1988 Top-Grossing Worldwide Movies
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative Worldwide 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 | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain Man | $412,800,000 | $172,825,435 | $239,974,565 | 41.9% |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $351,500,000 | $154,112,492 | $197,387,508 | 43.8% |
| 3 | Coming to America | $288,800,000 | $128,152,301 | $160,647,699 | 44.4% |
| 4 | Crocodile Dundee 2 | $239,606,210 | $109,306,210 | $130,300,000 | 45.6% |
| 5 | Twins | $216,600,000 | $111,936,388 | $104,663,612 | 51.7% |
| 6 | Rambo III | $188,715,611 | $53,715,611 | $135,000,000 | 28.5% |
| 7 | Big | $151,665,347 | $114,968,774 | $36,696,573 | 75.8% |
| 8 | Die Hard | $143,651,650 | $85,892,546 | $57,759,104 | 59.8% |
| 9 | Masquerade | $91,593,744 | $15,855,828 | $75,737,916 | 17.3% |
| 10 | The Land Before Time | $82,458,636 | $48,578,636 | $33,880,000 | 58.9% |
| 11 | Midnight Run | $81,613,606 | $38,413,606 | $43,200,000 | 47.1% |
| 12 | Cocktail | $78,222,753 | $78,222,753 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 13 | Beetlejuice | $78,103,190 | $77,475,359 | $627,831 | 99.2% |
| 14 | The Naked Gun: From the Files… | $78,041,829 | $78,041,829 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 15 | Oliver & Company | $74,151,346 | $74,151,346 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 16 | Working Girl | $63,800,000 | $63,800,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 17 | A Fish Called Wanda | $63,493,000 | $63,493,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 18 | Scrooged | $59,450,796 | $59,450,353 | $443 | 100.0% |
| 19 | Willow | $57,269,863 | $57,269,863 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Beaches | $57,041,866 | $57,041,866 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Biloxi Blues | $51,684,798 | $43,184,798 | $8,500,000 | 83.6% |
| 22 | Bull Durham | $50,888,729 | $50,888,729 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 23 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: … | $49,369,899 | $49,369,899 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 24 | Colors | $46,616,067 | $46,616,067 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 25 | Young Guns | $44,726,644 | $44,726,644 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 26 | Child’s Play | $44,196,684 | $33,244,684 | $10,952,000 | 75.2% |
| 27 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $42,039,000 | $42,039,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 28 | Bagdad Cafe | $42,001,910 | $3,587,303 | $38,414,607 | 8.5% |
| 29 | The Great Outdoors | $41,455,230 | $41,455,230 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 30 | Big Business | $40,150,487 | $40,150,487 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 31 | Tequila Sunrise | $39,703,427 | $39,703,427 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 32 | The Dead Pool | $37,903,000 | $37,903,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 33 | Red Heat | $34,994,648 | $34,994,648 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 34 | Dangerous Liaisons | $34,700,000 | $34,700,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 35 | Mississippi Burning | $34,603,000 | $34,603,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 36 | The Accidental Tourist | $32,632,000 | $32,632,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 37 | The Accused | $32,078,318 | $32,078,318 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 38 | Shoot to Kill | $29,300,000 | $29,300,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 39 | My Neighbor Totoro | $28,333,473 | $0 | $28,333,473 | 0.0% |
| 40 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $28,202,109 | $28,202,109 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 41 | Betrayed | $25,816,139 | $25,816,139 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 42 | Funny Farm | $25,537,221 | $25,537,221 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 43 | Alien Nation | $25,216,243 | $25,216,243 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 44 | Gorillas in the Mist | $24,720,479 | $24,720,479 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 45 | License to Drive | $22,434,275 | $22,434,275 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 46 | Married to the Mob | $21,486,757 | $21,486,757 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 47 | Punchline | $21,032,000 | $21,032,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 48 | Short Circuit 2 | $20,882,000 | $20,882,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 49 | Action Jackson | $20,274,718 | $20,257,000 | $17,718 | 99.9% |
| 50 | The Presidio | $20,036,000 | $20,036,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 51 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,657,565 | $19,657,565 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 52 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $19,595,000 | $19,595,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 53 | Police Academy 5: Assignment:… | $19,510,000 | $19,510,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 54 | Friday the 13th Part VII: The… | $19,170,001 | $19,170,001 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 55 | Cocoon: The Return | $18,924,919 | $18,924,919 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 56 | The Seventh Sign | $18,875,011 | $18,875,011 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 57 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | $18,869,631 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 58 | Halloween 4: The Return of Mi… | $17,768,757 | $17,768,757 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 59 | Frantic | $17,637,000 | $17,637,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 60 | Johnny Be Good | $17,500,399 | $17,500,399 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 61 | For Keeps? | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 62 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,000 | $16,262,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 63 | Bright Lights, Big City | $16,118,116 | $16,118,077 | $39 | 100.0% |
| 64 | She's Having a Baby | $16,031,707 | $16,031,707 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 65 | Big Top Pee-Wee | $15,122,324 | $15,122,324 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 66 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | $14,681,192 | $14,681,192 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 67 | School Daze | $14,545,844 | $14,545,844 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 68 | Poltergeist III | $14,114,000 | $14,114,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 69 | Stand and Deliver | $13,994,920 | $13,994,920 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 70 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $13,854,000 | $13,854,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 71 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $13,825,794 | $13,825,794 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 72 | Return to Snowy River | $13,687,027 | $13,687,027 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 73 | Vice Versa | $13,664,060 | $13,664,060 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 74 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $13,030,057 | $13,030,057 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 75 | They Live | $13,002,234 | $13,000,000 | $2,234 | 100.0% |
| 76 | Mystic Pizza | $12,793,213 | $12,793,213 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 77 | D.O.A. | $12,706,478 | $12,706,478 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 78 | Everybody’s All-American | $12,638,294 | $12,638,294 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 79 | Casual Sex? | $12,277,096 | $12,277,096 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 80 | Bloodsport | $11,806,119 | $11,806,119 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 81 | Caddyshack II | $11,798,302 | $11,798,302 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 82 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $11,611,883 | $11,611,883 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 83 | Moon Over Parador | $11,444,204 | $11,444,204 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 84 | The Couch Trip | $11,005,304 | $11,005,304 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 85 | Moving | $10,815,378 | $10,815,378 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 86 | Shakedown | $10,068,039 | $10,068,039 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 87 | The Unbearable Lightness of B… | $10,006,000 | $10,006,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 88 | Iron Eagle II | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 89 | Return of the Living Dead Par… | $9,205,924 | $9,205,924 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 90 | Hairspray | $9,171,108 | $6,671,108 | $2,500,000 | 72.7% |
| 91 | Dead Ringers | $9,134,982 | $9,134,733 | $249 | 100.0% |
| 92 | Bad Dreams | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 93 | Switching Channels | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 94 | Clean and Sober | $8,674,093 | $8,674,093 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 95 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $8,600,823 | $8,600,823 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 96 | High Spirits | $8,578,231 | $8,578,231 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 97 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $8,373,720 | $8,373,585 | $135 | 100.0% |
| 98 | Satisfaction | $8,253,123 | $8,253,123 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 99 | The Blob | $8,248,527 | $8,247,943 | $584 | 100.0% |
| 100 | Salsa | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $0 | 100.0% |