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Top Grossing Movies in September 1988

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Gorillas in the Mist	EN	History Drama	$24,720,479	$61,149,479
2	Cinema Paradiso	IT	Drama Romance	$12,397,210	$13,502,484
3	Moon Over Parador	EN	Comedy Romance	$11,444,204	$11,444,204
4	Criminal Law	EN	Drama Romance Thriller	$9,974,446	$9,974,446
5	Dead Ringers	FR	Drama Thriller Romance	$8,038,508	$8,039,196
6	Eight Men Out	EN	Drama History Sport	$5,680,515	$5,680,515
7	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	EN	Horror Comedy	$5,596,267	$5,596,267
8	Heartbreak Hotel	EN	Comedy Music	$5,509,417	$5,509,417
9	Sweet Hearts Dance	EN	Romance Comedy Drama	$3,790,493	$3,790,493
10	Imagine: John Lennon	EN	Music Documentary	$3,753,977	$3,754,273
11	Tougher Than Leather	EN	Crime Music Action	$3,582,760	$3,582,760
12	Messenger of Death	EN	Crime Action Thriller	$3,074,681	$3,074,681
13	Running on Empty	EN	Drama Romance Crime	$2,835,116	$2,847,941
14	Kansas	EN	Drama Thriller Romance	$2,432,536	$2,432,536
15	Bird	EN	Biography Drama Music	$2,181,286	$2,191,875
16	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	EN	Fantasy Mystery Action	$1,333,379	$1,333,379
17	Apartment Zero	EN	Drama Thriller Horror	$1,267,578	$1,267,578
18	Patty Hearst	EN	Biography Drama	$1,223,326	$1,223,326
19	The Thin Blue Line	EN	Mystery Crime Documentary	$1,209,846	$1,209,846
20	Miracle Mile	EN	Thriller Comedy Drama	$1,145,404	$1,145,954
21	Distant Voices, Still Lives	EN	Drama Music	$693,563	$771,745
22	The Girl in a Swing	EN	Thriller Drama	$747,013	$747,013
23	Spellbinder	EN	Drama Romance Horror	$657,446	$657,446
24	War Party	EN	Action Thriller	$657,190	$657,190
25	Buster	EN	Crime Comedy Romance	$540,000	$540,000
26	Drowning by Numbers	EN	Comedy Crime	$424,773	$477,828
27	Some Girls	EN	Drama Romance Comedy	$401,421	$401,421
28	The Deceivers	IN	Adventure	$346,297	$346,297
29	Paperhouse	EN	Horror Fantasy Drama	$241,278	$241,278
30	Rocket Gibraltar	EN	Family Drama	$187,349	$187,349
31	Seven Hours to Judgment	EN	Action Drama Crime	$177,820	$177,820
32	The Beast of War	EN	Drama War	$161,004	$161,004
33	Me and Him	EN	Comedy	$78,814	$78,814
34	Doin’ Time on Planet Earth	EN	Comedy	$29,576	$29,576
35	Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky	SE	Documentary	$22,168	$27,352
36	The Needle	RU	Thriller Mystery Drama	-	$25,387
37	Just Ask for Diamond	EN	Comedy Crime Family	$12,751	$12,751
38	The Legend of the Holy Drinker	IT	Drama	-	$6,384
39	After School	EN	Drama	$3,967	$3,967
40	Burning Secret	EN	Drama	-	-

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