UK Weekend Box Office
UK Box Office 2nd May, 1997
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Liar Liar (1997) | £1,969,204 | £1,969,204 | £1,969,204 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) Special Edition | £1,703,333 | £2,384,666 | £4,065,825 | 1% | 24 |
| 3 (new) |  | Scream (1996) | £1,126,010 | £1,126,010 | £1,126,010 | new | 1 |
| 4 (new) |  | Donnie Brasco (1997) | £1,085,835 | £1,085,835 | £1,085,835 | new | 1 |
| 5 (4) |  | William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1997) | £327,771 | £442,491 | £3,952,261 | -23% | 6 |
| 6 (2) |  | The Saint (1997) | £246,203 | £320,064 | £2,183,095 | -55% | 3 |
| 7 (6) | Eddie (1997) | £213,686 | £309,845 | £694,480 | -44% | 2 | |
| 8 (7) |  | Space Jam (1996) | £193,635 | £271,089 | £10,583,545 | -41% | 7 |
| 9 (8) |  | Metro (1997) | £187,427 | £253,026 | £1,137,681 | -37% | 3 |
| 10 (3) |  | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Special Edition | £150,000 | £195,000 | £4,670,186 | -67% | 22 |
| 11 (9) |  | The English Patient (1996) | £60,943 | £82,273 | £8,288,632 | -47% | 8 |
| 12 (10) |  | Everyone Says I Love You (1997) | £60,393 | £81,531 | £178,160 | -38% | 2 |
| 13 (11) | The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1997) | £38,632 | £54,085 | £500,997 | -41% | 4 | |
| 14 (12) |  | Larger Than Life (1996) | £8,214 | £11,910 | £462,810 | -50% | 6 |
| 15 (13) | The Funeral (1996) | £4,437 | £5,768 | £36,913 | -62% | 3 | |
| 16 (16) | Box of Moonlight (1997) | £3,503 | £3,503 | £18,705 | -29% | 3 | |
| 17 (15) |  | Mallrats (1995) | £2,022 | £-43,937 | £235,637 | -62% | 6 |