Week Domestic Box Office September 2, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $7,346,112 | -25% | 1,758 | $4,179 | $35,163,592 | 21 | |
| 2 | (2) | Betrayed | $6,431,878 | -17% | 1,099 | $5,852 | $14,146,817 | 14 | |
| 3 | (3) | A Fish Called Wanda | $6,012,717 | +6% | 1,187 | $5,065 | $38,706,787 | 56 | |
| 4 | (5) | Die Hard | $5,617,715 | +5% | 1,461 | $3,845 | $59,308,024 | 56 | |
| 5 | (7) | Cocktail | $5,129,777 | +14% | 1,404 | $3,654 | $58,111,281 | 42 | |
| 6 | (6) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $5,021,659 | +9% | 1,588 | $3,162 | $131,273,528 | 79 | |
| 7 | (4) | Young Guns | $4,963,245 | -9% | 1,399 | $3,548 | $29,764,810 | 28 | |
| 8 | (8) | Married to the Mob | $3,981,623 | +10% | 828 | $4,809 | $12,662,482 | 21 | |
| 9 | (-) | Big | $2,856,335 | 1,177 | $2,427 | $98,225,478 | 98 | ||
| 10 | (9) | The Thin Blue Line | $108,151 | +249% | 8 | $13,519 | $139,096 | 15 | |
| Reporting movies: 10 | $47,469,212 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $7,346,112 | 1,758 | $35,163,592 |
| 2 | Betrayed | $6,431,878 | 1,099 | $14,146,817 |
| 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $6,012,717 | 1,187 | $38,706,787 |
| 4 | Die Hard | $5,617,715 | 1,461 | $59,308,024 |
| 5 | Cocktail | $5,129,777 | 1,404 | $58,111,281 |
| 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $5,021,659 | 1,588 | $131,273,528 |
| 7 | Young Guns | $4,963,245 | 1,399 | $29,764,810 |
| 8 | Married to the Mob | $3,981,623 | 828 | $12,662,482 |
| 9 | Big | $2,856,335 | 1,177 | $98,225,478 |
| 10 | The Thin Blue Line | $108,151 | 8 | $139,096 |
| Reporting: 10 | $47,469,212 | total | ||