| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Fly Away Home (1997) | £880,340 | £880,340 | £880,340 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Evita (1996) | £838,500 | £1,215,825 | £12,271,519 | -25% | 6 |
| 3 (new) |  | Ransom (1997) | £816,725 | £816,725 | £816,725 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £465,940 | £675,613 | £13,145,605 | -4% | 14 |
| 5 (3) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £342,191 | £496,177 | £975,244 | -29% | 2 |
| 6 (6) |  | Shine (1997) | £250,709 | £363,528 | £4,153,502 | -29% | 6 |
| 7 (5) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £218,039 | £283,451 | £1,385,555 | -40% | 3 |
| 8 (7) |  | Matilda (1996) | £184,838 | £240,289 | £13,205,151 | -40% | 8 |
| 9 (4) |  | The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) | £170,583 | £238,816 | £3,695,558 | -54% | 4 |
| 10 (8) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £121,079 | £163,457 | £18,225,972 | -45% | 9 |
| 11 (9) |  | That Thing You Do (1997) | £105,342 | £142,212 | £858,533 | -50% | 3 |
| 12 (10) |  | Flirting With Disaster (1996) | £50,893 | £68,706 | £511,985 | -62% | 3 |
| 13 (11) |  | Looking For Richard (1996) | £27,088 | £39,278 | £93,454 | -50% | 2 |
| 14 (14) |  | The Preachers Wife (1997) | £16,076 | £21,703 | £345,676 | -55% | 4 |
| 15 (13) |  | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | £9,461 | £13,245 | £8,010,992 | -77% | 9 |