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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
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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]
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 15 January 1988. p. 16.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 9 January 1988. p. 32.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 22 January 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 16 January 1988. p. 28.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 29 January 1988. p. 20.
^ a b "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 30 January 1988. p. 60.
^ "The Biggest Opening Week Ever in the UK and Ireland (advertisement)". Screen International . 30 January 1988. pp. 8–9.
^ McFarling, Tina (2 July 1988). "Bright Lights heralds Crocodile's approach". Screen International .
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 5 February 1988. p. 18.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 12 February 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 6 February 1988. p. 85.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 19 February 1988. p. 20.
^ a b "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 13 February 1988. p. 61. 7 days Jan 29-Feb 4 £1,961,678; 3 days Feb 5-7 £818,556; Total Gross to Feb 7 £6,922,549
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 26 February 1988. p. 20.
^ a b c "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 5 March 1988. p. 32. 7 days Feb 19-25 £1,135,617; 3 days Feb 26-28 £526,317; Total Gross to Feb 28 £10,684,844
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 4 March 1988. p. 20.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 11 March 1988. p. 20.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 18 March 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 12 March 1988. p. 21.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 25 March 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 19 March 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 1 April 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 26 March 1988. p. 36.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 8 April 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 2 April 1988. p. 29.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 15 April 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 9 April 1988. p. 21.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 22 April 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 16 April 1988. p. 41.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 29 April 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 23 April 1988. p. 77.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 6 May 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 30 April 1988. p. 33.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 13 May 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 7 May 1988. p. 406.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 20 May 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 14 May 1988. p. 70.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 27 May 1988. p. 22.
^ a b "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 28 May 1988. p. 33.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 3 June 1988. p. 22.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 10 June 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 4 June 1988. p. 29.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 17 June 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 11 June 1988. p. 41.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 24 June 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 18 June 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 1 July 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 25 June 1988. p. 33.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 8 July 1988. p. 18.
^ " 'Croc II' Is Mighty In U.K. Openings". Variety . 29 June 1988. p. 3.
^ "G'day again, mate from the UK! (advertisement)". Variety . 6 July 1988. pp. 20–21.
^ " 'Last Crusade' fervent in first London round". Variety . 5 July 1989. p. 2.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 2 July 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 15 July 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 9 July 1988. p. 21.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 22 July 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 16 July 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 29 July 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 23 July 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 5 August 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 30 July 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 12 August 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 6 August 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 19 August 1988. p. 16.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 13 August 1988. p. 33.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 26 August 1988. p. 16.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 20 August 1988. p. 45.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 2 September 1988. p. 16.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 27 August 1988. p. 57.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 9 September 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 3 September 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 16 September 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 10 September 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 23 September 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 17 September 1988. p. 37.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 30 September 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 24 September 1988. p. 45.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 7 October 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 1 October 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 14 October 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 8 October 1988. p. 37.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 21 October 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 22 October 1988. p. 387.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 28 October 1988. p. 20.
^ a b "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 29 October 1988. p. 29.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 4 November 1988. p. 20.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 11 November 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 5 November 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 18 November 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 12 November 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 25 November 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 19 November 1988. p. 33.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 2 December 1988. p. 22.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 26 November 1988. p. 33.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 9 December 1988. p. 20.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 3 December 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 16 December 1988. p. 20.
^ "Rabbit claims UK box office record". Screen International . 10 December 1988. p. 1.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 10 December 1988. p. 29.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 23 December 1988. p. 18.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 17 December 1988. p. 41.
^ "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 24 December 1988. p. 25.
^ "Top Films and Video". The Times . Screen International . 6 January 1989. p. 16.
^ Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits . Guinness Publishing . p. 345. ISBN 0-85112-670-7 .
^ McFarling, Tina (24 December 1988). "1988 UK Top 20". Screen International . p. 1.
^ a b c d "UK Leaders Nationwide". Screen International . 24 December 1988. p. 25.
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