| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Evita (1996) | £1,119,052 | £1,566,673 | £11,055,694 | -21% | 5 |
| 2 (7) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £485,952 | £704,630 | £12,469,992 | 16% | 13 |
| 3 (new) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £479,067 | £479,067 | £479,067 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) | £370,532 | £537,271 | £3,456,742 | -57% | 3 |
| 5 (3) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £364,274 | £509,984 | £1,102,104 | -38% | 2 |
| 6 (5) |  | Shine (1997) | £350,709 | £455,922 | £3,789,974 | -22% | 5 |
| 7 (4) |  | Matilda (1996) | £307,940 | £400,322 | £12,964,862 | -40% | 7 |
| 8 (8) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £220,485 | £297,655 | £18,062,515 | -45% | 8 |
| 9 (6) |  | That Thing You Do (1997) | £210,683 | £294,956 | £716,321 | -50% | 2 |
| 10 (9) |  | Flirting With Disaster (1996) | £132,322 | £178,635 | £443,279 | -50% | 2 |
| 11 (new) |  | Looking For Richard (1996) | £54,176 | £54,176 | £54,176 | new | 1 |
| 12 (10) |  | Jingle All the Way (1996) | £50,912 | £71,277 | £4,692,223 | -51% | 9 |
| 13 (11) |  | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | £40,896 | £55,210 | £7,997,747 | -55% | 8 |
| 14 (12) |  | The Preachers Wife (1997) | £35,368 | £47,747 | £323,973 | -55% | 3 |
| 15 (13) |  | Surviving Picasso (1996) | £12,519 | £16,275 | £138,462 | -38% | 4 |