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‘Top Gun 2’ tops ‘Incredibles 2’ as ‘Elvis’ tops $100 million

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Universal In news that doesn’t concern Thor: Love and Thunder ($13.8 million for a $45 million weekend), Minions: The Rise of Gru earned an additional $8.13 million (-44%) for a probable third weekend of $25.33 million (-45%) and a 17-day total of $262 million. It’s a solid grip and a …

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Why Top Gun: Maverick Is The Pro-American Movie We Need Right Now

OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other opinion content provide insights into issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom reporters. Why is “Top Gun: Maverick” so popular? Now, let’s not think about it too much. It’s a fun, big-budget action movie full of Hollywood superstars. It also helps that …

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‘Top Gun 2’ Surpasses $1.35 Billion as ‘Thor 4’ Surpasses ‘Thor 3’

‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Warner Bros. In the weekend box office news, DC League of Super Pets fell 52% to gross $11.2 million in the second weekend. It’s a not-so-great take for an animated film that didn’t really open very high. DreamWorks and Universal The villains fell 32% from its debut at $24 million. To …

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Maverick ‘approaches $1.2 billion as ‘Minions 2’ nears $400 million

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Universal In weekend box office news that isn’t about Thor: Love and ThunderIllumination and Universal Minions: The Rise of Gru earned an additional $45.5 million (-57%) for a new domestic cume of $210 million after ten days. This makes it the first animated film to exceed $200 million domestic since …

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‘Top Gun 2’ is Paramount’s biggest blockbuster since ‘Titanic’

Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick”, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in “Titanic” and Harrison Ford in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Paramount and Ghetty With $2 million on Monday, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick will now exceed $600 million in gross domestic revenue. This keeps him in twelfth place behind Incredibles 2 ($609 million), …

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Box Office: ‘DC Super Pets’ plunges 64% as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ overtakes ‘Titanic’

DC League of Super Pets Warner Bros. In Friday’s news, DC League of Super Pets plunged sharply, earning $3.35 million (-64%) on its second Friday. That paves the way for a Friday-Sunday picture of $10.8 million (-53%), which isn’t a good catch for a big animated movie that didn’t open well. For example, DreamWorks and …

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Box Office: ‘DC Super Pets’ plunges 65% as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ overtakes ‘Titanic’

DC League of Super Pets Warner Bros. In Friday’s news, DC League of Super Pets plunged sharply, earning $3.29 million (-65%) on its second Friday. That paves the way for a Friday-Sunday picture of $10.8 million (-53%), which isn’t a good catch for a big animated movie that didn’t open well. For example, DreamWorks and …

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Maverick’ Surpasses $1.3 Billion and ‘Minions 2’ Surpasses $700 Million

‘Nope’ Universal In the latest news for the weekend box office, Universal and Monkeypaw’s Nope earned an additional $18.85 million (-58%) on weekend two for a ten-day run-up of $80.5 million. That’s a big drop (even We fell “only” 53% from an opening weekend of $71 million, but strong weekday receipts prevented a total crash. …

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‘No’ plunges 70% as ‘Top Gun 2’ nears $650 million

‘Nope’ Universal In Friday box office news, Jordan Peele’s Nope suffered a significant drop of 70% with a gross of $5.84 million on day eight. This brings its domestic consumption to $67.8 million, mostly tied to its production budget of $69 million. As for the second Friday declines, this is indeed larger than the 65% …

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Maverick ‘approaches $655 million to skip ‘Jurassic World’

Tom Cruise plays Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Paramount Pictures With another $1.1 million plus/minus on Wednesday, Paramount and Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has now grossed $654.2 million in 69 days of domestic theatrical release. That gives the film another box office miracle, putting …

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