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Historical UK Box Office - Jurassic World (2015), Bad Boys (1995) and Batman Begins (2005)

Batman Begins
A look back at 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) -

Making its debut at the top was Toy Story 4 starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen and directed by Josh Cooley

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 16 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Endgame which had taken £87.9 Million after 9 Weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was Jurassic World which had been at the top for 2 Weeks.

The top new film of the week was Take That: Live directed by NA and starring Gary Barlow and Howard Donald which entered the box office at number 2.

Jurassic World

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 25 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Age of Ultron which had taken £48.2 Million after 9 Weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was Killers starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl and directed by Robert Luketic

The film with the longest run was Robin Hood which had been on the box office for 6 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Sex and the City 2 which had taken £19.4 Million after 4 Weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was Batman Begins starring Christian Bale and Michael Caine and directed by Christopher Nolan

The film with the longest run was Kingdom of Heaven 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 £36.9 Million after 5 Weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

The number one film was Gladiator which had been at the top for 6 Weeks and with a total gross of £22.8 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Frequency directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £22.8 Million over 6 Weeks of release.

Bad Boys

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Bad Boys starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith and directed by Michael Bay

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Dumb and Dumber which had taken £9.3 Million over 11 Weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Revenge starring Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn and directed by Tony Scott

The film with the longest run was Look Who's Talking which had been on the box office for 12 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Pretty Woman which had taken £11.3 Million after 4 Weeks of release.

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