The Top Movies, Weekend of January 1, 1988

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	3 Men and a Baby	Buena Vista	Comedy	$13,123,622	+27.35%	1,804	$7,275	$83,925,233	40
2	(3)	Throw Momma From the Train	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$6,903,178	+2.10%	1,621	$4,259	$37,618,536	24
3	(2)	Eddie Murphy Raw	Paramount Pictures	Concert	$6,437,234	-25.19%	1,494	$4,309	$33,376,953	17
4	(4)	Broadcast News	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,906,721	+8.38%	681	$8,674	$16,225,956	19
5	(6)	*batteries not included	Universal	Comedy	$4,839,180	+18.47%	1,367	$3,540	$19,501,900	17
6	(5)	Wall Street	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,454,390	+1.06%	989	$4,504	$22,467,080	24
7	(7)	Planes, Trains & Automobiles	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,024,857	-0.12%	1,684	$2,390	$39,074,006	40
8	(10)	Overboard	MGM/UA Classics	Romantic Comedy	$3,922,281	+34.86%	1,127	$3,480	$13,338,178	17
9	(8)	Fatal Attraction	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,414,417	+10.64%	1,288	$2,651	$129,358,990	108
10	(9)	Empire of the Sun	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,183,207	+9.22%	673	$4,730	$11,977,789	26
11	(12)	Cinderella	RKO Radio Pictures	Drama	$2,308,384	+42.23%	1,359	$1,699	$30,420,491	13,837
12	(11)	Nuts	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,127,407	+6.19%	1,112	$1,913	$24,925,385	45
13	(re-entry)	Dirty Dancing	Vestron	Drama	$1,277,912		855	$1,495	$55,913,006	136
14	(15)	The Running Man	Sony/TriStar	Action	$1,156,639	+19.25%	869	$1,331	$36,035,906	52
15	(14)	The Last Emperor	Columbia	Drama	$1,124,142	+12.52%	94	$11,959	$5,565,638	45