Week Domestic Box Office August 5, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Cocktail | $13,212,357 | -31% | 1,437 | $9,194 | $32,432,560 | 14 | |
| 2 | (2) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $9,167,433 | -15% | 1,435 | $6,388 | $108,692,320 | 51 | |
| 3 | (4) | Die Hard | $8,993,433 | +3% | 1,338 | $6,722 | $32,672,235 | 28 | |
| 4 | (-) | A Fish Called Wanda | $7,713,249 | 616 | $12,522 | $11,437,681 | 28 | ||
| 5 | (3) | Coming to America | $7,664,724 | -22% | 1,786 | $4,292 | $103,076,552 | 44 | |
| 6 | (5) | Midnight Run | $5,663,370 | -20% | 1,146 | $4,942 | $22,780,955 | 23 | |
| 7 | (7) | Big | $4,327,247 | -6% | 1,272 | $3,402 | $86,679,766 | 70 | |
| 8 | (new) | The Blob | $3,839,920 | 1,081 | $3,552 | $3,839,920 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (-) | Eat the Rich | $4,144 | 4 | $1,036 | $40,628 | 112 | ||
| Reporting movies: 9 | $60,585,877 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocktail | $13,212,357 | 1,437 | $32,432,560 |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $9,167,433 | 1,435 | $108,692,320 |
| 3 | Die Hard | $8,993,433 | 1,338 | $32,672,235 |
| 4 | A Fish Called Wanda | $7,713,249 | 616 | $11,437,681 |
| 5 | Coming to America | $7,664,724 | 1,786 | $103,076,552 |
| 6 | Midnight Run | $5,663,370 | 1,146 | $22,780,955 |
| 7 | Big | $4,327,247 | 1,272 | $86,679,766 |
| 8 | The Blob | $3,839,920 | 1,081 | $3,839,920 |
| 9 | Eat the Rich | $4,144 | 4 | $40,628 |
| Reporting: 9 | $60,585,877 | total | ||