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Top 1989 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top 1989 International - Top 1989 Worldwide
Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic
This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1989.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1989 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1989, including films released in 1988 and earlier.
| ←Top 1988 Domestic | Top 1990 Domestic→ |
| Rank | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office |
Opening Weekend Box Office |
Max Theater Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batman | Warner Bros. | $251,188,924 | $40,489,746 | 2,201 |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount… | $197,171,806 | $37,031,573 | 2,327 |
| 3 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Warner Bros. | $147,253,986 | $20,388,800 | 1,830 |
| 4 | Look Who's Talking | Sony Pict… | $140,088,813 | $12,107,784 | 1,651 |
| 5 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Walt Disney | $130,724,172 | $14,262,961 | 1,498 |
| 6 | Back to the Future Part II | Universal | $118,450,002 | $27,835,125 | 2,107 |
| 7 | Ghostbusters II | Sony Pict… | $112,494,738 | $29,472,894 | 2,410 |
| 8 | The Little Mermaid | Walt Disney | $111,543,479 | $6,031,914 | 2,057 |
| 9 | Driving Miss Daisy | Warner Bros. | $106,593,296 | 1,668 | |
| 10 | Parenthood | Universal | $100,047,830 | $10,506,450 | 1,399 |
| 11 | Dead Poets Society | Walt Disney | $95,860,116 | 1,109 | |
| 12 | When Harry Met Sally… | Columbia | $92,823,546 | $1,094,453 | 1,401 |
| 13 | Steel Magnolias | Sony Pict… | $83,759,091 | $5,425,440 | 1,372 |
| 14 | The War of the Roses | 20th Cent… | $83,699,711 | $9,688,794 | 1,559 |
| 15 | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | Warner Bros. | $73,853,467 | $11,750,203 | 1,950 |
| 16 | Turner & Hooch | Walt Disney | $71,079,915 | $12,211,042 | 1,888 |
| 17 | Born on the Fourth of July | Universal | $70,001,698 | $172,021 | 1,434 |
| 18 | Uncle Buck | Universal | $66,758,538 | $8,794,501 | 1,835 |
| 19 | Field of Dreams | Universal | $64,431,625 | $531,346 | 1,100 |
| 20 | Tango & Cash | Warner Bros. | $63,408,614 | $6,628,918 | 1,575 |
| 21 | Harlem Nights | Paramount… | $60,857,262 | $16,096,808 | 2,180 |
| 22 | Sea of Love | Universal | $58,571,513 | $10,017,840 | 1,439 |
| 23 | Pet Sematary | Paramount… | $57,469,179 | $12,046,179 | 1,585 |
| 24 | The Abyss | 20th Cent… | $54,763,229 | $9,319,797 | 1,538 |
| 25 | To the Limit | $53,000,000 | |||
| 26 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Paramount… | $52,210,049 | $17,375,648 | 2,202 |
| 27 | Major League | Paramount… | $49,793,054 | $8,836,265 | 1,615 |
| 28 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Sony Pict… | $46,900,000 | $7,098,741 | 1,686 |
| 29 | Black Rain | Paramount… | $45,892,212 | $9,677,102 | 1,760 |
| 30 | Always | Universal | $41,843,630 | $3,713,480 | 1,206 |
| 31 | Three Fugitives | Walt Disney | $40,590,000 | $6,434,717 | 1,374 |
| 32 | Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure | Orion Pic… | $40,485,039 | $6,167,651 | 1,321 |
| 33 | K-9 | Universal | $38,859,189 | $7,471,035 | 1,706 |
| 34 | The Karate Kid, Part III | Sony Pict… | $38,793,278 | $10,364,544 | 1,560 |
| 35 | The `Burbs | Universal | $35,382,246 | $11,101,197 | 1,956 |
| 36 | Licence to Kill | MGM | $34,667,015 | $8,774,776 | 1,587 |
| 37 | Fletch Lives | Universal | $33,266,859 | $8,045,760 | 1,512 |
| 38 | Weekend at Bernie's | 20th Cent… | $30,218,387 | $4,506,086 | 1,139 |
| 39 | Road House | United Ar… | $30,050,028 | $5,957,656 | 1,935 |
| 40 | Lean on Me | Warner Bros. | $29,823,140 | $5,032,605 | 1,107 |
| 41 | L'Ours | Sony/TriStar | $29,564,471 | $3,676,530 | 1,056 |
| 42 | Glory | Sony Pict… | $26,828,365 | $63,661 | 811 |
| 43 | The Dream Team | Universal | $26,793,650 | $5,704,860 | 1,459 |
| 44 | All Dogs Go To Heaven | MGM | $26,220,877 | $4,712,834 | 1,591 |
| 45 | Do the Right Thing | Universal | $26,004,026 | $3,563,535 | 534 |
| 46 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Miramax | $24,741,667 | 534 | |
| 47 | A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child | New Line | $22,168,359 | $8,115,176 | 1,902 |
| 48 | Lock Up | Sony Pict… | $22,099,847 | $6,025,520 | 1,384 |
| 49 | Cousins | Paramount… | $21,707,236 | $3,039,805 | 747 |
| 50 | Say Anything… | 20th Cent… | $20,036,737 | $4,058,496 | 1,113 |
| 51 | Dad | Universal | $19,738,015 | 1,188 | |
| 52 | The Fly II | 20th Cent… | $19,441,528 | $6,751,371 | 1,528 |
| 53 | An Innocent Man | Walt Disney | $19,397,847 | $6,386,349 | 1,561 |
| 54 | Blaze | Walt Disney | $19,049,727 | $1,739,701 | 909 |
| 55 | Skin Deep | 20th Cent… | $19,000,000 | $2,460,262 | 1,062 |
| 56 | Casualties of War | Sony Pict… | $18,468,714 | $5,201,261 | 1,507 |
| 57 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Orion Pic… | $18,254,702 | $911,385 | 525 |
| 58 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | 20th Cent… | $18,121,297 | $3,313,815 | 860 |
| 59 | Her Alibi | Warner Bros. | $17,195,050 | $5,037,047 | 1,429 |
| 60 | Shocker | Universal | $16,554,699 | $4,510,990 | 1,795 |
| 61 | Prancer | Orion Pic… | $16,115,398 | $2,914,486 | 1,728 |
| 62 | No Holds Barred | New Line | $16,093,651 | $4,957,052 | 1,327 |
| 63 | Next of Kin | Warner Bros. | $15,942,628 | $4,805,516 | 1,358 |
| 64 | Chances Are | Sony Pict… | $15,939,663 | $3,664,386 | 1,190 |
| 65 | Leviathan | MGM | $15,363,560 | $5,029,164 | 1,393 |
| 66 | She-Devil | 20th Cent… | $15,351,421 | $3,509,647 | 1,452 |
| 67 | Kickboxer | Cannon | $14,533,681 | $4,134,098 | 973 |
| 68 | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Paramount… | $14,343,976 | $6,251,310 | 1,683 |
| 69 | The Wizard | Universal | $14,278,900 | $2,142,525 | 1,204 |
| 70 | My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown | Miramax | $14,041,353 | 510 | |
| 71 | Great Balls of Fire! | Orion Pic… | $13,691,550 | $3,807,986 | 1,417 |
| 72 | Koneko monogatari | Sony Pict… | $13,299,749 | 915 | |
| 73 | Pink Cadillac | Warner Bros. | $12,143,484 | $4,408,593 | 1,993 |
| 74 | She's Out of Control | Sony Pict… | $12,065,892 | $3,653,142 | 987 |
| 75 | Physical Evidence | Sony Pict… | $12,000,000 | $1,777,358 | 691 |
| 76 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | Galaxy In… | $11,642,254 | $5,093,428 | 1,495 |
| 77 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Warner Bros. | $11,567,000 | $4,032,480 | 1,627 |
| 78 | Young Einstein | Warner Bros. | $11,536,599 | $3,094,581 | 1,217 |
| 79 | Gross Anatomy | Walt Disney | $11,346,186 | $2,830,387 | 1,080 |
| 80 | Family Business | Sony Pict… | $11,053,835 | $2,130,024 | 1,230 |
| 81 | Who's Harry Crumb? | Sony/TriStar | $10,982,364 | $3,862,719 | 1,198 |
| 82 | New York Stories | Walt Disney | $10,763,469 | 514 | |
| 83 | The Package | Orion Pic… | $10,647,219 | $1,851,673 | 460 |
| 84 | We're No Angels | Paramount… | $10,555,348 | $2,047,630 | 1,495 |
| 85 | Henry V | Goldwyn E… | $10,161,099 | 131 | |
| 86 | Cyborg | Cannon | $10,030,875 | $3,179,811 | 830 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.