Domestic Release Schedule for 1989

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1989.

See also: Top 1989 Worldwide - Most Popular 1989

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January, 1989
During 1989 American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (Wide) Cannon $902,000  
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  
Signs of Life (Wide) $96,000  
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  
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  
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 $64,431,625  
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  
 
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  
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 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  
 
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  
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    
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 TBD Ten Little Indians (Limited) Cannon    
December, 1989
December 1 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Wide) Warner Bros. $73,853,467  
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