#1 of 3 1989 · Crime, Drama
$110.9M worldwide · 96% of the chart's total
Sea of Love (1989) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 37 of 1989 (Sep 10–16), with $110.9M worldwide, ahead of Old Gringo (1989) at $3.6M and Sweetie (1989) at $938.6K. 3 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $115.4M in all, 55% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 6.3 times the total of Week 36, 1989, whose releases took $18.3M.
#1 of 3 1989 · Crime, Drama
$110.9M worldwide · 96% of the chart's total
Sea of Love (1989) leads with $110.9M, 96% of the total. The top 3 together took $115.4M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 3 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 37 of 1989 (Sep 10–16).
Sep 15, 1989 US and Canada: $58.6M Rest of the world: $52.3M Worldwide: $110.9M
Sep 13, 1989 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.6M
Sep 10, 1989 US and Canada: $938.1K Rest of the world: $497 Worldwide: $938.6K Of the top 3, Old Gringo (1989) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Sea of Love (1989) made 47% of its gross abroad. Across all 3 films, $63.1M (55%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 37 releases took $115.4M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 31 (Jul 30–Aug 5) with $148.4M, led by Parenthood (1989).
Of these 10 years, Week 37, 1989 earned the most: $115.4M from 3 films, led by Sea of Love (1989).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 37, 1980 Sep 7–13 2 films | 2 | $5.4M | – | Divine Madness (1980) $5.3M |
| Week 37, 1981 Sep 6–12 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 37, 1982 Sep 5–11 1 film | 1 | $1.5M | – | Endangered Species (1982) $1.5M |
| Week 37, 1983 Sep 4–10 2 films · −74% | 2 | $385.5K | −74% | Streamers (1983) $378.5K |
| Week 37, 1984 Sep 9–15 3 films · +3798% | 3 | $15M | +3798% | Ninja III: The Domination (1984) $7.6M |
| Week 37, 1985 Sep 8–14 3 films · −15% | 3 | $12.8M | −15% | After Hours (1985) $10.6M |
| Week 37, 1986 Sep 7–13 2 films · −60% | 2 | $5.1M | −60% | Avenging Force (1986) $4.7M |
| Week 37, 1987 Sep 6–12 4 films · −15% | 4 | $4.4M | −15% | The Curse (1987) $1.9M |
| Week 37, 1988 Sep 4–10 5 films · +253% | 5 | $15.4M | +253% | Moon Over Parador (1988) $11.4M |
| Week 37, 1989 Sep 10–16 3 films · +649% | 3 | $115.4M | +649% | Sea of Love (1989) $110.9M |
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 3 films as the chart.
Sea of Love (1989) leads with $110.9M worldwide, $58.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Old Gringo (1989) at $3.6M and Sweetie (1989) at $938.6K.
3 English-language films released in week 37 of 1989 (Sep 10–16) report a worldwide gross, $115.4M in all, or $38.5M per film on average. Week 36, 1989 releases took $18.3M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Sea of Love (1989) with $110.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 37 of 1989 (Sep 10–16). 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.