Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 1988 | ||
 Braddock: Missing in Action III
Action
War
With: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim 1 hr 43 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Wide |
 The Telephone
Comedy
Drama
With: Whoopi Goldberg, Severn Darden, Amy Wright, Elliott Gould 1 hr 36 min | New World Pictures | Limited |
 Five Corners
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff, John Turturro 1 hr 30 min | - | Limited |
 | Vestron Pictures | Limited |
 | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
 The Family
Drama
Romance
With: Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli, Emanuele Lamaro 2 hr 7 min | Vestron Pictures | Limited |
| January 29, 1988 | ||
 Gandahar
Adventure
Animation
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
With: Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier 1 hr 18 min | Miramax | Limited |
| February 5, 1988 | ||
 The Serpent and the Rainbow
Fantasy
Horror
With: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield 1 hr 38 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 She's Having a Baby
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray 1 hr 46 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Drama
Romance
With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint 2 hr 51 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 Julia and Julia
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Kathleen Turner, Gabriele Ferzetti, Gabriel Byrne, Angela Goodwin 1 hr 38 min | Cinecom Pictures | Limited |
 The in Crowd
Comedy
Drama
History
Music
With: Jennifer Runyon, Donovan Leitch Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Bruce Kirby 1 hr 35 min | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 Sister, Sister
Drama
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
With: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judith Ivey, Dennis Lipscomb 1 hr 31 min | New World Pictures | Limited |
| February 12, 1988 | ||
 Shoot to Kill
Action
Adventure
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown 1 hr 50 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Action Jackson
Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
With: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone 1 hr 36 min | Lorimar Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Satisfaction
Comedy
Music
Romance
With: Justine Bateman, Liam Neeson, Trini Alvarado, Scott Coffey 1 hr 32 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 School Daze
Comedy
Drama
Musical
With: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme 2 hr 1 min | Columbia Pictures | Limited |
 The Manchurian Candidate1988 Re-release
Drama
Thriller
With: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury 2 hr 6 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 Goodbye, Children
Drama
War
With: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg 1 hr 44 min | Orion Classics | Limited |
| February 19, 1988 | ||
 | TriStar Pictures | Wide |
| February 26, 1988 | ||
 Frantic
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare 2 hr | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye 1 hr 30 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 Aloha Summer
Comedy
Drama
With: Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Caron Abellira, Henry Ahnee 1 hr 38 min | - | Limited |
 Bloodsport
Action
Biography
Drama
Sport
With: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton 1 hr 32 min | Cannon Film Distributors | Limited |
 Hairspray
Comedy
Drama
Family
Music
Musical
Romance
With: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry 1 hr 32 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
