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Historical UK Box Office - Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995), Angel Has Fallen (2019), Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005)

Historical UK Box Office - Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995), Angel Has Fallen (2019), Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005)
Die Hard With a Vengeance
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) -

Making its debut at the top was Angel Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman and directed by Ric Roman Waugh

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 25 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £69.1 Million after 6 Weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

Also making its debut at the top was Paper Towns starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne and directed by Jake Schreier

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 34 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Minions which had taken £44.2 Million after 9 Weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was The Expendables starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham and directed by Sylvester Stallone

The film with the longest run was Inception which had been on the box office for 6 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 3 which had taken £61.7 Million after 5 Weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

The number one film was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which had been at the top for 4 Weeks.

The top new film of the week was Bewitched directed by Nora Ephron and starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was War of the Worlds which had taken £30.1 Million over 8 Weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was X-Men starring Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart and directed by Bryan Singer

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £30.1 Million over 15 Weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Die Hard With a Vengeance starring Bruce Willis and Jeremy Irons and directed by John McTiernan

The film with the longest run was The Brady Bunch Movie which had been on the box office for 11 Weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £16.6 Million after 6 Weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

The number one film was Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been at the top for 2 Weeks.

The top new film of the week was Wild At Heart directed by David Lynch and starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.2 Million over 13 Weeks of release.

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