Domestic 1988 Week 1
January 1-7, 1988
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $15,804,968 | -26.8% | 1,804 | - | $8,761 | $86,606,579 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 3 | Throw Momma from the Train | $8,310,815 | -32.6% | 1,621 | +2 | $5,126 | $39,026,073 | 4 | Orion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $8,264,324 | -38.4% | 1,494 | - | $5,531 | $35,204,043 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Broadcast News | $7,753,868 | -21.5% | 681 | +4 | $11,386 | $18,073,103 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 6 | Wall Street | $5,812,482 | -24.5% | 989 | +2 | $5,877 | $23,825,172 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | *batteries not included | $5,625,209 | -35.9% | 1,367 | +10 | $4,115 | $20,287,929 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $5,074,832 | -29% | 1,684 | - | $3,013 | $40,123,981 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Overboard | $4,818,403 | -17.4% | 1,127 | +3 | $4,275 | $14,234,300 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | 9 | Fatal Attraction | $4,448,173 | -19.1% | 1,288 | +54 | $3,453 | $130,392,746 | 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 10 | Empire of the Sun | $3,957,421 | -22.4% | 673 | - | $5,880 | $12,752,003 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 12 | Nuts | $2,785,324 | -18.4% | 1,112 | - | $2,504 | $25,583,302 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 11 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $2,521,519 | -39.6% | 1,359 | -186 | $1,855 | $30,633,626 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 14 | The Last Emperor | $1,540,110 | -12.7% | 94 | +2 | $16,384 | $5,981,606 | 7 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | The Running Man | $1,397,639 | -12.6% | 869 | +40 | $1,608 | $36,276,906 | 8 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | Leonard Part 6 | $723,595 | -60.9% | 1,019 | -130 | $710 | $4,615,255 | 3 | Columbia Pictures |
| 16 | 16 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $352,605 | -19.9% | 4 | - | $88,151 | $792,708 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 17 | Moonstruck | $339,839 | +1% | 7 | - | $48,548 | $946,128 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 18 | 18 | Ironweed | $77,285 | -8% | 2 | - | $38,642 | $226,053 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
