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L.A. Story

 1991
 95 minutes (1 hrs 35 mins)
L.A. Story

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Starring

Release dates

US release date US release
8th February 1991

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 17th May '91
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £940.9 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 15th Feb '91
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $5.2 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

17 May, 1991
2
24 May, 1991
3
31 May, 1991
3
7 Jun, 1991
4
14 Jun, 1991
6
21 Jun, 1991
10
28 Jun, 1991
13
5 Jul, 1991
13
12 Jul, 1991
15
2 Aug, 1991
15
9 Aug, 1991
15

US box office

15 Feb, 1991
6
22 Feb, 1991
8
8 Mar, 1991
10

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG-13

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £4.1 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $28.9 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $36.7 Million

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News from around the web
Most Wonderful | L.A. Story (1991)  Bright Wall/Dark Room Thu, 9th June 2022

L.A. Story movie review & film summary  Roger Ebert Tue, 31st October 2017

Basement Songs: “L.A. Story”  Popdose Sun, 6th February 2011

Steve Martin and Sarah Jessica Parker Remember L.A. Story  vanityfair.com Fri, 12th February 2021

When love begins: Steve Martin remains ‘sentimental’ as his ‘L.A. Story’ turns 30  Los Angeles Times Tue, 9th November 2021

‘La Gradiva’ Review: Cannes Critics’ Week Winner Is a Wholly Transporting Story of Youth  IndieWire Thu, 21st May 2026

On the Uk box office this week we have the latest X-Men film taking over at the top on its debut week of release ending Captain America's 3 week run.

£7.3 million was enough to see X-Men Apocalypse reach the top of the chart, this is fairly average for an X-Men movie although it is lower than the previous entry X-Men Days of Future Past.

Interesingly the Wolverine movies have fared the same for debut grosses meaning that the average gross of a X-Men universe movie is in the £6 million region.

Last weeks top film Captain America: Civil War falls from the top quite hard to number 4 with a weekend take of £1.3 million bringing its total to £34 million.

Highest total Grossing movie on the box office this week is The Jungle Book at number 3 with £41 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - Pitch Perfect 2 was still at the top of the list while the highest new film was at number 3, Tomorrowland.

Five years ago - Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth in the series, made its debut at the top while the previous weeks top film, Thor, fell to number 3.

Ten years ago - Tom Hanks starred in the adaptation of The Da Vinci Code which made its debut at number 1 knocking Mission:Impossible III to number 2.

Fifteen years ago - The Mummy Returns was the new film at the top knocking Bridget Jones's Diary down to the number 2 spot.

Twenty years ago - Toy Story made its way back to the top of the charts while Money Train was the highest new film of the week.

Twenty five years ago - Misery stayed at the top of the box office for a second week while L.A. Story starring Steve Martin was the highest new film.