UK Box Office 26th August, 1988
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Rambo III (1988) | £551,189 | £551,189 | £551,189 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | £501,071 | £676,446 | £1,201,186 | -5% | 2 |
| 3 (2) |  | Coming to America (1988) | £460,861 | £622,162 | £2,651,263 | -11% | 4 |
| 4 (3) |  | The Presidio (1988) | £239,107 | £310,839 | £717,321 | -41% | 2 |
| 5 (4) |  | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) | £88,796 | £124,314 | £2,781,017 | -38% | 7 |
| 6 (5) |  | School Daze (1988) | £64,245 | £89,943 | £526,805 | -50% | 3 |
| 7 (6) |  | Crocodile Dundee II (1988) | £55,099 | £71,629 | £7,033,536 | -50% | 10 |
| 8 (7) |  | The Couch Trip (1988) | £15,791 | £21,318 | £506,557 | -46% | 6 |
| 9 (8) |  | The Jungle Book (1967) Rerelease | £11,378 | £14,791 | £945,806 | -60% | 29 |
| 10 (10) | Vice Versa (1988) | £8,233 | £11,938 | £452,737 | -38% | 6 | |
| 11 (9) |  | Three Men and a Baby (1987) | £5,310 | £7,169 | £6,800,025 | -60% | 21 |
| 12 (11) |  | Throw Momma From the Train (1988) | £2,798 | £3,917 | £2,378,353 | -49% | 10 |