Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 19–25, 1988
All 17 films
$78,099,043#1
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | NL | $18,075,424 | 1,765 | $18,075,424 |
| 2 | Young Guns | Fox | $8,006,743 | 1,416 | $19,346,244 |
| 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $7,046,040 | 1,215 | $27,002,671 |
| 4 | Die Hard | Fox | $6,828,982 | 1,629 | $48,331,917 |
| 5 | Cocktail | BV | $6,265,525 | 1,462 | $48,484,393 |
| 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | BV | $5,924,870 | 1,598 | $121,631,532 |
| 7 | Married to the Mob | Orion | $5,075,880 | 824 | $5,075,880 |
| 8 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Par. | $4,049,180 | 720 | $9,463,785 |
| 9 | Coming to America | Par. | $3,794,619 | 1,273 | $112,415,207 |
| 10 | Midnight Run | Uni. | $3,138,881 | 1,006 | $30,114,490 |
| 11 | Big | Fox | $2,807,839 | 1,071 | $93,086,291 |
| 12 | The Big Blue | Col. | $2,377,346 | 967 | $2,377,346 |
| 13 | Clean and Sober | WB | $2,187,568 | 675 | $6,474,512 |
| 14 | Mac and Me | Orion | $1,691,599 | 1,317 | $5,122,445 |
| 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Uni. | $819,543 | 18 | $1,526,804 |
| 16 | Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh | Roxie | $7,846 | 1 | $7,846 |
| 17 | The Year My Voice Broke | Ave | $1,158 | 1 | $1,158 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.