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Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

26th Dec
2008

Yes Man
(1st week)

Yes Man
(@1)

Quantum of Solace
(9 weeks)

Quantum of Solace
(£50,405,045)

£9,808,250

19th Dec
2008

Twilight
(1st week)

Twilight
(@1)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(9 weeks)

Quantum of Solace
(£50,031,153)

£8,840,505

12th Dec
2008

The Day the Earth Stood Still
(1st week)

The Day the Earth Stood Still
(@1)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(8 weeks)

Quantum of Solace
(£49,602,557)

£9,010,316

5th Dec
2008

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(1st week)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(@1)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(7 weeks)

Quantum of Solace
(£48,955,117)

£11,463,121

28th Nov
2008

Four Christmases
(1st week)

Four Christmases
(@1)

Burn After Reading
(7 weeks)

Quantum of Solace
(£47,662,819)

£7,278,323

21st Nov
2008

Quantum of Solace
(4th week)

Body of Lies
(@2)

Mamma Mia!
(20 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£68,116,092)

£8,147,325

14th Nov
2008

Quantum of Solace
(3rd week)

Max Payne
(@2)

Mamma Mia!
(19 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£67,879,439)

£10,686,735

7th Nov
2008

Quantum of Solace
(2nd week)

Pride and Glory
(@5)

Mamma Mia!
(18 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£67,616,085)

£14,314,220

31st Oct
2008

Quantum of Solace
(1st week)

Quantum of Solace
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(17 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£67,379,780)

£21,810,490

24th Oct
2008

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(1st week)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(16 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£66,827,983)

£16,587,035

17th Oct
2008

Burn After Reading
(1st week)

Burn After Reading
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(15 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£65,932,575)

£8,322,614

10th Oct
2008

The House Bunny
(1st week)

The House Bunny
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(14 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£65,197,501)

£6,594,233

3rd Oct
2008

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
(1st week)

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(13 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£64,147,403)

£7,839,131

26th Sep
2008

Tropic Thunder
(2nd week)

Taken
(@2)

Mamma Mia!
(12 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£62,730,735)

£7,120,248

19th Sep
2008

Tropic Thunder
(1st week)

Tropic Thunder
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(11 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£61,653,876)

£7,405,042

12th Sep
2008

Pineapple Express
(1st week)

Pineapple Express
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(10 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£60,141,174)

£8,532,004

5th Sep
2008

Rocknrolla
(1st week)

Rocknrolla
(@1)

Mamma Mia!
(9 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£57,687,650)

£10,055,270

29th Aug
2008

Step Brother's
(1st week)

Step Brother's
(@1)

Kung-Fu Panda
(9 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£54,541,447)

£9,936,324

22nd Aug
2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(1st week)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(@1)

Kung-Fu Panda
(8 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£50,261,947)

£11,465,299

15th Aug
2008

The Dark Knight
(3rd week)

You Don't Mess With the Zohan
(@3)

Kung-Fu Panda
(7 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£45,205,845)

£11,649,535

8th Aug
2008

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
(1st week)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
(@1)

Hancock
(6 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£39,168,064)

£16,197,833

1st Aug
2008

The Dark Knight
(2nd week)

The X Files: I Want to Believe
(@4)

Wanted
(6 weeks)

Mamma Mia!
(£32,109,923)

£16,377,279

25th Jul
2008

The Dark Knight
(1st week)

The Dark Knight
(@1)

Sex and the City
(9 weeks)

Sex and the City
(£26,232,557)

£19,209,083

18th Jul
2008

Mamma Mia!
(2nd week)

WALL•E
(@2)

Sex and the City
(8 weeks)

Sex and the City
(£26,130,718)

£15,220,097

11th Jul
2008

Mamma Mia!
(1st week)

Mamma Mia!
(@1)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(8 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£39,742,108)

£16,915,177

4th Jul
2008

Hancock
(1st week)

Hancock
(@1)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(7 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£39,525,912)

£20,436,922

27th Jun
2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(1st week)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(@1)

What Happens In Vegas...
(8 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£38,959,205)

£11,454,047

20th Jun
2008

The Incredible Hulk
(2nd week)

Adulthood
(@4)

Nims Island
(8 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£37,821,273)

£8,423,480

13th Jun
2008

The Incredible Hulk
(1st week)

The Incredible Hulk
(@1)

Nims Island
(7 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£35,586,886)

£10,310,208

6th Jun
2008

Sex and the City
(2nd week)

Superhero Movie
(@3)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(7 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£32,704,397)

£8,765,366

30th May
2008

Sex and the City
(1st week)

Sex and the City
(@1)

In Bruges
(12 weeks)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(£27,588,451)

£16,612,975

23rd May
2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(1st week)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(@1)

In Bruges
(11 weeks)

Iron Man
(£14,416,787)

£15,313,765

16th May
2008

Iron Man
(3rd week)

Caramel
(@9)

In Bruges
(10 weeks)

Iron Man
(£12,996,686)

£6,314,062

9th May
2008

Iron Man
(2nd week)

What Happens In Vegas...
(@2)

In Bruges
(9 weeks)

Step Up 2: The Streets
(£10,451,882)

£5,578,037

2nd May
2008

Iron Man
(1st week)

Iron Man
(@1)

In Bruges
(8 weeks)

The Spiderwick Chronicles
(£10,396,018)

£10,433,694

25th Apr
2008

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(1st week)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(@1)

In Bruges
(7 weeks)

The Spiderwick Chronicles
(£10,260,713)

£6,540,080

18th Apr
2008

21
(2nd week)

Fools Gold
(@2)

In Bruges
(6 weeks)

The Spiderwick Chronicles
(£9,925,093)

£6,917,834

11th Apr
2008

21
(1st week)

21
(@1)

The Orphanage
(4 weeks)

The Spiderwick Chronicles
(£8,857,804)

£7,581,720

4th Apr
2008

27 Dresses
(2nd week)

Son of Rambow
(@2)

In Bruges
(5 weeks)

Step Up 2: The Streets
(£7,522,828)

£7,718,987

28th Mar
2008

27 Dresses
(1st week)

27 Dresses
(@1)

There Will Be Blood
(8 weeks)

The Spiderwick Chronicles
(£5,756,577)

£9,129,944

21st Mar
2008

Horton Hears a Who!
(1st week)

Horton Hears a Who!
(@1)

There Will Be Blood
(7 weeks)

Vantage Point
(£4,261,901)

£13,703,627

14th Mar
2008

10,000 BC
(1st week)

10,000 BC
(@1)

Juno
(6 weeks)

Juno
(£9,240,584)

£6,935,515

7th Mar
2008

Vantage Point
(1st week)

Vantage Point
(@1)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
(5 weeks)

Juno
(£8,827,941)

£8,191,730

29th Feb
2008

The Bank Job
(1st week)

The Bank Job
(@1)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
(11 weeks)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
(£11,080,538)

£7,828,312

22nd Feb
2008

Jumper
(2nd week)

Be Kind Rewind
(@2)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
(10 weeks)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
(£10,855,535)

£9,860,926

15th Feb
2008

Jumper
(1st week)

Jumper
(@1)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
(9 weeks)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(£10,436,369)

£11,282,663

8th Feb
2008

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
(1st week)

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
(@1)

St. Trinian's
(8 weeks)

St. Trinian's
(£12,042,854)

£10,816,097

1st Feb
2008

Cloverfield
(1st week)

Cloverfield
(@1)

Bee Movie
(8 weeks)

I Am Legend
(£25,348,532)

£10,608,628

25th Jan
2008

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(1st week)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(@1)

The Golden Compass
(8 weeks)

The Golden Compass
(£25,771,648)

£11,642,182

18th Jan
2008

Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
(1st week)

Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
(@1)

The Golden Compass
(7 weeks)

The Golden Compass
(£25,342,722)

£10,436,367

11th Jan
2008

I Am Legend
(3rd week)

Charlie Wilsons War
(@3)

The Golden Compass
(6 weeks)

The Golden Compass
(£24,657,698)

£10,360,707

4th Jan
2008

I Am Legend
(2nd week)

Lust, Caution
(@10)

American Gangster
(8 weeks)

The Golden Compass
(£23,522,772)

£13,477,200

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Longest run

Top total gross

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