Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| November 18, 1988 | ||
 The Land Before Time
Adventure
Animation
Drama
Family
With: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Helen Shaver, Bill Erwin 1 hr 9 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Fresh Horses
Drama
Romance
With: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Patti D'Arbanville, Ben Stiller 1 hr 45 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
 Oliver & Company
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Musical
With: Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan 1 hr 14 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 High Spirits
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
With: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann 1 hr 39 min | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 The Chocolate War
Drama
With: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison 1 hr 44 min | Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG) | Limited |
| November 23, 1988 | ||
 Scrooged
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover 1 hr 41 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Cocoon: The Return
Adventure
Comedy
Mystery
Romance
Sci-Fi
With: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn 1 hr 56 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Buster
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
With: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence 1 hr 42 min | Hemdale | Limited |
 Full Moon in Blue Water
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Burgess Meredith, Elias Koteas 1 hr 35 min | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | Limited |
 Hanna's War
Biography
Drama
War
With: Ellen Burstyn, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews, Donald Pleasence 2 hr 28 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
 Amsterdamned
Action
Crime
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
With: Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Hidde Maas 1 hr 54 min | Vestron Pictures | Limited |
| December 2, 1988 | ||
 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Comedy
Crime
With: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban 1 hr 25 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Tequila Sunrise
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia 1 hr 55 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Watchers
Action
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Christopher Cary, Graeme Campbell 1 hr 31 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
| December 9, 1988 | ||
 | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 My Stepmother Is an Alien
Comedy
Sci-Fi
With: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan 1 hr 45 min | Columbia Pictures | Wide |
 Mississippi Burning
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif 2 hr 8 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
| December 16, 1988 | ||
 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Comedy
Crime
With: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers 1 hr 50 min | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Action
Comedy
Crime
With: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Steve James 1 hr 28 min | United Artists | Limited |
 Torch Song Trilogy
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Brian Kerwin 2 hr | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Haunted Summer
Biography
Drama
Romance
With: Philip Anglim, Laura Dern, Alice Krige, Eric Stoltz 1 hr 46 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
| December 21, 1988 | ||
 Pelle the Conqueror
Drama
With: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath 2 hr 37 min | Miramax | Limited |
| December 22, 1988 | ||
 | Cinecom Pictures | Limited |
| December 23, 1988 | ||
 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Horror
Thriller
With: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham 1 hr 37 min | New World Pictures | Wide |
 Working Girl
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin 1 hr 53 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 Talk Radio
Drama
Thriller
With: Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley 1 hr 50 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
 Dangerous Liaisons
Drama
Romance
With: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz 1 hr 59 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 The Accidental Tourist
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright 2 hr 1 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Burning Secret
Drama
With: David Eberts, Faye Dunaway, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ian Richardson 1 hr 46 min | Vestron Pictures | Limited |
