Week Domestic Box Office January 1, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | 3 Men and a Baby | $15,804,968 | -27% | 1,804 | $8,761 | $86,606,579 | 44 | |
| 2 | (3) | Throw Momma From the Train | $8,310,715 | -33% | 1,621 | $5,127 | $39,026,073 | 28 | |
| 3 | (2) | Eddie Murphy Raw | $8,264,324 | -38% | 1,494 | $5,532 | $35,204,043 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Broadcast News | $7,753,868 | -22% | 681 | $11,386 | $18,073,103 | 23 | |
| 5 | (6) | Wall Street | $5,812,482 | -24% | 989 | $5,877 | $23,825,172 | 28 | |
| 6 | (5) | *batteries not included | $5,625,209 | -36% | 1,367 | $4,115 | $20,287,929 | 21 | |
| 7 | (7) | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $5,074,832 | -29% | 1,684 | $3,014 | $40,123,981 | 44 | |
| 8 | (8) | Overboard | $4,818,403 | -17% | 1,127 | $4,275 | $14,234,300 | 21 | |
| 9 | (9) | Fatal Attraction | $4,448,173 | -19% | 1,288 | $3,454 | $130,392,746 | 112 | |
| 10 | (10) | Empire of the Sun | $3,957,421 | -22% | 673 | $5,880 | $12,752,003 | 30 | |
| 11 | (11) | Cinderella | $2,521,519 | -40% | 1,359 | $1,855 | $81,494,075 | 13,841 | |
| 12 | (-) | Dirty Dancing | $1,661,936 | 855 | $1,944 | $56,297,030 | 140 | ||
| 13 | (15) | Prince Sign O the Times | $68,544 | -25% | 69 | $993 | $2,548,409 | 49 | |
| 14 | (16) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $65,675 | -12% | 27 | $2,432 | $1,196,777 | 119 | |
| 15 | (17) | Maurice | $55,394 | +28% | 18 | $3,077 | $2,195,937 | 372 | |
| Reporting movies: 15 | $74,243,463 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Men and a Baby | $15,804,968 | 1,804 | $86,606,579 |
| 2 | Throw Momma From the Train | $8,310,715 | 1,621 | $39,026,073 |
| 3 | Eddie Murphy Raw | $8,264,324 | 1,494 | $35,204,043 |
| 4 | Broadcast News | $7,753,868 | 681 | $18,073,103 |
| 5 | Wall Street | $5,812,482 | 989 | $23,825,172 |
| 6 | *batteries not included | $5,625,209 | 1,367 | $20,287,929 |
| 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $5,074,832 | 1,684 | $40,123,981 |
| 8 | Overboard | $4,818,403 | 1,127 | $14,234,300 |
| 9 | Fatal Attraction | $4,448,173 | 1,288 | $130,392,746 |
| 10 | Empire of the Sun | $3,957,421 | 673 | $12,752,003 |
| 11 | Cinderella | $2,521,519 | 1,359 | $81,494,075 |
| 12 | Dirty Dancing | $1,661,936 | 855 | $56,297,030 |
| 13 | Prince Sign O the Times | $68,544 | 69 | $2,548,409 |
| 14 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $65,675 | 27 | $1,196,777 |
| 15 | Maurice | $55,394 | 18 | $2,195,937 |
| Reporting: 15 | $74,243,463 | total | ||