Weekend Domestic Box Office October 21, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $6,831,250 | 1,679 | $4,069 | $6,831,250 | 23 | ||
| 2 | (1) | The Accused | $4,024,736 | -7% | 930 | $4,328 | $9,954,896 | 10 | |
| 3 | (2) | Alien Nation | $2,606,250 | -39% | 1,436 | $1,815 | $17,675,279 | 17 | |
| 4 | (3) | Punchline | $2,394,385 | -32% | 916 | $2,614 | $13,265,493 | 24 | |
| 5 | (4) | Gorillas in the Mist | $2,188,920 | -17% | 1,073 | $2,040 | $15,689,987 | 31 | |
| 6 | (new) | Without a Clue | $1,246,772 | 280 | $4,453 | $1,246,772 | 3 | ||
| 7 | (new) | Mystic Pizza | $1,163,939 | 401 | $2,903 | $1,163,939 | 3 | ||
| 8 | (6) | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,044,486 | -10% | 747 | $1,398 | $56,261,708 | 101 | |
| 9 | (5) | Crossing Delancey | $1,042,217 | -11% | 303 | $3,440 | $10,203,722 | 61 | |
| 10 | (new) | Bat*21 | $982,080 | 248 | $3,960 | $982,080 | 3 | ||
| 11 | (8) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $950,120 | -9% | 934 | $1,017 | $144,509,419 | 124 | |
| 12 | (10) | Big | $850,973 | -6% | 782 | $1,088 | $107,786,070 | 143 | |
| 13 | (11) | The Thin Blue Line | $37,687 | -12% | 20 | $1,884 | $702,632 | 60 | |
| 14 | (12) | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | $6,626 | -1% | 1 | $6,626 | $27,656 | 17 | |
| Reporting movies: 14 | $25,370,441 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $6,831,250 | 1,679 | $6,831,250 |
| 2 | The Accused | $4,024,736 | 930 | $9,954,896 |
| 3 | Alien Nation | $2,606,250 | 1,436 | $17,675,279 |
| 4 | Punchline | $2,394,385 | 916 | $13,265,493 |
| 5 | Gorillas in the Mist | $2,188,920 | 1,073 | $15,689,987 |
| 6 | Without a Clue | $1,246,772 | 280 | $1,246,772 |
| 7 | Mystic Pizza | $1,163,939 | 401 | $1,163,939 |
| 8 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,044,486 | 747 | $56,261,708 |
| 9 | Crossing Delancey | $1,042,217 | 303 | $10,203,722 |
| 10 | Bat*21 | $982,080 | 248 | $982,080 |
| 11 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $950,120 | 934 | $144,509,419 |
| 12 | Big | $850,973 | 782 | $107,786,070 |
| 13 | The Thin Blue Line | $37,687 | 20 | $702,632 |
| 14 | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | $6,626 | 1 | $27,656 |
| Reporting: 14 | $25,370,441 | total | ||