Weekend box office
Aug 19–21, 1988
All 16 films
$51,392,257#1
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master| # | Film | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | NL | $12,833,403 | 1,765 | $12,833,403 |
| 2 | Young Guns | Fox | $5,037,716 | 1,416 | $16,377,217 |
| 3 | Die Hard | Fox | $4,523,326 | 1,629 | $46,026,261 |
| 4 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $4,407,331 | 1,215 | $24,363,962 |
| 5 | Cocktail | BV | $4,004,424 | 1,462 | $46,223,292 |
| 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | BV | $3,664,197 | 1,598 | $119,370,859 |
| 7 | Married to the Mob | Orion | $3,231,056 | 824 | $3,231,056 |
| 8 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Par. | $2,782,700 | 720 | $8,197,305 |
| 9 | Coming to America | Par. | $2,512,639 | 1,273 | $111,133,227 |
| 10 | Midnight Run | Uni. | $2,107,573 | 1,006 | $29,083,182 |
| 11 | Big | Fox | $1,725,815 | 1,071 | $92,004,267 |
| 12 | The Big Blue | Col. | $1,617,462 | 967 | $1,617,462 |
| 13 | Clean and Sober | WB | $1,442,666 | 675 | $5,729,610 |
| 14 | Mac and Me | Orion | $1,021,054 | 1,317 | $4,451,900 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.