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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 Toy Story 4 which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Yesterday directed by Danny Boyle and starring Himesh Patel and Lily James 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 17 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Endgame which had taken £88.3 Million after 10 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015)

Also making its debut at the top was Minions starring Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm and directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 26 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Jurassic World which had taken £48.9 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010)

Another film making its debut at the top was Get Him To The Greek starring Russell Brand and Rose Byrne and directed by Nicholas Stoller

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

The top total grossing film of the week was Sex And The City 2 which had taken £20.4 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005)

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

The top new film of the week was Kung Fu Hustle directed by Stephen Chow and starring Stephen Chow and Feng Xiao Gang which entered the box office at number 4.

The film with the longest run was Monster-in-Law which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith which had taken £37.9 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000)

The number one film was Gladiator which had been at the top for 7 weeks and with a total gross of £24.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Big Mommas House directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Martin Lawrence and Nia Long which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was The Tigger Movie which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.

Twenty five years ago (1995)

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

The top new film of the week was Guarding Tess directed by Hugh Wilson and starring Nicolas Cage and Shirley MacLaine which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Muriels Wedding which had taken £7.4 Million over 11 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990)

Making its debut at the top was Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward and directed by Ron Underwood

The film with the longest run was Uncle Buck which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Pretty Woman which had taken £11.7 Million after 5 weeks of release.

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 Aladdin which had been at the top for 4 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Men In Black: International directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Tessa Thompson'>Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth 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 15 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Endgame which had taken £87.8 Million after 8 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015)

Also making its debut at the top was Jurassic World starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and directed by Colin Trevorrow

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 24 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Age Of Ultron which had taken £48.1 Million after 8 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010)

The number one film was Sex And The City 2 which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Letters To Juliet directed by Gary Winick and starring Amanda Seyfried and Gael Garca Bernal which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Iron Man 2 which had taken £20.9 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005)

Making its debut at the top was Mr. And Mrs. Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and directed by Doug Liman

The film with the longest run was Valiant which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith which had taken £35.4 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000)

The number one film was Gladiator which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £21.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Drive Me Crazy directed by John Schultz and starring Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier which entered the box office at number 5.

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

Twenty five years ago (1995)

Making its debut at the top was The Brady Bunch Movie starring Shelley Long and Gary Cole and directed by Betty Thomas

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Dumb And Dumber which had taken £9.2 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990)

The number one film was Pretty Woman which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £10.6 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Package directed by Andrew Davis and starring Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Look Who's Talking which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

Disney's Aladdin is the first film this year to manage 4 weeks at the top of the box office and in the process manages to keep another potential big hit from the top in the shape of Men In Black International which makes its debut at 2.

Aladdin

The Will Smith Starring movie stays at the top of the UK box office this week with a weekend gross of £2.9 Million.

This takes the films total UK gross to £30.4 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Adjusted for inflation this is still not as high as the original 1993's roughly £38 Million.

Men In Black International

The new Men In Black film takes the runner up spot this week with the film unable to knock the Disney movie from the top.

The Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth starring movie debuts with £2.8 Million, this is lower than any of the other 3 Men In Black film, although compared to part 3 it is almost the same.

Rocketman

The Elton John film is at 3 this week with a weekend gross of £1.6 Million which pushes the film to &"pound;19.2 total after 4 weeks.

The Secret Life Of Pets 2

Four weeks in and the animated feature takes £1.5 Million for a £16.8 Million total gross.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

This are looking bad for the latest X-Men movie as it falls to number 5 on its second weekend with a gross of £1.04 Million.

This pushes the films total gross to £5.9 Million and it will be the lowest grossing movie in the 20th Century Fox series.

Avengers: Endgame

Falling to number 12 this week the Marvel hit is on its 8th weekend of release and has taken £87.7 Million.

The Men In Black are back and hit the top of the global box office on their debut weekend of release leaving X-Men: Dark Phoenix to drop from the top after only a week.

Men In Black International

The series started way back in 1997 and over 20 years later we get the fourth film with new stars and an international setting.

Unfortunately the Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth starring movie has not done nearly as well as the previous film and globally grosses $102.2 million from 57 countries on its debut.

Aladdin

Its been a bit of a slow burner but the Will Smith starring Disney live action film is still at 2 with a global take of $64.2 million from 56 countries.

This pushes the films total gross to a very acceptable $724.8 million after 4 weeks of release.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

After making its debut at the top last week the X-Men film falls to number 3 this week with $33.2 million from 56 countries.

The film has now taken a global gross of $204.2 million afer 2 weeks.

The Secret Life Of Pets 2

The animated movie takes $32.2 million from 37 countries this weekend for a total gross of $154.5 million after 4 weeks of release.

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

The Godzilla sequel takes $22 million from a whopping 80 countries this weekend and is at 5 on the global box office, the films total gross is $339.4 after 3 weeks of release.

Shaft

The Samual L. Jackson film is the second highest new film this week at number 9 with a global gross of $8.3 million from a single country of release.

Avengers: Endgame

The Marvel movie is struggling to beat Avatar and this week sits at number 12 on the box office with a total gross of $2.742 million.

It has been announced that the film will be pushed at the cinemas again next week with an extra bonus added to the film, it might just be enough to push it past Avatar.

After a break of 7 years the Men in Black are back and top the box office on their debut weekend dropping The Life Of Pets 2 down to number 2 on its second weekend of release.

Men In Black: Internation

The Men in Black return with new faces but similar aliens to a first weekend gross of $28.5 million after fairly unfavourable reviews but fairly good word of mouth.

The film stars Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth back together again after Thor and Avengers: Engame.

Director F. Gary Gray takes over from original director Barry Sonnenfield and does a good job of brining a new spin to the over 20 year old ideas of the original movie.

This is the lowest debut of the series to date which doesn't bode well for the future box office success of the film.

The Secret Life Of Pets 2

After making its debut at the top of the US box office last weekend the film falls to number 2 this week with a $23.8 million gross.

This pushes the films total US gross to $92 million after 2 weeks of release.

Aladdin

Still in the top 5 after 4 weeks of release is the Disney live action movie which takes 16.7 million this weekend and sits at number 3.

The films total gross is now at $263.4 million.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

After making its debbut at number 2 last weekend the latest X-Men movie falls to number 4 this weekend with just $9 million pushing the films total 2 week gross to $51.7 million.

Rocketman

Still in the top 5, at 5, after 3 weeks of release is the Elton John film which takes $8.8 million for a $66.1 million total US gross.

Shaft

Second highest new film of the week is Samuel L Jacksons movie which enters the box office at 6 with a $8.3 million gross.

Avengers: Endgame

8 weeks on and the Marvel movie is still on the US box office, this weeks its at number 11 and its total gross is $830.5 million.