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This weekend, Friday 9th October 2020, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Tenet, for the number 1 spot after 6 weeks?

Saint Maud

• The movie is from director Rose Glass
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Morfydd Clark who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2020).
• The film also stars Jennifer Ehle who last appeared in Vox Lux (2019).

Kajillionaire

• This new release stars Evan Rachel Wood who's last film was Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy Blache (2020)
• It also stars Gina Rodriguez who appeared in Scoob! (2020).
• The film is brought to us by 3 time director Miranda July.

I Am Woman

• The movie is directed by Unjoo Moon and is their directorial debut.
• It stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Danielle Macdonald.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• The War With Grandpa, Friday, 16th October
• I Am Greta, Friday, 16th October

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 Pokémon Detective Pikachu starring Ryan Reynolds and Justice Smith and directed by Rob Letterman

The film with the longest run was Dumbo which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Endgame which had taken £80.4 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015)

The number one film was Avengers: Age Of Ultron which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was [spooks] The Greater Good directed by Bharat Nalluri and starring Kit Harington and Tuppence Middleton which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Home which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.

Ten years ago (2010)

The number one film was Iron Man 2 which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Furry Vengeance directed by Roger Kumble and starring Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Nanny Mcphee And The Big Bang which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Clash Of The Titans which had taken £19.9 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005)

Making its debut at the top was Kingdom Of Heaven starring Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson and directed by Ridley Scott

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Hitch which had taken £17.3 Million over 9 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000)

The number one film was Kevin And Perry Go Large which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Man On The Moon directed by Milos Forman and starring Jim Carrey and Gerry Becker which entered the box office at number 6.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was American Beauty which had taken £21.2 Million over 15 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995)

The number one film was Outbreak which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Milk Money directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Star Trek Generations which had taken £20.1 Million over 13 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990)

Making its debut at the top was The Hunt For Red October starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin and directed by John McTiernan

The film with the longest run was Honey I Shrunk The Kids which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Look Who's Talking which had taken £10 Million after 6 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 Stan And Ollie starring John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.

The film with the longest run was A Star Is Born which had been on the box office for 12 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £49,958,709 after 12 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Tak3n starring Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker.

The film with the longest run was The Imitation Game which had been on the box office for 9 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £39,201,752 after 5 weeks of release

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40,991,797 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke and Isabel Lucas which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which had been on the box office for 8 weeks .

Making its debut at the top was White Noise starring Michael Keaton and Chandra West.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which had taken £35,612,127 over 9 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

The film with the longest run was Tarzan which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £25,453,243 after 7 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,160,883 over 14 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen.

The film with the longest run was The Abyss which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,723,429 after 12 weeks of release

This week the top 2 films flip round and A Star Is Born takes over at the top from Venom on their second weekends while First man has to settle for fourth on its debut.

A Star Is Born

The Oscar contender was unable to makes its debut at the top of the UK box office last weekend but after a tight fought battle manages to knock Venom off the top spot.

The films weekend gross is £3.08 million which takes the films total gross to £9.6 million

Venom

The Marvel film was not quite strong enough to hold on to the top spot for a second weekend as it falls to number 2 this week with £3 million.

This brings the Tom Hardy starring films total UK gross after 2 weekends of release to £13.7 million.

Its worth noting that across the week Monday - Sunday Venom is the top film with just £5.7 million compared to £5.5 million.

Johnny English Strikes Again

The British comedy starring Rowan Atkinson stays at 3 this week with a weekend gross of £2.9 million, this brings the films total gross after 2 weeks to £8.3 million.

It was in all a very tight fought battle at the box office for the top 3 places with less than £200,00 between the 3 movies.

First Man

Highest new entry of the week is First Man, set around the American space race to put the first man on the moon starring Ryan Gosling at Neil Armstring.

The film makes its debut with £2.4 million in the UK putting it this week at number 4, with Oscar buzz already in full swing for the film we could see this have a lengthy run.

Smallfoot

Finally in the top 5 is a new animated family film from Warner Bros. which makes its debut taking £2.3 million over the weekend.

Worth noting is that the top five films in the UK all take over £2 million this weekend as the bad weather sets in after a very good summer and people look for indoor things to do.

Also interesting this week is that positions 4 down to 8 are all new entries, and the weeks only new entries

Incredibles 2

The Disney Pixar film has now been arounf for 14 weeks and has taken an incredible £55.9 million.

Venom makes is a second week as the top film in the world despite the release of First Man and continued attention on the Oscar potential A Star Is born.

Venom

Another week as the top film for the Marvel bad guy movie as it takes an excellent $105.4 million from 55 countries to boost its international cume to $235.3 million after 10 days of release.

A Star Is Born

Bradly Coopers directorial film is performing well at the global box office and from 66 countries this week takes a very good $48 million to be at number 2.

This increases the films global gross to a very respectable $94.1 million and it will go over $100 million by next weekend.

First Man

Starring Ryan Gosling the film about the NASA race to have America be the first country to get a man on the moon is at number 3 and takes a fairly tepid $16.5 million from 23 countries on its debut.

There is a big Oscar buzz around the film and if it picks up some Academy Awards it could mean the film hangs around for a good few months.

Smallfoot

Warner Bros. have another animated hit on their hands as the family comedy falls to 4 and takes $23 million from 58 countries on its third week of release which boosts its global gross to $110.2 million.

Project Gutenberg

The Chinese film is still only released in 6 countries and this week is at number 5 and takes $22 million for the week which boosts its international cume to $138.6 million.