“Top Gun: Maverick” tops Tom Cruise’s work in Northern America box office, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” tops $900 million worldwide

Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” continues to be a box office hit in Northern America, it took in $86 million in its second weekend in Northern America, down only 32% from the previous year.

“Top Gun: Maverick” surpassed “War of the Worlds” in 2005 with a cumulative $291 million to become the top grossing Northern America film starring Tom Cruise with $234 million.

“Top Gun: Maverick” also has the following numbers of interest: the film Northern America next weekend fell 32%, the lowest drop in recent years in Northern America opening box office of $100 million or more.

Related Post: Japanese limited group “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Pretty Derby” joint promotion.

Several other blockbusters that opened with over $100 million and had lower declines.
2004 “Shrek 2” -33%
2019 “Frozen II” -34%
2002 “Spider-Man” -38%
2015 “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” -40%
The Jungle Book” in 2016 -40%

Next weekend declines for some blockbusters released in the Memorial Day slot
2007 “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”-61%
2006 “X-Men 3” -67%
2008 “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”-55%
2013 “Furious 6”-64%
2019 “Aladdin”-53%

The film has an IMDb score of 8.7 out of 108,000 and is ranked 44 in the Top 250 (8.5 on the list), the highest ranking of any film released after 2020.

It took less than two weeks for “Top Gun: Maverick” to surpass the $180 million accumulated by “Top Gun” Northern America 36 years ago. The film has now grossed $257 million outside of Northern America and $548.6 million worldwide.

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” got $9.25 million in its fifth weekend and second, its Northern America box office accumulated $388 million, and the global cumulative total exceeded $900 million.

The film also became director Sam Raimi’s highest-grossing individual film worldwide.

“Bob’s Burgers: The Movie” got $4.5 million in the second weekend and ranked third, with Northern America accumulating $22 million and $23.9 million worldwide.

“The Bad Guys” ranked fourth with $3.33 million in its seventh weekend, with Northern America accumulating $87.29 million and $218 million worldwide.

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” ranked fifth with $3 million in its third weekend, while Northern America accumulated $35.7 million and $76.72 million worldwide.

“Jurassic World: Dominion” opened in 15 markets worldwide last weekend, and its opening weekend grossed $55.4 million.

This week’s Northern America new releases

“Jurassic World: Dominion” (sci-fi/action) Universal release

Director: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard

Plot: Taking Jurassic World as its basic structure, the opening sequence is set four years after the destruction of the island of Nablus. Today, dinosaurs are living and hunting with humans around the world.

This fragile balance will reshape the future and ultimately determine whether humans can remain at the top of the food chain on a planet shared with some of the most fearsome creatures in history.

Related Post: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ director Joseph Kosinski: Disney cancels ‘TRON: Legacy’ sequel project because of Marvel and Star Wars.