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In its second weekend of release, Tom Cruise's
all-American action film collected a sensational $86 million
from 4,751 North American theaters. Those returns rank among the
top 10 highest-grossing second weekends in domestic box office
history.
Pandemic times or not, the Paramount and Skydance release is
eclipsing significant box office milestones at record speed.
After only 10 days on the big screen, "Top Gun: Maverick" has
generated $291 million in North America and $548.6 million
globally.
Thanks to positive word of mouth, rapturous reviews and premium
screens, ticket sales for "Top Gun: Maverick" dropped only 32%
from its $160 million debut over the long Memorial Day holiday
weekend. It's the smallest second-weekend decline for a movie
that opened to $100 million or more, according to Comscore.
That's an especially impressive benchmark -- even for a reviewed
movie -- because blockbusters, like "Maverick," tend to be
front-loaded and drop at least 50% after opening weekend. By
comparison, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and Marvel's "Doctor
Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" each declined 67% in its
sophomore outing, while Robert Pattinson's "The Batman" fell 50%
in its second weekend and "Eternals" plunged 62%.
Surprisingly, "Top Gun: Maverick" has already become Cruise's
highest-grossing film ever at the domestic box office,
overtaking the record previously held by 2005's "War of the
Worlds" ($243 million).
"It has never been more appropriate to say 'the sky's the limit'
for 'Top Gun: Maverick,'" Paramount's president of domestic
distribution Chris Aronson wrote in a note to press.
Few films wanted to compete with "Maverick" for eyeballs, though
director David Cronenberg's body horror film "Crimes of the
Future" opened in limited release. From Neon, the movie launched
to $1.1 million from 773 theaters, translating to a decent
$1,423 per location. Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux and Kristen
Stewart star in the gruesome "Crimes of the Future," which
premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Without any new releases from major studios, "Top Gun: Maverick"
enjoyed free rein over North American box office charts.
Holdovers titles "Doctor Strange" sequel, "The Bob's Burgers
Movie," "The Bad Guys" and "Downton Abby: A New Era" took spots
two through five.
In second place, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"
added $9.3 million from 2,430 venues between Friday and Sunday.
After five weeks in theaters, the Marvel movie has earned an
impressive $388.7 million domestically and a mighty $909.4
million globally. Without playing in China or Russia, which are
two major international markets, "Doctor Strange 2" is the
ninth-highest grossing title in Disney's 28-film Marvel
Cinematic Universe. It also stands as the highest-grossing
release of the year globally and second-biggest earner of the
pandemic era.
Disney and 20th Century's "The Bob's Burgers Movie" remained in
third place in its sophomore outing. Ticket sales declined 64%
to $4.5 million from 3,425 cinemas, bringing its North American
tally to $22.2 million. At No. 4, Universal's animated heist
comedy "The Bad Guys" added $3.3 million from 2,872 locations in
its seventh weekend of release. To date, the film has amassed
$87 million.
The "Downton Abbey" sequel rounded out the top five with $3
million from 3,471 theater. Since its launch, "Downton Abbey: A
New Era" has grossed $34 million in North America. The follow-up
to 2019's "Downton Abbey" cost $40 million to produce, meaning
the latest "Downton" adventure has ways to go before getting
into the black.
Elsewhere, A24's little-indie-that-could "Everything Everywhere
All at Once" crossed $60 million domestically in its 11th
weekend of release. On the same weekend it landed on home
entertainment, the film expanded to 1,434 theaters and grossed
$2 million, declining only 18% from the weekend prior. Per A24,
the genre-bending "Everything Everywhere All at Once" is
expected to surpass "Hereditary" ($80 million) to become A24's
highest-grossing film worldwide. It's already the studio's
highest-grossing film at the domestic box office, recently
passing "Uncut Gems" ($50 million).
(Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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