# List of 1992 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1992.

## Number one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | 2 January 1992 | The Addams Family | £2,138,137 | |
| 2 | 9 January 1992 | The Addams Family | £1,565,622 | |
| 3 | 16 January 1992 | The Addams Family | £1,030,084 | |
| 4 | 23 January 1992 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | £1,644,019 | |
| 5 | 30 January 1992 | JFK | £1,245,488 | |
| 6 | 6 February 1992 | JFK | £1,230,304 | |
| 7 | 13 February 1992 | My Girl | £1,652,035 | My Girl reached number one in its second week of release |
| 8 | 20 February 1992 | My Girl | £1,713,568 | |
| 9 | 27 February 1992 | Father of the Bride | £1,903,985 | |
| 10 | 5 March 1992 | Father of the Bride | £1,129,947 | |
| 11 | 12 March 1992 | Father of the Bride | £910,867 | |
| 12 | 19 March 1992 | Cape Fear | £2,758,920 | Cape Fear reached number one in its second week of release. It set a record March nationwide opening weekend with a gross of £1,665,000 |
| 13 | 26 March 1992 | Cape Fear | £2,042,832 | |
| 14 | 2 April 1992 | Cape Fear | £1,414,001 | |
| 15 | 9 April 1992 | Cape Fear | £1,058,411 | |
| 16 | 16 April 1992 | Hook | £3,236,314 | |
| 17 | 23 April 1992 | Hook | £3,627,112 | |
| 18 | 30 April 1992 | Hook | £1,898,638 | |
| 19 | 7 May 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | £1,539,548 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle reached number one in its second week of release |
| 20 | 14 May 1992 | Basic Instinct † | £3,624,440 | Basic Instinct set a record May opening weekend with a gross of £2,169,000 |
| 21 | 21 May 1992 | Basic Instinct † | £2,333,122 | |
| 22 | 28 May 1992 | Wayne's World | £1,962,473 | |
| 23 | 4 June 1992 | Wayne's World | £1,581,563 | |
| 24 | 11 June 1992 | Wayne's World | £1,186,599 | |
| 25 | 18 June 1992 | Basic Instinct † | £782,191 | Basic Instinct returned to number one in its sixth week of release |
| 26 | 25 June 1992 | Wayne's World | £664,094 | Wayne's World returned to number one in its fifth week of release |
| 27 | 2 July 1992 | Wayne's World | £608,548 | |
| 28 | 9 July 1992 | Sleepwalkers | £691,617 | |
| 29 | 16 July 1992 | Batman Returns | £4,312,764 | Batman Returns set an opening weekend record with a gross of £2,774,796 (£2,526,446 excluding previews) beating Terminator 2: Judgment Day's £2.3 million |
| 30 | 23 July 1992 | Batman Returns | £2,473,467 | |
| 31 | 30 July 1992 | Batman Returns | £1,522,201 | |
| 32 | 6 August 1992 | Universal Soldier | £1,349,087 | Universal Soldier reached number one in its second week of release |
| 33 | 13 August 1992 | Beethoven | £1,185,719 | Beethoven reached number one in its third week of release |
| 34 | 20 August 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | £4,171,402 | |
| 35 | 27 August 1992 | Alien 3 | £2,683,497 | |
| 36 | 3 September 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | £1,885,401 | Lethal Weapon 3 returned to number one in its third week of release |
| 37 | 10 September 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | £1,144,846 | |
| 38 | 17 September 1992 | Housesitter | £1,190,085 | |
| 39 | 24 September 1992 | Unforgiven | £1,434,711 | |
| 40 | 1 October 1992 | Patriot Games | £1,698,592 | |
| 41 | 8 October 1992 | Patriot Games | £1,297,691 | |
| 42 | 15 October 1992 | Patriot Games | £1,017,310 | |
| 43 | 22 October 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | £1,899,246 | Beauty and the Beast reached number one in its second week of release |
| 44 | 29 October 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | £3,612,762 | |
| 45 | 5 November 1992 | Beauty and the Beast | £1,607,880 | |
| 46 | 12 November 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | £1,289,427 | |
| 47 | 19 November 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | £1,070,980 | |
| 48 | 26 November 1992 | Single White Female | £1,451,694 | |
| 49 | 3 December 1992 | Sister Act | £2,266,392 | |
| 50 | 10 December 1992 | Death Becomes Her | £1,643,994 | |
| 51 | 17 December 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | £2,995,947 | Home Alone 2 set a record December opening weekend with a gross of £2,128,000 |
| 52 | 24 December 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | £2,903,628 | |
| 53 | 31 December 1992 | The Bodyguard | £1,295,415 | Weekend only. The Bodyguard set a record Christmas opening |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the U.K. between 1 December 1991 and 29 November 1992
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross (£) |
| 1. | Basic Instinct | Guild | 15,471,799 |
| 2. | Hook | Columbia TriStar | 13,099,578 |
| 3. | Lethal Weapon 3 | Warner Bros. | 11,878,179 |
| 4. | Batman Returns | Warner Bros. | 10,979,599 |
| 5. | The Addams Family | Columbia TriStar | 10,396,698 |
| 6. | Cape Fear | UIP | 10,360,215 |
| 7. | Beauty and the Beast | Walt Disney Pictures | 9,538,000 |
| 8. | Wayne's World | UIP | 9,133,551 |
| 9. | My Girl | Columbia TriStar | 7,629,917 |
| 10. | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | 7,306,665 |