| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | £629,032 | £849,193 | £5,746,138 | -13% | 6 |
| 2 (new) |  | Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) | £307,891 | £307,891 | £307,891 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | Colors (1988) | £223,187 | £301,302 | £725,358 | -47% | 2 |
| 4 (3) |  | Big (1988) | £116,381 | £157,114 | £2,768,999 | -47% | 5 |
| 5 (4) |  | Buster (1988) | £57,374 | £80,324 | £3,975,173 | -50% | 10 |
| 6 (5) |  | Stormy Monday (1988) | £27,447 | £35,681 | £98,809 | -57% | 2 |
| 7 (6) |  | Taffin (1988) | £26,381 | £34,295 | £84,419 | -47% | 2 |
| 8 (new) | | Patty Hearst (1988) | £22,376 | £22,376 | £22,376 | new | 1 |
| 9 (7) |  | Good Morning Vietnam (1988) | £17,750 | £25,738 | £3,270,646 | -50% | 8 |
| 10 (8) |  | Midnight Run (1988) | £17,219 | £24,968 | £1,457,515 | -37% | 7 |
| 11 (10) |  | Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) | £1,099 | £1,484 | £579,281 | -50% | 8 |