Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Aug 26–Sep 1, 1988
All 19 films
$66,730,347#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 | $9,742,056 | 1,767 | $27,817,480 |
| 2 | Betrayed | UA | $7,714,939 | 1,036 | $7,714,939 |
| 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $5,693,399 | 1,223 | $32,696,070 |
| 4 | Young Guns | Fox | $5,455,321 | 1,371 | $24,801,565 |
| 5 | Die Hard | Fox | $5,358,392 | 1,432 | $53,690,309 |
| 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | BV | $4,620,337 | 1,549 | $126,251,869 |
| 7 | Cocktail | BV | $4,497,111 | 1,339 | $52,981,504 |
| 8 | Married to the Mob | Orion | $3,604,979 | 826 | $8,680,859 |
| 9 | Stealing Home | WB | $3,468,304 | 984 | $3,468,304 |
| 10 | Hot to Trot | WB | $3,229,252 | 1,156 | $3,229,252 |
| 11 | Coming to America | Par. | $2,662,626 | 1,002 | $115,077,833 |
| 12 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Par. | $2,611,147 | 720 | $12,074,932 |
| 13 | Hero and the Terror | Can. | $2,565,393 | 995 | $2,565,393 |
| 14 | Big | Fox | $2,282,852 | 990 | $95,369,143 |
| 15 | Midnight Run | Uni. | $2,070,397 | 757 | $32,184,887 |
| 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Uni. | $975,094 | 48 | $2,501,898 |
| 17 | Crossing Delancey | WB | $138,608 | 1 | $138,608 |
| 18 | The Thin Blue Line | Mira. | $30,945 | 1 | $30,945 |
| 19 | The Year My Voice Broke | Ave | $9,195 | 1 | $10,353 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.