The Top Movies, Weekend of August 5, 1988

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Cocktail	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,204,479	-30.41%	1,437	$5,709	$27,424,682	10
2	(2)	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,895,616	-10.08%	1,435	$4,108	$105,420,503	47
3	(4)	Die Hard	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,738,404	-6.04%	1,338	$4,289	$29,417,206	24
4	(3)	Coming to America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,065,482	-21.23%	1,786	$2,836	$100,477,310	40
5	(re-entry)	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	Comedy	$4,801,140		616	$7,794	$8,525,572	24
6	(5)	Midnight Run	Universal	Action	$3,764,610	-19.04%	1,146	$3,285	$20,882,195	19
7	(8)	Big	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,709,551	-13.78%	1,272	$2,130	$85,062,070	66
8	(new)	The Blob	Sony/TriStar	Horror	$2,644,920		1,081	$2,447	$2,644,920	3
9	(6)	The Dead Pool	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,204,959	-38.52%	1,651	$1,336	$33,231,336	26
10	(new)	The Rescue	Buena Vista	Action	$2,194,036		1,275	$1,721	$2,194,036	3