| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Shirley Valentine (1989) | £984,245 | £1,377,943 | £8,054,633 | -41% | 4 |
| 2 (new) |  | Wilt (1989) | £255,771 | £255,771 | £255,771 | new | 1 |
| 3 (new) |  | Pet Sematary (1989) | £246,747 | £246,747 | £246,747 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | New York Stories (1989) | £71,756 | £93,283 | £272,674 | -60% | 2 |
| 5 (3) |  | Shag (1989) | £63,453 | £82,489 | £750,213 | -50% | 4 |
| 6 (5) |  | The Abyss (1989) | £56,061 | £72,879 | £2,208,387 | -45% | 6 |
| 7 (4) |  | Oliver & Company (1988) | £52,462 | £76,070 | £5,659,351 | -49% | 6 |
| 8 (6) |  | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | £38,053 | £49,469 | £1,660,446 | -53% | 5 |
| 9 (7) |  | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) | £30,385 | £39,501 | £273,468 | -55% | 3 |
| 10 (8) | | A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) | £24,407 | £35,390 | £172,071 | -29% | 3 |
| 11 (9) |  | The Rainbow (1989) | £15,439 | £22,387 | £109,924 | -52% | 3 |
| 12 (10) |  | The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) | £14,221 | £20,620 | £873,096 | -47% | 6 |
| 13 (new) |  | Heathers (1989) | £13,856 | £13,856 | £13,856 | new | 1 |
| 14 (11) |  | Dead Poets Society (1989) | £13,485 | £19,553 | £3,379,140 | -50% | 9 |
| 15 (16) | | Henry V (1989) | £6,040 | £7,852 | £750,408 | -29% | 7 |
| 16 (12) |  | Batman (1989) | £5,667 | £7,367 | £11,308,450 | -57% | 15 |
| 17 (14) |  | Two Moon Junction (1989) | £4,478 | £6,045 | £45,805 | -58% | 3 |
| 18 (17) |  | Erik the Viking (1989) | £4,195 | £5,873 | £943,977 | -50% | 8 |
| 19 (18) |  | Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) | £2,308 | £3,231 | £7,349,484 | -45% | 13 |