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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.

Number one films

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 6 January 1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
2 13 January 1989
3 20 January 1989
4 27 January 1989 Cocktail
5 3 February 1989
6 10 February 1989 Die Hard
7 17 February 1989
8 24 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
9 3 March 1989
10 10 March 1989
11 17 March 1989 Rain Man Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release
12 24 March 1989 Twins
13 31 March 1989
14 7 April 1989 Rain Man Rain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release
15 14 April 1989
16 21 April 1989 Working Girl
17 28 April 1989 Rain Man Rain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release
18 5 May 1989 My Stepmother is an Alien My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release
19 12 May 1989 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
20 19 May 1989
21 26 May 1989 Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release
22 2 June 1989
23 9 June 1989
24 16 June 1989 Beaches Beaches reached number one in its third week of release
25 23 June 1989 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
26 30 June 1989 Licence to Kill Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release
27 7 July 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 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
28 14 July 1989
29 21 July 1989
30 28 July 1989
31 4 August 1989
32 11 August 1989
33 18 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
34 25 August 1989 Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend
35 1 September 1989
36 8 September 1989
37 15 September 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil See No Evil, Hear No Evil reached number one in its second week of release
38 22 September 1989 Lethal Weapon 2
39 29 September 1989
40 6 October 1989 Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release
41 13 October 1989
42 20 October 1989 Young Einstein
43 27 October 1989
44 3 November 1989 Shirley Valentine Shirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release
45 10 November 1989
46 17 November 1989
47 24 November 1989 Wilt Wilt reached number one in its third week of release
48 1 December 1989 Back to the Future Part II
49 8 December 1989
50 15 December 1989
51 22 December 1989
52 29 December 1989 Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank Title Distributor Gross (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/UIP 15,560,000
5. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Paramount/UIP 12,464,000
6. Back to the Future Part II Universal Pictures/UIP 12,194,000
7. Licence to Kill United Artists/UIP 12,157,000
8. Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. 10,815,000
9. Twins Universal/UIP 10,547,000
10. Shirley Valentine Paramount/UIP 9,954,000

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