| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Licence to Kill (1989) | £1,171,415 | £1,171,415 | £1,171,415 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | £1,170,015 | £1,579,520 | £4,926,650 | 9% | 3 |
| 3 (2) |  | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1989) | £186,323 | £260,852 | £1,393,694 | -47% | 3 |
| 4 (3) |  | Skin Deep (1989) | £172,586 | £241,620 | £569,534 | -47% | 2 |
| 5 (4) |  | Farewell to the King (1989) | £152,815 | £206,300 | £496,649 | -47% | 2 |
| 6 (5) |  | Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1989) | £67,207 | £94,090 | £1,706,647 | -50% | 5 |
| 7 (6) |  | Married to the Mob (1988) | £44,765 | £62,671 | £778,899 | -50% | 4 |
| 8 (7) |  | The 'Burbs (1989) | £33,817 | £47,344 | £732,540 | -55% | 4 |
| 9 (8) |  | They Live (1989) | £25,753 | £36,054 | £500,880 | -52% | 4 |
| 10 (9) |  | Do the Right Thing (1989) | £21,583 | £28,058 | £557,964 | -58% | 4 |
| 11 (10) |  | Warlock (1989) | £20,122 | £29,177 | £1,090,698 | -50% | 7 |
| 12 (11) |  | Beaches (1989) | £13,976 | £18,868 | £1,882,459 | -44% | 9 |
| 13 (12) |  | Road House (1989) | £11,241 | £15,737 | £822,710 | -52% | 6 |
| 14 (14) |  | Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) | £9,201 | £13,341 | £298,259 | -22% | 5 |
| 15 (13) |  | Child's Play (1989) | £9,000 | £12,150 | £967,764 | -56% | 7 |
| 16 (15) |  | Mississippi Burning (1988) | £1,829 | £2,561 | £2,189,414 | -33% | 11 |