| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Life of Brian (1979) | £769,925 | £769,925 | £769,925 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | Hooper (1978) | £440,129 | £440,129 | £440,129 | new | 1 |
| 3 (1) |  | Yanks (1979) | £294,280 | £411,992 | £1,000,552 | -50% | 2 |
| 4 (2) |  | Quadrophenia (1979) | £142,057 | £184,674 | £2,143,893 | -46% | 4 |
| 5 (4) |  | The Frisco Kid (1979) | £40,064 | £54,086 | £288,462 | -44% | 3 |
| 6 (3) |  | Escape From Alcatraz (1979) | £33,821 | £47,349 | £157,935 | -69% | 2 |
| 7 (5) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £14,210 | £19,894 | £2,428,072 | -50% | 8 |
| 8 (6) |  | Scum (1979) | £11,336 | £16,437 | £1,736,020 | -50% | 7 |
| 9 (8) |  | The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) | £8,500 | £12,325 | £411,862 | -17% | 6 |
| 10 (7) |  | Alien (1979) | £6,525 | £9,461 | £3,754,715 | -50% | 10 |
| 11 (9) |  | Manhattan (1979) | £500 | £675 | £1,759,732 | -38% | 12 |
| 12 (10) |  | Moonraker (1979) | £143 | £193 | £7,882,394 | -50% | 16 |