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Historical UK Box Office - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005), Fantastic Four (2015), Gone In 60 Seconds (2000)

Historical UK Box Office - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005), Fantastic Four (2015), Gone In 60 Seconds (2000)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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 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.

Five years ago (2015) -

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.

Ten years ago (2010) -

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.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

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.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

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.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

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.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

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.

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