Top Grossing Crime Movies in 1988
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |  EN | $156,452,370 | $329,803,958 |
| 2 | Die Hard | EN | $85,892,546 | $143,651,650 |
| 3 | Midnight Run | EN | $38,413,606 | $81,613,606 |
| 4 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | EN | $78,756,177 | $78,756,177 |
| 5 | A Fish Called Wanda | EN | $62,493,712 | $62,493,712 |
| 6 | Colors |  ML | $46,616,067 | $46,616,067 |
| 7 | Young Guns | EN | $45,661,556 | $45,661,556 |
| 8 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | EN | $42,039,085 | $42,039,085 |
| 9 | Tequila Sunrise | EN | $41,292,551 | $41,292,551 |
| 10 | The Dead Pool | EN | $37,903,295 | $37,903,295 |
| 11 | Red Heat | EN | $34,994,648 | $34,994,648 |
| 12 | Alien Nation | EN | $25,216,243 | $32,155,047 |
| 13 | Shoot to Kill |  ES | $29,300,090 | $29,300,090 |
| 14 | Betrayed | EN | $25,816,139 | $25,816,139 |
| 15 | Married to the Mob | EN | $21,486,757 | $21,486,757 |
| 16 | The Presidio | EN | $20,324,096 | $20,324,096 |
| 17 | Action Jackson |  IN | $20,256,975 | $20,256,975 |
| 18 | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach | EN | $19,510,371 | $19,510,371 |
| 19 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | $18,869,631 | |
| 20 | Frantic |  JP | $17,637,950 | $17,637,950 |
| 21 | Masquerade | EN | $15,855,828 | $15,855,828 |
| 22 | D.O.A. | EN | $12,706,478 | $12,706,478 |
| 23 | Shakedown | EN | $10,068,039 | $10,068,039 |
| 24 | Clean and Sober | EN | $8,674,093 | $8,674,093 |
| 25 | Off Limits | EN | $7,242,035 | $7,242,035 |
| 26 | A Cry in the Dark | EN | $6,908,797 | $6,908,797 |
| 27 | Hero and the Terror | EN | $5,301,200 | $5,301,200 |
| 28 | Sunset | EN | $4,594,452 | $4,594,452 |
| 29 | The Big Blue | EN | $3,580,882 | $3,992,246 |
| 30 | Feds | EN | $3,838,793 | $3,838,793 |
| 31 | Tougher Than Leather | EN | $3,582,760 | $3,582,760 |
| 32 | Things Change | EN | $3,527,886 | $3,527,886 |
| 33 | Messenger of Death | EN | $3,074,681 | $3,074,681 |
| 34 | Running on Empty | EN | $2,835,116 | $2,847,941 |
| 35 | Kansas | EN | $2,432,536 | $2,432,536 |
| 36 | Salaam Bombay! | IN | $2,080,046 | $2,080,758 |
| 37 | Cop | EN | $1,984,315 | $1,984,315 |
| 38 | Stormy Monday | EN | $1,791,328 | $1,791,328 |
| 39 | The Thin Blue Line | EN | $1,209,846 | $1,209,846 |
| 40 | The Little Thief |  FR | $1,055,416 | $1,055,416 |
| 41 | Appointment with Death | EN | $960,040 | $960,040 |
| 42 | Maniac Cop | EN | $671,382 | $671,382 |
| 43 | Buster | EN | $540,000 | $540,000 |
| 44 | Drowning by Numbers | EN | $424,773 | $477,828 |
| 45 | Prison | EN | $345,704 | $345,704 |
| 46 | Plain Clothes | EN | $289,323 | $289,323 |
| 47 | Miles from Home | EN | $188,964 | $188,964 |
| 48 | Seven Hours to Judgment | EN | $177,820 | $177,820 |
| 49 | Ghost Town | EN | $75,000 | $75,000 |
| 50 | Cohen and Tate | EN | $64,227 | $64,227 |
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