Domestic Box Office For October 1988
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Accused | $32,078,318 | 930 | $4,316,369 | 13.5% | 796 | Oct 14 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Alien Nation | $25,216,243 | 1,436 | $8,421,429 | 33.4% | 1,430 | Oct 7 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $17,768,757 | 1,692 | $6,831,250 | 38.4% | 1,679 | Oct 21 | - | Galaxy International Releasing |
| 4 | Mystic Pizza | $12,793,213 | 440 | $1,163,939 | 9.1% | 401 | Oct 21 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 5 | Without a Clue | $8,539,181 | 491 | $1,246,772 | 14.6% | 280 | Oct 21 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | Clara's Heart | $5,194,491 | 315 | $588,869 | 11.3% | 74 | Oct 7 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Bat*21 | $3,966,256 | 516 | $982,080 | 24.8% | 248 | Oct 21 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 8 | Feds | $3,838,793 | 850 | $1,388,317 | 36.2% | 850 | Oct 28 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,753,977 | 561 | $1,412,213 | 37.6% | 561 | Oct 7 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Madame Sousatzka | $3,548,238 | 123 | $172,740 | 4.9% | 20 | Oct 14 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | Things Change | $3,527,886 | 99 | $600,809 | 17% | 99 | Oct 21 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | Pumpkinhead | $3,385,516 | 353 | $686,567 | 20.3% | 351 | Oct 14 | - | United Artists |
| 13 | Night of the Demons | $3,109,904 | - | - | - | - | Oct 14 | - | Paragon Arts International |
| 14 | Salaam Bombay! | $2,080,046 | 27 | - | - | - | Oct 7 | May 11 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 15 | Another Woman | $1,562,749 | 24 | $75,196 | 4.8% | 4 | Oct 14 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 16 | The Lair of the White Worm | $1,189,315 | 32 | $22,155 | 1.9% | 2 | Oct 21 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 17 | Little Dorrit | $1,025,228 | - | - | - | - | Oct 21 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 18 | Tapeheads | $343,786 | 138 | $133,330 | 38.8% | 138 | Oct 21 | - | Avenue Pictures Productions |
