UK Box Office 13th April, 1979
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Battlestar Galactica (1979) | £550,060 | £550,060 | £550,060 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | The Wiz (1978) | £201,720 | £262,236 | £584,988 | -38% | 2 |
| 3 (2) |  | Every Which Way But Loose (1979) | £31,406 | £42,398 | £3,738,014 | -50% | 7 |
| 4 (3) |  | The Deer Hunter (1979) | £23,041 | £33,409 | £2,108,010 | -44% | 7 |
| 5 (4) |  | National Lampoons Animal House (1979) | £10,331 | £13,947 | £2,008,932 | -52% | 7 |
| 6 (5) |  | Escape to Athena (1979) | £7,884 | £11,432 | £583,753 | -50% | 6 |
| 7 (6) |  | Damien: Omen II (1979) | £2,258 | £2,935 | £750,665 | -38% | 11 |