List of 2020 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 2020.

Films

WeekWeekend End DateFilmTotal weekend gross
(Pound sterling)		Weekend openings in the Top 10Reference(s)
1 £4,396,258 The Gentlemen (#3), Jojo Rabbit (#5), André Rieu: 70 Years Young (#6) [1]
2 1917 £7,446,302 [2]
3 £6,190,049 Bad Boys for Life (#2), Bombshell (#7), Just Mercy (#9) [3]
4 £4,518,270 The Personal History of David Copperfield (#3), PAW Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue (#10) [4]
5 £2,798,457 Queen & Slim (#7), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (#8), Porgy and Bess – MET Opera (#9), The Lighthouse (#10) [5]
6 Dolittle £5,085,520 Birds of Prey (#2), Parasite (#4) [6]
7 Sonic the Hedgehog £4,733,768 Emma. (#6), 365 dni (#8) [7]
8 £4,171,244 The Call of the Wild (#4), Like a Boss (#8), (#9) [8]
9 The Invisible Man £2,163,798 Dark Waters (#4) [9]
10 Onward £3,419,500 Military Wives (#3), Fantasy Island (#7) [10]
11 £1,272,748 The Hunt (#3), Bloodshot (#4), Misbehaviour (#7), My Spy (#8) [11]
12 The Invisible Man £105,000 [12] [13]
13–26 – British cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic [14]
27 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 The Empire Strikes Back £50,406 Black Water: Abyss (#3), The Shawshank Redemption (#8), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#9)[16]
29 Onward £49,271 Dreambuilders (#6), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#8), A Star Is Born (#9)[17]
30 £60,074 (#5), Stage Mother (#7), The Dark Knight Rises (#8)[18]
31 Unhinged £175,263 100% Wolf (#3), The Vigil (#5), Proxima (#6), Jurassic Park (#9)[19]
32 £115,188 An American Pickle (#4), (#10)[20]
33 Inception £207,675 Pinocchio (#3), Broken Law (#6), Babyteeth (#8)[21]
34 Unhinged £178,820 The Karate Kid (#9)[22]
35 Tenet £5,335,654 Hope Gap (#7), (#8)[23]
36 £2,151,490 The New Mutants (#2), After We Collided (#6), Black Panther (#9), Les Misérables (#10)[24]
37 £1,233,090 (#3), The Broken Hearts Gallery (#6), Petla (#7)[25]
38 £796,309 Bill & Ted Face the Music (#3), André Rieu's Magical Maastricht: Together In Music (#4), Rocks (#7), White Riot (#9)[26]
39 £648,517 Schemers (#10)[27]
40 £628,148 (#2), The Elfkins – Baking a Difference (#5), On the Rocks (#7), (#8)[28]
41 £296,049 Saint Maud (#2), Akira (#3), Kajillionaire (#10)[29]
42 £187,275 Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together (#2), Hocus Pocus (#7), I Am Greta (#8)[30]
43 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 £190,761 (#5), Halloween (#8)[32]
45 The Three Kings£3,521Words on Bathroom Walls (#4), Wolfwalkers (#7), A Christmas Gift from Bob (#9)[33]
46 The Secret Garden£5,147Billie (#2), War Horse: National Theatre Live 2014 (#4)[34]
47 Two By Two: Overboard!£3,422Collective (#3), The Kid Detective (#7)[35]
48 Home Alone£2,705Wolfwalkers (#5), The Muppet Christmas Carol (#7), Back to the Future (#9), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#10)[36]
49 Elf £48,244A Christmas Carol (#4), The Grinch (#8), Die Hard (#9), Katherine Jenkins' Christmas Spectacular (#10)[37]
50 £98,157Little Mix: LM5 - The Tour Film (#3), Superintelligence (#4)[38]
51 Wonder Woman 1984£846,435Come Away (#4)[39]
52 £72,674[40]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2020 by In-year release[41]
RankTitleDistributor Domestic gross
1. 1917 £43,944,156
2. Sonic the Hedgehog £19,301,130
3. Tenet £17,469,917
4. Bad Boys for Life £16,214,071
5. Dolittle £15,946,599
6. The Gentlemen £12,248,887
7. Parasite £12,121,140
8. Birds of Prey Warner Bros. £8,825,588
9. Jojo Rabbit £8,131,485
10. Onward Walt Disney £7,676,576

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gant. Charles. 7 January 2020. UK box office report, January 3–5: The Rise of Skywalker triumphs as Cats skirts disaster. The Telegraph. 9 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Gant. Charles. 14 January 2020. UK box office report, January 10-12: 1917 is on a mission to beat Dunkirk. The Telegraph. 16 January 2020.
  3. Web site: 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. 23 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Gant. Charles. 28 January 2020. UK box office report, January 24–26: Armando Iannucci's colour-blind casting is paying off handsomely. The Telegraph. 30 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Gant. Charles. 4 February 2020. UK box office report, January 31-February 2: The Lighthouse shines, while 1917 battles on. The Telegraph. 6 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Gant. Charles. 11 February 2020. UK box office report, February 7–9: Parasite is already a foreign-language phenomenon. The Telegraph. 13 February 2020.
  7. Web site: Gant. Charles. 18 February 2020. UK box office report, February 14–16: Parasite thrives, but Sonic the Hedgehog overtakes it. The Telegraph. 20 February 2020.
  8. Web site: 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. 27 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Gant. Charles. 3 March 2020. UK box office report, February 28-March 1: The Invisible Man kicks Will Ferrell off a cliff. The Telegraph. 5 March 2020.
  10. Web site: Gant. Charles. 10 March 2020. UK box office report, March 6–8: Coronavirus can't keep the Military Wives (or Pixar) down. The Telegraph. 12 March 2020.
  11. Web site: Gant. Charles. 17 March 2020. UK box office report, March 13–15: An utter disaster, even before the coronavirus crackdown. The Telegraph. 19 March 2020.
  12. https://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-box-office-stalls-as-cinemas-close-amid-pandemic/5148402.article UK box office stalls as cinemas close amid pandemic
  13. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200320&movie=onward Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 20th March 2020 - 22nd March 2020
  14. Web site: Pulver. Andrew. 17 March 2020. Cinemas across the UK to shut in response to coronavirus . The Guardian. 17 March 2020.
  15. Web site: Gant. Charles. 7 July 2020. UK box office report, July 3–5: Christopher Nolan, your country needs you. The Telegraph. 10 July 2020.
  16. Web site: Gant. Charles. 15 July 2020. UK box office report, July 10–12: Star Wars, you're our only hope. The Telegraph. 15 July 2020.
  17. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200717&movie=onward Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 17th July 2020 - 19th July 2020
  18. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200724&movie=onward Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 24th July 2020 - 26th July 2020
  19. Web site: Gant. Charles. 4 August 2020. UK box office report, July 31–August 2: Russell Crowe drives right past a lockdown record. The Telegraph. 4 August 2020.
  20. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200807&movie=unhinged Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 7th August 2020 - 9th August 2020
  21. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200814&movie=unhinged Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 14th August 2020 - 16th August 2020
  22. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200821&movie=unhinged Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 21st August 2020 - 23rd August 2020
  23. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200828&movie=tenet Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 28th August 2020 - 30th August 2020
  24. https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/media/3202/download BFI Weekend Box Office 04/09/2020 - 06/09/2020
  25. https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/media/3386/download BFI Weekend Box Office 11/09/2020 - 13/09/2020
  26. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200918&movie=bill_and_ted_face_the_music Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 18th September 2020 - 20th September 2020
  27. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20200925 Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 25th September 2020 - 27th September 2020
  28. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201002&movie=cats_and_dogs_paws_unite Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 2nd October 2020 - 4th October 2020
  29. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201009&movie=saint_maud Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 9th October 2020 - 11th October 2020
  30. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201016 Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 16th October 2020 - 18th October 2020
  31. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201023&movie=two_by_two_overboard Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 23rd October 2020 - 25th October 2020
  32. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201030&movie=two_by_two_overboard Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 30th October 2020 - 1st November 2020
  33. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201106&movie=the_three_kings Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 6th November 2020 - 8th November 2020
  34. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201113&movie=billie Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 13th November 2020 - 15th November 2020
  35. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201120&movie=two_by_two_overboard Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 20th November 2020 - 22nd November 2020
  36. https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201127&movie=back_to_the_future Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 27th November 2020 - 29th November 2020
  37. https://www.saltypopcorn.co.uk/charts/box-office.php?chart=20201204&movie=elf Historical U.K. Weekend Box Office: 4th December 2020 - 6th December 2020
  38. https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/media/5300/download BFI Weekend Box Office 11/12/2020 - 13/12/2020
  39. https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/media/5503/download BFI Weekend Box Office 18/12/2020 - 20/12/2020
  40. https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/media/5542/download BFI Weekend Box Office 25/12/2020 - 27/12/2020
  41. Web site: FDA Yearbook 2021. Film Distributors Association. 58. 16 August 2022.

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