Weekend Domestic Box Office March 3, 1989
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Lean on Me | $5,032,605 | 894 | $5,629 | $5,032,605 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (3) | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $4,451,440 | -4% | 1,314 | $3,388 | $17,430,283 | 17 | |
| 3 | (1) | The `burbs | $4,312,410 | -28% | 1,831 | $2,355 | $24,543,552 | 17 | |
| 4 | (2) | Rain Man | $3,858,147 | -18% | 1,580 | $2,442 | $121,784,071 | 80 | |
| 5 | (new) | Dream a Little Dream | $2,568,963 | 1,019 | $2,521 | $2,568,963 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Three Fugitives | $2,516,263 | -8% | 1,230 | $2,046 | $32,882,158 | 38 | |
| 7 | (new) | Skin Deep | $2,460,262 | 489 | $5,031 | $2,460,262 | 3 | ||
| 8 | (4) | Dangerous Liaisons | $2,263,595 | -20% | 762 | $2,971 | $18,718,126 | 75 | |
| 9 | (7) | Cousins | $2,233,755 | -1% | 747 | $2,990 | $13,561,113 | 24 | |
| 10 | (6) | Beaches | $2,020,214 | -13% | 961 | $2,102 | $41,668,869 | 75 | |
| 11 | (11) | The Land Before Time | $159,250 | -36% | 490 | $325 | $44,957,370 | 108 | |
| 12 | (12) | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | $158,584 | -29% | 111 | $1,429 | $457,773 | 64 | |
| Reporting movies: 12 | $32,035,488 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lean on Me | $5,032,605 | 894 | $5,032,605 |
| 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $4,451,440 | 1,314 | $17,430,283 |
| 3 | The `burbs | $4,312,410 | 1,831 | $24,543,552 |
| 4 | Rain Man | $3,858,147 | 1,580 | $121,784,071 |
| 5 | Dream a Little Dream | $2,568,963 | 1,019 | $2,568,963 |
| 6 | Three Fugitives | $2,516,263 | 1,230 | $32,882,158 |
| 7 | Skin Deep | $2,460,262 | 489 | $2,460,262 |
| 8 | Dangerous Liaisons | $2,263,595 | 762 | $18,718,126 |
| 9 | Cousins | $2,233,755 | 747 | $13,561,113 |
| 10 | Beaches | $2,020,214 | 961 | $41,668,869 |
| 11 | The Land Before Time | $159,250 | 490 | $44,957,370 |
| 12 | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | $158,584 | 111 | $457,773 |
| Reporting: 12 | $32,035,488 | total | ||