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Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
1990
 99 minutes (1 hrs 39 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Bruce Beresford

Starring

Morgan Freeman · Jessica Tandy · Dan Aykroyd · Patti LuPone · Esther Rolle · Jo Ann Havrilla

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 26th January 1990

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 23rd Feb '90
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £761.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 15th Dec '89
  • Debut position: 16
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: $73.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 15

Chart position history

UK box office

23 Feb, 1990
2
2 Mar, 1990
4
9 Mar, 1990
7
16 Mar, 1990
9
23 Mar, 1990
11
30 Mar, 1990
10
6 Apr, 1990
12
13 Apr, 1990
13

US box office

5 Jan, 1990
15
12 Jan, 1990
10
19 Jan, 1990
9
9 Mar, 1990
5
16 Mar, 1990
6
30 Mar, 1990
4
6 Apr, 1990
7
13 Apr, 1990
8
20 Apr, 1990
8
27 Apr, 1990
8
4 May, 1990
9
11 May, 1990
9
18 May, 1990
12
15 Jun, 1990
12

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1.9 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $106.6 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

The number one film was The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Cold Pursuit directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Liam Neeson and Laura Dern which entered the box office at number 6.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £53.7 Million over 18 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was Fifty Shades Of Grey which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was The Wedding Ringer directed by Jeremy Garelick and starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad which entered the box office at number 5.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Paddington which had taken £37 Million over 13 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 8 weeks and with a total gross of £83.3 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Lovely Bones directed by Peter Jackson and starring Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz which entered the box office at number 3.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

The number one film was Meet The Fockers which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £24.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Shall We Dance directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez which entered the box office at number 5.

The film with the longest run was The Aviator which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

The number one film was Toy Story 2 which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was The Bachelor directed by Gary Sinyor and starring Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger which entered the box office at number 6.

The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 16 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was The Sixth Sense which had taken £24.7 Million after 16 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book starring Jason Scott Lee and Cary Elwes and directed by Stephen Sommers.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Forrest Gump which had taken £16.3 Million over 20 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

The number one film was Honey I Shrunk The Kids which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Driving Miss Daisy directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Back To The Future Part II which had taken £10.3 Million over 14 weeks of release.