| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Uncle Buck | - | - | - | $21,942,801 | 1,835 | $66,758,538 | 32.9% | Aug 18, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | Parenthood | - | - | - | $21,937,507 | 1,399 | $100,047,830 | 21.9% | Aug 2, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Sea of Love | - | - | - | $19,489,550 | 1,439 | $58,571,513 | 33.3% | Sep 15, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | - | - | - | $14,996,890 | 1,174 | $92,823,546 | 16.2% | Jul 14, 1989 | Columbia Pictures |
| 5 | The Abyss | - | - | - | $14,121,733 | 1,538 | $54,222,310 | 26% | Aug 11, 1989 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | - | - | - | $13,098,414 | 1,830 | $147,253,986 | 8.9% | Jul 7, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Dead Poets Society | - | - | - | $10,828,056 | 1,109 | $95,860,116 | 11.3% | Jun 2, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | - | - | - | $10,341,004 | 534 | $24,741,667 | 41.8% | Aug 4, 1989 | Miramax |
| 9 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | $10,333,559 | 2,327 | $197,171,806 | 5.2% | May 24, 1989 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Turner & Hooch | - | - | - | $10,096,716 | 1,888 | $71,079,915 | 14.2% | Jul 28, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | Batman | - | - | - | $9,731,377 | 2,201 | $251,188,924 | 3.9% | Jun 23, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Kickboxer | - | - | - | $9,626,718 | 973 | $14,697,005 | 65.5% | Sep 8, 1989 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 13 | The Package | - | - | - | $8,048,824 | 460 | $10,647,219 | 75.6% | Aug 25, 1989 | Orion Pictures |
| 14 | Black Rain | - | - | - | $7,276,176 | 1,760 | $46,212,055 | 15.7% | Sep 22, 1989 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | Relentless | - | - | - | $6,985,999 | 836 | $6,985,999 | 100% | Sep 1, 1989 | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | Casualties of War | - | - | - | $6,817,869 | 1,487 | $18,671,317 | 36.5% | Aug 18, 1989 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | - | - | - | $6,535,751 | 1,498 | $130,724,172 | 5% | Jun 23, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | Shirley Valentine | - | - | - | $6,056,912 | 8 | $6,056,912 | 100% | Sep 1, 1989 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | Lock Up | - | - | - | $4,497,563 | 1,384 | $22,099,847 | 20.4% | Aug 4, 1989 | TriStar Pictures |
| 20 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | - | - | - | $4,123,960 | 1,902 | $22,168,359 | 18.6% | Aug 11, 1989 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | Millennium | - | - | - | $3,528,690 | 488 | $5,777,099 | 61.1% | Aug 25, 1989 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | - | - | - | $2,033,378 | 239 | $2,948,215 | 69% | Aug 25, 1989 | Columbia Pictures |
| 23 | Cheetah | - | - | - | $2,031,501 | 1,321 | $8,153,677 | 24.9% | Aug 18, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | Ghostbusters II | - | - | - | $1,776,213 | 2,410 | $112,494,738 | 1.6% | Jun 16, 1989 | Columbia Pictures |
| 25 | Bloodfist | - | - | - | $1,680,950 | 54 | $1,770,082 | 95% | Sep 22, 1989 | Concorde Pictures |
| 26 | Cookie | - | - | - | $1,328,432 | 82 | $1,869,417 | 71.1% | Aug 25, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | $673,026 | 22 | $688,329 | 97.8% | Jul 28, 1989 | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 28 | Let It Ride | - | - | - | $662,084 | 1,191 | $4,973,285 | 13.3% | Aug 18, 1989 | Paramount Pictures |
| 29 | Heart of Dixie | - | - | - | $621,581 | 359 | $1,097,333 | 56.6% | Aug 25, 1989 | Orion Pictures |
| 30 | Little Monsters | - | - | - | $405,894 | 179 | $793,775 | 51.1% | Aug 25, 1989 | United Artists |
| 31 | Wired | - | - | - | $220,000 | 745 | $1,089,000 | 20.2% | Aug 25, 1989 | Taurus Entertainment Company |
| 32 | A Dry White Season | - | - | - | $182,806 | 316 | $3,766,879 | 4.9% | Sep 20, 1989 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 33 | The Big Picture | - | - | - | $69,306 | 8 | $117,463 | 59% | Sep 15, 1989 | Columbia Pictures |
| 34 | Heavy Petting | - | - | - | $59,716 | 11 | $272,371 | 21.9% | Sep 22, 1989 | Skouras Pictures |
| 35 | Erik the Viking | - | - | - | $54,528 | 269 | $1,932,642 | 2.8% | Sep 22, 1989 | Orion Pictures |
| 36 | In Country | - | - | - | $54,411 | 606 | $3,531,971 | 1.5% | Sep 15, 1989 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | $29,017 | 22 | $1,267,578 | 2.3% | Sep 15, 1989 | Skouras Pictures |
| 38 | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | $23,225 | 4 | $232,981 | 10% | Sep 1, 1989 | First Run |
