UK Box Office 2nd September, 1988
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) |  | Rambo III (1988) | £318,227 | £445,518 | £996,707 | -42% | 2 |
| 2 (new) |  | Big Business (1988) | £305,199 | £305,199 | £305,199 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | £300,595 | £405,803 | £1,606,989 | -40% | 3 |
| 4 (3) |  | Coming to America (1988) | £260,373 | £364,522 | £3,015,785 | -44% | 5 |
| 5 (4) |  | The Presidio (1988) | £140,651 | £189,879 | £907,200 | -41% | 3 |
| 6 (5) |  | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) | £35,518 | £49,725 | £2,830,742 | -60% | 8 |
| 7 (6) |  | School Daze (1988) | £32,123 | £41,760 | £568,565 | -50% | 4 |
| 8 (7) |  | Crocodile Dundee II (1988) | £22,040 | £29,754 | £7,063,290 | -60% | 11 |
| 9 (8) |  | The Couch Trip (1988) | £7,123 | £9,972 | £516,529 | -55% | 7 |
| 10 (9) |  | The Jungle Book (1967) Rerelease | £7,111 | £9,955 | £955,761 | -38% | 30 |
| 11 (10) | Vice Versa (1988) | £6,861 | £9,948 | £462,685 | -17% | 7 | |
| 12 (11) |  | Three Men and a Baby (1987) | £4,827 | £6,275 | £6,806,300 | -9% | 22 |