Movies Produced by United States and Released in 1988
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The list below includes all films produced by United States production companies, including international co-productions.
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| Movie | Co-Producing
Countries | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Rain Man |
United States |
Comedy |
$25,000,000 |
$412,800,000 |
|
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
United States |
Comedy |
$70,000,000 |
$351,500,000 |
|
| Coming to America |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$288,800,000 |
|
| Crocodile Dundee 2 |
Australia,
United States |
Action |
$14,000,000 |
$239,606,210 |
|
| Twins |
United States |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$216,600,000 |
|
| Rambo III |
United States |
Action |
$58,000,000 |
$188,715,611 |
|
| Big |
United States |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$151,665,347 |
|
| Die Hard |
United States |
Action |
$28,000,000 |
$143,651,650 |
|
| Masquerade |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$91,593,744 |
|
| The Land Before Time |
United States |
Adventure |
$12,300,000 |
$82,316,211 |
|
| Midnight Run |
United States |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$81,613,606 |
|
| Cocktail |
United States |
Drama |
$20,000,000 |
$78,222,753 |
|
| The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$78,041,829 |
|
| Beetlejuice |
United States |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$75,112,659 |
|
| Working Girl |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$63,800,000 |
|
| A Fish Called Wanda |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Comedy |
|
$63,493,000 |
|
| Scrooged |
United States |
Comedy |
$32,000,000 |
$59,450,796 |
|
| Willow |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$57,269,863 |
|
| Beaches |
United States |
Drama |
|
$57,041,866 |
|
| Biloxi Blues |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$51,684,798 |
|
| Bull Durham |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$50,888,729 |
|
| Oliver & Company |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$49,576,671 |
|
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |
United States |
Horror |
$13,000,000 |
$49,369,899 |
|
| Colors |
United States |
Action |
|
$46,616,067 |
|
| Young Guns |
United States |
Western |
$13,000,000 |
$44,726,644 |
|
| Child’s Play |
United States |
Horror |
$9,000,000 |
$44,196,684 |
|
| Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$42,039,000 |
|
| The Great Outdoors |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$41,455,230 |
|
| Big Business |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$40,150,487 |
|
| Tequila Sunrise |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$39,703,427 |
|
| The Dead Pool |
United States |
Action |
|
$37,903,000 |
|
| Red Heat |
Hungary,
United States |
Action |
|
$34,994,648 |
|
| Dangerous Liaisons |
United States |
Drama |
$14,000,000 |
$34,700,000 |
|
| Mississippi Burning |
United States |
Drama |
|
$34,603,000 |
|
| The Accidental Tourist |
United States |
Drama |
|
$32,632,000 |
|
| The Accused |
United States |
Drama |
|
$32,078,318 |
|
| Shoot to Kill |
United States |
Action |
|
$29,300,000 |
|
| Ernest Saves Christmas |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$28,202,109 |
|
| Betrayed |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,816,139 |
|
| Funny Farm |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$25,537,221 |
|
| Alien Nation |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,216,243 |
|
| Gorillas in the Mist |
United States |
Drama |
|
$24,720,479 |
|
| License to Drive |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$22,434,275 |
|
| Married to the Mob |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$21,486,757 |
|
| Punchline |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$21,032,000 |
|
| Short Circuit 2 |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$20,882,000 |
|
| Action Jackson |
United States |
Action |
$7,000,000 |
$20,274,718 |
|
| The Presidio |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$20,036,000 |
|
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream |
United States |
Drama |
|
$19,657,565 |
|
| The Serpent and the Rainbow |
United States |
Horror |
|
$19,595,000 |
|
| Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$19,510,000 |
|
| Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood |
United States |
Horror |
$2,800,000 |
$19,170,001 |
|
| Cocoon: The Return |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$18,924,919 |
|
| The Seventh Sign |
United States |
Horror |
|
$18,875,011 |
|
| Above the Law |
United States |
Action |
|
$18,869,631 |
|
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
United States |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$17,768,757 |
|
| Frantic |
France,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,637,000 |
|
| Johnny Be Good |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$17,500,399 |
|
| For Keeps? |
United States |
Drama |
|
$17,000,000 |
|
| Crossing Delancey |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$16,262,000 |
|
| Bright Lights, Big City |
United States |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$16,118,077 |
|
| She's Having a Baby |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$16,031,707 |
|
| Big Top Pee-Wee |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$15,122,324 |
|
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$14,681,192 |
|
| School Daze |
United States |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
$14,545,844 |
|
| Poltergeist III |
United States |
Horror |
$9,500,000 |
$14,114,000 |
|
| Stand and Deliver |
United States |
Drama |
|
$13,994,920 |
|
| My Stepmother Is an Alien |
United States |
Comedy |
$16,000,000 |
$13,854,000 |
|
| The Milagro Beanfield War |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$13,825,794 |
|
| Vice Versa |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$13,664,060 |
|
| They Live |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
$4,000,000 |
$13,449,643 |
|
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$13,030,057 |
|
| Mystic Pizza |
United States |
Comedy |
$6,000,000 |
$12,793,213 |
|
| D.O.A. |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,706,478 |
|
| Everybody’s All-American |
United States |
Drama |
|
$12,638,294 |
|
| Casual Sex? |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$12,277,096 |
|
| Bloodsport |
United States |
Action |
$1,500,000 |
$11,806,119 |
|
| Caddyshack II |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$11,798,302 |
|
| Hellbound: Hellraiser II |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Horror |
|
$11,611,883 |
|
| Moon Over Parador |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$11,444,204 |
|
| The Couch Trip |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$11,005,304 |
|
| Moving |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$10,815,378 |
|
| Shakedown |
United States |
Action |
|
$10,068,039 |
|
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
United States |
Drama |
|
$10,006,000 |
|
| Return of the Living Dead Part II |
United States |
Horror |
$6,200,000 |
$9,205,924 |
|
| Hairspray |
United States |
Musical |
|
$9,171,108 |
|
| Dead Ringers |
Canada,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$9,134,733 |
|
| Bad Dreams |
United States |
Horror |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| Switching Channels |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| Clean and Sober |
United States |
Drama |
|
$8,674,093 |
|
| U2: Rattle and Hum |
United States |
Concert/Performance |
|
$8,600,823 |
|
| The Last Temptation of Christ |
United States |
Drama |
$7,000,000 |
$8,373,585 |
|
| Satisfaction |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$8,253,123 |
|
| The Blob |
United States |
Horror |
|
$8,247,943 |
|
| Salsa |
United States |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| A New Life |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$7,721,851 |
|
| Stealing Home |
United States |
Drama |
|
$7,467,504 |
|
| Phantasm II |
United States |
Horror |
$3,000,000 |
$7,282,851 |
|
| Off Limits |
United States |
Action |
|
$7,242,035 |
|
| A Cry in the Dark |
Australia,
United States |
Drama |
|
$6,908,797 |
|
| Fresh Horses |
United States |
Drama |
|
$6,640,346 |
|
| A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon |
United States |
Drama |
|
$6,264,058 |
|
| The Unholy |
United States |
Horror |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| Mac and Me |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| Braddock: Missing in Action III |
United States |
Action |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| Hot to Trot |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| 1969 |
United States |
Drama |
|
$5,979,011 |
|
| The Rescue |
United States |
Action |
|
$5,855,392 |
|
| Eight Men Out |
United States |
Drama |
|
$5,680,515 |
|
| Heartbreak Hotel |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$5,509,417 |
|
| Clara's Heart |
United States |
Drama |
|
$5,194,491 |
|
| Hero and the Terror |
United States |
Action |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| Monkey Shines |
United States |
|
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| Elvira, Mistress of the Dark |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
| Torch Song Trilogy |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$4,865,997 |
|
| The Good Mother |
United States |
Drama |
|
$4,764,606 |
|
| Sunset |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$4,595,000 |
|
| Pumpkinhead |
United States |
Horror |
|
$4,385,516 |
|
| Bat*21 |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,966,256 |
|
| Memories of Me |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$3,965,000 |
|
| Sweet Hearts Dance |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,790,493 |
|
| Imagine: John Lennon |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$3,753,977 |
|
| Dead Heat |
United States |
Action |
|
$3,588,626 |
|
| Things Change |
United States |
|
|
$3,527,886 |
|
| Talk Radio |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
$4,000,000 |
$3,468,572 |
|
| Dominick and Eugene |
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,076,031 |
|
| Messenger of Death |
United States |
|
|
$3,074,681 |
|
| Feds |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Critters 2: The Main Course |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Le grand bleu |
France,
Italy,
United States |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| Night of the Demons |
United States |
Horror |
|
$2,847,907 |
|
| Running on Empty |
United States |
Drama |
|
$2,835,116 |
|
| 18 Again! |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$2,567,099 |
|
| Bird |
United States |
Drama |
|
$2,181,712 |
|
| The Moderns |
United States |
|
|
$2,011,497 |
|
| Kansas |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,000,000 |
|
| Spellbinder |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,938,049 |
|
| Permanent Record |
United States |
|
|
$1,893,000 |
|
| Cop |
United States |
|
|
$1,884,315 |
|
| Vibes |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$1,883,811 |
|
| Little Nikita |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,733,070 |
|
| Lady in White |
United States |
Horror |
$4,700,000 |
$1,705,139 |
|
| Another Woman |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,562,749 |
|
| Two Moon Junction |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$1,547,397 |
|
| Platoon Leader |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,348,771 |
|
| A Time of Destiny |
United States |
Drama |
|
$1,212,487 |
|
| The Thin Blue Line |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$1,209,846 |
|
| The Wrong Guys |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$1,152,786 |
|
| Five Corners |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Drama |
|
$969,000 |
|
| Appointment with Death |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$960,040 |
|
| Giulia e Giulia |
United States |
|
|
$901,000 |
|
| Waxwork |
United States |
|
|
$808,114 |
|
| Bulletproof |
United States |
Action |
|
$807,947 |
|
| Shy People |
United States |
Drama |
|
$769,119 |
|
| The Girl in a Swing |
United States |
Drama |
|
$747,013 |
|
| Sister, Sister |
United States |
|
|
$743,445 |
|
| Split Decision |
United States |
|
|
$695,822 |
|
| Spike of Bensonhurst |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$623,112 |
|
| Da |
United States |
|
|
$604,532 |
|
| Apprentice to Murder |
Canada,
Norway,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$466,639 |
|
| The House on Carroll Street |
United States |
|
|
$459,824 |
|
| Full Moon in Blue Water |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$450,726 |
|
| Track 29 |
United Kingdom,
United States |
|
|
$429,028 |
|
| Last Rites |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$426,965 |
|
| Some Girls |
United States |
|
|
$401,421 |
|
| Prison |
United States |
Horror |
$4,000,000 |
$354,704 |
|
| It Takes Two |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$344,375 |
|
| Tapeheads |
United States |
|
|
$343,786 |
|
| Promised Land |
United States |
|
|
$316,199 |
|
| The Chocolate War |
United States |
Drama |
|
$303,624 |
|
| Rent-A-Cop |
United States |
|
|
$295,000 |
|
| Plain Clothes |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$289,000 |
|
| Illegally Yours |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$259,019 |
|
| Call Me |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$251,819 |
|
| Miles from Home |
United States |
|
|
$188,964 |
|
| Rocket Gibraltar |
United States |
|
|
$187,349 |
|
| Seven Hours to Judgment |
United States |
Action |
|
$177,820 |
|
| My Best Friend Is a Vampire |
United States |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$174,380 |
|
| Pass the Ammo |
United States |
|
|
$169,785 |
|
| Far North |
United States |
Drama |
|
$147,234 |
|
| Freeway |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$143,000 |
|
| Hanna's War |
United States |
Drama |
|
$139,796 |
|
| Biggles |
United Kingdom,
United States |
Adventure |
|
$112,132 |
|
| Stars and Bars |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$111,987 |
|
| Hôtel Terminus |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$105,286 |
|
| Tokyo Pop |
Japan,
United States |
Comedy |
|
$37,835 |
|
| Mala Noche |
United States |
Drama |
|
$11,352 |
|
| State Park |
Canada,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Comedy |
|
$325 |
|
| Miami Connection |
United States |
Action |
|
$107 |
|
| Brothers in Arms |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Iguana |
Italy,
Spain,
Switzerland,
United States |
Adventure |
$3,000,000 |
$0 |
|
| Honor Bound |
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers |
United States |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Return of the Killer Tomatoes! |
United States |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Access Code |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Backfire |
Canada,
United Kingdom,
United States |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| For All Mankind |
United States |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Dudes |
United States |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Moonwalker |
United States |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Big Man on Campus |
United States |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Black Eagle |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Death Street USA |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| The Unnamable |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Mélo |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Picasso Trigger |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Trapped Alive |
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Al filo del hacha |
Spain,
United States |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Homeboy |
United States |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Maniac Cop |
United States |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
