Weekend Domestic Box Office January 1, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | 3 Men and a Baby | $13,123,622 | +27% | 1,804 | $7,275 | $83,925,233 | 40 | |
| 2 | (3) | Throw Momma From the Train | $6,903,178 | +2% | 1,621 | $4,259 | $37,618,536 | 24 | |
| 3 | (2) | Eddie Murphy Raw | $6,437,234 | -25% | 1,494 | $4,309 | $33,376,953 | 17 | |
| 4 | (4) | Broadcast News | $5,906,721 | +8% | 681 | $8,674 | $16,225,956 | 19 | |
| 5 | (6) | *batteries not included | $4,839,180 | +18% | 1,367 | $3,540 | $19,501,900 | 17 | |
| 6 | (5) | Wall Street | $4,454,390 | +1% | 989 | $4,504 | $22,467,080 | 24 | |
| 7 | (7) | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,024,857 | 0% | 1,684 | $2,390 | $39,074,006 | 40 | |
| 8 | (10) | Overboard | $3,922,281 | +35% | 1,127 | $3,480 | $13,338,178 | 17 | |
| 9 | (8) | Fatal Attraction | $3,414,417 | +11% | 1,288 | $2,651 | $129,358,990 | 108 | |
| 10 | (9) | Empire of the Sun | $3,183,207 | +9% | 673 | $4,730 | $11,977,789 | 26 | |
| 11 | (12) | Cinderella | $2,308,384 | +42% | 1,359 | $1,699 | $81,280,940 | 13,837 | |
| 12 | (11) | Nuts | $2,127,407 | +6% | 1,112 | $1,913 | $24,925,385 | 45 | |
| 13 | (-) | Dirty Dancing | $1,277,912 | 855 | $1,495 | $55,913,006 | 136 | ||
| 14 | (15) | The Running Man | $1,156,639 | +19% | 869 | $1,331 | $36,035,906 | 52 | |
| 15 | (14) | The Last Emperor | $1,124,142 | +13% | 94 | $11,959 | $5,565,638 | 45 | |
| 16 | (16) | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | $977,333 | +62% | 1,182 | $827 | $2,715,656 | 45 | |
| 17 | (17) | Prince Sign O the Times | $51,207 | -9% | 69 | $742 | $2,531,072 | 45 | |
| 18 | (18) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $45,030 | +39% | 27 | $1,668 | $1,176,132 | 115 | |
| 19 | (19) | Maurice | $37,560 | +17% | 18 | $2,087 | $2,178,103 | 368 | |
| 20 | (20) | Walker | $2,833 | -38% | 1 | $2,833 | $212,982 | 31 | |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $65,317,534 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Men and a Baby | $13,123,622 | 1,804 | $83,925,233 |
| 2 | Throw Momma From the Train | $6,903,178 | 1,621 | $37,618,536 |
| 3 | Eddie Murphy Raw | $6,437,234 | 1,494 | $33,376,953 |
| 4 | Broadcast News | $5,906,721 | 681 | $16,225,956 |
| 5 | *batteries not included | $4,839,180 | 1,367 | $19,501,900 |
| 6 | Wall Street | $4,454,390 | 989 | $22,467,080 |
| 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,024,857 | 1,684 | $39,074,006 |
| 8 | Overboard | $3,922,281 | 1,127 | $13,338,178 |
| 9 | Fatal Attraction | $3,414,417 | 1,288 | $129,358,990 |
| 10 | Empire of the Sun | $3,183,207 | 673 | $11,977,789 |
| 11 | Cinderella | $2,308,384 | 1,359 | $81,280,940 |
| 12 | Nuts | $2,127,407 | 1,112 | $24,925,385 |
| 13 | Dirty Dancing | $1,277,912 | 855 | $55,913,006 |
| 14 | The Running Man | $1,156,639 | 869 | $36,035,906 |
| 15 | The Last Emperor | $1,124,142 | 94 | $5,565,638 |
| 16 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | $977,333 | 1,182 | $2,715,656 |
| 17 | Prince Sign O the Times | $51,207 | 69 | $2,531,072 |
| 18 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $45,030 | 27 | $1,176,132 |
| 19 | Maurice | $37,560 | 18 | $2,178,103 |
| 20 | Walker | $2,833 | 1 | $212,982 |
| Reporting: 20 | $65,317,534 | total | ||