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
Who Let In the Rain 100 and reached only as high as number 33 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. Its release featured a B-side called "Cold", an up-beat track from the "Hat Full of Stars" sessions. Junior Vasquez produced the song with Lauper. He produced most of the rest of the album as well. Lauper wrote the song with Allee Willis. Lauper re-recorded "Who Let in the Rain" for her "Shine" album which was released in Japan in 2004. US CD Single / Europe 2-Track CD Single / Japan Mini CD Single UK CD1 / Europe CD Maxi-Single / Australian CD Single UK CD2