Weekend Domestic Box Office October 7, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Alien Nation | $8,421,429 | 1,430 | $5,889 | $8,421,429 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (-) | Punchline | $5,206,592 | 753 | $6,914 | $5,446,307 | 10 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,042,940 | +17% | 1,081 | $3,740 | $9,195,683 | 17 | |
| 4 | (6) | Crossing Delancey | $1,662,891 | -9% | 290 | $5,734 | $7,351,530 | 47 | |
| 5 | (3) | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,636,968 | -20% | 959 | $1,707 | $53,318,164 | 87 | |
| 6 | (5) | Die Hard | $1,513,576 | -25% | 1,050 | $1,442 | $72,770,440 | 87 | |
| 7 | (new) | Imagine: John Lennon | $1,412,213 | 561 | $2,517 | $1,412,213 | 3 | ||
| 8 | (9) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,404,155 | -9% | 1,147 | $1,224 | $141,978,958 | 110 | |
| 9 | (-) | Memories of Me | $1,388,123 | 723 | $1,920 | $1,489,010 | 12 | ||
| 10 | (8) | Cocktail | $1,278,534 | -17% | 1,042 | $1,227 | $69,217,603 | 73 | |
| 11 | (11) | The Thin Blue Line | $59,475 | -1% | 21 | $2,832 | $582,420 | 46 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $28,026,896 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alien Nation | $8,421,429 | 1,430 | $8,421,429 |
| 2 | Punchline | $5,206,592 | 753 | $5,446,307 |
| 3 | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,042,940 | 1,081 | $9,195,683 |
| 4 | Crossing Delancey | $1,662,891 | 290 | $7,351,530 |
| 5 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,636,968 | 959 | $53,318,164 |
| 6 | Die Hard | $1,513,576 | 1,050 | $72,770,440 |
| 7 | Imagine: John Lennon | $1,412,213 | 561 | $1,412,213 |
| 8 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,404,155 | 1,147 | $141,978,958 |
| 9 | Memories of Me | $1,388,123 | 723 | $1,489,010 |
| 10 | Cocktail | $1,278,534 | 1,042 | $69,217,603 |
| 11 | The Thin Blue Line | $59,475 | 21 | $582,420 |
| Reporting: 11 | $28,026,896 | total | ||