Movie Index - 1989

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1989
January, 1		Fast Food		-	$472,340	-
January, 1		Signs of Life		-	$96,000	-
January, 1		Eversmile, New Jersey		-	-	-
January, 1		Edge of Sanity		-	$102,219	-
January, 1		Rosalie Goes Shopping		-	$574,080	-
January, 1		Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills		-	$2,156,471	-
January, 1		Communion		-	$1,919,000	-
January, 1		American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt		-	$902,000	-
January, 1		Rooftops		-	$2,043,889	-
January, 1		Babar: The Movie		-	$1,305,187	-
January, 1		Wired		-	$1,000,000	-
January, 1		The Experts	Paramount Pictures	-	$169,203	-
January, 1		The Horror Show		-	$1,738,897	-
January, 13		Deepstar Six	Sony	-	$7,724,847	-
January, 13		Gleaming the Cube	20th Century Fox	-	$2,454,590	-
January, 13		January Man	MGM/UA	-	$4,611,062	-
January, 27		Three Fugitives	Buena Vista	-	$40,590,000	-
January, 27		No Retreat, No Surrender 2		-	$108,154	-
January, 27		Parents		-	$870,532	$871,113
January, 27		Physical Evidence	Columbia	-	$12,000,000	-
February, 1989
February, 3		Who's Harry Crumb?		-	$10,982,364	-
February, 3		Her Alibi	Warner Bros.	-	$17,195,050	-
February, 3		Kinjite	Cannon	-	$3,088,086	-
February, 10		Cousins	Paramount Pictures	-	$21,707,236	-
February, 10		Tap	Sony	-	$9,114,702	-
February, 10		The Fly II	20th Century Fox	-	$19,441,528	-
February, 16		The Mighty Quinn	MGM/UA	-	$3,992,420	-
February, 17		True Believer	Columbia	-	$8,742,000	-
February, 17		The `burbs	Universal	-	$35,382,246	-
February, 17		Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Orion	$10,000,000	$40,485,039	-
February, 24		High Hopes		-	$1,192,322	-
March, 1989
March, 1		New York Stories	Buena Vista	$15,000,000	$10,763,469	-
March, 3		Dream a Little Dream	Vestron	-	$5,171,429	-
March, 3		Farewell to the King	Orion	-	$2,361,132	-
March, 3		Heart of Midnight		-	$113,000	-
March, 3		The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey		-	$1,333,379	-
March, 3		Lean on Me	Warner Bros.	-	$29,823,140	-
March, 3		Out Cold (1989)		-	$294,266	-
March, 3		Skin Deep	20th Century Fox	-	$19,000,000	-
March, 10		Police Academy 6: City Under Siege	Warner Bros.	-	$11,567,000	-
March, 10		Chances Are	TriStar Pictures	-	$15,939,663	-
March, 10		The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Sony	-	$8,040,008	-
March, 10		Jacknife		-	$2,049,769	-
March, 11		Out of the Dark		$1,600,000	$419,428	-
March, 17		Slaves of New York		-	$463,972	-
March, 17		Fletch Lives	Universal	-	$33,266,859	-
March, 17		Leviathan	MGM/UA	-	$15,363,560	-
March, 22		976-Evil	New Line	-	$2,955,917	-
March, 22		Troop Beverly Hills	Weintraub	$18,000,000	$7,190,505	-
March, 24		Dead Bang	Warner Bros.	-	$6,935,216	-
March, 31		Sing		-	$2,260,616	-
March, 31		Heathers	New World	-	$927,114	-
March, 31		Crusoe	Island	-	$315,421	-
April, 1989
April, 7		84C MoPic	New Century Vista Film Company	-	$154,264	-
April, 7		The Dream Team	Universal	-	$26,793,650	-
April, 7		Major League	Paramount Pictures	$11,000,000	$49,793,054	-
April, 7		Cyborg	Cannon	-	$10,030,875	-
April, 7		Dead Calm	Warner Bros.	-	$7,032,915	-
April, 14		She's Out of Control	Weintraub	-	$12,065,892	-
April, 14		Disorganized Crime	Buena Vista	-	$7,210,149	-
April, 14		Winter People	Sony	-	$2,023,282	-
April, 14		Say Anything…	20th Century Fox	-	$20,036,737	-
April, 19		Red Scorpion	Shapiro	-	$4,192,000	-
April, 21		Speed Zone!	Media Home	-	$3,077,061	-
April, 21		See You in the Morning	Warner Bros.	-	$4,795,009	-
April, 21		Field of Dreams	Universal	-	$64,431,625	-
April, 21		Checking Out		-	$31,000	-
April, 21		Pet Sematary	Paramount Pictures	$11,500,000	$57,469,179	-
April, 28		Miss Firecracker	Corsair	-	$1,852,655	-
April, 28		Scandal	Miramax	-	$8,800,000	-
April, 28		Loverboy	Sony	-	$3,887,852	-
April, 28		Criminal Law	Hemdale	-	$9,443,550	-
April, 28		K-9	Universal	-	$38,859,189	-
May, 1989
May, 5		Listen to Me	Sony	-	$4,177,448	-
May, 5		Lost Angels	Orion	-	$1,013,619	-
May, 12		Earth Girls are Easy	Vestron	-	$3,916,303	-
May, 12		The Return of Swamp Thing		-	$192,816	$274,928
May, 12		Fist Fighter		-	$221,163	-
May, 12		See No Evil, Hear No Evil	Sony	-	$46,900,000	-
May, 19		How I Got Into College	20th Century Fox	-	$651,850	-
May, 19		Miracle Mile	Hemdale	-	$1,092,822	-
May, 19		Fright Night II	New Century	-	$2,350,289	-
May, 19		For Queen and Country		-	$191,051	-
May, 19		Road House	United Artists	$10,000,000	$30,050,028	-
May, 19		Cold Feet		-	$289,975	-
May, 24		Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures	$48,000,000	$197,171,806	$474,171,806
May, 26		Pink Cadillac	Warner Bros.	-	$12,143,484	-
June, 1989
June, 2		No Holds Barred	New Line	-	$16,093,651	-
June, 2		Vampire's Kiss		-	$725,131	-
June, 2		Dead Poets' Society	Buena Vista	$16,400,000	$95,860,116	$239,500,000
June, 2		Renegades		-	$9,015,164	-
June, 9		Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Paramount Pictures	$30,000,000	$52,210,049	$70,200,000
June, 16		Ghostbusters II	Sony	-	$112,494,738	$215,500,000
June, 23		Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Buena Vista	-	$130,724,172	$222,700,000
June, 23		Batman	Warner Bros.	$35,000,000	$251,188,924	$411,348,924
June, 30		Do the Right Thing	Universal	$6,000,000	$26,004,026	-
June, 30		Great Balls of Fire!	Orion	-	$13,691,550	-
June, 30		Far From Home		-	$12,000	-
June, 30		The Karate Kid, Part III	Sony	-	$38,793,278	-
July, 1989
July, 1		Shag		-	$6,957,975	-
July, 5		Weekend at Bernie's		-	$30,218,387	-
July, 5		Haunted Summer		-	$10,000	-
July, 7		Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	-	$147,253,986	$227,300,000
July, 14		License to Kill	MGM/UA	$42,000,000	$34,667,015	$156,167,015
July, 14		When Harry Met Sally…	Sony	-	$92,823,546	-
July, 19		4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle		-	$18,755	-
July, 21		Eat a Bowl of Tea		-	$231,423	-
July, 21		UHF	Orion	$5,000,000	$6,157,157	-
July, 28		Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan	Paramount Pictures	$5,000,000	$14,343,976	-
July, 28		Turner & Hooch	Buena Vista	-	$71,079,915	-
August, 1989
August, 2		Parenthood	Universal	-	$100,047,830	$126,297,830
August, 4		Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Miramax	$1,200,000	$24,741,667	$36,741,667
August, 4		Young Einstein	Warner Bros.	-	$11,536,599	-
August, 4		Lock Up	Sony	-	$21,717,616	-
August, 9		The Abyss	20th Century Fox	$70,000,000	$54,243,125	-
August, 11		A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child		$6,000,000	$22,168,359	-
August, 16		Uncle Buck	Universal	-	$66,758,538	-
August, 16		Rude Awakening	Orion	-	$3,169,719	-
August, 18		Eddie and the Cruisers II	Scotti	-	$540,000	-
August, 18		Let it Ride	Paramount Pictures	-	$4,971,088	-
August, 18		Casualties of War	Columbia	-	$18,468,714	-
August, 18		Cheetah	Buena Vista	-	$7,882,250	-
August, 18		A Chorus of Disapproval		-	$216,000	-
August, 23		Cookie	Warner Bros.	-	$1,755,480	-
August, 25		Koneko monogatari	Columbia	-	$13,299,749	$13,349,107
August, 25		Heart of Dixie	Orion	-	$1,093,011	-
August, 25		The Package	Orion	-	$10,647,219	-
August, 25		Millennium	20th Century Fox	-	$5,725,353	-
August, 25		Little Monsters	United Artists	-	$542,939	-
August, 29		Relentless	New Line	-	$6,985,999	-
September, 1989
September, 1		Cage		-	$618,178	$647,032
September, 8		Kickboxer	Cannon	$1,500,000	$14,533,681	-
September, 15		Sea of Love	Universal	-	$58,571,513	-
September, 15		In Country	Warner Bros.	-	$3,531,971	-
September, 15		Night Game		-	$337,812	-
September, 15		The Big Picture		-	$117,463	-
September, 20		Queen of Hearts	Cinecom	-	$917,820	-
September, 20		Dry White Season	MGM/UA	-	$3,282,890	-
September, 22		Erik the Viking	Orion	-	$1,932,642	-
September, 22		Black Rain	Paramount Pictures	$30,000,000	$45,892,212	-
September, 29		Johnny Handsome	Sony	-	$6,622,465	-
September, 29		Welcome Home	Columbia	-	$1,029,822	-
October, 1989
October, 6		An Innocent Man	Buena Vista	-	$19,397,847	-
October, 6		Old Gringo		-	$3,574,256	-
October, 6		Drugstore Cowboy	Avenue	-	$4,729,352	-
October, 12		Georgia		-	-	-
October, 13		The Fabulous Baker Boys	20th Century Fox	-	$18,121,297	-
October, 13		Crimes and Misdemeanors	Orion	-	$18,254,702	-
October, 13		Look Who's Talking	Sony	-	$140,088,813	$297,100,000
October, 13		Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Galaxy	$6,000,000	$11,642,254	-
October, 13		Breaking In	Goldwyn	-	$1,811,086	-
October, 13		To Kill a Priest		-	$30,000	-
October, 20		Fat Man and Little Boy	Paramount Pictures	-	$3,560,942	-
October, 20		Gross Anatomy	Buena Vista	-	$11,346,186	-
October, 20		Next of Kin	Warner Bros.	-	$15,942,628	-
October, 25		L'Ours	Sony	-	$29,564,471	-
October, 27		Dad	Universal	-	$19,738,015	-
October, 27		Immediate Family	Sony	-	$5,841,286	-
October, 27		Kill Me Again		-	$283,694	-
October, 27		Shocker	MCA	-	$16,554,699	-
October, 27		Worth Winning		-	$3,690,328	-
November, 1989
November, 1		Valmont		-	$1,132,000	-
November, 3		Race for Glory	New Century Vista Film Company	-	$100,326	-
November, 3		The Stepfather 2		-	$1,519,796	-
November, 3		Second Sight	Warner Bros.	-	$5,000,000	-
November, 3		Bloodhounds of Broadway		-	$44,000	-
November, 3		The Phantom of the Opera	20th Century Fox	-	$3,953,745	-
November, 8		Henry V	Goldwyn	$9,000,000	$10,161,099	-
November, 10		Staying Together	Hemdale	-	$4,348,025	-
November, 10		Best of the Best		-	$1,700,000	-
November, 10		My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown	Miramax	-	$14,041,353	-
November, 15		The Little Mermaid	Buena Vista	-	$111,543,479	$222,300,000
November, 15		Steel Magnolias	Sony	-	$83,759,091	$95,151,938
November, 17		Harlem Nights	Paramount Pictures	-	$60,857,262	$95,857,262
November, 17		Prancer	Orion	-	$16,115,398	-
November, 17		All Dogs Go To Heaven	United Artists	-	$26,220,877	-
November, 17		Mystery Train	Orion Classics	-	$367,879	-
November, 22		Back to the Future Part II	Universal	$40,000,000	$118,450,002	$332,000,000
December, 1989
December, 1		National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Warner Bros.	-	$71,319,546	-
December, 8		The War of the Roses	20th Century Fox	-	$83,699,711	-
December, 8		She-Devil	Orion	-	$15,351,421	-
December, 8		Triumph of the Spirit	RCA/Columbia	-	$408,839	-
December, 13		Blaze	Buena Vista	-	$19,049,727	-
December, 13		Enemies: A Love Story	20th Century Fox	-	$7,815,403	-
December, 13		Driving Miss Daisy	Warner Bros.	$7,500,000	$106,593,296	-
December, 14		Glory	Sony	$18,000,000	$26,593,580	-
December, 15		Family Business	Sony	-	$11,053,835	-
December, 15		We're No Angels	Paramount Pictures	$20,000,000	$10,555,348	-
December, 15		The Wizard	Universal	-	$14,278,900	-
December, 20		Roger & Me	Warner Bros.	$140,000	$6,706,368	-
December, 20		Born on the Fourth of July	Universal	$14,000,000	$70,001,698	-
December, 21		Camille Claudel	Orion Classics	-	$3,331,297	-
December, 22		Always	Universal	-	$41,843,630	$72,143,630
December, 22		Tango & Cash	Warner Bros.	$55,000,000	$63,408,614	-
December, 25		Music Box	Carolco	-	$6,263,883	-
December, 31		To the Limit		-	$53,000,000	-

Total Movies Released: 196
Total Combined Gross: $4,120,294,861