List of 1992 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1992.

Number one films

	Week ending	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
1		The Addams Family	£2,138,137		^[1]
2			£1,565,622		^[2]
3			£1,030,084		^[3]
4			£1,644,019		^[4]
5		JFK	£1,245,488		^[5]
6			£1,230,304		^[6]
7		My Girl	£1,652,035	My Girl reached number one in its second week of release	^[7]
8			£1,713,568		^[8]
9		Father of the Bride	£1,903,985		^[9]
10			£1,129,947		^[10]
11			£910,867		^[11]
12		Cape Fear	£2,758,920	Cape Fear reached number one in its second week of release	^[12]
13			£2,042,832		^[13]
14			£1,414,001		^[14]
15			£1,058,411		^[15]
16		Hook	£3,236,314		^[16]
17			£3,627,112		^[17]
18			£1,898,638		^[18]
19		The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	£1,539,548	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle reached number one in its second week of release	^[19]
20		Basic Instinct	£3,624,440		^[20]
21			£2,333,122		^[21]
22		Wayne's World	£1,962,473		^[22]
23			£1,581,563		^[23]
24			£1,186,599		^[24]
25		Basic Instinct	£782,191	Basic Instinct returned to number one in its sixth week of release	^[25]
26		Wayne's World	£664,094	Wayne's World returned to number one in its fifth week of release	^[26]
27					^[27]
28		Sleepwalkers	£691,617		^[28]
29		Batman Returns	£4,312,764	Batman Returns set an opening weekend record with a gross of £2,774,796 (£2,526,446 excluding previews) beating s £2.3 million	^[29] ^[30] ^[31] ^[32]
30			£2,473,467		^[33]
31			£1,522,201		^[34]
32		Universal Soldier	£1,349,087	Universal Soldier reached number one in its second week of release	^[35]
33		Beethoven	£1,185,719	Beethoven reached number one in its third week of release	^[36]
34		Lethal Weapon 3	£4,171,402		^[37]
35		Alien 3	£2,683,497		^[38]
36		Lethal Weapon 3	£1,885,401	Lethal Weapon 3 returned to number one in its third week of release	^[39]
37			£1,144,846		^[40]
38		Housesitter	£1,190,085		^[41]
39		Unforgiven	£1,434,711		^[42]
40		Patriot Games	£1,698,592		^[43]
41			£1,297,691		^[44]
42			£1,017,310		^[45]
43		Beauty and the Beast	£1,899,246	Beauty and the Beast reached number one in its second week of release	^[46]
44			£3,612,762		^[47]
45			£1,607,880		^[48]
46		The Last of the Mohicans	£1,289,427		^[49]
47			£1,070,980		^[50]
48		Single White Female	£1,451,694		^[51]
49		Sister Act	£2,266,392		^[52]
50		Death Becomes Her	£1,643,994		^[53]
51			£2,995,947		^[54]
52					^[55]
53		The Bodyguard	£1,295,415	Weekend only. The Bodyguard set a record Christmas opening	^[56] ^[57]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1991 and 29 November 1992

Rank^[58]	Title	Distributor	Gross (£)^[59]
1.	Basic Instinct	Guild	15,471,799
2.	Hook	Columbia TriStar	13,099,578
3.	Lethal Weapon 3	Warner Bros.	11,878,179
4.	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	10,979,599
5.	The Addams Family	Columbia TriStar	10,396,698
6.	Cape Fear	UIP	10,360,215
7.	Beauty and the Beast	Walt Disney Pictures	9,538,000
8.	Wayne's World	UIP	9,133,551
9.	My Girl	Columbia TriStar	7,629,917
10.	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	7,306,665

See also

• List of British films - British films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Variety. 6 January 1992. International boxoffice report. 71. $3,998,316; £1=$1.87.
2. Variety. 72. 13 January 1992. International box office. $2,865,088; £1=$1.83.
3. Variety. 42. 20 January 1992. International box office. $1,812,948; £1=$1.76.
4. Variety. 34. 27 January 1992. International boxoffice report. $2,926,354; £1=$1.78.
5. Variety. 34. 3 February 1992. International box office. $2,216,970; £1=$1.78.
6. Variety. 29. 10 February 1992. International box office. $2,239,153; £1=$1.82.
7. Variety. 46. 17 February 1992. International box office. $2,924,102; £1=$1.77.
8. Variety. 89. 24 February 1992. International box office. $2,998,744; £1=$1.75.
9. Variety. 49. 2 March 1992. International box office. $3,370,053; £1=$1.77.
10. Variety. 48. 9 March 1992. International box office. $1,943,509; £1=$1.72.
11. Variety. 35. 16 March 1992. International box office. $1,557,583; £1=$1.71.
12. Variety. 43. 23 March 1992. International box office. $4,717,753; £1=$1.71.
13. Variety. 42. 30 March 1992. International box office. $3,513,671; £1=$1.72.
14. Variety. 46. 6 April 1992. International box office. $2,460,362; £1=$1.74.
15. Variety. 44. 13 April 1992. International box office. $1,883,972; £1=$1.78.
16. Variety. 40. 20 April 1992. International box office. $5,728,276; £1=$1.77.
17. Variety. 46. 27 April 1992. International box office. $6,419,988; £1=$1.77.
18. Variety. 122. 4 May 1992. International box office. $3,379,576; £1=$1.78.
19. Variety. 72. 11 May 1992. International box office. $2,771,186; £1=$1.80.
20. Variety. 34. 18 May 1992. International box office. $6,560,236; £1=$1.81.
21. Variety. 39. 25 May 1992. International box office. $4,222,950; £1=$1.81.
22. Variety. 36. 1 June 1992. International box office. $3,591,326; £1=$1.83.
23. Variety. 33. 8 June 1992. International box office. $2,894,260; £1=$1.83.
24. Variety. 37. 15 June 1992. International box office. $2,195,208; £1=$1.85.
25. Variety. 36. 22 June 1992. International box office. $1,454,875; £1=$1.86.
26. Variety. 40. 29 June 1992. International box office. Weekly gross $1,255,138; Total gross $11,326,100; £1=$1.89.
27. Variety. 36. 13 July 1992. International box office. Weekly gross $1,175,581; Total gross $13,657,922; £1=$1.90.
28. Variety. 36. 13 July 1992. International box office. $1,314,072; £1=$1.90.
29. Variety. 38. 20 July 1992. International box office. $8,366,762; £1=$1.94.
30. Variety. 37. 20 July 1992. 'Batman' awesome; 'Lethal 3' lively. Groves. Don.
31. Variety. 2–3. 20 July 1992. Biggest opening in U.K. history (advertisement).
32. Daily Variety. July 14, 1992. 20. McBride. Joseph. Socko Batsequel rolls to record B.O. in U.K..
33. Variety. 45. 27 July 1992. International box office. $4,749,056; £1=$1.92.
34. Variety. 27. 3 August 1992. International box office. $2,937,848; £1=$1.93.
35. Variety. 29. 10 August 1992. International box office. $2,590,247; £1=$1.92.
36. Variety. 34. 17 August 1992. International box office. $2,288,438; £1=$1.93.
37. Variety. 24 August 1992. 40. International box office. $8,050,805; £1=$1.93.
38. Variety. 43. 31 August 1992. International box office. $5,179,149; £1=$1.93.
39. Variety. 40. 7 September 1992. International box office. $3,695,386; £1=$1.96.
40. Variety. 33. 14 September 1992. International box office. $2,221,001; £1=$1.94.
41. Variety. 35. 21 September 1992. International box office. $2,106,451; £1=$1.77.
42. Variety. 33. 28 September 1992. International box office. $2,453,356; £1=$1.71.
43. Variety. 5 October 1992. International box office. 40. $2,955,550; £1=$1.74.
44. Variety. 12 October 1992. International box office. 47. $2,141,190; £1=$1.65.
45. Variety. 19 October 1992. International box office. 62. $1,719,254; £1=$1.69.
46. Variety. 26 October 1992. International box office. 36. $3,076,778; £1=$1.62.
47. Variety. 2 November 1992. European box office. 37. $6,141,695; £1=$1.70.
48. Variety. 9 November 1992. European box office. 37. $2,801,502; £1=$1.65.
49. Variety. 16 November 1992. European box office. 31. $2,127,554; £1=$1.65.
50. Variety. 23 November 1992. European box office. 34. $1,670,729; £1=$1.56.
51. Variety. 30 November 1992. European box office. 63. $2,264,643; £1=$1.56.
52. Variety. 7 December 1992. European box office. 50. $3,920,858; £1=$1.73.
53. Variety. 14 December 1992. European box office. 34. $2,548,191; £1=$1.55.
54. Variety. 21 December 1992. European box office. 34. $4,643,718; £1=$1.55.
55. Variety. 4 January 1993. European box office. 54. Total gross $10,782,241; Weekend gross $1,637,900; £1=$1.55.
56. Variety. 4 January 1993. European box office. 54. $2,007,893; £1=$1.55.
57. Variety. 4 January 1993. Big U.S. pix help boost year-end B.O.. Groves. Don. 55.
58. Book: Swern, Phil. The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. 404. Guinness Publishing. 1995. 0-85112-670-7.
59. Screen International. 29 January 1993. 15. UK Top 50 Films.