#1 of 2 1989 · Action, Thriller
$227.9M worldwide · 88% of the chart's total
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in week 27 of 1989 (Jul 2–8), with $227.9M worldwide, ahead of Weekend at Bernie's (1989) at $30.2M. 2 comedy films released that week report a worldwide gross, $258.1M in all, 69% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion.
#1 of 2 1989 · Action, Thriller
$227.9M worldwide · 88% of the chart's total
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 27 of 1989 (Jul 2–8).
Jul 7, 1989 US and Canada: $147.3M Rest of the world: $80.6M Worldwide: $227.9M
Jul 5, 1989 US and Canada: $30.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.2M 44 weeks of 1989 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 47 (Nov 19–25) with $430M, led by Back to the Future Part II (1989).
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.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) leads with $227.9M worldwide, $147.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Weekend at Bernie's (1989) at $30.2M.
2 comedy films released in week 27 of 1989 (Jul 2–8) report a worldwide gross, $258.1M in all, or $129M per film on average.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) with $227.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 27 of 1989 (Jul 2–8). 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.
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.