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Top 1988 Movies at the Domestic Box Office


See also: Top 1988 International - Top 1988 Worldwide

Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic

This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1988.

See Top Grossing Movies of 1988 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1988, including films released in 1987 and earlier.

Top 1987 Domestic Top 1989 Domestic
Rank Movie Distributor Domestic
Box
Office
Opening
Weekend
Box Office
Max
Theater
Count
1 Rain Man MGM $172,825,435 $7,005,719 1,590
2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Walt Disney $154,112,492 $11,226,239 1,598
3 Coming to America Paramount… $128,152,301 $21,404,420 2,064
4 Big 20th Cent… $114,968,774 $8,216,190 1,419
5 Twins Universal $111,936,388 $11,174,980 1,659
6 Crocodile Dundee 2 Paramount… $109,306,210 $24,462,976 2,837
7 Die Hard 20th Cent… $85,892,546 $601,851 1,713
8 Cocktail Walt Disney $78,222,753 $11,789,466 1,462
9 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Paramount… $78,041,829 $9,331,746 1,969
10 Beetlejuice Warner Bros. $74,493,906 $8,030,897 1,582
11 Working Girl 20th Cent… $63,800,000 $4,718,485 1,149
12 A Fish Called Wanda MGM $63,493,000 $115,418 1,223
13 Scrooged Paramount… $59,450,353 $13,027,842 1,897
14 Willow Sony Pict… $57,269,863 $8,300,169 1,209
15 Beaches Walt Disney $57,041,866 1,122
16 Rambo III Sony/TriStar $53,715,611 $16,745,418 2,562
17 Bull Durham Orion Pic… $50,888,729 $5,009,307 1,297
18 Oliver & Company Walt Disney $49,576,671 $4,022,752 2,189
19 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master New Line $49,369,899 $12,833,403 1,767
20 The Land Before Time Universal $48,436,211 $7,526,025 1,414
21 Colors Orion Pic… $46,616,067 $4,747,118 1,388
22 Young Guns 20th Cent… $44,726,644 $7,011,393 1,416
23 Biloxi Blues Universal $43,184,798 $7,093,325 1,330
24 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Orion Pic… $42,039,000 $3,840,498 1,515
25 The Great Outdoors Universal $41,455,230 $6,121,115 1,430
26 Big Business Walt Disney $40,150,487 $6,112,577 1,232
27 Tequila Sunrise Warner Bros. $39,703,427 $6,350,974 1,411
28 Midnight Run Universal $38,413,606 $5,506,290 1,161
29 The Dead Pool Warner Bros. $37,903,000 $9,071,330 1,831
30 Red Heat Sony/TriStar $34,994,648 $8,133,822 1,892
31 Dangerous Liaisons Warner Bros. $34,700,000 762
32 Mississippi Burning Orion Pic… $34,603,000 1,074
33 Child’s Play United Ar… $33,244,684 $6,583,963 1,490
34 The Accidental Tourist Warner Bros. $32,632,000 954
35 The Accused Paramount… $32,078,318 $4,316,369 930
36 Shoot to Kill Walt Disney $29,300,000 $5,781,628 1,519
37 Ernest Saves Christmas Walt Disney $28,202,109 $5,710,734 1,640
38 Betrayed United Ar… $25,816,139 $5,534,787 1,101
39 Funny Farm Warner Bros. $25,537,221 $5,655,439 1,557
40 Alien Nation 20th Cent… $25,216,243 $8,421,429 1,436
41 Gorillas in the Mist Universal $24,720,479 $366,925 1,085
42 License to Drive 20th Cent… $22,434,275 $3,850,934 1,225
43 Married to the Mob Orion Pic… $21,486,757 $3,231,056 828
44 Punchline Sony Pict… $21,032,000 917
45 Short Circuit 2 Sony/TriStar $20,882,000 $3,843,067 1,348
46 Action Jackson Lorimar M… $20,257,000 $5,424,783 1,639
47 The Presidio Paramount… $20,036,000 $5,119,031 1,168
48 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Paramount… $19,657,565 $3,709,562 720
49 The Serpent and the Rainbow Universal $19,595,000 $5,848,700 1,431
50 Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach Warner Bros. $19,510,000 $6,106,661 1,700
51 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Paramount… $19,170,001 $8,245,038 1,796
52 Cocoon: The Return 20th Cent… $18,924,919 $5,568,143 986
53 The Seventh Sign Sony/TriStar $18,875,011 $3,768,707 1,258
54 Above the Law Warner Bros. $18,869,631 $2,037,938 868
55 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Universal $17,768,757 1,692
56 Frantic Warner Bros. $17,637,000 $4,359,424 1,101
57 Johnny Be Good Orion Pic… $17,500,399 $5,249,388 1,194
58 For Keeps? Sony/TriStar $17,000,000 $4,839,790 959
59 Crossing Delancey Warner Bros. $16,262,000 303
60 Bright Lights, Big City United Ar… $16,118,077 $5,126,791 1,199
61 She's Having a Baby Paramount… $16,031,707 $3,827,520 1,133
62 Masquerade MGM $15,855,828 $3,500,259 1,031
63 Big Top Pee-Wee Paramount… $15,122,324 $4,625,004 1,256
64 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Warner Bros. $14,681,192 $5,150,962 1,426
65 School Daze Sony Pict… $14,545,844 $1,802,656 220
66 Poltergeist III MGM $14,114,000 $4,344,308 1,471
67 Stand and Deliver $13,994,920
68 My Stepmother Is an Alien Sony Pict… $13,854,000 $2,066,980 1,110
69 The Milagro Beanfield War Universal $13,825,794
70 Return to Snowy River Walt Disney $13,687,027 $3,023,248 1,121
71 Vice Versa Sony Pict… $13,664,060 $4,050,779 1,225
72 They Live Universal $13,447,978 $4,827,903 1,463
73 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka MGM/UA Cl… $13,030,057 243
74 Mystic Pizza Samuel Go… $12,793,213 $1,163,939 440
75 D.O.A. Walt Disney $12,706,478 $3,751,432 908
76 Everybody’s All-American Warner Bros. $12,638,294 $3,425,796 1,123
77 Casual Sex? Universal $12,277,096 $3,840,032 1,265
78 Bloodsport Cannon $11,806,119 784
79 Caddyshack II Warner Bros. $11,798,302 $4,436,330 1,556
80 Hellbound: Hellraiser II New World $11,611,883 $3,185,511 1,187
81 Moon Over Parador Universal $11,444,204 $3,268,975 1,145
82 The Couch Trip Orion Pic… $11,005,304 $3,351,891 1,332
83 Moving Warner Bros. $10,815,378 $4,022,782 1,404
84 Shakedown Universal $10,068,039 $3,017,800 1,580
85 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Orion Pic… $10,006,000

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.