| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (3) | The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) | £435,453 | £609,634 | £663,828 | 95% | 3 | |
| 2 (1) | ![]() | Endless Love (1981) | £213,202 | £277,163 | £1,486,021 | -52% | 3 |
| 3 (2) | ![]() | Heaven's Gate (1980) | £20,500 | £28,700 | £293,911 | -29% | 4 |
| 4 (4) | ![]() | Stripes (1981) | £7,571 | £10,599 | £1,522,229 | -50% | 9 |
| 5 (5) | ![]() | Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) | £4,441 | £6,217 | £1,333,000 | -64% | 7 |
| 6 (6) | ![]() | Arthur (1981) | £2,900 | £4,060 | £2,151,138 | -28% | 16 |
| 7 (7) | ![]() | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | £1,055 | £1,424 | £2,814,574 | -47% | 14 |
| 8 (9) | ![]() | For Your Eyes Only (1981) | £130 | £189 | £6,017,772 | -44% | 19 |