Editing Rain Man (section)

===Box office===
''Rain Man'' debuted December 16, 1988, and was the second highest-grossing film at the weekend [[box office]] (behind ''[[Twins (1988 film)|Twins]]''), with $7{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1988&wknd=51&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office: December 16–18, 1988|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909174907/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1988&wknd=51&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It reached the first spot the weekend of December 30 – January 2, finishing 1988 with $42{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1988&wknd=53a&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office: December 30 – January 2, 1988|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924105806/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1988&wknd=53a&p=.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film would become the highest-grossing U.S. film of 1988 by earning more than $172{{nbsp}}million. Worldwide figures vary, though. [[Box Office Mojo]] claims that the film grossed over $354{{nbsp}}million worldwide,<ref name=bom>{{Mojo title|id=rainman|title=Rain Man}}</ref> while [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] reported that the film grossed $412.8{{nbsp}}million worldwide.<ref name=numbers/> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' listed the overseas total at $256.6{{nbsp}}million, for a $429.4{{nbsp}}million worldwide total.<ref name="VarietyBO">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 11, 1995|page=92|title=UIP's $25M-Plus Club}}</ref>