Top Grossing Drama Movies in 1988
| Rank | Title | Language | Domestic | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain Man |  EN | $172,825,435 | $354,825,435 |
| 2 | Coming to America | EN | $128,152,301 | $288,752,301 |
| 3 | Big | $115,227,281 | $151,927,281 | |
| 4 | Good Morning, Vietnam | EN | $123,922,370 | $123,923,306 |
| 5 | Working Girl | EN | $63,779,477 | $102,953,112 |
| 6 | The Land Before Time | EN | $48,478,716 | $84,846,716 |
| 7 | Gorillas in the Mist | EN | $24,720,479 | $61,149,479 |
| 8 | Scrooged | EN | $60,328,558 | $60,329,560 |
| 9 | Willow | EN | $57,269,863 | $57,272,256 |
| 10 | Beaches | EN | $57,041,866 | $57,041,866 |
| 11 | Biloxi Blues | EN | $43,184,798 | $51,684,798 |
| 12 | Colors |  ML | $46,616,067 | $46,616,067 |
| 13 | Dangerous Liaisons |  FR | $34,670,720 | $34,670,720 |
| 14 | The Accidental Tourist | EN | $32,632,093 | $32,632,093 |
| 15 | The Accused | EN | $32,078,318 | $32,078,318 |
| 16 | Shoot to Kill |  ES | $29,300,090 | $29,300,090 |
| 17 | Betrayed | EN | $25,816,139 | $25,816,139 |
| 18 | Funny Farm | EN | $25,537,221 | $25,537,221 |
| 19 | Punchline | EN | $21,042,667 | $21,042,667 |
| 20 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | EN | $19,656,113 | $19,656,113 |
| 21 | The Seventh Sign | EN | $18,875,011 | $18,875,011 |
| 22 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | $18,869,631 | |
| 23 | Frantic |  JP | $17,637,950 | $17,637,950 |
| 24 | For Keeps? | EN | $17,514,553 | $17,514,553 |
| 25 | Bright Lights, Big City | EN | $16,118,077 | $16,118,077 |
| 26 | She's Having a Baby | EN | $16,031,707 | $16,031,707 |
| 27 | Masquerade | EN | $15,855,828 | $15,855,828 |
| 28 | School Daze | EN | $14,545,844 | $14,545,844 |
| 29 | Stand and Deliver | EN | $13,994,920 | $13,994,920 |
| 30 | The Milagro Beanfield War | EN | $13,825,794 | $13,825,794 |
| 31 | Cinema Paradiso |  IT | $12,397,210 | $13,502,484 |
| 32 | Mystic Pizza | EN | $12,793,213 | $12,793,213 |
| 33 | Everybody’s All-American | EN | $12,638,294 | $12,638,294 |
| 34 | Bloodsport | EN | $11,806,119 | $11,807,585 |
| 35 | Shakedown | EN | $10,068,039 | $10,068,039 |
| 36 | Hope and Glory | EN | $10,021,120 | $10,021,120 |
| 37 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | EN | $10,006,806 | $10,006,806 |
| 38 | Criminal Law | EN | $9,974,446 | $9,974,446 |
| 39 | The Last Temptation of Christ | EN | $8,373,585 | $8,866,379 |
| 40 | Clean and Sober | EN | $8,674,093 | $8,674,093 |
| 41 | Dead Ringers | FR | $8,038,508 | $8,039,196 |
| 42 | Stealing Home | EN | $7,467,504 | $7,467,504 |
| 43 | Ironweed | EN | $7,393,346 | $7,393,346 |
| 44 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | ES | $7,251,740 | $7,305,816 |
| 45 | Off Limits | EN | $7,242,035 | $7,242,035 |
| 46 | A Cry in the Dark | EN | $6,908,797 | $6,908,797 |
| 47 | Fresh Horses | EN | $6,640,346 | $6,640,346 |
| 48 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | EN | $6,264,058 | $6,264,058 |
| 49 | 1969 | EN | $5,979,011 | $5,979,011 |
| 50 | The Rescue | EN | $5,855,392 | $5,855,392 |
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