List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom

American productions dominate, with all films earning over £50 million at the box office either completely or partly produced by Hollywood studios.

Emerging from the Second World War in 1945, Gone with the Wind is generally accepted to have been the record-holder, retaining the top spot until 1962 when it was surpassed by South Pacific.

[30] All the record-holders since tracking began have been either partially or fully produced by Americans, although The Full Monty, Mamma Mia!, Skyfall and Star Wars: The Force Awakens were UK–US collaborations.

[32] The Cultural Test for Film, High-end Television and Video Games Regulations, was introduced under the Finance Act 2006 and came into force on January 1, 2007.

The King's Speech replaces Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the most successful British production if the criterion is restricted to solely British-produced films.

The largest discrepancy is in the estimates for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; there is a difference of 5 million admissions, but Lumiere do not include any UK data for 2002 even though they do for other countries, which may explain the shortfall.

If Bridget Jones and The Lion King are included, sixty-seven sound films in total have generated over 10 million admissions at UK cinemas.

[48] The list is reproduced here ranking the top fifty films released in the UK throughout the twentieth century, defined as covering the period from 1 January 1901 until 31 December 2000.

Market conditions, industry practices, demographic and cultural shifts have all impacted on cinema attendance throughout the century.

Cinemagoing steadily rose during the 1930s with the arrival of sound and peaked in the 1940s, with 1946 setting a record of over 1,635 million annual admissions; roughly equivalent to thirty visits to the cinema per capita.

[49][50] Prior to the 1980s when home video became popular, there was also a lot more repeat viewing, with some films during the 1950s and '60s enjoying extended runs—sometimes lasting up to several years—as roadshows.

After recalculating the grosses using the HM Treasury UK GDP deflator, Star Wars: The Force Awakens remains the most successful film of the twenty-first century.

The top ten British productions adjusted for inflation are all international co-productions, and—with the exception of Mamma Mia and Beauty and the Beast—are all Star Wars, James Bond and Harry Potter films.