List of 2017 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 2017.

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Films

WeekWeekend end date№ 1 filmTotal weekend gross
(pound sterling)
Top 10 openingReference(s)
18 January 2017 Assassin's Creed £5,389,680 Silence (#3), A Monster Calls (#7) [1]
215 January 2017 La La Land £6,596,256 Manchester by the Sea (#6), Live by Night (#7), The Bye Bye Man (#9) [2]
322 January 2017£4,373,249 Split (#2), xXx: Return of Xander Cage (#3), Lion (#4), Jackie (#6) [3]
429 January 2017 Sing £10,487,380 T2 Trainspotting (#2), Hacksaw Ridge (#5), Raees (#7) [4]
55 February 2017£3,800,408 Rings (#7), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (#8), Gold (#9) [5]
612 February 2017 The Lego Batman Movie £7,906,468 Fifty Shades Darker (#2), The Space Between Us (#10) [6]
719 February 2017£4,435,521 John Wick: Chapter 2 (#3), The Great Wall (#5), Hidden Figures (#6), Moonlight (#10) [7]
826 February 2017£2,893,337 Patriots Day (#7), A Cure for Wellness (#10) [8]
95 March 2017 Logan £9,443,363 Viceroy's House (#3), Fist Fight (#10) [9]
1012 March 2017 Kong: Skull Island £6,230,997 La Traviata Met Opera (#9) [10]
1119 March 2017 Beauty and the Beast £19,700,000 Get Out (#3) [11]
1226 March 2017£12,334,338 Power Rangers (#2), Life (#6), The Lost City of Z (#7), CHiPs (#8), Idomeneo – Met Opera (#10) [12]
132 April 2017£6,750,000 Ghost in the Shell (#2), Smurfs: The Lost Village (#3), Free Fire (#7), Peter Kay's Car Share: A Second Series Celebration (#10) [13]
149 April 2017 The Boss Baby £8,025,886 Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (#3), Going in Style (#6) [14]
1516 April 2017 Fast & Furious 8 £14,026,301 The Handmaiden (#6), The Sense of an Ending (#10) [15]
1623 April 2017£3,593,733 Their Finest (#4), Eugene Onegin – Met Opera (#6), Unforgettable (#7) [16]
1730 April 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 £13,092,657 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi) (#6), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Tamil) (#9), Lady Macbeth (#10) [17]
187 May 2017£6,097,082 A Dog's Purpose (#2), Sleepless (#6), Mindhorn (#8), Unlocked (#9) [18]
1914 May 2017 Alien: Covenant £5,178,531 Der Rosenkavalier – Met Opera (#6), Miss Sloane (#8) [19]
2021 May 2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword £2,501,993 Snatched (#4), Colossal (#9), Half Girlfriend (#10) [20]
2128 May 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge £5,238,049 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (#2), The Red Turtle (#9) [21]
224 June 2017 Wonder Woman £6,179,616 Baywatch (#2) [22]
2311 June 2017£3,480,956 The Mummy (#2), Take That: Wonderland Live from the O2 (#5), My Cousin Rachel (#6) [23]
2418 June 2017£1,868,607 Churchill (#5), Gifted (#6), Whitney: Can I Be Me (#10) [24]
2525 June 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight £4,635,570 Hampstead (#6), Tubelight (#7) [25]
262 July 2017 Despicable Me 3 £11,154,904 Baby Driver (#2), All Eyez on Me (#4), The House (#6) [26]
279 July 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming £9,369,166 It Comes at Night (#7), Mom (#9) [27]
2816 July 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes £7,195,773 Cars 3 (#4), The Beguiled (#6), Jagga Jasoos (#8) [28]
2923 July 2017 Dunkirk £10,023,720 André Rieu’s 2017 Maastricht Concert (#6), The Black Prince (#9) [29]
3030 July 2017£8,235,532 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (#2), Girls Trip (#6), 47 Meters Down (#8), The Big Sick (#10) [30]
316 August 2017£4,624,570 The Emoji Movie (#2), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (#3), Jab Harry Met Sejal (#10) [31]
3213 August 2017£2,634,839 Annabelle: Creation (#2), Atomic Blonde (#3), The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (#10) [32]
3320 August 2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard £1,982,951 The Dark Tower (#5), Everything, Everything (#9) [33]
3427 August 2017 American Made £1,067,075 Logan Lucky (#4), Detroit (#7) [34]
353 September 2017£968,068 The Limehouse Golem (#9) [35]
3610 September 2017 It £10,002,443 Wind River (#6) [36]
3717 September 2017£6,070,542 Victoria & Abdul (#2), Mother! (#3), American Assassin (#4), The Jungle Bunch (#6) [37]
3824 September 2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle £8,525,664 [38]
391 October 2017£4,187,105 Goodbye Christopher Robin (#4), Flatliners (#5), Home Again (#6) [39]
408 October 2017 Blade Runner 2049 £6,071,625 The Mountain Between Us (#4), Norma – Met Opera (#7) [40]
4115 October 2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie £3,642,038 The Snowman (#3), Botoks (#5), The Ritual (#7), Loving Vincent (#9), The Party (#10) [41]
4222 October 2017Blade Runner 2049£1,791,027 Geostorm (#2), Happy Death Day (#4), The Death of Stalin (#5), My Little Pony (#6), Mersal (#9), Secret Superstar (#10) [42]
4329 October 2017 Thor: Ragnarok £12,375,804 Jigsaw (#2), Breathe (#8) [43]
445 November 2017 Murder on the Orient Express £4,985,600 A Bad Moms Christmas (#3), Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (#9), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (#10) [44]
4512 November 2017 Paddington 2 £8,260,160 Only the Brave (#7), The Florida Project (#8) [45]
4619 November 2017 Justice League £7,264,784 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (#6), The Exterminating Angel – Met Opera (#10) [46]
4726 November 2017 Daddy's Home 2 £4,919,051 Battle of the Sexes (#7), Letters to Santa 3 (#9), Suburbicon (#10) [47]
483 December 2017Paddington 2£2,883,617 Wonder (#4), Frozen (#5), [lower-alpha 1] The Man Who Invented Christmas (#10) [48]
4910 December 2017£1,690,027 The Disaster Artist (#6), [lower-alpha 2] The Nutcracker Royal Opera House (#9), [lower-alpha 3] Stronger (#10) [49]
5017 December 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi £28,010,841 [50]
5124 December 2017£10,158,640 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (#2), Pitch Perfect 3 (#3), Ferdinand (#4), Tiger Zinda Hai (#7), It's a Wonderful Life (#8) [lower-alpha 4] [51]
5231 December 2017£7,975,174 The Greatest Showman (#3) [52]
  1. Frozen, originally released in 2013, was re-released this week, accompanied by the short Olaf's Frozen Adventure
  2. The Disaster Artist charted at #13 for week ending 3 December 2017, before entering the top ten in its second week following an expanded opening.
  3. The Nutcracker charted at #11 for week ending 3 December 2017, before entering the top ten in its second week.
  4. It's a Wonderful Life, originally released in 1946, was re-released this week.

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