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

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

Films[edit]

Week Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling)
Weekend openings in the Top 10 Reference(s)
1 4 January 2015 The Theory of Everything £3,749,689 The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (#4), Birdman (#7) [1]
2 11 January 2015 Taken 3 £6,714,530 Into the Woods (#2), Foxcatcher (#6) [2]
3 18 January 2015 £3,295,309 American Sniper (#2), Whiplash (#7), Wild (#9) [3]
4 25 January 2015 American Sniper £2,539,534 Ex Machina (#5), Mortdecai (#7), The Gambler (#8) [4]
5 1 February 2015 Big Hero 6 £4,293,286 Kingsman: The Secret Service (#2), Inherent Vice (#9) [5]
6 8 February 2015 £2,540,116 Shaun the Sheep Movie (#3), Jupiter Ascending (#4), Selma (#6) [6]
7 15 February 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey £13,550,290 Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (#6) [7]
8 22 February 2015 £4,597,092 The Wedding Ringer (#5), Project Almanac (#6) [8]
9 1 March 2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel £3,771,852 Focus (#3), The Boy Next Door (#7), It Follows (#8) [9]
10 8 March 2015 £1,957,256 Chappie (#4), Still Alice (#8), Unfinished Business (#9) [10]
11 15 March 2015 £1,409,311 Run All Night (#2), Suite Française (#4) [11]
12 22 March 2015 Home £6,025,917 The Divergent Series: Insurgent (#2), The Gunman (#5), Wild Card (#10) [12]
13 29 March 2015 Cinderella £3,803,799 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (#3), Get Hard (#4), Seventh Son (#7), Wild Tales (#9) [13]
14 5 April 2015 Fast & Furious 7 £12,765,033 The Water Diviner (#7), While We're Young (#8), Blade Runner (#9) [14]
15 12 April 2015 £5,407,918 The Duff (#4), John Wick (#6), Woman in Gold (#7), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (#8) [15]
16 19 April 2015 £3,039,720 Child 44 (#4), A Little Chaos (#7) [16]
17 26 April 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron £18,015,774 The Falling (#10) [17]
18 3 May 2015 £8,591,670 Far from the Madding Crowd (#2), Unfriended (#3), Two By Two (#7) [18]
19 10 May 2015 £3,462,468 Spooks: The Greater Good (#2), The Age of Adaline (#5), Big Game (#7) [19]
20 17 May 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 £5,005,394 Mad Max: Fury Road (#2) [20]
21 24 May 2015 £2,665,428 Tomorrowland (#3), Poltergeist (#4), Tanu Weds Manu Returns (#9) [21]
22 31 May 2015 San Andreas £4,628,394 Man Up (#7), Danny Collins (#10) [22]
23 7 June 2015 Spy £2,557,824 Insidious: Chapter 3 (#3) The Empire Strikes Back (#8) [23]
24 14 June 2015 Jurassic World £19,350,727 London Road (#8) [24]
25 21 June 2015 £11,133,912 Take That Live 2015 (#2), Mr. Holmes (#4), Entourage (#5), The Longest Ride (#7) [25]
26 28 June 2015 Minions £11,558,946 Knock, Knock (#7), Slow West (#10) [26]
27 5 July 2015 £6,238,498 Terminator Genisys (#2), Magic Mike XXL (#4), Amy (#5), Guillaume Tell: Royal Opera House (#8) [27]
28 12 July 2015 £4,154,359 Ted 2 (#2), Love & Mercy (#9), Song of the Sea (#10) [28]
29 19 July 2015 Ant-Man £4,011,345 Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert (#5), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (#7), The Gallows (#9) [29]
30 26 July 2015 Inside Out £7,376,513 Southpaw (#4) [30]
31 2 August 2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation £5,351,344 Hot Pursuit (#7) [31]
32 9 August 2015 Fantastic Four £2,686,176 The Gift (#5) [32]
33 16 August 2015 Pixels £2,660,772 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (#4), Trainwreck (#5), Absolutely Anything (#9) [33]
34 23 August 2015 Paper Towns £2,072,789 Sinister 2 (#3), Vacation (#7), The Bad Education Movie (#8) [34]
35 30 August 2015 Straight Outta Compton £2,498,231 Hitman: Agent 47 (#3), 45 Years (#10) [35]
36 6 September 2015 £1,366,741 No Escape (#3), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (#5), The Transporter Refueled (#7), American Ultra (#8) [36]
37 13 September 2015 Legend £5,189,074 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (#2), The Visit (#3), Irrational Man (#10) [37]
38 20 September 2015 Everest £3,160,154 A Walk in the Woods (#8), The Battle of Britain at 75 (#9), Bill (#10) [38]
39 27 September 2015 £1,996,439 Miss You Already (#4), Solace (#6) [39]
40 4 October 2015 The Martian £6,531,734 The Intern (#4), Macbeth (#5), Il Trovatore – Met Opera (#7), Singh Is Bliing (#9) [40]
41 11 October 2015 £3,854,809 Sicario (#2), The Walk (#3), Regression (#9) [41]
42 18 October 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 £6,317,438 Suffragette (#2), Pan (#3), Crimson Peak (#5), The Lobster (#9) [42]
43 25 October 2015 £2,275,612 Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (#3), The Last Witch Hunter (#5) [43]
44 1 November 2015 Spectre £41,299,090[1] Tannhauser – Met Opera (#8) [44]
45 8 November 2015 £13,145,138 Brooklyn (#3), Burnt (#5), Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (#8) [45]
46 15 November 2015 £7,833,891 The Lady in the Van (#2), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (#4), Steve Jobs (#5) [46]
47 22 November 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 £11,255,566 The Dressmaker (#7), The Perfect Guy (#10) [47]
48 29 November 2015 £4,534,464 The Good Dinosaur (#2), Bridge of Spies (#4), Black Mass (#5), Carol (#7), Tamasha (#8) [48]
49 6 December 2015 £2,240,723 Christmas With The Coopers (#5), Victor Frankenstein (#8), Krampus (#9) [49]
50 13 December 2015 £1,286,244 [50]
51 20 December 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens £34,041,968 Sisters (#2), Dilwale (#4), Bajirao Mastani (#7) [51]
52 27 December 2015 £10,164,805 Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (#2), Daddy's Home (#3), In The Heart Of The Sea (#4) [52]

1 Spectre's opening gross was for a 7-day period, not a weekend, as the film opened on a Monday.

References[edit]

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