List of 2020 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2020.
Films
Week
|
Weekend End Date
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Film
|
Total weekend gross (Pound sterling)
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Weekend openings in the Top 10
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Reference(s)
|
1 |
5 January 2020 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker[a] |
£4,396,258 |
The Gentlemen (#3), Jojo Rabbit (#5), André Rieu: 70 Years Young (#6) |
[1]
|
2 |
12 January 2020 |
1917 |
£7,446,302 |
|
[2]
|
3 |
19 January 2020 |
£6,190,049 |
Bad Boys for Life (#2), Bombshell (#7), Just Mercy (#9) |
[3]
|
4 |
26 January 2020 |
£4,518,270 |
The Personal History of David Copperfield (#3), PAW Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue (#10) |
[4]
|
5 |
2 February 2020 |
£2,798,457 |
Queen & Slim (#7), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (#8), Porgy and Bess – MET Opera (#9), The Lighthouse (#10) |
[5]
|
6 |
9 February 2020 |
Dolittle |
£5,085,520 |
Birds of Prey (#2), Parasite (#4) |
[6]
|
7 |
16 February 2020 |
Sonic the Hedgehog |
£4,733,768 |
Emma. (#6), 365 dni (#8) |
[7]
|
8 |
23 February 2020 |
£4,171,244 |
The Call of the Wild (#4), Like a Boss (#8), Brahms: The Boy II (#9) |
[8]
|
9 |
1 March 2020 |
The Invisible Man |
£2,163,798 |
Dark Waters (#4) |
[9]
|
10 |
8 March 2020 |
Onward |
£3,419,500 |
Military Wives (#3), Fantasy Island (#7) |
[10]
|
11 |
15 March 2020 |
£1,272,748 |
The Hunt (#3), Bloodshot (#4), Misbehaviour (#7), My Spy (#8) |
[11]
|
12 |
22 March 2020 |
The Invisible Man |
£105,000 [12] |
|
[13]
|
13–26 |
29 March 2020 – 28 June 2020 |
British cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
[14]
|
27 |
5 July 2020 |
Onward |
£21,626 |
Trolls World Tour (#2), The Greatest Showman (#4), Dirty Dancing (#6), Grease (#7), The Terminator (#8), Star Wars (#9), Fight Club (#10) |
[15]
|
28 |
12 July 2020 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
£50,406 |
Black Water: Abyss (#3), The Shawshank Redemption (#8), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#9) |
[16]
|
29 |
19 July 2020 |
Onward |
£49,271 |
Dreambuilders (#6), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#8), A Star Is Born (#9) |
[17]
|
30 |
26 July 2020 |
£60,074 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (#5), Stage Mother (#7), The Dark Knight Rises (#8) |
[18]
|
31 |
2 August 2020 |
Unhinged |
£175,263 |
100% Wolf (#3), The Vigil (#5), Proxima (#6), Jurassic Park (#9) |
[19]
|
32 |
9 August 2020 |
£115,188 |
An American Pickle (#4), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (#10) |
[20]
|
33 |
16 August 2020 |
Inception |
£207,675 |
Pinocchio (#3), Broken Law (#6), Babyteeth (#8) |
[21]
|
34 |
23 August 2020 |
Unhinged |
£178,820 |
The Karate Kid (#9) |
[22]
|
35 |
30 August 2020 |
Tenet |
£5,335,654 |
Hope Gap (#7), Bring the Soul: The Movie (#8)[b] |
[23]
|
36 |
6 September 2020 |
£2,151,490 |
The New Mutants (#2), After We Collided (#6), Black Panther (#9), Les Misérables (#10) |
[24]
|
37 |
13 September 2020 |
£1,233,090 |
Break the Silence: The Movie (#3), The Broken Hearts Gallery (#6), Petla (#7) |
[25]
|
38 |
20 September 2020 |
£796,309 |
Bill & Ted Face the Music (#3), André Rieu's Magical Maastricht: Together In Music (#4), Rocks (#7), White Riot (#9) |
[26]
|
39 |
27 September 2020 |
£648,517 |
Schemers (#10) |
[27]
|
40 |
4 October 2020 |
£628,148 |
Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! (#2), The Elfkins – Baking a Difference (#5), On the Rocks (#7), David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet (#8) |
[28]
|
41 |
11 October 2020 |
£296,049 |
Saint Maud (#2), Akira (#3), Kajillionaire (#10) |
[29]
|
42 |
18 October 2020 |
£187,275 |
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together (#2), Hocus Pocus (#7), I Am Greta (#8) |
[30]
|
43 |
25 October 2020 |
Two By Two: Overboard! |
£329,265 |
Honest Thief (#2), The Secret Garden (#3), Pixie (#5), All My Life (#9), Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (#10) |
[31]
|
44 |
1 November 2020 |
£190,761 |
The Craft: Legacy (#5), Halloween (#8) |
[32]
|
45 |
8 November 2020 |
The Three Kings |
£3,521 |
Words on Bathroom Walls (#4), Wolfwalkers (#7), A Christmas Gift from Bob (#9) |
[33]
|
46 |
15 November 2020 |
The Secret Garden |
£5,147 |
Billie (#2), War Horse: National Theatre Live 2014 (#4) |
[34]
|
47 |
22 November 2020 |
Two By Two: Overboard! |
£3,422 |
Collective (#3), The Kid Detective (#7) |
[35]
|
48 |
29 November 2020 |
Home Alone |
£2,705 |
Wolfwalkers (#5), The Muppet Christmas Carol (#7), Back to the Future (#9), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#10) |
[36]
|
49 |
6 December 2020 |
Elf [c] |
£48,244 |
A Christmas Carol (#4), The Grinch (#8), Die Hard (#9), Katherine Jenkins' Christmas Spectacular (#10) |
[37]
|
50 |
13 December 2020 |
£98,157 |
Little Mix: LM5 - The Tour Film (#3), Superintelligence (#4) |
[38]
|
51 |
20 December 2020 |
Wonder Woman 1984 |
£846,435 |
Come Away (#4) |
[39]
|
52 |
27 December 2020 |
£72,674 |
|
[40]
|
Notes
- ^ Opened in 2019
- ^ Originally opened at number 10 in August 2019
- ^ Originally peaked at number 2 when first released in 2003
Highest-grossing films
Highest-grossing films of 2020 by In-year release[41]
Rank
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Title
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Distributor
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Domestic gross
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1. |
1917 |
Entertainment One |
£43,944,156
|
2. |
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Paramount |
£19,301,130
|
3. |
Tenet |
Warner Bros. |
£17,469,917
|
4. |
Bad Boys for Life |
Sony |
£16,214,071
|
5. |
Dolittle |
Universal |
£15,946,599
|
6. |
The Gentlemen |
Entertainment Film |
£12,248,887
|
7. |
Parasite |
StudioCanal |
£12,121,140
|
8. |
Birds of Prey |
Warner Bros. |
£8,825,588
|
9. |
Jojo Rabbit |
Walt Disney |
£8,131,485
|
10. |
Onward |
Walt Disney |
£7,676,576
|
References
- ^ Gant, Charles (7 January 2020). "UK box office report, January 3–5: The Rise of Skywalker triumphs as Cats skirts disaster". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (14 January 2020). "UK box office report, January 10-12: 1917 is on a mission to beat Dunkirk". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (21 January 2020). "UK box office report, January 17-19: 1917 will set record as UK cinema's biggest grossing First World War film". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (28 January 2020). "UK box office report, January 24–26: Armando Iannucci's colour-blind casting is paying off handsomely". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (4 February 2020). "UK box office report, January 31-February 2: The Lighthouse shines, while 1917 battles on". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (11 February 2020). "UK box office report, February 7–9: Parasite is already a foreign-language phenomenon". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (18 February 2020). "UK box office report, February 14–16: Parasite thrives, but Sonic the Hedgehog overtakes it". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (25 February 2020). "UK box office report, February 21–23: Sonic the Hedgehog runs rings around Harrison Ford's fake dog". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (3 March 2020). "UK box office report, February 28-March 1: The Invisible Man kicks Will Ferrell off a cliff". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (10 March 2020). "UK box office report, March 6–8: Coronavirus can't keep the Military Wives (or Pixar) down". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (17 March 2020). "UK box office report, March 13–15: An utter disaster, even before the coronavirus crackdown". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ UK box office stalls as cinemas close amid pandemic
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 20th March 2020 - 22nd March 2020
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (17 March 2020). "Cinemas across the UK to shut in response to coronavirus". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (7 July 2020). "UK box office report, July 3–5: Christopher Nolan, your country needs you". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Gant, Charles (15 July 2020). "UK box office report, July 10–12: Star Wars, you're our only hope". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 17th July 2020 - 19th July 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 24th July 2020 - 26th July 2020
- ^ Gant, Charles (4 August 2020). "UK box office report, July 31–August 2: Russell Crowe drives right past a lockdown record". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 7th August 2020 - 9th August 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 14th August 2020 - 16th August 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 21st August 2020 - 23rd August 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 28th August 2020 - 30th August 2020
- ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 04/09/2020 - 06/09/2020
- ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/09/2020 - 13/09/2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 18th September 2020 - 20th September 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 25th September 2020 - 27th September 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 2nd October 2020 - 4th October 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 9th October 2020 - 11th October 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 16th October 2020 - 18th October 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 23rd October 2020 - 25th October 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 30th October 2020 - 1st November 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 6th November 2020 - 8th November 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 13th November 2020 - 15th November 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 20th November 2020 - 22nd November 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 27th November 2020 - 29th November 2020
- ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 4th December 2020 - 6th December 2020
- ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/12/2020 - 13/12/2020
- ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 18/12/2020 - 20/12/2020
- ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 25/12/2020 - 27/12/2020
- ^ "FDA Yearbook 2021". Film Distributors Association. p. 58. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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