Domestic 1988 Week 31
July 29-August 4, 1988
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Cocktail | $19,220,203 | - | 1,404 | - | $13,689 | $19,220,203 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $10,772,960 | -20.9% | 1,429 | +27 | $7,538 | $99,524,887 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Coming to America | $9,830,858 | -25.7% | 1,902 | -162 | $5,168 | $95,411,828 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Die Hard | $9,645,675 | -12.2% | 1,324 | +48 | $7,285 | $23,678,802 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 4 | Midnight Run | $7,058,880 | -29.8% | 1,161 | +3 | $6,080 | $17,117,585 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Bambi 1988 Re-release | $5,597,781 | -35.9% | 1,477 | -12 | $3,789 | $27,356,353 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | The Dead Pool | $5,332,617 | -38% | 1,651 | -180 | $3,229 | $31,026,377 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 9 | Big | $5,044,108 | -15.4% | 1,254 | -22 | $4,022 | $82,352,519 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 7 | Big Top Pee-wee | $3,698,567 | -47.5% | 1,256 | - | $2,944 | $10,740,450 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 8 | Caddyshack II | $3,690,706 | -44.1% | 1,556 | - | $2,371 | $10,292,966 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 17 | A Fish Called Wanda | $3,319,652 | +1,511.9% | 192 | +189 | $17,289 | $3,724,432 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 12 | - | Monkey Shines | $2,936,025 | - | 1,181 | - | $2,486 | $2,936,025 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Bull Durham | $2,706,300 | -26.7% | 905 | -114 | $2,990 | $40,294,961 | 7 | Orion Pictures |
| 14 | 16 | Red Heat | $2,194,366 | +98.3% | 496 | -168 | $4,424 | $34,994,648 | 7 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 12 | Crocodile Dundee II | $2,123,830 | -22.8% | 1,008 | +20 | $2,106 | $102,169,018 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | - | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | $1,745,608 | - | 844 | - | $2,068 | $1,745,608 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | 11 | Short Circuit 2 | $1,542,581 | -45.4% | 962 | -305 | $1,603 | $16,265,465 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
