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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, and also broke Smokey and the Bandit II ' s record ($10.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in the month of August.
December 16 – Rain Man is released to critical and commercial success and becomes the highest grossing film of 1988 worldwide with a gross of $355 million. Winning four Academy Awards including Best Picture , it is the last MGM title to be nominated for Best Picture until Licorice Pizza (2021) 33 years later.
The highest-grossing American films released in 1988, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: [1] Highest-grossing films of 1988 Rank Title Distributor
- Release date: Dec. 16, 1988 - Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino ... "Titanic" was an instant commercial and critical success, taking the throne as the highest-grossing film of all ...
The original “Beetlejuice” became one of the highest-grossing movies of 1988 with $74.7 million and later inspired a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, which is still touring the country. So ...
Steven Spielberg has directed a record four films to end the year as the highest-grossing in the U.S. This is a listing of the highest-grossing films by year, based on their United States box-office gross. The films are listed by in-year release, rather than the gross they accumulated during a calendar year. [1]
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
1988 United Kingdom United States: 1989 United Kingdom ... Lists of highest-grossing films; List of films with the most weekends at number one