Week Domestic Box Office October 7, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Alien Nation | $9,663,294 | 1,430 | $6,758 | $9,663,294 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (-) | Punchline | $6,089,621 | 753 | $8,087 | $6,329,336 | 14 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,876,200 | +6% | 1,081 | $4,511 | $10,028,943 | 21 | |
| 4 | (2) | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,967,339 | -27% | 959 | $2,051 | $53,648,535 | 91 | |
| 5 | (4) | Crossing Delancey | $1,951,635 | -18% | 290 | $6,730 | $7,640,274 | 51 | |
| 6 | (3) | Die Hard | $1,819,601 | -28% | 1,050 | $1,733 | $73,076,465 | 91 | |
| 7 | (6) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,653,274 | -16% | 1,147 | $1,441 | $142,228,077 | 114 | |
| 8 | (5) | Cocktail | $1,543,065 | -24% | 1,042 | $1,481 | $69,482,134 | 77 | |
| 9 | (7) | The Thin Blue Line | $83,000 | +0% | 21 | $3,952 | $611,978 | 50 | |
| 10 | (new) | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | $8,820 | 1 | $8,820 | $8,820 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 10 | $29,655,849 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alien Nation | $9,663,294 | 1,430 | $9,663,294 |
| 2 | Punchline | $6,089,621 | 753 | $6,329,336 |
| 3 | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,876,200 | 1,081 | $10,028,943 |
| 4 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,967,339 | 959 | $53,648,535 |
| 5 | Crossing Delancey | $1,951,635 | 290 | $7,640,274 |
| 6 | Die Hard | $1,819,601 | 1,050 | $73,076,465 |
| 7 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,653,274 | 1,147 | $142,228,077 |
| 8 | Cocktail | $1,543,065 | 1,042 | $69,482,134 |
| 9 | The Thin Blue Line | $83,000 | 21 | $611,978 |
| 10 | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | $8,820 | 1 | $8,820 |
| Reporting: 10 | $29,655,849 | total | ||