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Top 1988 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office
See also: Top 1988 Domestic - Top 1988 International
Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2023 Worldwide - Top 2024 Worldwide
This chart contains the total worldwide box office for the movies released in 1988.
| ←Top 1987 Worldwide | Top 1989 Worldwide→ |
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain Man | $412,800,000 | $172,825,435 | $239,974,565 | 41.87% |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? | $351,500,000 | $154,112,492 | $197,387,508 | 43.84% |
| 3 | Coming to America | $288,800,000 | $128,152,301 | $160,647,699 | 44.37% |
| 4 | Crocodile Dundee 2 | $239,606,210 | $109,306,210 | $130,300,000 | 45.62% |
| 5 | Twins | $216,600,000 | $111,936,388 | $104,663,612 | 51.68% |
| 6 | Rambo III | $188,715,611 | $53,715,611 | $135,000,000 | 28.46% |
| 7 | Big | $151,665,347 | $114,968,774 | $36,696,573 | 75.80% |
| 8 | Die Hard | $143,651,650 | $85,892,546 | $57,759,104 | 59.79% |
| 9 | Masquerade | $91,593,744 | $15,855,828 | $75,737,916 | 17.31% |
| 10 | The Land Before Time | $82,316,211 | $48,436,211 | $33,880,000 | 58.84% |
| 11 | Midnight Run | $81,613,606 | $38,413,606 | $43,200,000 | 47.07% |
| 12 | Cocktail | $78,222,753 | $78,222,753 | 100.00% | |
| 13 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $78,041,829 | $78,041,829 | 100.00% | |
| 14 | Beetlejuice | $75,121,737 | $74,493,906 | $627,831 | 99.16% |
| 15 | Working Girl | $63,800,000 | $63,800,000 | 100.00% | |
| 16 | A Fish Called Wanda | $63,493,000 | $63,493,000 | 100.00% | |
| 17 | Scrooged | $59,450,796 | $59,450,353 | $443 | 100.00% |
| 18 | Willow | $57,269,863 | $57,269,863 | 100.00% | |
| 19 | Beaches | $57,041,866 | $57,041,866 | 100.00% | |
| 20 | Biloxi Blues | $51,684,798 | $43,184,798 | $8,500,000 | 83.55% |
| 21 | Bull Durham | $50,888,729 | $50,888,729 | 100.00% | |
| 22 | Oliver & Company | $49,576,671 | $49,576,671 | 100.00% | |
| 23 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $49,369,899 | $49,369,899 | 100.00% | |
| 24 | Colors | $46,616,067 | $46,616,067 | 100.00% | |
| 25 | Young Guns | $44,726,644 | $44,726,644 | 100.00% | |
| 26 | Child’s Play | $44,196,684 | $33,244,684 | $10,952,000 | 75.22% |
| 27 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $42,039,000 | $42,039,000 | 100.00% | |
| 28 | Bagdad Cafe | $42,001,910 | $3,587,303 | $38,414,607 | 8.54% |
| 29 | The Great Outdoors | $41,455,230 | $41,455,230 | 100.00% | |
| 30 | Big Business | $40,150,487 | $40,150,487 | 100.00% | |
| 31 | Tequila Sunrise | $39,703,427 | $39,703,427 | 100.00% | |
| 32 | The Dead Pool | $37,903,000 | $37,903,000 | 100.00% | |
| 33 | Red Heat | $34,994,648 | $34,994,648 | 100.00% | |
| 34 | Dangerous Liaisons | $34,700,000 | $34,700,000 | 100.00% | |
| 35 | Mississippi Burning | $34,603,000 | $34,603,000 | 100.00% | |
| 36 | The Accidental Tourist | $32,632,000 | $32,632,000 | 100.00% | |
| 37 | The Accused | $32,078,318 | $32,078,318 | 100.00% | |
| 38 | Shoot to Kill | $29,300,000 | $29,300,000 | 100.00% | |
| 39 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $28,202,109 | $28,202,109 | 100.00% | |
| 40 | Tonari no Totoro | $28,158,341 | $28,158,341 | ||
| 41 | Betrayed | $25,816,139 | $25,816,139 | 100.00% | |
| 42 | Funny Farm | $25,537,221 | $25,537,221 | 100.00% | |
| 43 | Alien Nation | $25,216,243 | $25,216,243 | 100.00% | |
| 44 | Gorillas in the Mist | $24,720,479 | $24,720,479 | 100.00% | |
| 45 | License to Drive | $22,434,275 | $22,434,275 | 100.00% | |
| 46 | Married to the Mob | $21,486,757 | $21,486,757 | 100.00% | |
| 47 | Punchline | $21,032,000 | $21,032,000 | 100.00% | |
| 48 | Short Circuit 2 | $20,882,000 | $20,882,000 | 100.00% | |
| 49 | Action Jackson | $20,274,718 | $20,257,000 | $17,718 | 99.91% |
| 50 | The Presidio | $20,036,000 | $20,036,000 | 100.00% | |
| 51 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,657,565 | $19,657,565 | 100.00% | |
| 52 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $19,595,000 | $19,595,000 | 100.00% | |
| 53 | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach | $19,510,000 | $19,510,000 | 100.00% | |
| 54 | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | $19,170,001 | $19,170,001 | 100.00% | |
| 55 | Cocoon: The Return | $18,924,919 | $18,924,919 | 100.00% | |
| 56 | The Seventh Sign | $18,875,011 | $18,875,011 | 100.00% | |
| 57 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | $18,869,631 | 100.00% | |
| 58 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $17,768,757 | $17,768,757 | 100.00% | |
| 59 | Frantic | $17,637,000 | $17,637,000 | 100.00% | |
| 60 | Johnny Be Good | $17,500,399 | $17,500,399 | 100.00% | |
| 61 | For Keeps? | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 100.00% | |
| 62 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,000 | $16,262,000 | 100.00% | |
| 63 | Bright Lights, Big City | $16,118,077 | $16,118,077 | 100.00% | |
| 64 | She's Having a Baby | $16,031,707 | $16,031,707 | 100.00% | |
| 65 | Big Top Pee-Wee | $15,122,324 | $15,122,324 | 100.00% | |
| 66 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | $14,681,192 | $14,681,192 | 100.00% | |
| 67 | School Daze | $14,545,844 | $14,545,844 | 100.00% | |
| 68 | Poltergeist III | $14,114,000 | $14,114,000 | 100.00% | |
| 69 | Stand and Deliver | $13,994,920 | $13,994,920 | 100.00% | |
| 70 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $13,854,000 | $13,854,000 | 100.00% | |
| 71 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $13,825,794 | $13,825,794 | 100.00% | |
| 72 | Return to Snowy River | $13,687,027 | $13,687,027 | 100.00% | |
| 73 | Vice Versa | $13,664,060 | $13,664,060 | 100.00% | |
| 74 | They Live | $13,449,643 | $13,447,978 | $1,665 | 99.99% |
| 75 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $13,030,057 | $13,030,057 | 100.00% | |
| 76 | Mystic Pizza | $12,793,213 | $12,793,213 | 100.00% | |
| 77 | D.O.A. | $12,706,478 | $12,706,478 | 100.00% | |
| 78 | Everybody’s All-American | $12,638,294 | $12,638,294 | 100.00% | |
| 79 | Casual Sex? | $12,277,096 | $12,277,096 | 100.00% | |
| 80 | Bloodsport | $11,806,119 | $11,806,119 | 100.00% | |
| 81 | Caddyshack II | $11,798,302 | $11,798,302 | 100.00% | |
| 82 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $11,611,883 | $11,611,883 | 100.00% | |
| 83 | Moon Over Parador | $11,444,204 | $11,444,204 | 100.00% | |
| 84 | The Couch Trip | $11,005,304 | $11,005,304 | 100.00% | |
| 85 | Moving | $10,815,378 | $10,815,378 | 100.00% | |
| 86 | Shakedown | $10,068,039 | $10,068,039 | 100.00% | |
| 87 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $10,006,000 | $10,006,000 | 100.00% |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.