UK Weekend Box Office
UK Box Office 21st March, 1997
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Star Wars (1977) Special Edition | £3,702,720 | £3,702,720 | £3,702,720 | re | 22 |
| 2 (new) |  | Space Jam (1996) | £2,673,864 | £2,673,864 | £2,673,864 | new | 1 |
| 3 (1) |  | Jerry Maguire (1996) | £2,067,232 | £2,997,486 | £6,328,978 | 35% | 3 |
| 4 (3) |  | The English Patient () | £2,067,123 | £2,997,328 | £4,044,861 | 49% | 2 |
| 5 (2) |  | Mars Attacks! () | £1,286,300 | £1,865,135 | £7,357,338 | 8% | 4 |
| 6 (4) |  | Ransom (1997) | £516,731 | £697,587 | £12,706,507 | 13% | 7 |
| 7 (8) |  | Shine (1997) | £250,700 | £338,445 | £7,181,365 | 40% | 12 |
| 8 (7) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £175,946 | £246,324 | £15,320,282 | 2% | 20 |
| 9 (6) |  | Michael (1997) | £116,881 | £169,477 | £3,716,669 | -47% | 5 |
| 10 (5) |  | Fierce Creatures () | £114,202 | £159,883 | £7,931,199 | -64% | 6 |
| 11 (11) |  | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | £50,389 | £68,025 | £587,658 | -30% | 4 |
| 12 (10) |  | Evita () | £40,891 | £53,158 | £14,720,240 | -58% | 12 |
| 13 (12) |  | Powder (1995) | £29,262 | £38,041 | £1,484,309 | -50% | 6 |
| 14 (14) |  | Hamlet () | £14,072 | £19,701 | £1,056,761 | -50% | 6 |
| 15 (16) |  | Matilda () | £8,645 | £11,671 | £13,580,696 | -40% | 14 |
| 16 (15) |  | Bound () | £8,436 | £11,389 | £148,894 | -50% | 4 |
| 17 (17) |  | In Love and War () | £7,339 | £7,339 | £302,778 | -29% | 6 |
| 18 (18) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £4,822 | £6,510 | £1,165,111 | -44% | 8 |