1988 in film

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The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Rain Man was awarded the Academy Award for Best Picture, marking one of the few instances where the top-grossing film of the year was also the winner of such an award that year.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1988 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1988[1]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1. Rain Man United Artists $172,825,435
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit Disney $156,452,370
3. Coming to America Paramount $128,152,301
4. Big 20th Century Fox $114,968,774
5. Twins Universal $111,938,388
6. Crocodile Dundee II Paramount $109,306,210
7. Die Hard 20th Century Fox $83,008,852
8. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Paramount $78,756,177
9. Cocktail Disney $78,222,753
10. Beetlejuice Warner Bros. $73,707,461

Awards

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Rain Man - Mirage Entertainment, Star Partners II, United Artists
Best Director: Barry Levinson - Rain Man
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
Best Actress: Jodie Foster - The Accused
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda
Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist
Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark

Golden Globe Awards

Drama

Best Picture: Rain Man
Best Actor: Dustin HoffmanRain Man
Best Actress (tie): Jodie FosterThe Accused
Best Actress (tie): Sigourney WeaverGorillas in the Mist
Best Actress (tie): Shirley MacLaine - Madame Sousatzka

Musical or comedy

Best Picture: Working Girl
Best Actor: Tom HanksBig
Best Actress: Melanie GriffithWorking Girl

Other

Best Director: Clint EastwoodBird
Best Foreign Language Film: Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival)

Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren), directed by Bille August, Denmark

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival)

La leggenda del santo bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker), directed by Ermanno Olmi, Italy / France

Golden Bear (Berlin International Film Festival)

Red Sorghum (Hong gao liang), directed by Zhang Yimou, China

Golden Raspberry Awards

Worst Picture: Cocktail (Touchstone)
Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III
Worst Actress: Liza Minnelli in Arthur 2: On the Rocks and Rent-a-Cop
Worst Supporting Actor: Dan Aykroyd in Caddyshack II
Worst Supporting Actress: Kristy McNichol in Two Moon Junction
Worst Director: Blake Edwards for Sunset, and Stewart Raffill for Mac and Me (tie)
Worst Screenplay: Cocktail, screenplay by Heywood Gould, based on his book
Worst New Star: Ronald McDonald (as himself) in Mac and Me
Worst Original Song: "Jack Fresh" from Caddyshack II, written and performed by Full Force

1988 Wide-release films

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1988

U.S.A. unless stated

Numerals and A-B

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Births

Notable deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 3Joie Chitwood75USAStuntman, ActorLive and Let Die
7Michel Auclair65FranceActor
7Trevor Howard74UKActor
8Boyd Morgan72USAStuntman, Actor
16Ballard Berkeley83UKActor
19Bridget Boland75UKScreenwriter
25Colleen Moore88USAActress
February 1Heather O'Rourke12USAActress
5Emeric Pressburger85UKWriter, Director
8Allan Cuthbertson67UKActor
10Ron Ellis47USAStuntman, Actor
March 3Lois Wilson93USAActressThe Covered Wagon
6Jeanne Aubert82FranceActressLa Possession
7Robert Livingston83USAActor
12Karen Steele56USAActress
13Steno71ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
13John Holmes43USAActor
13Olive Carey92USAActress, Writer
23Reg Lye75AustraliaActor
27Renato Salvatori55ItalyActor
April 5Alf Kjellin68SwedenActor, Director
6John Clements77UKActor, Writer, Director
7Albert S. Rogell86USADirector
11Jeff Donnell66USAActress
11Jesse L. Lasky Jr.77USAScreenwriter
15Kenneth Williams62UKActor, Writer
21I. A. L. Diamond67USAWriter, Producer
22Irene Rich96USAActress
28Andrew Cruickshank80UKActor, Writer
May 1Paolo Stoppa81ItalyActor
12Paul Osborn86USAScreenwriter
15Andrew Duggan64USAActor
15Greta Nissen82NorwayActress
18Anthony Forwood72UKActor
18Daws Butler71USAVoice Actor
21Barbara Laage67FranceActress
30Ella Raines67USAActress
June 5Michael Barrington63UKActorThe Black Panther
11Nathan Cook38USAActorNational Lampoon's Vacation
16Kim Milford37USAActor, Composer
22Dennis Day77USASinger, Actor
July 7Jimmy Edwards68UKActor, Writer
12Joshua Logan79USAWriter, Director
22Patrick Newell56UKActor
25Judith Barsi10USAActress
25Douglas Hickox59UKDirector, Assistant Director
August 1Florence Eldridge86USAActress
5Colin Higgins47USADirector, Producer, Writer
5Ralph Meeker65USAActor
7Wilfred Jackson82USAAnimator
8Alan Napier85USAActor
11Anne Ramsey59USAActress
17Victoria Shaw53AustraliaActress
23Jack Sher75USAWriter, Director
24Leonard Frey49USAActor
26Milton Sperling76USAScreenwriter
September 5Gert Fröbe75GermanyActor
6Harold Rosson93USACinematographer
11John Sylvester White68USAActorThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow
12Stephen B. Grimes61ItalyProduction Designer
14Louis Quinn73USAActor
20Roy Kinnear54UKActor
21Henry Koster83USADirector, Writer, Producer
21Christine Norden63UKActress
October 1Lucien Ballard84USACinematographer
4Margaret Lacey76UKActress
6Don Terry86USAActor
9Edward Chodorov84USAScreenwriter
11Morgan Farley90USAActor
11Bonita Granville65USAActress
12Ken Murray85USAActor, Producer
13Melvin Frank75USAWriter, Director
14Mary Morris72SwitzerlandActress
24Valerie Taylor85UKActress, Writer
25Eric Larson83USAAnimator
25James Engle81USAAssistant Director
27Charles Hawtrey73UKActor
31John Houseman86USAActor, Producer
November 1George J. Folsey90USACinematographer
3Sidney Carroll75USAScreenwriter
6John Hubbard74USAActor, Dialogue Director
9Billy Curtis79USAStuntman, Actor
15Mona Washbourne84UKActress
27Angela Aames32USAActress
27John Carradine82ItalyActor
December 7Christopher Connelly47USAActor
7Dorothy Jordan82USAActress
10Richard S. Castellano55USAActor
10Dennis Arundell90UKActor, Composer
17Jerry Hopper81USADirector
21Bob Steele81USAActor
22Tucker Smith52USAActor, Dancer
24Noel Willman70USAActor
26Julanne Johnston88USAActress
27Hal Ashby59USADirector, Editor

Film debuts

See also

References

  1. "1988 Domestic Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. "A Cry in the Dark (1988) - Release dates". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
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