Spring 1989

Title Opening Closing Gross Screens 1st Wk % Per Scrn Distributor
Total Opening Opening Widest
(Feb 16 - May 19)
1 Field of Dreams 04-21-89 11-09-89 62,195,103 5,777,360 22 1100 9.29 56,541 Universal
2 Pet Sematary 04-21-89 10-26-89 57,468,142 12,046,179 1585 1585 20.96 36,258 Paramount
3 Major League 04-07-89 10-05-89 49,793,054 8,836,265 1541 1615 17.75 30,832 Paramount
4 See No Evil, Hear No Evil 05-12-89 08-03-89 45,407,791 7,098,741 1677 1686 15.63 26,932 TriStar
5 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 02-17-89 07-20-89 39,916,091 6,129,585 1196 1321 15.36 30,217 Orion
6 K-9 04-28-89 07-13-89 38,859,189 7,471,035 1677 1706 19.23 22,778 Universal
7 Burbs, The 02-17-89 07-06-89 35,382,246 11,156,444 1952 1956 31.53 18,089 Universal
8 Fletch Lives 03-17-89 07-13-89 33,266,859 8,045,760 1479 1512 24.19 22,002 Universal
9 Lean on Me 03-03-89 05-18-89 29,823,140 5,032,605 894 1107 16.87 26,941 Warner Bros.
10 Road House 05-19-89 07-13-89 27,362,103 5,957,656 1927 1927 21.77 14,199 UA
11 Dream Team, The 04-07-89 06-29-89 26,793,650 5,704,860 1316 1459 21.29 18,364 Universal
12 Rescuers, The 03-17-89 07-06-89 21,174,014 3,609,117 1446 1482 17.05 14,287 Buena Vista
13 Say Anything 04-14-89 06-22-89 20,036,737 4,047,242 1113 1113 20.20 18,002 Fox
14 Skin Deep 03-03-89 05-04-89 19,418,324 2,460,262 489 1062 12.67 18,285 Fox
15 Chances Are 03-10-89 05-04-89 15,939,663 3,664,386 837 1190 22.99 13,395 TriStar
16 Leviathan 03-17-89 05-11-89 15,363,560 5,029,164 1393 1393 32.73 11,029 MGM
17 She's Out of Control 04-14-89 06-22-89 12,060,942 3,634,387 987 987 30.13 12,220 Columbia
18 Police Academy 6 03-10-89 04-06-89 10,612,345 4,032,480 1627 1627 38.00 6,523 Warner Bros.
19 New York Stories 03-01-89 06-10-89 10,608,884 2,410,107 12 514 22.72 20,640 Buena Vista
20 Cyborg 04-07-89 06-29-89 10,030,875 3,179,811 830 830 31.70 12,085 Cannon
21 Criminal Law 04-28-89 06-29-89 9,443,550 2,636,091 1166 1166 27.91 8,099 Hemdale
22 True Believer 02-17-89 03-30-89 8,713,708 3,015,935 897 897 34.61 9,714 Columbia
23 Troop Beverly Hills 03-22-89 05-04-89 8,455,880 2,283,443 964 964 27.00 8,772 Columbia
24 Scandal 04-28-89 08-24-89 8,366,874 1,223,450 94 371 14.62 22,552 Miramax
25 Advent. of Baron Munchausen, The 03-10-89 07-13-89 8,040,008 820,286 50 120 10.20 67,000 Columbia
26 Disorganized Crime 04-14-89 05-25-89 7,210,149 2,837,061 1462 1462 39.35 4,932 Buena Vista
27 Dead Calm 04-07-89 05-04-89 7,032,915 2,463,551 959 959 35.03 7,334 Warner Bros.
28 Dead Bang 03-24-89 04-13-89 6,935,216 2,847,690 1073 1073 41.06 6,463 Warner Bros.
29 Dream A Little Dream 03-03-89 04-06-89 5,171,429 2,568,963 1019 1019 49.68 5,075 Vestron
30 See You in the Morning 04-21-89 05-18-89 4,356,260 1,832,536 743 743 42.07 5,863 Warner Bros.

SOURCE : Variety, EDI