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Lean on MeFollow

1989 • PG-13 • 1h 48m • Drama • Warner Bros.

Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back.

🍅 71% 85% MC 58 LB 3.53 IMDb 7.4
CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$5.00M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$29.80M
Final
Domestic legs5.9x
1989 rank#40
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Cast & crew

Full Avildsen filmography
John G. Avildsen John G. Avildsen Director Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman Starring Tony Todd Tony Todd Starring
ScreenplayMichael Schiffer Produced byNorman Twain CinematographyVictor Hammer Music byBill Conti StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 3-5 1 $5.0M — 894 $5,629 $5.0M
2 Mar 10-12 1 $4.6M −9.0% 991 $4,621 $11.0M
3 Mar 17-19 3 $3.6M −20.9% 1,107 $3,273 $15.9M
4 Mar 24-26 4 $2.9M −21.2% 1,084 $2,635 $20.2M
5 Mar 31-Apr 2 4 $2.3M −19.8% 1,071 $2,138 $23.7M
6 Apr 7-9 8 $1.5M −32.8% 904 $1,703 $25.9M
8 Apr 21-23 13 $637.3K — 565 $1,128 $28.2M
11 May 12-14 22 $252.7K — 349 $724 $29.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 8 · $637.3K
$5.0M
$4.6M
$3.6M
$2.9M
$2.3M
$1.5M
$637.3K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W8
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −32.8%
−9.0%
W1→2
−20.9%
W2→3
−21.2%
W3→4
−19.8%
W4→5
−32.8%
W5→6
Steepest −32.8%Best hold −9.0%

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