| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Mars Attacks! (1996) | £2,121,878 | £2,121,878 | £2,121,878 | new | 1 |
| 2 (2) |  | Ransom (1997) | £1,382,489 | £1,797,236 | £9,880,442 | -33% | 4 |
| 3 (6) |  | Shine (1997) | £1,030,020 | £1,442,028 | £6,308,542 | 66% | 9 |
| 4 (1) |  | Fierce Creatures (1997) | £813,708 | £1,098,506 | £6,761,848 | -62% | 3 |
| 5 (3) |  | Michael (1997) | £801,688 | £1,122,363 | £2,645,571 | -47% | 2 |
| 6 (4) |  | The Crucible (1997) | £787,895 | £1,103,053 | £1,716,396 | 22% | 2 |
| 7 (5) |  | Evita (1996) | £308,719 | £401,335 | £14,302,554 | -39% | 9 |
| 8 (new) |  | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | £282,261 | £282,261 | £282,261 | new | 1 |
| 9 (8) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £255,846 | £370,977 | £14,520,112 | -14% | 17 |
| 10 (7) |  | Powder (1995) | £219,464 | £285,303 | £1,239,971 | -33% | 3 |
| 11 (9) |  | Fly Away Home (1997) | £180,347 | £261,503 | £2,548,797 | -36% | 4 |
| 12 (10) |  | Hamlet (1996) | £112,571 | £146,342 | £923,081 | -50% | 3 |
| 13 (11) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £104,686 | £141,326 | £2,315,530 | -47% | 6 |
| 14 (new) |  | Bound (1997) | £67,487 | £67,487 | £67,487 | new | 1 |
| 15 (14) |  | Matilda (1996) | £39,973 | £51,965 | £13,514,552 | -40% | 11 |
| 16 (12) |  | In Love and War (1997) | £37,400 | £52,360 | £324,635 | -62% | 3 |
| 17 (13) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £35,937 | £-199,878 | £1,129,956 | -57% | 5 |
| 18 (16) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £20,051 | £14,088,213 | £32,448,089 | -45% | 12 |
| 19 (15) | | She's the One (1996) | £19,123 | £1,721 | £138,453 | -62% | 3 |
| 20 (17) |  | That Thing You Do (1997) | £13,168 | £13,168 | £829,565 | -50% | 6 |
| 21 (18) |  | Flirting With Disaster (1996) | £5,377 | £5,377 | £486,791 | -62% | 6 |
| 22 (19) |  | Looking For Richard (1996) | £3,762 | £3,762 | £105,342 | -44% | 5 |