List of 2009 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 2009.

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Films

WeekWeekend End DateFilmTotal weekend gross
(Pound sterling)		Weekend openings in the Top 10Reference(s)
14 January 2009 Yes Man [lower-alpha 1] £2,223,950 The Spirit (#6), The Reader (#7), Che Part One (#9) [1]
211 January 2009 Role Models £2,330,145 Slumdog Millionaire (#2), Bride Wars (#3), Defiance (#4) [2]
318 January 2009Slumdog Millionaire£2,630,820 Seven Pounds (#2), My Bloody Valentine 3D (#3), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (#6), The Wrestler (#8) [3]
425 January 2009£2,806,996 Valkyrie (#2), Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (#5), Frost/Nixon (#9) [4]
51 February 2009£2,359,854 Revolutionary Road (#3), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (#10) [5]
68 February 2009 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button £2,213,495 He's Just Not That Into You (#2), The Secret of Moonacre (#6), Doubt (#9) [6]
715 February 2009 Bolt £5,457,438 Hotel for Dogs (#5), Friday the 13th (#6), Notorious (#7), The Pink Panther 2 (#8), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (#9) [7]
822 February 2009£3,006,050 Confessions of a Shopaholic (#2), Push (#7) [8]
91 March 2009Slumdog Millionaire£1,676,508 Gran Torino (#2), The Unborn (#3), The International (#6), New in Town (#10) [9] [10]
108 March 2009 Watchmen £3,243,001 The Young Victoria (#4) [11] [12]
1115 March 2009 Marley & Me £4,414,169 Bronson (#10) [13] [14]
1222 March 2009£2,166,270 Paul Blart: Mall Cop (#2), Duplicity (#3), Lesbian Vampire Killers (#4) [15] [16]
1329 March 2009 Knowing £2,471,605 The Haunting in Connecticut (#3), The Damned United (#5) [17] [18]
145 April 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens £4,345,711 The Boat That Rocked (#2) [19] [20]
1512 April 2009 Fast & Furious £4,928,784 17 Again (#3), Race to Witch Mountain (#6), Dragonball Evolution (#8) [21] [22]
1619 April 2009Monsters vs. Aliens£2,057,367 I Love You, Man (#4), Crank High Voltage (#5), In the Loop (#8) [23]
1726 April 2009 State of Play £1,513,951 The Uninvited (#7), Observe and Report (#8) [24]
183 May 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine £6,658,979 Hannah Montana: The Movie (#2), Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (#4) [25]
1910 May 2009 Star Trek £5,950,203 Coraline (#2) [26]
2017 May 2009 Angels & Demons £6,054,627 Fighting (#6) [27]
2124 May 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian £4,160,496 Tormented (#8) [28]
2231 May 2009£2,054,769 Drag Me to Hell (#2), 12 Rounds (#5), Obsessed (#9), Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (#10) [29]
237 June 2009 Terminator Salvation £6,936,528 Last Chance Harvey (#6) [30]
2414 June 2009 The Hangover £3,193,806 The Last House on the Left (#7), Looking for Eric (#8) [31]
2521 June 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen £8,349,739 [32]
2628 June 2009£4,368,024 Year One (#3), My Sister's Keeper (#4), Blood: The Last Vampire (#7), New York (#9), Sunshine Cleaning (#10) [33]
275 July 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs £7,639,884 Public Enemies (#2), Kambakkht Ishq (#6) [34]
2812 July 2009 Brüno £5,000,229 Short Kut: The Con is On (#10) [35]
2919 July 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince £19,784,924 Moon (#8) [36]
3026 July 2009£5,176,950 The Proposal (#2), Antichrist (#10) [37]
312 August 2009£2,917,786 G-Force (#2), The Taking of Pelham 123 (#3), Land of the Lost (#6), Coco Before Chanel (#9), Love Aaj Kal (#10) [38]
329 August 2009 The Ugly Truth £1,976,043 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (#2), Orphan (#8) [39]
3316 August 2009 The Time Traveller's Wife £1,410,333 Aliens in the Attic (#2), Bandslam (#7), A Perfect Getaway (#10) [40]
3423 August 2009 Inglourious Basterds £3,596,415 Dance Flick (#6) [41]
3530 August 2009 The Final Destination £3,633,395 Funny People (#3), The Hurt Locker (#8), Broken Embraces (#10) [42]
366 September 2009 District 9 £2,288,378 500 Days of Summer (#3) [43]
3713 September 2009£1,184,392 Dorian Gray (#3), Sorority Row (#4), Julie & Julia (#6), Adventureland (#10) [44]
3820 September 2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs £1,583,544 Gamer (#3), The Firm (#9), Away We Go (#10) [45]
3927 September 2009 Fame £2,408,242 Surrogates (#3), The Soloist (#5), Creation (#7) [46]
404 October 2009£1,786,358 The Invention of Lying (#2), Toy Story 3D (#3), Pandorum (#7) [47]
4111 October 2009 Up £6,411,836 Zombieland (#2), Love Happen (#5), Halloween II (#6) [48]
4218 October 2009£5,162,325 Couples Retreat (#2), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (#3), Triangle (#7), Blue (#10) [49]
4325 October 2009£3,807,003 Saw VI (#2), Fantastic Mr. Fox (#3), Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant (#5) [50]
441 November 2009 Michael Jackson's This Is It £4,877,255 9 (#7), An Education (#8), Dead Man Running (#10) [51]
458 November 2009 A Christmas Carol £1,917,539 The Men Who Stare at Goats (#4), The Fourth Kind (#5), Jennifer's Body (#7) [52]
4615 November 2009 2012 £6,489,809 Harry Brown (#3) [53]
4722 November 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon £11,683,158 A Serious Man (#8), The Informant! (#10) [54]
4829 November 2009£4,303,257 Paranormal Activity (#2), Law Abiding Citizen (#5), Nativity! (#6), De Dana Dan (#9) [55]
496 December 2009Paranormal Activity£1,839,273 Planet 51 (#4), The Box (#8), The Descent Part 2 (#9) [56]
5013 December 2009A Christmas Carol£1,544,226 Where the Wild Things Are (#2) [57]
5120 December 2009 Avatar £8,509,050 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (#2) [58]
5227 December 2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel £5,347,191 Sherlock Holmes (#3), 3 Idiots (#4), Nowhere Boy (#7) [59]

Notes

  1. ↑ Opened in 2008

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