| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | The Nutty Professor () | £2,278,236 | £2,278,236 | £2,278,236 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | Courage Under Fire (1996) | £718,347 | £718,347 | £718,347 | new | 1 |
| 3 (1) |  | Last Man Standing () | £462,056 | £600,673 | £1,279,512 | -32% | 2 |
| 4 (2) |  | A Time to Kill (1996) | £420,349 | £588,489 | £3,238,503 | -31% | 4 |
| 5 (5) |  | Emma () | £310,795 | £450,653 | £2,893,990 | -38% | 4 |
| 6 (4) |  | Phenomenon (1996) | £275,381 | £371,764 | £6,045,417 | -51% | 6 |
| 7 (7) |  | Multiplicity (1996) | £207,070 | £300,252 | £728,917 | -52% | 2 |
| 8 (10) |  | Chain Reaction () | £203,118 | £264,053 | £1,721,775 | -3% | 5 |
| 9 (6) |  | Independence Day (1996) | £195,600 | £264,060 | £25,423,906 | -60% | 9 |
| 10 (new) | | Jude (1996) | £163,658 | £163,658 | £163,658 | new | 1 |
| 11 (3) |  | Striptease () | £149,180 | £216,311 | £2,286,715 | -75% | 3 |
| 12 (9) |  | Toy Story (1996) | £140,910 | £190,229 | £34,409,448 | -42% | 29 |
| 13 (11) | | Escape From L.A. (1996) | £126,432 | £177,005 | £799,591 | -25% | 3 |
| 14 (8) | | Jane Eyre (1996) | £101,973 | £142,762 | £448,680 | -67% | 2 |
| 15 (12) |  | Mission:Impossible () | £50,785 | £71,099 | £16,228,474 | -66% | 14 |
| 16 (14) | | The Great White Hype (1996) | £45,425 | £4,542 | £263,465 | -50% | 3 |
| 17 (13) | | The Quest () | £39,913 | £3,926 | £419,739 | -67% | 3 |
| 18 (15) |  | Diabolique (1996) | £16,828 | £-69,837 | £538,503 | -50% | 5 |
| 19 (17) | | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love () | £8,335 | £8,335 | £65,846 | -67% | 3 |
| 20 (18) |  | Mulholland Falls () | £6,090 | £6,090 | £604,116 | -63% | 6 |