Week 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 | $6,442,458 | 894 | $7,206 | $6,442,458 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (3) | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $5,457,772 | -4% | 1,314 | $4,154 | $18,436,615 | 21 | |
| 3 | (1) | The `burbs | $5,262,740 | -28% | 1,831 | $2,874 | $25,493,882 | 21 | |
| 4 | (2) | Rain Man | $5,013,676 | -17% | 1,580 | $3,173 | $122,939,600 | 84 | |
| 5 | (new) | Skin Deep | $3,296,020 | 489 | $6,740 | $3,296,020 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (4) | Dangerous Liaisons | $3,059,331 | -19% | 762 | $4,015 | $19,513,862 | 79 | |
| 7 | (7) | Cousins | $2,918,180 | -3% | 747 | $3,907 | $14,245,538 | 28 | |
| 8 | (9) | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | $214,857 | -28% | 111 | $1,936 | $514,046 | 68 | |
| 9 | (8) | The Land Before Time | $178,850 | -44% | 490 | $365 | $44,976,970 | 112 | |
| Reporting movies: 9 | $31,843,884 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lean on Me | $6,442,458 | 894 | $6,442,458 |
| 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $5,457,772 | 1,314 | $18,436,615 |
| 3 | The `burbs | $5,262,740 | 1,831 | $25,493,882 |
| 4 | Rain Man | $5,013,676 | 1,580 | $122,939,600 |
| 5 | Skin Deep | $3,296,020 | 489 | $3,296,020 |
| 6 | Dangerous Liaisons | $3,059,331 | 762 | $19,513,862 |
| 7 | Cousins | $2,918,180 | 747 | $14,245,538 |
| 8 | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | $214,857 | 111 | $514,046 |
| 9 | The Land Before Time | $178,850 | 490 | $44,976,970 |
| Reporting: 9 | $31,843,884 | total | ||