Film of the Day:
The Human Factor
BOX OFFICE
1979 Top UK Box Office Movies
| pos. | | Title | Gross |
| 1 |  | Moonraker (1979)
| £7,882,529 |
| 2 |  | Rocky II (1979)
| £4,507,079 |
| 3 |  | Every Which Way But Loose (1979)
| £3,776,684 |
| 4 |  | Alien (1979)
| £3,762,948 |
| 5 |  | Life of Brian (1979)
| £2,735,361 |
| 6 |  | The Bitch (1979)
| £2,453,523 |
| 7 |  | Quadrophenia (1979)
| £2,368,648 |
| 8 |  | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
| £2,286,923 |
| 9 |  | Halloween (1978)
| £2,274,037 |
| 10 |  | The Deer Hunter (1979)
| £2,108,010 |
| 11 |  | Superman (1978)
| £2,059,235 |
| 12 |  | National Lampoons Animal House (1979)
| £2,015,574 |
| 13 |  | Porridge (1979)
| £1,795,890 |
| 14 |  | Manhattan (1979)
| £1,762,099 |
| 15 |  | Jaws 2 (1978)
| £1,635,649 |
| 16 |  | Scum (1979)
| £1,547,960 |
| 17 |  | Yanks (1979)
| £1,405,191 |
| 18 |  | The Muppet Movie (1979)
| £1,279,356 |
| 19 |  | Battlestar Galactica (1979)
| £1,271,373 |
| 20 |  | The Lord of the Rings (1979)
| £1,183,164 |