Weekend Domestic Box Office September 30, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (13) | Gorillas in the Mist | $3,451,230 | +841% | 558 | $6,185 | $3,989,311 | 10 | |
| 2 | (new) | Heartbreak Hotel | $2,063,546 | 1,338 | $1,542 | $2,063,546 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (2) | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,051,278 | -7% | 1,122 | $1,828 | $51,053,364 | 80 | |
| 4 | (1) | Dead Ringers | $2,036,547 | -32% | 1,048 | $1,943 | $5,488,107 | 10 | |
| 5 | (3) | Die Hard | $2,015,246 | -5% | 1,213 | $1,661 | $70,751,623 | 80 | |
| 6 | (-) | Crossing Delancey | $1,837,058 | 285 | $6,446 | $5,132,844 | 40 | ||
| 7 | (new) | Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | $1,660,041 | 627 | $2,648 | $1,660,041 | 3 | ||
| 8 | (5) | Cocktail | $1,544,661 | -6% | 1,187 | $1,301 | $67,450,001 | 66 | |
| 9 | (4) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,543,344 | -9% | 1,264 | $1,221 | $140,151,770 | 103 | |
| 10 | (7) | Young Guns | $1,286,722 | -15% | 1,225 | $1,050 | $38,688,952 | 52 | |
| 11 | (14) | The Thin Blue Line | $59,955 | -3% | 18 | $3,331 | $499,900 | 39 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $19,549,628 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorillas in the Mist | $3,451,230 | 558 | $3,989,311 |
| 2 | Heartbreak Hotel | $2,063,546 | 1,338 | $2,063,546 |
| 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,051,278 | 1,122 | $51,053,364 |
| 4 | Dead Ringers | $2,036,547 | 1,048 | $5,488,107 |
| 5 | Die Hard | $2,015,246 | 1,213 | $70,751,623 |
| 6 | Crossing Delancey | $1,837,058 | 285 | $5,132,844 |
| 7 | Elvira, Mistress of the Dark | $1,660,041 | 627 | $1,660,041 |
| 8 | Cocktail | $1,544,661 | 1,187 | $67,450,001 |
| 9 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,543,344 | 1,264 | $140,151,770 |
| 10 | Young Guns | $1,286,722 | 1,225 | $38,688,952 |
| 11 | The Thin Blue Line | $59,955 | 18 | $499,900 |
| Reporting: 11 | $19,549,628 | total | ||