Rain Man (1988) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in 1988, with $354.8M worldwide, ahead of Coming to America (1988) at $288.8M and Big (1988) at $151.9M. 139 drama films released in 1988 report a worldwide gross, $2.1B in all, 76% of it from the US & Canada. 5 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 25% on 1987, whose releases took $1.7B. By language, English leads with $1.8B across 110 drama releases.

1988 releases with a gross

139

combined worldwide

$2.1B

films crossed $100M

5

vs 1987

+25%

#1 of 139

#1 drama movie of 1988

Rain Man (1988)

1988 · Drama

$354.8M worldwide · 17% of the chart's total

$172.8M US & Canada · 49% $182M elsewhere · 51%