UK Box Office 9th May, 1997
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) |  | Liar Liar (1997) | £1,749,272 | £2,536,444 | £4,505,648 | -11% | 2 |
| 2 (3) |  | Scream (1996) | £1,741,621 | £2,264,107 | £3,390,117 | 35% | 2 |
| 3 (4) |  | Donnie Brasco (1997) | £991,668 | £1,289,168 | £2,375,003 | -9% | 2 |
| 4 (2) |  | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) Special Edition | £833,334 | £1,208,334 | £5,274,159 | -51% | 19 |
| 5 (new) |  | Anaconda (1997) | £530,231 | £530,231 | £530,231 | new | 1 |
| 6 (new) | Ghosts of Mississippi (1997) | £252,439 | £252,439 | £252,439 | new | 1 | |
| 7 (5) |  | William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1997) | £207,771 | £270,102 | £4,222,363 | -37% | 7 |
| 8 (6) |  | The Saint (1997) | £196,825 | £285,396 | £2,468,491 | -20% | 4 |
| 9 (7) | Eddie (1997) | £118,714 | £172,135 | £866,615 | -44% | 3 | |
| 10 (9) |  | Metro (1997) | £117,142 | £158,142 | £1,295,823 | -37% | 4 |
| 11 (8) |  | Space Jam (1996) | £113,903 | £159,464 | £10,743,009 | -41% | 8 |
| 12 (12) |  | Everyone Says I Love You (1997) | £37,746 | £50,957 | £229,117 | -37% | 3 |
| 13 (11) |  | The English Patient (1996) | £32,075 | £44,905 | £8,333,537 | -47% | 9 |
| 14 (13) | The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1997) | £22,725 | £31,815 | £532,812 | -41% | 5 | |
| 15 (16) | Box of Moonlight (1997) | £1,347 | £1,886 | £20,591 | -62% | 4 | |