Domestic 1988 Weekend 31
July 29-31, 1988
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Cocktail | $11,789,466 | - | 1,404 | - | $8,397 | $11,789,466 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $6,556,367 | -26.5% | 1,429 | +27 | $4,588 | $95,308,294 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Coming to America | $6,430,730 | -27.6% | 1,902 | -162 | $3,381 | $92,011,700 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Die Hard | $6,107,608 | -14% | 1,324 | +48 | $4,612 | $20,140,735 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Midnight Run | $4,649,805 | -15.6% | 1,161 | +3 | $4,005 | $14,708,510 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | 4 | The Dead Pool | $3,586,181 | -40.4% | 1,651 | -180 | $2,172 | $29,279,941 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 6 | Bambi 1988 Re-release | $3,201,752 | -39.8% | 1,477 | -12 | $2,167 | $24,960,324 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 9 | Big | $3,152,237 | -19.3% | 1,254 | -22 | $2,513 | $80,460,648 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | 8 | Caddyshack II | $2,346,559 | -47.1% | 1,556 | - | $1,508 | $8,948,819 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | Big Top Pee-wee | $2,231,515 | -51.8% | 1,256 | - | $1,776 | $9,273,398 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 17 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,004,144 | +1,641.6% | 192 | +189 | $10,438 | $2,408,924 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 12 | - | Monkey Shines | $1,902,024 | - | 1,181 | - | $1,610 | $1,902,024 | 1 | Orion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Bull Durham | $1,800,644 | -25.5% | 905 | -114 | $1,989 | $39,389,305 | 7 | Orion Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | Crocodile Dundee II | $1,322,321 | -25% | 1,008 | +20 | $1,311 | $101,367,509 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 11 | Short Circuit 2 | $989,581 | -49.1% | 962 | -305 | $1,028 | $15,712,465 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | - | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | $933,462 | - | 844 | - | $1,105 | $933,462 | 1 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | 16 | Red Heat | $476,720 | -39.5% | 496 | -168 | $961 | $33,277,002 | 7 | TriStar Pictures |
