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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’ and ‘Jurassic World 3’ should end Hollywood’s problematic reliance on China

“Top Gun: Maverick”, “Jurassic World Dominion” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Paramount, Universal and Disney Top Gun: Maverick, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Jurassic World Dominion earned $3 billion worldwide, of which only 4% ($132 million for Jurassic World 3) from China. As we await receipts from the Thursday …

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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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As recruiters struggle, Air Force seeks recovery from ‘Top Gun’

WASHINGTON (AP) — When “Top Gun: Maverick” roared into theaters in late May, the Air Force was ready. The hit movie may feature Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a Navy aviator, but for much of the movie-going public, the distinction between Air Force and Navy combat aircraft is lost. So Air Force recruiters struggling …

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Box Office: ‘Top Gun 2’ tops ‘Star Wars: Last Jedi’ and ‘Avengers’

Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick” Paramoun and Skydance As part of Netflix’s shareholder call yesterday, in which they announced that they had “only” lost 972,000 subscribers in the previous quarter, they launched a graph showing conversations on Twitter for major Memorial Day weekend entertainment properties. Simply put, social media content related to stranger things …

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