| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Every Which Way But Loose (1979) | £502,488 | £728,608 | £3,095,771 | -50% | 3 |
| 2 (2) |  | The Deer Hunter (1979) | £241,873 | £326,529 | £1,741,487 | -44% | 3 |
| 3 (3) |  | National Lampoons Animal House (1979) | £200,915 | £271,235 | £1,769,054 | -52% | 3 |
| 4 (4) |  | Escape to Athena (1979) | £126,131 | £163,970 | £416,232 | -50% | 2 |
| 5 (5) |  | Halloween (1978) | £26,079 | £37,815 | £2,252,848 | -37% | 8 |
| 6 (6) |  | Damien: Omen II (1979) | £14,796 | £19,235 | £721,567 | -37% | 7 |
| 7 (7) |  | Superman (1978) | £2,281 | £3,079 | £13,263,044 | -33% | 14 |
| 8 (9) |  | Watership Down (1978) | £1,468 | £2,129 | £1,117,176 | -37% | 14 |