UK Box Office 29th August, 1980
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) |  | Airplane! (1980) | £53,641 | £69,733 | £1,938,142 | -74% | 4 |
| 2 (2) |  | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | £50,531 | £68,217 | £11,278,466 | 25% | 15 |
| 3 (3) |  | Fame (1980) | £17,579 | £24,611 | £863,244 | -44% | 6 |
| 4 (4) |  | Being There (1979) | £7,394 | £9,982 | £1,216,098 | -44% | 8 |