| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Jerry Maguire (1996) | £1,334,625 | £1,801,744 | £3,331,492 | -13% | 2 |
| 2 (2) |  | Mars Attacks! (1996) | £1,178,300 | £1,708,535 | £5,492,203 | -8% | 3 |
| 3 (new) |  | The English Patient (1996) | £1,047,533 | £1,047,533 | £1,047,533 | new | 1 |
| 4 (3) |  | Ransom (1997) | £451,191 | £654,227 | £12,008,920 | -56% | 6 |
| 5 (6) |  | Fierce Creatures (1997) | £314,356 | £408,663 | £7,771,316 | -24% | 5 |
| 6 (5) |  | Michael (1997) | £222,074 | £310,904 | £3,547,192 | -47% | 4 |
| 7 (8) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £171,946 | £240,724 | £15,073,958 | -20% | 19 |
| 8 (7) |  | Shine (1997) | £150,704 | £195,915 | £6,842,920 | -40% | 11 |
| 9 (4) |  | The Crucible (1997) | £104,917 | £141,638 | £2,867,181 | -86% | 4 |
| 10 (9) |  | Evita (1996) | £96,791 | £140,347 | £14,667,082 | -40% | 11 |
| 11 (10) |  | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | £71,544 | £93,007 | £519,633 | -28% | 3 |
| 12 (11) |  | Powder (1995) | £58,524 | £79,007 | £1,446,268 | -33% | 5 |
| 13 (13) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £28,999 | £37,699 | £2,430,366 | -47% | 8 |
| 14 (12) |  | Hamlet (1996) | £28,143 | £37,993 | £1,037,060 | -50% | 5 |
| 15 (14) |  | Bound (1997) | £16,872 | £24,464 | £137,505 | -50% | 3 |
| 16 (15) |  | Matilda (1996) | £14,402 | £20,883 | £13,569,025 | -40% | 13 |
| 17 (17) |  | In Love and War (1997) | £10,275 | £10,275 | £295,439 | -29% | 5 |
| 18 (16) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £8,680 | £694 | £1,158,601 | -57% | 7 |
| 19 (19) | | She's the One (1996) | £6,830 | £6,830 | £154,845 | -29% | 5 |
| 20 (18) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £6,047 | £6,047 | £32,465,147 | -45% | 14 |