Domestic Box Office For December 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 | Rain Man | $172,825,435 | 1,590 | $7,005,719 | 4.1% | 1,248 | Dec 16 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 2 | Twins | $111,938,388 | 1,659 | $11,174,980 | 10% | 1,396 | Dec 9 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $78,756,177 | 1,969 | $9,331,746 | 11.8% | 1,576 | Dec 2 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | Working Girl | $63,779,477 | 1,149 | $4,718,485 | 7.4% | 1,051 | Dec 23 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $42,039,085 | 1,515 | $3,840,498 | 9.1% | 1,466 | Dec 16 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 6 | Tequila Sunrise | $41,292,551 | 1,411 | $6,350,974 | 15.4% | 1,115 | Dec 2 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $13,854,000 | 1,148 | $2,066,980 | 14.9% | 1,106 | Dec 9 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $12,090,735 | 1,187 | $3,185,511 | 26.3% | 1,180 | Dec 23 | - | New World Pictures |
