List of 1988 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1988 .[ 1]
Number-one films
#
Weekend end date
Film
Box office
Notes
Ref
1
January 3, 1988
Three Men and a Baby
$13,123,622
Buena Vista 's biggest weekend of all-time.
[ 2]
2
January 10, 1988
$8,103,282
[ 3]
3
January 17, 1988
Good Morning, Vietnam
$11,752,913
Good Morning, Vietnam reached No. 1 in its fourth weekend of release after expanding to 785 theatres.
[ 4]
4
January 24, 1988
$10,806,276
[ 5]
5
January 31, 1988
$8,260,432
[ 6]
6
February 7, 1988
$8,564,496
[ 7]
7
February 15, 1988 4-day weekend
$9,011,354
[ 8]
8
February 21, 1988
$6,883,781
[ 9]
9
February 28, 1988
$5,232,945
[ 10]
10
March 6, 1988
$5,141,491
[ 11]
11
March 13, 1988
$4,369,592
[ 12]
12
March 20, 1988
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
$6,106,661
Police Academy 5 was the first non-Buena Vista film at number one for 12 weeks.
[ 13]
13
March 27, 1988
Biloxi Blues
$7,093,325
[ 14]
14
April 3, 1988
Beetlejuice
$8,030,897
[ 15]
15
April 10, 1988
$8,667,702
[ 16]
16
April 17, 1988
$7,145,123
[ 17]
17
April 24, 1988
$6,201,234
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18
May 1, 1988
Colors
$6,524,536
Colors reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release.
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19
May 8, 1988
$4,007,400
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20
May 15, 1988
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
$8,245,038
[ 21]
21
May 22, 1988
Willow
$8,300,169
[ 22]
22
May 30, 1988 4-day weekend
Crocodile Dundee II
$24,462,976
Crocodile Dundee II broke National Lampoon's European Vacation ' s record ($12 million) for the highest weekend debut for a comedy film and had the highest weekend debut of 1988.
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23
June 5, 1988
$12,717,140
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24
June 12, 1988
$8,519,246
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25
June 19, 1988
Red Heat
$8,133,822
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26
June 26, 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
$11,226,239
Buena Vista 's biggest opening weekend beating Three Men and a Baby .
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27
July 4, 1988 4-day weekend
Coming to America
$21,404,420
Coming to America broke Back to the Future ' s record ($11.1 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut.
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28
July 10, 1988
$13,342,707
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29
July 17, 1988
$10,417,790
[ 30]
30
July 24, 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
$8,919,732
Who Framed Roger Rabbit reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.
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31
July 31, 1988
Cocktail
$11,789,466
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32
August 7, 1988
$8,204,479
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33
August 14, 1988
Young Guns
$7,011,393
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34
August 21, 1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
$12,833,403
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master broke Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter ' s record ($11.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film , and also broke Smokey and the Bandit II ' s record ($10.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August.
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35
August 28, 1988
$6,989,358
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36
September 5, 1988 4-day weekend
$6,435,710
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37
September 11, 1988
Moon over Parador
$3,268,975
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38
September 18, 1988
A Fish Called Wanda
$2,555,291
A Fish Called Wanda reached No. 1 in its tenth weekend of release.
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39
September 25, 1988
Dead Ringers
$3,012,180
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40
October 2, 1988
Gorillas in the Mist
$3,451,230
Gorillas in the Mist reached No. 1 in its second week of release.
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41
October 10, 1988 4-day weekend
Alien Nation
$8,421,429
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42
October 16, 1988
The Accused
$4,316,369
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43
October 23, 1988
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
$6,831,250
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44
October 30, 1988
$4,510,500
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45
November 6, 1988
They Live
$4,827,903
[ 47]
46
November 13, 1988
Child's Play
$6,583,963
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47
November 20, 1988
The Land Before Time
$7,526,025
The Land Before Time broke An American Tail ' s record ($5.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and for a non-Disney animated film.
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48
November 27, 1988
Scrooged
$13,027,842
[ 50]
49
December 4, 1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
$9,331,746
[ 51]
50
December 11, 1988
Twins
$11,174,980
[ 52]
51
December 18, 1988
$7,781,130
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52
December 26, 1988
$8,958,675
[ 54]
53
January 2, 1989
Rain Man
$14,350,610
Rain Man reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release.
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Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross
Highest-grossing films of 1988 by Calendar Gross[ 56]
Rank
Title
Studio(s)
Actor(s)
Director(s)
Gross
1.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Walt Disney Studios
Bob Hoskins , Christopher Lloyd , Charles Fleischer , Stubby Kaye and Joanna Cassidy
Robert Zemeckis
$156,452,370
2.
Coming to America
Paramount Pictures
Eddie Murphy , Arsenio Hall , James Earl Jones , John Amos , Madge Sinclair and Shari Headley
John Landis
$128,152,301
3.
Good Morning, Vietnam
Walt Disney Studios
Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker
Barry Levinson
$122,231,991
4.
Big
20th Century Fox
Tom Hanks , Elizabeth Perkins , Robert Loggia and John Heard
Penny Marshall
$114,968,774
5.
Crocodile Dundee II
Paramount Pictures
Paul Hogan , Linda Kozlowski and John Meillon
John Cornell
$109,306,210
6.
Three Men and a Baby
Walt Disney Studios
Tom Selleck , Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson
Leonard Nimoy
$90,528,478
7.
Die Hard
20th Century Fox
Bruce Willis , Alan Rickman , Alexander Godunov , Bonnie Bedelia , William Atherton , Reginald VelJohnson , Hart Bochner , Paul Gleason and Robert Davi
John McTiernan
$83,008,852
8.
Moonstruck
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cher , Nicolas Cage , Vincent Gardenia , Olympia Dukakis and Danny Aiello
Norman Jewison
$80,034,239
9.
Cocktail
Walt Disney Studios
Tom Cruise , Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue
Roger Donaldson
$78,222,753
10.
Beetlejuice
Warner Bros. Pictures
Alec Baldwin , Geena Davis , Jeffrey Jones , Catherine O'Hara , Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton
Tim Burton
$73,707,461
In-Year Release
Highest-grossing films of 1988 by In-year release[ 57]
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic gross
1.
Rain Man
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
$172,825,435
2.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Disney
$156,452,370
3.
Coming to America
Paramount
$128,152,301
4.
Big
20th Century Fox
$114,968,774
5.
Twins
Universal
$111,938,388
6.
Crocodile Dundee II
Paramount
$109,306,210
7.
Die Hard
20th Century Fox
$83,008,852
8.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Paramount
$78,756,177
9.
Cocktail
Disney
$78,222,753
10.
Beetlejuice
Warner Bros.
$73,707,461
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