US release: 28th July 1978
£1 Million 
$78 Million 
$0 With the pandemic ending the UK box office for the second time take a look back at what films were making the headlines over the years.
No. 1 and highest debut: - 1917 starring Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay and directed by Sam Mendes
Longest run: - Frozen II which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker which had taken £54.9 Million after 4 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £108.4 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - The Hateful Eight directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Spectre which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
No. 1 and Highest debut: - The Kings Speech starring Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter and directed by Tom Hooper
Top total grossing and longest run: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 which had taken £50.6 Million over 8 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - King Kong which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Just Friends directed by Roger Kumble and starring Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart which entered the box office at number 3.
Longest run: - The Constant Gardener which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire which had taken £47.6 Million after 8 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Unbreakable which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee and starring Yun-Fat Chow and Michelle Yeoh which entered the box office at number 4.
Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £17 Million over 15 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Seven starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher
Top total grossing and longest run: - Goldeneye which had taken £17.2 Million over 7 weeks of release.
The UK is starting to show signs of coming out of the COVID-19 lockdown and maybe the home entertainment chart reflects this as 1917 goes back to the top and the highest new film is The call of The Wild at number 6.
Here is a breakdown of the top 7 home entertainment titles in the UK.
Sam Mendes highly praised war movie goes back to the top of the home entertainment charts on its 3rd week of release.
The movie is still the top grossing film at the UK box office for 2020 having taken £43 Million to date.
The Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop movie falls to number 2 this week after making its debut at the top.
THe movie is still the 5th top box office movie of 2020 with a gross of £16 Million.
Pixars latest movie stays at number 3 on its third weekend of release after its theatrical release was cut short and it only spent 2 weeks at the box office.
Still the movie made over £5 Million and is the 17th top film of 2020.
The final Skywalker Saga Star Wars movie is at number 4 on its 6th week of release, the film was release in 2019 but it still manages to take £18 Million in 2020 and is the 3rd top grossing film of the year.
Greta Gerwig's movie adaptation is at 5 this week on its second weekend of release, a 2019 film it is the 4th top grossing film of 2020 with £17.7 Million is box office grosses.
Highest new film of the week is at number 6, the Harrison Ford movie was released at the UK box office on 21st February 2020 where it entered at number 4.
The movies box office run was cut short but still managed to take a respectable £2.7 Million and is the 19th top film of 2020.
The critically panned Tom Hooper directed makes its home entertainment debut at number 7 this week.
The movie hit the UK box office on 20th December 2019 where it entered at number 2 with £3.2 Million.
The film didn't have a bad box office run, it spend 5 weeks on the chart and has taken nearly £12 Million, it is the 17th top grossing film of 2020 having made £4.7 Million.
Here is the top 10 home entertainment movies for the week 22nd May - 2nd June 2020.
With the release of a new Star Wars film we get a new number 1 film, but The Rise Of Skywalker disappoints a bit on its debut weekend while Cats is a major disappointment at 4.
The last of the sequel trilogy and the last of the Skywalker saga for arguably the best series of films ever created makes its way to the top of the US box office with ease, but its $175.5 Million debut of far lower than expected.
The film is the 12th highest opening film ever in the US, but its lower than Star Wars: The Last Jedi which has a bad reception from fans and far lower than Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is loved by fans.
The road ahead could be good for the movie though as films released around Christmas tend to have good legs, but critical reviews and fans alike have given the movie a mixed reception, in truth are we fed up with Star Wars movies?
The sequel to the 2017 mega smash falls to number 2 this weekend from its debut last week at the top with a gross of $26.1 Million which brings its total to $101.9 Million after 2 weeks.
Disney continue to push their sequel movie which can not officially be called a smash hit, the film falls to number 3 this week with $12.3 Million but ots total gross os $385.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.
There were high expectations for this big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webbers hit stage musical but the film nearly died the moment the first trailer hit.
The movie ends up at number 4 this week with a total debut gross of $6.5 Million, and with critics panning the film as well as the movie going public the future looks grim for the Tom Hooper directed feature.
Rian Johnsons star studded murder mystery has done well on the box office, it falls to 5 this weekend with $6.1 Million for a 4 week total of $89.5 Million.
Notching up 11 weeks on the box office now the Chinese hit movie is the longest running film on the US box office, while Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker instantly becomes the highest grossing movie on its debut.
This weekend, Friday 20th December 2019, there are 3 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge Jumanji: The Next Level for the top spot?
First up at cinemas this week is Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, an movie directed by J.J. Abrams who also directed Super 8 in 2011 which grossed £7 Million in the UK and grossed $260,095,986 globally.
It stars Adam Driver who last starred in The Report (2019).
The film also stars Daisy Ridley who last appeared in Ophelia (2019).
Next on this weeks new release schedule is Cats.
This new movie stars Taylor Swift who's last film was The Giver (2014)
It also stars Francesca Hayward who appeared in Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III: ROH London 2019/20 (2019).
The film is brought to us by Tom Hooper.
Next up this week is The Courier which is directed by Zackary Adler who directed Rise Of The Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story in 2017.
It stars Olga Kurylenko and Gary Oldman.
Check back on Monday to see where these cinema releases end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
-Come back next week when there are 3 new releases. -
Based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats has been given a U age rating in the UK.
starring a host of big names including James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen and Taylor Swift, to name a few, this is an all singing all dancing tale with the actors CGI'd as cats.
The film is being brought to by director Tom Hooper who previously brought us The Kings Speech so it has a good pedigree and has a change to capture magic of the stage version.
The BBFC have given the film a U rating for very mild threat, rude humour, language and it has a runtime of 109 minutes (1 hours 49 minutes) and was passed uncut.
The film is released on 20th December 2019.
CATS (U) very mild threat, rude humour, language https://t.co/VjE10K4epo
— BBFC (@BBFC) December 16, 2019