| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Evita (1996) | £1,412,412 | £2,047,997 | £9,489,021 | -19% | 4 |
| 2 (2) |  | The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) | £870,634 | £1,218,888 | £2,919,471 | -49% | 2 |
| 3 (new) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £592,120 | £592,120 | £592,120 | new | 1 |
| 4 (3) |  | Matilda (1996) | £513,028 | £692,588 | £12,564,540 | -40% | 6 |
| 5 (5) |  | Shine (1997) | £450,709 | £608,457 | £3,334,052 | -36% | 4 |
| 6 (new) |  | That Thing You Do (1997) | £421,365 | £421,365 | £421,365 | new | 1 |
| 7 (6) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £405,992 | £527,790 | £11,765,362 | -30% | 12 |
| 8 (4) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £401,504 | £562,106 | £17,764,860 | -45% | 7 |
| 9 (new) |  | Flirting With Disaster (1996) | £264,644 | £264,644 | £264,644 | new | 1 |
| 10 (11) |  | Jingle All the Way (1996) | £104,097 | £135,326 | £4,620,946 | -35% | 8 |
| 11 (12) |  | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | £91,601 | £128,241 | £7,942,537 | -13% | 7 |
| 12 (9) |  | The Preachers Wife (1997) | £77,810 | £105,044 | £276,226 | -55% | 2 |
| 13 (14) |  | Surviving Picasso (1996) | £20,031 | £26,040 | £122,187 | -37% | 3 |
| 14 (15) |  | Dragonheart (1996) | £5,981 | £8,074 | £7,371,691 | -45% | 15 |
| 15 (13) |  | Sleepers (1996) | £1,807 | £2,620 | £1,324,096 | -98% | 4 |