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Historical UK Box Office - Rob Roy (1995), Aladdin (2019), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

Rob Roy
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 thru to 1990.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Aladdin starring Will Smith and Mena Massoud and directed by Guy Ritchie

The film with the longest run was The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part which had been on the box office for 9 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Endgame which had taken £85.6 Million after 5 Weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was Pitch Perfect 2 which had been at the top for 2 Weeks.

The top new film of the week was Tomorrowland directed by Brad Bird and starring George Clooney and Hugh Laurie which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was Home which had been on the box office for 10 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Avengers: Age of Ultron which had taken £45 Million after 5 Weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was StreetDance 3D starring Charlotte Rampling and Rachel McDowall and directed by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini

The film with the longest run was How to Train Your Dragon which had been on the box office for 8 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Iron Man 2 which had taken £19.1 Million after 4 Weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

The number one film was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith which had been at the top for 1 Weeks and with a total gross of £14.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith directed by George Lucas and starring Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman which entered the box office at number 1.

The film with the longest run was Robots which had been on the box office for 10 Weeks.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

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

The top new film of the week was Final Destination directed by James Wong and starring Devon Sawa and Ali Larter which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Erin Brockovich which had been on the box office for 7 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Pokémon: The First Movie which had taken £10.2 Million after 6 Weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange and directed by Michael Caton-Jones

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Star Trek: Generations which had taken £20.3 Million over 15 Weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Harlem Nights starring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor and directed by Eddie Murphy

The film with the longest run was The War of the Roses which had been on the box office for 12 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Look Who's Talking which had taken £10.1 Million after 8 Weeks of release.

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6 years of college/university studying film and Culture and he decided to take a different path, so he taught himself to develop websites.

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