| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) | ![]() | Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) | £219,336 | £318,037 | £932,178 | -64% | 2 |
| 2 (2) | ![]() | Stripes (1981) | £76,768 | £103,637 | £1,370,298 | -50% | 4 |
| 3 (4) | ![]() | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | £20,900 | £30,305 | £2,779,263 | -41% | 9 |
| 4 (3) | ![]() | Arthur (1981) | £10,308 | £13,916 | £2,093,032 | -78% | 11 |
| 5 (5) | ![]() | The Watcher In the Woods (1981) | £5,209 | £6,772 | £414,544 | -50% | 5 |
| 6 (6) | ![]() | For Your Eyes Only (1981) | £2,463 | £3,202 | £6,013,674 | -44% | 14 |
| 7 (7) | ![]() | Herbie Goes Bananas (1981) | £1,500 | £2,025 | £580,830 | -62% | 10 |
| 8 (8) | ![]() | Superman II (1980) | £1,000 | £1,400 | £9,489,076 | 10% | 25 |