# List of 1989 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1989.

## Number one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Notes |
| 1 | 6 January 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| 2 | 13 January 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| 3 | 20 January 1989 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| 4 | 27 January 1989 | Cocktail | |
| 5 | 3 February 1989 | Cocktail | |
| 6 | 10 February 1989 | Die Hard | |
| 7 | 17 February 1989 | Die Hard | |
| 8 | 24 February 1989 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! reached number one in its second week of release |
| 9 | 3 March 1989 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | |
| 10 | 10 March 1989 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | |
| 11 | 17 March 1989 | Rain Man | Rain Man reached number one in its second week of release |
| 12 | 24 March 1989 | Twins | |
| 13 | 31 March 1989 | Twins | |
| 14 | 7 April 1989 | Rain Man | Rain Man returned to number one in its fifth week of release |
| 15 | 14 April 1989 | Rain Man | |
| 16 | 21 April 1989 | Working Girl | |
| 17 | 28 April 1989 | Rain Man | Rain Man returned to number one in its eighth week of release |
| 18 | 5 May 1989 | My Stepmother is an Alien | My Stepmother is an Alien reached number one in its second week of release |
| 19 | 12 May 1989 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | |
| 20 | 19 May 1989 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | |
| 21 | 26 May 1989 | Mississippi Burning | Mississippi Burning reached number one in its third week of release |
| 22 | 2 June 1989 | Mississippi Burning | |
| 23 | 9 June 1989 | Mississippi Burning | |
| 24 | 16 June 1989 | Beaches | Beaches reached number one in its third week of release |
| 25 | 23 June 1989 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | |
| 26 | 30 June 1989 | Licence to Kill | Licence to Kill reached number one in its second week of release |
| 27 | 7 July 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade † | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade grossed a record £1,811,542 in its opening weekend and £3,125,434 in its opening week beating the records set by Crocodile Dundee II |
| 28 | 14 July 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade † | |
| 29 | 21 July 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade † | |
| 30 | 28 July 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade † | |
| 31 | 4 August 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade † | |
| 32 | 11 August 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade † | |
| 33 | 18 August 1989 | Batman | Batman beat the opening weekend and week records set in July by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with a gross of £2,058,159 for the weekend and £3,945,527 for the week |
| 34 | 25 August 1989 | Batman | Batman grossed £1.26 million for the weekend |
| 35 | 1 September 1989 | Batman | |
| 36 | 8 September 1989 | Batman | |
| 37 | 15 September 1989 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | See No Evil, Hear No Evil reached number one in its second week of release |
| 38 | 22 September 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | |
| 39 | 29 September 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | |
| 40 | 6 October 1989 | Dead Poets Society | Dead Poets Society reached number one in its second week of release |
| 41 | 13 October 1989 | Dead Poets Society | |
| 42 | 20 October 1989 | Young Einstein | |
| 43 | 27 October 1989 | Young Einstein | |
| 44 | 3 November 1989 | Shirley Valentine | Shirley Valentine reached number one in its third week of release |
| 45 | 10 November 1989 | Shirley Valentine | |
| 46 | 17 November 1989 | Shirley Valentine | |
| 47 | 24 November 1989 | Wilt | Wilt reached number one in its third week of release |
| 48 | 1 December 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 49 | 8 December 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 50 | 15 December 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 51 | 22 December 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | |
| 52 | 29 December 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Back to the Future Part II grossed £707,726 for the week |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1988 and 21 December 1989
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross (US$) |
| 1. | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount Pictures/UIP | 25,732,000 |
| 2. | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. | 25,384,000 |
| 3. | Batman | Warner Bros. | 19,413,000 |
| 4. | Rain Man | United Artists/UIP | 15,560,000 |
| 5. | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Paramount/UIP | 12,464,000 |
| 6. | Back to the Future Part II | Universal Pictures/UIP | 12,194,000 |
| 7. | Licence to Kill | United Artists/UIP | 12,157,000 |
| 8. | Lethal Weapon 2 | Warner Bros. | 10,815,000 |
| 9. | Twins | Universal/UIP | 10,547,000 |
| 10. | Shirley Valentine | Paramount/UIP | 9,954,000 |