Week Domestic Box Office December 8, 1989
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | The War of the Roses | $12,208,464 | 1,259 | $9,697 | $12,208,464 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | $11,634,953 | -21% | 1,744 | $6,671 | $26,409,967 | 14 | |
| 3 | (2) | Back to the Future Part II | $10,651,695 | -27% | 1,986 | $5,363 | $73,127,685 | 23 | |
| 4 | (3) | Steel Magnolias | $4,159,106 | -37% | 1,032 | $4,030 | $28,605,947 | 30 | |
| 5 | (4) | Harlem Nights | $3,792,595 | -43% | 2,180 | $1,740 | $47,751,697 | 28 | |
| 6 | (5) | The Little Mermaid | $3,435,377 | -30% | 999 | $3,439 | $26,419,509 | 30 | |
| 7 | (9) | When Harry Met Sally… | $213,625 | -25% | 286 | $747 | $91,453,664 | 154 | |
| 8 | (10) | Bloodfist | $73,644 | -41% | 51 | $1,444 | $1,653,196 | 84 | |
| 9 | (new) | Triumph of the Spirit | $46,569 | 3 | $15,523 | $46,569 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (new) | Glory | $11,071 | 3 | $3,690 | $11,071 | 2 | ||
| Reporting movies: 10 | $46,227,099 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The War of the Roses | $12,208,464 | 1,259 | $12,208,464 |
| 2 | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | $11,634,953 | 1,744 | $26,409,967 |
| 3 | Back to the Future Part II | $10,651,695 | 1,986 | $73,127,685 |
| 4 | Steel Magnolias | $4,159,106 | 1,032 | $28,605,947 |
| 5 | Harlem Nights | $3,792,595 | 2,180 | $47,751,697 |
| 6 | The Little Mermaid | $3,435,377 | 999 | $26,419,509 |
| 7 | When Harry Met Sally… | $213,625 | 286 | $91,453,664 |
| 8 | Bloodfist | $73,644 | 51 | $1,653,196 |
| 9 | Triumph of the Spirit | $46,569 | 3 | $46,569 |
| 10 | Glory | $11,071 | 3 | $11,071 |
| Reporting: 10 | $46,227,099 | total | ||