Leatherface : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ranked a low number 11 in terms of earnings at the box office .
However , the release date was soon pushed to the following year and it opened in 1,107 theaters on January 12 , 1990 , grossing $ 2,692,087 in its opening weekend with an average gross of $ 2,431 per theater .
Leatherface-COLON- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III