List of 2019 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 2019.

Films

WeekWeekend End DateFilmTotal weekend gross
(Pound sterling)
Weekend openings in the Top 10Reference(s)
1 Mary Poppins Returns £4,444,023 The Favourite (#2), André Rieu's 2019 New Year Concert from Sydney (#4) [1]
2 Stan & Ollie £2,578,838 Colette (#7), The Upside (#8) [2]
3 Glass £3,423,380 Mary Queen of Scots (#2) [3]
4 £1,936,631 Vice (#3), (#7), The Mule (#8), A Dog's Way Home (#9), Love Yourself in SeoulBTS World Tour (#10) [4]
5 £5,323,448 Green Book (#2), Escape Room (#4), Can You Ever Forgive Me? (#8) [5]
6 £4,016,730 (#2), All Is True (#10) [6]
7 £2,472,489 Instant Family (#2), Happy Death Day 2U (#6), The Kid Who Would Be King (#7) [7]
8 £2,410,824 Cold Pursuit (#6), On the Basis of Sex (#8), Total Dhamaal (#9) [8]
9 Fighting with My Family £2,022,174 The Aftermath (#6), Kobiety Mafii 2 (#10) [9]
10 Captain Marvel £12,750,000 The Sleeping BeautyBolshoi Ballet (#9) [10]
11 £6,643,217 Fisherman's Friends (#2), What Men Want (#3), Misz Masz Czyli Kogel Mogel 4 (#9) [11]
12 £3,378,583 Us (#2), The White Crow (#7), Five Feet Apart (#10) [12]
13 Dumbo £6,076,779 Die Walküre – Met Opera (#7), Lucifer (#8) [13]
14 Shazam! £4,067,068 Pet Sematary (#3), Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun (#5), Missing Link (#7), The Sisters Brothers (#9) [14]
15 Dumbo £2,345,046 Wonder Park (#3), Hellboy (#4), Wild Rose (#6), Little (#8) [15]
16 Shazam! £979,787 Kalank (#4), Red Joan (#5), Greta (#6) [16]
17 £43,400,000 Eighth Grade (#10) [17]
18 £14,331,192 Long Shot (#2), The Curse of La Llorona (#3), Tolkien (#4), A Dog's Journey (#5) [18]
19 Detective Pikachu £4,951,838 The Hustle (#3), Amazing Grace (#9), Dialogues of the Carmelites – Met Opera (#10) [19]
20 £3,562,524 PAW Patrol Mighty Pups (#5) [20]
21 Aladdin £7,066,773 Rocketman (#2), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (#3), Muklawa (#10) [21]
22 £4,888,931 Godzilla: King of the Monsters (#2), Booksmart (#7), Ma (#8) [22]
23 £3,929,625 Dark Phoenix (#2), Take That: Greatest Hits Live (#5), Bharat (#7), Casino Royale (#8) [23]
24 £2,881,535 (#2), Diego Maradona (#9)
25 Toy Story 4 £13,300,000 Brightburn (#5), Child's Play (#9)
26 £8,284,437 Yesterday (#2), Apollo 11 (#8) [24]
27 £14,148,624 Westlife

The Twenty Tour Live (#4), Midsommar (#5), The Queen's Corgi (#6), Anna (#9)

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28 £4,396,516 Annabelle Comes Home (#3), Stuber (#9), The Dead Don't Die (#10) [26]
29 The Lion King £16,671,765 [27]
30 £10,660,287 André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert – Shall We Dance? (#4), (#6), The Current War (#8) [28]
31 Hobbs & Shaw £6,377,583 Angry Birds 2 (#5), The Magic FluteGlyndebourne 2019 (#10) [29]
32 The Lion King £4,366,824 Blinded by the Light (#4), (#7), (#10) [30]
33 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood £7,544,445 Dora and the Lost City of Gold (#4), Good Boys (#6) [31]
34 Angel Has Fallen £2,122,408 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (#5), Crawl (#7) [32]
35 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood £1,841,873 The Informer (#10) [33]
36 It Chapter Two £7,368,586 Polityka (#5)
37 Downton Abbey £5,180,865 Hustlers (#3) [34]
38 £3,280,442 Ad Astra (#2), (#4) [35]
39 £2,682,080 Ready or Not (#4), The Goldfinch (#10) [36]
40 Joker £12,555,329 Judy (#2), War (#8) [37]
41 £9,766,609 Abominable (#2), Gemini Man (#3), Turandot – Met Opera (#7), The Day Shall Come (#8) [38]
42 £5,489,716 (#2), (#3), (#4), Official Secrets (#7) [39]
43 £3,464,683 (#2), The Addams Family (#4), Countdown (#8), Bigil (#9) [40]
44 £2,446,200 Doctor Sleep (#4), Sorry We Missed You (#9), DanTDM Presents The Contest (#10) [41]
45 £1,668,466 The Aeronauts (#2), The Good Liar (#5), Midway (#6), 42nd Street - The Musical (#7) [42]
46 Last Christmas £2,654,354 Le Mans '66 (#2) [43]
47 Frozen II £15,088,012 Blue Story (#3), 21 Bridges (#5), Akhnaten – Met Opera (#10) [44]
48 £8,711,498 Knives Out (#2), Charlie's Angels (#5), Proceder (#9), CBeebies Christmas Show 2019: Hansel & Gretel (#10) [45]
49 £4,397,903 Gremlins (#7), Motherless Brooklyn (#8), Elf (#9) [46]
50 £9,464,661 Black Christmas (#5), The Nutcracker – Bolshoi Ballet (#7), Jak Poslubic Milionera (#9) [47]
51 £20,864,500 Cats (#2), Dabangg 3 (#7)
52 £9,311,240 Little Women (#3), Spies in Disguise (#6), Playing with Fire (#7), Good Newwz (#9)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gant. Charles. 8 January 2019. The Favourite begins reign at UK box office after Golden Globes glory. The Guardian. 8 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Gant. Charles. 15 January 2019. Stan & Ollie laugh it up as takings outstrip Mary Poppins at UK box office. The Guardian. 15 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Gant. Charles. 22 January 2019. M Night Shyamalan's superheroes make Glass a smash at UK box office. The Guardian. 22 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Gant. Charles. 29 January 2019. Mary Queen of Scots fails to smash Glass ceiling at UK box office. The Guardian. 29 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Gant. Charles. 5 February 2019. How to Train Your Dragon soars over Green Book at UK box office. The Guardian. 5 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Gant. Charles. 12 February 2019. The Lego Movie 2 masters How to Train Your Dragon at UK box office. The Guardian. 19 February 2019.
  7. Web site: Gant. Charles. 19 February 2019. The Lego Movie 2 blocks Instant Family from top spot at UK box office. The Guardian. 22 February 2019.
  8. Web site: Gant. Charles. 26 February 2019. Lego Movie 2 keeps How to Train Your Dragon at bay at UK box office. The Guardian. 27 February 2019.
  9. Web site: Gant. Charles. 5 March 2019. Fighting With My Family wrestles top spot from Lego Movie 2 at UK box office. The Guardian. 5 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Gant. Charles. 12 March 2019. Captain Marvel comes to the rescue of the UK box office. The Guardian. 13 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Gant. Charles. 19 March 2019. Captain Marvel flexes her superpowers at UK box office. The Guardian. 20 March 2019.
  12. Web site: Gant. Charles. 26 March 2019. Captain Marvel lords it over Us at UK box office. The Guardian. 27 March 2019.
  13. Web site: Gant. Charles. 2 April 2019. Dumbo soars to the top as Captain Marvel slips at UK box office. The Guardian. 2 April 2019.
  14. Web site: Gant. Charles. 9 April 2019. UK box office report, April 5–7: Shazam! muscles in on Dumbo, Laika misses the mark with Missing Link. The Telegraph. 10 April 2019.
  15. Web site: Gant. Charles. 16 April 2019. UK box office report, April 12–14: Hellboy freezes over, and Dumbo soars. The Telegraph. 16 April 2019.
  16. Web site: Gant. Charles. 23 April 2019. UK box office report April 19–21: Judi Dench's Red Joan bumped aside by Bollywood hit Kalank. The Telegraph. 24 April 2019.
  17. Web site: Gant. Charles. 30 April 2019. UK box office report, April 26–28: Avengers: Endgame turns the records to dust. The Telegraph. 30 April 2019.
  18. Web site: Gant. Charles. 8 May 2019. UK box office report, May 3–5: Avengers: Endgame stumbles, plus two film companies go to war. The Telegraph. 8 May 2019.
  19. Web site: Gant. Charles. 12 May 2019. UK box office report, May 10–12: Pikachu electrifies the box office, but it's Endgame for the Avengers. The Telegraph. 12 May 2019.
  20. Web site: Gant. Charles. 21 May 2019. UK box office report, May 17–19: John Wick storms the cinema, Pikachu stays strong. The Telegraph. 24 May 2019.
  21. Web site: Gant. Charles. 29 May 2019. UK box office report, May 24–26: Aladdin overtakes Rocketman on the inside lane. The Telegraph. 29 May 2019.
  22. Web site: Gant. Charles. 4 June 2019. UK box office report, May 31-June 2: Aladdin stomps all over Godzilla. The Telegraph. 4 June 2019.
  23. Web site: Gant. Charles. 11 June 2019. UK box office report, June 7–9: Dark Phoenix lands and flames out. The Telegraph. 13 June 2019.
  24. Web site: Gant. Charles. 2 July 2019. UK box office report, June 28–30: Buzz Lightyear rides the heatwave, Apollo 11 lands safely. The Telegraph. 4 July 2019.
  25. Web site: Gant. Charles. 9 July 2019. UK box office report, July 5–7: Spider-Man in full swing, but Midsommar falling short. The Telegraph. 10 July 2019.
  26. Web site: Gant. Charles. 16 July 2019. UK box office report, July 12–14: Spider-Man keeps bringing it home as Stuber vanishes from sight. The Telegraph. 18 July 2019.
  27. Web site: Gant. Charles. 23 July 2019. UK box office report, July 19–21: The Lion King is roaring – but not as loudly as you'd think. The Telegraph. 24 July 2019.
  28. Web site: Gant. Charles. 30 July 2019. UK box office report, July 26–28: Can Disney get any bigger?. The Telegraph. 31 July 2019.
  29. Web site: Gant. Charles. 6 August 2019. UK box office report, August 2–4: Are Hobbs & Shaw fast enough for The Lion King?. The Telegraph. 8 August 2019.
  30. Web site: Gant. Charles. 13 August 2019. UK box office report, August 9–11: Kevin Costner's new film is a dog, but BTS are bringing the soul. The Telegraph. 15 August 2019.
  31. Web site: Gant. Charles. 20 August 2019. UK box office report, August 16–18: Tarantino is the king of Hollywood, the UglyDolls are shunned. The Telegraph. 22 August 2019.
  32. Web site: Gant. Charles. 28 August 2019. UK box office report, August 23–25: Gerard Butler Has Risen… though not quite to Tarantino's level. The Telegraph. 29 August 2019.
  33. Web site: Gant. Charles. 3 September 2019. UK box office report, August 30-September 1: Mrs Lowry and Son proves there's life outside Hollywood. The Telegraph. 5 September 2019.
  34. Web site: Gant. Charles. 17 September 2019. UK box office report, September 13–15: Are Downton Abbey and Fleabag the cinematic events of the year?. The Telegraph. 19 September 2019.
  35. Web site: Gant. Charles. 24 September 2019. UK box office report, September 20–22: Downton Abbey gently wipes the floor with Brad Pitt and Rambo. The Telegraph. 24 September 2019.
  36. Web site: Gant. Charles. 1 October 2019. UK box office report, September 27–29: Fleabag crushes The Goldfinch like a guinea pig. The Telegraph. 2 October 2019.
  37. Web site: Gant. Charles. 8 October 2019. UK box office report, October 4–6: Joker laughs all the way to the bank. The Telegraph. 9 October 2019.
  38. Web site: Gant. Charles. 15 October 2019. UK box office report, October 11–13: Joker marches on, Will Smith hits himself in the face. The Telegraph. 16 October 2019.
  39. Web site: Gant. Charles. 22 October 2019. UK box office report, October 18–20: Can Maleficent break the Angelina Jolie curse?. The Telegraph. 23 October 2019.
  40. Web site: Gant. Charles. 29 October 2019. UK box office report, October 25–27: Joker's reign of chaos continues, but Shaun the Sheep fights back. The Telegraph. 30 October 2019.
  41. Web site: Gant. Charles. 5 November 2019. UK box office report, November 1–3: Doctor Sleep is a snooze, as Shaun the Sheep surges. The Telegraph. 7 November 2019.
  42. Web site: Gant. Charles. 12 November 2019. UK box office report, November 8–10: Is The Irishman a hit? We may never know. The Telegraph. 13 November 2019.
  43. Web site: Gant. Charles. 19 November 2019. UK box office report, November 15–17: Last Christmas is no turkey. The Telegraph. 20 November 2019.
  44. Web site: Gant. Charles. 26 November 2019. UK box office report, November 22–24: Frozen II is a stone-cold hit, and Blue Story defies the ban. The Telegraph. 28 November 2019.
  45. Web site: Gant. Charles. 3 December 2019. UK box office report, November 29-December 1: The Knives are Out for Frozen II. The Telegraph. 7 December 2019.
  46. Web site: Gant. Charles. 10 December 2019. UK box office report, December 6–8: Les Misérables flies the flag for event cinema. The Telegraph. 12 December 2019.
  47. Web site: Gant. Charles. 17 December 2019. UK box office report, December 13–15: Jumanji jumps to the next level. The Telegraph. 19 December 2019.