Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1988

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Rain Man	Drama	$172,825,435	$354,825,435
2	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Mystery Fantasy Comedy	$156,452,370	$329,803,958
3	Coming to America	Drama Comedy Romance	$128,152,301	$288,752,301
4	Crocodile Dundee II	Action Adventure Comedy	$109,306,210	$239,606,210
5	Twins	Comedy	$111,938,388	$216,614,388
6	Rambo III	Action Adventure Thriller	$53,715,611	$189,015,611
7	Die Hard	Action Thriller Crime	$85,892,546	$143,651,650
8	Good Morning, Vietnam	Biography Drama Comedy	$123,922,370	$123,923,306
9	Working Girl	Drama Comedy Romance	$63,779,477	$102,953,112
10	The Night Before	Comedy	$48,478,716	$84,846,716
11	The Land Before Time	Adventure Drama Animation	$48,478,716	$84,846,716
12	Midnight Run	Action Adventure Thriller	$38,413,606	$81,613,606
13	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Action Comedy Romance	$78,756,177	$78,756,177
14	Beetlejuice	Fantasy Comedy	$74,664,632	$74,852,535
15	Oliver & Company	Adventure Comedy Animation	$74,151,346	$74,151,346
16	A Fish Called Wanda	Comedy Crime	$62,493,712	$62,493,712
17	Gorillas in the Mist	History Drama	$24,720,479	$61,149,479
18	Scrooged	Drama Fantasy Comedy	$60,328,558	$60,329,560
19	Willow	Action Adventure Drama	$57,269,863	$57,272,256
20	Beaches	Drama Comedy Music	$57,041,866	$57,041,866
21	Biloxi Blues	Drama Comedy	$43,184,798	$51,684,798
22	Bull Durham	Sport Comedy Romance	$50,888,729	$50,888,729
23	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	Thriller Horror	$49,369,899	$49,369,899
24	Young Guns	Action Thriller Comedy	$45,661,556	$45,661,556
25	Child’s Play	Horror	$33,244,684	$44,196,684
26	The Great Outdoors	Comedy	$41,455,230	$43,455,230
27	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Comedy Crime	$42,039,085	$42,039,085
28	Tequila Sunrise	Action Thriller Romance	$41,292,551	$41,292,551
29	Big Business	Comedy	$40,150,487	$40,150,487
30	The Dead Pool	Action Thriller Crime	$37,903,295	$37,903,295
31	Red Heat	Action Thriller Comedy	$34,994,648	$34,994,648
32	The Accidental Tourist	Drama Romance	$32,632,093	$32,632,093
33	Alien Nation	Action Sci-Fi Crime	$25,216,243	$32,155,047
34	The Accused	Drama	$32,078,318	$32,078,318
35	Ernest Saves Christmas	Fantasy Comedy Family	$28,202,109	$28,202,109
36	Betrayed	Drama Crime Thriller	$25,816,139	$25,816,139
37	Funny Farm	Drama Comedy	$25,537,221	$25,537,221
38	Cocoon: The Return	Adventure Sci-Fi Mystery	$18,924,919	$25,024,919
39	License to Drive	Comedy	$22,433,275	$22,433,275
40	Married to the Mob	Comedy Romance Crime	$21,486,757	$21,486,757
41	Punchline	Drama Comedy Romance	$21,042,667	$21,042,667
42	The Presidio	Action Mystery Thriller	$20,324,096	$20,324,096
43	Tucker: The Man and His Dream	Biography Drama	$19,656,113	$19,656,113
44	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Thriller Horror	$19,595,031	$19,595,031
45	Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach	Comedy Crime	$19,510,371	$19,510,371
46	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	Thriller Horror	$19,170,001	$19,170,001
47	The Seventh Sign	Horror Thriller Drama	$18,875,011	$18,875,011
48	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Thriller Horror	$17,768,757	$17,768,757
49	Johnny Be Good	Sport Comedy	$17,550,399	$17,550,399
50	For Keeps?	Drama Comedy Romance	$17,514,553	$17,514,553