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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.