| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Scrooged (1988) | £548,212 | £548,212 | £548,212 | new | 1 |
| 2 (2) |  | Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) | £162,048 | £210,662 | £518,553 | -47% | 2 |
| 3 (new) |  | Cocoon: The Return (1988) | £150,150 | £150,150 | £150,150 | new | 1 |
| 4 (1) |  | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | £140,686 | £203,995 | £5,950,133 | -78% | 7 |
| 5 (3) |  | Colors (1988) | £117,467 | £158,580 | £883,938 | -47% | 3 |
| 6 (new) | | The Hidden (1988) | £79,983 | £79,983 | £79,983 | new | 1 |
| 7 (4) |  | Big (1988) | £61,253 | £82,692 | £2,851,691 | -47% | 6 |
| 8 (5) |  | Buster (1988) | £31,874 | £43,030 | £4,018,203 | -44% | 11 |
| 9 (6) |  | Stormy Monday (1988) | £18,298 | £24,702 | £123,511 | -33% | 3 |
| 10 (8) | | Patty Hearst (1988) | £11,188 | £15,663 | £38,039 | -50% | 2 |
| 11 (10) |  | Midnight Run (1988) | £10,762 | £15,605 | £1,473,120 | -37% | 8 |
| 12 (9) |  | Good Morning Vietnam (1988) | £8,875 | £12,869 | £3,283,515 | -50% | 9 |