| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Life of Brian (1979) | £508,270 | £711,578 | £1,481,503 | -34% | 2 |
| 2 (2) |  | Hooper () | £220,065 | £319,094 | £759,223 | -50% | 2 |
| 3 (3) |  | Yanks (1979) | £147,140 | £205,996 | £1,206,548 | -50% | 3 |
| 4 (4) |  | Quadrophenia (1979) | £76,788 | £111,343 | £2,255,236 | -46% | 5 |
| 5 (6) |  | Escape From Alcatraz (1979) | £26,765 | £38,809 | £196,744 | -21% | 3 |
| 6 (5) |  | The Frisco Kid (1979) | £22,258 | £32,274 | £320,736 | -44% | 4 |
| 7 (7) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £10,150 | £13,195 | £2,441,267 | -29% | 9 |
| 8 (8) |  | Scum (1979) | £5,500 | £7,700 | £1,743,720 | -51% | 8 |
| 9 (10) |  | Alien (1979) | £3,263 | £4,242 | £3,758,957 | -50% | 11 |
| 10 (9) |  | The Concorde ... Airport '79 () | £1,800 | £2,610 | £414,472 | -79% | 7 |
| 11 (11) |  | Manhattan () | £850 | £1,233 | £1,760,965 | 41% | 13 |
| 12 (12) |  | Moonraker () | £60 | £84 | £7,882,478 | -58% | 17 |