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

A year ago (2019) -

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

The top new film of the week was Vice starring Christian Bale and Amy Adams which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £52 Million over 14 weeks of release.

Making its debut at the top was American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper and Kyle Gallner.

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

The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £40.9 Million after 7 weeks of release

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £57.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Brothers starring Carey Mulligan and Natalie Portman which entered the box office at number 9.

The film with the longest run was St. Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Frittons Gold which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

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

The top new film of the week was Elektra starring Jennifer Garner and Goran Visnjic which entered the box office at number 6.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Incredibles which had taken £31.6 Million over 10 weeks of release.

The number one film was Sleepy Hollow which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Stigmata starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £27.3 Million after 9 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Interview With The Vampire starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23.2 Million over 16 weeks of release.

Making its debut at the top was Black Rain starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11.7 Million over 14 weeks of release.

Clint Eastwood is riding high on the wave of critical success and award success, and celebrates his Oscar nominated film by seeing it top the UK box office.

He now manages the double of having the top film in the UK and America at the same time, and if Oscar night is fruitful it could see American Sniper do some really big business.

This week the film, on it's 3rd week of release, takes £2.5 million giving it a UK total gross of £6.6 million, it's world gross is $252 million to date.

Tak3n falls from the top spot after 2 week in the position, a £1.8 million weekend brings it's total gross to £15,1million.

Ex Machina is the highest new film of the week at 5, a £1.1 million weekend is quite weak but the Alex Garland film has had really good reviews which could help it in future weeks.

Also new this week is: Mortdecai disappointingly at 7 and The Gambler at 8.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Wolf of Wall Street was still holding onto the number 1 spot for another week while Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit was the highest new film at 3.

Five years ago - There was still no moving the might of Avatar at the top and with a fairly static chart Brothers was the highest new film at number 9!

Ten years ago - Closer stayed at the top of the box office and again with little movement on the chart Elektra was the highest new film at number 6.

Fifteen years ago - Sleepy Hollow stayed at the top of the box office with the highest new film coming in at number 3 in the shape of Stigmata.