| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Independence Day (1996) | £968,780 | £1,307,853 | £23,406,105 | -29% | 6 |
| 2 (new) |  | Emma () | £901,141 | £901,141 | £901,141 | new | 1 |
| 3 (new) |  | A Time to Kill (1996) | £880,507 | £880,507 | £880,507 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | Phenomenon (1996) | £736,292 | £1,067,623 | £3,995,358 | -14% | 3 |
| 5 (3) |  | Eraser (1996) | £365,085 | £511,119 | £3,898,677 | -37% | 4 |
| 6 (6) |  | Toy Story (1996) | £310,900 | £404,170 | £33,585,274 | -6% | 26 |
| 7 (5) |  | Mission:Impossible () | £310,700 | £450,515 | £15,602,183 | -24% | 11 |
| 8 (4) |  | Chain Reaction () | £276,555 | £359,522 | £852,631 | -44% | 2 |
| 9 (7) |  | Dead Presidents () | £210,215 | £283,790 | £596,048 | -33% | 2 |
| 10 (8) |  | Diabolique (1996) | £134,626 | £181,745 | £450,997 | -50% | 2 |
| 11 (12) |  | Twister () | £108,512 | £157,342 | £9,247,590 | -10% | 8 |
| 12 (9) |  | James and the Giant Peach (1996) | £107,106 | £155,304 | £5,675,070 | -48% | 7 |
| 13 (10) |  | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) | £105,690 | £137,397 | £7,738,040 | -38% | 9 |
| 14 (11) |  | Mulholland Falls () | £88,786 | £119,861 | £617,065 | -29% | 3 |
| 15 (15) | | The Perez Family () | £26,781 | £34,815 | £365,828 | -50% | 4 |