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Awakenings

Awakenings
1990
 121 minutes (2 hrs 01 mins)

Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Penny Marshall

Starring

Robert De Niro · Robin Williams · Julie Kavner · Ruth Nelson · John Heard · Penelope Ann Miller

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 11th January 1991
United States release date United States release: 19th December 1990
Poland release date Poland release: 31st December 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 15th Mar '91
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £1.1 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 9

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 4th Jan '91
  • Debut position: 15
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: $342.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 5

Chart position history

UK box office

15 Mar, 1991
2
22 Mar, 1991
3
29 Mar, 1991
3
5 Apr, 1991
6
12 Apr, 1991
10
19 Apr, 1991
12
26 Apr, 1991
15

US box office

4 Jan, 1991
15
11 Jan, 1991
2
15 Feb, 1991
10
22 Feb, 1991
12
8 Mar, 1991
12

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

13

B

L

S

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.6 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $52.1 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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As we get closer to the re-opening of UK cinemas we take a look back at what was making headlines at the UK box office in the last 30 years.

We take a look at 1991 where Awakenings was the top movie, 2016 with Kung Fu Panda hitting the top and 2006 where The Hills Have Eyes was the new film at number 1.

A year ago (2020)

No.1 movie: - Onward which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - The Hunt directed by Craig Zobel and starring Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank which entered the box office at number 3.

Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.7 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2016)

No. 1 and highest debut: - Kung Fu Panda 3 starring Jack Black and Bryan Cranston and directed by Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh

Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.9 Million over 13 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2011)

No. 1 and Highest debut: - Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart and Ramón Rodríguez and directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £43.3 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2006)

No. 1 and highest debut: - The Hills Have Eyes starring Maxime Giffard and Michael Bailey Smith and directed by Alexandre Aja

Longest run: - Walk the Line which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £12.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2001)

No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £19.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - The Watcher directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader and Marisa Tomei which entered the box office at number 7.

Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

Twenty five years ago (1996)

No.1 movie: - Trainspotting which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - Restoration directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Neill which entered the box office at number 10.

Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £19.3 Million after 11 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1991)

No. 1 and highest debut: - Awakenings starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and directed by Penny Marshall

Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £10.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.

King Fu Panda 3 stays on top of the UK box office for a second week as not much of a challenge enters the market in preparation for an explosion this coming weekend. Panda 3 only needed £1.7 over the weekend in order to stay on top, although the threequel is behind the other 2 in the series at this point.

After 10 days of play the film has a total gross of just over £7 million, the easter holidays are next week so it could hold up well again, although Zootopia will bring major competition.

Highest new film of the week enters at number 2, 10 Clover Field Lane is an odd successor to Cloverfield, but not a sequel.

£1.6 million for the weekend is not a bad entry although opened to £3 million+, this will struggle to meet even that.

Also new this week is: The boy at number 5, High-Rise at number 6 and Kapoor and Sons at number 10.

Highest total grossing film of the week is Deadpool at number 7 with £36 million over a 6 week run.

Historical charts

A year ago - Home had a great first week and debuted at the top knocking The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel down to number 3.

Five years ago - Rango stayed at the top and in a very quiet week of new releases Chalet Girl entered highest at number 4.

Ten years ago - The Pink Panther was the highest new film of the week at number 1 knocking chicken little down to number 4.

Fifteen years ago - Enemy At The Gates entered at the top and it knocked Chocolat down to number 2 after a week at the top.

Twenty years ago - Get Shorty was the top new film of the week entering at the top while Trainspotting fell to number 3.

Twenty five years ago - The Godfather Part III remained at the top of the box office while Awakenings was the top new film making its debut at number 2.