Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Sep 1–7, 1989
All 19 films
$68,891,366#1
Uncle Buck| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle Buck | Uni. | $9,004,700 | 1,832 | $35,908,876 |
| 2 | Parenthood | Uni. | $8,627,299 | 1,381 | $65,235,485 |
| 3 | The Abyss | Fox | $6,479,576 | 1,532 | $41,674,432 |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | Col. | $5,785,270 | 1,149 | $68,451,344 |
| 5 | Lethal Weapon 2 | WB | $5,534,976 | 1,613 | $132,178,254 |
| 6 | Turner & Hooch | BV | $4,383,442 | 1,536 | $57,703,672 |
| 7 | Batman | WB | $4,182,461 | 1,344 | $239,202,201 |
| 8 | sex, lies and videotape | Mira. | $4,038,316 | 347 | $8,686,146 |
| 9 | Relentless | NL | $3,701,447 | 835 | $3,701,447 |
| 10 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Par. | $3,219,423 | 1,049 | $190,057,670 |
| 11 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | BV | $3,088,413 | 1,257 | $119,425,354 |
| 12 | Casualties of War | Col. | $2,874,195 | 1,482 | $14,727,643 |
| 13 | The Package | Orion | $2,606,287 | 460 | $5,204,682 |
| 14 | Dead Poets Society | BV | $1,649,022 | 721 | $86,681,082 |
| 15 | Millennium | Fox | $1,366,076 | 488 | $3,614,485 |
| 16 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | NL | $1,218,212 | 733 | $19,262,611 |
| 17 | Ghostbusters II | Col. | $746,856 | 518 | $110,091,304 |
| 18 | Shirley Valentine | Par. | $362,170 | 8 | $362,170 |
| 19 | Weapons of the Spirit | FRun | $23,225 | 1 | $23,225 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.