UK Box Office 26th October, 1979
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) |  | Quadrophenia (1979) | £486,191 | £704,977 | £1,604,431 | -46% | 2 |
| 2 (new) |  | The Frisco Kid (1979) | £129,808 | £129,808 | £129,808 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £76,730 | £99,749 | £2,371,233 | -63% | 6 |
| 4 (3) |  | Scum (1979) | £45,342 | £61,212 | £1,688,977 | -50% | 5 |
| 5 (4) |  | Alien (1979) | £26,100 | £33,930 | £3,728,289 | -50% | 8 |
| 6 (5) |  | The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) | £16,343 | £21,246 | £385,117 | -57% | 4 |
| 7 (6) |  | Manhattan (1979) | £5,500 | £7,700 | £1,757,897 | -48% | 10 |
| 8 (7) |  | Moonraker (1979) | £684 | £958 | £7,881,816 | -38% | 14 |