Child 44
Released: 17th April 2015
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By clicking Submit you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy.Highest chart position: 4
Weeks on box office: 3
17th Apr 2015
24th Apr 2015
1st May 2015
Looking back at the historical UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.
A year ago (2019)
The number one film was Shazam! which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Kalank directed by Abhishek Varman and starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt which entered the box office at number 4.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Captain Marvel which had taken £37.9 Million over 7 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015)
The number one film was Fast & Furious 7 which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £32 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
The top new film of the week was Child 44 directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Xavier Atkins and Mark Lewis Jones which entered the box office at number 4.
The film with the longest run was Shaun The Sheep Movie which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
Ten years ago (2010)
Another film making its debut at the top was Dear John starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried and directed by Lasse Hallström
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Alice In Wonderland which had taken £41.4 Million over 7 weeks of release.
Fifteen years ago (2005)
Making its debut at the top was The Interpreter starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn and directed by Sydney Pollack
The film with the longest run was Hostage which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Hitch which had taken £16.4 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Twenty years ago (2000)
Making its debut at the top was Pokémon: The First Movie starring Veronica Taylor and Philip Bartlett and directed by Michael Haigney and Kunihiko Yuyama
The film with the longest run was American Beauty which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 2 which had taken £42.6 Million after 10 weeks of release.
Twenty five years ago (1995)
Making its debut at the top was Muriels Wedding starring Toni Collette and Bill Hunter and directed by P.J. Hogan
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book which had taken £7.4 Million over 9 weeks of release.
Thirty years ago (1990)
The number one film was Look Who's Talking which had been at the top for 3 weeks.
The top new film of the week was The Hunt For Red October directed by John McTiernan and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin which entered the box office at number 2.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Honey I Shrunk The Kids which had taken £9.4 Million over 11 weeks of release.
Disney and Jon Favreau live action version of the classic Rudyard Kipling book makes in incredible showing at the box office this week.
Making it debut at the top with a £9.9 million weekend the film has become the 63rd highest opening weekend in the UK ever, in 2016 Batman V Superman and Deadpool opened higher.
With such a strong opening the film is sure to follow in the footsteps of Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland and be a massive live action film for Disney.
Falling from the top in dramatic style this week is The Huntsman: Winters War which drops to, a second weekend of £0.6 million brings the total to £4.4 million.
Highest total grossing movie on the box office this week is former number 1 film Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice which has now grossed £35.3 million after 4 weeks of play.
Historical chart
A year ago
Fast and Furious 7 retained its hold on the top and with a strong top 4 Child 44 was the top new film at 4.
Five years ago
Scream 4 took over at the top on its debut weekend leaving Rio to fall to number 2.
Ten years ago
Ice Age: The Meltdown stayed at the top for another weekend leaving Scary Movie 4 to enter the chart at number 2.
Fifteen years ago
Bridget Jones's Diary made its debut at the top while Rugrats In Paris The Movie fell to number 3.
Twenty years ago
Broken Arrow was new at the top while Toy Story fell into the runner up position after 3 weeks at the top.
Twenty five years ago
Highlander II The Quickening was the top new film of the week with Quigley Down Under falling into number 3.
The Divergent Series Insurgent gets dethroned from the top after 3 weeks and gets replaced by Disney's live action Cinderella on its debut.
Cinderella hit UK cinemas on 27th March this year, it entered the box office at number 1 and had an incredible 11 run on the official chart then another 11 outside.
The film took an excellent £21.1 million at the UK box office making it the 163rd highest grossing film ever in the UK.
Globally the film has to date taken $542 million which makes is the 125th highest grossing film of all time.
Insurgent falls from the top to number 3 although it did have an unprecedented 3 weeks at the top.
Also new this week is: Child 44 which enters at number 2, Two by Two which is new at number 5, A Little Chaos which is new at 8 and The Falling which is new at 18.
Making it a third week on the trop Fast and Furious 7 retains the top of the box office taking £3.03 million for the weekend, bringing it's total to a fantastic £32 million.
Furious 7 should overtake Fifty Shades of Grey as the highest grossing film of the year by next weekend, it continues to dominate across the globe as well and had now taken over $1 Billion.
Without much doubt this will be the last week it spends a the top as the next is the successful Marvel universe films is released this Thursday.
Highest new film of the week enters the box office at number 4 in the form of Child 44 which grosses just over half a million pound.
Also new this week is the Alan Rickman directed A Little Chaos which enters at 7.
Historical charts
A year ago
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was the highest new film of the week at the top which removed Rio 2 which fell to number 2.
Five years ago
Debuting at the top was Roman tearjerker Dear John, it removed Clash of The Titans with fell to number 2.
Ten years ago
Nicole Kidman starred in The Interpreter which debuted at the top of the box office sending The Amityville Horror down to number 2.
Fifteen years ago
Pokémon The First Movie was the highest new film which made its debut at the top, Erin Brockovich fell from the top to the number 2 spot.
Twenty years ago
Muriels Wedding was the top new film of the week with Dumb and Dumber falling down to number 2 from the top spot.
There is simply no stopping Furious 7 (Fast and Furious 7) at the moment with the film yet again outgrossing all other film combined in the US this weekend and taking a further $60 million.
The 10 day gross for Furious 7 now stands at $252 million, only one other film has ever taken more after 10 days, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Highest new film of the week is the romantic drama The Longest Ride starring Scott Eastwood and Britt Robertson which takes $15.5 million.
There were no other new releases on the US box office chart this week. Coming this weekend are Child 44 and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, although they probably wont challenge Furious 7.
