Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1988
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1988 | |||
| January 1 | The Deceivers (Wide) | $346,730 | |
| During 1988 | 18 Again! (Wide) | New World | $2,567,099 |
| Appointment with Death (Wide) | Cannon | $960,040 | |
| Apprentice to Murder (Wide) | New World | $466,639 | |
| Aria (Wide) | Miramax | $1,028,679 | |
| Bulletproof (Wide) | $807,947 | ||
| Call Me (Wide) | Vestron | $251,819 | |
| Clara's Heart (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,194,491 | |
| The Courier (Wide) | $5,000 | ||
| Da (Wide) | $604,532 | ||
| Far North (Wide) | $147,234 | ||
| Hero and the Terror (Wide) | Cannon | $5,000,000 | |
| The House on Carroll Street (Wide) | $459,824 | ||
| Illegally Yours (Wide) | $259,019 | ||
| Judgment in Berlin (Wide) | $229,000 | ||
| Little Nikita (Wide) | $1,733,070 | ||
| Messenger of Death (Wide) | $3,074,681 | ||
| Monkey Shines (Wide) | $5,000,000 | ||
| The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (Wide) | $3,569,939 | ||
| Pass the Ammo (Wide) | New Century Vista Film Company | $169,785 | |
| Permanent Record (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $1,893,000 | |
| Promised Land (Wide) | $316,199 | ||
| Rent-A-Cop (Wide) | $295,000 | ||
| Running on Empty (Wide) | $2,835,116 | ||
| Spellbinder (Wide) | $1,938,049 | ||
| Split Decision (Wide) | $695,822 | ||
| Track 29 (Wide) | $429,028 | ||
| The Wrong Guys (Wide) | $1,152,786 | ||
| January 6 | The Horse Thief (Limited) | ||
| January 15 | The Couch Trip (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $11,005,304 |
| For Keeps? (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $17,000,000 | |
| Return of the Living Dead Part II (Wide) | Lorimar Motion Pictures | $9,205,924 | |
| January 22 | Braddock: Missing in Action III (Wide) | Cannon | $6,000,000 |
| The Telephone (Wide) | |||
| Five Corners (Limited) | Cineplex/Odeon | $969,000 | |
| January 28 | Gandahar (Limited) | $370,698 | |
| January 29 | Biggles (Wide) | New Century Vista Film Company | $112,132 |
| Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (Limited) | Urban Classics | ||
| January 31 | Mélo (Limited) | European International | |
| February 1988 | |||
| February 5 | Giulia e Giulia (Wide) | $901,000 | |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow (Wide) | Universal | $19,595,000 | |
| She's Having a Baby (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $16,031,707 | |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $10,006,000 | |
| February 9 | Sister, Sister (Wide) | $743,445 | |
| February 12 | Action Jackson (Wide) | Lorimar Motion Pictures | $20,257,000 |
| Satisfaction (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $8,253,123 | |
| School Daze (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $14,545,844 | |
| Shoot to Kill (Wide) | Walt Disney | $29,300,000 | |
| February 26 | Bloodsport (Wide) | Cannon | $11,806,119 |
| Frantic (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $17,637,000 | |
| Hairspray (Wide) | $6,671,108 | ||
| A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $6,264,058 | |
| Taffin (Wide) | $159,969 | ||
| February 28 | Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (Limited) | ||
| February TBD | Candy Mountain (Limited) | ||
| Picasso Trigger (Limited) | Malibu Bay Films | ||
| March 1988 | |||
| March 1 | Cop (Wide) | $1,884,315 | |
| March 4 | Moving (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $10,815,378 |
| Prison (Wide) | Empire Pictures | $354,704 | |
| Switching Channels (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $9,000,000 | |
| March 11 | Masquerade (Wide) | MGM | $15,855,828 |
| Off Limits (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,242,035 | |
| Vice Versa (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $13,664,060 | |
| When the Wind Blows (Limited) | King’s Road Entertainment | $5,274 | |
| March 18 | D.O.A. (Wide) | Walt Disney | $12,706,478 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War (Wide) | Universal | $13,825,794 | |
| Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $19,510,000 | |
| Dominick and Eugene (Limited) | Orion Pictures | $3,076,031 | |
| March 25 | Biloxi Blues (Wide) | Universal | $43,184,798 |
| The Fox and the Hound (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $43,899,231 | |
| Johnny Be Good (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $17,500,399 | |
| A New Life (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $7,721,851 | |
| High Season (Exclusive) | Hemdale | $1,125,000 | |
| March 30 | Beetle Juice (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $77,475,359 |
| April 1988 | |||
| April 1 | Bright Lights, Big City (Wide) | United Artists | $16,118,077 |
| The Seventh Sign (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $18,875,011 | |
| Stand and Deliver (Wide) | $13,994,920 | ||
| A Time of Destiny (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $1,212,487 | |
| Iguana (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||
| April 8 | Above the Law (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $18,869,631 |
| Bad Dreams (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $9,000,000 | |
| April 15 | Colors (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $46,616,067 |
| The Moderns (Wide) | $2,011,497 | ||
| Plain Clothes (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $289,000 | |
| Return to Snowy River (Wide) | Walt Disney | $13,687,027 | |
| Tales from the Gimli Hospital (Limited) | |||
| Tokyo Pop (Limited) | $37,835 | ||
| April 22 | Casual Sex? (Wide) | Universal | $12,277,096 |
| Lady in White (Wide) | New Century Vista Film Company | $1,705,139 | |
| The Unholy (Wide) | Vestron | $6,000,000 | |
| White Mischief (Wide) | $3,107,000 | ||
| Eat the Rich (Limited) | New Line | $42,450 | |
| Mondo New York (Limited) | |||
| Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (Limited) | New World | ||
| State Park (Limited) | Atlantic | $325 | |
| April 29 | Bagdad Cafe (Wide) | MGM | $3,587,303 |
| Critters 2: The Main Course (Wide) | New Line | $3,000,000 | |
| Sunset (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $4,595,000 | |
| I Hate Actors (Limited) | Galaxy International Releasing | $3,765 | |
| May 1988 | |||
| May 1 | Stormy Monday (Wide) | $1,791,328 | |
| Two Moon Junction (Wide) | Lorimar Motion Pictures | $1,547,397 | |
| May 4 | Mala Noche (Limited) | Janus Films | $11,352 |
| May 6 | Dead Heat (Wide) | New World | $3,588,626 |
| Salsa (Wide) | Cannon | $8,000,000 | |
| Shakedown (Wide) | Universal | $10,068,039 | |
| Whoops Apocalypse (Limited) | MGM | ||
| May 13 | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $19,170,001 |
| Maniac Cop (Limited) | Shapiro | ||
| May 20 | Willow (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $57,269,863 |
| Rikky and Pete (Limited) | United Artists | $127,999 | |
| May 25 | Crocodile Dundee 2 (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $109,306,210 |
| Rambo III (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $53,715,611 | |
| May 27 | Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Limited) | Trans World Entertainment | |
| May 31 | Black Eagle (Limited) | Taurus | |
| May TBD | My Best Friend Is a Vampire (Wide) | $174,380 | |
| Shy People (Wide) | Cannon | $769,119 | |
| American Gothic (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||
| June 1988 | |||
| June 3 | Big (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $114,968,774 |
| Funny Farm (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $25,537,221 | |
| June 10 | Big Business (Wide) | Walt Disney | $40,150,487 |
| Poltergeist III (Wide) | MGM | $14,114,000 | |
| The Presidio (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $20,036,000 | |
| Stars and Bars (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $111,987 | |
| June 15 | Bull Durham (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $50,888,729 |
| June 17 | The Great Outdoors (Wide) | Universal | $41,455,230 |
| Red Heat (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $34,994,648 | |
| Waxwork (Wide) | $808,114 | ||
| June 22 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Wide) | Walt Disney | $154,112,492 |
| June 24 | Dudes (Limited) | ||
| June 29 | Coming to America (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $128,152,301 |
| July 1988 | |||
| July 1 | A Handful of Dust (Wide) | New Line | $1,560,700 |
| July 6 | License to Drive (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $22,434,275 |
| Short Circuit 2 (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $20,882,000 | |
| July 8 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $14,681,192 |
| Phantasm II (Wide) | Universal | $7,282,851 | |
| July 13 | The Dead Pool (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $37,903,000 |
| It Takes Two (Wide) | $344,375 | ||
| July 15 | Bambi (Wide, re-release) | Walt Disney | $102,797,000 |
| Die Hard (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $85,892,546 | |
| A Fish Called Wanda (Wide) | MGM | $63,493,000 | |
| July 20 | Midnight Run (Wide) | Universal | $38,413,606 |
| July 22 | Big Top Pee-Wee (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $15,122,324 |
| Caddyshack II (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $11,798,302 | |
| July 29 | Cocktail (Wide) | Walt Disney | $78,222,753 |
| August 1988 | |||
| August 5 | The Blob (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $8,247,943 |
| The Rescue (Wide) | Walt Disney | $5,855,392 | |
| Vibes (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $1,883,811 | |
| August 10 | Clean and Sober (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $8,674,093 |
| August 12 | The Last Temptation of Christ (Wide) | Universal | $8,373,585 |
| Mac and Me (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $6,000,000 | |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $19,657,565 | |
| Young Guns (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $44,726,644 | |
| August 17 | The Wash (Limited) | Skouras | |
| August 18 | Miami Connection (Limited) | ||
| August 19 | Married to the Mob (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $21,486,757 |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Wide) | New Line | $49,369,899 | |
| August 22 | The Big Blue (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $3,000,000 |
| August 24 | Crossing Delancey (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $16,262,000 |
| August 25 | The Thin Blue Line (Limited) | Miramax | $1,209,846 |
| August 26 | Betrayed (Wide) | United Artists | $25,816,139 |
| Hot to Trot (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $6,000,000 | |
| Stealing Home (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $7,467,504 | |
| September 1988 | |||
| September 1 | Eight Men Out (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $5,680,515 |
| Miles from Home (Wide) | $188,964 | ||
| September 2 | Rocket Gibraltar (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $187,349 |
| Freeway (Limited) | Anchor Bay Entertainment | $143,000 | |
| September 9 | Moon Over Parador (Wide) | Universal | $11,444,204 |
| Some Girls (Wide) | MGM | $401,421 | |
| September 15 | Homeboy (Limited) | Carolco | |
| September 16 | Seven Hours to Judgment (Exclusive) | Trans World Entertainment | $177,820 |
| September 23 | Dead Ringers (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $9,134,733 |
| Gorillas in the Mist (Wide) | Universal | $24,720,479 | |
| Kansas (Wide) | Trans World Entertainment | $2,000,000 | |
| Sweet Hearts Dance (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $3,790,493 | |
| Patty Hearst (Limited) | Atlantic | ||
| September 24 | Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| September 28 | Memories of Me (Wide) | MGM | $3,965,000 |
| September 30 | Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Wide) | New World | $5,000,000 |
| Heartbreak Hotel (Wide) | Walt Disney | $5,509,417 | |
| Punchline (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $21,032,000 | |
| Daughter of the Nile (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||
| October 1988 | |||
| October 1 | Bird (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $2,181,286 |
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (Wide) | Galaxy International Releasing | $17,768,757 | |
| Tapeheads (Wide) | $343,786 | ||
| Things Change (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $3,527,886 | |
| October 7 | Alien Nation (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $25,216,243 |
| Imagine: John Lennon (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $3,753,977 | |
| Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $105,286 | |
| Salaam Bombay! (Limited) | |||
| October 14 | The Accused (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $32,078,318 |
| Another Woman (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $1,562,749 | |
| The Kiss (Wide) | |||
| Madame Sousatzka (Wide) | Universal | $3,548,238 | |
| Pumpkinhead (Wide) | United Artists | $4,385,516 | |
| Night of the Demons (Limited) | Paragon Pictures | $2,847,907 | |
| October 20 | Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| October 21 | Bat*21 (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $3,966,256 |
| The Lair of the White Worm (Wide) | $1,189,315 | ||
| Little Dorrit (Wide) | $1,025,000 | ||
| Mystic Pizza (Wide) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $12,793,213 | |
| Without a Clue (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $8,000,000 | |
| October 28 | Feds (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $3,000,000 |
| October TBD | Platoon Leader (Wide) | Cannon | $1,348,771 |
| November 1988 | |||
| November 4 | Everybody’s All-American (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $12,638,294 |
| The Good Mother (Wide) | Walt Disney | $4,764,606 | |
| They Live (Wide) | Universal | $13,000,000 | |
| U2: Rattle and Hum (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $8,600,823 | |
| The Brain (Limited) | Self Distributed | ||
| November 9 | Child’s Play (Wide) | United Artists | $33,244,684 |
| November 11 | A Cry in the Dark (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $6,908,797 |
| Ernest Saves Christmas (Wide) | Walt Disney | $28,202,109 | |
| Iron Eagle II (Wide) | Sony/TriStar | $10,000,000 | |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $7,179,000 | |
| Spike of Bensonhurst (Limited) | FilmDallas Pictures | $623,112 | |
| November 18 | 1969 (Wide) | Atlantic | $5,979,011 |
| The Chocolate War (Wide) | $303,624 | ||
| Fresh Horses (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,640,346 | |
| High Spirits (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $8,578,231 | |
| The Land Before Time (Wide) | Universal | $48,578,636 | |
| Last Rites (Wide) | MGM | $426,965 | |
| Oliver & Company (Wide) | Walt Disney | $74,151,346 | |
| Buster (Limited) | Hemdale | $540,000 | |
| Full Moon in Blue Water (Limited) | Trans World Entertainment | $450,726 | |
| November 23 | Cocoon: The Return (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $18,924,919 |
| Scrooged (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $59,450,353 | |
| Hanna's War (Exclusive) | Cannon | $139,796 | |
| December 1988 | |||
| December 1 | Talk Radio (Wide) | Universal | $3,468,572 |
| December 2 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $78,041,829 |
| Tequila Sunrise (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $39,703,427 | |
| December 9 | Mississippi Burning (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $34,603,000 |
| My Stepmother Is an Alien (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $13,854,000 | |
| Twins (Wide) | Universal | $111,936,388 | |
| December 14 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Wide) | Orion Pictures | $42,039,000 |
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (Wide) | MGM/UA Classics | $13,030,057 | |
| Torch Song Trilogy (Wide) | New Line | $4,865,997 | |
| December 16 | Rain Man (Wide) | MGM | $172,825,435 |
| December 20 | Working Girl (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $63,800,000 |
| December 21 | Beaches (Wide) | Walt Disney | $57,041,866 |
| Dangerous Liaisons (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $34,700,000 | |
| Pelle the Conqueror (Wide) | Miramax | $2,053,931 | |
| December 23 | The Accidental Tourist (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $32,632,000 |
| Hellbound: Hellraiser II (Wide) | New World | $11,611,883 | |
| Trapped Alive (Limited) | Eagle Films | ||
| December TBD | The Girl in a Swing (Wide) | Millimeter Films | $747,013 |
| Watchers (Wide) | Universal | $940,173 | |