Weekend Domestic Box Office January 8, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | 3 Men and a Baby | $8,103,282 | -38% | 1,804 | $4,492 | $94,709,861 | 47 | |
| 2 | (4) | Broadcast News | $4,301,846 | -27% | 681 | $6,317 | $22,374,949 | 26 | |
| 3 | (3) | Eddie Murphy Raw | $3,932,759 | -39% | 1,488 | $2,643 | $39,136,802 | 24 | |
| 4 | (2) | Throw Momma From the Train | $3,721,187 | -46% | 1,623 | $2,293 | $42,747,260 | 31 | |
| 5 | (5) | *batteries not included | $2,833,330 | -41% | 1,346 | $2,105 | $23,121,259 | 24 | |
| 6 | (6) | Wall Street | $2,817,932 | -37% | 988 | $2,852 | $26,643,104 | 31 | |
| 7 | (7) | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $2,659,500 | -34% | 1,571 | $1,693 | $42,783,481 | 47 | |
| 8 | (8) | Overboard | $2,648,634 | -32% | 1,135 | $2,334 | $16,882,934 | 24 | |
| 9 | (9) | Fatal Attraction | $2,636,803 | -23% | 1,273 | $2,071 | $133,029,549 | 115 | |
| 10 | (10) | Empire of the Sun | $1,822,927 | -43% | 673 | $2,709 | $14,574,930 | 33 | |
| 11 | (13) | Dirty Dancing | $991,137 | -22% | 809 | $1,225 | $57,288,167 | 143 | |
| 12 | (17) | Prince Sign O the Times | $81,148 | +58% | 90 | $902 | $2,629,557 | 52 | |
| 13 | (19) | Maurice | $33,196 | -12% | 17 | $1,953 | $2,229,133 | 375 | |
| 14 | (18) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $31,955 | -29% | 22 | $1,453 | $1,228,732 | 122 | |
| 15 | (20) | Walker | $1,559 | -45% | 1 | $1,559 | $216,108 | 38 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $36,617,195 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Men and a Baby | $8,103,282 | 1,804 | $94,709,861 |
| 2 | Broadcast News | $4,301,846 | 681 | $22,374,949 |
| 3 | Eddie Murphy Raw | $3,932,759 | 1,488 | $39,136,802 |
| 4 | Throw Momma From the Train | $3,721,187 | 1,623 | $42,747,260 |
| 5 | *batteries not included | $2,833,330 | 1,346 | $23,121,259 |
| 6 | Wall Street | $2,817,932 | 988 | $26,643,104 |
| 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $2,659,500 | 1,571 | $42,783,481 |
| 8 | Overboard | $2,648,634 | 1,135 | $16,882,934 |
| 9 | Fatal Attraction | $2,636,803 | 1,273 | $133,029,549 |
| 10 | Empire of the Sun | $1,822,927 | 673 | $14,574,930 |
| 11 | Dirty Dancing | $991,137 | 809 | $57,288,167 |
| 12 | Prince Sign O the Times | $81,148 | 90 | $2,629,557 |
| 13 | Maurice | $33,196 | 17 | $2,229,133 |
| 14 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $31,955 | 22 | $1,228,732 |
| 15 | Walker | $1,559 | 1 | $216,108 |
| Reporting: 15 | $36,617,195 | total | ||