Domestic Box Office For April 1988
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colors | $46,616,067 | 1,388 | $4,747,118 | 10.2% | 422 | Apr 29 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 2 | The Last Emperor | $43,984,230 | 877 | $149,460 | 0.3% | 5 | Apr 15 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 | The Seventh Sign | $18,875,011 | 1,258 | $3,768,707 | 20% | 1,256 | Apr 1 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 4 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | 868 | $2,037,938 | 10.8% | 350 | Apr 22 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Bright Lights, Big City | $16,118,077 | 1,199 | $5,126,791 | 31.8% | 1,196 | Apr 1 | - | United Artists |
| 6 | Return to Snowy River | $13,687,027 | 1,121 | $3,023,248 | 22.1% | 1,121 | Apr 15 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Casual Sex? | $12,277,096 | 1,265 | $3,840,032 | 31.3% | 1,264 | Apr 22 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | Bad Dreams | $9,797,098 | 1,185 | $4,008,870 | 40.9% | 1,180 | Apr 8 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | The Unholy | $6,337,299 | 1,189 | $2,353,452 | 37.1% | 1,189 | Apr 22 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 10 | Sunset | $4,594,452 | 1,024 | $2,031,678 | 44.2% | 1,023 | Apr 29 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 11 | Critters 2: The Main Course | $3,813,293 | 1,114 | $1,898,751 | 49.8% | 1,114 | Apr 29 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | 18 Again! | $2,567,099 | 1,152 | $1,475,645 | 57.5% | 1,152 | Apr 8 | - | New World Pictures |
