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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)

Making its debut at the top was Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs And Shaw starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham and directed by David Leitch

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 22 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 4 which had taken £55.5 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015)

Also making its debut at the top was Mission:Impossible - Rogue Nation starring Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner and directed by Christopher McQuarrie

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 31 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Jurassic World which had taken £62.7 Million after 8 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010)

The number one film was Toy Story 3 which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £39.8 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Karate Kid directed by Harald Zwart and starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan which entered the box office at number 2.

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

Fifteen years ago (2005)

Making its debut at the top was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore and directed by Tim Burton

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

The top total grossing film of the week was War Of The Worlds which had taken £27.6 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000)

Making its debut at the top was The Perfect Storm starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg and directed by Wolfgang Petersen

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £29 Million over 12 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995)

Making its debut at the top was Casper starring Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman and directed by Brad Silberling

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

The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £11.2 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990)

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

The top new film of the week was Wild Orchid directed by Zalman King and starring Mickey Rourke and Jacqueline Bisset which entered the box office at number 4.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.1 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Still no sign of the US closedown ending anytime soon so the American box office is once more relying on mainly drive-in movie theatres for its figures.

This week the Dave Franco directed The Rental tops the box office with ease and is the widest release since the pandemic closed 99% of movie theatres.

Here is a rundown of the top 5 box office films in America 24th - 26th July 2020.

The Rental

Directed by Dave Franco this horror suspense movie takes the top spot with ease, last weeks Beauty And The Beast live action doesn't even feature on this week chart.

The movie takes $403.8K over its debut weekend giving the actor turned director a sizeable hit even under these strange circumstances.

The Karate Kid

Re-released movies are going to be a mainstay of the box office for the foreseeable future as studios keep on changing their release schedule and this week this 1984 classic is a 'new' entry at number 2.

The Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita starring movie takes $225K over the weekend with a total gross since release of $91 Million.

The Goonies

Climbing from last weeks number 5 to 3 is this old Richard Donner favourite which takes $176K over the weekend pushing its total in the US to $62.5 Million.

Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg classic Dinosaur movie for 1993 stays put at 4 this week with $173K, the films has now taken $403.5 Million wince its release.

The Big Ugly

Highest new film of the week with this Scott Wiper directed movie which takes a modest $150K over the weekend.

The movie starrs among other Vinnie Jones and Ron Perlman.

It really has been the year of the remake and this week throws a little bit of a surprise for a remake of The Karate Kid which tops the chart ahead of a film version of The A-Team.

Jaden Smith (son of Will) takes the title role with Jackie Chan playing his mentor and trainer in the remake which takes $56,000,000 in the US over the weekend.

Maybe a little disappointing is the number 2 slot for the Liam Neeson headed A-Team film which can only manage a tiny $26,000,000, I really thought it would have done better on it's opening.

Shrek falls from the top to number 3 this week, and has a total US gross of $210,052,000.