#1 of 8 See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
1989 · Comedy, Crime
$46.9M worldwide · 88% of the chart's total
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 19 of 1989 (May 7–13), with $46.9M worldwide, ahead of Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) at $3.9M and Cookie (1989) at $1.9M. 8 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $53.3M in all, 100% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 189% on Week 18, 1989, whose releases took $18.5M. By genre, Comedy leads with $52.9M across 5 English releases.
#1 of 8 See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
1989 · Comedy, Crime
$46.9M worldwide · 88% of the chart's total
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) leads with $46.9M, 88% of the total. The top 5 together took $53.1M, almost all of what the 8 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 19 of 1989 (May 7–13).
May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $46.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $46.9M
May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $3.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.9M
May 11, 1989 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9M
May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $201.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $201.5K
May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $192.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $192.8K
May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $166.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $166.6K
May 11, 1989 US and Canada: $50.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $50.4K
May 13, 1989 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118 Of the top 8, See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Spontaneous Combustion (1989) made 0% of its gross abroad. Across all 8 films, $53.3M (100%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 8 reports no US & Canada figure.
Week 19 releases took $53.3M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 21 (May 21–27) with $486.3M, led by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
Of these 10 years, Week 19, 1980 earned the most: $54.6M from 2 films, led by Friday the 13th (1980). Week 19, 1989 took $53.3M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 19, 1980 May 4–10 2 films | 2 | $54.6M | – | Friday the 13th (1980) $39.9M |
| Week 19, 1981 May 3–9 2 films · −90% | 2 | $5.2M | −90% | Inchon (1981) $5.2M |
| Week 19, 1982 May 2–8 1 film · −17% | 1 | $4.3M | −17% | Mortuary (1982) $4.3M |
| Week 19, 1983 May 1–7 1 film · +140% | 1 | $10.4M | +140% | Doctor Detroit (1983) $10.4M |
| Week 19, 1984 May 6–12 2 films · +89% | 2 | $19.6M | +89% | Firestarter (1984) $17.1M |
| Week 19, 1985 May 5–11 4 films · −26% | 4 | $14.4M | −26% | Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) $6.1M |
| Week 19, 1986 May 4–10 1 film · −83% | 1 | $2.4M | −83% | Dangerously Close (1986) $2.4M |
| Week 19, 1987 May 3–9 7 films · +906% | 7 | $24M | +906% | The Chipmunk Adventure (1987) $6.8M |
| Week 19, 1988 May 1–7 4 films · −49% | 4 | $12.3M | −49% | Shakedown (1988) $10.1M |
| Week 19, 1989 May 7–13 8 films · +335% | 8 | $53.3M | +335% | See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) $46.9M |
Comedy took $52.9M across 5 films, 99% of the total, ahead of Crime ($48.8M) and Sci-Fi ($4.2M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
51 weeks of 1989 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 25 (Jun 18–24) with $634.3M, led by Batman (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 8 films as the chart.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) leads with $46.9M worldwide, $46.9M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Earth Girls Are Easy (1989) at $3.9M and Cookie (1989) at $1.9M.
8 English-language films released in week 19 of 1989 (May 7–13) report a worldwide gross, $53.3M in all, or $6.7M per film on average. Week 18, 1989 releases took $18.5M.
None. The biggest, See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), earned $46.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 19 of 1989 (May 7–13). 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
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.