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Lock Up

Lock Up
1990

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Flynn

Starring

Sylvester Stallone · Donald Sutherland · John Amos · Sonny Landham · Tom Sizemore · Frank McRae

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 2nd Feb '90
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: £355.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 4th Aug '89
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $6 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

2 Feb, 1990
3
9 Feb, 1990
6
16 Feb, 1990
8
23 Feb, 1990
10
2 Mar, 1990
13

US box office

4 Aug, 1989
6
11 Aug, 1989
8
25 Aug, 1989
15

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £917.2 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $17.1 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) -

Making its debut at the top was How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World starring Gerard Butler and Cate Blanchett and directed by Dean DeBlois.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £52.5 Million over 15 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

Also making its debut at the top was Big Hero 6 starring Scott Adsit and Ryan Potter and directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Paddington which had taken £35.5 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 6 weeks and with a total gross of £65.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Edge Of Darkness directed by Martin Campbell and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Huston which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was St. Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Frittons Gold which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was Meet The Fockers starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller and directed by Jay Roach.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Incredibles which had taken £31.9 Million over 11 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was Double Jeopardy starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd and directed by Bruce Beresford.

The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £27.8 Million after 10 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

The number one film was Interview With The Vampire which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Only You starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23.2 Million over 17 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

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

The top new film of the week was Lock Up starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11.7 Million over 15 weeks of release.