| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (3) |  | Rambo III (1988) | £168,464 | £235,850 | £1,462,895 | -1% | 4 |
| 2 (1) |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | £154,504 | £200,855 | £2,087,215 | -28% | 5 |
| 3 (2) |  | Big Business (1988) | £126,300 | £170,505 | £768,720 | -38% | 3 |
| 4 (5) |  | Coming to America (1988) | £83,109 | £116,353 | £3,323,372 | -44% | 7 |
| 5 (4) |  | The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | £69,780 | £97,692 | £251,208 | -55% | 2 |
| 6 (6) | | Drowning By Numbers (1988) | £66,000 | £95,700 | £194,700 | -33% | 2 |
| 7 (new) |  | Buster (1988) | £65,883 | £65,883 | £65,883 | new | 1 |
| 8 (7) |  | The Presidio (1988) | £48,668 | £63,268 | £1,082,162 | -41% | 5 |
| 9 (8) |  | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) | £13,874 | £18,730 | £2,881,661 | -38% | 10 |
| 10 (9) |  | School Daze (1988) | £8,031 | £11,645 | £602,697 | -50% | 6 |
| 11 (10) |  | Crocodile Dundee II (1988) | £4,408 | £5,730 | £7,083,346 | -60% | 13 |
| 12 (11) |  | Three Men and a Baby (1987) | £3,989 | £5,186 | £6,817,629 | -9% | 24 |
| 13 (12) | | Vice Versa (1988) | £2,042 | £2,655 | £471,343 | -52% | 9 |