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The Lady In the Van

The Lady In the Van
2015
 104 minutes (1 hrs 44 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Maggie Smith · Alex Jennings · Jim Broadbent · Frances de la Tour · Roger Allam · Clare Hammond

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 26th February 2016

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 13th Nov '15
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 2
  • Debut gross: £2.3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 25

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 15th Jan '16
  • Debut position: 40
  • Highest position: 13
  • Debut gross: $61.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 21

Chart position history

UK box office

13 Nov, 2015
2
20 Nov, 2015
3
27 Nov, 2015
6
4 Dec, 2015
7
11 Dec, 2015
6
18 Dec, 2015
12
25 Dec, 2015
13
8 Jan, 2016
13

US box office

19 Feb, 2016
13
26 Feb, 2016
15

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £13.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $10 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $41.4 Million

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With the English box office still MIA and the UK box office relying on Scotland and Wales for a life line what movies were 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.

A year ago (2019) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Last Christmas starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding and directed by Paul Feig

Top total grossing and longest run: - Joker which had taken £56.1 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

No. 1 movie: - Spectre which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £77.6 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - The Lady In The Van directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings which entered the box office at number 2.

Longest run: - The Martian which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Ten years ago (2010) -

No. 1 and Highest debut: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson and directed by David Yates

Longest run: - The Social Network which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Despicable Me which had taken £19.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire starring Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint and directed by Mike Newell

Longest run: - Kinky Boots which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit which had taken £31.2 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

No.1 movie: - What Lies Beneath which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

Highest debut: - Little Nicky directed by Steven Brill and starring Adam Sandler and Patricia Arquette which entered the box office at number 3.

Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £14.9 Million over 8 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

No.1 movie: - To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - A Walk In The Clouds directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Keanu Reeves and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon which entered the box office at number 2.

Top total grossing and longest run: - Batman Forever which had taken £21.4 Million over 18 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Darkman starring Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand and directed by Sam Raimi

Longest run: - Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Ghost which had taken £22.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is the top selling home video in the UK during 2016 followed by the Bond film Spectre.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was a massive hit at the UK box office during the latter part of 2015 and is the highest grossing movie of 2016, despite being released in 2015! On the same note Spectre was a massive hit at the UK box office in 2015, in fact it was the highest grossing movie of 2015.

Surprise hit Deadpool is the third best selling movie of 2016 with the independent film Legend based on the story of the Krays being the fourth.

Finishing off the top 5 is The Lady in The Van, based on the life of writer Alan Bennett and starring Maggie Smith the film was a big hit at the UK box office although not across the globe.

Here is the top 10 best selling home videos of 2016 in the UK.

  1. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
  2. Spectre
  3. Deadpool
  4. Legend
  5. The Lady in The Van
  6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
  7. The Martian
  8. Captain America: Civil War
  9. The Revenant
  10. The Jungle Book

This week saw Arrival make its debut at the top of the UK box office among great reviews and last weeks top film fell to number 2.

Starring Amy Adam and directed by acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve Arrival makes its UK debut at the top of the UK box office charts with just shy of £3 million pound.

This is a better opening that in many other countries like America where is could only manage a top 3 entry, although Doctor Strange is still only 10 days old over there.

Talking of Doctor Strange, in the UK it falls from the top to number 2, after 2 weeks at number 1 and a 3rd weekend of £2.3 million the films total gross is not £19.5 million.

For a second weekend the longest running film and highest total grossing film of the week is Bridget Jones's Baby, 9 weeks on the film has grossed £47.5 million, and its the second highest grossing film of the year.

Historical charts

A year ago - Spectre spent its third week at the top of the box office while top new film was The Lady In The Van at number 2.

Five years ago - Henry Cavill starred in Immortals which made its debut at the top while The Adventures of Tintin The Secret of The Unicorn fell to number 3.

Ten years ago - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was still at the top of the UK box office with the top new film coming in at 2 in the shape of The Prestige.

Fifteen years ago - The Others stayed at the top for a second weekend while top new film was Kiss of The Dragon at number 4.

Twenty years ago - Liam Neeson starred in Michael Collins which debuted at the top knocking Dragonheart down to number 3 after 3 weeks at the top.

Twenty five years ago - The Fisher King was the top new film of the week, it knocked Dead Again down to number 2 after a couple of weeks at the top.

This week in the world of home video The Lady In The Van manages to stay on top for a second week, but it not all what it seems.

The bestselling video of the week is actually Game of Thrones Season 5, but the best selling video of the week if The Lady In The Van again as this is a film website.

Highest new film of the week, given these circumstances, is Dragon Blade, a film from earlier in the year starring John Cusack and directed by Daniel Lee.

The film spent a single week in cinemas and made just over £700.