| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Yanks (1979) | £588,560 | £588,560 | £588,560 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Quadrophenia (1979) | £262,806 | £354,788 | £1,959,219 | -46% | 3 |
| 3 (new) |  | Escape From Alcatraz (1979) | £110,586 | £110,586 | £110,586 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | The Frisco Kid (1979) | £72,116 | £104,568 | £234,376 | -44% | 2 |
| 5 (3) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £28,419 | £36,945 | £2,408,178 | -63% | 7 |
| 6 (4) |  | Scum (1979) | £22,671 | £30,606 | £1,719,583 | -50% | 6 |
| 7 (5) |  | Alien (1979) | £13,050 | £16,965 | £3,745,254 | -50% | 9 |
| 8 (6) |  | The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) | £10,300 | £14,420 | £399,537 | -37% | 5 |
| 9 (7) |  | Manhattan (1979) | £800 | £1,160 | £1,759,057 | -85% | 11 |
| 10 (8) |  | Moonraker (1979) | £285 | £385 | £7,882,201 | -58% | 15 |