| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Shirley Valentine (1989) | £1,673,216 | £2,258,842 | £6,676,690 | -9% | 3 |
| 2 (new) |  | New York Stories (1989) | £179,391 | £179,391 | £179,391 | new | 1 |
| 3 (5) |  | Shag (1989) | £126,905 | £184,012 | £667,724 | -17% | 3 |
| 4 (2) |  | Oliver & Company (1988) | £102,301 | £132,991 | £5,583,281 | -49% | 5 |
| 5 (3) |  | The Abyss (1989) | £102,031 | £147,945 | £2,135,508 | -45% | 5 |
| 6 (4) |  | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | £80,672 | £104,874 | £1,610,977 | -53% | 4 |
| 7 (6) |  | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) | £66,848 | £86,902 | £233,967 | -55% | 2 |
| 8 (7) | | A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) | £34,170 | £47,838 | £136,681 | -62% | 2 |
| 9 (10) |  | The Rainbow (1989) | £32,421 | £42,147 | £87,537 | -29% | 2 |
| 10 (9) |  | The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) | £27,019 | £39,178 | £852,476 | -47% | 5 |
| 11 (8) |  | Dead Poets Society (1989) | £26,969 | £37,757 | £3,359,587 | -50% | 8 |
| 12 (11) |  | Batman (1989) | £13,034 | £17,596 | £11,301,083 | -57% | 14 |
| 13 (12) |  | Old Gringo (1989) | £12,382 | £16,716 | £105,127 | -52% | 3 |
| 14 (13) |  | Two Moon Junction (1989) | £10,746 | £13,970 | £39,760 | -58% | 2 |
| 15 (15) |  | K-9 (1989) | £9,279 | £12,991 | £1,006,194 | -55% | 6 |