List_of_1989_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_Kingdom

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

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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

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#	Week ending	Film	Notes	Ref
1	6 January 1989	Who Framed Roger Rabbit		^[1]
2	13 January 1989			^[2]
3	20 January 1989			^[3]
4	27 January 1989	Cocktail		^[4]
5	3 February 1989	Cocktail		^[5]
6	10 February 1989	Die Hard		^[6]
7	17 February 1989	Die Hard		^[7]
8	24 February 1989	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! reached number one in its second week of release	^[8]
9	3 March 1989			^[9]
10	10 March 1989			^[10]
11	17 March 1989	Rain Man	Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release	^[11]
12	24 March 1989	Twins		^[12]
13	31 March 1989	Twins		^[13]
14	7 April 1989	Rain Man	Rain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release	^[14]
15	14 April 1989	Rain Man		^[15]
16	21 April 1989	Working Girl		^[16]
17	28 April 1989	Rain Man	Rain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release	^[17]
18	5 May 1989	My Stepmother is an Alien	My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release	^[18]
19	12 May 1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master		^[19]
20	19 May 1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master		^[20]
21	26 May 1989	Mississippi Burning	Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release	^[21]
22	2 June 1989			^[22]
23	9 June 1989			^[23]
24	16 June 1989	Beaches	Beaches reached number one in its third week of release	^[24]
25	23 June 1989	Hellbound: Hellraiser II		^[25]
26	30 June 1989	Licence to Kill	Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release	^[26]
27	7 July 1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Indiana 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	14 July 1989			^[29]
29	21 July 1989			^[30]
30	28 July 1989			^[31]
31	4 August 1989			^[32]
32	11 August 1989			^[33]
33	18 August 1989	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]^[28]^[35]^[36]
34	25 August 1989		Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend	^[37]^[35]
35	1 September 1989			^[38]
36	8 September 1989			^[39]
37	15 September 1989	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	See No Evil, Hear No Evil reached number one in its second week of release	^[40]
38	22 September 1989	Lethal Weapon 2		^[41]
39	29 September 1989	Lethal Weapon 2		^[42]
40	6 October 1989	Dead Poets Society	Dead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release	^[43]
41	13 October 1989	Dead Poets Society		^[44]
42	20 October 1989	Young Einstein		^[45]
43	27 October 1989	Young Einstein		^[46]
44	3 November 1989	Shirley Valentine	Shirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release	^[47]
45	10 November 1989			^[48]
46	17 November 1989			^[49]
47	24 November 1989	Wilt	Wilt reached number one in its third week of release	^[50]
48	1 December 1989	Back to the Future Part II		^[51]
49	8 December 1989			^[52]
50	15 December 1989			^[53]
51	22 December 1989			^[54]
52	29 December 1989		Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week	^[55]^[54]

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[58] [N 1]
The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits does not list Back to the Future Part II.

[59] [N 2]
The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits lists Dead Poet's Society and Cocktail higher than Shirley Valentine. For the period, Variety reported grosses of $9,953,000 and $9,329,000 for those films respectively.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 13 January 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 20 January 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 27 January 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 3 February 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 10 February 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 17 February 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 24 February 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 3 March 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 10 March 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 17 March 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 24 March 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 31 March 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 7 April 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 14 April 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 21 April 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 28 April 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 5 May 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 12 May 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 19 May 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 26 May 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 2 June 1989. p. 16.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 9 June 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 16 June 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 23 June 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 30 June 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 7 July 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 14 July 1989. p. 20.

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Groves, Don (16 August 1989). "'Batman' zaps 'Indy's' record in U.K. opener". Variety. p. 1.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 21 July 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 28 July 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 4 August 1989. p. 16.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 11 August 1989. p. 16.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 18 August 1989. p. 16.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 25 August 1989. p. 16.

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"'Batman' drops 28% in U.K. and Ireland". Variety. 23 August 1989. p. 4.

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Groves, Don (23 August 1989). "'Batman' proves impervious in U.K.". Variety. p. 39.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 1 September 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 8 September 1989. p. 16.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 15 September 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 22 September 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 29 September 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 6 October 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 13 October 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 20 October 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 27 October 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 3 November 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 10 November 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 17 November 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 24 November 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 1 December 1989. p. 22.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 8 December 1989. p. 20.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 15 December 1989. p. 18.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 22 December 1989. p. 16.

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"U.K. Top 10 Films". Variety. 3 January 1990. p. 26.

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"Top Films and Video". The Times. Screen International. 5 January 1990. p. 20.

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Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.

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"Top-grossing films in the U.K. 1989 Dec. 1, 1988 to Dec. 21, 1989". Variety. 24 January 1990. p. 94.

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Rank^[56]^[57]	Title	Distributor	Gross (US$)
1.	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Paramount Pictures/UIP	25,732,000
2.	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.	25,384,000
3.	Batman	Warner Bros.	19,413,000
4.	Rain Man	United Artists/UIP	15,560,000
5.	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Paramount/UIP	12,464,000
6.	Back to the Future Part II	Universal Pictures/UIP	12,194,000^{[nb 1]}
7.	Licence to Kill	United Artists/UIP	12,157,000
8.	Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	10,815,000
9.	Twins	Universal/UIP	10,547,000
10.	Shirley Valentine	Paramount/UIP	9,954,000^{[nb 2]}

List_of_1989_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_Kingdom

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

Number one films

Highest-grossing films

Notes

See also

References

Chronology

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