Movies Released in 1989
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production Budget | Domestic Box Office to Date | Trailer |
January, 1989 |
| January 1 |
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt |
Action |
|
$902,000 |
|
|
Babar: The Movie |
Adventure |
|
$1,305,187 |
|
|
Communion |
|
|
$1,919,000 |
|
|
Edge of Sanity |
|
|
$102,219 |
|
|
The Experts |
|
|
$169,203 |
|
|
Fast Food |
|
|
$472,340 |
|
|
The Horror Show |
|
|
$1,738,897 |
|
|
Rooftops |
|
|
$2,043,889 |
|
|
Rosalie Goes Shopping |
|
|
$574,080 |
|
|
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills |
|
|
$2,156,471 |
|
|
Signs of Life |
|
|
$96,000 |
|
|
Wired |
|
|
$1,000,000 |
|
| |
| January 13 |
Deepstar Six |
Action |
|
$7,724,847 |
|
|
Gleaming the Cube |
Action |
|
$2,454,590 |
|
|
January Man |
Comedy |
|
$4,611,062 |
|
| |
| January 27 |
Physical Evidence |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,000,000 |
|
|
Three Fugitives |
Comedy |
|
$40,590,000 |
|
February, 1989 |
| February 3 |
Her Alibi |
Comedy |
|
$17,195,050 |
|
|
Kinjite |
|
|
$3,088,086 |
|
|
Who's Harry Crumb? |
Comedy |
|
$10,982,364 |
|
| |
| February 10 |
Cousins |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$21,707,236 |
|
|
The Fly II |
Horror |
|
$19,441,528 |
|
|
Tap |
Drama |
|
$9,114,702 |
|
| |
| February 16 |
The Mighty Quinn |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$3,992,420 |
|
| |
| February 17 |
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$40,485,039 |
|
|
The `burbs |
Comedy |
|
$35,382,246 |
|
|
True Believer |
Drama |
|
$8,742,000 |
|
| |
| February 24 |
High Hopes |
Comedy |
|
$1,192,322 |
|
March, 1989 |
| March 1 |
New York Stories |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$10,763,469 |
|
| |
| March 3 |
Dream a Little Dream |
Comedy |
|
$5,171,429 |
|
|
Farewell to the King |
|
|
$2,361,132 |
|
|
Heart of Midnight |
|
|
$113,000 |
|
|
Lean on Me |
Drama |
|
$29,823,140 |
|
|
The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey |
|
|
$1,333,379 |
|
|
Out Cold (1989) |
|
|
$294,266 |
|
|
Skin Deep |
Comedy |
|
$19,000,000 |
|
| |
| March 10 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Comedy |
|
$8,040,008 |
|
|
Chances Are |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$15,939,663 |
|
|
Jacknife |
|
|
$2,049,769 |
|
|
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege |
Comedy |
|
$11,567,000 |
|
| |
| March 17 |
Fletch Lives |
Comedy |
|
$33,266,859 |
|
|
Leviathan |
Horror |
|
$15,363,560 |
|
|
Slaves of New York |
Drama |
|
$463,972 |
|
| |
| March 22 |
976-Evil |
Horror |
|
$2,955,917 |
|
|
Troop Beverly Hills |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$7,190,505 |
|
| |
| March 24 |
Dead Bang |
Action |
|
$6,935,216 |
|
| |
| March 31 |
Crusoe |
|
|
$315,421 |
|
|
Heathers |
|
|
$927,114 |
|
|
Sing |
|
|
$2,260,616 |
|
April, 1989 |
| April 7 |
84C MoPic |
Drama |
|
$154,264 |
|
|
Cyborg |
Action |
|
$10,030,875 |
|
|
Dead Calm |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$7,032,915 |
|
|
The Dream Team |
Comedy |
|
$26,793,650 |
|
|
Major League |
Comedy |
$11,000,000 |
$49,793,054 |
|
| |
| April 14 |
Disorganized Crime |
Comedy |
|
$7,210,149 |
|
|
Say Anything… |
Drama |
|
$20,036,737 |
|
|
She's Out of Control |
Comedy |
|
$12,065,892 |
|
|
Winter People |
|
|
$2,023,282 |
|
| |
| April 19 |
Red Scorpion |
Action |
|
$4,192,000 |
|
| |
| April 21 |
Checking Out |
Comedy |
|
$31,000 |
|
|
Field of Dreams |
Drama |
|
$64,431,625 |
|
|
Pet Sematary |
Horror |
$11,500,000 |
$57,469,179 |
|
|
See You in the Morning |
Drama |
|
$4,795,009 |
|
|
Speed Zone! |
Comedy |
|
$3,077,061 |
|
| |
| April 28 |
Criminal Law |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$9,443,550 |
|
|
K-9 |
Comedy |
|
$38,859,189 |
|
|
Loverboy |
Comedy |
|
$3,887,852 |
|
|
Miss Firecracker |
Comedy |
|
$1,852,655 |
|
|
Scandal |
Drama |
|
$8,800,000 |
|
May, 1989 |
| May 5 |
Listen to Me |
Drama |
|
$4,177,448 |
|
|
Lost Angels |
Drama |
|
$1,013,619 |
|
| |
| May 12 |
Earth Girls are Easy |
Comedy |
|
$3,916,303 |
|
|
See No Evil, Hear No Evil |
Comedy |
|
$46,900,000 |
|
| |
| May 19 |
Cold Feet |
|
|
$289,975 |
|
|
For Queen and Country |
Action |
|
$191,051 |
|
|
Fright Night II |
|
|
$2,350,289 |
|
|
How I Got Into College |
Comedy |
|
$651,850 |
|
|
Miracle Mile |
|
|
$1,092,822 |
|
|
Road House |
Action |
$10,000,000 |
$30,050,028 |
|
| |
| May 24 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
Adventure |
$48,000,000 |
$197,171,806 |
|
| |
| May 26 |
Pink Cadillac |
Comedy |
|
$12,143,484 |
|
June, 1989 |
| June 2 |
Dead Poets' Society |
Drama |
$16,400,000 |
$95,860,116 |
|
|
No Holds Barred |
Action |
|
$16,093,651 |
|
|
Renegades |
Action |
|
$9,015,164 |
|
|
Vampire's Kiss |
|
|
$725,131 |
|
| |
| June 9 |
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$52,210,049 |
|
| |
| June 16 |
Ghostbusters II |
Comedy |
|
$112,494,738 |
|
| |
| June 23 |
Batman |
Action |
$35,000,000 |
$251,188,924 |
|
|
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
Adventure |
|
$130,724,172 |
|
| |
| June 30 |
Do the Right Thing |
Comedy |
$6,000,000 |
$26,004,026 |
|
|
Far From Home |
|
|
$12,000 |
|
|
Great Balls of Fire! |
Drama |
|
$13,691,550 |
|
|
The Karate Kid, Part III |
Action |
|
$38,793,278 |
|
July, 1989 |
| July 1 |
Shag |
|
|
$6,957,975 |
|
| |
| July 5 |
Haunted Summer |
|
|
$10,000 |
|
|
Weekend at Bernie's |
Comedy |
|
$30,218,387 |
|
| |
| July 7 |
Lethal Weapon 2 |
Action |
|
$147,253,986 |
|
| |
| July 14 |
License to Kill |
Action |
$42,000,000 |
$34,667,015 |
|
|
When Harry Met Sally… |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$92,823,546 |
|
| |
| July 21 |
Eat a Bowl of Tea |
|
|
$231,423 |
|
|
UHF |
|
$5,000,000 |
$6,157,157 |
|
| |
| July 28 |
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$14,343,976 |
|
|
Turner & Hooch |
Comedy |
|
$71,079,915 |
|
August, 1989 |
| August 2 |
Parenthood |
Comedy |
|
$100,047,830 |
|
| |
| August 4 |
Lock Up |
Action |
|
$21,717,616 |
|
|
Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
|
$1,200,000 |
$24,741,667 |
|
|
Young Einstein |
Comedy |
|
$11,536,599 |
|
| |
| August 9 |
The Abyss |
Action |
$70,000,000 |
$54,243,125 |
|
| |
| August 11 |
A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Child |
Horror |
$6,000,000 |
$22,168,359 |
|
| |
| August 16 |
Rude Awakening |
|
|
$3,169,719 |
|
|
Uncle Buck |
Comedy |
|
$66,758,538 |
|
| |
| August 18 |
Casualties of War |
Drama |
|
$18,468,714 |
|
|
Cheetah |
Adventure |
|
$7,882,250 |
|
|
A Chorus of Disapproval |
Comedy |
|
$216,000 |
|
|
Eddie and the Cruisers II |
|
|
$540,000 |
|
|
Let it Ride |
Comedy |
|
$4,971,088 |
|
| |
| August 23 |
Cookie |
Comedy |
|
$1,755,480 |
|
| |
| August 25 |
Heart of Dixie |
|
|
$1,093,011 |
|
|
Koneko monogatari |
Comedy |
|
$13,299,749 |
|
|
Little Monsters |
|
|
$542,939 |
|
|
Millennium |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,725,353 |
|
|
The Package |
Action |
|
$10,647,219 |
|
| |
| August 29 |
Relentless |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$6,985,999 |
|
September, 1989 |
| September 8 |
Kickboxer |
Action |
$1,500,000 |
$14,533,681 |
|
| |
| September 15 |
The Big Picture |
Comedy |
|
$117,463 |
|
|
In Country |
Drama |
|
$3,531,971 |
|
|
Night Game |
|
|
$337,812 |
|
|
Sea of Love |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$58,571,513 |
|
| |
| September 20 |
Dry White Season |
|
|
$3,282,890 |
|
|
Queen of Hearts |
Comedy |
|
$917,820 |
|
| |
| September 22 |
Black Rain |
Thriller/Suspense |
$30,000,000 |
$45,892,212 |
|
|
Erik the Viking |
|
|
$1,932,642 |
|
| |
| September 29 |
Johnny Handsome |
Drama |
|
$6,622,465 |
|
|
Welcome Home |
Drama |
|
$1,029,822 |
|
October, 1989 |
| October 6 |
Drugstore Cowboy |
Drama |
|
$4,729,352 |
|
|
An Innocent Man |
Drama |
|
$19,397,847 |
|
|
Old Gringo |
Adventure |
|
$3,574,256 |
|
| |
| October 13 |
Breaking In |
Comedy |
|
$1,811,086 |
|
|
Crimes and Misdemeanors |
Comedy |
|
$18,254,702 |
|
|
The Fabulous Baker Boys |
Comedy |
|
$18,121,297 |
|
|
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers |
Horror |
$6,000,000 |
$11,642,254 |
|
|
Look Who's Talking |
Comedy |
|
$140,088,813 |
|
|
To Kill a Priest |
|
|
$30,000 |
|
| |
| October 20 |
Fat Man and Little Boy |
Drama |
|
$3,560,942 |
|
|
Gross Anatomy |
Drama |
|
$11,346,186 |
|
|
Next of Kin |
Action |
|
$15,942,628 |
|
| |
| October 25 |
L'Ours |
Action |
|
$29,564,471 |
|
| |
| October 27 |
Dad |
Comedy |
|
$19,738,015 |
|
|
Immediate Family |
Drama |
|
$5,841,286 |
|
|
Kill Me Again |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$283,694 |
|
|
Shocker |
Horror |
|
$16,554,699 |
|
|
Worth Winning |
Comedy |
|
$3,690,328 |
|
November, 1989 |
| November 1 |
Valmont |
|
|
$1,132,000 |
|
| |
| November 3 |
Bloodhounds of Broadway |
Comedy |
|
$44,000 |
|
|
The Phantom of the Opera |
Horror |
|
$3,953,745 |
|
|
Race for Glory |
Action |
|
$100,326 |
|
|
Second Sight |
Comedy |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
|
The Stepfather 2 |
|
|
$1,519,796 |
|
| |
| November 8 |
Henry V |
Action |
$9,000,000 |
$10,161,099 |
|
| |
| November 10 |
Best of the Best |
Action |
|
$1,700,000 |
|
|
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown |
Drama |
|
$14,041,353 |
|
|
Staying Together |
Comedy |
|
$4,348,025 |
|
| |
| November 15 |
The Little Mermaid |
Adventure |
|
$111,543,479 |
|
|
Steel Magnolias |
Comedy |
|
$83,759,091 |
|
| |
| November 17 |
All Dogs Go To Heaven |
Adventure |
|
$26,220,877 |
|
|
Harlem Nights |
Comedy |
|
$60,857,262 |
|
|
Mystery Train |
Comedy |
|
$367,879 |
|
|
Prancer |
Drama |
|
$16,115,398 |
|
| |
| November 22 |
Back to the Future Part II |
Adventure |
$40,000,000 |
$118,450,002 |
|
December, 1989 |
| December 1 |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
Comedy |
|
$71,319,546 |
|
| |
| December 8 |
She-Devil |
Comedy |
|
$15,351,421 |
|
|
Triumph of the Spirit |
|
|
$408,839 |
|
|
The War of the Roses |
Black Comedy |
|
$83,699,711 |
|
| |
| December 13 |
Blaze |
Drama |
|
$19,049,727 |
|
|
Driving Miss Daisy |
Drama |
$7,500,000 |
$106,593,296 |
|
|
Enemies: A Love Story |
Comedy |
|
$7,815,403 |
|
| |
| December 14 |
Glory |
Action |
$18,000,000 |
$26,593,580 |
|
| |
| December 15 |
Family Business |
Comedy |
|
$11,053,835 |
|
|
We're No Angels |
Comedy |
$20,000,000 |
$10,555,348 |
|
|
The Wizard |
Comedy |
|
$14,278,900 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
Born on the Fourth of July |
Drama |
$14,000,000 |
$70,001,698 |
|
|
Roger & Me |
Documentary |
$140,000 |
$6,706,368 |
|
| |
| December 21 |
Camille Claudel |
Drama |
|
$3,331,297 |
|
| |
| December 22 |
Always |
Drama |
|
$41,843,630 |
|
|
Tango & Cash |
Action |
$55,000,000 |
$63,408,614 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
Music Box |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$6,263,883 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
Brothers in Arms |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Cage |
Action |
|
$618,178 |
|
|
Eversmile, New Jersey |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Fist Fighter |
Action |
|
$221,163 |
|
|
Georgia |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Godzilla vs. Biollante |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
|
How to Get Ahead in Advertising |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
|
No Retreat, No Surrender 2 |
Action |
|
$108,154 |
|
|
Out of the Dark |
|
$1,600,000 |
$419,428 |
|
|
Parents |
Black Comedy |
|
$870,532 |
|
|
The Return of Swamp Thing |
Horror |
|
$192,816 |
|
|
To the Limit |
Documentary |
|
$53,000,000 |
|
|