Top Movies of 1988 - Best Box Office Performers

Rank	Title	Language	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Rain Man	UK	Drama	$172,825,435	$354,825,435
2	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	UK	Mystery Fantasy Comedy	$156,452,370	$329,803,958
3	Coming to America	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$128,152,301	$288,752,301
4	Crocodile Dundee II	UK	Action Adventure Comedy	$109,306,210	$239,606,210
5	Twins	UK	Comedy	$111,938,388	$216,614,388
6	Rambo III	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$53,715,611	$189,015,611
7	Cocktail	TA	Comedy Romance	$78,222,753	$171,504,781
8	Big		Drama Fantasy Comedy	$115,227,281	$151,927,281
9	Die Hard	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$85,892,546	$143,651,650
10	Good Morning, Vietnam	UK	Biography Drama Comedy	$123,922,370	$123,923,090
11	Working Girl	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$63,779,477	$102,953,112
12	The Land Before Time	UK	Adventure Drama Animation	$48,336,291	$84,704,291
13	The Night Before	UK	Comedy	$48,336,291	$84,704,291
14	Midnight Run	UK	Action Adventure Thriller	$38,413,606	$81,613,606
15	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	UK	Action Comedy Romance	$78,756,177	$78,756,177
16	Beetlejuice	UK	Fantasy Comedy	$74,664,632	$74,849,333
17	Oliver & Company	UK	Adventure Comedy Animation	$74,151,346	$74,151,346
18	A Fish Called Wanda	UK	Comedy Crime	$62,493,712	$62,493,712
19	Scrooged	UK	Drama Fantasy Comedy	$60,328,558	$60,329,560
20	Willow	UK	Action Adventure Drama	$57,269,863	$57,270,852
21	Beaches	UK	Drama Comedy Music	$57,041,866	$57,041,866
22	Biloxi Blues	UK	Drama Comedy	$43,184,798	$51,684,798
23	Bull Durham	UK	Sport Comedy Romance	$50,888,729	$50,888,729
24	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	UK	Thriller Horror	$49,369,899	$49,369,899
25	Colors	ML	Drama Crime	$46,616,067	$46,616,067
26	Young Guns	UK	Action Thriller Comedy	$45,661,556	$45,661,556
27	The Great Outdoors	UK	Comedy	$41,455,230	$43,455,230
28	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	UK	Comedy Crime	$42,039,085	$42,039,085
29	Tequila Sunrise	UK	Action Thriller Romance	$41,292,551	$41,292,551
30	Big Business	UK	Comedy	$40,150,487	$40,150,487
31	The Dead Pool	UK	Action Thriller Crime	$37,903,295	$37,903,295
32	Red Heat	UK	Action Thriller Comedy	$34,994,648	$34,994,648
33	Dangerous Liaisons	FR	Drama Romance	$34,670,720	$34,670,720
34	The Accidental Tourist	UK	Drama Romance	$32,632,093	$32,632,093
35	Alien Nation	UK	Action Sci-Fi Crime	$25,216,243	$32,155,047
36	The Accused		Drama	$32,078,318	$32,078,318
37	My Neighbor Totoro	JP	Fantasy Animation Family	$2,250,213	$31,316,572
38	Shoot to Kill	ES	Action Adventure Drama	$29,300,090	$29,300,090
39	Ernest Saves Christmas	UK	Fantasy Comedy Family	$28,202,109	$28,202,109
40	Funny Farm	UK	Drama Comedy	$25,537,221	$25,537,221
41	Cocoon: The Return	UK	Adventure Sci-Fi Mystery	$18,924,919	$25,024,919
42	License to Drive	UK	Comedy	$22,433,275	$22,433,275
43	Married to the Mob	UK	Comedy Romance Crime	$21,486,757	$21,486,757
44	Punchline	UK	Drama Comedy Romance	$21,042,667	$21,042,667
45	The Presidio	UK	Action Mystery Thriller	$20,324,096	$20,324,096
46	Action Jackson	IN	Action Thriller Comedy	$20,256,975	$20,256,975
47	Tucker: The Man and His Dream	UK	Biography Drama	$19,656,113	$19,656,113
48	Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach	UK	Comedy Crime	$19,510,371	$19,510,371
49	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	UK	Thriller Horror	$19,170,001	$19,170,001
50	Above the Law		Action Drama Mystery	$18,869,631	$18,869,631

Top Grossing Movies in 1988

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