#1 of 70 #1 romance movie of 1988
1988 · Drama, Comedy
$288.8M worldwide · 21% of the chart's total
$128.2M US & Canada · 44% $160.6M elsewhere · 56%
Romance box office · 1988
Romance Box Office 1988: Highest-Grossing Romance Movies, Page 2
Coming to America (1988) is the highest-grossing romance movie released in 1988, with $288.8M worldwide, ahead of Cocktail (1988) at $171.5M and Big (1988) at $151.9M. 70 romance films released in 1988 report a worldwide gross, $1.4B in all, 76% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 48% on 1987, whose releases took $933.1M. By language, English leads with $990M across 56 romance releases.
- 1988 releases with a gross
- 70
- combined worldwide
- $1.4B
- films crossed $100M
- 4
- vs 1987
- +48%
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Every Romance Release of 1988, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 70 of 70. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 1988.
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Dec 21, 1988 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.1M - 52
Dec 23, 1988 US and Canada: $785K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $785K - 53
Mar 4, 1988 US and Canada: $717.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $717.4K - 54
Sep 23, 1988 US and Canada: $657.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $657.4K - 55
Sep 16, 1988 US and Canada: $540K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $540K - 56
Jan 21, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $509.4K - 57
Nov 23, 1988 US and Canada: $450.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $450.7K - 58
Sep 9, 1988 US and Canada: $401.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $401.4K - 59
Aug 1, 1988 US and Canada: $397.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $397.9K - 60
Jul 13, 1988 US and Canada: $344.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $344.4K - 61
Apr 15, 1988 US and Canada: $289.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $289.3K - 62
May 13, 1988 US and Canada: $259K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $259K - 63
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)May 6, 1988 US and Canada: $174.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $174.4K
May 6, 1988 · English · Horror, Comedy, Romance $174.4K worldwide - 64
Feb 1, 1988 US and Canada: $136.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $136.6K - 65
Oct 10, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $108.4K - 66
Apr 21, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.3K - 67
Apr 21, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.3K - 68
Jan 27, 1988 US and Canada: $70.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $70.1K - 69
Jun 9, 1988 US and Canada: $9.4K Rest of the world: $3.7K Worldwide: $13.1K - 70
Dec 16, 1988 US and Canada: $9.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.9K
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Romance Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2008 leads with $7.3B, led by Mamma Mia! (2008).
2020s 7 years · $9.1B
2010s 10 years · $33.7B
- 2019 $4B #1 Aladdin (2019)
- 2018 $2.9B #1 A Star Is Born (2018)
- 2017 $3.7B #1 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- 2016 $3.3B #1 La La Land (2016)
- 2015 $3.1B #1 Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- 2014 $2.9B #1 The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
- 2013 $2.3B #1 The Great Gatsby (2013)
- 2012 $4B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
- 2011 $2.9B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- 2010 $4.6B #1 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
2000s 10 years · $45.5B
- 2009 $6.6B #1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- 2008 $7.3B #1 Mamma Mia! (2008)
- 2007 $4.1B #1 Enchanted (2007)
- 2006 $3.7B #1 Happy Feet (2006)
- 2005 $5.5B #1 King Kong (2005)
- 2004 $4.5B #1 Meet the Fockers (2004)
- 2003 $3.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- 2002 $3.1B #1 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- 2001 $3.9B #1 Pearl Harbor (2001)
- 2000 $3.2B #1 What Women Want (2000)
1990s 10 years · $25.7B
- 1999 $3.1B #1 Notting Hill (1999)
- 1998 $3.6B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $4.2B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $2.3B #1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- 1995 $2.5B #1 Pocahontas (1995)
- 1994 $2.7B #1 Forrest Gump (1994)
- 1993 $1.8B #1 Indecent Proposal (1993)
- 1992 $2B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $1.6B #1 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- 1990 $1.8B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $8.3B
- 1989 $958.8M #1 Look Who's Talking (1989)
- 1988 $1.4B #1 Coming to America (1988)
- 1987 $933.1M #1 Dirty Dancing (1987)
- 1986 $1.2B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $739.4M #1 Out of Africa (1985)
- 1984 $850.6M #1 Romancing the Stone (1984)
- 1983 $551.9M #1 Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 1982 $542.5M #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $688.4M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $438.9M #1 The Blue Lagoon (1980)
1970s 10 years · $1.8B
- 1979 $342.1M #1 10 (1979)
- 1978 $628.2M #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $424.9M #1 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- 1976 $141M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $15.7M #1 Once Is Not Enough (1975)
- 1974 $117M #1 Benji (1974)
- 1973 $81.3M #1 The Way We Were (1973)
- 1972 $1.4M #1 Bombay to Goa (1972)
- 1971 $10.5M #1 Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- 1970 $18.7M #1 Getting Straight (1970)
1960s 10 years · $620.8M
- 1969 $15M #1 Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- 1968 $52.3M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $109.5M #1 The Graduate (1967)
- 1966 $146.4K #1 A Man and a Woman (1966)
- 1965 $272.3M #1 The Sound of Music (1965)
- 1964 $83.8M #1 My Fair Lady (1964)
- 1963 $62.7M #1 Cleopatra (1963)
- 1962 $600.8K #1 Jules and Jim (1962)
- 1961 $5.7M #1 Mother and a Guest (1961)
- 1960 $18.9M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $378.8M
- 1959 $52M #1 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- 1958 $10.7M #1 Vertigo (1958)
- 1957 $4M #1 An Affair to Remember (1957)
- 1956 $63.5M #1 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- 1955 $94.2M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $13.8M #1 An Inspector Calls (1954)
- 1953 $3.6M #1 Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- 1952 $38.5M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $2.1M #1 The Girl on the Bridge (1951)
- 1950 $96.4M #1 Cinderella (1950)
1940s 10 years · $456.6M
- 1949 $88.8K #1 The Passionate Friends (1949)
- 1948 $191.5K #1 The Red Shoes (1948)
- 1947 $1M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $44.9M #1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- 1945 $684.7K #1 Meet Me in St. Louis (1945)
- 1944 $6 #1 The Uninvited (1944)
- 1943 $4.7M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $1.9M #1 Reunion in France (1942)
- 1941 $25.5K #1 The Lady Eve (1941)
- 1940 $403M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $188.1M
- 1939 $931.5K #1 Wuthering Heights (1939)
- 1938 $185.2M #1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
- 1937 $17.5K #1 Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- 1936 $1.4M #1 Born to Dance (1936)
- 1935 $528.1K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $46.8K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $2.5K #1 42nd Street (1933)
- 1932 $1.2K #1 Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- 1931 $8.3K #1 Marius (1931)
- 1930 $1.2K #1 Madam Satan (1930)