| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (2) |  | Mississippi Burning (1988) | £377,589 | £490,866 | £1,264,779 | -18% | 3 |
| 2 (new) |  | Beaches (1989) | £355,628 | £355,628 | £355,628 | new | 1 |
| 3 (new) |  | Bright Lights, Big City (1989) | £193,417 | £193,417 | £193,417 | new | 1 |
| 4 (new) |  | Torch Song Trilogy (1988) | £162,676 | £162,676 | £162,676 | new | 1 |
| 5 (new) |  | A Cry In the Dark (1989) | £115,147 | £115,147 | £115,147 | new | 1 |
| 6 (1) |  | A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1989) | £113,140 | £164,053 | £1,108,749 | -77% | 3 |
| 7 (new) |  | 1969 (1989) | £109,615 | £109,615 | £109,615 | new | 1 |
| 8 (3) |  | Her Alibi (1989) | £94,963 | £123,452 | £466,268 | -72% | 2 |
| 9 (new) | | For Queen & Country (1989) | £90,379 | £90,379 | £90,379 | new | 1 |
| 10 (4) |  | Rain Man (1989) | £69,169 | £96,837 | £6,108,167 | -76% | 12 |
| 11 (6) |  | My Stepmother Is An Alien (1988) | £60,130 | £87,189 | £922,258 | -43% | 4 |
| 12 (5) |  | Betrayed (1989) | £29,581 | £41,413 | £613,921 | -75% | 4 |
| 13 (7) |  | Working Girl (1988) | £29,011 | £42,066 | £2,899,770 | -61% | 8 |
| 14 (8) |  | The Dead Pool (1988) | £26,623 | £37,272 | £1,635,005 | -48% | 6 |
| 15 (10) |  | How to Get Ahead In Advertising (1989) | £20,197 | £28,276 | £182,785 | -56% | 3 |