Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in 1989

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	EN	Action Adventure	$197,171,806	$474,171,806
2	Batman	EN	Thriller Crime	$251,409,241	$411,569,241
3	Back to the Future Part II	EN	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$119,361,197	$332,861,197
4	Look Who's Talking	EN	Comedy Romance	$140,088,813	$296,999,813
5	Dead Poets Society	EN	Drama	$95,860,116	$235,860,116
6	Lethal Weapon 2	EN	Action Thriller Comedy	$147,253,986	$227,853,986
7	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	EN	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$130,724,172	$222,724,172
8	Ghostbusters II	EN	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$112,494,738	$215,394,738
9	The Little Mermaid	EN	Family Animation Fantasy	$111,543,479	$211,343,479
10	Kindergarten	ES	Drama	$91,457,688	$201,957,688
11	Born on the Fourth of July	EN	Biography Drama War	$70,001,698	$161,001,698
12	The War of the Roses	EN	Thriller Comedy	$86,888,546	$160,188,546
13	Licence to Kill	EN	Action Adventure Thriller	$34,667,015	$156,167,015
14	Driving Miss Daisy	EN	Drama Comedy	$106,593,296	$145,793,296
15	Black Rain	EN	Action Thriller Crime	$46,212,055	$134,212,055
16	Parenthood	EN	Drama Comedy	$100,047,830	$126,297,830
17	Sea of Love	EN	Crime Drama Romance	$58,571,513	$110,879,513
18	Steel Magnolias	EN	Drama Comedy Romance	$84,614,512	$96,759,512
19	When Harry Met Sally...	EN	Drama Comedy Romance	$93,117,425	$93,275,066
20	The Abyss	EN	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$54,981,151	$90,520,202
21	Field of Dreams	EN	Drama Sport Fantasy	$64,532,235	$84,532,235
22	Midnight	EN	Horror Comedy	$38,413,606	$81,613,606
23	Uncle Buck	EN	Drama Comedy Family	$66,758,538	$79,258,538
24	K-9	EN	Action Comedy Crime	$43,247,647	$78,247,647
25	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	EN	Comedy	$74,515,899	$74,542,088
26	Always	EN	Drama Fantasy Romance	$43,858,790	$74,134,790
27	Turner & Hooch	EN	Drama Thriller Comedy	$71,079,915	$71,079,915
28	Tango & Cash	EN	Action Thriller Comedy	$63,408,614	$63,408,614
29	Harlem Nights	EN	Drama Comedy Romance	$60,864,870	$60,864,870
30	Pet Sematary	EN	Thriller Horror	$57,469,467	$57,470,138
31	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	EN	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$52,210,049	$52,210,049
32	Major League		Sport Comedy	$49,797,148	$49,797,148
33	The 'Burbs	EN	Mystery Thriller Comedy	$36,601,993	$49,101,993
34	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	EN	Comedy Crime	$46,908,987	$46,908,987
35	Three Fugitives	EN	Action Comedy	$40,586,886	$40,586,886
36	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	EN	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$40,485,039	$40,510,984
37	Fletch Lives	EN	Mystery Comedy Crime	$35,150,960	$39,450,960
38	The Karate Kid Part III	EN	Action Drama Sport	$38,956,288	$38,956,288
39	The Fly II	EN	Sci-Fi Horror	$20,021,322	$38,903,179
40	Do the Right Thing	KR	Drama Comedy	$27,545,445	$37,295,445
41	Mississippi Burning	EN	Drama Mystery Thriller	$34,603,943	$34,603,943
42	Lean on Me	EN	Drama	$31,906,454	$31,906,454
43	The Bear	EN	Adventure Drama Family	$31,753,898	$31,753,898
44	Weekend at Bernie's	EN	Adventure Comedy Crime	$30,218,387	$30,218,387
45	Road House	EN	Action Thriller	$30,050,028	$30,052,173
46	The Dream Team	EN	Thriller Comedy Crime	$28,890,240	$28,907,090
47	Dad	EN	Drama Comedy	$22,103,037	$27,503,037
48	All Dogs Go to Heaven	EN	Action Adventure Drama	$27,100,027	$27,100,027
49	Glory	EN	History War Drama	$26,979,166	$26,979,166
50	sex, lies, and videotape	KR	Drama	$24,741,667	$24,742,453