Week Domestic Box Office December 16, 1988
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Twins | $12,176,400 | -15% | 1,449 | $8,403 | $26,534,260 | 14 | |
| 2 | (new) | Rain Man | $11,439,832 | 1,248 | $9,167 | $11,439,832 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $8,938,002 | +12% | 1,937 | $4,614 | $29,149,330 | 21 | |
| 4 | (3) | Scrooged | $7,515,978 | +24% | 1,797 | $4,183 | $44,842,586 | 30 | |
| 5 | (-) | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $6,286,663 | 1,466 | $4,288 | $7,233,595 | 9 | ||
| 6 | (4) | Tequila Sunrise | $4,561,207 | -15% | 1,394 | $3,272 | $18,360,596 | 21 | |
| 7 | (5) | Oliver & Company | $4,373,041 | +45% | 1,165 | $3,754 | $24,143,130 | 35 | |
| 8 | (7) | The Land Before Time | $2,868,920 | +10% | 1,326 | $2,164 | $29,288,585 | 35 | |
| 9 | (10) | The Thin Blue Line | $28,262 | -42% | 16 | $1,766 | $1,055,047 | 120 | |
| 10 | (11) | Buster | $8,864 | -75% | 14 | $633 | $519,540 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 10 | $58,197,169 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twins | $12,176,400 | 1,449 | $26,534,260 |
| 2 | Rain Man | $11,439,832 | 1,248 | $11,439,832 |
| 3 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $8,938,002 | 1,937 | $29,149,330 |
| 4 | Scrooged | $7,515,978 | 1,797 | $44,842,586 |
| 5 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $6,286,663 | 1,466 | $7,233,595 |
| 6 | Tequila Sunrise | $4,561,207 | 1,394 | $18,360,596 |
| 7 | Oliver & Company | $4,373,041 | 1,165 | $24,143,130 |
| 8 | The Land Before Time | $2,868,920 | 1,326 | $29,288,585 |
| 9 | The Thin Blue Line | $28,262 | 16 | $1,055,047 |
| 10 | Buster | $8,864 | 14 | $519,540 |
| Reporting: 10 | $58,197,169 | total | ||