FOR 22 YEARS
US release: 9th January 2026Each week Salty Popcorn presents a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this weekend over the last 30 years.
No.1 movie: - The Invisible Man which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.7 Million over 11 weeks of release.
This weekend saw cinemas close in the UK due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the box office for this week was from a small number of cinemas that stayed open for a day or two over the weekend.
No.1 movie: - Kung Fu Panda 3 which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - 10 Cloverfield Lane directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead which entered the box office at number 2.
Longest run: - Dads Army which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Deadpool which had taken £36.8 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No.1 movie: - Rango which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
Highest debut: - Chalet Girl directed by Phil Traill and starring Miquita Oliver and Rick Edwards which entered the box office at number 4.
Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £44 Million over 11 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - The Pink Panther starring Steve Martin and Kevin Kline and directed by Shawn Levy
Longest run: - Walk the Line which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £13.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Enemy At the Gates starring Jude Law and Ed Harris and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Hannibal which had taken £20.2 Million after 5 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Get Shorty starring John Travolta and Gene Hackman and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £19.5 Million after 12 weeks of release.
No. 1 and highest debut: - Look Who's Talking Too starring John Travolta and Kirstie Alley and directed by Amy Heckerling
Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 16 weeks.
Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £10.2 Million after 7 weeks of release.
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 Stan And Ollie starring John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.
The film with the longest run was A Star Is Born which had been on the box office for 12 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £49,958,709 after 12 weeks of release
Five years ago (2015) -Making its debut at the top was Tak3n starring Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker.
The film with the longest run was The Imitation Game 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 £39,201,752 after 5 weeks of release
Ten years ago (2010) -The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40,991,797 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke and Isabel Lucas which entered the box office at number 3.
The film with the longest run was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which had been on the box office for 8 weeks .
Fifteen years ago (2005) -Making its debut at the top was White Noise starring Michael Keaton and Chandra West.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which had taken £35,612,127 over 9 weeks of release
Twenty years ago (2000) -Making its debut at the top was Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
The film with the longest run was Tarzan which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £25,453,243 after 7 weeks of release
Twenty five years ago (1995) -Making its debut at the top was Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,160,883 over 14 weeks of release
Thirty years ago (1990) -Making its debut at the top was Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen.
The film with the longest run was The Abyss which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,723,429 after 12 weeks of release
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A new trailer os out for the film which gets released on 10th May 2019, and to cash in on the hype they have thrown in a few references to a big new film released this weekend.
With a spiritual connection to the classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starring Steve Martin and Micheal Caine if this lives up to the promise its could be good.
Check out the trailer below.
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.
This week war film Fury starring Brad Pitt takes over at the top of the UK box office on it's debut week of release.
A reasonably good weekend gross of £2.7 million sees then over take Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after they spend just a single week at number 1.
Fury is already director David Ayer highest grossing film in the UK although for Brad Pitt it has a long way to go to beat the £25 million of Ocean's Eleven.
Fallling into second place after it's top spot debut last week, the Turtles manage to add £2 million to their gross bringing it to £7.9 after a second weekend of play.
Other new film on the top 15 this week are: The Book of Life at 4, Happy New Year at 8, Love Rosie at 9 and The Babadook at 10.
Historical Charts
One year ago - This time last year Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 made it's debut at the top of the box office knocking Captain Phillips down just a single place to 2.
Five years ago - Up retained it's lead on the box office for a second week leaving the top new film to be Saw VI at two trying the capture the Halloween market.
Ten years ago - Sharks Tale spent another week at the top of the box office, AVP Alien Vs Predator was the highest new film at 2.
Fifteen years ago - Disney's Tarzan spent another week at the top and with a fairly static top 3 the highest new film was Steve martin and Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger at 4.