List of 2015 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2015.

Films

WeekWeekend end dateFilmTotal weekend gross
(Pound sterling)		Weekend openings in the Top 10Reference(s)
1 The Theory of Everything £3,749,689 (#4), Birdman (#7) align='center'[1]
2 Taken 3 £6,714,530 Into the Woods (#2), Foxcatcher (#6) align='center'[2]
3 £3,295,309 American Sniper (#2), Whiplash (#7), Wild (#9) align='center'[3]
4 American Sniper £2,539,534 Ex Machina (#5), Mortdecai (#7), The Gambler (#8) align='center'[4]
5 Big Hero 6 £4,293,286 (#2), Inherent Vice (#9) align='center'[5]
6 £2,540,116 Shaun the Sheep Movie (#3), Jupiter Ascending (#4), Selma (#6) align='center'[6]
7 Fifty Shades of Grey £13,550,290 Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (#6) align='center'[7]
8 £4,597,092 The Wedding Ringer (#5), Project Almanac (#6) align='center'[8]
9 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel £3,771,852 Focus (#3), The Boy Next Door (#7), It Follows (#8) align='center'[9]
10 £1,957,256 Chappie (#4), Still Alice (#8), Unfinished Business (#9) align='center'[10]
11 £1,409,311 Run All Night (#2), Suite Française (#4) align='center'[11]
12 Home £6,025,917 (#2), The Gunman (#5), Wild Card (#10) align='center'[12]
13 Cinderella £3,803,799 (#3), Get Hard (#4), Seventh Son (#7), Wild Tales (#9) align='center'[13]
14 Fast & Furious 7 £12,765,033 The Water Diviner (#7), While We're Young (#8), Blade Runner (#9) align='center'[14]
15 £5,407,918 The Duff (#4), John Wick (#6), Woman in Gold (#7), (#8) align='center'[15]
16 £3,039,720 Child 44 (#4), A Little Chaos (#7) align='center'[16]
17 £18,015,774 The Falling (#10) align='center'[17]
18 £8,591,670 Far from the Madding Crowd (#2), Unfriended (#3), Two By Two (#7) align='center'[18]
19 £3,462,468 (#2), The Age of Adaline (#5), Big Game (#7) align='center'[19]
20 Pitch Perfect 2 £5,005,394 (#2) align='center'[20]
21 £2,665,428 Tomorrowland (#3), Poltergeist (#4), Tanu Weds Manu Returns (#9) align='center'[21]
22 San Andreas £4,628,394 Man Up (#7), Danny Collins (#10) align='center'[22]
23 Spy £2,557,824 (#3) The Empire Strikes Back (#8)align='center'[23]
24 Jurassic World £19,350,727 London Road (#8) align='center'[24]
25 £11,133,912 Take That Live 2015 (#2), Mr. Holmes (#4), Entourage (#5), The Longest Ride (#7) align='center'[25]
26 Minions £11,558,946 Knock, Knock (#7), Slow West (#10) align='center'[26]
27 £6,238,498 Terminator Genisys (#2), Magic Mike XXL (#4), Amy (#5), Guillaume Tell: Royal Opera House (#8) align='center'[27]
28 £4,154,359 Ted 2 (#2), Love & Mercy (#9), Song of the Sea (#10) align='center'[28]
29 Ant-Man £4,011,345 Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert (#5), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (#7), The Gallows (#9) align='center'[29]
30 Inside Out £7,376,513 Southpaw (#4) align='center'[30]
31 £5,351,344 Hot Pursuit (#7) align='center'[31]
32 Fantastic Four £2,686,176 The Gift (#5) align='center'[32]
33 Pixels £2,660,772 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (#4), Trainwreck (#5), Absolutely Anything (#9) align='center'[33]
34 Paper Towns £2,072,789 Sinister 2 (#3), Vacation (#7), The Bad Education Movie (#8) align='center'[34]
35 Straight Outta Compton £2,498,231 (#3), 45 Years (#10) align='center'[35]
36 £1,366,741 No Escape (#3), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (#5), The Transporter Refueled (#7), American Ultra (#8) align='center'[36]
37 Legend £5,189,074 (#2), The Visit (#3), Irrational Man (#10) align='center'[37]
38 Everest £3,160,154 A Walk in the Woods (#8), The Battle of Britain at 75 (#9), Bill (#10) align='center'[38]
39 £1,996,439 Miss You Already (#4), Solace (#6) align='center'[39]
40 The Martian £6,531,734 The Intern (#4), Macbeth (#5), Il Trovatore – Met Opera (#7), Singh Is Bliing (#9) align='center'[40]
41 £3,854,809 Sicario (#2), The Walk (#3), Regression (#9) align='center'[41]
42 Hotel Transylvania 2 £6,317,438 Suffragette (#2), Pan (#3), Crimson Peak (#5), The Lobster (#9) align='center'[42]
43 £2,275,612 (#3), The Last Witch Hunter (#5) align='center'[43]
44 Spectre £41,299,090 Tannhauser – Met Opera (#8) align='center'[44]
45 £13,145,138 Brooklyn (#3), Burnt (#5), Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (#8) align='center'[45]
46 £7,833,891 The Lady in the Van (#2), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (#4), Steve Jobs (#5) align='center'[46]
47 £11,255,566 The Dressmaker (#7), The Perfect Guy (#10) align='center'[47]
48 £4,534,464 The Good Dinosaur (#2), Bridge of Spies (#4), Black Mass (#5), Carol (#7), Tamasha (#8) align='center'[48]
49 £2,240,723 Christmas With The Coopers (#5), Victor Frankenstein (#8), Krampus (#9) align='center'[49]
50 £1,286,244 align='center'[50]
51 £34,041,968 Sisters (#2), Dilwale (#4), Bajirao Mastani (#7) align='center'[51]
52 £10,164,805 Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (#2), Daddy's Home (#3), In The Heart Of The Sea (#4) align='center'[52]
1 Spectre's opening gross was for a 7-day period, not a weekend, as the film opened on a Monday.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gant . Charles . 7 January 2015 . Theory of Everything finds winning formula at UK box office . . 6 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Gant . Charles . 13 January 2015 . UK box office: Taken 3 grabs the prize, while cinema earnings rise 33% year-on-year. . 13 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Gant . Charles . 20 January 2015 . American Sniper dispatches sceptics at UK box office . . 20 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Gant . Charles . 28 January 2015 . American Sniper's adjective no obstacle as it outguns UK competition again . . 28 January 2015.
  5. Web site: Gant . Charles . 3 February 2015 . Big Hero 6 proves a Marvel as Kingsman spies the runner-up spot at UK box office . . 3 February 2015.
  6. Web site: Gant . Charles . 10 February 2015 . Big Hero 6 blocks Kingsman's path to the top at the UK box office . . 10 February 2015.
  7. Web site: Gant . Charles . 17 February 2015 . Fifty Shades of pure UK box-office gold . . 17 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Gant . Charles . 24 February 2015 . Fifty Shades of payday: film is highest-earning 18-certificate ever . . 24 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Gant . Charles . 3 March 2015 . Age before bondage: Second Best Marigold Hotel dominates Fifty Shades . . 3 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Gant . Charles . 10 March 2015 . Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel books another week atop UK box office . . 10 March 2015.
  11. Web site: Gant . Charles . 17 March 2015 . Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel outruns Liam Neeson at UK box office . . 17 March 2015.
  12. Web site: Gant . Charles . 24 March 2015 . Home sweet at UK box office while older children rush to Insurgent . . 24 March 2015.
  13. Web site: Gant . Charles . 31 March 2015 . Cinderella sweeps up at the UK box office in a strong week for kids' movies . . 31 March 2015.
  14. Web site: Gant . Charles . 8 April 2015 . Fast & Furious 7 overtakes records at UK box office . . 8 April 2015.
  15. Web site: Gant . Charles . 14 April 2015 . Fast & Furious 7 roars ahead on second lap at the UK box office . . 14 April 2015.
  16. Web site: United Kingdom Box Office, April 17–19, 2015 . . 21 April 2015.
  17. Web site: United Kingdom Box Office, April 24–26, 2015 . . 28 April 2015.
  18. Web site: Gant . Charles . 6 May 2015 . The Avengers: Age of Ultron holds on to UK box office top spot with £8.59m in second week . . 6 May 2015.
  19. Web site: Gant . Charles . 12 May 2015 . Spooks in hot pursuit of Avengers at the UK box office . . 12 May 2015.
  20. Web site: Gant . Charles . 19 May 2015 . Pitch Perfect 2 outsings Mad Max: Fury Road at the UK box office . . 19 May 2015.
  21. Web site: Gant . Charles . 27 May 2015 . Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road continue UK box office domination . . 27 May 2015.
  22. Web site: Gant . Charles . 2 June 2015 . Dwayne Johnson cracks the disaster movie as San Andreas hits the UK . . 2 June 2015.
  23. Web site: Gant . Charles . 9 June 2015 . The Spy who everyone loved: Melissa McCarthy comedy tops UK box office . . 9 June 2015.
  24. Web site: Gant . Charles . 16 June 2015 . Jurassic World success drives monster audiences before Spectre and Star Wars . . 16 June 2015.
  25. Web site: Gant . Charles . 23 June 2015 . Jurassic World claws victory from Potter and Bond to make UK box office history . . 23 June 2015.
  26. Web site: Gant . Charles . 30 June 2015 . UK box office: Minions makes millions, Jurassic World biggest hit since Skyfall . . 30 June 2015.
  27. Web site: Gant . Charles . 7 July 2015 . Minions easily overpower Terminator at the UK box office . . 7 July 2015.
  28. Web site: Gant . Charles . 14 July 2015 . Universal claims UK box-office record as Amy Winehouse doc stuns in week two . . 14 July 2015.
  29. Web site: Gant . Charles . 21 July 2015 . Ant-Man scores small – but notable – victory at UK box office . . 21 July 2015.
  30. Web site: Gant . Charles . 28 July 2015 . Inside Out brings nothing but Joy for Disney at the UK box office . . 28 July 2015.
  31. Web site: Gant . Charles . 5 August 2015 . Hot Pursuit goes tepid as Mission: Impossible tops UK box office . . 5 August 2015.
  32. Web site: Gant . Charles . 12 August 2015 . Jurassic World is UK's eighth biggest film ever while Fantastic Four bombs . . 12 August 2015.
  33. Web site: Gant . Charles . 18 August 2015 . Continue? Second chance for Sandler as Pixels tops UK box office . . 18 August 2015.
  34. Web site: Gant . Charles . 25 August 2015 . Paper Towns builds a flimsy number 1 position at the UK box office . . 25 August 2015.
  35. Web site: United Kingdom Box Office, August 28–30, 2015 . . 1 September 2015.
  36. Web site: Gant . Charles . 8 September 2015 . Straight Outta Compton is streets ahead at the UK box office . . 8 September 2015.
  37. Web site: Gant . Charles . 15 September 2015 . Krays smash Legend muscles its way to top of UK box office . . 15 September 2015.
  38. Web site: Gant . Charles . 22 September 2015 . Peak performance: Everest climbs to the top of UK box office . . 22 September 2015.
  39. Web site: Gant . Charles . 29 September 2015 . Everest hangs on at UK box-office summit . . 29 September 2015.
  40. Web site: Gant . Charles . 6 October 2015 . The Martian blasts off with biggest UK box-office opening since July . . 6 October 2015.
  41. Web site: Gant . Charles . 13 October 2015 . The Martian still marooned at the top of the UK box office . . 13 October 2015.
  42. Web site: Gant . Charles . 20 October 2015 . Hotel Transylvania 2 draws blood at the UK box office . . 20 October 2015.
  43. Web site: Gant . Charles . 27 October 2015 . Hotel Transylvania 2 keeps its fangs in UK box office – but Spectre is looming . . 27 October 2015.
  44. Web site: Gant . Charles . 3 November 2015 . Spectre magic makes Harry Potter UK box office record disappear . . 3 November 2015.
  45. Web site: Gant . Charles . 10 November 2015 . Spectre stomps over Jurassic World to top 2015 UK box office so far . . 10 November 2015.
  46. Web site: Gant . Charles . 17 November 2015 . Maggie Smith vehicle The Lady in the Van makes tracks at the UK box office . . 17 November 2015.
  47. Web site: Gant . Charles . 24 November 2015 . Katniss off target as Mockingjay – Part 2 trails Part 1 at UK box office . . 24 November 2015.
  48. Web site: Gant . Charles . 1 December 2015 . Bridge of Spies beats Black Mass and Carol in prestige week at UK box office . . 1 December 2015.
  49. Web site: Gant . Charles . 8 December 2015 . Victor Frankenstein dead on arrival at UK box office . . 8 December 2015.
  50. Web site: Gant . Charles . 15 December 2015 . Grandma left standing as Katniss keeps up the pace at UK box office . . 15 December 2015.
  51. Web site: Gant . Charles . 22 December 2015 . Star Wars: The Force Awakens gives UK box office a spectacular shot in the arm . . 22 December 2015.
  52. Web site: United Kingdom Box Office, December 25–27, 2015 . . 29 December 2015.

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