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, 19884-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 [18]
18 May 1, 1988 Colors $6,524,536 Colors reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release. [19]
19 May 8, 1988 $4,007,400 [20]
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, 19884-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. [23]
23 June 5, 1988 $12,717,140 [24]
24 June 12, 1988 $8,519,246 [25]
25 June 19, 1988 Red Heat $8,133,822 [26]
26 June 26, 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit $11,226,239 Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend beating Three Men and a Baby. [27]
27 July 4, 19884-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. [28]
28 July 10, 1988 $13,342,707 [29]
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. [31]
31 July 31, 1988 Cocktail $11,789,466 [32]
32 August 7, 1988 $8,204,479 [33]
33 August 14, 1988 Young Guns $7,011,393 [34]
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. [35]
35 August 28, 1988 $6,989,358 [36]
36 September 5, 19884-day weekend $6,435,710 [37]
37 September 11, 1988 Moon over Parador $3,268,975 [38]
38 September 18, 1988 A Fish Called Wanda $2,555,291 A Fish Called Wanda reached No. 1 in its tenth weekend of release. [39]
39 September 25, 1988 Dead Ringers $3,012,180 [40]
40 October 2, 1988 Gorillas in the Mist $3,451,230 Gorillas in the Mist reached No. 1 in its second week of release. [41][42]
41 October 10, 19884-day weekend Alien Nation $8,421,429 [43]
42 October 16, 1988 The Accused $4,316,369 [44]
43 October 23, 1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers $6,831,250 [45]
44 October 30, 1988 $4,510,500 [46]
45 November 6, 1988 They Live $4,827,903 [47]
46 November 13, 1988 Child's Play $6,583,963 [48]
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. [49]
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 [53]
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. [55]

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


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1988
G Oliver & Company
PG Who Framed Roger Rabbit
PG-13 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
R Rain Man

See also

References

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