| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | The Running Man (1988) | £577,953 | £577,953 | £577,953 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | Poltergeist III (1988) | £211,717 | £211,717 | £211,717 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | £85,836 | £120,170 | £2,207,385 | -44% | 6 |
| 4 (3) |  | Big Business (1988) | £78,938 | £110,513 | £879,233 | -37% | 4 |
| 5 (1) |  | Rambo III (1988) | £76,575 | £111,034 | £1,573,929 | -55% | 5 |
| 6 (7) |  | Buster (1988) | £60,000 | £78,000 | £143,883 | -9% | 2 |
| 7 (4) |  | Coming to America (1988) | £46,954 | £63,388 | £3,386,760 | -44% | 8 |
| 8 (5) |  | The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | £31,718 | £41,233 | £292,441 | -55% | 3 |
| 9 (6) | | Drowning By Numbers (1988) | £31,429 | £44,001 | £238,701 | -52% | 3 |
| 10 (8) |  | The Presidio (1988) | £28,628 | £38,648 | £1,120,810 | -41% | 6 |
| 11 (9) |  | Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) | £5,550 | £7,215 | £2,888,876 | -60% | 11 |
| 12 (12) |  | Three Men and a Baby (1987) | £1,189 | £1,546 | £6,819,175 | -70% | 25 |
| 13 (13) | | Vice Versa (1988) | £972 | £1,312 | £472,655 | -52% | 10 |