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

# Weekend ending Film Gross Notes Ref
1 3 January 1988 Masters of the Universe £342,680 [1][2]
2 10 January 1988 Predator £598,537 Predator reached number one in its second week of release [3][4]
3 17 January 1988 Fatal Attraction £904,240 Fatal Attraction grossed a record £2,048,421 in its opening week [5][6][7][8]
4 24 January 1988 £1,057,905 [9][6]
5 31 January 1988 £1,010,184 [10][11]
6 7 February 1988 £818,556 [12][13]
7 14 February 1988 TBD Fatal Attraction grossed £2,100,361 for the week [14][15][13]
8 21 February 1988 TBD Fatal Attraction grossed £1,135,617 for the week [16][15]
9 28 February 1988 £526,317 [17][15]
10 6 March 1988 £379,432 [18][19]
11 13 March 1988 Stakeout £305,456 [20][21]
12 20 March 1988 Fatal Attraction £241,267 Fatal Attraction returned to number one in its tenth week of release [22][23]
13 27 March 1988 Empire of the Sun £177,125 [24][25]
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 [26][27]
15 10 April 1988 Empire of the Sun £203,759 Empire of the Sun returned to number one in its third week of release [28][29]
16 17 April 1988 Moonstruck £230,491 Moontruck reached number one in its fourth week of release [30][31]
17 24 April 1988 £214,145 [32][33]
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 [34][35]
19 8 May 1988 £890,632 [36][37]
20 15 May 1988 TBD Three Men and a Baby grossed £881,822 for the week [38][39]
21 22 May 1988 £400,022 [40][39]
22 29 May 1988 £391,156 [41][42]
23 5 June 1988 £327,343 [43][44]
24 12 June 1988 £218,076 [45][46]
25 19 June 1988 £157,189 [47][48]
26 26 June 1988 Crocodile Dundee II £1,333,508 Crocodile Dundee II had a record opening weekend [49][50][51][52][53]
27 3 July 1988 £1,289,810 [54][55]
28 10 July 1988 £996,082 [56][57]
29 17 July 1988 £622,845 [58][59]
30 24 July 1988 £589,603 [60][61]
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 [62][63]
32 7 August 1988 Coming to America £521,566 Coming to America reached number one in its second week of release [64][65]
33 14 August 1988 £600,969 [66][67]
34 21 August 1988 Beetlejuice £524,740 [68][69]
35 28 August 1988 Rambo III £551,189 [70][71]
36 4 September 1988 £318,227 [72][73]
37 11 September 1988 Beetlejuice £214,901 Beetlejuice returned to number one in its fourth week of release [74][75]
38 18 September 1988 Frantic £219,232 [76][77]
39 25 September 1988 The Running Man £577,953 [78][79]
40 2 October 1988 Good Morning, Vietnam £767,851 [80][81]
41 9 October 1988 £742,164 [82][83]
42 16 October 1988 Buster TBD Buster reached number one in its fifth week of release with a weekly gross of £1,085,213 [84][85]
43 23 October 1988 A Fish Called Wanda £718,594 A Fish Called Wanda reached number one in its second week of release [86][85]
44 30 October 1988 £761,468 [87][88]
45 6 November 1988 £670,486 [89][90]
46 13 November 1988 £723,628 [91][92]
47 20 November 1988 £629,032 [93][94]
48 27 November 1988 Scrooged £548,212 [95][96]
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 [97][98][99]
50 11 December 1988 £1,280,841 [100][101]
51 18 December 1988 £901,811 [102]
52 25 December 1988 TBD [103]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1987 and 18 December 1988

Rank[104] Title Distributor Gross[105]
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[106]
5. Coming to America UIP £5,808,136
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. £5,604,360[106]
7. Good Morning, Vietnam Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. £5,213,785[106]
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[106]
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

See also

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Chronology

Preceded by 1988 Succeeded by