Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 13, 1989 | ||
 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Horror
Thriller
With: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr 1 hr 36 min | Galaxy International Releasing | Wide |
 Look Who's Talking
Comedy
With: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal 1 hr 33 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 The Fabulous Baker Boys
Comedy
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges, Ellie Raab 1 hr 54 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Breaking In
Adventure
Comedy
With: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint 1 hr 34 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Crimes and Misdemeanors
Comedy
Drama
With: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom 1 hr 44 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
| October 20, 1989 | ||
 Next of Kin
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt 1 hr 48 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Fat Man and Little Boy
Biography
Drama
History
War
With: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack 2 hr 7 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 When the Whales Came
Drama
With: Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Helen Pearce 1 hr 40 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Limited |
| October 27, 1989 | ||
 Shocker
Comedy
Horror
Thriller
With: Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp 1 hr 49 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Worth Winning
Comedy
Romance
With: Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe, Lesley Ann Warren, Maria Holvoe 1 hr 43 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 The Bear
Adventure
Drama
Family
With: Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Jack Wallace 1 hr 36 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 Immediate Family
Drama
With: Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon 1 hr 35 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
 Kill Me Again
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Pat Mulligan, Nick Dimitri 1 hr 34 min | InterStar Releasing | Limited |
 | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 Animal Behavior
Comedy
Romance
With: Karen Allen, Armand Assante, Josh Mostel, Holly Hunter 1 hr 25 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 1, 1989 | ||
 For All Mankind
Documentary
History
With: Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan 1 hr 20 min | Apollo Associates | Limited |
| November 3, 1989 | ||
 The Phantom of the Opera
Drama
Horror
Music
Romance
With: Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy 1 hr 33 min | 21st Century Film France | Wide |
 Second Sight
Comedy
Mystery
Sci-Fi
With: John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Bess Armstrong, Stuart Pankin 1 hr 23 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 After Midnight
Horror
Thriller
With: Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Adlon, Ramy Zada, Judie Aronson 1 hr 33 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 Bloodhounds of Broadway
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Josef Sommer, Madonna, Tony Azito, Jennifer Grey 1 hr 33 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy
Horror
Thriller
With: Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, Jonathan Brandis 1 hr 33 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 8, 1989 | ||
 Henry V
Biography
Drama
History
War
With: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin 2 hr 17 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
| November 10, 1989 | ||
 Staying Together
Comedy
Drama
With: Sean Astin, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie 1 hr 31 min | Hemdale | Wide |
 Best of the Best
Action
Drama
Sport
With: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Phillip Rhee 1 hr 37 min | Taurus Entertainment Company | Wide |
 Communion
Biography
Drama
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen, Andreas Katsulas 1 hr 49 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Survival Quest
Adventure
Thriller
With: Lance Henriksen, Mark Rolston, Steve Antin, Michael Allen Ryder 1 hr 36 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
| Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Ten Little Indians
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
With: Donald Pleasence, Brenda Vaccaro, Frank Stallone, Herbert Lom 1 hr 40 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
 Crack House
Action
Crime
Drama
With: Jim Brown, Anthony Geary, Richard Roundtree, Cher Butler 1 hr 35 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
Action
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
Sci-Fi
With: Ron Fazio, Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins 1 hr 42 min | Troma | Limited |
 My Left Foot
Biography
Drama
With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan 1 hr 43 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 17, 1989 | ||
 Harlem Nights
Comedy
Crime
Drama
With: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello 1 hr 56 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Prancer
Drama
Family
Fantasy
With: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Abe Vigoda 1 hr 43 min | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 All Dogs Go to Heaven
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Musical
With: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Judith Barsi 1 hr 24 min | United Artists | Wide |
 The Little Mermaid
Adventure
Animation
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Romance
With: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes 1 hr 23 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Steel Magnolias
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts 1 hr 57 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
 | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 High Stakes
Thriller
With: Sally Kirkland, Robert LuPone, Richard Lynch, Sarah Michelle Gellar 1 hr 26 min | Trimark Pictures | Limited |
