List of 1988 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1988. [1]

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Number-one films

#Weekend end dateFilmBox officeNotesRef
1January 3, 1988 Three Men and a Baby $13,123,622 Buena Vista's biggest weekend of all-time. [2]
2January 10, 1988$8,103,282 [3]
3January 17, 1988 Good 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, 1988 Police 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, 1988 Biloxi Blues $7,093,325 [14]
14April 3, 1988 Beetlejuice $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, 1988 Colors $6,524,536Colors reached No. 1 in its third weekend of release. [19]
19May 8, 1988$4,007,400 [20]
20May 15, 1988 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood $8,245,038 [21]
21May 22, 1988 Willow $8,300,169 [22]
22May 30, 19884-day weekend Crocodile Dundee II $24,462,976Crocodile 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]
23June 5, 1988$12,717,140 [24]
24June 12, 1988$8,519,246 [25]
25June 19, 1988 Red Heat $8,133,822 [26]
26June 26, 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit $11,226,239 Buena Vista's biggest opening weekend beating Three Men and a Baby. [27]
27July 4, 19884-day weekend Coming 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, 1988 Cocktail $11,789,466 [32]
32August 7, 1988$8,204,479 [33]
33August 14, 1988 Young Guns $7,011,393 [34]
34August 21, 1988 A 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, and also broke Smokey and the Bandit II 's record ($10.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August. [35]
35August 28, 1988$6,989,358 [36]
36September 5, 19884-day weekend$6,435,710 [37]
37September 11, 1988 Moon over Parador $3,268,975 [38]
38September 18, 1988 A Fish Called Wanda $2,555,291A Fish Called Wanda reached No. 1 in its tenth weekend of release. [39]
39September 25, 1988 Dead Ringers $3,012,180 [40]
40October 2, 1988 Gorillas in the Mist $3,451,230Gorillas in the Mist reached No. 1 in its second week of release. [41] [42]
41October 10, 19884-day weekend Alien Nation $8,421,429 [43]
42October 16, 1988 The Accused $4,316,369 [44]
43October 23, 1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers $6,831,250 [45]
44October 30, 1988$4,510,500 [46]
45November 6, 1988 They Live $4,827,903 [47]
46November 13, 1988 Child's Play $6,583,963 [48]
47November 20, 1988 The Land Before Time $7,526,025The 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]
48November 27, 1988 Scrooged $13,027,842 [50]
49December 4, 1988 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! $9,331,746 [51]
50December 11, 1988 Twins $11,174,980 [52]
51December 18, 1988$7,781,130 [53]
52December 26, 1988$8,958,675 [54]
53January 2, 1989 Rain 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 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]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic 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

  1. ↑ "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1988". Box Office Mojo .
  2. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 1". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 2". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 3". Box Office Mojo.
  5. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 4". Box Office Mojo.
  6. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 5". Box Office Mojo.
  7. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo.
  8. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  9. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 8". Box Office Mojo.
  10. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 9". Box Office Mojo.
  11. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 10". Box Office Mojo.
  12. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 11". Box Office Mojo.
  13. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 12". Box Office Mojo.
  14. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 13". Box Office Mojo.
  15. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 14". Box Office Mojo.
  16. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 15". Box Office Mojo.
  17. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 16". Box Office Mojo.
  18. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 17". Box Office Mojo.
  19. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 18". Box Office Mojo.
  20. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 19". Box Office Mojo.
  21. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo.
  22. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 21". Box Office Mojo.
  23. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 22 (Memorial Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  24. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 23". Box Office Mojo.
  25. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 24". Box Office Mojo.
  26. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 25". Box Office Mojo.
  27. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 26". Box Office Mojo.
  28. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 27 (July 4th long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  29. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 28". Box Office Mojo.
  30. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 29". Box Office Mojo.
  31. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 30". Box Office Mojo.
  32. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 31". Box Office Mojo.
  33. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 32". Box Office Mojo.
  34. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 33". Box Office Mojo.
  35. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 34". Box Office Mojo.
  36. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 35". Box Office Mojo.
  37. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  38. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 37". Box Office Mojo.
  39. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 38". Box Office Mojo.
  40. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo.
  41. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (October 5, 1988). "'Gorillas' Goes Ape; 'Delancey' Keen; 'Hotel' A Disney Heartbreaker". Variety . p. 3.
  42. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 40". Box Office Mojo.
  43. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  44. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 42". Box Office Mojo.
  45. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 43". Box Office Mojo.
  46. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 44". Box Office Mojo.
  47. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 45". Box Office Mojo.
  48. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 46". Box Office Mojo.
  49. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 47". Box Office Mojo.
  50. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  51. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
  52. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
  53. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 51". Box Office Mojo.
  54. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 52 (Christmas long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  55. ↑ "Domestic 1988 Weekend 53 (New Year's long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  56. ↑ "Domestic Box Office For 1988". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  57. ↑ "Domestic Box Office For 1988 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

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