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

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

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# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 6 January 1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit [1]
2 13 January 1989 [2]
3 20 January 1989 [3]
4 27 January 1989 Cocktail [4]
5 3 February 1989 [5]
6 10 February 1989 Die Hard [6]
7 17 February 1989 [7]
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 [8]
9 3 March 1989 [9]
10 10 March 1989 [10]
11 17 March 1989 Rain Man Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release [11]
12 24 March 1989 Twins [12]
13 31 March 1989 [13]
14 7 April 1989 Rain Man Rain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release [14]
15 14 April 1989 [15]
16 21 April 1989 Working Girl [16]
17 28 April 1989 Rain Man Rain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release [17]
18 5 May 1989 My Stepmother is an Alien My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release [18]
19 12 May 1989 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master [19]
20 19 May 1989 [20]
21 26 May 1989 Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release [21]
22 2 June 1989 [22]
23 9 June 1989 [23]
24 16 June 1989 Beaches Beaches reached number one in its third week of release [24]
25 23 June 1989 Hellbound: Hellraiser II [25]
26 30 June 1989 Licence to Kill Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release [26]
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 [27][28]
28 14 July 1989 [29]
29 21 July 1989 [30]
30 28 July 1989 [31]
31 4 August 1989 [32]
32 11 August 1989 [33]
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][28][35][36]
34 25 August 1989 Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend [37][35]
35 1 September 1989 [38]
36 8 September 1989 [39]
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 [40]
38 22 September 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 [41]
39 29 September 1989 [42]
40 6 October 1989 Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release [43]
41 13 October 1989 [44]
42 20 October 1989 Young Einstein [45]
43 27 October 1989 [46]
44 3 November 1989 Shirley Valentine Shirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release [47]
45 10 November 1989 [48]
46 17 November 1989 [49]
47 24 November 1989 Wilt Wilt reached number one in its third week of release [50]
48 1 December 1989 Back to the Future Part II [51]
49 8 December 1989 [52]
50 15 December 1989 [53]
51 22 December 1989 [54]
52 29 December 1989 Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week [55][54]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank[56][57] 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[nb 1]
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[nb 2]

Notes

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  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

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References

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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "'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. ^ a b "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.

Chronology

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