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Facts: All Time Top 10 UK films at the UK Box Office
 

 

Title

Year of UK release

Country of Origin

Box Office Gross (£)

1

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

US/GB

66,096,060

2

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

US/GB/Germany

54,780,731

3

The Full Monty

1997

US/GB

52,232,058

4

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

GB/US

46,077,489

5

Bridget Jones's Diary

2001

US/GB

42,007,008

6

Love Actually

2003

GB/US/France

36,800,418

7

Die Another Day

2002

GB/US

36,056,878

8

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

US/France/GB/Ireland

35,089,179

9

Notting Hill

1999

US/GB

31,006,109

10

Chicken Run

2000

GB/US

29,514,237


(box office grosses as of 2/1/05).

N.B. 1. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace (1999) has grossed £51,063,811 in the UK. It was partially produced in Britain, but for these purposes has been treated as a US film.

N.B. 2. Comprehensive box office figures for the UK prior to the mid-1980s are not readily available.

Figures are not adjusted for inflation.

Source (box office figures): Nielsen EDI

Source (filmographic information): bfi SIFT database and bfi Film & Television Handbook.