List of 2011 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 2011.

Films

WeekWeekend End DateFilmTotal weekend gross
(Pound sterling)		Weekend openings in the Top 10Reference(s)
12 January 2011 Gulliver's Travels £7,028,747 Love & Other Drugs (#3), The Way Back (#4) [1]
29 January 2011 The King's Speech £3,523,102 127 Hours (#2), The Next Three Days (#5), Season of the Witch (#10) [2]
316 January 2011£4,401,926 The Green Hornet (#2) [3]
423 January 2011£4,226,074 Black Swan (#2), The Dilemma (#4), Morning Glory (#8), NEDS (#10) [4]
530 January 2011 Tangled £5,106,612 The Mechanic (#4), Hereafter (#7), How Do You Know (#10) [5]
66 February 2011£4,569,135 The Fighter (#3), Sanctum (#5), A Little Bit of Heaven (#7), Brighton Rock (#9) [6]
713 February 2011 Gnomeo and Juliet £2,945,627 True Grit (#4), Yogi Bear (#5), Just Go with It (#6), Never Let Me Go (#9) [7]
820 February 2011 Paul £5,517,121 Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son (#5), Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (#9) [8]
927 February 2011Gnomeo and Juliet£2,502,806 I Am Number Four (#3), No Strings Attached (#9), West is West (#10), [9]
106 March 2011 Rango £1,638,613 The Adjustment Bureau (#2), Unknown (#3) [10]
1113 March 2011 Battle: Los Angeles £1,792,913 Hall Pass (#5), Fair Game (#9) [11]
1220 March 2011Rango£1,045,326 Chalet Girl (#4), The Lincoln Lawyer (#5), Anuvahood (#7) [12]
1327 March 2011 Limitless £2,087,363 A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (#2), The Eagle (#3) [13]
143 April 2011 Hop £1,394,675 Source Code (#2), Sucker Punch (#4) [14]
1510 April 2011 Rio £1,513,211 Thank You (#7), The Roommate (#9), Mars Needs Mums (#10) [15]
1617 April 2011 Scream 4 £2,055,709 Your Highness (#3), Red Riding Hood (#4), Winnie the Pooh (#8), Little White Lies (#10) [16]
1724 April 2011 Fast Five £5,332,096 Arthur (#3), Beastly (#5), TT3D: Closer to the Edge (#9) [17]
181 May 2011 Thor £5,449,300 Insidious (#3) [18]
198 May 2011£1,946,695 Water for Elephants (#4), Hanna (#5), Something Borrowed (#6) [19]
2015 May 2011£1,360,418 Attack the Block (#3) [20]
2122 May 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides £11,634,860 Blitz (#9), Win Win (#10) [21]
2229 May 2011 The Hangover Part II £10,409,017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (#3) [22]
235 June 2011 X-Men: First Class £5,438,386JLS: Eyes Wide Open (#5), Senna (#6) [23]
2412 June 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 £6,188,897 Honey 2 (#5), Mother's Day (#9) [24]
2519 June 2011 Green Lantern £2,472,969 Bad Teacher (#3), Potiche (#9) [25]
2626 June 2011 Bridesmaids £3,445,395 Double Dhamaal (#10) [26]
273 July 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon £10,728,503 Larry Crowne (#5), Delhi Belly (#9) [27]
2810 July 2011£4,750,519 The Guard (#5), The Tree of Life (#6) [28]
2917 July 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 £23,753,171 Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (#7) [29]
3024 July 2011£8,523,417 Cars 2 (#2), Horrible Bosses (#3), Beginners (#8) [30]
3131 July 2011£4,567,581 Captain America: The First Avenger (#2), Horrid Henry: The Movie (#5), Zookeeper (#6) [31]
327 August 2011£2,810,888 Super 8 (#2), Mr. Popper's Penguins (#3) [32]
3314 August 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes £5,835,140 The Smurfs (#2) [33]
3421 August 2011 The Inbetweeners Movie £13,216,736 Cowboys & Aliens (#3), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (#6), Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (#9) [34]
3528 August 2011£5,696,848 One Day (#2), Final Destination 5 (#5), Conan the Barbarian (#8) [35]
364 September 2011£3,679,555 Bodyguard (#5), Fright Night (#7), Apollo 18 (#8) [36]
3711 September 2011£2,147,393 Friends with Benefits (#2), Jane Eyre (#3), Colombiana (#7) [37]
3818 September 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy £2,814,860 The Change-Up (#5), I Don't Know How She Does It (#7), 30 Minutes or Less (#10) [38]
3925 September 2011£2,104,762 Crazy, Stupid, Love (#2), Warrior (#3), Drive (#5), Killer Elite (#7) [39]
402 October 2011£1,064,901 Abduction (#2), The Phantom of the Opera: 25th Anniversary Concert (#3), The Debt (#5), Shark Night (#6), What's Your Number? (#9) [40]
419 October 2011 Johnny English Reborn £4,965,000 The Lion King 3D (#2), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (#5), Midnight in Paris (#6) [41]
4216 October 2011£3,072,542 The Three Musketeers (#3), Real Steel (#4), Footloose (#6), Dolphin Tale (#7) [42]
4323 October 2011 Paranormal Activity 3 £3,405,036 Contagion (#3), We Need to Talk About Kevin (#7) [43]
4430 October 2011 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn £6,758,724 Ra.One (#6), The Help (#7), The Ides of March (#8) [44]
456 November 2011£2,199,171 In Time (#2), Tower Heist (#3), Machine Gun Preacher (#10) [45]
4613 November 2011 Immortals £2,166,432 Arthur Christmas (#2), The Rum Diary (#6) [46]
4720 November 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 £13,910,877 Justice (#7) [47]
4827 November 2011£4,574,978 My Week with Marilyn (#3), 50/50 (#6), Dream House (#7), Desi Boyz (#9), Moneyball (#10) [48]
494 December 2011 Arthur Christmas £1,896,595 Happy Feet Two (#2), Hugo (#4), The Thing (#5) [49]
5011 December 2011 Puss in Boots £1,975,758 New Year's Eve (#3), A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (#8), Another Earth (#10) [50]
5118 December 2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows £3,827,697 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (#2) [51]
5225 December 2011Arthur Christmas£2,000,000 Don 2 (#6), It's a Wonderful Life (#10) [52]

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