Rain Man of wet kitsch. Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four. "Rain Man" debuted on December 16, 1988, and was the second highest-grossing film at the weekend box office (behind "Twins"), with $7 million. It reached the first spot on the December 30 – January 2 weekend, finishing 1988 with $42 million. The film would end up as the highest-grossing U.S. film of 1988 by earning over $172 million. The film grossed over $354 million worldwide. "Rain Man" won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Dustin Hoffman), Best Director and
Jonathan Raymond 2008" lists, including those of the "Chicago Reader", "New York Post", "Newsweek", "The Austin Chronicle", "LA Weekly", "The Philadelphia Inquirer", the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer", "Entertainment Weekly", "The New York Times", "The Oregonian", "Slate", "The Village Voice", and "The Christian Science Monitor". In 2012, Raymond also published a second novel, "Rain Dragon", which revolves around the character of Damon and his girlfriend Amy, who have had enough of Los Angeles and decide to leave the city to work on a community farm. Raymond has co-written, with the director Kelly Reichardt, the screenplays for two of her films based on his short stories: