Domestic Box Office For January 1989
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Fugitives | $40,586,886 | 1,374 | $6,434,717 | 15.9% | 1,153 | Jan 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | DeepStar Six | $8,143,225 | 1,118 | $3,306,320 | 40.6% | 1,117 | Jan 13 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 3 | The January Man | $4,611,062 | 883 | $1,716,442 | 37.2% | 876 | Jan 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 4 | Physical Evidence | $3,560,932 | 695 | $1,777,358 | 49.9% | 691 | Jan 27 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 5 | Gleaming the Cube | $2,777,280 | 469 | $740,780 | 26.7% | 466 | Jan 13 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Pumpkinhead 1989 Re-release | $1,000,000 | 142 | $399,010 | 39.9% | 142 | Jan 13 | - | United Artists |
| 7 | Parents | $870,532 | 94 | $277,952 | 31.9% | 94 | Jan 27 | Jun 22 | Vestron Pictures |
| 8 | The Terror Within | $858,591 | - | - | - | - | Jan 20 | - | Concorde Pictures |
| 9 | The Experts | $169,203 | 100 | $169,203 | 100% | 100 | Jan 13 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Manifesto | $70,060 | 1 | $9,838 | 14% | 1 | Jan 27 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 11 | Under the Sun of Satan | $68,765 | 2 | $6,987 | 10.2% | 1 | Jan 20 | Apr 6 | Alive Films |
| 12 | Cohen and Tate | $64,227 | 75 | $45,586 | 71% | 75 | Jan 27 | Feb 16 | Hemdale |
| 13 | Rachel River | $60,698 | 4 | $13,705 | 22.6% | 4 | Jan 20 | - | Taurus Entertainment Company |
