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List of 2016 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 2016.

Films

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Week Weekend End Date Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling)
Weekend openings in the Top 10 Reference(s)
1 3 January 2016 Star Wars: The Force Awakens [a] £10,304,562 Joy (#3), The Danish Girl (#4) [1]
2 10 January 2016 £6,001,948 The Hateful Eight (#2) [2]
3 17 January 2016 The Revenant £5,235,851 Creed (#3), Room (#7) [3]
4 24 January 2016 £3,856,489 Ride Along 2 (#2), The Big Short (#4), The 5th Wave (#9) [4]
5 31 January 2016 £2,278,262 Dirty Grandpa (#2), Spotlight (#5), Capture the Flag (#7) [5]
6 7 February 2016 Goosebumps £2,686,105 Dad's Army (#2), Point Break (#9) [6]
7 14 February 2016 Deadpool £13,729,803 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (#2), Zoolander 2 (#3), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (#10) [7]
8 21 February 2016 £5,694,280 How to Be Single (#3), Triple 9 (#6) [8]
9 28 February 2016 £2,987,877 Grimsby (#2), The Forest (#6) [9]
10 6 March 2016 London Has Fallen £3,229,675 Hail, Caesar! (#2), The Other Side of the Door (#6) [10]
11 13 March 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 £4,771,131 The Divergent Series: Allegiant (#2), The Witch (#7), Anomalisa (#10) [11]
12 20 March 2016 £1,740,695 10 Cloverfield Lane (#2), The Boy (#5), High-Rise (#6), Kapoor & Sons (#10) [12]
13 27 March 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice £14,621,007 Zootropolis (#2), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (#4) [13]
14 3 April 2016 £4,661,959 Eddie the Eagle (#2) [14]
15 10 April 2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War £3,032,962 Midnight Special (#6), Hardcore Henry (#10) [15]
16 17 April 2016 The Jungle Book £9,901,921 Eye in the Sky (#3), Fan (#7), Theri (#8), Criminal (#9) [16]
17 24 April 2016 £8,895,442 Bastille Day (#3), Friend Request (#5), Miles Ahead (#10) [17]
18 1 May 2016 Captain America: Civil War £14,466,681 Demolition (#6), Son of Saul (#8) [18]
19 8 May 2016 £4,806,575 Bad Neighbours 2 (#3), Florence Foster Jenkins (#4), Robinson Crusoe (#5), 24 (#10) [19]
20 15 May 2016 £2,789,985 The Angry Birds Movie (#2), Our Kind of Traitor (#6), Everybody Wants Some!! (#7), Green Room (#10) [20]
21 22 May 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse £7,354,293 A Hologram for the King (#6), Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (#10) [21]
22 29 May 2016 £2,543,481 Alice Through the Looking Glass (#2), Money Monster (#4), Love and Friendship (#8), Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (#10) [22]
23 5 June 2016 Warcraft: The Beginning £3,623,725 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (#2), Me Before You (#3), The Nice Guys (#6), Housefull 3 (#10) [23]
24 12 June 2016 Me Before You £1,453,859 The Boss (#7), Mother's Day (#9) [24]
25 19 June 2016 The Conjuring 2 £4,637,862 Gods of Egypt (#3) [25]
26 26 June 2016 The Secret Life of Pets £9,793,723 Independence Day: Resurgence (#2) [26]
27 3 July 2016 £4,739,295 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (#2), Central Intelligence (#3) [27]
28 10 July 2016 £3,624,751 The Legend of Tarzan (#2), Now You See Me 2 (#3), Sultan (#6), The Neon Demon (#9) [28]
29 17 July 2016 Ghostbusters £4,388,944 Ice Age: Collision Course (#2), Dirty Dancing (#6) [29]
30 24 July 2016 The BFG £5,288,529 Star Trek Beyond (#2), Andre Rieu's 2016 Maastricht Concert (#3) [30]
31 31 July 2016 Finding Dory £8,122,075 Jason Bourne (#2), Dishoom (#10) [31]
32 7 August 2016 Suicide Squad £11,252,225 [32]
33 14 August 2016 £4,241,598 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (#5), Pete's Dragon (#6), Nerve (#7), The Shallows (#8) [33]
34 21 August 2016 Finding Dory £2,868,459 David Brent: Life on the Road (#3), Lights Out (#6), Swallows and Amazons (#8), Nine Lives (#9) [34]
35 28 August 2016 £1,932,155 Bad Moms (#2), War Dogs (#4), The Purge: Election Year (#5), Mechanic: Resurrection (#10) [35]
36 4 September 2016 Sausage Party £2,690,156 Brotherhood (#2), Café Society (#9) [36]
37 11 September 2016 £1,219,972 Ben-Hur (#2), Don't Breathe (#3), Kubo and the Two Strings (#5), Hell Or High Water (#7) [37]
38 18 September 2016 Bridget Jones's Baby £8,013,318 Blair Witch (#2), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (#3), The Infiltrator (#9) [38]
39 25 September 2016 £6,453,799 The Magnificent Seven (#2), The Girl with All the Gifts (#5) [39]
40 2 October 2016 £4,807,165 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (#2), Deepwater Horizon, (#3) Supersonic (#5), M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (#10) [40]
41 9 October 2016 The Girl on the Train £6,957,945 War on Everyone (#7), Tristan Und Isolde – Met Opera (#8) [41]
42 16 October 2016 £3,412,472 Inferno (#2), Storks (#3), Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance (#4), American Honey (#10) [42]
43 23 October 2016 Trolls £5,440,878 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (#2), Ouija: Origin of Evil (#6), I, Daniel Blake (#9), Keeping Up with the Joneses (#10) [43]
44 30 October 2016 Doctor Strange £9,288,898 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (#8) [44]
45 6 November 2016 £3,445,203 The Accountant (#3), A Street Cat Named Bob (#4), Nocturnal Animals (#5), The Light Between Oceans (#6) [45]
46 13 November 2016 Arrival £2,924,059 [46]
47 20 November 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them £15,333,146 André Rieu:Christmas with André (#4) [47]
48 27 November 2016 £8,892,489 A United Kingdom (#6), Dear Zindagi (#9), Paterson (#10) [48]
49 4 December 2016 £4,494,727 Moana (#2), Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (#3), Pitbull: Tough Women (#5), The Edge of Seventeen (#9), Bleed for This (#10) [49]
50 11 December 2016 £2,734,960 Office Christmas Party (#4), Snowden (#8), Befikre (#10) [50]
51 18 December 2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story £17,305,011 The Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet (#7) [51]
52 25 December 2016 £5,634,115 Passengers (#2), Ballerina (#8), Dangal (#9) [52]
53 1 January 2017 £5,959,299 Why Him? (#2), Monster Trucks (#4), Collateral Beauty (#7) [53]

Notes

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  1. ^ Opened in 2015

References

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  1. ^ Gant, Charles (6 January 2016). "All-conquering Star Wars can't deflect 5% year-on-year dip at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ^ Gant, Charles (12 January 2016). "The Hateful Eight shoots up UK box office despite standoff over screenings". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ Gant, Charles (20 January 2016). "The Revenant attacks Star Wars in rise to top of UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ Gant, Charles (26 January 2016). "The Revenant mauls UK box office but Sandra Bullock's brand may be in crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ^ Gant, Charles (2 February 2016). "Dirty Grandpa cleans up at UK box office as The Revenant still clings to top spot". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ^ Gant, Charles (9 February 2016). "Doomed to return: Dad's Army victor at UK box office despite scathing reviews". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  7. ^ Gant, Charles (16 February 2016). "Zoolander 2 has box office malfunction as Zombies perish and Deadpool thrives". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. ^ Gant, Charles (23 February 2016). "Deadpool defeats Chipmunks at UK box office as Mermaid's haul impresses". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. ^ Gant, Charles (1 March 2016). "Grimsby sickens but fails to gross as Deadpool continues heroics at the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  10. ^ Gant, Charles (8 March 2016). "London Has Fallen stands up at UK box office as Hail, Caesar! posts golden hello". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  11. ^ Gant, Charles (15 March 2016). "Kung Fu Panda 3 chops Allegiant down to size at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  12. ^ Gant, Charles (22 March 2016). "Kung Fu Panda 3 scraps with 10 Cloverfield Lane to stay top at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  13. ^ Gant, Charles (30 March 2016). "Batman v Superman sets superpowered record at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  14. ^ Gant, Charles (5 April 2016). "Eddie the Eagle soars at UK box office while Batman v Superman crashes". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  15. ^ Gant, Charles (12 April 2016). "Zootropolis attracts all creatures great and small at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  16. ^ Gant, Charles (19 April 2016). "The Jungle Book ahead of the pack in UK while Mirren eyes a hit". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  17. ^ Gant, Charles (26 April 2016). "The Jungle Book remains top of the tree at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  18. ^ Gant, Charles (3 May 2016). "Captain America unseats Jungle Book at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  19. ^ Gant, Charles (10 May 2016). "Seth Rogen and Meryl Streep comedies burned by the sun at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  20. ^ Gant, Charles (17 May 2016). "Captain America puts Angry Birds to flight at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  21. ^ Gant, Charles (24 May 2016). "X-Men gang up on an exhausted Captain America at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  22. ^ Gant, Charles (1 June 2016). "Alice sequel slips up as X-Men maintain a heroic hold on the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  23. ^ Gant, Charles (7 June 2016). "Triumphant Warcraft puts Ninja Turtles in the shadows at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  24. ^ Gant, Charles (14 June 2016). "Me Before You fights off Julia Roberts and Melissa McCarthy at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  25. ^ Gant, Charles (21 June 2016). "The Conjuring 2 puts the frighteners on gods and turtles at the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  26. ^ Gant, Charles (28 June 2016). "The Secret Life of Pets repels alien invasion at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  27. ^ Gant, Charles (5 July 2016). "Ab Fab ad campaign makes Edina and Patsy toast of UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  28. ^ Gant, Charles (12 July 2016). "The Secret Life of Pets beats Tarzan to the top of the tree at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  29. ^ Gant, Charles (19 July 2016). "Ghostbusters blasts Ice Age at the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  30. ^ Gant, Charles (26 July 2016). "The BFG towers over UK box office while Star Trek Beyond fails to prosper". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  31. ^ Gant, Charles (2 August 2016). "Finding Dory surfaces atop UK box office as Jason Bourne spies second". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  32. ^ Gant, Charles (9 August 2016). "Crime pays: DC's Suicide Squad tops UK box office with £11.25m". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  33. ^ Gant, Charles (16 August 2016). "Suicide Squad still supreme at the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  34. ^ Gant, Charles (23 August 2016). "Cringe, little benefit: David Brent flounders in Finding Dory's wake". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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  36. ^ Gant, Charles (5 September 2016). "Brotherhood the daddy at UK box office as Finding Dory crowned king of the summer". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  37. ^ Gant, Charles (13 September 2016). "Don't Breathe spooks Ben-Hur's horses at the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  38. ^ Gant, Charles (20 September 2016). "Bridget Jones's Baby delivers at UK box office, while Blair Witch sneaks into second". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  39. ^ Gant, Charles (27 September 2016). "Bridget Jones's Baby still the daddy in UK as Finding Dory hits motherlode". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  40. ^ Gant, Charles (5 October 2016). "How did Bridget Jones's Baby deliver so many pounds at the UK box office?". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  41. ^ Gant, Charles (11 October 2016). "The Girl on the Train beats Bridget Jones's Baby – and Gone Girl – in UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  42. ^ Gant, Charles (18 October 2016). "The Girl on the Train still UK's top ticket as Bridget Jones's Baby makes history". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  43. ^ Gant, Charles (25 October 2016). "I, Daniel Blake scores impressive result at UK box office as Trolls takes top spot". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  44. ^ Gant, Charles (1 November 2016). "Doctor Strange sweeps into a new cosmic realm at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  45. ^ Gant, Charles (8 November 2016). "The Accountant adds up to a big deal at the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  46. ^ Gant, Charles (15 November 2016). "Arrival lands in top spot at UK box office, but no space for American Pastoral". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  47. ^ Gant, Charles (22 November 2016). "Fantastic Beasts sprinkles magic over the UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  48. ^ Gant, Charles (29 November 2016). "Fantastic Beasts still No 1 in UK as A United Kingdom and Allied start strong". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  49. ^ Gant, Charles (6 December 2016). "Moana and Sully bobbing in the wake of Fantastic Beasts at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  50. ^ Gant, Charles (13 December 2016). "Fantastic Beasts holds UK box office spellbound, as Office Christmas Party gets a round in". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  51. ^ Gant, Charles (20 December 2016). "Rogue One opens well in the UK - but not quite as well as Fantastic Beasts". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  52. ^ "Weekend box office figures". Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  53. ^ Gant, Charles (4 January 2017). "Rogue One storms past Fantastic Beasts into 2016 top spot at UK box office". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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