Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 25–31, 1989
All 25 films
$73,067,428#1
Uncle Buck| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle Buck | Uni. | $9,959,005 | 1,835 | $26,904,176 |
| 2 | Parenthood | Uni. | $9,283,590 | 1,376 | $56,608,186 |
| 3 | The Abyss | Fox | $6,965,958 | 1,525 | $35,194,856 |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | Col. | $6,066,942 | 1,171 | $62,666,074 |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon 2 | WB | $4,922,985 | 1,560 | $126,643,278 |
| 6 | Turner & Hooch | BV | $4,461,227 | 1,551 | $53,320,230 |
| 7 | Casualties of War | Col. | $4,175,018 | 1,487 | $11,853,448 |
| 8 | Batman | WB | $3,964,104 | 1,302 | $235,019,740 |
| 9 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | BV | $2,652,667 | 1,189 | $116,336,941 |
| 10 | The Package | Orion | $2,598,395 | 323 | $2,598,395 |
| 11 | Millennium | Fox | $2,248,409 | 486 | $2,248,409 |
| 12 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | NL | $2,090,619 | 1,114 | $18,044,399 |
| 13 | sex, lies and videotape | Mira. | $2,059,830 | 101 | $4,647,830 |
| 14 | Cheetah | BV | $1,876,221 | 1,321 | $6,122,176 |
| 15 | Lock Up | TriS | $1,575,827 | 829 | $17,602,284 |
| 16 | Dead Poets Society | BV | $1,447,684 | 671 | $85,032,060 |
| 17 | Let It Ride | Par. | $1,431,363 | 1,191 | $4,311,201 |
| 18 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Par. | $1,089,348 | 431 | $186,838,247 |
| 19 | Ghostbusters II | Col. | $990,954 | 606 | $109,344,448 |
| 20 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | Col. | $914,837 | 239 | $914,837 |
| 21 | Wired | Tau | $869,000 | 745 | $869,000 |
| 22 | Cookie | WB | $540,985 | 82 | $540,985 |
| 23 | Heart of Dixie | Orion | $475,752 | 359 | $475,752 |
| 24 | Little Monsters | UA | $387,881 | 179 | $387,881 |
| 25 | Romero | 4Sea | $18,827 | 2 | $18,827 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.