UK Box Office 19th August, 1988
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | £524,740 | £524,740 | £524,740 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Coming to America (1988) | £515,724 | £696,227 | £2,029,101 | -14% | 3 |
| 3 (new) |  | The Presidio (1988) | £406,482 | £406,482 | £406,482 | new | 1 |
| 4 (3) |  | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) | £142,074 | £206,007 | £2,656,703 | -37% | 6 |
| 5 (2) |  | School Daze (1988) | £128,489 | £179,885 | £436,862 | -50% | 2 |
| 6 (4) |  | Crocodile Dundee II (1988) | £110,198 | £154,277 | £6,961,907 | -29% | 9 |
| 7 (6) |  | The Couch Trip (1988) | £29,014 | £40,620 | £485,239 | -28% | 5 |
| 8 (5) |  | The Jungle Book (1967) Rerelease | £28,445 | £36,979 | £931,015 | -60% | 28 |
| 9 (8) |  | Three Men and a Baby (1987) | £13,274 | £17,256 | £6,792,856 | -17% | 20 |
| 10 (7) | Vice Versa (1988) | £13,174 | £17,126 | £440,799 | -37% | 5 | |
| 11 (9) |  | Throw Momma From the Train (1988) | £5,501 | £7,976 | £2,374,436 | -47% | 9 |