Week Domestic Box Office October 21, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $8,426,159 | 1,679 | $5,019 | $8,426,159 | 27 | ||
| 2 | (1) | The Accused | $5,289,237 | -11% | 930 | $5,687 | $11,219,397 | 14 | |
| 3 | (2) | Alien Nation | $3,404,665 | -37% | 1,436 | $2,371 | $18,473,694 | 21 | |
| 4 | (3) | Punchline | $3,164,501 | -30% | 916 | $3,455 | $14,035,609 | 28 | |
| 5 | (4) | Gorillas in the Mist | $2,811,260 | -19% | 1,073 | $2,620 | $16,312,327 | 35 | |
| 6 | (new) | Without a Clue | $1,590,158 | 280 | $5,679 | $1,590,158 | 7 | ||
| 7 | (new) | Mystic Pizza | $1,586,352 | 401 | $3,956 | $1,586,352 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (5) | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,358,625 | -13% | 747 | $1,819 | $56,575,847 | 105 | |
| 9 | (6) | Crossing Delancey | $1,330,076 | -13% | 303 | $4,390 | $10,491,581 | 65 | |
| 10 | (new) | Bat*21 | $1,292,080 | 248 | $5,210 | $1,292,080 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (7) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,170,261 | -12% | 934 | $1,253 | $144,729,560 | 128 | |
| 12 | (8) | Big | $1,066,462 | -8% | 782 | $1,364 | $108,001,559 | 147 | |
| 13 | (9) | The Thin Blue Line | $52,000 | -12% | 20 | $2,600 | $722,978 | 64 | |
| 14 | (10) | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | $10,664 | -13% | 1 | $10,664 | $31,694 | 21 | |
| Reporting movies: 14 | $32,552,500 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $8,426,159 | 1,679 | $8,426,159 |
| 2 | The Accused | $5,289,237 | 930 | $11,219,397 |
| 3 | Alien Nation | $3,404,665 | 1,436 | $18,473,694 |
| 4 | Punchline | $3,164,501 | 916 | $14,035,609 |
| 5 | Gorillas in the Mist | $2,811,260 | 1,073 | $16,312,327 |
| 6 | Without a Clue | $1,590,158 | 280 | $1,590,158 |
| 7 | Mystic Pizza | $1,586,352 | 401 | $1,586,352 |
| 8 | A Fish Called Wanda | $1,358,625 | 747 | $56,575,847 |
| 9 | Crossing Delancey | $1,330,076 | 303 | $10,491,581 |
| 10 | Bat*21 | $1,292,080 | 248 | $1,292,080 |
| 11 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $1,170,261 | 934 | $144,729,560 |
| 12 | Big | $1,066,462 | 782 | $108,001,559 |
| 13 | The Thin Blue Line | $52,000 | 20 | $722,978 |
| 14 | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | $10,664 | 1 | $31,694 |
| Reporting: 14 | $32,552,500 | total | ||