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

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

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Number one films

#Weekend endingFilmGrossNotesRef
13 January 1988 Masters of the Universe £342,680 [1] [2]
210 January 1988 Predator £598,537Predator reached number one in its second week of release [3] [4]
317 January 1988 Fatal Attraction £904,240Fatal Attraction grossed a record £2,048,421 in its opening week [5] [6] [7] [8]
424 January 1988£1,057,905 [9] [6]
531 January 1988£1,010,184 [10] [11]
67 February 1988£818,556 [12] [13]
714 February 1988TBDFatal Attraction grossed £2,100,361 for the week [14] [15] [13]
821 February 1988TBDFatal Attraction grossed £1,135,617 for the week [16] [15]
928 February 1988£526,317 [17] [15]
106 March 1988£379,432 [18] [19]
1113 March 1988 Stakeout £305,456 [20] [21]
1220 March 1988 Fatal Attraction £241,267Fatal Attraction returned to number one in its tenth week of release [22] [23]
1327 March 1988 Empire of the Sun £177,125 [24] [25]
143 April 1988 The Fox and the Hound (reissue)£203,544The reissue of The Fox and the Hound reached number one in its second week of release [26] [27]
1510 April 1988Empire of the Sun£203,759Empire of the Sun returned to number one in its third week of release [28] [29]
1617 April 1988 Moonstruck £230,491Moontruck reached number one in its fourth week of release [30] [31]
1724 April 1988£214,145 [32] [33]
181 May 1988 Three Men and a Baby £1,097,870Three Men and a Baby reached number one in its fifth week of release [34] [35]
198 May 1988£890,632 [36] [37]
2015 May 1988TBDThree Men and a Baby grossed £881,822 for the week [38] [39]
2122 May 1988£400,022 [40] [39]
2229 May 1988£391,156 [41] [42]
235 June 1988£327,343 [43] [44]
2412 June 1988£218,076 [45] [46]
2519 June 1988£157,189 [47] [48]
2626 June 1988 Crocodile Dundee II £1,333,508Crocodile Dundee II had a record opening weekend surpassing Beverly Hills Cop II's £1,008,450 [49] [50] [51] [52] [53]
273 July 1988£1,289,810 [54] [55]
2810 July 1988£996,082 [56] [57]
2917 July 1988£622,845 [58] [59]
3024 July 1988£589,603 [60] [61]
3131 July 1988 The Jungle Book (reissue)£592,922The reissue of The Jungle Book reached number one in its sixth week of release [62] [63]
327 August 1988 Coming to America £521,566Coming to America reached number one in its second week of release [64] [65]
3314 August 1988£600,969 [66] [67]
3421 August 1988 Beetlejuice £524,740 [68] [69]
3528 August 1988 Rambo III £551,189 [70] [71]
364 September 1988£318,227 [72] [73]
3711 September 1988Beetlejuice£214,901Beetlejuice returned to number one in its fourth week of release [74] [75]
3818 September 1988 Frantic £219,232 [76] [77]
3925 September 1988 The Running Man £577,953 [78] [79]
402 October 1988 Good Morning, Vietnam £767,851 [80] [81]
419 October 1988£742,164 [82] [83]
4216 October 1988 Buster TBDBuster reached number one in its fifth week of release with a weekly gross of £1,085,213 [84] [85]
4323 October 1988 A Fish Called Wanda £718,594A Fish Called Wanda reached number one in its second week of release [86] [85]
4430 October 1988£761,468 [87] [88]
456 November 1988£670,486 [89] [90]
4613 November 1988£723,628 [91] [92]
4720 November 1988£629,032 [93] [94]
4827 November 1988 Scrooged £548,212 [95] [96]
494 December 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit £1,506,863Who Framed Roger Rabbit surpassed the opening weekend record set by Crocodile Dundee II [97] [98] [99]
5011 December 1988£1,280,841 [100] [101]
5118 December 1988£901,811 [102]
5225 December 1988TBD [103]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank [104] TitleDistributorGross [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

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