Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1989

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Action Adventure	$197,171,806	$474,171,806
2	Batman	Thriller Crime	$251,409,241	$411,569,241
3	Back to the Future Part II	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$119,361,197	$332,861,197
4	Look Who's Talking	Comedy Romance	$140,088,813	$296,999,813
5	Dead Poets Society	Drama	$95,860,116	$235,860,116
6	Lethal Weapon 2	Action Thriller Comedy	$147,253,986	$227,853,986
7	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$130,724,172	$222,724,172
8	Ghostbusters II	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$112,494,738	$215,394,738
9	The Little Mermaid	Family Animation Fantasy	$111,543,479	$211,343,479
10	Born on the Fourth of July	Biography Drama War	$70,001,698	$161,001,698
11	The War of the Roses	Thriller Comedy	$86,888,546	$160,188,546
12	Licence to Kill	Action Adventure Thriller	$34,667,015	$156,167,015
13	Driving Miss Daisy	Drama Comedy	$106,593,296	$145,793,296
14	Black Rain	Action Thriller Crime	$46,212,055	$134,212,055
15	Parenthood	Drama Comedy	$100,047,830	$126,297,830
16	Sea of Love	Crime Drama Romance	$58,571,513	$110,879,513
17	Steel Magnolias	Drama Comedy Romance	$84,614,512	$96,759,512
18	When Harry Met Sally...	Drama Comedy Romance	$93,117,425	$93,275,066
19	The Abyss	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$54,981,151	$90,520,202
20	Field of Dreams	Drama Sport Fantasy	$64,532,235	$84,532,235
21	Midnight	Horror Comedy	$38,413,606	$81,613,606
22	Uncle Buck	Drama Comedy Family	$66,758,538	$79,258,538
23	K-9	Action Comedy Crime	$43,247,647	$78,247,647
24	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Comedy	$74,515,899	$74,542,088
25	Always	Drama Fantasy Romance	$43,858,790	$74,134,790
26	Turner & Hooch	Drama Thriller Comedy	$71,079,915	$71,079,915
27	Tango & Cash	Action Thriller Comedy	$63,408,614	$63,408,614
28	Harlem Nights	Drama Comedy Romance	$60,864,870	$60,864,870
29	Pet Sematary	Thriller Horror	$57,469,467	$57,470,138
30	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$52,210,049	$52,210,049
31	The 'Burbs	Mystery Thriller Comedy	$36,601,993	$49,101,993
32	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	Comedy Crime	$46,908,987	$46,908,987
33	Three Fugitives	Action Comedy	$40,586,886	$40,586,886
34	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$40,485,039	$40,510,984
35	Fletch Lives	Mystery Comedy Crime	$35,150,960	$39,450,960
36	The Karate Kid Part III	Action Drama Sport	$38,956,288	$38,956,288
37	The Fly II	Sci-Fi Horror	$20,021,322	$38,903,179
38	Mississippi Burning	Drama Mystery Thriller	$34,603,943	$34,603,943
39	Lean on Me	Drama	$31,906,454	$31,906,454
40	The Bear	Adventure Drama Family	$31,753,898	$31,753,898
41	Weekend at Bernie's	Adventure Comedy Crime	$30,218,387	$30,218,387
42	Road House	Action Thriller	$30,050,028	$30,052,173
43	The Dream Team	Thriller Comedy Crime	$28,890,240	$28,907,090
44	Dad	Drama Comedy	$22,103,037	$27,503,037
45	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Action Adventure Drama	$27,100,027	$27,100,027
46	Glory	History War Drama	$26,979,166	$26,979,166
47	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child	Fantasy Horror	$22,168,359	$22,168,359
48	Lock Up	Action Thriller Crime	$22,099,847	$22,099,847
49	Cousins	Comedy Romance	$22,026,369	$22,026,369
50	Say Anything...	Drama Comedy Romance	$20,781,385	$21,515,196