Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1989
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1989 | |||
| During 1989 | Communion (Wide) | $1,919,000 | |
| Edge of Sanity (Wide) | Millimeter Films | $102,219 | |
| Fast Food (Wide) | $472,340 | ||
| The Horror Show (Wide) | $1,738,897 | ||
| Rooftops (Wide) | $2,043,889 | ||
| Rosalie Goes Shopping (Wide) | $574,080 | ||
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (Wide) | $2,156,471 | ||
| Wired (Wide) | $1,000,000 | ||
| January 13 | Deepstar Six (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $7,724,847 |
| The Experts (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $169,203 | |
| Gleaming the Cube (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $2,454,590 | |
| January Man (Wide) | MGM | $4,611,062 | |
| January 27 | Physical Evidence (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $12,000,000 |
| Three Fugitives (Wide) | Walt Disney | $40,590,000 | |
| Cohen and Tate (Limited) | Hemdale | ||
| No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (Limited) | $108,154 | ||
| Parents (Limited) | Vestron | $870,532 | |
| February 1989 | |||
| February 3 | Her Alibi (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $17,195,050 |
| Kinjite (Wide) | Cannon | $3,088,086 | |
| Who's Harry Crumb? (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $10,982,364 | |
| Gone with the Wind (Limited, re-release) | MGM | $198,680,470 | |
| February 10 | The Fly II (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $19,441,528 |
| Tap (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $9,114,702 | |
| Cousins (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | $21,707,236 | |
| February 16 | The Mighty Quinn (Wide) | MGM | $3,992,420 |
| February 17 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $40,485,039 |
| The `burbs (Wide) | Universal | $35,382,246 | |
| True Believer (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $8,742,000 | |
| February 24 | High Hopes (Wide) | Skouras | $1,192,322 |
| The Toxic Avenger Part II (Wide) | Troma Entertainment | $28,950 | |
| American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (Limited) | Cannon | $902,000 | |
| Bert Rigby, You’re a Fool (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| February TBD | Red Sorghum (Limited) | ||
| March 1989 | |||
| March 1 | New York Stories (Wide) | Walt Disney | $10,763,469 |
| March 3 | Dream a Little Dream (Wide) | Vestron | $5,171,429 |
| Farewell to the King (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $2,361,132 | |
| Heart of Midnight (Wide) | $113,000 | ||
| Lean on Me (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $29,823,140 | |
| The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (Wide) | $1,333,379 | ||
| Skin Deep (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $19,000,000 | |
| Mind Games (Limited) | MGM | ||
| Out Cold (1989) (Limited) | $294,266 | ||
| March 10 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $8,040,008 |
| Chances Are (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $15,939,663 | |
| Jacknife (Wide) | $2,049,769 | ||
| Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $11,567,000 | |
| Chocolat (Limited) | Orion Classics | $2,349,401 | |
| March 17 | Fletch Lives (Wide) | Universal | $33,266,859 |
| Leviathan (Wide) | MGM | $15,363,560 | |
| The Rescuers (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $48,775,599 | |
| Slaves of New York (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $463,972 | |
| March 22 | 976-Evil (Wide) | New Line | $2,955,917 |
| Troop Beverly Hills (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $7,190,505 | |
| March 24 | Dead Bang (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $6,935,216 |
| Cutting Class (Limited) | Vestron | ||
| March 30 | Heaven Becomes Hell (Limited) | Taurus | $7,405 |
| March 31 | Crusoe (Wide) | $315,421 | |
| Heathers (Wide) | New World | $927,114 | |
| Sing (Wide) | $2,260,616 | ||
| SnakeEater (Canada Only) | |||
| Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (Limited) | Miramax | $54,454 | |
| March TBD | Nowhere to Run (Limited) | Concorde | |
| April 1989 | |||
| April 7 | 84C MoPic (Wide) | New Century Vista Film Company | $154,264 |
| Cyborg (Wide) | Cannon | $10,030,875 | |
| Dead Calm (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $7,032,915 | |
| The Dream Team (Wide) | Universal | $26,793,650 | |
| Major League (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $49,793,054 | |
| I, Madman (Limited) | |||
| April 14 | Disorganized Crime (Wide) | Walt Disney | $7,210,149 |
| Say Anything… (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $20,036,737 | |
| She's Out of Control (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $12,065,892 | |
| Winter People (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $2,023,282 | |
| April 19 | Red Scorpion (Wide) | $4,192,000 | |
| April 21 | Checking Out (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $31,000 |
| Field of Dreams (Wide) | Universal | $64,532,235 | |
| Pet Sematary (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $57,469,179 | |
| See You in the Morning (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $4,795,009 | |
| Speed Zone! (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $3,077,061 | |
| Let’s Get Lost (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $37,424 | |
| April 28 | Criminal Law (Wide) | Hemdale | $9,443,550 |
| K-9 (Wide) | Universal | $38,859,189 | |
| Loverboy (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $3,887,852 | |
| Miss Firecracker (Wide) | Corsair | $1,852,655 | |
| Scandal (Wide) | Miramax | $8,800,000 | |
| May 1989 | |||
| May 5 | Listen to Me (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $4,177,448 |
| Lost Angels (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,013,619 | |
| Signs of Life (Wide) | $96,000 | ||
| How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| Out of the Dark (Limited) | Cinetel | $419,428 | |
| May 12 | Earth Girls are Easy (Wide) | Vestron | $3,916,303 |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $46,900,000 | |
| Fist Fighter (Limited) | Taurus | $221,163 | |
| Going Overboard (Limited) | Landmark Theaters | ||
| The Return of Swamp Thing (Limited) | Millimeter Films | $192,816 | |
| May 19 | Cold Feet (Wide) | Avenue Pictures Productions Distributions | $289,975 |
| For Queen and Country (Wide) | Atlantic | $191,051 | |
| Fright Night II (Wide) | New Century Vista Film Company | $2,350,289 | |
| How I Got Into College (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $651,850 | |
| Miracle Mile (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $1,092,822 | |
| Road House (Wide) | United Artists | $30,050,028 | |
| Bye Bye Baby (Limited) | Prism Entertainment | $29,565 | |
| May 24 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $197,171,806 |
| May 26 | Pink Cadillac (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $12,143,484 |
| June 1989 | |||
| June 2 | Dead Poets Society (Wide) | Walt Disney | $95,860,116 |
| No Holds Barred (Wide) | New Line | $16,093,651 | |
| Renegades (Wide) | Universal | $9,015,164 | |
| Vampire's Kiss (Wide) | Hemdale | $725,131 | |
| June 9 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $52,210,049 |
| June 16 | Ghostbusters II (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $112,494,738 |
| June 23 | Batman (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $251,188,924 |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Wide) | Walt Disney | $130,724,172 | |
| June 30 | Far From Home (Wide) | Vestron | $12,000 |
| Great Balls of Fire! (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $13,691,550 | |
| The Karate Kid, Part III (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $38,793,278 | |
| Do the Right Thing (Limited) | Universal | $26,004,026 | |
| July 1989 | |||
| July 1 | Shag (Wide) | $6,957,975 | |
| Luther the Geek (Limited) | |||
| July 5 | Haunted Summer (Wide) | Cannon | $10,000 |
| Weekend at Bernie's (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $30,218,387 | |
| July 7 | Lethal Weapon 2 (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $147,253,986 |
| July 14 | License to Kill (Wide) | MGM | $34,667,015 |
| Peter Pan (Wide, re-release) | RKO Radio Pictures | $87,400,000 | |
| When Harry Met Sally… (Wide) | Columbia | $92,823,546 | |
| July 21 | Eat a Bowl of Tea (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $231,423 |
| UHF (Wide) | $6,157,157 | ||
| On the Black Hill (Limited) | Roxie Releasing | $18,590 | |
| Valentino Returns (Limited) | Skouras | $15,954 | |
| July 26 | Grave of the Fireflies (Limited) | ||
| July 28 | Babar The Movie (Wide) | New Line | $1,305,187 |
| Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $14,343,976 | |
| Turner & Hooch (Wide) | Walt Disney | $71,079,915 | |
| August 1989 | |||
| August 2 | Parenthood (Wide) | Universal | $100,047,830 |
| August 4 | Lock Up (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $22,099,847 |
| The Time Guardian (Wide) | $548,000 | ||
| Young Einstein (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $11,536,599 | |
| Me and Him (Limited) | Columbia | $8,265 | |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Limited) | Miramax | $24,741,667 | |
| Sleepaway Camp III (Limited) | |||
| August 9 | The Abyss (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $54,763,229 |
| August 11 | A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child (Wide) | New Line | $22,168,359 |
| Race for Glory (Wide) | New Century Vista Film Company | $100,326 | |
| August 16 | Rude Awakening (Wide) | $3,169,719 | |
| Uncle Buck (Wide) | Universal | $66,758,538 | |
| August 18 | Casualties of War (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $18,468,714 |
| Cheetah (Wide) | Walt Disney | $7,882,250 | |
| A Chorus of Disapproval (Wide) | $216,000 | ||
| Eddie and the Cruisers II (Wide) | $540,000 | ||
| Let it Ride (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $4,971,088 | |
| August 23 | Cookie (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $1,755,480 |
| August 25 | Heart of Dixie (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,093,011 |
| The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $13,299,749 | |
| Little Monsters (Wide) | MGM | $542,939 | |
| Millennium (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $5,725,353 | |
| The Package (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $10,647,219 | |
| August 29 | Relentless (Wide) | New Line | $6,985,999 |
| September 1989 | |||
| September 1 | Cage (Limited) | New Century Vista Film Company | $618,178 |
| September 8 | Kickboxer (Wide) | Cannon | $14,533,681 |
| September 15 | The Big Picture (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $117,463 |
| In Country (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $3,531,971 | |
| Night Game (Wide) | $337,812 | ||
| Sea of Love (Wide) | Universal | $58,571,513 | |
| True Love (Limited) | |||
| September 20 | A Dry White Season (Wide) | MGM | $3,282,890 |
| Queen of Hearts (Wide) | Cinecom | $917,820 | |
| September 22 | Black Rain (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $45,892,212 |
| Bloodfist (Wide) | Concorde | $1,770,082 | |
| Erik the Viking (Wide) | $1,932,642 | ||
| September 29 | Johnny Handsome (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,622,465 |
| Welcome Home (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $1,029,822 | |
| The Everlasting Secret Family (Limited) | International Film Exchange | ||
| October 1989 | |||
| October 6 | Drugstore Cowboy (Wide) | Avenue Pictures Productions Distributions | $4,729,352 |
| An Innocent Man (Wide) | Walt Disney | $19,397,847 | |
| Old Gringo (Wide) | $3,574,256 | ||
| October 13 | Breaking In (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $1,811,086 |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $18,254,702 | |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $18,121,297 | |
| Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (Wide) | Galaxy International Releasing | $11,642,254 | |
| Look Who's Talking (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $140,088,813 | |
| To Kill a Priest (Wide) | Columbia | $30,000 | |
| October 20 | Fat Man and Little Boy (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $3,560,942 |
| Gross Anatomy (Wide) | Walt Disney | $11,346,186 | |
| Next of Kin (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $15,942,628 | |
| October 25 | The Bear (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $29,564,471 |
| October 27 | Dad (Wide) | Universal | $19,738,015 |
| Immediate Family (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $5,841,286 | |
| Kill Me Again (Wide) | MGM | $283,694 | |
| Shocker (Wide) | Universal | $16,554,699 | |
| Worth Winning (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $3,690,328 | |
| October TBD | Savage Beach (Limited) | Malibu Bay Films | |
| November 1989 | |||
| November 1 | Valmont (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,132,000 |
| November 3 | Bloodhounds of Broadway (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $44,000 |
| The Phantom of the Opera (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $3,953,745 | |
| Second Sight (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,000,000 | |
| After Midnight (Limited) | MGM/UA Classics | ||
| Forced March (Limited) | |||
| The Stepfather 2 (Limited) | Millimeter Films | $1,519,796 | |
| November 8 | Henry V (Wide) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $10,161,099 |
| November 10 | Best of the Best (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $1,700,000 |
| My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (Wide) | Miramax | $14,041,353 | |
| Staying Together (Wide) | Hemdale | $4,348,025 | |
| Crack House (Limited) | Cannon | $486,722 | |
| November 15 | The Little Mermaid (Wide) | Walt Disney | $111,543,479 |
| Steel Magnolias (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $83,759,091 | |
| To the Limit (Limited) | $53,000,000 | ||
| November 17 | All Dogs Go To Heaven (Wide) | MGM | $26,220,877 |
| Harlem Nights (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $60,857,262 | |
| Mystery Train (Wide) | Orion Classics | $367,879 | |
| Prancer (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $16,115,398 | |
| November 22 | Back to the Future Part II (Wide) | Universal | $118,450,002 |
| November 24 | The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (Limited) | Troma Entertainment | |
| November TBD | Ten Little Indians (Limited) | Cannon | |
| December 1989 | |||
| December 1 | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $78,895,849 |
| Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (Limited) | Fries Distribution Company | ||
| December 8 | She-Devil (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $15,351,421 |
| Triumph of the Spirit (Wide) | $408,839 | ||
| The War of the Roses (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $83,699,711 | |
| Fear, Anxiety and Depression (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $4,212 | |
| December 13 | Blaze (Wide) | Walt Disney | $19,049,727 |
| Driving Miss Daisy (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $106,593,296 | |
| Enemies: A Love Story (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,815,403 | |
| Glory (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $26,828,365 | |
| December 15 | Family Business (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $11,053,835 |
| We're No Angels (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $10,555,348 | |
| The Wizard (Wide) | Universal | $14,278,900 | |
| December 20 | Born on the Fourth of July (Wide) | Universal | $70,001,698 |
| Roger & Me (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $6,706,368 | |
| December 21 | Camille Claudel (Wide) | Orion Classics | $3,331,297 |
| December 22 | Always (Wide) | Universal | $41,843,630 |
| Tango & Cash (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $63,408,614 | |
| The Gang of Four (Limited) | |||
| December 25 | Music Box (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $6,263,883 |