| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Rocky II (1979) | £1,001,623 | £1,001,623 | £1,001,623 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Life of Brian (1979) | £327,444 | £458,422 | £1,939,925 | -36% | 3 |
| 3 (2) |  | Hooper (1978) | £110,033 | £148,545 | £907,768 | -50% | 3 |
| 4 (3) |  | Yanks (1979) | £73,570 | £95,641 | £1,302,189 | -50% | 4 |
| 5 (4) |  | Quadrophenia (1979) | £41,507 | £53,959 | £2,309,195 | -46% | 6 |
| 6 (6) |  | The Frisco Kid (1979) | £16,200 | £23,490 | £344,226 | -27% | 5 |
| 7 (5) |  | Escape From Alcatraz (1979) | £11,500 | £15,525 | £212,269 | -57% | 4 |
| 8 (7) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £5,075 | £7,105 | £2,448,372 | -50% | 10 |
| 9 (8) |  | Scum (1979) | £2,000 | £2,600 | £1,746,320 | -64% | 9 |
| 10 (9) |  | Alien (1979) | £1,632 | £2,122 | £3,761,079 | -50% | 12 |
| 11 (10) |  | The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) | £500 | £700 | £415,172 | -72% | 8 |
| 12 (11) |  | Manhattan (1979) | £425 | £616 | £1,761,581 | -50% | 14 |
| 13 (12) |  | Moonraker (1979) | £38 | £51 | £7,882,529 | -37% | 18 |