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Domestic Box Office For October 1988
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In-month releases
Calendar grosses
Rank
Release
Genre
Budget
Running Time
Gross
Theaters
Total Gross
Release Date
Distributor
Estimated
1
Alien Nation
-
-
-
$19,887,794
1,436
$25,216,243
Oct 7
Twentieth Century Fox
false
2
Gorillas in the Mist
-
-
-
$16,313,626
1,085
$24,720,479
Sep 23
Universal Pictures
false
3
Punchline
-
-
-
$15,194,740
917
$21,042,667
Sep 30
Columbia Pictures
false
4
The Accused
-
-
-
$13,542,905
930
$32,078,318
Oct 14
Paramount Pictures
false
5
Cocktail
-
-
-
$12,026,876
1,462
$78,222,753
Jul 29
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
6
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
-
-
-
$11,783,223
1,692
$17,768,757
Oct 21
Galaxy International Releasing
false
7
Big
-
-
-
$11,694,219
1,419
$114,968,774
Jun 3
Twentieth Century Fox
false
8
Young Guns
-
-
-
$8,013,306
1,416
$45,661,556
Aug 12
Twentieth Century Fox
false
9
A Fish Called Wanda
-
-
-
$7,810,723
1,223
$62,493,712
Jul 15
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
10
Crossing Delancey
-
-
-
$7,467,542
303
$16,262,415
Aug 26
Warner Bros.
false
11
Die Hard
-
-
-
$6,954,194
1,713
$83,008,852
Jul 15
Twentieth Century Fox
false
12
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
-
-
-
$5,840,223
1,598
$156,452,370
Jun 24
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
13
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
-
-
-
$5,300,873
627
$5,596,267
Sep 30
New World Pictures
false
14
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
-
-
-
$5,169,533
1,767
$49,369,899
Aug 19
New Line Cinema
false
15
Heartbreak Hotel
-
-
-
$5,139,297
1,414
$5,509,417
Sep 30
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
false
16
Dead Ringers
-
-
-
$4,256,679
1,048
$8,038,508
Sep 23
Twentieth Century Fox
false
17
Imagine: John Lennon
-
-
-
$3,753,977
561
$3,753,977
Oct 7
Warner Bros.
false
18
Memories of Me
-
-
-
$3,583,303
723
$3,965,604
Sep 30
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
false
19
Things Change
-
-
-
$3,527,886
99
$3,527,886
Oct 21
Columbia Pictures
false
20
Betrayed
-
-
-
$3,457,214
1,101
$25,816,139
Aug 26
United Artists
false
21
Clara's Heart
-
-
-
$3,012,384
315
$5,194,491
Oct 7
Warner Bros.
false
22
Mystic Pizza
-
-
-
$2,588,876
440
$12,793,213
Oct 21
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
false
23
A World Apart
-
-
-
$2,291,025
42
$2,326,860
Jun 17
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
false
24
Without a Clue
-
-
-
$2,277,474
491
$8,539,181
Oct 21
Orion Pictures
false
25
Bat*21
-
-
-
$2,089,648
516
$3,966,256
Oct 21
TriStar Pictures
false
26
Running on Empty
-
-
-
$1,878,228
238
$2,835,116
Sep 9
Warner Bros.
false
27
Pumpkinhead
-
-
-
$1,796,556
353
$3,385,516
Oct 14
United Artists
false
28
The Last Temptation of Christ
-
-
-
$1,461,202
123
$8,373,585
Aug 12
Universal Pictures
false
29
Feds
-
-
-
$1,048,572
850
$3,838,793
Oct 28
Warner Bros.
false
30
Kansas
-
-
-
$606,066
847
$2,432,536
Sep 23
Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
false
31
Track 29
-
-
-
$376,700
13
$429,028
Sep 9
Island Pictures
false
32
Tapeheads
-
-
-
$343,786
138
$343,786
Oct 21
Avenue Pictures Productions
false
33
Madame Sousatzka
-
-
-
$251,083
123
$3,548,238
Oct 14
Universal Pictures
false
34
Another Woman
-
-
-
$115,962
24
$1,562,749
Oct 14
Orion Pictures
false
35
Salaam Bombay!
-
-
-
$44,672
27
$2,080,046
Oct 7
Cinecom Pictures
false
36
Bird
-
-
-
$36,684
93
$2,181,286
Sep 30
Warner Bros.
false
37
The Lair of the White Worm
-
-
-
$33,762
32
$1,189,315
Oct 21
Vestron Pictures
false