Domestic 1988 Weekend 1
January 1-3, 1988
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $13,123,622 | +27.3% | 1,804 | - | $7,274 | $83,925,233 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 3 | Throw Momma from the Train | $6,903,278 | +2.1% | 1,621 | +2 | $4,258 | $37,618,536 | 4 | Orion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $6,437,234 | -25.2% | 1,494 | - | $4,308 | $33,376,953 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Broadcast News | $5,906,721 | +8.4% | 681 | +4 | $8,673 | $16,225,956 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 6 | *batteries not included | $4,839,180 | +18.5% | 1,367 | +10 | $3,540 | $19,501,900 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Wall Street | $4,454,390 | +1.1% | 989 | +2 | $4,503 | $22,467,080 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $4,024,857 | -0.1% | 1,684 | - | $2,390 | $39,074,006 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 10 | Overboard | $3,922,281 | +34.9% | 1,127 | +3 | $3,480 | $13,338,178 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | 8 | Fatal Attraction | $3,414,417 | +10.6% | 1,288 | +54 | $2,650 | $129,358,990 | 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Empire of the Sun | $3,183,207 | +9.2% | 673 | - | $4,729 | $11,977,789 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 12 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | $2,308,384 | +42.2% | 1,359 | -186 | $1,698 | $30,420,491 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | Nuts | $2,127,407 | +6.2% | 1,112 | - | $1,913 | $24,925,385 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | - | Dirty Dancing | $1,277,912 | - | 855 | - | $1,494 | - | 20 | Vestron Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | The Running Man | $1,156,639 | +19.2% | 869 | +40 | $1,331 | $36,035,906 | 8 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 14 | The Last Emperor | $1,124,142 | +12.5% | 94 | +2 | $11,958 | $5,565,638 | 7 | Columbia Pictures |
| 16 | 13 | Leonard Part 6 | $723,595 | -31.1% | 1,019 | -130 | $710 | $4,615,255 | 3 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | 16 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $221,145 | +13.8% | 4 | - | $55,286 | $661,248 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 17 | Moonstruck | $217,348 | +26.1% | 7 | - | $31,049 | $823,637 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | 18 | Ironweed | $56,570 | +17.5% | 2 | - | $28,285 | $205,338 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
