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Top 1989 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1989 International - Top 1989 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1989.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1989 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1989, including films released in 1988 and earlier.

Top 1988 Domestic Top 1990 Domestic
Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 Batman Warner Bros. $251,188,924 $40,489,746 2,201
2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Paramount… $197,171,806 $37,031,573 2,327
3 Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Bros. $147,253,986 $20,388,800 1,830
4 Look Who's Talking Sony Pict… $140,088,813 $12,107,784 1,651
5 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Walt Disney $130,724,172 $14,262,961 1,498
6 Back to the Future Part II Universal $118,450,002 $27,835,125 2,107
7 Ghostbusters II Sony Pict… $112,494,738 $29,472,894 2,410
8 The Little Mermaid Walt Disney $111,543,479 $6,031,914 2,057
9 Driving Miss Daisy Warner Bros. $106,593,296 1,668
10 Parenthood Universal $100,047,830 $10,506,450 1,399
11 Dead Poets Society Walt Disney $95,860,116 1,109
12 When Harry Met Sally… Columbia $92,823,546 $1,094,453 1,401
13 Steel Magnolias Sony Pict… $83,759,091 $5,425,440 1,372
14 The War of the Roses 20th Cent… $83,699,711 $9,688,794 1,559
15 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Warner Bros. $73,853,467 $11,750,203 1,950
16 Turner & Hooch Walt Disney $71,079,915 $12,211,042 1,888
17 Born on the Fourth of July Universal $70,001,698 $172,021 1,434
18 Uncle Buck Universal $66,758,538 $8,794,501 1,835
19 Field of Dreams Universal $64,431,625 $531,346 1,100
20 Tango & Cash Warner Bros. $63,408,614 $6,628,918 1,575
21 Harlem Nights Paramount… $60,857,262 $16,096,808 2,180
22 Sea of Love Universal $58,571,513 $10,017,840 1,439
23 Pet Sematary Paramount… $57,469,179 $12,046,179 1,585
24 The Abyss 20th Cent… $54,763,229 $9,319,797 1,538
25 To the Limit $53,000,000
26 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Paramount… $52,210,049 $17,375,648 2,202
27 Major League Paramount… $49,793,054 $8,836,265 1,615
28 See No Evil, Hear No Evil Sony Pict… $46,900,000 $7,098,741 1,686
29 Black Rain Paramount… $45,892,212 $9,677,102 1,760
30 Always Universal $41,843,630 $3,713,480 1,206
31 Three Fugitives Walt Disney $40,590,000 $6,434,717 1,374
32 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Orion Pic… $40,485,039 $6,167,651 1,321
33 K-9 Universal $38,859,189 $7,471,035 1,706
34 The Karate Kid, Part III Sony Pict… $38,793,278 $10,364,544 1,560
35 The `Burbs Universal $35,382,246 $11,101,197 1,956
36 Licence to Kill MGM $34,667,015 $8,774,776 1,587
37 Fletch Lives Universal $33,266,859 $8,045,760 1,512
38 Weekend at Bernie's 20th Cent… $30,218,387 $4,506,086 1,139
39 Road House United Ar… $30,050,028 $5,957,656 1,935
40 Lean on Me Warner Bros. $29,823,140 $5,032,605 1,107
41 L'Ours Sony/TriStar $29,564,471 $3,676,530 1,056
42 Glory Sony Pict… $26,828,365 $63,661 811
43 The Dream Team Universal $26,793,650 $5,704,860 1,459
44 All Dogs Go To Heaven MGM $26,220,877 $4,712,834 1,591
45 Do the Right Thing Universal $26,004,026 $3,563,535 534
46 Sex, Lies, and Videotape Miramax $24,741,667 534
47 A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child New Line $22,168,359 $8,115,176 1,902
48 Lock Up Sony Pict… $22,099,847 $6,025,520 1,384
49 Cousins Paramount… $21,707,236 $3,039,805 747
50 Say Anything… 20th Cent… $20,036,737 $4,058,496 1,113
51 Dad Universal $19,738,015 1,188
52 The Fly II 20th Cent… $19,441,528 $6,751,371 1,528
53 An Innocent Man Walt Disney $19,397,847 $6,386,349 1,561
54 Blaze Walt Disney $19,049,727 $1,739,701 909
55 Skin Deep 20th Cent… $19,000,000 $2,460,262 1,062
56 Casualties of War Sony Pict… $18,468,714 $5,201,261 1,507
57 Crimes and Misdemeanors Orion Pic… $18,254,702 $911,385 525
58 The Fabulous Baker Boys 20th Cent… $18,121,297 $3,313,815 860
59 Her Alibi Warner Bros. $17,195,050 $5,037,047 1,429
60 Shocker Universal $16,554,699 $4,510,990 1,795
61 Prancer Orion Pic… $16,115,398 $2,914,486 1,728
62 No Holds Barred New Line $16,093,651 $4,957,052 1,327
63 Next of Kin Warner Bros. $15,942,628 $4,805,516 1,358
64 Chances Are Sony Pict… $15,939,663 $3,664,386 1,190
65 Leviathan MGM $15,363,560 $5,029,164 1,393
66 She-Devil 20th Cent… $15,351,421 $3,509,647 1,452
67 Kickboxer Cannon $14,533,681 $4,134,098 973
68 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Paramount… $14,343,976 $6,251,310 1,683
69 The Wizard Universal $14,278,900 $2,142,525 1,204
70 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Miramax $14,041,353 510
71 Great Balls of Fire! Orion Pic… $13,691,550 $3,807,986 1,417
72 Koneko monogatari Sony Pict… $13,299,749 915
73 Pink Cadillac Warner Bros. $12,143,484 $4,408,593 1,993
74 She's Out of Control Sony Pict… $12,065,892 $3,653,142 987
75 Physical Evidence Sony Pict… $12,000,000 $1,777,358 691
76 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Galaxy In… $11,642,254 $5,093,428 1,495
77 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Warner Bros. $11,567,000 $4,032,480 1,627
78 Young Einstein Warner Bros. $11,536,599 $3,094,581 1,217
79 Gross Anatomy Walt Disney $11,346,186 $2,830,387 1,080
80 Family Business Sony Pict… $11,053,835 $2,130,024 1,230
81 Who's Harry Crumb? Sony/TriStar $10,982,364 $3,862,719 1,198
82 New York Stories Walt Disney $10,763,469 514
83 The Package Orion Pic… $10,647,219 $1,851,673 460
84 We're No Angels Paramount… $10,555,348 $2,047,630 1,495
85 Henry V Goldwyn E… $10,161,099 131
86 Cyborg Cannon $10,030,875 $3,179,811 830

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.