
US release: 18th May 1990
Australia release: 7th June 1990
Finland release: 20th July 1990
£4.4 Million
$71 Million
$0 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to effect cinema attendance in 2020 and Tenet spends an eighth week at the top with the lowest take for a number one film almost ever what was on the box office over the last 35 years?
Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.
No.1 movie: - Joker which had been at the top for 3 weeks.
Highest debut: - Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning which entered the box office at number 2.
No. 1 and top total grossing: - Toy Story 4 which had taken £66 Million over 18 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Hotel Transylvania 2 starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky
Longest run: - Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Legend which had taken £17.6 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - Despicable Me starring Steve Carell and Jason Segel and directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Longest run: - Toy Story 3 which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Top total grossing: - The Other Guys which had taken £7.8 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit starring Peter Sallis and Ralph Fiennes and directed by Steve Box and Nick Park
Longest run: - The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl 3D which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Pride And Prejudice which had taken £12.7 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Dinosaur starring D.B. Sweeney and Alfre Woodard and directed by Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag
No. 1 and top total grossing: - Chicken Run which had taken £29.4 Million over 16 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Pocahontas which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - There were no new movies this week!
Longest run: - Judge Dredd which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Batman Forever which had taken £20.4 Million after 13 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Ghost which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £19.2 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Bird On A Wire directed by John Badham and starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Days Of Thunder which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.
Animated comedy Hotel Transylvania 2 stays at the top of the box office for a second week with a string of weak films entering lower down the chart.
On its second weekend HT 2 takes £2.2 million which brings its UK gross after 10 days to £9.4 million, this means that after 2 weeks the film has surpassed its predecessor.
Highest new film of the weekend is Paranormal Activity The Ghost Dimension which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.4 million.
This is the 6th (sort of) film in the series and is to date the lowest debuting film with most of the others taking in the £3 million on their debut weekend.
Also new this week at number 5 is the Vin Diesel film The Last Witch Hunter which also stars Michael Cain.
Highest total grossing film on the box office this week is The Martian which has taken £20 million to date.
Historical charts
A year ago - Fury was the highest grossing film of the week and also the highest new entry of the week sitting at number 1, the previous weeks top film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fell to number 2.
Five years ago - Paranormal Activity 2 was the new film entering the box office at the top knocking Despicable Me off the top to number 2.
Ten years ago - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit was unmovable at the top of the box office which left Nanny McPhee to debut as the highest new film at number 2.
Fifteen years ago - What Lies Beneath took over the top slot on its debut dropping Dinosaur down to the number 2 slot.
Twenty years ago - Nine Months was new at the top with Pocahontas falling to number 3.
Twenty five years ago - Ghost stayed put at the top of the box office leaving highest new film Bird On A Wire to debut in the number 2 position.