Movies Released in 1988
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Production
Budget | Domestic
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
January, 1988 |
| January 1 |
18 Again! |
Comedy |
|
$2,567,099 |
|
|
Appointment with Death |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$960,040 |
|
|
Apprentice to Murder |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$466,639 |
|
|
Aria |
Comedy |
|
$1,028,679 |
|
|
Bulletproof |
Action |
|
$807,947 |
|
|
Buster |
Comedy |
|
$540,000 |
|
|
Call Me |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$251,819 |
|
|
Clara's Heart |
Drama |
|
$5,194,491 |
|
|
The Courier |
|
|
$5,000 |
|
|
Da |
|
|
$604,532 |
|
|
The Deceivers |
|
|
$346,730 |
|
|
Dominick and Eugene |
|
|
$3,076,031 |
|
|
Far North |
|
|
$147,234 |
|
|
Full Moon in Blue Water |
|
|
$450,726 |
|
|
Hero and the Terror |
Action |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
|
The House on Carroll Street |
|
|
$459,824 |
|
|
Illegally Yours |
|
|
$259,019 |
|
|
Judgment in Berlin |
|
|
$229,000 |
|
|
Light Years |
|
|
$370,698 |
|
|
Little Nikita |
|
|
$1,733,070 |
|
|
Madame Sousatzka |
|
|
$3,548,000 |
|
|
Messenger of Death |
|
|
$3,074,681 |
|
|
The Amateurs |
|
|
$2,011,497 |
|
|
Monkey Shines |
|
|
$5,000,000 |
|
|
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
|
|
$3,569,939 |
|
|
Pass the Ammo |
|
|
$169,785 |
|
|
Permanent Record |
|
|
$1,893,000 |
|
|
Promised Land |
|
|
$316,199 |
|
|
Rent-A-Cop |
|
|
$295,000 |
|
|
Running on Empty |
|
|
$2,835,116 |
|
|
Spellbinder |
|
|
$1,938,049 |
|
|
Split Decision |
|
|
$695,822 |
|
|
Track 29 |
|
|
$429,028 |
|
|
The Wrong Guys |
|
|
$1,152,786 |
|
| |
| January 15 |
The Couch Trip |
Comedy |
|
$11,005,304 |
|
|
For Keeps? |
Drama |
|
$17,000,000 |
|
|
Return of the Living Dead Part II |
Horror |
$6,200,000 |
$9,205,924 |
|
| |
| January 22 |
Braddock: Missing in Action III |
Action |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
|
Five Corners |
Drama |
|
$969,000 |
|
|
The Telephone |
|
|
$0 |
|
| |
| January 29 |
Biggles |
Adventure |
|
$112,132 |
|
February, 1988 |
| February 5 |
The Serpent and the Rainbow |
Horror |
|
$19,595,000 |
|
|
She's Having a Baby |
Comedy |
|
$16,031,707 |
|
|
The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
|
|
$10,006,000 |
|
| |
| February 9 |
Sister, Sister |
|
|
$743,445 |
|
| |
| February 12 |
Action Jackson |
Action |
$7,000,000 |
$20,257,000 |
|
|
Satisfaction |
Comedy |
|
$8,253,123 |
|
|
School Daze |
Drama |
$6,000,000 |
$14,545,844 |
|
|
Shoot to Kill |
Action |
|
$29,300,000 |
|
| |
| February 26 |
Bloodsport |
Action |
$1,500,000 |
$11,806,119 |
|
|
Frantic |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,637,000 |
|
|
Hairspray |
|
|
$6,671,108 |
|
|
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon |
Drama |
|
$6,264,058 |
|
|
Taffin |
|
|
$159,969 |
|
March, 1988 |
| March 1 |
Cop |
|
|
$1,884,315 |
|
| |
| March 4 |
Moving |
Comedy |
|
$10,815,378 |
|
|
Prison |
Horror |
$4,000,000 |
$354,704 |
|
|
Switching Channels |
Comedy |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| |
| March 11 |
Masquerade |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$15,855,828 |
|
|
Off Limits |
Action |
|
$7,242,035 |
|
|
Vice Versa |
Comedy |
|
$13,664,060 |
|
| |
| March 18 |
D.O.A. |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$12,706,478 |
|
|
The Milagro Beanfield War |
Comedy |
|
$13,825,794 |
|
|
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach |
Comedy |
|
$19,510,000 |
|
| |
| March 25 |
Biloxi Blues |
Comedy |
|
$43,184,798 |
|
|
High Season |
Comedy |
|
$1,125,000 |
|
|
Johnny Be Good |
Comedy |
|
$17,500,399 |
|
|
A New Life |
Comedy |
|
$7,721,851 |
|
| |
| March 30 |
Beetle Juice |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$73,326,666 |
|
April, 1988 |
| April 1 |
Bright Lights, Big City |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$16,118,077 |
|
|
The Seventh Sign |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$18,875,011 |
|
|
Stand and Deliver |
|
|
$13,994,920 |
|
|
A Time of Destiny |
|
|
$1,212,487 |
|
| |
| April 8 |
Above the Law |
Action |
|
$18,869,631 |
|
|
Bad Dreams |
Horror |
|
$9,000,000 |
|
| |
| April 15 |
Colors |
Action |
|
$46,616,067 |
|
|
Plain Clothes |
Comedy |
|
$289,000 |
|
|
Return to Snowy River |
Adventure |
|
$13,687,027 |
|
| |
| April 22 |
Casual Sex? |
Comedy |
|
$12,277,096 |
|
|
Lady in White |
Horror |
$4,700,000 |
$1,705,139 |
|
|
The Unholy |
Action |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
| |
| April 29 |
Critters 2: The Main Course |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
|
Out of Rosenheim |
Drama |
|
$3,587,303 |
|
|
Sunset |
Comedy |
|
$4,595,000 |
|
May, 1988 |
| May 1 |
Stormy Monday |
|
|
$1,791,328 |
|
| |
| May 4 |
Mala Noche |
Drama |
|
$11,352 |
|
| |
| May 6 |
Dead Heat |
Action |
|
$3,588,626 |
|
|
Salsa |
Drama |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
|
Shakedown |
Action |
|
$10,068,039 |
|
| |
| May 13 |
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood |
Horror |
$2,800,000 |
$19,170,001 |
|
| |
| May 20 |
Willow |
Adventure |
|
$57,269,863 |
|
| |
| May 25 |
Crocodile Dundee 2 |
Adventure |
|
$109,306,210 |
|
|
Rambo III |
Action |
$58,000,000 |
$53,715,611 |
|
| |
| May 31 |
My Best Friend Is a Vampire |
Comedy |
|
$174,380 |
|
June, 1988 |
| June 3 |
Big |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$114,968,774 |
|
|
Funny Farm |
Comedy |
|
$25,537,221 |
|
| |
| June 10 |
Big Business |
Comedy |
|
$40,150,487 |
|
|
Poltergeist III |
Horror |
$9,500,000 |
$14,114,000 |
|
|
The Presidio |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$20,036,000 |
|
|
Stars and Bars |
Comedy |
|
$111,987 |
|
| |
| June 15 |
Bull Durham |
Drama |
|
$50,888,729 |
|
| |
| June 17 |
The Great Outdoors |
Comedy |
|
$41,455,230 |
|
|
Red Heat |
Action |
|
$34,994,648 |
|
|
Waxwork |
|
|
$808,114 |
|
| |
| June 22 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
Comedy |
$70,000,000 |
$154,112,492 |
|
| |
| June 29 |
Coming to America |
Comedy |
|
$128,152,301 |
|
July, 1988 |
| July 1 |
A Handful of Dust |
|
|
$1,560,700 |
|
| |
| July 6 |
License to Drive |
Comedy |
|
$22,434,275 |
|
|
Short Circuit 2 |
Comedy |
|
$20,882,000 |
|
| |
| July 8 |
Arthur 2: On the Rocks |
Comedy |
|
$14,681,192 |
|
|
Phantasm II |
Horror |
$3,000,000 |
$7,000,000 |
|
| |
| July 13 |
The Dead Pool |
Action |
|
$37,903,000 |
|
|
It Takes Two |
|
|
$344,375 |
|
| |
| July 15 |
Die Hard |
Action |
$28,000,000 |
$81,350,242 |
|
|
A Fish Called Wanda |
Comedy |
|
$63,493,000 |
|
| |
| July 20 |
Midnight Run |
Action |
$30,000,000 |
$38,413,606 |
|
| |
| July 22 |
Big Top Pee-Wee |
Adventure |
|
$15,122,324 |
|
|
Caddyshack II |
Comedy |
|
$11,798,302 |
|
| |
| July 29 |
Cocktail |
Drama |
|
$78,222,753 |
|
August, 1988 |
| August 5 |
The Blob |
Horror |
|
$8,247,943 |
|
|
The Rescue |
Action |
|
$5,855,392 |
|
|
Vibes |
Comedy |
|
$1,883,811 |
|
| |
| August 10 |
Clean and Sober |
Drama |
|
$8,674,093 |
|
| |
| August 12 |
The Last Temptation of Christ |
Drama |
$7,000,000 |
$8,373,585 |
|
|
Mac and Me |
Adventure |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
|
Tucker: The Man and His Dream |
Drama |
|
$19,652,638 |
|
|
Young Guns |
Western |
$13,000,000 |
$44,726,644 |
|
| |
| August 19 |
Married to the Mob |
Comedy |
|
$21,486,757 |
|
|
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master |
Horror |
$13,000,000 |
$49,369,899 |
|
| |
| August 22 |
Le grand bleu |
Drama |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| |
| August 24 |
Crossing Delancey |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$16,262,000 |
|
| |
| August 26 |
Betrayed |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$25,816,139 |
|
|
Hot to Trot |
Comedy |
|
$6,000,000 |
|
|
Stealing Home |
Drama |
|
$7,467,504 |
|
September, 1988 |
| September 1 |
Eight Men Out |
Drama |
|
$5,680,515 |
|
|
Miles from Home |
|
|
$188,964 |
|
| |
| September 2 |
Rocket Gibraltar |
|
|
$187,349 |
|
| |
| September 9 |
Moon Over Parador |
Comedy |
|
$11,444,204 |
|
|
Some Girls |
|
|
$401,421 |
|
| |
| September 16 |
Seven Hours to Judgment |
Action |
|
$177,820 |
|
| |
| September 23 |
Dead Ringers |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$9,134,733 |
|
|
Gorillas in the Mist |
Drama |
|
$24,720,479 |
|
|
Kansas |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$2,000,000 |
|
|
Sweet Hearts Dance |
Drama |
|
$3,790,493 |
|
| |
| September 28 |
Memories of Me |
Comedy |
|
$3,965,000 |
|
| |
| September 30 |
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark |
Comedy |
|
$5,000,000 |
|
|
Heartbreak Hotel |
Comedy |
|
$5,509,417 |
|
|
Punchline |
Comedy |
|
$21,032,000 |
|
October, 1988 |
| October 1 |
Bird |
Drama |
|
$2,181,286 |
|
|
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
Horror |
$5,000,000 |
$17,768,757 |
|
|
Tapeheads |
|
|
$343,786 |
|
|
Things Change |
|
|
$3,527,886 |
|
| |
| October 7 |
Alien Nation |
Drama |
|
$25,216,243 |
|
|
Imagine: John Lennon |
Documentary |
|
$3,753,977 |
|
| |
| October 14 |
The Accused |
Drama |
|
$32,078,318 |
|
|
Another Woman |
Drama |
|
$1,562,749 |
|
|
The Kiss |
|
|
$0 |
|
|
Pumpkinhead |
Horror |
|
$4,385,516 |
|
| |
| October 21 |
Bat*21 |
Drama |
|
$3,966,256 |
|
|
The Lair of the White Worm |
|
|
$1,189,315 |
|
|
Little Dorrit |
|
|
$1,025,000 |
|
|
Mystic Pizza |
Comedy |
$6,000,000 |
$12,793,213 |
|
|
Without a Clue |
Comedy |
|
$8,000,000 |
|
| |
| October 28 |
Feds |
Comedy |
|
$3,000,000 |
|
| |
| October 31 |
Platoon Leader |
Drama |
|
$1,348,771 |
|
November, 1988 |
| November 4 |
Everybody's All American |
Drama |
|
$12,638,294 |
|
|
The Good Mother |
Drama |
|
$4,764,606 |
|
|
They Live |
Thriller/Suspense |
$4,000,000 |
$13,000,000 |
|
|
U2: Rattle and Hum |
Concert/Performance |
|
$8,600,823 |
|
| |
| November 9 |
Child's Play |
Horror |
$9,000,000 |
$33,244,684 |
|
| |
| November 11 |
A Cry in the Dark |
Drama |
|
$6,908,797 |
|
|
Ernest Saves Christmas |
Comedy |
|
$28,202,109 |
|
|
Iron Eagle II |
Action |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
|
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios |
Comedy |
|
$7,179,000 |
|
| |
| November 18 |
1969 |
Drama |
|
$5,979,011 |
|
|
The Chocolate War |
Drama |
|
$303,624 |
|
|
Fresh Horses |
Drama |
|
$6,640,346 |
|
|
High Spirits |
Comedy |
|
$8,578,231 |
|
|
The Land Before Time |
Adventure |
$12,300,000 |
$48,092,846 |
|
|
Last Rites |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$426,965 |
|
|
Oliver & Company |
Adventure |
|
$49,576,671 |
|
| |
| November 23 |
Cocoon: The Return |
Comedy |
|
$18,924,919 |
|
|
Hanna's War |
Drama |
|
$139,796 |
|
|
Scrooged |
Comedy |
$32,000,000 |
$60,328,558 |
|
December, 1988 |
| December 1 |
Talk Radio |
Drama |
$4,000,000 |
$3,468,572 |
|
| |
| December 2 |
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! |
Comedy |
|
$78,041,829 |
|
|
Tequila Sunrise |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$39,703,427 |
|
| |
| December 9 |
Mississippi Burning |
Drama |
|
$34,603,000 |
|
|
My Stepmother Is an Alien |
Comedy |
$16,000,000 |
$13,854,000 |
|
|
Twins |
Comedy |
$15,000,000 |
$111,936,388 |
|
| |
| December 14 |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
Comedy |
|
$42,039,000 |
|
|
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka |
Comedy |
|
$13,030,057 |
|
|
Torch Song Trilogy |
Comedy |
|
$4,865,997 |
|
| |
| December 16 |
Rain Man |
Comedy |
$25,000,000 |
$172,825,435 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
Working Girl |
Comedy |
|
$63,800,000 |
|
| |
| December 21 |
Beaches |
Drama |
|
$57,041,866 |
|
|
Dangerous Liaisons |
Drama |
$14,000,000 |
$34,700,000 |
|
|
Pelle erobreren |
Drama |
|
$2,053,931 |
|
| |
| December 23 |
The Accidental Tourist |
Drama |
|
$32,632,000 |
|
|
Hellraiser II: Hellbound |
Horror |
|
$11,611,883 |
|
| |
| December 31 |
The Chronicles of Narnia |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
|
The Girl in a Swing |
Drama |
|
$747,013 |
|
|
Night of the Demons |
Horror |
|
$2,847,907 |
|
|
Watchers |
Action |
|
$940,173 |
|
|
Wednesday, May 22, 2013