US release: 16th July 1993
£5.9 Million $77.7 Million
$0What 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.
The number one film was The Lion King which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £59.9 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
The top new film of the week was Blinded By The Light directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Viveik Kalra and Kulvinder Ghir which entered the box office at number 4.
The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 23 weeks.
Also making its debut at the top was Fantastic Four starring Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan and directed by Josh Trank and Stephen E. Rivkin
The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 32 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Jurassic World which had taken £63.3 Million after 9 weeks of release.
The number one film was Toy Story 3 which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £51.5 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
The top new film of the week was Knight And Day directed by James Mangold and starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz which entered the box office at number 2.
The film with the longest run was Tooth Fairy which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
The number one film was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Herbie Fully Loaded directed by Angela Robinson and starring Lindsay Lohan and Michael Keaton which entered the box office at number 5.
The film with the longest run was Batman Begins which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was War Of The Worlds which had taken £28.9 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top was Gone In 60 Seconds starring Nicolas Cage and Giovanni Ribisi and directed by Dominic Sena
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £29.4 Million over 13 weeks of release.
The number one film was Casper which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home directed by Dwight H. Little and starring Jason James Richter and Francis Capra which entered the box office at number 3.
The film with the longest run was Man Of The House which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £13.5 Million after 4 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top was Days Of Thunder starring Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall and directed by Tony Scott
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.1 Million over 11 weeks of release.
After an impressive 3 week run at the top Wolf of Wall Street this week surrenders to animated feature Mr Peabody and Sherman.
An early half term treat for the kids, Mr Peabody makes a splash at the top with £3.9 million over the weekend beating out quite easily a challenge from the Robocop reboot which lands at 2 with £2.4 million.
The Wolf of Wall Street dips to number 3 with a weekend take of £1.6 million bringing it's total to £17 million.
New films this week: -
This time last year Disney's Wreck-It Ralph made a good debut at the top of the box office knocking the 4 week champion Les Mis from the top.
Five years ago there was also a change at the top with Brad Pitt starring in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button making it's debut knocking Slumdog Millionaire down to number 3.
Ten years ago it was a similar story when Jet Black's starring School of Rock took over at the top on it's debut knocking the previous weeks top film Scary Movie 3 to number 4.
Fifteen years ago (and not to sound too receptive) A Bugs Life took over at the top on it's debut week knocking Shakespeare In Love into the runner up spot.
Finally twenty years ago Mrs Doubtfire was still the big film of February with Free Willy proving to be the big new film of the month.