Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| 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 42 min | Trimark Pictures | Limited |
| November 22, 1989 | ||
 Back to the Future Part II
Adventure
Comedy
Sci-Fi
With: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson 1 hr 48 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
| November 24, 1989 | ||
Steel Magnolias
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts 1 hr 57 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
| December 1, 1989 | ||
 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Comedy
With: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki 1 hr 37 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
| December 8, 1989 | ||
 | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 The War of the Roses
Comedy
Romance
With: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht 1 hr 56 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Triumph of the Spirit
Biography
Drama
History
Sport
War
With: Willem Dafoe, Edward James Olmos, Robert Loggia, Wendy Gazelle 2 hr | Triumph Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 Fear Anxiety Depression
Comedy
With: Todd Solondz, Bob Martana, Alexandra Gersten, Max Cantor 1 hr 25 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
| December 13, 1989 | ||
 New Year's Day
Comedy
Drama
With: Maggie Wheeler, Gwen Welles, Melanie Winter, Henry Jaglom 1 hr 28 min | Rainbow Releasing | Limited |
| December 14, 1989 | ||
 Glory
Biography
Drama
History
War
With: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman 2 hr 2 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
| December 15, 1989 | ||
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Family Business
Crime
Drama
With: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna DeSoto 1 hr 50 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 The Wizard
Adventure
Comedy
Drama
Family
Romance
Sport
With: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Vince Trankina 1 hr 36 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Blaze
Biography
Comedy
Drama
With: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain 2 hr | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Driving Miss Daisy
Comedy
Drama
With: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone 1 hr 39 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Enemies, A Love Story
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska 1 hr 59 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Limited |
| December 21, 1989 | ||
 Camille Claudel
Biography
Drama
History
Romance
With: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill 2 hr 55 min | Orion Classics | Limited |
| December 22, 1989 | ||
 Tango & Cash
Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
With: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance 1 hr 44 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Always
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman 2 hr 2 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Born on the Fourth of July
Biography
Drama
War
With: Tom Cruise, Bryan Larkin, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava 2 hr 25 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Music Box
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat 2 hr 4 min | TriStar Pictures | Limited |
