Yearly box office · films released in
1988
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain Man | MGM | $172,825,435 | $7,005,719 |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | BV | $156,452,370 | $11,226,239 |
| 3 | Coming to America | Par. | $128,152,301 | $21,404,420 |
| 4 | Big | Fox | $114,968,774 | $8,216,190 |
| 5 | Twins | Uni. | $111,938,388 | $11,174,980 |
| 6 | Crocodile Dundee II | Par. | $109,306,210 | $24,462,976 |
| 7 | Die Hard | Fox | $83,008,852 | $601,851 |
| 8 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Par. | $78,756,177 | $9,331,746 |
| 9 | Cocktail | BV | $78,222,753 | $11,789,466 |
| 10 | Beetlejuice | WB | $73,707,461 | $8,030,897 |
| 11 | Working Girl | Fox | $63,779,477 | $4,718,485 |
| 12 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $62,493,712 | $115,418 |
| 13 | Scrooged | Par. | $60,328,558 | $13,027,842 |
| 14 | Willow | MGM | $57,269,863 | $8,300,169 |
| 15 | Beaches | BV | $57,041,866 | $198,361 |
| 16 | Rambo III | TriS | $53,715,611 | $13,034,238 |
| 17 | Oliver & Company | BV | $53,279,055 | $4,022,752 |
| 18 | Bull Durham | Orion | $50,888,729 | $5,009,301 |
| 19 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | NL | $49,369,899 | $12,833,403 |
| 20 | The Land Before Time | Uni. | $48,092,846 | $7,526,025 |
| 21 | Colors | Orion | $46,616,067 | $4,747,118 |
| 22 | Young Guns | Fox | $45,661,556 | $7,011,393 |
| 23 | Biloxi Blues | Uni. | $43,184,798 | $7,093,325 |
| 24 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Orion | $42,039,085 | $3,840,498 |
| 25 | The Great Outdoors | Uni. | $41,455,230 | $6,121,115 |
| 26 | Tequila Sunrise | WB | $41,292,551 | $6,350,974 |
| 27 | Big Business | BV | $40,150,487 | $6,112,577 |
| 28 | Bambi (Re-issue) (1988) | BV | $39,047,150 | $7,216,741 |
| 29 | Midnight Run | Uni. | $38,413,606 | $5,506,290 |
| 30 | The Dead Pool | WB | $37,903,295 | $9,071,330 |
| 31 | Red Heat | TriS | $34,994,648 | $8,133,822 |
| 32 | Dangerous Liaisons | WB | $34,670,720 | $84,451 |
| 33 | Mississippi Burning | Orion | $34,603,943 | $225,034 |
| 34 | Child's Play | UA | $33,244,684 | $6,583,963 |
| 35 | The Accidental Tourist | WB | $32,632,093 | $97,578 |
| 36 | The Accused | Par. | $32,078,318 | $4,316,369 |
| 37 | Shoot to Kill | BV | $29,300,090 | $5,781,628 |
| 38 | Ernest Saves Christmas | BV | $28,202,109 | $5,710,734 |
| 39 | Betrayed | UA | $25,816,139 | $5,534,787 |
| 40 | Funny Farm | WB | $25,537,221 | $5,655,439 |
| 41 | Alien Nation | Fox | $25,216,243 | $8,421,429 |
| 42 | Gorillas in the Mist | Uni. | $24,720,479 | $366,925 |
| 43 | The Fox and the Hound (re-issue) | BV | $23,556,988 | $4,819,215 |
| 44 | License to Drive | Fox | $22,433,275 | $3,850,934 |
| 45 | Short Circuit 2 | TriS | $21,630,088 | $3,843,067 |
| 46 | Married to the Mob | Orion | $21,486,757 | $3,231,056 |
| 47 | Punchline | Col. | $21,042,667 | $160,742 |
| 48 | The Presidio | Par. | $20,324,096 | $5,119,031 |
| 49 | Action Jackson | Lori | $20,256,975 | $5,424,783 |
| 50 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Par. | $19,652,638 | $3,709,562 |
254 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.