| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Every Which Way But Loose (1979) | £1,004,975 | £1,457,214 | £2,367,163 | 9% | 2 |
| 2 (3) |  | The Deer Hunter (1979) | £435,372 | £631,289 | £1,414,958 | -44% | 2 |
| 3 (2) |  | National Lampoons Animal House (1979) | £421,921 | £611,785 | £1,497,819 | -52% | 2 |
| 4 (new) |  | Escape to Athena (1979) | £252,262 | £252,262 | £252,262 | new | 1 |
| 5 (4) |  | Halloween (1978) | £41,726 | £56,330 | £2,215,033 | -38% | 7 |
| 6 (5) |  | Damien: Omen II (1979) | £23,673 | £34,326 | £702,332 | -37% | 6 |
| 7 (6) |  | Superman (1978) | £3,422 | £4,962 | £13,259,965 | -50% | 13 |
| 8 (7) |  | Jaws 2 (1978) | £2,734 | £3,828 | £2,611,935 | -44% | 11 |
| 9 (8) |  | Watership Down (1978) | £2,348 | £3,287 | £1,115,047 | -17% | 13 |