1988 in film
Appearance
| |||
---|---|---|---|
+... |
Years in film |
---|
19th century |
1870s |
The following is an overview of events in1988 in film,including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films
[edit]The top 10 films released in 1988 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rain Man | MGM | $354,825,435 |
2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Buena Vista | $329,803,958 |
3 | Coming to America | Paramount | $288,752,301 |
4 | Crocodile Dundee II | $239,606,210 | |
5 | Twins | Universal | $216,614,388 |
6 | Rambo III | TriStar/Carolco | $189,015,611 |
7 | A Fish Called Wanda | MGM | $188,597,000[2][3][4] |
8 | Cocktail | Buena Vista | $171,504,781 |
9 | Big | 20th Century Fox | $151,668,774 |
10 | Die Hard | $141,500,000 |
Events
[edit]- May 25 –Rambo IIIis released as the most expensive film ever made with a production budget between $58 and $63 million. The film fails to match the box office earnings fromRambo: First Blood Part II(1985).
- July 15 –Die Harddefies low commercial expectations to gross $141.5 million worldwide. Hailed as an influential landmark in the action film genre, it influences a common formula for many action films in the 1990s, featuring a loneeverymanagainst a colorful terrorist character who is usually holding hostages in an isolated setting.
- September 19 – English character actorRoy Kinnearsuffers a fall from a horse which will prove fatal while filmingThe Return of the MusketeersinToledo, Spain.[5]
- October 10 –Batmanofficially commences filming atPinewood StudiosinBuckinghamshire,England.
- October 27 –E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialis released on VHS and laserdisc; to combat piracy, the tapeguards and tape hubs on the videocassettes are colored green, and the tape itself is affixed with a small, holographic sticker of the 1963 Universal logo (much like the holograms on a credit card), and encoded withMacrovision.In North America alone, VHS sales come to $75million.[6]
- December 16 –Rain Manis released to critical and commercial success and becomes the highest grossing film of 1988 worldwide with a gross of $355 million. Winning fourAcademy AwardsincludingBest Picture,it is the lastMGMtitle to be nominated for Best Picture untilLicorice Pizza(2021) 33 years later.
Awards
[edit]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 byErmanno Olmi,Italy / France
Golden Bear(Berlin International Film Festival)
- Red Sorghum(Hong gao liang), directed byZhang Yimou,China
1988 films
[edit]By country/region
[edit]- List of American films of 1988
- List of Argentine films of 1988
- List of Australian films of 1988
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1988
- List of British films of 1988
- List of Canadian films of 1988
- List of French films of 1988
- List of Hong Kong films of 1988
- List of Indian films of 1988
- List of Japanese films of 1988
- List of Mexican films of 1988
- List of Pakistani films of 1988
- List of South Korean films of 1988
- List of Soviet films of 1988
- List of Spanish films of 1988
By genre/medium
[edit]- List of action films of 1988
- List of animated feature films of 1988
- List of avant-garde films of 1988
- List of comedy films of 1988
- List of drama films of 1988
- List of horror films of 1988
- List of science fiction films of 1988
- List of thriller films of 1988
- List of western films of 1988
Births
[edit]- January 3 -Karl Glusman,American actor
- January 6 -Mehwish Hayat,Pakistani actress
- January 7 –Haley Bennett,American actress and singer
- January 12 –Andrew Lawrence,American actor
- January 14 -Tom Rosenthal,English actor, comedian and writer
- January 21 -John Early,American comedian and actor
- February 2
- Amadou Ly,Senegalese-born actor, writer and producer
- Zosia Mamet,American actress and musician
- February 6 –Anna Diop,Senegalese-born American actress[7]
- February 8 -Ryan Pinkston,American actor
- February 11 -Jazz Raycole,American actress
- February 12
- Afshan Azad,British actress, model and media personality
- Nana Eikura,Japanese actress
- February 13
- Ferdinand Kingsley,British actor
- Erica Mendez,American voice actress
- February 16 -Steven Caple Jr.,American director, producer and screenwriter
- February 17 –Nagita Slavina,Indonesian actress, television host, film producer, and singer
- February 18 -Sarah Sutherland,Canadian-American actress
- February 20 –Rihanna,Barbadian singer, songwriter and actress
- February 29
- Reilly Dolman,Canadian actor
- Langston Fishburne,American actor
- March 4
- Josh Bowman,English actor
- Cody Longo,American actor (died 2023)
- March 14 –Stephen Curry,American basketball player
- March 21 -Kevin Guthrie,Scottish actor
- March 22 -Tania Raymonde,American actress
- March 24 -Finn Jones,English actor
- March 25 -Erik Knudsen,Canadian actor
- March 27 –Brenda Song,American actress, singer and model
- March 27 –Holliday Grainger,English actress
- April 2 -Jesse Plemons,American actor
- April 3 -Ruby Bentall,English actress
- April 4 -Maggie Geha,American actress and model
- April 6 –Mike Bailey,English actor
- April 10 –Haley Joel Osment,American actor
- April 13
- Allison Williams,American actress
- Katie Lucas,American actress and writer
- April 14
- Ben Lloyd-Hughes,British actor
- Chris Wood,American actor
- April 18 –Allison Williams,American actress
- April 18 –Vanessa Kirby,English actress
- April 21
- Robbie Amell,Canadian actor and producer
- Christoph Sanders,American actor
- April 23 –Carla Quevedo,Argentine actress
- April 25
- Jonathan Bailey,English actor
- Sara Paxton,American singer and actress
- April 27
- Lizzo,American singer, actress, and flautist
- Regé-Jean Page,British actor
- April 30 –Ana de Armas,Cuban actress
- May 1
- Nicholas Braun,American actor
- Anushka Sharma,Indian actress
- May 2 -Laura Brent,Australian actress
- May 7 -Brandon Jones,American actor, producer and musician
- May 16 -Jermaine Fowler,American actor, comedian, producer and writer
- May 17 –Nikki Reed,American actress and writer
- June 2 –Awkwafina,American actress, comedian, writer, producer and rapper
- June 4 –Li Man,Chinese actress
- June 5 –Nuh Omar,Pakistani writer and director
- June 7 –Michael Cera,Canadian actor
- June 9
- Lauren Landa,American voice actress
- Mae Whitman,American actress
- June 13 -Cody Walker,American actor
- June 14 -Dayo Okeniyi,Nigerian-American actor
- June 16 -Jonny Weston,American actor
- June 22 -Shefali Chowdhury,British actress
- June 23
- Pippa Bennett-Warner,British actress
- Isabella Leong,Hong Kong singer, actress and model
- June 25 -Daniel Webber,Australian actor
- July 2 -Edward Randell,English musician and actor
- July 7 -Jack Whitehall,English actor, comedian, presenter and writer
- July 10 -Pavlo Lee,Ukrainian actor (died 2022)
- July 12 –Christine Marie Cabanos,American voice actress
- July 13 -Chris Sheffield,American actor
- July 14 -Elise Gatien,Canadian actress
- July 15 -Aimee Carrero,Dominican-born American actress
- July 18 -Chen Tang,Chinese-American actor
- July 19 –Cherami Leigh,American voice actress
- July 20 -Julianne Hough,American dancer, actress, singer and songwriter
- July 24 -Joe Pera,American comedian, writer and actor
- July 25 -Mamoudou Athie,Mauritanian-American actor and producer
- July 26 -Francia Raisa,American actress
- July 30 -Nico Tortorella,American actor and model
- July 31 -Charlie Carver,American actor
- August 1 -Max Carver,American actor
- August 16
- Kevin Schmidt,American actor
- Rumer Willis,American actress
- August 17 -Joyner Lucas,American rapper and actor
- August 24 –Rupert Grint,English actor[8]
- August 26
- Evan Ross,American actor and musician
- Danielle Savre,American actress
- August 27 –Alexa PenaVega,American actress and singer
- September 6 –Jovan Adepo,English actor
- September 12
- Matt Martians,American record producer
- Clara Paget,British actress
- September 17 -Ritu Arya,English actress
- September 22 –Sana Saeed,Indian actress
- September 26 -Lilly Singh,Canadian comedian, former talk show host and YouTuber
- September 28
- Olivia Jordan,American actress and model,Miss USA 2015
- Hana Mae Lee,American actress, model and comedian
- October 1 -Nick Whitaker,American actor
- October 3 –Alicia Vikander,Swedish actress
- October 4 –Melissa Benoist,American actress, singer and dancer
- October 5 -Bobby Edner,American actor and singer
- October 6 -Everlyn Sampi,Australian actress
- October 17 -Dee Jay Daniels,American former actor
- October 18 –Tessa Schram,Dutch actress and director
- October 21
- Glen Powell,American actor, writer and producer
- Mark Rendall,Canadian actor
- October 22
- Corey Hawkins,American actor
- Sharon Rooney,Scottish actress
- October 23 -Ritesh Rajan,American actor
- October 28 -Edd Gould,British animator, artist, writer, director and voice actor (died 2012)
- October 29 –Devon Murray,Irish actor
- November 6 –Emma Stone,American actress
- November 9
- Nikki Blonsky,American singer and actress
- Alexandrea Owens-Sarno,American actress
- Lio Tipton(credited as Analeigh Tipton up to 2021), American model and actress
- November 17 -Justin Cooper,American producer and former child actor
- November 20 -Demetrius Shipp Jr.,American actor
- November 22 –Jamie Campbell Bower,English actor and singer
- November 26 -Tamsin Egerton,English actress
- November 30 -Rebecca Rittenhouse,American actress
- December 1
- Nadia Hilker,German actress and model
- Im Si-wan,Korean actor and singer
- Zoe Kravitz,American actress
- December 2 –Alfred Enoch,English actor
- December 7
- Emily Browning,Australian actress
- Benjamin Clementine,British composer, musician and actor
- December 14 –Vanessa Hudgens,American actress and singer
- December 15 -Gregg Chillin,English actor and writer
- December 16
- Anna Popplewell,English actress
- Park Seo-joon,South Korean actor
- December 17 –Rin Takanashi,Japanese actress and model
- December 21 -Shelley Regner,American actress and singer
- December 27 -Hera Hilmar,Icelandic actress
- unknown -Celine Song,Korean-Canadian director, playwright, and screenwriter
Deaths
[edit]Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | Marcel Hillaire | 79 | Germany | Actor | |
7 | Michel Auclair | 65 | France | Actor | ||
7 | Trevor Howard | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Boyd Morgan | 72 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
10 | Hugh A. Robertson | 55 | US | Film Editor, Director | ||
16 | Ballard Berkeley | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Bridget Boland | 75 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Cary Odell | 77 | US | Art Director | ||
25 | Colleen Moore | 88 | US | Actress | ||
February | 1 | Marcel Bozzuffi | 58 | French | Actor | |
1 | Heather O'Rourke | 12 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Emeric Pressburger | 85 | Hungary | Screenwriter, Director | ||
8 | Allan Cuthbertson | 67 | Australia | Actor | ||
14 | Frederick Loewe | 86 | Germany | Composer | ||
28 | Asakazu Nakai | 86 | Japan | Cinematographer | ||
29 | Sidney Harmon | 80 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
March | 1 | Joe Besser | 80 | US | Actor | |
3 | Lois Wilson | 93 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Alberto Olmedo[9] | 54 | Argentina | Actor, Comedian | ||
6 | Jeanne Aubert | 82 | France | Actress | ||
7 | Divine | 42 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Robert Livingston | 83 | US | Actor | ||
12 | DeWitt Bodeen | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
12 | Karen Steele | 56 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Steno | 71 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
13 | John Holmes | 43 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Olive Carey | 92 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Renato Salvatori | 55 | Italy | Actor | ||
31 | Manuel Silos | 82 | Philippines | Actor, Director | ||
April | 1 | Jim Jordan | 91 | US | Actor | |
5 | Alf Kjellin | 68 | Sweden | Actor, Director | ||
6 | John Clements | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Albert S. Rogell | 86 | US | Director | ||
11 | Jeff Donnell | 66 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Jesse L. Lasky Jr. | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
15 | Kenneth Williams | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | I. A. L. Diamond | 67 | Moldovia | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Irene Rich | 96 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Andrew Cruickshank | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Paolo Stoppa | 81 | Italy | Actor | |
4 | Tom Overton | 58 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
5 | George Rose[10] | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Paul Osborn | 86 | US | Screenwriter | ||
15 | Andrew Duggan | 64 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Greta Nissen | 82 | Norway | Actress | ||
18 | Daws Butler | 71 | US | Voice Actor | ||
18 | Anthony Forwood | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
18 | Christopher Gore | 43 | US | Screenwriter | ||
21 | Barbara Laage | 67 | France | Actress | ||
22 | Tom Adair | 74 | US | Lyricist | ||
29 | Vladimír Menšík | 59 | Czech Republic | Actor | ||
30 | Ella Raines[11] | 67 | US | Actress | ||
June | 2 | Raj Kapoor[12] | 63 | India | Actor, Director, Producer | |
16 | Kim Milford | 37 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Wilford Leach | 58 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
19 | Teru Shimada | 82 | Japan | Actor | ||
22 | Dennis Day | 77 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
22 | Stuart Randall | 78 | US | Actor | ||
July | 1 | Alice Nunn | 60 | US | Actress | |
2 | Aldo Tonti | 78 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
7 | Jimmy Edwards | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Joshua Logan | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
22 | Milton Krasner | 84 | US | Cinematographer | ||
22 | Patrick Newell | 56 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Judith Barsi | 10 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Douglas Hickox | 59 | UK | Director | ||
27 | Larry Clemmons | 81 | US | Animator, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Trinidad Silva | 38 | US | Actor | ||
August | 1 | Florence Eldridge | 86 | US | Actress | |
2 | Robert Emmet Smith | 73 | US | Art Director | ||
5 | Colin Higgins | 47 | France | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
5 | Ralph Meeker | 65 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Wilfred Jackson | 82 | US | Animator | ||
8 | Alan Napier | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Adela Rogers St. Johns | 94 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Anne Ramsey | 59 | US | Actress | ||
17 | Victoria Shaw | 53 | Australia | Actress | ||
19 | Don Haggerty | 74 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Jack Sher | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
24 | Leonard Frey | 49 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Milton Sperling | 76 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Charles Farrell | 88 | Ireland | Actor | ||
September | 1 | Hugh Hunt | 86 | US | Set Decorator | |
5 | Gert Fröbe | 75 | Germany | Actor | ||
6 | Harold Rosson | 93 | US | Cinematographer | ||
12 | Stephen B. Grimes | 61 | UK | Production Designer | ||
14 | Louis Quinn | 73 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Samuel E. Beetley | 74 | US | Film Editor | ||
20 | Roy Kinnear | 54 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Henry Koster | 83 | Germany | Director, Screenwriter | ||
21 | Christine Norden | 63 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | Chick Chandler | 83 | US | Actor | ||
October | 1 | Lucien Ballard[13] | 84 | US | Cinematographer | |
1 | Pavle Vuisić | 62 | Yugoslavia | Actor | ||
4 | Margaret Lacey | 76 | UK | Actress | ||
6 | Don Terry | 86 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Edward Chodorov | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Morgan Farley | 90 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Bonita Granville | 65 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Ken Murray | 85 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
13 | Melvin Frank | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
14 | Mary Morris | 72 | Fiji | Actress | ||
19 | Lawrence W. Butler | 80 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
24 | Valerie Taylor | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
25 | Eric Larson | 83 | US | Animator | ||
27 | Charles Hawtrey | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | John Houseman | 86 | Romania | Actor, Producer | ||
November | 1 | George J. Folsey | 90 | US | Cinematographer | |
2 | Lukas Heller | 58 | Germany | Screenwriter | ||
3 | Sidney Carroll | 75 | US | Screenwriter | ||
6 | John Hubbard | 74 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Billy Curtis | 79 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Mona Washbourne | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
27 | Angela Aames | 32 | US | Actress | ||
27 | John Carradine | 82 | US | Actor | ||
December | 7 | Christopher Connelly | 47 | US | Actor | |
7 | Dorothy Jordan | 82 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Anne Seymour | 79 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Maria De Matteis | 90 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
10 | Richard S. Castellano | 55 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Dennis Arundell | 90 | UK | Actor, Composer | ||
17 | Jerry Hopper | 81 | US | Director | ||
21 | Bob Steele | 81 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Tucker Smith | 52 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
24 | Noel Willman | 70 | Ireland | Actor | ||
26 | Julanne Johnston | 88 | US | Actress | ||
26 | John Loder | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
27 | Hal Ashby | 59 | US | Director, Film Editor |
Film debuts
[edit]- Joe Alaskey–Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Tim Allen–Tropical Snow
- Stephen Baldwin–Homeboy
- Ned Bellamy–The Night Before
- Annette Bening–The Great Outdoors
- Jeff Bennett–Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- Benjamin Bratt–Lovers, Partners & Spies
- Lara Flynn Boyle–Poltergeist III
- Reg E. Cathey–Funny Farm
- Macaulay Culkin–Rocket Gibraltar
- Matt Damon–Mystic Pizza
- Benicio del Toro–Big Top Pee-wee
- Stephen Dillane–Business as Usual
- David Duchovny–Working Girl
- Kevin Dunn–Mississippi Burning
- Nora Dunn–Working Girl
- Colm Feore–Iron Eagle II
- Iain Glen–Paris by Night
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.–Coming to America
- Clark Gregg–Things Change
- Jess Harnell–Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Danielle Harris–Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- Neil Patrick Harris–Clara's Heart
- Felicity Huffman–Things Change
- Bonnie Hunt–Rain Man
- Milla Jovovich–Two Moon Junction
- Jane Lynch–Vice Versa
- Jenifer Lewis–Beaches
- Marc Macaulay–Graverobbers
- David Morrissey–Drowning by Numbers
- Dermot Mulroney–Sunset
- Clive Owen–Vroom
- Vincent Pastore–Black Roses
- Harold Perrineau–Shakedown
- David Hyde Pierce–Bright Lights, Big City
- Oliver Platt–Married to the Mob
- Noomi Rapace–In the Shadow of the Raven
- Alan Rickman–Die Hard
- Julia Roberts–Satisfaction
- Stephen Root–Crocodile Dundee II
- Richard Schiff–Medium Straight
- Steven Seagal–Above the Law
- Lili Taylor–She's Having a Baby
- Goran Višnjić–Braća po materi
- Marlon Wayans–I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- Duane Whitaker–Deadly Dreams
- Gregory Alan Williams–Above the Law
References
[edit]- ^"1988 Worldwide Box Office".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.Archived fromthe originalon October 28, 2020.RetrievedMarch 7,2020.
- ^"A Fish Called Wanda (1988)".Box Office Mojo.RetrievedApril 7,2020.
A Fish Called Wanda domestic gross $62,493,712
- ^Groves, Don (August 9, 1989). "UIP Up, Up and Away For Year; Rentals Take Off".Variety.p. 11.
UIP Top 10 Grossers, 1988–89
Rain Man $233 million
Crocodile Dundee 2 $126 million
Coming to America $122 million
A Fish Called Wanda $115 million
Willow $80 million
Twins $75 million
The Naked Gun $61 million - ^"UIP's $25M-Plus Club".Variety.September 11, 1995. p. 92.
A Fish Called Wanda $126,103,000; The Naked Gun $73,689,000
- ^"Roy Kinnear Is Dead At 54 After Falling From Horse in Film".The New York Times.23 September 1988.Retrieved2020-05-24.
- ^Griffin, Nancy (June 1988). "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".Premiere.
- ^Mason, Aiden (2017-08-28)."Five Things You Didn't Know About Anna Diop".TVOvermind.Retrieved2021-03-10.
- ^Editors of Chase's (24 September 2019).Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 424.ISBN978-1-64143-316-7.
- ^David K. Frasier (2002).Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth-century Cases.McFarland. p. 244.ISBN978-0-7864-1038-5.
- ^Dennis Hevesi (13 May 1988)."Dominican Police Say 4 Men Killed George Rose".The New York Times.Retrieved2018-07-05.
- ^Newsweek.Newsweek. 1988. p. 72.
- ^Ritu Nanda; Rāja Kapūra (2002).Raj Kapoor Speaks.Penguin Books India. p. 14.ISBN978-0-670-04952-3.
- ^John A. Willis (1989).Screen World.Crown Publishers. p. 235.ISBN978-0-517-57332-7.
External links
[edit]- 1988 Domestic GrossesatBox Office Mojo
- Top 1988 Movies at the Domestic Box OfficeatThe Numbers
- Top 1988 Movies at the International Box OfficeatThe Numbers
- Top 1988 Movies at the Worldwide Box OfficeatThe Numbers
- Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31atIMDb
- Most Popular Feature Films Released 1988-01-01 to 1988-12-31atIMDb
- List of 1988 filmsatIMDb
- List of 1988 deathsatIMDb
- List of 1988 birthsatIMDb