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Date

Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

29th Dec
1989

The Delinquents
(1st week)

The Delinquents
(@1)

Batman
(17 weeks)

Batman
(£11,318,836)

£2,999,651

22nd Dec
1989

Back to the Future Part II
(5th week)

Earth Girls Are Easy
(@5)

Batman
(16 weeks)

Batman
(£11,317,536)

£3,044,513

15th Dec
1989

Back to the Future Part II
(4th week)

The Dream Team
(@4)

The Abyss
(10 weeks)

Shirley Valentine
(£9,774,531)

£4,062,920

8th Dec
1989

Back to the Future Part II
(3rd week)

Mystery Train
(@8)

The Abyss
(9 weeks)

Shirley Valentine
(£9,615,442)

£4,411,441

1st Dec
1989

Back to the Future Part II
(2nd week)

When Harry Met Sally
(@2)

The Abyss
(8 weeks)

Shirley Valentine
(£9,324,956)

£5,291,030

24th Nov
1989

Back to the Future Part II
(1st week)

Back to the Future Part II
(@1)

Batman
(15 weeks)

Batman
(£11,312,023)

£4,162,324

17th Nov
1989

Shirley Valentine
(4th week)

Wilt
(@2)

Dead Poets Society
(9 weeks)

Shirley Valentine
(£8,054,633)

£1,903,029

10th Nov
1989

Shirley Valentine
(3rd week)

New York Stories
(@2)

Batman
(14 weeks)

Batman
(£11,301,083)

£2,522,174

3rd Nov
1989

Shirley Valentine
(2nd week)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
(@6)

Batman
(13 weeks)

Batman
(£11,283,487)

£3,108,247

27th Oct
1989

Shirley Valentine
(1st week)

Shirley Valentine
(@1)

Batman
(12 weeks)

Batman
(£11,243,017)

£3,691,934

20th Oct
1989

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(1st week)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(@1)

Batman
(11 weeks)

Batman
(£11,190,406)

£2,678,506

13th Oct
1989

Dead Poets Society
(3rd week)

The Abyss
(@2)

Batman
(10 weeks)

Batman
(£11,064,918)

£2,444,935

6th Oct
1989

Dead Poets Society
(2nd week)

K-9
(@2)

Batman
(9 weeks)

Batman
(£10,895,958)

£2,447,815

29th Sep
1989

Dead Poets Society
(1st week)

Erik the Viking
(@3)

Batman
(8 weeks)

Batman
(£10,729,329)

£1,732,195

22nd Sep
1989

Batman
(4th week)

Dead Poets Society
(@3)

Batman
(7 weeks)

Batman
(£10,301,863)

£2,278,252

15th Sep
1989

Batman
(3rd week)

Talk Radio
(@9)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(12 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£9,839,066)

£2,405,718

8th Sep
1989

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(1st week)

The Fly II
(@4)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(11 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£9,812,267)

£4,807,058

1st Sep
1989

Lethal Weapon 2
(2nd week)

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(@3)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(10 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£9,766,708)

£5,192,612

25th Aug
1989

Lethal Weapon 2
(1st week)

Lethal Weapon 2
(@1)

Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(11 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£9,689,259)

£6,258,418

18th Aug
1989

Batman
(2nd week)

Kickboxer
(@6)

Beaches
(13 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£9,427,298)

£2,177,201

11th Aug
1989

Batman
(1st week)

Batman
(@1)

Beaches
(12 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£9,063,472)

£3,722,074

4th Aug
1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(3rd week)

The Karate Kid Part III
(@2)

Beaches
(11 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£8,262,967)

£2,865,056

28th Jul
1989

Licence to Kill
(3rd week)

The Land Before Time
(@3)

Child's Play
(8 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£7,156,835)

£3,532,788

21st Jul
1989

Licence to Kill
(2nd week)

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
(@2)

Beaches
(10 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£6,135,721)

£3,880,572

14th Jul
1989

Licence to Kill
(1st week)

Licence to Kill
(@1)

Beaches
(9 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£4,926,650)

£3,111,648

7th Jul
1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(2nd week)

Skin Deep
(@3)

Mississippi Burning
(10 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(£3,347,130)

£2,560,541

30th Jun
1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1st week)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(@1)

My Stepmother Is An Alien
(10 weeks)

Mississippi Burning
(£2,182,921)

£3,579,648

23rd Jun
1989

The 'Burbs
(1st week)

The 'Burbs
(@1)

My Stepmother Is An Alien
(9 weeks)

Mississippi Burning
(£2,176,222)

£2,136,743

16th Jun
1989

Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(1st week)

Hellbound: Hellraiser II
(@1)

My Stepmother Is An Alien
(8 weeks)

Mississippi Burning
(£2,162,025)

£1,495,720

9th Jun
1989

Beaches
(1st week)

Road House
(@2)

My Stepmother Is An Alien
(7 weeks)

Mississippi Burning
(£2,136,912)

£1,273,107

2nd Jun
1989

Mississippi Burning
(3rd week)

Child's Play
(@3)

Twins
(10 weeks)

Twins
(£3,794,235)

£1,731,067

26th May
1989

Mississippi Burning
(2nd week)

The Blob
(@3)

Rain Man
(13 weeks)

Rain Man
(£6,135,627)

£1,311,813

19th May
1989

Mississippi Burning
(1st week)

Beaches
(@2)

Rain Man
(12 weeks)

Rain Man
(£6,108,167)

£1,926,299

12th May
1989

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
(1st week)

Her Alibi
(@3)

Rain Man
(11 weeks)

Rain Man
(£6,011,330)

£2,248,514

5th May
1989

My Stepmother Is An Alien
(1st week)

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
(@2)

Rain Man
(10 weeks)

Rain Man
(£5,618,140)

£1,880,453

28th Apr
1989

Rain Man
(5th week)

My Stepmother Is An Alien
(@2)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(12 weeks)

Rain Man
(£5,320,570)

£1,781,461

21st Apr
1989

Rain Man
(4th week)

Paris By Night
(@8)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(11 weeks)

Rain Man
(£4,831,824)

£2,003,794

14th Apr
1989

Working Girl
(1st week)

The Tall Guy
(@2)

Cocktail
(11 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£4,566,178)

£3,078,505

7th Apr
1989

Rain Man
(3rd week)

Alien Nation
(@4)

Die Hard
(10 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£4,548,880)

£1,980,900

31st Mar
1989

Rain Man
(2nd week)

Working Girl
(@2)

Die Hard
(9 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£4,484,831)

£2,412,491

24th Mar
1989

Twins
(2nd week)

Iron Eagle II
(@3)

Cocktail
(10 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£4,372,579)

£1,764,637

17th Mar
1989

Twins
(1st week)

Twins
(@1)

Cocktail
(9 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£4,196,422)

£2,338,967

10th Mar
1989

Rain Man
(1st week)

Dangerous Liaisons
(@2)

Cocktail
(8 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£3,898,718)

£2,209,061

3rd Mar
1989

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(3rd week)

Rain Man
(@2)

Young Guns
(9 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£3,356,897)

£2,818,877

24th Feb
1989

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(2nd week)

The Accidental Tourist
(@2)

Young Guns
(8 weeks)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(£2,506,625)

£2,141,409

17th Feb
1989

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(1st week)

The Accused
(@3)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(12 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£7,555,833)

£2,363,783

10th Feb
1989

Die Hard
(2nd week)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(@2)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(11 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£7,552,648)

£2,033,950

3rd Feb
1989

Die Hard
(1st week)

Die Hard
(@1)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(10 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£7,545,961)

£1,546,656

27th Jan
1989

Cocktail
(2nd week)

Gorillas In the Mist
(@2)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(9 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£7,531,918)

£1,746,688

20th Jan
1989

Cocktail
(1st week)

Cocktail
(@1)

A Fish Called Wanda
(15 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£7,500,159)

£1,697,760

13th Jan
1989

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(7th week)

Red Heat
(@2)

A Fish Called Wanda
(14 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£7,141,084)

£1,352,071

6th Jan
1989

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(6th week)

Young Guns
(@2)

A Fish Called Wanda
(13 weeks)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(£6,776,530)

£2,102,779

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