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In-season releases
Calendar grosses
All releases
Wide releases
Limited releases
Summer 1989 is May 5-September 4.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Max Th
Opening
% of Total
Open Th
Open
Close
Distributor
Estimated
1
Do the Right Thing
-
-
-
$27,545,445
534
$3,563,535
12.9%
353
Jun 30
-
Universal Pictures
false
2
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
-
-
-
$24,741,667
534
$155,982
0.6%
4
Aug 4
-
Miramax
false
3
The Package
-
-
-
$10,647,219
460
$1,851,673
17.4%
323
Aug 25
-
Orion Pictures
false
4
Shirley Valentine
-
-
-
$6,056,912
8
$245,422
4.1%
8
Sep 1
-
Paramount Pictures
false
5
Millennium
-
-
-
$5,777,099
488
$1,614,692
27.9%
486
Aug 25
-
Twentieth Century Fox
false
6
Earth Girls Are Easy
-
-
-
$3,916,303
317
$892,742
22.8%
317
May 12
-
Vestron Pictures
false
7
Fright Night Part 2
-
-
-
$2,983,784
161
$548,231
18.4%
148
May 19
-
New Century
false
8
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
-
-
-
$2,948,215
239
$470,084
15.9%
239
Aug 25
-
Columbia Pictures
false
9
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
-
-
-
$2,156,471
76
$25,635
1.2%
1
Jun 2
Sep 7
Cinecom Pictures
false
10
Cookie
-
-
-
$1,869,417
82
$292,483
15.6%
82
Aug 25
-
Warner Bros.
false
11
Romero
-
-
-
$1,316,495
51
$10,189
0.8%
2
Aug 25
Dec 7
Four Square
false
12
Babar: The Movie
-
-
-
$1,305,187
510
$297,155
22.8%
510
Jul 28
-
New Line Cinema
false
13
Miracle Mile
-
-
-
$1,145,404
143
$341,401
29.8%
143
May 19
-
Hemdale
false
14
Heart of Dixie
-
-
-
$1,097,333
359
$367,091
33.5%
359
Aug 25
-
Orion Pictures
false
15
The Music Teacher
-
-
-
$1,086,894
19
$18,486
1.7%
1
Jul 7
Mar 15
Orion Classics
false
16
Getting It Right
-
-
-
$960,385
44
$73,159
7.6%
44
May 5
Oct 5
Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG)
false
17
Little Monsters
-
-
-
$793,775
179
$253,834
32%
179
Aug 25
-
United Artists
false
18
Vampire's Kiss
-
-
-
$725,131
45
$96,699
13.3%
29
Jun 2
-
Hemdale
false
19
Distant Voices, Still Lives
-
-
-
$688,329
22
$10,021
1.5%
1
Jul 28
-
Avenue Pictures Productions
false
20
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
-
-
-
$536,508
402
$536,508
100%
402
Aug 18
-
Scotti Brothers Pictures (I)
false
21
Weapons of the Spirit
-
-
-
$232,981
4
$18,580
8%
1
Sep 1
Apr 26
First Run
false
22
For Queen & Country
-
-
-
$191,051
33
$62,771
32.9%
33
May 19
-
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false
23
Me and Him
-
-
-
$78,814
5
$4,795
6.1%
5
Aug 4
-
Columbia Pictures
false
24
The Time Guardian
-
-
-
$12,682
2
$3,748
29.6%
2
Aug 4
-
Hemdale
false
25
Far from Home
-
-
-
$11,859
4
$3,763
31.7%
4
Jun 2
Jun 26
Vestron Pictures
false
26
Catch Me If You Can
-
-
-
$3,686
4
$2,580
70%
4
Jul 28
Aug 3
Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG)
false