| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Last Man Standing (1996) | £678,839 | £678,839 | £678,839 | new | 1 |
| 2 (5) |  | A Time to Kill (1996) | £610,349 | £854,489 | £2,650,014 | -3% | 3 |
| 3 (2) |  | Striptease (1996) | £603,060 | £844,284 | £2,070,404 | -17% | 2 |
| 4 (3) |  | Phenomenon (1996) | £557,760 | £780,864 | £5,673,653 | -16% | 5 |
| 5 (4) |  | Emma (1996) | £501,827 | £677,466 | £2,443,337 | -22% | 3 |
| 6 (1) |  | Independence Day (1996) | £494,482 | £716,999 | £25,159,846 | -38% | 8 |
| 7 (new) |  | Multiplicity (1996) | £428,665 | £428,665 | £428,665 | new | 1 |
| 8 (new) | | Jane Eyre (1996) | £305,918 | £305,918 | £305,918 | new | 1 |
| 9 (9) |  | Toy Story (1996) | £241,750 | £314,275 | £34,219,219 | -2% | 28 |
| 10 (10) |  | Chain Reaction (1996) | £209,663 | £293,528 | £1,457,722 | -13% | 4 |
| 11 (6) | | Escape From L.A. (1996) | £168,576 | £227,578 | £622,586 | -57% | 2 |
| 12 (8) |  | Mission:Impossible (1996) | £150,295 | £210,413 | £16,157,375 | -41% | 13 |
| 13 (7) | | The Quest (1996) | £119,956 | £155,943 | £415,813 | -54% | 2 |
| 14 (11) | | The Great White Hype (1996) | £90,850 | £131,733 | £258,923 | -29% | 2 |
| 15 (13) |  | Diabolique (1996) | £33,656 | £43,753 | £608,340 | -60% | 4 |