UK Box Office 28th December, 1979
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) |  | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | £946,008 | £1,371,712 | £2,286,923 | 3% | 2 |
| 2 (3) |  | Apocalypse Now (1979) | £448,570 | £650,427 | £1,108,711 | -2% | 2 |
| 3 (2) |  | The Black Hole (1979) | £425,169 | £573,978 | £1,079,283 | -16% | 2 |
| 4 (4) |  | Rocky II (1979) | £68,652 | £96,113 | £4,507,079 | -73% | 6 |
| 5 (5) |  | Meteor (1979) | £55,151 | £71,696 | £193,029 | -55% | 2 |
| 6 (6) |  | Life of Brian (1979) | £46,616 | £60,601 | £2,735,361 | -27% | 8 |
| 7 (7) |  | Mad Max (1979) | £29,350 | £42,558 | £245,073 | -50% | 3 |
| 8 (11) |  | Escape From Alcatraz (1979) | £150 | £210 | £223,284 | -50% | 9 |