UK Weekend Box Office
UK Box Office 5th October, 1979
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (1) |  | Scum (1979) | £362,733 | £525,963 | £1,251,428 | -31% | 2 |
| 2 (2) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £310,284 | £449,912 | £1,755,944 | -40% | 3 |
| 3 (3) |  | Alien (1979) | £208,799 | £271,439 | £3,485,559 | -50% | 5 |
| 4 (new) |  | The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) | £198,851 | £198,851 | £198,851 | new | 1 |
| 5 (4) |  | Manhattan (1979) | £24,824 | £33,512 | £1,714,184 | -41% | 7 |
| 6 (6) |  | Porridge (1979) | £15,619 | £22,648 | £1,795,890 | -35% | 9 |
| 7 (5) |  | Moonraker (1979) | £4,204 | £5,465 | £7,876,018 | -84% | 11 |