Inception
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Highest chart position: 1
Weeks on box office: 13
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With Tom hanks starring as an astronaut in a rocket that goes drastically wrong, the ITV drama about a big stately home goes to the big screen and some people try to climb the biggest mountain in the world, what were some of the highlights over the last 30 years at the UK box office?
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)
No.1 movie:
Downton Abbey which had been at the top for 3 weeks.
Highest debut:
Ready Or Not directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and starring Samara Weaving and Adam Brody which entered the box office at number 4.
Longest run:
Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 30 weeks.
Top total grossing:
The Lion King which had taken £74.9 Million after 11 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015)
No.1 movie:
Everest which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut:
Miss You Already directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette which entered the box office at number 4.
Longest run:
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 39 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Minions which had taken £46.3 Million after 13 weeks of release.
Ten years ago (2010)
No.1 movie:
The Other Guys which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut:
Eat Pray Love directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Julia Roberts and I. Gusti Ayu Puspawati which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run:
Inception which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Toy Story 3 which had taken £72.4 Million after 10 weeks of release.
Fifteen years ago (2005)
No.1 movie:
Pride And Prejudice which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut:
Revolver directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham and Ray Liotta which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run:
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Green Street Hooligans which had taken £1.2 Million after 3 weeks of release.
Twenty years ago (2000)
No. 1 and highest debut:
Me, Myself & Irene starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger and directed by Bobby Farrelly
No. 1 and top total grossing:
Gladiator which had taken £30.9 Million over 19 weeks of release.
Twenty five years ago (1995)
No. 1 and highest debut:
Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton and directed by Ron Howard
Longest run:
Judge Dredd which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Waterworld which had taken £10.2 Million after 7 weeks of release.
Thirty years ago (1990)
No. 1 and highest debut:
Presumed Innocent starring Harrison Ford and Brian Dennehy and directed by Alan J. Pakula
Longest run:
Gremlins 2: The New Batch which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
Top total grossing:
Days Of Thunder which had taken £8.3 Million after 10 weeks of release.
Our weekly rundown of the weekend UK box office headlines on this week over the last 30 years.
A year ago (2019)
The number one film was Downton Abbey which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Ad Astra directed by James Gray and starring Brad Pitt and Liv Tyler which entered the box office at number 2.
The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 29 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £74.3 Million after 10 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015)
Also making its debut at the top was Everest starring Jason Clarke and Ang Phula Sherpa and directed by Baltasar Kormakur
The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 38 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Minions which had taken £46.3 Million after 12 weeks of release.
Ten years ago (2010)
Another film making its debut at the top was The Other Guys starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell and directed by Adam McKay
The film with the longest run was Inception which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was The Expendables which had taken £9.6 Million after 5 weeks of release.
Fifteen years ago (2005)
Making its debut at the top was Pride And Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Talulah Riley and directed by Joe Wright
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had taken £36.4 Million over 8 weeks of release.
Twenty years ago (2000)
The number one film was Scary Movie which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Shaft directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Vanessa Williams which entered the box office at number 3.
The film with the longest run was Stuart Little which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Chicken Run which had taken £28.1 Million after 12 weeks of release.
Twenty five years ago (1995)
The number one film was Braveheart which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was The Bridges Of Madison County directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep which entered the box office at number 2.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Batman Forever which had taken £19.2 Million over 10 weeks of release.
Thirty years ago (1990)
Making its debut at the top was Another 48 Hrs starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte and directed by Walter Hill
The film with the longest run was Gremlins 2: The New Batch which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Days Of Thunder which had taken £8.2 Million after 9 weeks of release.
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)
Making its debut at the top was Downton Abbey starring Hugh Bonneville and Jim Carter and directed by Michael Engler
The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 28 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £73.8 Million after 9 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015)
Also making its debut at the top was Legend starring Tom Hardy and Emily Browning and directed by Brian Helgeland
The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 37 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Minions which had taken £46.2 Million after 11 weeks of release.
Ten years ago (2010)
Another film making its debut at the top was Resident Evil: Afterlife starring Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
The film with the longest run was Inception which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 3 which had taken £71 Million after 8 weeks of release.
Fifteen years ago (2005)
Making its debut at the top was The Longest Yard starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock and directed by Peter Segal
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had taken £35.9 Million over 7 weeks of release.
Twenty years ago (2000)
Making its debut at the top was Scary Movie starring Anna Faris and Carmen Electra and directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £30.6 Million over 18 weeks of release.
Twenty five years ago (1995)
Making its debut at the top was Braveheart starring Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau and directed by Mel Gibson
The film with the longest run was Bad Boys which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £18.8 Million after 9 weeks of release.
Thirty years ago (1990)
The number one film was Memphis Belle which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Paper Mask directed by Christopher Morahan and starring Paul McGann and Amanda Donohoe which entered the box office at number 3.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.2 Million over 16 weeks of release.
As is well documents the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effect on the world has been the story of the summer, and in fact the year, and it has had the biggest impact on the box office ever.
Cinemas across the globe started closing down in the middle of March and didn't open again in the UK until early July, so the summer box office period of May till early September has been greatly effected.
Most of the Spring and Summer potential blockbusters got their release dates moved, at least once, including Mulan, A Quiet Place Part II, Tenet and Ghostbusters: Afterlife and some of them got a direct to VOD release, including Mulan!
Tenet did finally get a cinema release at the tale end of August and was just about the biggest film of the summer and when the movie theatres finally opened the box office continued where it left off with the Pixar movie Onward still at the top.
What you will also see in the list of top 10 movies for the summer is evidence that movie theatres used old catalogue titles to try and entice movie goers back hence Jurassic Park and Dirty Dancing showing up.
Here is a breakdown of the top 5 film of the summer box office 2020.
Tenet
Christopher Nolan potential big summer blockbuster had its difficulties on its way to the box office but it finally got a release on 28th August and was hailed as the saviour of the cinema.
The movie had a good start to its box office career and took £5.3 Million on its debut and took £10 Million over the Summer period.
In comparison the top film of summer 2019 was the The Lion King remake which took over £71 Million.
Onward
Disney's Pixar movie Onward was the top film on weekend of 13th March when cinemas closed and when they came back it was still the top movie, it has remained in the top 3 for every UK box office since.
Over the summer the movie took was has tuned out to be quite an impressive £1.6 Million.
Unhinged
After the top 2 potential blockbusters we start to get movies which would not have been big movies, but due to the lack of big blockbusters they got a lot of exposure, maybe still not taking as much as they would have done but having good box office runs.
This Russell Crowe movie was the first new movie to get released after the closures and benefitted from that, it has a big star name and got a decent amount of hype and exposure.
The movie took £1.4 Million over the summer period.
100 Wolf
Another movie which has had a decent box office run that would not have without the lack of blockbusters is director Alexs Stadermann likeable animation which took just over a Million pound over the summer.
Trolls World Tour
Perhaps the most controversial movie of the summer, the sequel movie was at the start of the summer the biggest movie to go direct to VOD that would have had a good box office run.
The cinema chains, especially the American company AMC which owns the ODEON chain in the UK objected to this move, this was at a time when the world didn't know how long the closures would last.
Despite the release onto VOD the movie still took a very respectable £745K at the UK box office, this is no where near tens of million it has taken on digital.
- Tenet - £10,006,540
- Onward - £1,666,470
- Unhinged - £1,436,243
- 100% Wolf - £1,026,699
- Trolls World Tour - £754,093
- The New Mutants - £686,407
- Pinocchio - £685,332
- Dirty Dancing - £541,863
- Inception - £432,449
- Jurassic Park - £347,981
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)
Making its debut at the top was Angel Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman and directed by Ric Roman Waugh
The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 25 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £69.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015)
Also making its debut at the top was Paper Towns starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne and directed by Jake Schreier
The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 34 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Minions which had taken £44.2 Million after 9 weeks of release.
Ten years ago (2010)
Another film making its debut at the top was The Expendables starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham and directed by Sylvester Stallone
The film with the longest run was Inception which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 3 which had taken £61.7 Million after 5 weeks of release.
Fifteen years ago (2005)
The number one film was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had been at the top for 4 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Bewitched directed by Nora Ephron and starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell which entered the box office at number 2.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was War Of The Worlds which had taken £30.1 Million over 8 weeks of release.
Twenty years ago (2000)
Making its debut at the top was X-Men starring Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart and directed by Bryan Singer
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £30.1 Million over 15 weeks of release.
Twenty five years ago (1995)
Making its debut at the top was Die Hard With A Vengeance starring Bruce Willis and Jeremy Irons and directed by John McTiernan
The film with the longest run was The Brady Bunch Movie which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £16.6 Million after 6 weeks of release.
Thirty years ago (1990)
The number one film was Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Wild At Heart directed by David Lynch and starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern which entered the box office at number 3.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.2 Million over 13 weeks of release.
