Box Office Game — October 2, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Friday, October 2, 2026 (day #1674 of the game): the weekend of December 9, 1988 — a 1988 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1674
The weekend to guessDecember 9, 1988Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Twins
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$11,174,980Total$11,174,980
2
Poster of the #2 movie
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
ParamountLast week #1Week 2 in release-34.4% vs last week
Weekend$6,120,254Total$18,332,334
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Scrooged
ParamountLast week #2Week 3 in release-37.8% vs last week
Weekend$4,671,536Total$35,926,047
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Tequila Sunrise
Warner Bros.Last week #3Week 2 in release-36.5% vs last week
Weekend$4,033,923Total$12,457,728
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Oliver & Company
Walt DisneyLast week #5Week 4 in release-19.1% vs last week
Weekend$2,507,749Total$19,262,745

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About the five films

Twins poster

#1 Twins IMDb →

“Only their mother can tell them apart.”

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

Director: Ivan Reitman · Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston · Genre: Comedy · Budget: $15,000,000 · Worldwide: $216,614,388 · Domestic total: $111,938,388
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! poster

#2 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! IMDb →

“You've read the ad, now see the movie!”

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Director: David Zucker · Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban · Genre: Comedy, Crime · Budget: $12,000,000 · Worldwide: $152,356,177 · Domestic total: $78,756,177
Scrooged poster

#3 Scrooged IMDb →

“The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.”

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

Director: Richard Donner · Starring: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe · Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama · Budget: $32,000,000 · Worldwide: $60,328,558 · Domestic total: $60,328,558
Tequila Sunrise poster

#4 Tequila Sunrise IMDb →

“A business on the line. A friendship on the edge. A woman caught in the middle.”

In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.

Director: Robert Towne · Starring: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell · Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance · Budget: $23,000,000 · Worldwide: $105,900,000 · Domestic total: $41,292,551
Oliver & Company poster

#5 Oliver & Company IMDb →

“The first Disney movie with attitude.”

Putting its own 'twist' on the story of Oliver Twist, the orange runt of a litter of kittens must fight for survival on the rough streets on New York City, finding unlikely friends in the dogs owned by a down-on-his luck man named Fagin. Soon, Oliver and his new band of comrades must fight for survival when Fagin is unable to pay his debts.

Director: George Scribner · Starring: Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin · Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family · Budget: $31,000,000 · Worldwide: $121,000,000 · Domestic total: $53,279,055

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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