
US release: 7th October 2005




£4.3 Million
$32.9 Million
$63.8 Million With the box office collapsing due to a second COVID-19 lockdown and only 22 cinemas open last weekend in the UK what were the biggest movies hitting the box office over the last 30 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 6 weeks and with a total gross of £54.3 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - The Aeronauts directed by Tom Harper and starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne which entered the box office at number 2.
No. 1 and top total grossing: - Joker which had taken £54.3 Million over 6 weeks of release.
No. 1 movie: - Spectre which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £64 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
Highest Debut: - Brooklyn directed by John Crowley and starring Saoirse Ronan and Matt Glynn which entered the box office at number 3.
Longest run: - Inside Out which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.
No.1 movie: - Due Date which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Skyline directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause and starring Eric Balfour and Scottie Thompson which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - The Social Network which had been on the box office for 5 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Despicable Me which had taken £18.2 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - In Her Shoes starring Cameron Diaz and Anson Mount and directed by Curtis Hanson
Longest run: - Kinky Boots which had been on the box office for 5 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit which had taken £30.4 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Bedazzled starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley and directed by Harold Ramis
No. 1 and top total grossing: - Billy Elliot which had taken £14 Million over 7 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar starring Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze and directed by Beeban Kidron
No. 1 and top total grossing: - Batman Forever which had taken £21.3 Million over 17 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Flatliners starring Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts and directed by Joel Schumacher
Longest run: - Heart Condition which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Ghost which had taken £22.5 Million after 6 weeks of release.
This week, as predicted, the last film the in The Hunger Games series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, flies to the top of the box office.
Catching Fire and Mockingjay Part 1 both debuted with almost the same figure around £12 million, the first film in the series debuted with £4 million while this last part enters the box office with £11 million.
Although not the lowest debut this certainly shows a demising interest in the series, the luke warm reviews haven't helped the film either.
Spectre falls to number 2 this week despite still grossing good number, this weeks £3.8 million brings the total gross in the UK to £84.6 million, this places the film at number 3 on the UK all time box office grosses.
Other new films this week has The Dressmaker making its debut at number 7 and The Perfect Guy entering at number 10.
Highest total grossing film of the box office is, no surprise, Sprectre.
Historical charts
A year ago - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 made its debut at the top of the UK box office knocking Intersteller from the top to number 3.
Five years ago - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 started the end of the Harry Potter series by debuting at the top, it knocked Due Date down to number 2.
Ten years ago - Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire was the film making its debut at the top while In Her Shoes fell to number 2.
Fifteen years ago - What Lies Beneath remains at the top for another week leaving Little Nicky to enter at number 3.
Twenty years ago - A Walk In The Clouds was the highest new film knocking Crimson Tide down to number 2.