| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (3) |  | Ransom (1997) | £3,283,302 | £4,596,623 | £5,413,348 | 75% | 2 |
| 2 (new) |  | Fierce Creatures (1997) | £2,914,770 | £2,914,770 | £2,914,770 | new | 1 |
| 3 (1) |  | Fly Away Home (1997) | £780,356 | £1,014,463 | £1,894,803 | -11% | 2 |
| 4 (2) |  | Evita (1996) | £656,131 | £951,390 | £13,222,909 | -22% | 7 |
| 5 (new) |  | Powder (1995) | £493,794 | £493,794 | £493,794 | new | 1 |
| 6 (4) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £475,900 | £618,670 | £13,764,275 | 2% | 15 |
| 7 (new) |  | Hamlet (1996) | £450,283 | £450,283 | £450,283 | new | 1 |
| 8 (7) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £377,915 | £510,185 | £1,895,740 | 42% | 4 |
| 9 (5) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £190,106 | £247,138 | £1,222,382 | -44% | 3 |
| 10 (6) |  | Shine (1997) | £150,718 | £203,469 | £4,356,971 | -40% | 7 |
| 11 (new) |  | In Love and War (1997) | £136,138 | £136,138 | £136,138 | new | 1 |
| 12 (8) |  | Matilda (1996) | £110,947 | £160,873 | £13,366,024 | -40% | 9 |
| 13 (new) | | She's the One (1996) | £69,609 | £69,609 | £69,609 | new | 1 |
| 14 (10) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £66,490 | £86,437 | £18,312,409 | -45% | 10 |
| 15 (11) |  | That Thing You Do (1997) | £52,671 | £71,106 | £929,639 | -50% | 4 |
| 16 (12) |  | Flirting With Disaster (1996) | £19,574 | £-44,552 | £467,433 | -62% | 4 |
| 17 (13) |  | Looking For Richard (1996) | £13,544 | £1,354 | £94,808 | -50% | 3 |
| 18 (16) |  | Surviving Picasso (1996) | £4,890 | £-21,216 | £128,591 | -38% | 6 |