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US release: 16th May 19844th November 2020
As the UK goes back into lockdown in 2020 what were the big movies at the box office over the last 30 years.
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.
No. 1 movie:
Joker which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £51.6 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut:
Doctor Sleep directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson which entered the box office at number 4.
Longest run:
Downton Abbey which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
No. 1 and highest debut:
Spectre starring Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz and directed by Sam Mendes
No. 1 and top total grossing:
Minions which had taken £47.1 Million over 16 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut:
Saw 3D starring Tobin Bell and Costas Mandylor and directed by Kevin Greutert
Longest run:
Made In Dagenham which had been on the box office for 5 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Despicable Me which had taken £15.1 Million after 3 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie:
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £25.8 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut:
Saw II directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith which entered the box office at number 3.
Longest run:
Pride And Prejudice which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
No.1 movie:
Dinosaur which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut:
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 directed by Joe Berlinger and starring Kim Director and Jeffrey Donovan which entered the box office at number 3.
Longest run:
Hollow Man which had been on the box office for 5 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Billy Elliot which had taken £11.4 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No.1 movie:
Pocahontas which had been at the top for 3 weeks.
Highest debut:
To Die For directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon which entered the box office at number 3.
No. 1 and top total grossing:
Batman Forever which had taken £21 Million over 15 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie:
Ghost which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £21.9 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut:
Young Guns II directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Emilio Estevez and Kiefer Sutherland which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run:
Hardware which had been on the box office for 5 weeks.
20th July 2020
With cinemas in the UK opening very slowly, and with little in the shape of new releases Pixar's Onward goes back to the top of the box office replacing the 40 year old The Empire Strikes Back.
Here is a rundown of the top 6 movies 17th - 19th July 2020
It gave up the number 1 spot last weekend to allow the Star Wars sequel a week of glory but the Pixar movie goes back to the top this week with £49.2K.
The movie has seen 6 weeks on the box office now and has a total UK gross of £5.4 Million.
After making a glorious return to the top of the box office (I wonder if it would have done it under normal circumstances?) and the Star Wars sequel falls to number 2 this week with £33.3K.
The movie has now spent 41 weeks on the box office and taken £22.9 Million.
The animated sequel is at number 3 this week with £23.4K for a £115.3K over 3 weeks.
Highest new film last week falls to number 4 this week with £16K and a £60K total.
30 years on and the popular dance movie is at number 5 this week with £14.3K, with 15 weeks on the chart over that time the movie has taken a total of £3.9 Million.
Highest new film of the week is an animated feature at number 6, directed by Kim Hagen Jensen and Tonni Zinck the movie takes £12.4K on its debut weekend.
4th July 2019
Based on the BBC TV series of the same name Horrible Histories: The Movie has been given a PG age rating in the UK.
The film is directed by Dominic Brigstocke and Stars Nick Frost and Kim Cattrall and looks at the Roman times as its subject matter.
The TV show was popular with kids and adults alike and of they have injected the right humour in the film it could be a sizeable hit.
The BBFC's PG age rating is for mild comic violence, injury detail, rude humour, language and it has a runtime of 92 minutes (1 hour 32 minutes).
HORRIBLE HISTORIES (PG) mild comic violence, injury detail, rude humour, language https://t.co/jCbNZf70gF
— BBFC (@BBFC) July 2, 2019
14th June 2019
This weekend, Friday 14th June 2019, there are 4 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge Aladdin for the top spot?
First up at cinemas this week is Men In Black: International, a Sci-Fi movie directed by F. Gary Gray who also directed Fast And Furious 8 in 2017 which grossed £29.5 Million.
It stars Tessa Thompson who last starred in Avengers: Endgame and Chris Hemsworth who also last appeared in Avengers: Endgame.
Next on the new release schedule is The Hummingbird Project, this new Thriller movie stars Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgård.
The film is brought to us by new director Kim Nguyen.
Next up this week is Sometimes Always Never which is directed by Carl Hunter and is a directorial debut.
It stars Bill Nighy and Sam Riley.
Also this week there is Wild Honey Pie! from director Jamie Adams who also directed Songbird in 2019.
The film features Jemima Kirke and Richard Elis in starring roles.
Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Come back next week when there are 3 new releases hitting cinemas.