Domestic 1988 Week 40

September 30-October 6, 1988

Key:New This Week

RankLWRelease Gross%± LWTheatersChangeAverageTotal GrossWeeksDistributor
120Gorillas in the Mist$4,614,662+757.6%558+543$8,270$5,152,7432Universal Pictures
22A Fish Called Wanda$2,679,110-9.1%1,122-42$2,387$51,681,19612Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
3-Heartbreak Hotel$2,590,822-1,338-$1,936$2,590,8221Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
43Die Hard$2,520,487-4.9%1,213-69$2,077$71,256,86412Twentieth Century Fox
515Crossing Delancey$2,392,853+85.6%285+190$8,395$5,688,6396Warner Bros.
61Dead Ringers$2,311,871-33%1,048+6$2,205$5,763,4312Twentieth Century Fox
7-Elvira: Mistress of the Dark$2,067,758-627-$3,297$2,067,7581New World Pictures
84Cocktail$2,033,729-5.6%1,187-89$1,713$67,939,06910Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
95Who Framed Roger Rabbit$1,966,377-6.5%1,264-57$1,555$140,574,80315Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
107Young Guns$1,722,140-14.5%1,225-38$1,405$39,124,3708Twentieth Century Fox
116A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master$1,588,251-22.1%990-217$1,604$45,561,7247New Line Cinema
129Betrayed$1,438,937-22.7%944-122$1,524$23,592,2976United Artists
1312Big$1,438,149+1%885-46$1,625$104,507,24918Twentieth Century Fox
1410Kansas$707,077-59%762-85$927$2,432,5362Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
1521Running on Empty$580,609+106.1%128+83$4,536$1,454,5524Warner Bros.
1619The Last Temptation of Christ$529,740-15.5%123+3$4,306$6,791,6378Universal Pictures
17-Punchline$239,715-4-$59,928$239,7151Columbia Pictures
18-Bird$42,800-1-$42,800$42,8001Warner Bros.