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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.

Films

Week Weekend End Date Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling) 		Weekend openings in the Top 10 Reference(s)
1 4 January 2009 Yes Man £2,223,950 The Spirit (#6), The Reader (#7), Che Part One (#9)
2 11 January 2009 Role Models £2,330,145 Slumdog Millionaire (#2), Bride Wars (#3), Defiance (#4)
3 18 January 2009 Slumdog Millionaire £2,630,820 Seven Pounds (#2), My Bloody Valentine 3D (#3), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (#6), The Wrestler (#8)
4 25 January 2009 £2,806,996 Valkyrie (#2), Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (#5), Frost/Nixon (#9)
5 1 February 2009 £2,359,854 Revolutionary Road (#3), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (#10)
6 8 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)
7 15 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)
8 22 February 2009 £3,006,050 Confessions of a Shopaholic (#2), Push (#7)
9 1 March 2009 Slumdog Millionaire £1,676,508 Gran Torino (#2), The Unborn (#3), The International (#6), New in Town (#10)
10 8 March 2009 Watchmen £3,243,001 The Young Victoria (#4)
11 15 March 2009 Marley & Me £4,414,169 Bronson (#10)
12 22 March 2009 £2,166,270 Paul Blart: Mall Cop (#2), Duplicity (#3), Lesbian Vampire Killers (#4)
13 29 March 2009 Knowing £2,471,605 The Haunting in Connecticut (#3), The Damned United (#5)
14 5 April 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens £4,345,711 The Boat That Rocked (#2)
15 12 April 2009 Fast & Furious £4,928,784 17 Again (#3), Race to Witch Mountain (#6), Dragonball Evolution (#8)
16 19 April 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens £2,057,367 I Love You, Man (#4), Crank High Voltage (#5), In the Loop (#8)
17 26 April 2009 State of Play £1,513,951 The Uninvited (#7), Observe and Report (#8)
18 3 May 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine £6,658,979 Hannah Montana: The Movie (#2), Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (#4)
19 10 May 2009 Star Trek £5,950,203 Coraline (#2)
20 17 May 2009 Angels & Demons £6,054,627 Fighting (#6)
21 24 May 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian £4,160,496 Tormented (#8)
22 31 May 2009 £2,054,769 Drag Me to Hell (#2), 12 Rounds (#5), Obsessed (#9), Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (#10)
23 7 June 2009 Terminator Salvation £6,936,528 Last Chance Harvey (#6)
24 14 June 2009 The Hangover £3,193,806 The Last House on the Left (#7), Looking for Eric (#8)
25 21 June 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen £8,349,739
26 28 June 2009 £4,368,024 Year One (#3), My Sister's Keeper (#4), Blood: The Last Vampire (#7), New York (#9), Sunshine Cleaning (#10)
27 5 July 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs £7,639,884 Public Enemies (#2), Kambakkht Ishq (#6)
28 12 July 2009 Brüno £5,000,229 Short Kut: The Con is On (#10)
29 19 July 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince £19,784,924 Moon (#8)
30 26 July 2009 £5,176,950 The Proposal (#2), Antichrist (#10)
31 2 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)
32 9 August 2009 The Ugly Truth £1,976,043 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (#2), Orphan (#8)
33 16 August 2009 The Time Traveller's Wife £1,410,333 Aliens in the Attic (#2), Bandslam (#7), A Perfect Getaway (#10)
34 23 August 2009 Inglourious Basterds £3,596,415 Dance Flick (#6)
35 30 August 2009 The Final Destination £3,633,395 Funny People (#3), The Hurt Locker (#8), Broken Embraces (#10)
36 6 September 2009 District 9 £2,288,378 500 Days of Summer (#3)
37 13 September 2009 £1,184,392 Dorian Gray (#3), Sorority Row (#4), Julie & Julia (#6), Adventureland (#10)
38 20 September 2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs £1,583,544 Gamer (#3), The Firm (#9), Away We Go (#10)
39 27 September 2009 Fame £2,408,242 Surrogates (#3), The Soloist (#5), Creation (#7)
40 4 October 2009 £1,786,358 The Invention of Lying (#2), Toy Story 3D (#3), Pandorum (#7)
41 11 October 2009 Up £6,411,836 Zombieland (#2), Love Happen (#5), Halloween II (#6)
42 18 October 2009 £5,162,325 Couples Retreat (#2), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (#3), Triangle (#7), Blue (#10)
43 25 October 2009 £3,807,003 Saw VI (#2), Fantastic Mr. Fox (#3), Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant (#5)
44 1 November 2009 Michael Jackson's This Is It £4,877,255 9 (#7), An Education (#8), Dead Man Running (#10)
45 8 November 2009 A Christmas Carol £1,917,539 The Men Who Stare at Goats (#4), The Fourth Kind (#5), Jennifer's Body (#7)
46 15 November 2009 2012 £6,489,809 Harry Brown (#3)
47 22 November 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon £11,683,158 A Serious Man (#8), The Informant! (#10)
48 29 November 2009 £4,303,257 Paranormal Activity (#2), Law Abiding Citizen (#5), Nativity! (#6), De Dana Dan (#9)
49 6 December 2009 Paranormal Activity £1,839,273 Planet 51 (#4), The Box (#8), The Descent Part 2 (#9)
50 13 December 2009 A Christmas Carol £1,544,226 Where the Wild Things Are (#2)
51 20 December 2009 Avatar £8,509,050 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (#2)
52 27 December 2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel £5,347,191 Sherlock Holmes (#3), 3 Idiots (#4), Nowhere Boy (#7)

Notes

  1. Opened in 2008

See also

References

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