Top Movies of 1989 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	UK	Action Adventure	$197,171,806	$474,171,806
2	Batman	UK	Thriller Crime	$251,409,241	$411,569,241
3	Back to the Future Part II	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$119,000,002	$332,500,002
4	Look Who's Talking	UK	Comedy Romance	$140,088,813	$296,999,813
5	Dead Poets Society	UK	Drama	$95,860,116	$235,860,116
6	Lethal Weapon 2	UK	Action Thriller Comedy	$147,253,986	$227,853,986
7	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$130,724,172	$222,724,172
8	Ghostbusters II	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$112,494,738	$215,394,738
9	Born on the Fourth of July	UK	Biography Drama War	$70,001,698	$161,001,698
10	The War of the Roses	UK	Thriller Comedy	$86,888,546	$160,188,546
11	Licence to Kill	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$34,667,015	$156,167,015
12	Driving Miss Daisy	UK	Drama Comedy	$106,593,296	$145,793,296
13	Black Rain	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$46,212,055	$134,212,055
14	Parenthood	UK	Drama Comedy	$100,047,830	$126,297,830
15	Steel Magnolias	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$84,614,512	$96,759,512
16	When Harry Met Sally...	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$93,117,425	$93,274,466
17	The Abyss	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$54,981,151	$90,520,202
18	Field of Dreams	UK	Drama Sport Fantasy	$64,431,625	$84,431,625
19	Uncle Buck	UK	Drama Comedy Family	$66,758,538	$79,258,538
20	K-9	UK	Action Comedy Crime	$43,247,647	$78,247,647
21	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	UK	Comedy	$74,515,899	$74,540,604
22	Always	UK	Drama Fantasy Romance	$43,858,790	$74,134,790
23	Turner & Hooch	UK	Drama Thriller Comedy	$71,079,915	$71,079,915
24	Tango & Cash	UK	Action Thriller Comedy	$63,408,614	$63,408,614
25	Harlem Nights	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$60,864,870	$60,864,870
26	Pet Sematary	UK	Thriller Horror	$57,469,467	$57,470,138
27	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	UK	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$52,210,049	$52,210,049
28	Major League		Sport Comedy	$49,797,148	$49,797,148
29	The 'Burbs	UK	Mystery Thriller Comedy	$36,601,993	$49,101,993
30	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	UK	Comedy Crime	$46,908,987	$46,908,987
31	Three Fugitives	UK	Action Comedy	$40,586,886	$40,586,886
32	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Comedy	$40,485,039	$40,510,984
33	Fletch Lives	UK	Mystery Comedy Crime	$35,150,960	$39,450,960
34	The Karate Kid Part III	UK	Action Drama Sport	$38,956,288	$38,956,288
35	The Fly II	UK	Sci-Fi Horror	$20,021,322	$38,903,179
36	Do the Right Thing	KR	Drama Comedy	$27,545,445	$37,295,445
37	Mississippi Burning	UK	Drama Mystery Thriller	$34,603,943	$34,603,943
38	Lean on Me	UK	Drama	$31,906,454	$31,906,454
39	The Bear	UK	Adventure Drama Family	$31,753,898	$31,753,898
40	Weekend at Bernie's	UK	Adventure Comedy Crime	$30,218,387	$30,218,387
41	Road House	UK	Action Thriller	$30,050,028	$30,052,173
42	The Dream Team	UK	Thriller Comedy Crime	$28,890,240	$28,907,090
43	Dad	UK	Drama Comedy	$22,103,037	$27,503,037
44	All Dogs Go to Heaven	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$27,100,027	$27,100,027
45	sex, lies, and videotape	KR	Drama	$24,741,667	$24,742,453
46	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child	UK	Fantasy Horror	$22,168,359	$22,168,359
47	Lock Up	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$22,099,847	$22,099,847
48	Say Anything...	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$20,781,385	$21,515,196
49	An Innocent Man	UK	Action Drama Thriller	$20,047,604	$20,047,604
50	Skin Deep	DE	Drama Comedy Romance	$19,674,852	$19,674,852

Top Grossing Movies in 1989

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