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

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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 [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

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

  1. ^ The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits does not list Back to the Future Part II.
  2. 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. ^ 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.
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  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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