| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | £915,211 | £915,211 | £915,211 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | The Black Hole (1979) | £505,305 | £505,305 | £505,305 | new | 1 |
| 3 (new) |  | Apocalypse Now (1979) | £458,284 | £458,284 | £458,284 | new | 1 |
| 4 (1) |  | Rocky II (1979) | £257,185 | £372,918 | £4,410,966 | -45% | 5 |
| 5 (new) |  | Meteor (1979) | £121,333 | £121,333 | £121,333 | new | 1 |
| 6 (3) |  | Life of Brian (1979) | £64,167 | £93,042 | £2,674,760 | -21% | 7 |
| 7 (2) |  | Mad Max (1979) | £58,700 | £85,115 | £202,515 | -50% | 2 |
| 8 (5) |  | Yanks (1979) | £4,599 | £6,439 | £1,405,191 | -50% | 8 |
| 9 (6) |  | Quadrophenia (1979) | £3,544 | £4,784 | £2,368,648 | -46% | 10 |
| 10 (7) |  | The Frisco Kid (1979) | £500 | £650 | £373,576 | -74% | 9 |
| 11 (8) |  | Escape From Alcatraz (1979) | £300 | £390 | £223,074 | -63% | 8 |
| 12 (9) |  | The Bitch (1979) | £250 | £338 | £2,453,523 | -67% | 14 |