| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (2) |  | Fierce Creatures (1997) | £2,114,286 | £2,748,572 | £5,663,342 | -27% | 2 |
| 2 (1) |  | Ransom (1997) | £2,053,737 | £2,669,858 | £8,083,206 | -37% | 3 |
| 3 (new) |  | Michael (1997) | £1,523,208 | £1,523,208 | £1,523,208 | new | 1 |
| 4 (new) |  | The Crucible (1997) | £613,343 | £613,343 | £613,343 | new | 1 |
| 5 (4) |  | Evita (1996) | £502,452 | £678,310 | £13,901,219 | -23% | 8 |
| 6 (10) |  | Shine (1997) | £351,409 | £509,543 | £4,866,514 | 57% | 8 |
| 7 (5) |  | Powder (1995) | £329,196 | £460,874 | £954,668 | -33% | 2 |
| 8 (6) |  | Michael Collins (1996) | £296,046 | £384,860 | £14,149,135 | -38% | 16 |
| 9 (3) |  | Fly Away Home (1997) | £280,351 | £392,491 | £2,287,294 | -64% | 3 |
| 10 (7) |  | Hamlet (1996) | £225,142 | £326,456 | £776,739 | -50% | 2 |
| 11 (8) |  | The Frighteners (1996) | £198,903 | £278,464 | £2,174,204 | -47% | 5 |
| 12 (11) |  | In Love and War (1997) | £97,241 | £136,137 | £272,275 | -29% | 2 |
| 13 (9) |  | Extreme Measures (1997) | £82,655 | £107,452 | £1,329,834 | -57% | 4 |
| 14 (12) |  | Matilda (1996) | £66,595 | £96,563 | £13,462,587 | -40% | 10 |
| 15 (13) | | She's the One (1996) | £49,721 | £67,123 | £136,732 | -29% | 2 |
| 16 (14) |  | 101 Dalmatians (1996) | £36,513 | £47,467 | £18,359,876 | -45% | 11 |
| 17 (15) |  | That Thing You Do (1997) | £26,336 | £-113,242 | £816,397 | -50% | 5 |
| 18 (16) |  | Flirting With Disaster (1996) | £13,981 | £13,981 | £481,414 | -29% | 5 |
| 19 (17) |  | Looking For Richard (1996) | £6,772 | £6,772 | £101,580 | -50% | 4 |