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

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

Films

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.

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