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$0 A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.
A year ago (2019) -
Making its debut at the top was Glass starring James McAvoy and Bruce Willis.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £51,141,113 over 13 weeks of release.
Five years ago (2015) -The number one film was Tak3n which had been at the top for 2 weeks. The top new film of the week was American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper and Kyle Gallner which entered the box office at number 2.
The film with the longest run was Paddington which had been on the box office for 8 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £40,331,079 after 6 weeks of release
Ten years ago (2010) -The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £49,374,516 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Up In The Air starring George Clooney and Vera Farmiga which entered the box office at number 5.
The film with the longest run was Nine which had been on the box office for 5 weeks .
Fifteen years ago (2005) -Making its debut at the top was Closer starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Incredibles which had taken £31,054,826 over 9 weeks of release
Twenty years ago (2000) -The number one film was Sleepy Hollow which had been at the top for 2 weeks. The top new film of the week was Angelas Ashes starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle which entered the box office at number 2.
The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 11 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £26,530,097 after 8 weeks of release
Twenty five years ago (1995) -The number one film was Stargate which had been at the top for 2 weeks. The top new film of the week was Eat Drink Man Woman starring Sihung Lung and Yu-Wen Wang which entered the box office at number 7.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,168,240 over 15 weeks of release
Thirty years ago (1990) -The number one film was Parenthood which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,731,728 over 13 weeks of release
All change at the top this week as Disney take over with their animated blockbuster Big Hero 6 making it's debut.
Like it's predecessor from the Mouse House Big Hero 6 makes it's debut at the top of the box office, and like Frozen which debuted with £4.7 million Big Hero 6 takes takes £4.2.
The release is just before the Uk school half term holiday which will see a massive boost in it's takings, and although it will do well it wont do as well as the juggernaut that has been Frozen.
Falling from the top spot this week is American Sniper which is this week at 3 and a total gross just shy of £10 million.
Making it's debut at 2, and only why of the top spot by £50,000, is Kingsman The Secret Service.
Other new films this week are: Inherent Vice at 9 and Les Contes Dhoffmann Met Opera 2015 at 10.
Historical Charts
A year ago - The Wolf of Wall Street was holding onto the top spot for another week while the highest new film was That Awkward Moment which came in at 3.
Five years ago - There was still no move for Avatar as it held onto the top spot while the highest new film was Mel Gibsons try at a comeback movie in Edge of Darkness at 3.
Ten years ago - Meet The Fockers was the highest new film which debuted at the top of the box office knocking Closer down to the runner up spot.
Fifteen years ago - Double Jeopardy made it's debut at the top of the chart knocking Angelas Ashes down to the number 2 spot.
Staying put this week, Tak3n makes it 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office despite a challenge from the new Clint Eastwood film.
Liam Neeson has become the action hero of the moment with Taken 3 taking another £3.3 million from the weekend which brings it's total to £12.2 million after 10 days.
The threequel is keeping well in line with the previous film in the series but it already double that of the first films full UK cinema run.
Debuting strong at number 2 is American Sniper which enters the Uk box office with a first weekend gross of £2.5 million, Oscar nomination are boosting it's potential and it could end up one of Eastwood's highest grossing films.
The theory of Everything, Into the Woods and Paddington wound out the top five.
Other new films this week are: Whiplash at 7, Wild at 9, The Merry Widow Met Opera 2015 at 10 and Testament of Youth at 11.
Historical charts
A year ago - The Wolf of Wall Street was the first new number 1 film of the year debuting in the top spot and knocking 12 Years A Slave into second place.
Five years ago - Avatar stayed on top for yet another week and the highest new film was Up In The Air right down at 5.
Ten years ago - Highest new film and new number 1 for the week was Closer which knocked White Noise from the top to number 3.
Fifteen years ago - Sleepy Hollow kept it's hold on the top of the box office where it entered the previous week, Angelas Ashes was the highest new film of the week at 2.