| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | The Long Kiss Goodnight () | £1,195,105 | £1,195,105 | £1,195,105 | new | 1 |
| 2 (2) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £876,446 | £1,183,202 | £5,183,604 | -3% | 4 |
| 3 (1) |  | The First Wives Club (1996) | £546,138 | £709,979 | £3,097,815 | -40% | 3 |
| 4 (3) |  | Dragonheart () | £425,330 | £574,196 | £6,383,627 | -7% | 7 |
| 5 (6) |  | The Craft (1996) | £360,913 | £469,187 | £2,537,831 | 28% | 4 |
| 6 (new) |  | Fear (1996) | £356,165 | £356,165 | £356,165 | new | 1 |
| 7 (new) |  | The Van (1996) | £248,131 | £248,131 | £248,131 | new | 1 |
| 8 (new) |  | Beautiful Girls (1996) | £227,681 | £227,681 | £227,681 | new | 1 |
| 9 (7) |  | The Nutty Professor () | £199,422 | £259,249 | £12,180,027 | -5% | 9 |
| 10 (4) |  | The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) | £166,496 | £224,770 | £1,340,289 | -50% | 3 |
| 11 (5) |  | The Crow: City of Angels (1996) | £132,171 | £191,648 | £508,859 | -58% | 2 |
| 12 (8) |  | Brassed Off (1996) | £95,963 | £124,752 | £3,187,124 | -50% | 5 |
| 13 (new) | | I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) | £51,151 | £51,151 | £51,151 | new | 1 |
| 14 (10) |  | The Wind In the Willows (1996) | £20,727 | £30,054 | £1,180,817 | -67% | 7 |
| 15 (14) |  | A Goofy Movie () | £15,818 | £21,354 | £1,046,782 | -44% | 7 |