Box Office: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Passes ‘Frozen II’ As ‘Minions 2’ Tops $900 Million

In holdover box office news for the weekend, Sony’s Bullet Train earned $3. 25 million (-44%) for a new $92. 55 million 38-day domestic total.

That’s not bad for David Leitch’s $90 million, R-rated, Brad Pitt-and-friends action comedy that is a ‘new to you’ adaptation for most moviegoers. It should still crawl to $100 million domestic and has already passed $200 million worldwide. It may top out at 2.

5x the budget globally, but I expect healthy post-theatrical business and a lot of folks discovering it in seven months on Netflix. It’s not a barn-burner, but A) not every big movie needs to spawn a franchise and B) it’s still a strong enough performance, like Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s The Lost City , to convince Hollywood to still make old-school movies amid the franchise plays. Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick passed the $1.

45 billion global gross of Walt Disney’s Frozen II , becoming the biggest ‘part two’ sequel of all time in raw global worldwide grosses. It’s already the biggest ‘part two’ in unadjusted domestic earnings, having passed Pixar’s Incredibles 2 ($609 million in 2018) months ago, and now it’s 2/2. It earned $3.

17 million (-47%) on weekend 16 for a new $705. 65 million domestic and $1. 453 billion global cume.

We’ll see if it has enough juice to pass the inflation-adjusted $715 million total of Black Panther . We’ll also see if Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water challenge Top Gun 2 ’s various sequel-specific milestones. Prior to this year, we had one $600 million-plus ‘part two’ sequel.

By year’s end, we could have four. Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC League of Super Pets earned $2.

835 million (-44%) in weekend seven for an $85. 8 million domestic cume. As the only big kid-friendly family flick until (hopefully) Sony’s Lyle Lyle Crocodile in early October, it is benefiting from a barren marketplace.

It has earned $169 million worldwide, not great for a $90 million toon, but that domestic figure represents a strong 3. 7x weekend-to-total multiplier. Sony’s The Invitation earned $2.

62 million (-46%) in its third weekend for an $18. 8 million 17-day total. Considering the low profile and $10 million budget for this kinda-sorta Dracula flick, I’m impressed.

Universal’s Beast debuted on PVOD on Friday and concurrently earned $1. 8 million (-55%) in theaters. The $36 million ‘Idris Elba versus a lion’ thriller has earned $29.

3 million domestic and $52 million worldwide. Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru has passed $900 million worldwide as it earned another $1. 45 million (-59%) for a new $362 million domestic cume.

Spider-Man: No Way Home earned $1. 3 million this weekend, plunging 76%. That’s a tough break for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, as now the MCU flick has only earned $813.

3 million domestic. At least Jared Leto’s Morbius was briefly the most-watched movie on Netflix, which means something… I think? Jokes aside, it means that Sony’s first window pay-television deal with Netflix is paying off for both sides. Sony’s Where the Crawdads Sing will earn around $1.

2 million (-41%) over the weekend for an $87. 6 million domestic total. Thor: Love and Thunder debuted on Disney+ on Thursday and will earn $960,000 (-64%) for a $342 million domestic cume.

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero will drop 64% this weekend for a $880,000 gross and $36. 7 million cume. Nope will earn $800,000 (-54%) over the weekend for a $122 million domestic cume and $165 million global total.

At the beginning of the summer, I argued that Nope might domestically outgross Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru and Top Gun: Maverick . One out of three ain’t bad! Jaws dropped 76% in the second weekend of its rerelease for a $620,000 weekend and mere $271. 66 million lifetime cume.

Fortunately for Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans kicked critical/awards buzz ass at last night’s splashy Toronto premiere. Elvis will cross $150 million domestic over the weekend, because sometimes we deserve good news. Paramount’s buzzy and fun Orphan: First Kill has earned $5 million domestic.

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