| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Shirley Valentine (1989) | £1,835,594 | £1,835,594 | £1,835,594 | new | 1 |
| 2 (3) |  | Oliver & Company (1988) | £388,999 | £505,699 | £5,180,983 | -15% | 3 |
| 3 (1) |  | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | £362,570 | £489,470 | £1,258,118 | -53% | 2 |
| 4 (2) |  | The Abyss (1989) | £337,966 | £456,254 | £1,736,873 | -45% | 3 |
| 5 (new) |  | Shag (1989) | £283,760 | £283,760 | £283,760 | new | 1 |
| 6 (4) |  | Dead Poets Society (1989) | £107,874 | £151,024 | £3,246,318 | -50% | 6 |
| 7 (5) |  | The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) | £97,539 | £136,555 | £738,861 | -47% | 3 |
| 8 (new) |  | Old Gringo (1989) | £54,607 | £54,607 | £54,607 | new | 1 |
| 9 (8) | | Henry V (1989) | £52,847 | £68,701 | £700,911 | -29% | 4 |
| 10 (6) |  | K-9 (1989) | £44,908 | £60,626 | £964,625 | -55% | 4 |
| 11 (7) |  | Batman (1989) | £38,971 | £52,611 | £11,243,017 | -57% | 12 |
| 12 (9) |  | Erik the Viking (1989) | £33,553 | £43,619 | £904,549 | -50% | 5 |
| 13 (10) | | Queen of Hearts (1989) | £16,506 | £22,283 | £121,072 | -52% | 3 |
| 14 (11) |  | Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) | £13,912 | £18,781 | £7,330,646 | -45% | 10 |
| 15 (13) |  | Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) | £12,573 | £16,345 | £1,036,868 | -23% | 8 |