| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | The Nutty Professor (1996) | £1,918,448 | £2,781,750 | £5,059,986 | -16% | 2 |
| 2 (new) |  | Jack (1996) | £916,134 | £916,134 | £916,134 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | Courage Under Fire (1996) | £431,007 | £603,410 | £1,321,757 | -40% | 2 |
| 4 (5) |  | Emma (1996) | £181,091 | £244,473 | £3,138,463 | -42% | 5 |
| 5 (7) |  | Multiplicity (1996) | £167,860 | £226,611 | £955,528 | -19% | 3 |
| 6 (3) |  | Last Man Standing (1996) | £161,500 | £218,025 | £1,497,537 | -65% | 3 |
| 7 (12) |  | Toy Story (1996) | £140,900 | £204,305 | £34,613,753 | 0% | 30 |
| 8 (11) |  | Striptease (1996) | £126,120 | £170,262 | £2,456,977 | -15% | 4 |
| 9 (4) |  | A Time to Kill (1996) | £120,698 | £162,942 | £3,401,445 | -71% | 5 |
| 10 (10) | | Jude (1996) | £116,899 | £163,659 | £327,317 | -29% | 2 |
| 11 (6) |  | Phenomenon (1996) | £115,454 | £161,636 | £6,207,053 | -58% | 7 |
| 12 (8) |  | Chain Reaction (1996) | £103,100 | £134,030 | £1,855,805 | -49% | 6 |
| 13 (9) |  | Independence Day (1996) | £96,883 | £140,480 | £25,564,386 | -50% | 10 |
| 14 (13) | | Escape From L.A. (1996) | £84,288 | £109,574 | £909,165 | -33% | 4 |
| 15 (14) | | Jane Eyre (1996) | £78,441 | £113,739 | £562,419 | -23% | 3 |
| 16 (15) |  | Mission:Impossible (1996) | £31,681 | £2,122,526 | £18,351,000 | -38% | 15 |
| 17 (16) | | The Great White Hype (1996) | £16,824 | £16,824 | £280,289 | -63% | 4 |
| 18 (18) |  | Diabolique (1996) | £6,731 | £6,731 | £545,234 | -60% | 6 |
| 19 (20) |  | Mulholland Falls (1996) | £4,350 | £4,350 | £608,466 | -29% | 7 |