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Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

25th Dec
2009

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
(1st week)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
(@1)

A Christmas Carol
(8 weeks)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(£26,272,710)

£14,288,071

18th Dec
2009

Avatar
(1st week)

Avatar
(@1)

Up
(11 weeks)

Up
(£34,284,193)

£14,034,612

11th Dec
2009

A Christmas Carol
(2nd week)

Where the Wild Things Are
(@2)

Up
(10 weeks)

Up
(£34,236,380)

£7,442,821

4th Dec
2009

Paranormal Activity
(1st week)

Planet 51
(@4)

Up
(9 weeks)

Up
(£34,142,637)

£11,036,485

27th Nov
2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(2nd week)

Paranormal Activity
(@2)

Up
(8 weeks)

Up
(£33,963,586)

£15,931,412

20th Nov
2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(1st week)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(@1)

Up
(7 weeks)

Up
(£33,561,384)

£20,904,472

13th Nov
2009

2012
(1st week)

2012
(@1)

Up
(6 weeks)

Up
(£32,754,463)

£14,862,984

6th Nov
2009

A Christmas Carol
(1st week)

A Christmas Carol
(@1)

Up
(5 weeks)

Up
(£31,403,801)

£9,863,295

30th Oct
2009

This Is It
(1st week)

This Is It
(@1)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
(7 weeks)

Up
(£29,156,179)

£13,996,756

23rd Oct
2009

Up
(3rd week)

Saw VI
(@2)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(11 weeks)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(£34,872,218)

£10,906,743

16th Oct
2009

Up
(2nd week)

Couples Retreat
(@2)

District 9
(7 weeks)

Up
(£13,917,468)

£11,171,078

9th Oct
2009

Up
(1st week)

Up
(@1)

(500) Days of Summer
(6 weeks)

District 9
(£8,695,787)

£12,278,785

2nd Oct
2009

Fame
(2nd week)

The Invention of Lying
(@2)

Aliens In the Attic
(8 weeks)

The Final Destination
(£12,654,235)

£8,837,927

25th Sep
2009

Fame
(1st week)

Fame
(@1)

Aliens In the Attic
(7 weeks)

The Final Destination
(£12,351,267)

£7,767,907

18th Sep
2009

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
(1st week)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
(@1)

Aliens In the Attic
(6 weeks)

The Final Destination
(£11,711,421)

£6,774,040

11th Sep
2009

District 9
(2nd week)

Dorian Gray
(@3)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(9 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£50,491,390)

£6,747,559

4th Sep
2009

District 9
(1st week)

District 9
(@1)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(10 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£50,263,154)

£9,422,086

28th Aug
2009

The Final Destination
(1st week)

The Final Destination
(@1)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(9 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£49,413,633)

£10,240,687

21st Aug
2009

Inglourious Basterds
(1st week)

Inglourious Basterds
(@1)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(8 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£48,200,855)

£9,513,395

14th Aug
2009

The Time Travelers Wife
(1st week)

The Time Travelers Wife
(@1)

The Hangover
(10 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£46,766,825)

£9,769,466

7th Aug
2009

The Ugly Truth
(1st week)

The Ugly Truth
(@1)

The Hangover
(9 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£44,376,816)

£10,185,719

31st Jul
2009

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(3rd week)

G Force
(@2)

The Hangover
(8 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£40,537,578)

£13,041,958

24th Jul
2009

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(2nd week)

The Proposal
(@2)

Night At the Museum 2
(10 weeks)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(£33,070,181)

£13,852,819

17th Jul
2009

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(1st week)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(@1)

Night At the Museum 2
(9 weeks)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(£24,919,977)

£27,781,305

10th Jul
2009

Brüno
(1st week)

Brüno
(@1)

Angels and Demons
(9 weeks)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(£23,580,163)

£14,936,102

3rd Jul
2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(1st week)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
(@1)

Angels and Demons
(8 weeks)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(£20,968,219)

£15,794,940

26th Jun
2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(2nd week)

Year One
(@3)

Hannah Montana: The Movie
(9 weeks)

Star Trek
(£21,051,183)

£10,295,047

19th Jun
2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(1st week)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(@1)

Hannah Montana: The Movie
(8 weeks)

Star Trek
(£20,901,905)

£14,006,087

12th Jun
2009

The Hangover
(1st week)

The Hangover
(@1)

Hannah Montana: The Movie
(7 weeks)

Star Trek
(£20,315,922)

£9,294,577

5th Jun
2009

Terminator Salvation
(1st week)

Terminator Salvation
(@1)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(10 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£21,113,359)

£14,533,103

29th May
2009

Night At the Museum 2
(2nd week)

Drag Me to Hell
(@2)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(9 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£21,003,643)

£7,532,287

22nd May
2009

Night At the Museum 2
(1st week)

Night At the Museum 2
(@1)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(8 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£20,863,386)

£10,767,761

15th May
2009

Angels and Demons
(1st week)

Angels and Demons
(@1)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(7 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£20,773,922)

£15,662,552

8th May
2009

Star Trek
(1st week)

Star Trek
(@1)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(10 weeks)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(£23,296,694)

£14,763,917

1st May
2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine
(1st week)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine
(@1)

The Boat That Rocked
(5 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£19,579,014)

£13,381,186

24th Apr
2009

State of Play
(1st week)

State of Play
(@1)

Marley and Me
(7 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£18,823,207)

£7,800,959

17th Apr
2009

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(2nd week)

I Love You, Man
(@4)

Gran Torino
(9 weeks)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(£17,343,985)

£10,364,171

10th Apr
2009

Fast and Furious
(1st week)

Fast and Furious
(@1)

Gran Torino
(8 weeks)

Marley and Me
(£14,136,539)

£14,841,823

3rd Apr
2009

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(1st week)

Monsters Vs. Aliens
(@1)

Slumdog Millionaire
(13 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£31,283,374)

£10,689,711

27th Mar
2009

Knowing
(1st week)

Knowing
(@1)

Slumdog Millionaire
(12 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£31,014,653)

£9,325,587

20th Mar
2009

Marley and Me
(2nd week)

Paul Blart Mall Cop
(@2)

Slumdog Millionaire
(11 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£30,471,084)

£7,787,826

13th Mar
2009

Marley and Me
(1st week)

Marley and Me
(@1)

Slumdog Millionaire
(10 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£29,603,451)

£10,474,101

6th Mar
2009

Watchmen
(1st week)

Watchmen
(@1)

The Reader
(9 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£28,173,584)

£11,705,887

27th Feb
2009

Slumdog Millionaire
(4th week)

The Unborn
(@3)

The Reader
(8 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£25,871,749)

£11,008,288

20th Feb
2009

Bolt
(2nd week)

Confessions of a Shopaholic
(@2)

The Reader
(7 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£22,973,110)

£14,139,835

13th Feb
2009

Bolt
(1st week)

Bolt
(@1)

Role Models
(6 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£19,984,021)

£17,675,236

6th Feb
2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(1st week)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(@1)

The Reader
(6 weeks)

Slumdog Millionaire
(£16,897,975)

£9,515,386

30th Jan
2009

Slumdog Millionaire
(3rd week)

Revolutionary Road
(@3)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(9 weeks)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(£22,673,015)

£11,052,351

23rd Jan
2009

Slumdog Millionaire
(2nd week)

Valkyrie
(@2)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(8 weeks)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(£22,323,063)

£13,710,742

16th Jan
2009

Slumdog Millionaire
(1st week)

Seven Pounds
(@2)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(7 weeks)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(£21,861,447)

£14,901,353

9th Jan
2009

Role Models
(1st week)

Role Models
(@1)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(6 weeks)

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
(£21,225,321)

£13,143,345

2nd Jan
2009

Yes Man
(2nd week)

The Spirit
(@6)

Quantum of Solace
(10 weeks)

Quantum of Solace
(£50,830,868)

£12,724,049

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Longest run

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