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 Masters of the Universe£342,680 2 Predator£598,537 Predator reached number one in its second week of release 3 Fatal Attraction£904,240 Fatal Attraction grossed a record £2,048,421 in its opening week 4 £1,057,905 5 £1,010,184 6 £818,556 7 TBDFatal Attraction grossed £2,100,361 for the week 8 TBDFatal Attraction grossed £1,135,617 for the week 9 £526,317 10 £379,432 11 Stakeout£305,456 12 Fatal Attraction£241,267 Fatal Attraction returned to number one in its tenth week of release 13 Empire of the Sun£177,125 14 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 Empire of the Sun£203,759 Empire of the Sun returned to number one in its third week of release 16 Moonstruck £230,491Moontruck reached number one in its fourth week of release 17 £214,145 18 Three Men and a Baby £1,097,870Three Men and a Baby reached number one in its fifth week of release 19 £890,632 20 TBDThree Men and a Baby grossed £881,822 for the week 21 £400,022 22 £391,156 23 £327,343 24 £218,076 25 £157,189 26 Crocodile Dundee II £1,333,508Crocodile Dundee II had a record opening weekend surpassing Beverly Hills Cop II £1,008,450 27 £1,289,810 28 £996,082 29 £622,845 30 £589,603 31 The Jungle Book (reissue)£592,922 The reissue of The Jungle Book reached number one in its sixth week of release 32 Coming to America£521,566 Coming to America reached number one in its second week of release 33 £600,969 34 Beetlejuice£524,740 35 Rambo III£551,189 36 £318,227 37 Beetlejuice £214,901 Beetlejuice returned to number one in its fourth week of release 38 Frantic£219,232 39 The Running Man£577,953 40 Good Morning, Vietnam£767,851 41 £742,164 42 BusterTBDBuster reached number one in its fifth week of release with a weekly gross of £1,085,213 43 A Fish Called Wanda£718,594 A Fish Called Wanda reached number one in its second week of release 44 £761,468 45 £670,486 46 £723,628 47 £629,032 48 Scrooged£548,212 49 Who Framed Roger Rabbit £1,506,863Who Framed Roger Rabbit surpassed the opening weekend record set by Crocodile Dundee II 50 £1,280,841 51 £901,811 52 TBD
Highest-grossing films Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1987 and 18 December 1988. Rank Title Distributor U.K. Gross 1. Fatal AttractionUIP£15,441,584 2. Crocodile Dundee IIUIP£13,324,673 3. Three Men and a BabyTouchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.£9,662,992 4. A Fish Called WandaUIP£8,509,357 5. Coming to AmericaUIP£5,808,136 6. Who Framed Roger RabbitTouchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.£5,604,360 7. Good Morning, VietnamTouchstone Pictures/Warner Bros.£5,213,785 8. The Last EmperorColumbia/Tri-Star£4,070,826 9. The Jungle Book (reissue)Walt Disney/Warner Bros.£3,944,843 10. BusterVestron£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
See also List of British films — British films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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