UK Box Office 8th August, 1980
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Airplane! (1980) | £646,091 | £646,091 | £646,091 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Fame (1980) | £102,524 | £133,281 | £714,592 | -44% | 3 |
| 3 (2) |  | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | £75,796 | £106,114 | £11,071,923 | -14% | 12 |
| 4 (3) |  | Being There (1979) | £43,121 | £58,213 | £1,156,340 | -44% | 5 |