After a couple of weeks of very little excitement at the Uk box office this week explodes with the release of Warner Bros. IT which dominates the chart and easily enters at the top.

IT enters the Uk box office with just over £10 million which puts in in the top 100 for UK best opening films and it is the only film on the top 10 to gross over a million.

The hype that has been put into the marketing of the film has been huge and it has paid off, and with favourable reviews, and Stephen King being a favourite in the UK the film was bound to do well.

With nothing of note coming out this weekend coming IT is bound to continue at the top at least for the next week.

American Made falls from the top to number 2 this week with a gross of just over half a million, this brings the films total gross to £4.3 million after 3 weeks of play.

Once again Despicable Me 3 is the longest running film of the chart with 11 weeks and once again Dunkirk os the highest total grossing film with an excellent £55 million, it is now the 19th highest grossing film ever in the UK.

Historical charts - A year ago - Sausage Party spent a second weekend at the top with the Ben Hur remake the highest new film at number 2.

Five years ago - Dredd was the top film of the week making its debut at number 1 while Total recall fell from the top to number 4.

Ten years ago - Comedy Run Fatboy Run found itself at the top of the UK box office on its debut while The Bourne Ultimatum fell to number 3 after 3 weeks at the top.

Fifteen years ago - The Bourne Identity was the top new film of the week at number one while Insomnia fell from the top to number 2 after a week.

Twenty years ago - The Full Monty stayed at the top for a second weekend while the highest new film of the week was Austin Powers International Man of Mystery which made its debut at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Alien 3 remained at the top of the UK box office while the top new film was Knight Moves starring Christopher Lambert at number 3.