Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Per Year Acting > Top Domestic 1988 Stars
Highest Grossing Stars of 1988 at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200)
See also: Top Domestic 2020 Stars - Top Domestic 2021 Stars - Top Domestic 2022 Stars - Top Domestic 2023 Stars - Top Domestic 2024 Stars - Top Domestic 2025 Stars
This list shows the highest grossing stars of 1988 based on the domestic box office of the movies they had a leading role in in 1988 and the two preceeding years (voice-only roles excluded).
The Star Score in this list represent points assigned to each of the leading stars of top 100 (based on domestic box office) movies in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on. This rewards actors for appearing in a number of hit films over the course of three years more than starring in just one monster hit over the same time period.
| Top Domestic 1987 Stars | Top Domestic 1989 Stars |
| Rank | Name | Star Score |
Movies | Average Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Michael Palin | 88 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 102 | Jerry O'Connell | 88 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 103 | Robert Redford | 87 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 104 | Bill Murray | 87 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 105 | Peter Weller | 86 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 106 | Val Kilmer | 86 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 107 | Joanne Whalley | 86 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 108 | Warwick Davis | 86 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 109 | Chuck Norris | 85 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 110 | Billy Crystal | 85 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 111 | Barbara Hershey | 85 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 112 | Art Metrano | 84 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 113 | Timothy Dalton | 82 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 114 | Louis Gossett Jr. | 81 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 115 | Robert Duvall | 80 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 116 | Sean Penn | 80 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 117 | Ally Sheedy | 80 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 118 | Dermot Mulroney | 79 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 119 | Casey Siemaszko | 79 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 120 | Christopher Walken | 78 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 121 | Michael Caine | 77 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 122 | Martin Short | 77 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 123 | Ellen Greene | 76 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 124 | Vincent Gardenia | 76 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 125 | Lily Tomlin | 75 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 126 | Charles Grodin | 73 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 127 | Mel Brooks | 72 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 128 | Bill Pullman | 72 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 129 | Daphne Zuniga | 72 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 130 | Jackie Gleason | 70 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 131 | Mark Harmon | 69 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 132 | Dudley Moore | 68 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 133 | Kirk Cameron | 68 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 134 | Elisabeth Shue | 67 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 135 | Keith Coogan | 67 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 136 | Corey Haim | 66 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 137 | Edward Herrmann | 66 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 138 | Barnard Hughes | 66 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 139 | Jason Patric | 66 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 140 | Dianne Wiest | 66 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 141 | Jodie Foster | 66 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 142 | C. Thomas Howell | 66 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 143 | Hume Cronyn | 65 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 144 | Jessica Tandy | 65 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 145 | Elizabeth McGovern | 65 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 146 | Patrick Dempsey | 64 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 147 | Amanda Peterson | 64 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 148 | Cary Elwes | 63 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 149 | Meryl Streep | 63 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 150 | Mandy Patinkin | 63 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 151 | Robin Wright | 63 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 152 | Andre the Giant | 63 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 153 | Jane Fonda | 62 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 154 | Jeff Bridges | 62 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 155 | Raul Julia | 62 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 156 | Sharon Stone | 60 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 157 | Colleen Camp | 60 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 158 | Helena Bonham Carter | 58 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 159 | Julian Sands | 58 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 160 | Sally Field | 57 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 161 | Brian Dennehy | 57 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 162 | Carl Weathers | 55 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 163 | William Katt | 55 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 164 | Craig T. Nelson | 55 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 165 | Vanity | 55 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 166 | Jeremy Irons | 52 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 167 | Lee Marvin | 51 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 168 | Janet Jones | 51 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 169 | Matt McCoy | 51 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 170 | James Belushi | 47 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 171 | Mia Sara | 47 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 172 | Steven Seagal | 47 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 173 | Cynthia Gibb | 46 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 174 | Anthony Perkins | 45 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 175 | Martin Sheen | 45 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 176 | Anthony Michael Hall | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 177 | Eric Stoltz | 44 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 178 | Mary Stuart Masterson | 44 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 179 | Lea Thompson | 44 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 180 | Uma Thurman | 44 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 181 | Helen Mirren | 44 | 1 | 10.0 |
| 182 | John Cusack | 42 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 183 | Ellen Barkin | 42 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 184 | Farrah Fawcett | 41 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 185 | Kevin Bacon | 40 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 186 | Dee Wallace | 40 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 187 | Dolph Lundgren | 40 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 188 | M. Emmet Walsh | 40 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 189 | Frank Langella | 40 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 190 | Billy Green Bush | 40 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 191 | Courteney Cox | 40 | 1 | 3.0 |
| 192 | James Tolkan | 40 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 193 | Scott Grimes | 40 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 194 | Nadine Van Der Velde | 40 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 195 | Don Keith Opper | 40 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 196 | Terrence Mann | 40 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 197 | Deborah Foreman | 39 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 198 | Meg Tilly | 39 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 199 | David Bowie | 38 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 200 | Jennifer Connelly | 38 | 1 | 2.0 |
The Average Billing column contains the average billing position of this cast/crew member for the selected films.
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.