# List of 1988 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1988.

## Number one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend ending | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | 3 January 1988 | Masters of the Universe | £342,680 | |
| 2 | 10 January 1988 | Predator | £598,537 | Predator reached number one in its second week of release |
| 3 | 17 January 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | £904,240 | Fatal Attraction grossed a record £2,048,421 in its opening week |
| 4 | 24 January 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | £1,057,905 | |
| 5 | 31 January 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | £1,010,184 | |
| 6 | 7 February 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | £818,556 | |
| 7 | 14 February 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | TBD | Fatal Attraction grossed £2,100,361 for the week |
| 8 | 21 February 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | TBD | Fatal Attraction grossed £1,135,617 for the week |
| 9 | 28 February 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | £526,317 | |
| 10 | 6 March 1988 | Fatal Attraction † | £379,432 | |
| 11 | 13 March 1988 | Stakeout | £305,456 | |
| 12 | 20 March 1988 | Fatal Attraction | £241,267 | Fatal Attraction returned to number one in its tenth week of release |
| 13 | 27 March 1988 | Empire of the Sun | £177,125 | |
| 14 | 3 April 1988 | The Fox and the Hound (reissue) | £203,544 | The reissue of The Fox and the Hound reached number one in its second week of release |
| 15 | 10 April 1988 | Empire of the Sun | £203,759 | Empire of the Sun returned to number one in its third week of release |
| 16 | 17 April 1988 | Moonstruck | £230,491 | Moontruck reached number one in its fourth week of release |
| 17 | 24 April 1988 | Moonstruck | £214,145 | |
| 18 | 1 May 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £1,097,870 | Three Men and a Baby reached number one in its fifth week of release |
| 19 | 8 May 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £890,632 | |
| 20 | 15 May 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | TBD | Three Men and a Baby grossed £881,822 for the week |
| 21 | 22 May 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £400,022 | |
| 22 | 29 May 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £391,156 | |
| 23 | 5 June 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £327,343 | |
| 24 | 12 June 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £218,076 | |
| 25 | 19 June 1988 | Three Men and a Baby | £157,189 | |
| 26 | 26 June 1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | £1,333,508 | Crocodile Dundee II had a record opening weekend surpassing Beverly Hills Cop II's £1,008,450 |
| 27 | 3 July 1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | £1,289,810 | |
| 28 | 10 July 1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | £996,082 | |
| 29 | 17 July 1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | £622,845 | |
| 30 | 24 July 1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | £589,603 | |
| 31 | 31 July 1988 | The Jungle Book (reissue) | £592,922 | The reissue of The Jungle Book reached number one in its sixth week of release |
| 32 | 7 August 1988 | Coming to America | £521,566 | Coming to America reached number one in its second week of release |
| 33 | 14 August 1988 | Coming to America | £600,969 | |
| 34 | 21 August 1988 | Beetlejuice | £524,740 | |
| 35 | 28 August 1988 | Rambo III | £551,189 | |
| 36 | 4 September 1988 | Rambo III | £318,227 | |
| 37 | 11 September 1988 | Beetlejuice | £214,901 | Beetlejuice returned to number one in its fourth week of release |
| 38 | 18 September 1988 | Frantic | £219,232 | |
| 39 | 25 September 1988 | The Running Man | £577,953 | |
| 40 | 2 October 1988 | Good Morning, Vietnam | £767,851 | |
| 41 | 9 October 1988 | Good Morning, Vietnam | £742,164 | |
| 42 | 16 October 1988 | Buster | TBD | Buster reached number one in its fifth week of release with a weekly gross of £1,085,213 |
| 43 | 23 October 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | £718,594 | A Fish Called Wanda reached number one in its second week of release |
| 44 | 30 October 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | £761,468 | |
| 45 | 6 November 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | £670,486 | |
| 46 | 13 November 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | £723,628 | |
| 47 | 20 November 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | £629,032 | |
| 48 | 27 November 1988 | Scrooged | £548,212 | |
| 49 | 4 December 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | £1,506,863 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit surpassed the opening weekend record set by Crocodile Dundee II |
| 50 | 11 December 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | £1,280,841 | |
| 51 | 18 December 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | £901,811 | |
| 52 | 25 December 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | TBD | |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1987 and 18 December 1988
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross |
| 1. | Fatal Attraction | UIP | £15,441,584 |
| 2. | Crocodile Dundee II | UIP | £13,324,673 |
| 3. | Three Men and a Baby | Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. | £9,662,992 |
| 4. | A Fish Called Wanda | UIP | £8,509,357 |
| 5. | Coming to America | UIP | £5,808,136 |
| 6. | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. | £5,604,360 |
| 7. | Good Morning, Vietnam | Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. | £5,213,785 |
| 8. | The Last Emperor | Columbia/Tri-Star | £4,070,826 |
| 9. | The Jungle Book (reissue) | Walt Disney/Warner Bros. | £3,944,843 |
| 10. | Buster | Vestron | £3,809,021 |
Highest-grossing films of 1988 by BBFC rating :
| U | The Jungle Book (reissue) |
| PG | Crocodile Dundee II |
| 15 | A Fish Called Wanda |
| 18 | Fatal Attraction |