Weekend box office
Aug 26–28, 1988
All 20 films
$45,965,695#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 | $6,989,358 | 1,767 | $25,064,782 |
| 2 | Betrayed | UA | $5,534,787 | 1,036 | $5,534,787 |
| 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $3,770,807 | 1,223 | $30,773,478 |
| 4 | Die Hard | Fox | $3,668,253 | 1,432 | $52,000,170 |
| 5 | Young Guns | Fox | $3,626,907 | 1,371 | $22,973,151 |
| 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | BV | $2,980,229 | 1,549 | $124,611,761 |
| 7 | Cocktail | BV | $2,925,064 | 1,339 | $51,409,457 |
| 8 | Married to the Mob | Orion | $2,401,043 | 826 | $7,476,923 |
| 9 | Stealing Home | WB | $2,346,864 | 984 | $2,346,864 |
| 10 | Hot to Trot | WB | $2,206,218 | 1,156 | $2,206,218 |
| 11 | Coming to America | Par. | $1,848,669 | 1,002 | $114,263,876 |
| 12 | Hero and the Terror | Can. | $1,840,487 | 995 | $1,840,487 |
| 13 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Par. | $1,833,290 | 720 | $11,297,075 |
| 14 | Big | Fox | $1,504,735 | 990 | $94,591,026 |
| 15 | Midnight Run | Uni. | $1,400,450 | 757 | $31,514,940 |
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.