List of 1988 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1988.

#	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes
1	01988-01-03January 3, 1988	Three Men and a Baby	$13,123,622
2	01988-01-10January 10, 1988	Three Men and a Baby	$8,103,282
3	01988-01-17January 17, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$11,752,913	Good Morning, Vietnam reached #1 in its fourth weekend of limited release.
4	01988-01-24January 24, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$10,806,276
5	01988-01-31January 31, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$8,260,432
6	01988-02-07February 7, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$8,564,496
7	01988-02-15February 15, 19884-day weekend	Good Morning, Vietnam	$9,011,354
8	01988-02-21February 21, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$6,883,781
9	01988-02-28February 28, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$5,232,945
10	01988-03-06March 6, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$5,141,491
11	01988-03-13March 13, 1988	Good Morning, Vietnam	$4,369,592
12	01988-03-20March 20, 1988	Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach	$6,106,661
13	01988-03-27March 27, 1988	Biloxi Blues	$7,093,325
14	01988-04-03April 3, 1988	Beetlejuice	$8,030,897
15	01988-04-10April 10, 1988	Beetlejuice	$8,667,702
16	01988-04-17April 17, 1988	Beetlejuice	$7,145,123
17	01988-04-24April 24, 1988	Beetlejuice	$6,201,234
18	01988-05-01May 1, 1988	Colors	$6,524,536	Colors reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
19	01988-05-08May 8, 1988	Colors	$4,007,400
20	01988-05-15May 15, 1988	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	$8,245,038
21	01988-05-22May 22, 1988	Willow	$8,300,169
22	01988-05-30May 30, 19884-day weekend	Crocodile Dundee II	$24,462,976	Crocodile Dundee II had the highest weekend debut of 1988.
23	01988-06-05June 5, 1988	Crocodile Dundee II	$12,717,140
24	01988-06-12June 12, 1988	Crocodile Dundee II	$8,519,246
25	01988-06-19June 19, 1988	Red Heat	$8,133,822
26	01988-06-26June 26, 1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	$11,226,239
27	01988-07-03July 3, 1988	Coming to America	$21,404,420
28	01988-07-10July 10, 1988	Coming to America	$13,342,707
29	01988-07-17July 17, 1988	Coming to America	$10,417,790
30	01988-07-24July 24, 1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	$8,919,732	Who Framed Roger Rabbit reclaimed #1 in fourth weekend of release.
31	01988-07-31July 31, 1988	Cocktail	$11,789,466
32	01988-08-07August 7, 1988	Cocktail	$8,204,479
33	01988-08-14August 14, 1988	Young Guns	$7,011,393
34	01988-08-21August 21, 1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	$12,833,403	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master broke Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter's record ($11.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a slasher film
35	01988-08-28August 28, 1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	$6,989,358
36	01988-09-05September 5, 19884-day weekend	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	$6,435,710
37	01988-09-11September 11, 1988	Moon over Parador	$3,268,975
38	01988-09-18September 18, 1988	A Fish Called Wanda	$2,555,291	A Fish Called Wanda reached #1 in its tenth weekend of release.
39	01988-09-25September 25, 1988	Dead Ringers	$3,012,180
40	01988-10-02October 2, 1988	Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey	$3,451,230	Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey reached #1 in its second week of release.
41	01988-10-09October 9, 1988	Alien Nation	$8,421,429
42	01988-10-16October 16, 1988	The Accused	$4,316,369
43	01988-10-23October 23, 1988	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	$6,831,250
44	01988-10-30October 30, 1988	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	$4,510,500
45	01988-11-06November 6, 1988	They Live	$4,827,903
46	01988-11-13November 13, 1988	Child's Play	$6,583,963
47	01988-11-20November 20, 1988	The Land Before Time	$7,526,025
48	01988-11-27November 27, 1988	Scrooged	$13,027,842
49	01988-12-04December 4, 1988	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	$9,331,746
50	01988-12-11December 11, 1988	Twins	$11,174,980
51	01988-12-18December 18, 1988	Twins	$7,781,130
52	01988-12-26December 26, 1988	Twins	$8,958,675

References

• Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 1988, weekend 1 to 52. Retrieved 2007-12-09

See also

• List of American films — American films by year