1988 Top-Grossing International Movies

This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative International box office earnings for movies released in 1988. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 1988.

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Biggest Territory	Genre	1988 International Gross
1	Rain Man	Dec 16, 1988	South Korea	Comedy	$239,974,565
2	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Jun 22, 1988	New Zealand	Comedy	$197,387,508
3	Coming to America	Jun 29, 1988		Romantic Comedy	$160,647,699
4	Rambo III	May 25, 1988		Action	$135,000,000
5	Crocodile Dundee 2	May 25, 1988		Action	$130,300,000
6	Twins	Dec 9, 1988		Comedy	$104,663,612
7	Masquerade	Mar 11, 1988		Thriller/Suspense	$75,737,916
8	Die Hard	Jul 15, 1988	United Kingdom	Action	$57,759,104
9	Midnight Run	Jul 20, 1988	New Zealand	Action	$43,200,000
10	Bagdad Cafe	Apr 29, 1988	South Korea	Drama	$38,414,607
11	Big	Jun 3, 1988	Australia	Comedy	$36,696,573
12	The Land Before Time	Nov 18, 1988	New Zealand	Adventure	$33,880,000
13	My Neighbor Totoro	Apr 16, 1988	China	Adventure	$28,333,473
14	Child’s Play	Nov 9, 1988		Horror	$10,952,000
15	Biloxi Blues	Mar 25, 1988		Comedy	$8,500,000
16	Hairspray	Feb 26, 1988	United Kingdom	Musical	$2,500,000
17	Grave of the Fireflies (火垂…	Apr 16, 1988	Italy	Drama	$786,379
18	Beetlejuice	Mar 30, 1988	United Kingdom	Comedy	$627,831
19	Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Co…	Mar 12, 1988	South Korea	Adventure	$166,984
20	Spoorloos	Oct 27, 1988	Netherlands	Thriller/Suspense	$79,086
21	Le grand bleu	Aug 22, 1988	South Korea	Drama	$45,048
22	Distant Voices, Still Lives	Nov 16, 1988	United Kingdom	Drama	$44,963
23	Assa	Apr 30, 1988	Russia (CIS)	Drama	$43,983
24	Action Jackson	Feb 12, 1988	New Zealand	Action	$17,718
25	La leggenda del santo bevitore	Sep 2, 1988	South Korea	Drama	$10,689
26	Jane B. par Agnès V.	Mar 2, 1988	South Korea	Drama	$9,965
27	They Live	Nov 4, 1988	New Zealand	Thriller/Suspense	$2,234
28	Mujeres al borde de un ataque…	Nov 11, 1988	Spain	Black Comedy	$1,408
29	Sous le soleil de Satan	Sep 16, 1988	Portugal	Drama	$925
30	Dom za vešanje	Dec 21, 1988	Portugal	Comedy	$686
31	The Blob	Aug 5, 1988	New Zealand	Horror	$584
32	Scrooged	Nov 23, 1988	Australia	Comedy	$443
33	Bird	Oct 1, 1988	Portugal	Drama	$426
34	Moonwalker	Oct 29, 1988	New Zealand	Musical	$374
35	Killer Klowns from Outer Space	May 27, 1988	New Zealand	Black Comedy	$343
36	Mac and Me	Aug 12, 1988	New Zealand	Adventure	$332
37	Dead Ringers	Sep 23, 1988	New Zealand	Thriller/Suspense	$249
38	The Last Temptation of Christ	Aug 12, 1988	New Zealand	Drama	$135
39	Miami Connection	Aug 18, 1988	New Zealand	Action	$107
40	Bright Lights, Big City	Apr 1, 1988	New Zealand	Drama	$39
41	Mapantsula	Oct 20, 1988	New Zealand	Drama	$31