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 †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week ending Film Notes Ref 1 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 3 4 Cocktail 5 6 Die Hard 7 8 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 9 10 11 Rain Man Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release 12 Twins 13 14 Rain ManRain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release 15 16 Working Girl 17 Rain ManRain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release 18 My Stepmother is an Alien My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release 19 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 20 21 Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release 22 23 24 BeachesBeaches reached number one in its third week of release 25 Hellbound: Hellraiser II 26 Licence to Kill Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release 27 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 28 29 30 31 32 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 Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend 35 36 37 See No Evil, Hear No Evil See No Evil, Hear No Evil reached number one in its second week of release 38 Lethal Weapon 2 39 40 Dead Poets SocietyDead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release 41 42 Young Einstein 43 44 Shirley ValentineShirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release 45 46 47 Wilt Wilt reached number one in its third week of release 48 Back to the Future Part II 49 50 51 52 Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week
Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1988 and 21 December 1989 Rank Title Distributor Gross (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. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!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
Notes
See also List of British films — British films by year Lists of box office number-one films
References
Chronology