Weekend Domestic Box Office September 23, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Dead Ringers | $3,012,180 | 1,042 | $2,891 | $3,012,180 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,205,248 | -14% | 1,164 | $1,895 | $48,258,794 | 73 | |
| 3 | (2) | Die Hard | $2,132,131 | -16% | 1,282 | $1,663 | $68,217,305 | 73 | |
| 4 | (5) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,692,166 | -19% | 1,321 | $1,281 | $138,197,918 | 96 | |
| 5 | (8) | Cocktail | $1,642,456 | -13% | 1,276 | $1,287 | $65,394,446 | 59 | |
| 6 | (4) | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $1,616,193 | -27% | 1,207 | $1,339 | $43,552,057 | 38 | |
| 7 | (7) | Young Guns | $1,512,785 | -23% | 1,263 | $1,198 | $36,899,798 | 45 | |
| 8 | (3) | Moon Over Parador | $1,470,620 | -40% | 1,058 | $1,390 | $8,787,635 | 17 | |
| 9 | (6) | Betrayed | $1,391,364 | -33% | 1,066 | $1,305 | $21,684,157 | 31 | |
| 10 | (new) | Kansas | $1,274,742 | 847 | $1,505 | $1,274,742 | 3 | ||
| 11 | (new) | Sweet Hearts Dance | $1,116,902 | 246 | $4,540 | $1,116,902 | 3 | ||
| 12 | (-) | Big | $1,115,650 | 931 | $1,198 | $102,760,832 | 115 | ||
| 13 | (new) | Gorillas in the Mist | $366,925 | 15 | $24,462 | $366,925 | 3 | ||
| 14 | (11) | The Thin Blue Line | $61,601 | -21% | 22 | $2,800 | $415,546 | 32 | |
| Reporting movies: 14 | $20,610,963 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Ringers | $3,012,180 | 1,042 | $3,012,180 |
| 2 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,205,248 | 1,164 | $48,258,794 |
| 3 | Die Hard | $2,132,131 | 1,282 | $68,217,305 |
| 4 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,692,166 | 1,321 | $138,197,918 |
| 5 | Cocktail | $1,642,456 | 1,276 | $65,394,446 |
| 6 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $1,616,193 | 1,207 | $43,552,057 |
| 7 | Young Guns | $1,512,785 | 1,263 | $36,899,798 |
| 8 | Moon Over Parador | $1,470,620 | 1,058 | $8,787,635 |
| 9 | Betrayed | $1,391,364 | 1,066 | $21,684,157 |
| 10 | Kansas | $1,274,742 | 847 | $1,274,742 |
| 11 | Sweet Hearts Dance | $1,116,902 | 246 | $1,116,902 |
| 12 | Big | $1,115,650 | 931 | $102,760,832 |
| 13 | Gorillas in the Mist | $366,925 | 15 | $366,925 |
| 14 | The Thin Blue Line | $61,601 | 22 | $415,546 |
| Reporting: 14 | $20,610,963 | total | ||