Who's Talking broke Never Say Never Again 's 1983 record ($11 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film released during the month of October. [43]
42October 22, 1989$14,147,340Look Who's Talking sets another record weekend gross for the month of October. [44]
43October 29, 1989$11,556,750 [45]
44November 5, 1989$11,457,810 [46]
45November 12, 1989$11,409,873 [47]
46November 19, 1989 Harlem Nights $16,096,808Biggest pre-holiday fall opening. In third place, The Little Mermaid 's opening ($6 million) broke The Fox and the Hound 's record ($4.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. [48]
47November 26, 1989 Back to the Future Part II $27,835,125Back to the Future Part II broke Rocky IV 's record ($19.9 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut. [49] [50]
48December 3, 1989$12,110,340 [51]
49December 10, 1989 The War of the Roses $9,488,794 [52]
50December 17, 1989 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $7,233,119National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation reached #1 in its third weekend of release. [53]
51December 24, 1989$7,007,789 [54]
52December 31, 1989The War of the Roses$10,490,781The War of the Roses reclaimed #1 in fourth weekend of release. [55]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 1989 for tickets sold within the calendar year [56]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Batman Warner Bros. Pictures Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance Tim Burton $251,188,924
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover and Sean Connery Steven Spielberg $197,171,806
3. Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. Pictures Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor and Patsy Kensit Richard Donner $147,253,986
4. Rain Man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino Barry Levinson $139,602,956
5. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Walt Disney Studios Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman and Kristine Sutherland Joe Johnston $130,724,172
6. Look Who's Talking TriStar Pictures John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal, Abe Vigoda and Bruce Willis Amy Heckerling $113,455,801
7. Ghostbusters II Columbia Pictures Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts Ivan Reitman $112,494,738
8. Dead Poets Society Walt Disney Studios Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd and Kurtwood Smith Peter Weir $95,860,116
9. Parenthood Universal Pictures Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen and Dianne Wiest Ron Howard $95,527,843
10. Back to the Future Part II Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue and Jeffrey Weissman Robert Zemeckis $93,592,195

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1989 by In-year release [57]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Batman Warner Bros. $251,188,924
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount $197,171,806
3. Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. $147,253,986
4. Look Who's Talking TriStar $140,088,813
5. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Disney $130,724,172
6. Back to the Future Part II Universal $118,450,002
7. Ghostbusters II Columbia $112,494,738
8. Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. $106,593,296
9. Parenthood Universal $100,047,830
10. Dead Poets Society Disney $95,860,116


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1989
G The Little Mermaid
PG Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
PG-13 Batman
R Lethal Weapon 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1989". Box Office Mojo .
  2. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 1". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 2". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 3". Box Office Mojo.
  5. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 4". Box Office Mojo.
  6. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 5". Box Office Mojo.
  7. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo.
  8. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  9. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 8". Box Office Mojo.
  10. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 9". Box Office Mojo.
  11. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 10". Box Office Mojo.
  12. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 11". Box Office Mojo.
  13. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 12". Box Office Mojo.
  14. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 13". Box Office Mojo.
  15. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 14". Box Office Mojo.
  16. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 15". Box Office Mojo.
  17. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 16". Box Office Mojo.
  18. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 17". Box Office Mojo.
  19. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 18". Box Office Mojo.
  20. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 19". Box Office Mojo.
  21. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo.
  22. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  23. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 22". Box Office Mojo.
  24. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 23". Box Office Mojo.
  25. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 24". Box Office Mojo.
  26. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 25". Box Office Mojo.
  27. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 26". Box Office Mojo.
  28. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 27". Box Office Mojo.
  29. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 28". Box Office Mojo.
  30. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 29". Box Office Mojo.
  31. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 30". Box Office Mojo.
  32. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 31". Box Office Mojo.
  33. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 32". Box Office Mojo.
  34. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 33". Box Office Mojo.
  35. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 34". Box Office Mojo.
  36. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  37. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 36". Box Office Mojo.
  38. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 37". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  39. ↑ "All-time top opening weekends of September". Daily Variety . September 20, 1994. p. 24.
  40. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 38". Box Office Mojo.
  41. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo.
  42. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 40 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  43. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 41". Box Office Mojo.
  44. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 42". Box Office Mojo.
  45. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 43". Box Office Mojo.
  46. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 44". Box Office Mojo.
  47. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 45". Box Office Mojo.
  48. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 46". Box Office Mojo.
  49. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 47 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  50. ↑ "Top opening weekends of November". Daily Variety . November 15, 1994. p. 12.
  51. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 48 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
  52. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 49". Box Office Mojo.
  53. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
  54. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 51 (Christmas long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  55. ↑ "Domestic 1989 Weekend 52 (New Year's long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  56. ↑ "Domestic Box Office For 1989". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  57. ↑ "Domestic Box Office For 1989 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

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