Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Cumulative > Top 1988 Domestic
Top-grossing movies at the domestic box office first released in 1988
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 2024 Domestic - Top 2025 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. | $77,475,359 | $8,030,897 | 1,582 |
| 11 | Oliver & Company | Walt Disney | $74,151,346 | $4,022,752 | 2,189 |
| 12 | Working Girl | 20th Cent… | $63,800,000 | $4,718,485 | 1,149 |
| 13 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $63,493,000 | $115,418 | 1,223 |
| 14 | Scrooged | Paramount… | $59,450,353 | $13,027,842 | 1,897 |
| 15 | Willow | Sony Pict… | $57,269,863 | $8,300,169 | 1,209 |
| 16 | Beaches | Walt Disney | $57,041,866 | 1,122 | |
| 17 | Rambo III | Sony/TriStar | $53,715,611 | $16,745,418 | 2,562 |
| 18 | Bull Durham | Orion Pic… | $50,888,729 | $5,009,307 | 1,297 |
| 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 | $48,578,636 | $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 | Galaxy In… | $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 | $515,721 | 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.