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Action box office · Week 40 · Oct 1–7, 1989

Action Box Office, Week 40 of 1989: Action Releases of Oct 1–7

An Innocent Man (1989) is the highest-grossing action movie released in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7), with $20M worldwide, ahead of Robot Jox (1989) at $1.3M. 2 action films released that week report a worldwide gross, $21.3M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada.

week 40 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$21.3M
An Innocent Man (1989), the #1
$20M
earned in the US & Canada
100%
An Innocent Man (1989) movie poster #1 of 2
#1 action movie of Week 40, 1989

An Innocent Man (1989)

1989 · Action, Drama

$20M worldwide · 94% of the chart's total

$20M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
The chart

Every Action Release of Week 40 of 1989, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7).

  1. 1 An Innocent Man (1989) movie poster
    An Innocent Man (1989) Oct 6, 1989 · English · Action, Drama, Thriller $20M worldwide
    Oct 6, 1989 US and Canada: $20M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20M
  2. 2 Robot Jox (1989) movie poster
    Robot Jox (1989) Oct 1, 1989 · English · Action, Sci-Fi $1.3M worldwide
    Oct 1, 1989 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.3M
FAQ

Action Box Office Week 40 of 1989: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing action movie in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7)?

An Innocent Man (1989) leads with $20M worldwide, $20M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Robot Jox (1989) at $1.3M.

How much did action movies released in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7) earn?

2 action films released in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7) report a worldwide gross, $21.3M in all, or $10.7M per film on average.

How many action movies released in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, An Innocent Man (1989), earned $20M.

How much of the Week 40, 1989 Action box office came from the US and Canada?

$21.3M of the $21.3M total, or 100%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 2 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 40, 1989 action box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 40 of 1989 (Oct 1–7). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 40, 1989 action box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.