Shazam!
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Released: 5th April 2019
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United Kingdom
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Highest chart position: 1
Weeks on box office: 5
5th Apr 2019
12th Apr 2019
19th Apr 2019
26th Apr 2019
3rd May 2019
Production was about quarter of the way through on The Batman before it was halted because of the global pandemic, and unsurprisingly the release date has now shifted to 1st October 2021.
The original release was set as 25th June 2021 but after the halt in production that was never going to happen.
The film is directed by Matt Reeves and stars Robert Pattinson as batman along with Colin Farrell and The Penguin and Andy Serkis and his trusty butler and friend Alfred Pennyworth.
Other film on the move from the DC universe are The Flash movie which is now set for 3rd June 2021 and the Shazam! sequel which gets moved to November 4th 2022.
Also getting a change is The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints Of Newark which will now be seen in cinemas on March 12th 2021.
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.
A weekly rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.
A year ago (2019)
Making its debut at the top was Shazam! starring Zachary Levi and Michelle Borth and directed by David F. Sandberg
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Captain Marvel which had taken £34.6 Million over 5 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015)
Also making its debut at the top was Fast & Furious 7 starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker and directed by James Wan
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Big Hero 6 which had taken £19.7 Million over 9 weeks of release.
Ten years ago (2010)
Another film making its debut at the top was Clash Of The Titans starring Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson and directed by Louis Leterrier
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Avatar which had taken £91.4 Million over 16 weeks of release.
Fifteen years ago (2005)
Making its debut at the top was The Ring Two starring Naomi Watts and Simon Baker and directed by Hideo Nakata
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Meet The Fockers which had taken £28.5 Million over 10 weeks of release.
Twenty years ago (2000)
Making its debut at the top was Lake Placid starring Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda and directed by Steve Miner
The film with the longest run was American Beauty which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 2 which had taken £41.8 Million after 8 weeks of release.
Twenty five years ago (1995)
The number one film was The Madness Of King George which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Just Cause directed by Arne Glimcher and starring Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne which entered the box office at number 2.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Forrest Gump which had taken £16.4 Million over 27 weeks of release.
Thirty years ago (1990)
Making its debut at the top was Look Who's Talking starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley and directed by Amy Heckerling
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Back To The Future Part II which had taken £10.4 Million over 20 weeks of release.
Avengers: Endgame was always going to open big, and on its 4 day opening weekend, including Thursday previews, the film gains the top opening weekend in the UK beating Spectre who gained it in 2015.
Avengers: Endgame
The latest Marvel movie, and end of this phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, took a gigantic £43.4 million on its debut weeekend.
Spectre in 2015 took the title with a 7 day opening, Monday - Sunday, so this is actually more impressive.
The film opened higher than expectation and we will be watching over the coming weeks to see if the film continues to gross well and beat Star Wars: The Force Awakens £123 million total gross, the highest in the UK.
Dumbo
Tim Burtons live action remake continues to do well at the UK box office and remains at number 2 this week with £1.02 Million.
This pushes the films total UK gross to £23.3 million after 5 weeks of release, comparatively the film is doing better in the UK than many other countries.
Wonder Park
The animated film climbs from 7 back to number 3 on its 3rd weekend of release with a £454,366 weekend, pushing its total to £3.8 million.
Red Joan
The Judi Dench starring film also climbs this week to number 4 with a weekend of £420,629 which now puts its total gross at £1.5 million.
Shazam!
The DC Captain Marvel falls from the top to number 5 this week with the Marvel film giving people their super hero fix.
The film takes £398,317 on its 4th weekend and it sits at £12.8 million in total grosses.
Captain Marvel
There was a thought that the other Marvel super hero film on release at the moment would get a boost from Avengers: Endgame but in reality the film falls to 6 on its 8th week of release, its total gross is £38.8 million.
Eighth Grade
Praised by critics this coming of age drama from director Bo Burnham lands on the box office at number 10 with £144,923, it did go up agains Avengers: Endgame!
With the release of a new Marvel movie there is always excitement, but this one is a bit different with pre-hype predicting the film would be big and sure enough Avengers: Endgame opens to the largest weeekend gross in the US ever.
Avengers: Endgame
Films open big but none this big and the final instalment of this phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe opens to the tune of $350 million.
This easily beats the previous biggest opening, Avengers: Infinity War, by 36% proving that built up hype can work, and with the critics generally liking it film it must have helped its box office.
Analysts will now be looking to see if the film can beat Star Wars: The Force Awakens total gross of $936.6 million and if it can become the first movie to gross more than a Billion dollars in the US.
Captain Marvel
Getting a good boost from its Marvel stablemate this film goes back to number 2 this week with a gross of $8 million on its 8th weekend.
This pushes the films total US gross to $413.5 million and eyeing its next milestone of half a billion dollars.
The Curse Of La Llorona
Last weeks top film falls to number 3 this week with a second week weekend gross of $7.5 million pushing its total gross to $26.1 million.
Breakthrough
The faith based film falls to number 4 this week with $6.3 million and a total gross of $26.1 million on its second weekend.
Shazam!
With superhero movies all the rage the DC's Captain Marvel is a 5 this week with $5.5 million pushing the films total to $131.1 million after 4 weeks of release.
