List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1989.

Number one films

Week endingFilmNotesRef
1 Who Framed Roger Rabbit[1]
2 [2]
3 [3]
4 Cocktail [4]
5 [5]
6 Die Hard[6]
7 [7]
8 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! reached number one in its second week of release[8]
9 [9]
10 [10]
11 Rain Man Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release[11]
12 Twins[12]
13 [13]
14 Rain ManRain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release[14]
15 [15]
16 Working Girl [16]
17 Rain ManRain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release[17]
18 My Stepmother is an Alien My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release[18]
19 [19]
20 [20]
21 Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release[21]
22 [22]
23 [23]
24 BeachesBeaches reached number one in its third week of release [24]
25 [25]
26 Licence to Kill Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release[26]
27 Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade grossed a record £1,811,542 in its opening weekend and £3,125,434 in its opening week beating the records set by Crocodile Dundee II[27] [28]
28 [29]
29 [30]
30 [31]
31 [32]
32 [33]
33 Batman Batman beat the opening weekend and week records set in July by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with a gross of £2,058,159 for the weekend and £3,945,527 for the week[34] [35]
34 Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend [36] [37]
35 [38]
36 [39]
37 See No Evil, Hear No Evil See No Evil, Hear No Evil reached number one in its second week of release[40]
38 Lethal Weapon 2[41]
39 [42]
40 Dead Poets SocietyDead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release[43]
41 [44]
42 Young Einstein[45]
43 [46]
44 Shirley ValentineShirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release[47]
45 [48]
46 [49]
47 Wilt Wilt reached number one in its third week of release[50]
48 Back to the Future Part II[51]
49 [52]
50 [53]
51
52 Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week[54] [55]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1988 and 21 December 1989

Rank[56] [57] TitleDistributorGross (US$)
1. Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeParamount Pictures/UIP25,732,000
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.25,384,000
3. BatmanWarner Bros.19,413,000
4. Rain ManUnited Artists/UIP 15,560,000
5. Paramount/UIP12,464,000
6. Back to the Future Part IIUniversal Pictures/UIP 12,194,000
7. Licence to KillUnited Artists/UIP12,157,000
8. Lethal Weapon 2Warner Bros. 10,815,000
9. Twins Universal/UIP10,547,000
10. Shirley ValentineParamount/UIP9,954,000

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 13 January 1989. Screen International.
  2. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 20 January 1989. Screen International.
  3. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 27 January 1989. Screen International.
  4. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 3 February 1989. Screen International.
  5. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 10 February 1989. Screen International.
  6. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 17 February 1989. Screen International.
  7. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 24 February 1989. Screen International.
  8. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 3 March 1989. Screen International.
  9. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 10 March 1989. Screen International.
  10. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 17 March 1989. Screen International.
  11. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 24 March 1989. Screen International.
  12. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 31 March 1989. Screen International.
  13. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 7 April 1989. Screen International.
  14. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 14 April 1989. Screen International.
  15. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 21 April 1989. Screen International.
  16. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 28 April 1989. Screen International.
  17. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 5 May 1989. Screen International.
  18. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 12 May 1989. Screen International.
  19. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 19 May 1989. Screen International.
  20. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 26 May 1989. Screen International.
  21. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 2 June 1989. Screen International.
  22. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 9 June 1989. Screen International.
  23. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 16 June 1989. Screen International.
  24. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 23 June 1989. Screen International.
  25. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 30 June 1989. Screen International.
  26. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 7 July 1989. Screen International.
  27. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 14 July 1989. Screen International.
  28. Variety. 'Batman' zaps 'Indy's' record in U.K. opener . 1. 16 August 1989. Groves. Don.
  29. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 21 July 1989. Screen International.
  30. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 28 July 1989. Screen International.
  31. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 4 August 1989. Screen International.
  32. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 11 August 1989. Screen International.
  33. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 18 August 1989. Screen International.
  34. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 25 August 1989. Screen International.
  35. Variety. 'Batman' proves impervious in U.K.. 39. 23 August 1989. Groves. Don.
  36. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 1 September 1989. Screen International.
  37. Variety. 'Batman' drops 28% in U.K. and Ireland. 4. 23 August 1989.
  38. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 8 September 1989. Screen International.
  39. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 15 September 1989. Screen International.
  40. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 22 September 1989. Screen International.
  41. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 29 September 1989. Screen International.
  42. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 6 October 1989. Screen International.
  43. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 13 October 1989. Screen International.
  44. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 20 October 1989. Screen International.
  45. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 27 October 1989. Screen International.
  46. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 3 November 1989. Screen International.
  47. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 10 November 1989. Screen International.
  48. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 17 November 1989. Screen International.
  49. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 24 November 1989. Screen International.
  50. News: The Times. 22. Top Films and Video. 1 December 1989. Screen International.
  51. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 8 December 1989. Screen International.
  52. News: The Times. 18. Top Films and Video. 15 December 1989. Screen International.
  53. News: The Times. 16. Top Films and Video. 22 December 1989. Screen International.
  54. News: The Times. 20. Top Films and Video. 5 January 1990. Screen International.
  55. Variety. U.K. Top 10 Films. 26. 3 January 1990.
  56. Book: Swern, Phil. The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. 356. Guinness Publishing. 1995. 0-85112-670-7.
  57. Variety. Top-grossing films in the U.K. 1989 Dec. 1, 1988 to Dec. 21, 1989. 94. 24 January 1990.

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