Week Domestic Box Office January 8, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | 3 Men and a Baby | $10,560,912 | -33% | 1,804 | $5,854 | $97,167,491 | 51 | |
| 2 | (4) | Broadcast News | $5,867,568 | -24% | 681 | $8,616 | $23,940,671 | 30 | |
| 3 | (3) | Eddie Murphy Raw | $5,259,626 | -36% | 1,488 | $3,535 | $40,463,669 | 28 | |
| 4 | (2) | Throw Momma From the Train | $4,862,904 | -41% | 1,623 | $2,996 | $43,888,977 | 35 | |
| 5 | (5) | Wall Street | $3,918,454 | -33% | 988 | $3,966 | $27,743,626 | 35 | |
| 6 | (9) | Fatal Attraction | $3,621,690 | -19% | 1,273 | $2,845 | $134,014,436 | 119 | |
| 7 | (7) | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $3,531,771 | -30% | 1,571 | $2,248 | $43,655,752 | 51 | |
| 8 | (12) | Dirty Dancing | $1,374,608 | -17% | 809 | $1,699 | $57,671,638 | 147 | |
| 9 | (13) | Prince Sign O the Times | $117,637 | +72% | 90 | $1,307 | $2,666,046 | 56 | |
| 10 | (15) | Maurice | $53,120 | -4% | 17 | $3,125 | $2,249,057 | 379 | |
| 11 | (14) | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $50,009 | -24% | 22 | $2,273 | $1,246,786 | 126 | |
| Reporting movies: 11 | $39,218,299 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Men and a Baby | $10,560,912 | 1,804 | $97,167,491 |
| 2 | Broadcast News | $5,867,568 | 681 | $23,940,671 |
| 3 | Eddie Murphy Raw | $5,259,626 | 1,488 | $40,463,669 |
| 4 | Throw Momma From the Train | $4,862,904 | 1,623 | $43,888,977 |
| 5 | Wall Street | $3,918,454 | 988 | $27,743,626 |
| 6 | Fatal Attraction | $3,621,690 | 1,273 | $134,014,436 |
| 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $3,531,771 | 1,571 | $43,655,752 |
| 8 | Dirty Dancing | $1,374,608 | 809 | $57,671,638 |
| 9 | Prince Sign O the Times | $117,637 | 90 | $2,666,046 |
| 10 | Maurice | $53,120 | 17 | $2,249,057 |
| 11 | I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing | $50,009 | 22 | $1,246,786 |
| Reporting: 11 | $39,218,299 | total | ||