Domestic Box Office For 1988

Rank Release Gross Theaters Total Gross Release Date Distributor
1 Who Framed Roger Rabbit $156,452,370 1,598 $156,452,370 Jun 24 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2 Coming to America $128,152,301 2,064 $128,152,301 Jun 29 Paramount Pictures
3 Good Morning, Vietnam $122,231,991 1,598 $123,922,370 Dec 25 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
4 Big $114,968,774 1,419 $114,968,774 Jun 3 Twentieth Century Fox
5 Crocodile Dundee II $109,306,210 2,837 $109,306,210 May 25 Paramount Pictures
6 Three Men and a Baby $90,528,478 1,813 $167,780,960 Nov 25 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
7 Die Hard $83,008,852 1,713 $83,008,852 Jul 15 Twentieth Century Fox
8 Moonstruck $80,034,239 1,178 $80,640,528 Dec 18 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
9 Cocktail $78,222,753 1,462 $78,222,753 Jul 29 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
10 Beetlejuice $73,707,461 1,582 $73,707,461 Mar 30 Warner Bros.
11 A Fish Called Wanda $62,493,712 1,223 $62,493,712 Jul 15 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
12 Willow $57,269,863 1,209 $57,269,863 May 20 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
13 Rambo III $53,715,611 2,562 $53,715,611 May 25 TriStar Pictures
14 Scrooged $52,747,095 1,897 $60,328,558 Nov 23 Paramount Pictures
15 Bull Durham $50,888,729 1,297 $50,888,729 Jun 17 Orion Pictures
16 Twins $49,668,525 1,659 $111,938,388 Dec 9 Universal Pictures
17 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master $49,369,899 1,767 $49,369,899 Aug 19 New Line Cinema
18 Colors $46,616,067 1,388 $46,616,067 Apr 15 Orion Pictures
19 Young Guns $45,661,556 1,416 $45,661,556 Aug 12 Twentieth Century Fox
20 Biloxi Blues $43,184,798 1,330 $43,184,798 Mar 25 Universal Pictures
21 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! $42,682,610 1,969 $78,756,177 Dec 2 Paramount Pictures
22 The Great Outdoors $41,455,230 1,430 $41,455,230 Jun 17 Universal Pictures
23 Big Business $40,150,487 1,232 $40,150,487 Jun 10 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
24 The Last Emperor $39,542,734 877 $43,984,230 Nov 20 Columbia Pictures
25 Bambi
1988 Re-release
$39,047,150 1,489 $39,047,150 Jul 15 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
26 Midnight Run $38,413,606 1,161 $38,413,606 Jul 22 Universal Pictures
27 The Dead Pool $37,903,295 1,831 $37,903,295 Jul 15 Warner Bros.
28 Broadcast News $37,889,244 848 $51,249,404 Dec 18 Twentieth Century Fox
29 The Land Before Time $35,457,680 1,414 $48,336,291 Nov 18 Universal Pictures
30 Oliver & Company $35,151,553 1,503 $53,279,055 Nov 18 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
31 Red Heat $34,994,649 1,892 $34,994,648 Jun 17 TriStar Pictures
32 Child's Play $33,244,684 1,490 $33,244,684 Nov 11 United Artists
33 Rain Man $33,222,479 1,590 $172,825,435 Dec 16 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
34 The Accused $32,078,318 930 $32,078,318 Oct 14 Paramount Pictures
35 Shoot to Kill $29,300,090 1,519 $29,300,090 Feb 12 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
36 Ernest Saves Christmas $27,288,662 1,640 $28,202,109 Nov 11 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
37 Throw Momma from the Train $27,200,714 1,623 $57,915,972 Dec 11 Orion Pictures
38 Fatal Attraction $26,488,417 1,401 $156,645,693 Sep 18 Paramount Pictures
39 Wall Street $25,835,379 989 $43,848,069 Dec 11 Twentieth Century Fox
40 Betrayed $25,816,139 1,101 $25,816,139 Aug 26 United Artists
41 Tequila Sunrise $25,613,223 1,411 $41,292,551 Dec 2 Warner Bros.
42 Funny Farm $25,537,221 1,557 $25,537,221 Jun 3 Warner Bros.
43 Alien Nation $25,216,243 1,436 $25,216,243 Oct 7 Twentieth Century Fox
44 Gorillas in the Mist $24,720,479 1,085 $24,720,479 Sep 23 Universal Pictures
45 Eddie Murphy: Raw $23,564,936 1,494 $50,504,655 Dec 18 Paramount Pictures
46 The Fox and the Hound
1988 Re-release
$23,556,988 1,567 $23,556,988 Mar 25 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
47 License to Drive $22,433,275 1,225 $22,433,275 Jul 8 Twentieth Century Fox
48 Short Circuit 2 $21,630,088 1,348 $21,630,088 Jul 8 TriStar Pictures
49 Married to the Mob $21,486,757 828 $21,486,757 Aug 19 Orion Pictures
50 Punchline $21,042,667 917 $21,042,667 Sep 30 Columbia Pictures
51 The Presidio $20,324,096 1,168 $20,324,096 Jun 10 Paramount Pictures
52 Action Jackson $20,256,975 1,249 $20,256,975 Feb 12 Lorimar Motion Pictures
53 Tucker: The Man and His Dream $19,652,638 720 $19,652,638 Aug 12 Paramount Pictures
54 The Serpent and the Rainbow $19,595,031 1,431 $19,595,031 Feb 5 Universal Pictures
55 Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach $19,510,371 1,700 $19,510,371 Mar 18 Warner Bros.
56 Friday the 13th: The New Blood $19,170,001 1,796 $19,170,001 May 13 Paramount Pictures
57 The Seventh Sign $18,875,011 1,258 $18,875,011 Apr 1 TriStar Pictures
58 Above the Law $18,869,631 868 $18,869,631 Apr 8 Warner Bros.
59 *batteries not included $18,283,077 1,367 $32,945,797 Dec 18 Universal Pictures
60 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels $18,026,148 1,515 $42,039,085 Dec 16 Orion Pictures
61 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers $17,768,757 1,692 $17,768,757 Oct 21 -
62 Frantic $17,637,950 1,101 $17,637,950 Feb 26 Warner Bros.
63 Johnny Be Good $17,550,399 1,194 $17,550,399 Mar 25 Orion Pictures
64 For Keeps? $17,514,553 959 $17,514,553 Jan 15 TriStar Pictures
65 Overboard $17,297,290 1,135 $26,713,187 Dec 18 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
66 Crossing Delancey $16,262,415 303 $16,262,415 Aug 26 Warner Bros.
67 Bright Lights, Big City $16,118,077 1,199 $16,118,077 Apr 1 United Artists
68 She's Having a Baby $16,031,707 1,133 $16,031,707 Feb 5 Paramount Pictures
69 Masquerade $15,855,828 1,031 $15,855,828 Mar 11 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
70 Cocoon: The Return $15,148,719 997 $18,924,919 Nov 23 Twentieth Century Fox
71 Big Top Pee-wee $15,122,324 1,256 $15,122,324 Jul 22 Paramount Pictures
72 Arthur 2: On the Rocks $14,681,192 1,426 $14,681,192 Jul 8 Warner Bros.
73 School Daze $14,545,844 224 $14,545,844 Feb 12 Columbia Pictures
74 Planes, Trains & Automobiles $14,481,131 1,684 $49,530,280 Nov 25 Paramount Pictures
75 Poltergeist III $14,114,488 1,471 $14,114,488 Jun 10 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
76 Stand and Deliver $13,994,920 472 $13,994,920 Mar 11 Warner Bros.
77 The Milagro Beanfield War $13,825,794 437 $13,825,794 Mar 18 Universal Pictures
78 Return to Snowy River $13,687,027 1,121 $13,687,027 Apr 15 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
79 Vice Versa $13,664,060 1,225 $13,664,060 Mar 11 Columbia Pictures
80 Empire of the Sun $13,444,114 673 $22,238,696 Dec 11 Warner Bros.
81 They Live $13,008,928 1,463 $13,447,978 Nov 4 Universal Pictures
82 Mystic Pizza $12,793,213 440 $12,793,213 Oct 21 The Samuel Goldwyn Company
83 D.O.A. $12,706,478 908 $12,706,478 Mar 18 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
84 Everybody's All-American $12,638,294 1,123 $12,638,294 Nov 4 Warner Bros.
85 Casual Sex? $12,277,096 1,265 $12,277,096 Apr 22 Universal Pictures
86 Working Girl $11,956,349 1,149 $63,779,477 Dec 23 Twentieth Century Fox
87 Bloodsport $11,806,119 124 $11,806,119 Feb 26 Cannon Film Distributors
88 Caddyshack II $11,798,302 1,556 $11,798,302 Jul 22 Warner Bros.
89 Moon Over Parador $11,444,204 1,145 $11,444,204 Sep 9 Universal Pictures
90 The Couch Trip $11,005,304 1,332 $11,005,304 Jan 15 Lorimar Motion Pictures
91 Moving $10,815,378 1,404 $10,815,378 Mar 4 Warner Bros.
92 Iron Eagle II $10,497,324 878 $10,497,324 Nov 11 TriStar Pictures
93 Shakedown $10,068,039 1,580 $10,068,039 May 6 Universal Pictures
94 The Unbearable Lightness of Being $10,006,806 140 $10,006,806 Feb 5 Orion Pictures
95 Hope and Glory $9,982,827 328 $10,021,120 Oct 16 Columbia Pictures
96 Bad Dreams $9,797,098 1,185 $9,797,098 Apr 8 Twentieth Century Fox
97 Return of the Living Dead II $9,205,924 1,467 $9,205,924 Jan 15 Lorimar Motion Pictures
98 Switching Channels $9,129,999 971 $9,129,999 Mar 4 TriStar Pictures
99 Salsa $8,892,589 1,125 $8,892,589 May 6 Cannon Film Distributors
100 Clean and Sober $8,674,093 675 $8,674,093 Aug 12 Warner Bros.
101 U2: Rattle and Hum $8,600,823 1,391 $8,600,823 Nov 4 Paramount Pictures
102 High Spirits $8,578,231 826 $8,578,231 Nov 18 TriStar Pictures
103 Without a Clue $8,539,181 491 $8,539,181 Oct 21 Orion Pictures
104 Dirty Dancing $8,427,264 1,012 $63,446,382 Aug 21 Vestron Pictures
105 The Last Temptation of Christ $8,373,585 123 $8,373,585 Aug 12 Universal Pictures
106 Satisfaction $8,253,123 1,018 $8,253,123 Feb 12 Twentieth Century Fox
107 The Blob $8,247,943 1,081 $8,247,943 Aug 5 TriStar Pictures
108 Nuts $8,152,024 1,112 $30,950,002 Nov 20 Warner Bros.
109 Dead Ringers $8,038,508 1,048 $8,038,508 Sep 23 Twentieth Century Fox
110 A New Life $7,721,852 796 $7,721,852 Mar 25 Paramount Pictures
111 My Stepmother Is an Alien $7,558,387 1,148 $13,854,000 Dec 9 Columbia Pictures
112 Stealing Home $7,467,504 985 $7,467,504 Aug 26 Warner Bros.
113 Phantasm II $7,282,851 1,227 $7,282,851 Jul 8 Universal Pictures
114 Off Limits $7,242,035 1,371 $7,242,035 Mar 11 Twentieth Century Fox
115 A Cry in the Dark $6,908,797 334 $6,908,797 Nov 11 Warner Bros.
116 Hairspray $6,671,108 227 $6,671,108 Feb 26 New Line Cinema
117 Fresh Horses $6,640,346 1,276 $6,640,346 Nov 18 Columbia Pictures
118 Ironweed $6,565,846 600 $7,393,346 Dec 18 TriStar Pictures
119 Hot to Trot $6,436,211 1,157 $6,436,211 Aug 26 Warner Bros.
120 Mac and Me $6,424,112 1,317 $6,424,112 Aug 12 Orion Pictures
121 The Unholy $6,337,299 1,189 $6,337,299 Apr 22 Vestron Pictures
122 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon $6,264,058 882 $6,264,058 Feb 26 Twentieth Century Fox
123 Braddock: Missing in Action III $6,193,901 1,040 $6,193,901 Jan 22 Cannon Film Distributors
124 Cinderella
1987 Re-release
$5,989,042 1,657 $34,101,149 Nov 20 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
125 1969 $5,979,011 520 $5,979,011 Nov 18 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
126 The Rescue $5,855,392 1,275 $5,855,392 Aug 5 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
127 Hellbound: Hellraiser II $5,755,305 1,187 $12,090,735 Dec 23 New World Pictures
128 Eight Men Out $5,680,515 349 $5,680,515 Sep 2 Orion Pictures
129 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark $5,596,267 627 $5,596,267 Sep 30 New World Pictures
130 Heartbreak Hotel $5,509,417 1,414 $5,509,417 Sep 30 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
131 Monkey Shines $5,344,577 1,181 $5,344,577 Jul 29 Orion Pictures
132 Hero and the Terror $5,301,200 995 $5,301,200 Aug 26 Cannon Film Distributors
133 Clara's Heart $5,194,491 315 $5,194,491 Oct 7 Warner Bros.
134 The Good Mother $4,764,606 670 $4,764,606 Nov 4 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
135 Sunset $4,594,452 1,024 $4,594,452 Apr 29 TriStar Pictures
136 Bat*21 $3,966,256 516 $3,966,256 Oct 21 TriStar Pictures
137 Feds $3,838,793 850 $3,838,793 Oct 28 Warner Bros.
138 Critters 2: The Main Course $3,813,293 1,114 $3,813,293 Apr 29 New Line Cinema
139 Sweet Hearts Dance $3,790,493 246 $3,790,493 Sep 23 TriStar Pictures
140 Imagine: John Lennon $3,753,977 561 $3,753,977 Oct 7 Warner Bros.
141 Dead Heat $3,588,626 1,012 $3,588,626 May 6 New World Pictures
142 Memories of Me $3,583,303 723 $3,965,604 Sep 30 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
143 Tougher Than Leather $3,582,760 130 $3,582,760 Sep 16 New Line Cinema
144 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking $3,569,939 844 $3,569,939 Jul 29 Columbia Pictures
145 Madame Sousatzka $3,548,238 123 $3,548,238 Oct 14 Universal Pictures
146 Things Change $3,527,886 99 $3,527,886 Oct 21 Columbia Pictures
147 The Big Blue $3,500,000 967 $3,500,000 Aug 19 Columbia Pictures
148 Pumpkinhead $3,385,516 353 $3,385,516 Oct 14 United Artists
149 The Running Man $3,242,838 1,694 $38,122,105 Nov 13 TriStar Pictures
150 Wings of Desire $3,210,139 29 $3,210,139 Apr 29 Orion Classics
151 White Mischief $3,107,551 87 $3,107,551 Apr 22 Columbia Pictures
152 Dominick and Eugene $3,076,031 76 $3,076,031 Mar 18 Orion Pictures
153 Messenger of Death $3,074,681 450 $3,074,681 Sep 16 Cannon Film Distributors
154 Cry Freedom $2,923,670 479 $5,899,797 Nov 6 Universal Pictures
155 Running on Empty $2,835,116 238 $2,835,116 Sep 9 Warner Bros.
156 The Manchurian Candidate
1988 Re-release
$2,757,256 49 $2,757,256 Feb 12 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
157 18 Again! $2,567,099 1,152 $2,567,099 Apr 8 New World Pictures
158 Kansas $2,432,536 847 $2,432,536 Sep 23 Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
159 A World Apart $2,326,860 42 $2,326,860 Jun 17 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
160 Salaam Bombay! $2,080,046 27 $2,080,046 Oct 7 Cinecom Pictures
161 The Moderns $2,011,497 28 $2,011,497 Apr 15 Alive Films
162 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka $2,007,044 266 $13,030,057 Dec 16 United Artists
163 Vibes $1,883,811 1,003 $1,883,811 Aug 5 Columbia Pictures
164 Stormy Monday $1,791,328 49 $1,791,328 Apr 22 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
165 Little Nikita $1,733,070 376 $1,733,070 Mar 18 Columbia Pictures
166 Lady in White $1,705,139 107 $1,705,139 Apr 22 New Century
167 A Handful of Dust $1,560,700 29 $1,560,700 Jun 24 New Line Cinema
168 Two Moon Junction $1,547,397 458 $1,547,397 Apr 29 Lorimar Motion Pictures
169 Pascali's Island $1,451,857 55 $1,451,857 Jul 22 Avenue Pictures Productions
170 I've Heard the Mermaids Singing $1,368,651 27 $1,408,491 Sep 11 Miramax
171 Patty Hearst $1,223,326 460 $1,223,326 Sep 23 Atlantic Releasing Corporation
172 Mr. North $1,221,366 29 $1,221,366 Jul 22 The Samuel Goldwyn Company
173 A Time of Destiny $1,212,487 220 $1,212,487 Apr 22 Columbia Pictures
174 The Thin Blue Line $1,209,846 23 $1,209,846 Aug 26 Miramax
175 The Lair of the White Worm $1,189,315 32 $1,189,315 Oct 21 Vestron Pictures
176 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid $1,141,028 15 $1,196,336 Oct 30 Cinecom Pictures
177 Aria $1,028,679 34 $1,028,679 Mar 18 Miramax
178 Mississippi Burning $1,003,369 1,134 $34,603,943 Dec 9 Orion Pictures
179 Five Corners $969,205 13 $969,205 Jan 22 -
180 Appointment with Death $960,040 465 $960,040 Apr 15 Cannon Film Distributors
181 Watchers $940,173 161 $940,173 Dec 2 Universal Pictures
182 Bulletproof $807,947 268 $807,947 May 13 Universal Pictures
183 Leonard Part 6 $723,595 1,149 $4,615,255 Dec 18 Columbia Pictures
184 And God Created Woman $717,376 385 $717,376 Mar 4 Vestron Pictures
185 Siesta $700,000 30 $700,000 Nov 11 Lorimar Motion Pictures
186 Split Decisions $695,822 405 $695,822 Nov 11 New Century
187 Maniac Cop $671,382 50 $671,382 May 13 -
188 Spellbinder $657,446 326 $657,446 Sep 23 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
189 Da $644,532 1 $644,532 Apr 29 -
190 Powaqqatsi $589,244 22 $589,244 Apr 29 Cannon Film Distributors
191 Buster $540,000 217 $540,000 Nov 23 Hemdale
192 Beaches $453,250 1,122 $57,041,866 Dec 23 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
193 Full Moon in Blue Water $450,726 56 $450,726 Nov 23 Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
194 Track 29 $429,028 13 $429,028 Sep 9 Island Pictures
195 Aloha Summer $418,379 123 $418,379 Feb 26 -
196 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years $373,743 21 $373,743 Jun 3 New Line Cinema
197 Gandahar $370,698 7 $370,698 Jan 29 Miramax
198 The Family $346,730 1 $346,730 Jan 22 Vestron Pictures
199 The Deceivers $346,297 68 $346,297 Sep 2 Cinecom Pictures
200 Prison $345,704 42 $345,704 May 6 New World Pictures