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
1January 3, 1988Three Men and a Baby$13,123,622Buena Vista's biggest weekend of all-time.[2]
2January 10, 1988$8,103,282[3]
3January 17, 1988Good Morning, Vietnam$11,752,913Good Morning, Vietnam reached No. 1 in its fourth weekend of release after expanding to 785 theatres.[4]
4January 24, 1988$10,806,276[5]
5January 31, 1988$8,260,432[6]
6February 7, 1988$8,564,496[7]
7February 15, 19884-day weekend$9,011,354[8]
8February 21, 1988$6,883,781[9]
9February 28, 1988$5,232,945[10]
10March 6, 1988$5,141,491[11]
11March 13, 1988$4,369,592[12]
12March 20, 1988Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach$6,106,661Police Academy 5 was the first non-Buena Vista film at number one for 12 weeks.[13]
13March 27, 1988Biloxi Blues$7,093,325[14]
14April 3, 1988Beetlejuice$8,030,897[15]
15April 10, 1988$8,667,702[16]
16April 17, 1988$7,145,123[17]
17April 24, 1988$6,201,234[18]
18May 1, 1988Colors$6,524,536Colors reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release.[19]
19May 8, 1988$4,007,400[20]
20May 15, 1988Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood$8,245,038[21]
21May 22, 1988Willow$8,300,169[22]
22May 30, 19884-day weekendCrocodile Dundee II$24,462,976Crocodile Dundee II had the highest weekend debut of 1988.[23]
23June 5, 1988$12,717,140[24]
24June 12, 1988$8,519,246[25]
25June 19, 1988Red Heat$8,133,822[26]
26June 26, 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit$11,226,239Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend beating Three Men and a Baby.[27]
27July 3, 1988Coming to America$21,404,420Coming to America broke Back to the Future's record ($11.1 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut.[28]
28July 10, 1988$13,342,707[29]
29July 17, 1988$10,417,790[30]
30July 24, 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit$8,919,732Who Framed Roger Rabbit reclaimed #1 in its fifth weekend of release.[31]
31July 31, 1988Cocktail$11,789,466[32]
32August 7, 1988$8,204,479[33]
33August 14, 1988Young Guns$7,011,393[34]
34August 21, 1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master$12,833,403A 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.[35]
35August 28, 1988$6,989,358[36]
36September 5, 19884-day weekend$6,435,710[37]
37September 11, 1988Moon over Parador$3,268,975[38]
38September 18, 1988A Fish Called Wanda$2,555,291A Fish Called Wanda reached No. 1 in its tenth weekend of release.[39]
39September 25, 1988Dead Ringers$3,012,180[40]
40October 2, 1988Gorillas in the Mist$3,451,230Gorillas in the Mist reached No. 1 in its second week of release.[41][42]
41October 9, 1988Alien Nation$8,421,429[43]
42October 16, 1988The Accused$4,316,369[44]
43October 23, 1988Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers$6,831,250[45]
44October 30, 1988$4,510,500[46]
45November 6, 1988They Live$4,827,903[47]
46November 13, 1988Child's Play$6,583,963[48]
47November 20, 1988The Land Before Time$7,526,025[49]
48November 27, 1988Scrooged$13,027,842[50]
49December 4, 1988The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!$9,331,746[51]
50December 11, 1988Twins$11,174,980[52]
51December 18, 1988$7,781,130[53]
52December 26, 1988$8,958,675[54]
53January 2, 1989Rain Man$14,350,610Rain 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]

RankTitleStudio(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, 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 and Bonnie Bedelia 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 ManMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$172,825,435
2.Who Framed Roger RabbitDisney$156,452,370
3.Coming to AmericaParamount$128,152,301
4.Big20th Century Fox$114,968,774
5.TwinsUniversal$111,938,388
6.Crocodile Dundee IIParamount$109,306,210
7.Die HardFox$83,008,852
8.The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!Paramount$78,756,177
9.CocktailDisney$78,222,753
10.BeetlejuiceWarner Bros.$73,707,461


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1988
GOliver & Company
PGWho Framed Roger Rabbit
PG-13The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
RRain Man

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See also

Preceded by
1987
1988 Succeeded by
1989
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