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 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.