Mr. & Mrs. Smith

What were the big movies hitting the UK box office over the last 30 year?

Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.

A year ago (2019)

The number one film was Aladdin which had been at the top for 4 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Men In Black: International directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Endgame which had taken £87.8 Million after 8 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015)

Also making its debut at the top was Jurassic World starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and directed by Colin Trevorrow

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 24 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Age Of Ultron which had taken £48.1 Million after 8 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010)

The number one film was Sex And The City 2 which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Letters To Juliet directed by Gary Winick and starring Amanda Seyfried and Gael Garca Bernal which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Iron Man 2 which had taken £20.9 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005)

Making its debut at the top was Mr. And Mrs. Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and directed by Doug Liman

The film with the longest run was Valiant which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith which had taken £35.4 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000)

The number one film was Gladiator which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £21.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Drive Me Crazy directed by John Schultz and starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier which entered the box office at number 5.

The film with the longest run was American Psycho which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Twenty five years ago (1995)

Making its debut at the top was The Brady Bunch Movie starring Shelley Long and Gary Cole and directed by Betty Thomas

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Dumb And Dumber which had taken £9.2 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990)

The number one film was Pretty Woman which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £10.6 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Package directed by Andrew Davis and starring Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Look Who's Talking which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

Commanding the box office in even greater fashion than last week Jurassic World scores the second highest second weekend gross in the UK, the holder being Skyfall from 2012.

With £11 million Jurassic World takes it's total gross to £38.5 million and should see it become the highest grossing film of the year by next weekend.

Rolling into second place on it's debut is the event film Take That Live, recoded earlier this year at the O2 arena in London the film grosses £965,000 on its Saturday only showing.

Highest new ‘film' of the week is new at number 4, the ever popular charter of Sherlock Holmes is played by Ian McKellen in Mr. Holes which debuts with £741.080.

Historical charts

A year ago
The Fault In Our Stars made its debut at the top of the box office knocking 22 Jump Street from the top to number 2.

Five years ago
Killers starring Aston Kutcher debuted at the top finally knocking Sex and The City 2 down to number 2 after 3 weeks at the top.

Ten years ago
The Batman revamp Batman Begins made it's debut at the top while the previous weeks top film, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, fell into second place.

Fifteen years ago
Gladiator was still holding onto the top position while the top new film of the week was Frequency.

Twenty years ago
Action film Bad Boys was the top film across the country which knocked The Brady Bunch Movie down to number 2.

As with the rest of the world Jurassic World took the Uk box office by storm over the weekend just gone and scored a huge debut.

Taking over the number 1 spot with ease with a £19 million opening it makes Jurassic World the 6th highest opening ever in the UK.

Jurassic World's predecessor from 2001, Jurassic Park III, only manage £4 million on its opening weekend, in fact it only took £18.3 million on it's entire run, World has beaten it already.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the second film in the series, did better with a £8.4 million opening and £30.5 million total gross while Jurassic Park took a total of £47 million, World could beat all these.

Last weeks top film, Spy, fell only to second place with £1.5 million, it's total gross is £5.5 million.

The only other new film on the box office chart this week was London Road starring Tom Hardy which debuted at number 8.

Historical charts

A Year ago
22 Jump Street retained it's position on the box office while the highest new film of the week was Oculus which debuted at number 5.

Five years ago
Sex and the City 2 was still at the top while the highest new film was Letters to Juliet at number 2

Ten years ago
Mr. & Mrs. Smith was the highest new film which finally knocked Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith from the top spot, it ended up at number 2.

Fifteen years ago
Gladiator was still at the top of the charts while Drive Me Crazy was the highest new film at number 5.

Twenty years ago
The Brady Bunch Movie made its debut at the top of the box office knocking Jack and Sarah fell down to number 2.