Weekend Domestic Box Office August 5, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Cocktail | $8,204,479 | -30% | 1,437 | $5,709 | $27,424,682 | 10 | |
| 2 | (2) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $5,895,616 | -10% | 1,435 | $4,108 | $105,420,503 | 47 | |
| 3 | (4) | Die Hard | $5,738,404 | -6% | 1,338 | $4,289 | $29,417,206 | 24 | |
| 4 | (3) | Coming to America | $5,065,482 | -21% | 1,786 | $2,836 | $100,477,310 | 40 | |
| 5 | (-) | A Fish Called Wanda | $4,801,140 | 616 | $7,794 | $8,525,572 | 24 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Midnight Run | $3,764,610 | -19% | 1,146 | $3,285 | $20,882,195 | 19 | |
| 7 | (8) | Big | $2,709,551 | -14% | 1,272 | $2,130 | $85,062,070 | 66 | |
| 8 | (new) | The Blob | $2,644,920 | 1,081 | $2,447 | $2,644,920 | 3 | ||
| 9 | (6) | The Dead Pool | $2,204,959 | -39% | 1,651 | $1,336 | $33,231,336 | 26 | |
| 10 | (new) | The Rescue | $2,194,036 | 1,275 | $1,721 | $2,194,036 | 3 | ||
| 11 | (-) | Eat the Rich | $2,901 | 4 | $725 | $39,385 | 108 | ||
| Reporting movies: 11 | $43,226,098 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocktail | $8,204,479 | 1,437 | $27,424,682 |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $5,895,616 | 1,435 | $105,420,503 |
| 3 | Die Hard | $5,738,404 | 1,338 | $29,417,206 |
| 4 | Coming to America | $5,065,482 | 1,786 | $100,477,310 |
| 5 | A Fish Called Wanda | $4,801,140 | 616 | $8,525,572 |
| 6 | Midnight Run | $3,764,610 | 1,146 | $20,882,195 |
| 7 | Big | $2,709,551 | 1,272 | $85,062,070 |
| 8 | The Blob | $2,644,920 | 1,081 | $2,644,920 |
| 9 | The Dead Pool | $2,204,959 | 1,651 | $33,231,336 |
| 10 | The Rescue | $2,194,036 | 1,275 | $2,194,036 |
| 11 | Eat the Rich | $2,901 | 4 | $39,385 |
| Reporting: 11 | $43,226,098 | total | ||