1989 in film

The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

The top 10 films released in 1989 by domestic (United States/Canada) gross are as follows:

• Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. (Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film Boxing Helena.)
• A director's cut of Lawrence of Arabia is released with a 216-minute length (plus overture, intermission, and exit music).The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean.
• April 23 – Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster, is released.
• May 24 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is released. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones series.
• June 13 – The James Bond film Licence to Kill is released. Unknown to anyone at the time, it would be followed by years of legal wrangling over the future of the popular series. The next Bond film, GoldenEye, is not released until 1995.
• June 16 – Ghostbusters II is released.
• June 23
  • Batman is released, going on to gross more than $410 million worldwide, and establishing the public and critical attention of director Tim Burton.
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is released and marks the directorial debut of visual effects supervisor Joe Johnston, who later went on to direct The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, Jurassic Park III, and Captain America: The First Avenger.
• July 7 – Lethal Weapon 2 is released and becomes the highest-grossing film in the franchise. As well as the highest grossing R-rated film of the year at the domestic box office.
• July 11 – Screen, stage, and Shakespearian legend Laurence Olivier died peacefully in his home in England, after appearing in his last filmed role as an old soldier in War Requiem.
• August 2 – Ron Howard's family comedy Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, and Rick Moranis, is released.
• September 28 – Sony announce its intention to buy Columbia Pictures and Tri-Star Pictures. The deal is completed in November for a total cost of nearly $5 billion. They appoint Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairman, in a further deal that cost up to $1 billion, after settling a lawsuit with Warner Bros..
• November 7 - Andrew G. Vajna agrees to sell his stake in Carolco Pictures to his co-chairman and co-founder Mario Kassar for $106 million.
• November 17 – The Little Mermaid becomes a critical and commercial success and brings new life to Walt Disney Feature Animation. The Little Mermaid also reinvigorated public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company, which would become one of the most prestigious corporations of the 1990s.
• November 22 – Back to the Future Part II is released.

United States unless stated

• January 1 – Adele Haenel, French actress
• January 3 – Alex D. Linz, American actor
• January 9 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model
• January 17 – Kelly Marie Tran, American actress
• January 23 – April Pearson, English actress
• January 26 – Hannah Arterton, American actress
• February 4
  • Märt Pius, Estonian actor
  • Priit Pius, Estonian actor
• February 5 – Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
• February 13
  • Carly McKillip, Canadian actress and singer
  • Katie Volding, American actress
• February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
• February 21
  • Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
  • Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress and singer
• February 24 – Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
• March 1 – Daniella Monet, American actress and singer
• March 3 – Nathalie Emmanuel, English actress
• March 5
  • Jake Lloyd, American actor
  • Sterling Knight, American actor and musician
• March 11 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)
• March 15 – Caitlin Wachs, American actress
• March 18 – Lily Collins, English-American actress
• March 25 – Aly Michalka, American actress and singer
• April 2 – Liis Lass, Estonian actress
• April 5 – Lily James, English actress
• April 18 – Alia Shawkat, American actress
• April 20 – Alex Black, American actor
• May 5 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
• May 10 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress
• May 16 – Pääru Oja, Estonian actor
• June 3
  • Imogen Poots, English actress
  • Megumi Han, Japanese voice actress
• June 3 – Daniela Vega, Chilean actress
• June 14 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
• June 20 – Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
• June 27 – Matthew Lewis, English actor
• July 1
  • Mitch Hewer, English actor
  • Hannah Murray, English actress
• July 11
  • David Henrie, American actor
  • Shareeka Epps, American actress
• July 21
  • Rory Culkin, American actor
  • Juno Temple, English actress
  • Jing Tian, Chinese actress
• July 23 – Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
• July 27 – Charlotte Arnold, Canadian actress
• August 2 – Priscilla Betti, French actress
• August 10 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
• August 14 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
• August 11 – Alexis Tipton, American voice actress
• August 15
  • Joe Jonas, American singer and actor (Jonas Brothers)
  • Carlos PenaVega, actor (Big Time Rush)
• August 21 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress and singer
• September 5 – Kat Graham, American actress, model, singer and dancer
• September 7 – Jonathan Majors, American actor
• September 14 – Logan Henderson, actor (Big Time Rush)
• October 1 – Brie Larson, American actress
• October 4 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
• October 14 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
• November 10 – Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
• November 22 - Alden Ehrenreich, American actor
• December 2 – Cassie Steele, Canadian actress and singer
• December 7 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
• December 13 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, actress, and musician
• December 18 – Ashley Benson, American actress and model
• December 29
  • Jane Levy, American actress
  • Left Brain, American rapper