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 Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling) 		Weekend openings in the Top 10 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

  1. ^ Opened in 2019
  2. ^ Originally opened at number 10 in August 2019
  3. ^ Originally peaked at number 2 when first released in 2003

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by In-year release[41]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ UK box office stalls as cinemas close amid pandemic
  13. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 20th March 2020 - 22nd March 2020
  14. ^ Pulver, Andrew (17 March 2020). "Cinemas across the UK to shut in response to coronavirus". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  15. ^ Gant, Charles (7 July 2020). "UK box office report, July 3–5: Christopher Nolan, your country needs you". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 17th July 2020 - 19th July 2020
  18. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 24th July 2020 - 26th July 2020
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 7th August 2020 - 9th August 2020
  21. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 14th August 2020 - 16th August 2020
  22. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 21st August 2020 - 23rd August 2020
  23. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 28th August 2020 - 30th August 2020
  24. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 04/09/2020 - 06/09/2020
  25. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/09/2020 - 13/09/2020
  26. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 18th September 2020 - 20th September 2020
  27. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 25th September 2020 - 27th September 2020
  28. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 2nd October 2020 - 4th October 2020
  29. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 9th October 2020 - 11th October 2020
  30. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 16th October 2020 - 18th October 2020
  31. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 23rd October 2020 - 25th October 2020
  32. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 30th October 2020 - 1st November 2020
  33. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 6th November 2020 - 8th November 2020
  34. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 13th November 2020 - 15th November 2020
  35. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 20th November 2020 - 22nd November 2020
  36. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 27th November 2020 - 29th November 2020
  37. ^ Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 4th December 2020 - 6th December 2020
  38. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/12/2020 - 13/12/2020
  39. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 18/12/2020 - 20/12/2020
  40. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 25/12/2020 - 27/12/2020
  41. ^ "FDA Yearbook 2021". Film Distributors Association. p. 58. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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