List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1989.[1]
Number-one films
# | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 8, 1989 | Rain Man | $9,245,626 | Rain Man reached #1 in its third weekend of release. | [2] |
2 | January 15, 1989 | $10,111,504 | [3] | ||
3 | January 22, 1989 | $7,003,147 | [4] | ||
4 | January 29, 1989 | $6,829,705 | [5] | ||
5 | February 5, 1989 | Three Fugitives | $5,477,051 | Three Fugitives reached #1 in its second weekend of release. | [6] |
6 | February 12, 1989 | The Fly II | $6,751,371 | [7] | |
7 | February 20, 19894-day weekend | The 'Burbs | $11,101,197 | [8] | |
8 | February 26, 1989 | $6,024,480 | [9] | ||
9 | March 5, 1989 | Lean on Me | $5,032,605 | [10] | |
10 | March 12, 1989 | $4,579,440 | [11] | ||
11 | March 19, 1989 | Fletch Lives | $8,045,760 | [12] | |
12 | March 26, 1989 | $5,647,320 | [13] | ||
13 | April 2, 1989 | Rain Man | $5,537,165 | Rain Man reclaimed #1 in sixteenth weekend of release. | [14] |
14 | April 9, 1989 | Major League | $8,836,265 | [15] | |
15 | April 16, 1989 | $7,070,809 | [16] | ||
16 | April 23, 1989 | Pet Sematary | $12,046,179 | Pet Sematary broke Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter's record ($11,1 million) for the highest weekend debut in April. | [17] |
17 | April 30, 1989 | $8,380,098 | [18] | ||
18 | May 7, 1989 | $6,338,594 | [19] | ||
19 | May 14, 1989 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | $7,098,741 | [20] | |
20 | May 21, 1989 | $6,105,120 | [21] | ||
21 | May 29, 19894-day weekend | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $37,031,573 | Indiana 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] |
22 | June 4, 1989 | $21,230,164 | Biggest second weekend gross of all-time surpassing Return of the Jedi's $17.2 million. | [23] | |
23 | June 11, 1989 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | $17,375,648 | Star 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] |
24 | June 18, 1989 | Ghostbusters II | $29,472,894 | Ghostbusters II set a record 3-day weekend surpassing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusades record $29,355,021 set 3 weeks earlier. | [25] |
25 | June 25, 1989 | Batman | $40,489,746 | Batman broke Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade's record ($37 million) for the highest weekend 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] |
26 | July 2, 1989 | $30,075,189 | Batman 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] | |
27 | July 9, 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $20,388,800 | [28] | |
28 | July 16, 1989 | $17,188,126 | [29] | ||
29 | July 23, 1989 | $13,022,249 | [30] | ||
30 | July 30, 1989 | Turner & Hooch | $12,211,042 | [31] | |
31 | August 6, 1989 | Parenthood | $10,506,450 | [32] | |
32 | August 13, 1989 | $9,672,350 | [33] | ||
33 | August 20, 1989 | Uncle Buck | $8,794,501 | [34] | |
34 | August 27, 1989 | $6,725,275 | [35] | ||
35 | September 4, 19894-day weekend | $7,822,640 | [36] | ||
36 | September 10, 1989 | $4,550,887 | [37] | ||
37 | September 17, 1989 | Sea of Love | $10,017,840 | Sea of Love broke Crocodile Dundee's record ($8 million) for the highest weekend debut in September. | [38] |
38 | September 24, 1989 | Black Rain | $9,677,102 | [39] | |
39 | October 1, 1989 | $6,503,065 | [40] | ||
40 | October 8, 1989 | $6,100,000 | [41] | ||
41 | October 15, 1989 | Look Who's Talking | $12,107,784 | Look 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. | [42] |
42 | October 22, 1989 | $14,147,340 | Look Who's Talking sets another record weekend gross for the month of October. | [43] | |
43 | October 29, 1989 | $11,556,750 | [44] | ||
44 | November 5, 1989 | $11,457,810 | [45] | ||
45 | November 12, 1989 | $11,409,873 | [46] | ||
46 | November 19, 1989 | Harlem Nights | $16,096,808 | Biggest pre-holiday fall opening. | [47] |
47 | November 26, 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | $27,835,125 | Back to the Future Part II broke Rocky IV's record ($19.9 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut. | [48] |
48 | December 3, 1989 | $12,110,340 | [49] | ||
49 | December 10, 1989 | The War of the Roses | $9,488,794 | [50] | |
50 | December 17, 1989 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $7,233,119 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation reached #1 in its third weekend of release. | [51] |
51 | December 24, 1989 | $7,007,789 | [52] | ||
52 | January 1, 1990 | The War of the Roses | $10,490,781 | The War of the Roses reclaimed #1 in fourth weekend of release. | [53] |
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1989 by Calendar Gross[54]
In-Year Release
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic 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 |
G | The Little Mermaid |
PG | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
PG-13 | Batman |
R | Lethal Weapon 2 |
References
- "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1989". Box Office Mojo.
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- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W12/?ref_=bo_we_nav
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W13/?ref_=bo_we_nav
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W14/?ref_=bo_we_nav
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- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W19/?ref_=bo_we_nav
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- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W21/occasion/us_memorialday_weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_table_3
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- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W33/?ref_=bo_we_nav
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- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W35/occasion/us_laborday_weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_table_3
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- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W51/occasion/us_christmas_weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_table_8
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1989W52/occasion/us_newyear_weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_table_10
- "Domestic Box Office For 1989". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- "Domestic Box Office For 1989 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
See also
- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
Preceded by 1988 |
1989 | Succeeded by 1990 |
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