‘Bullet Train’ repeats No. 1; ‘Top Gun’ flies again up ranks
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By Associated Press
NEW YORK: The Brad Pitt motion movie “Bullet Train” led all films in ticket gross sales for a second straight weekend, in keeping with studio estimates Sunday, whereas a quiet spell in theaters and unimaginable endurance allowed “Top Gun: Maverick” to rocket again into third place in its twelfth week of launch.
After launching the earlier weekend with about $30 million on the field workplace, “Bullet Train” pulled in $13.4 million in its second go-around. David Leitch’s assassin-crowded movie, made for $90 million, has grossed $54.4 million in two weeks for Sony Pictures. Globally, “Bullet Train” has grossed $114.5 million.
Three new movies went into large launch however none cracked the highest 5 movies. The slowdown — an anticipated however nonetheless acute late-summer downturn in huge releases — gave loads of airspace for the yr’s largest film, “Maverick,” to make one other fly-by in theaters.
Nearly three months after opening in May, Paramount Pictures put the “Top Gun” sequel again on quite a few large-format screens and elevated its theater rely from 2,760 to three,181. It got here away with $7.2 million, bringing its cumulative whole to $673.8 million. Paramount’s largest smash ever, “Maverick” sits at seventh all-time in home field workplace, not accounting for inflation, proper above “Titanic” and slightly below “Avengers: Infinity War.”
The uncommonly future for “Top Gun: Maverick” is even rarer at a time when studios have shrunk theatrical home windows, sometimes sending films to streaming providers after about 45 days in theaters.
“Top Gun: Maverick” was very narrowly edged for second place by Warner Bros.′ “DC League of Super-Pets.” Warner Bros. estimated Sunday that its animated film took in $7.17 million in its third week of launch, only a nostril above the $7.15 million for “Maverick.” Final figures Monday ought to break the near-tie.
But whereas “Top Gun: Maverick” has been a boon to theaters recovering from the pandemic, the thinly scheduled canine days of August — and doubtlessly a piece of September — will pose a check to the business. This weekend, the largest new movie in nationwide theaters was A24′s “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” a Gen Z horror comedy that expanded to 1,269 areas after final week’s opening in restricted launch. It got here in eighth with $3.3 million.
Lionsgate’s “The Fall,” about two mates stranded atop a 2,000-foot radio tower, debuted with $2.5 million. Diane Keaton’s body-swap comedy “Mack & Rita” opened with simply $1 million in ticket gross sales for Gravitas Ventures.
In general gross sales it was the bottom ticket-selling weekend of the summer time. With few new large releases on faucet — together with two Idris Elba titles: the safari thriller “Beast” (Aug. 19) and George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (Aug. 26) — moviegoing is prone to gradual additional within the coming weeks.
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore. Final home figures might be launched Monday.
1. “Bullet Train,” $13.4 million.
2. “DC League of Super-Pets,” $7.2 million
3. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $7.2 million.
4. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” $5.3 million.
5. “Nope,” $5.3 million.
6. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $4.9 million.
7. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” $4 million.
8. “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” $3.3 million.
9. “Elvis,” $2.6 million.
10. “Fall,” $2.5 million.
NEW YORK: The Brad Pitt motion movie “Bullet Train” led all films in ticket gross sales for a second straight weekend, in keeping with studio estimates Sunday, whereas a quiet spell in theaters and unimaginable endurance allowed “Top Gun: Maverick” to rocket again into third place in its twelfth week of launch.
After launching the earlier weekend with about $30 million on the field workplace, “Bullet Train” pulled in $13.4 million in its second go-around. David Leitch’s assassin-crowded movie, made for $90 million, has grossed $54.4 million in two weeks for Sony Pictures. Globally, “Bullet Train” has grossed $114.5 million.
Three new movies went into large launch however none cracked the highest 5 movies. The slowdown — an anticipated however nonetheless acute late-summer downturn in huge releases — gave loads of airspace for the yr’s largest film, “Maverick,” to make one other fly-by in theaters.
Nearly three months after opening in May, Paramount Pictures put the “Top Gun” sequel again on quite a few large-format screens and elevated its theater rely from 2,760 to three,181. It got here away with $7.2 million, bringing its cumulative whole to $673.8 million. Paramount’s largest smash ever, “Maverick” sits at seventh all-time in home field workplace, not accounting for inflation, proper above “Titanic” and slightly below “Avengers: Infinity War.”
The uncommonly future for “Top Gun: Maverick” is even rarer at a time when studios have shrunk theatrical home windows, sometimes sending films to streaming providers after about 45 days in theaters.
“Top Gun: Maverick” was very narrowly edged for second place by Warner Bros.′ “DC League of Super-Pets.” Warner Bros. estimated Sunday that its animated film took in $7.17 million in its third week of launch, only a nostril above the $7.15 million for “Maverick.” Final figures Monday ought to break the near-tie.
But whereas “Top Gun: Maverick” has been a boon to theaters recovering from the pandemic, the thinly scheduled canine days of August — and doubtlessly a piece of September — will pose a check to the business. This weekend, the largest new movie in nationwide theaters was A24′s “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” a Gen Z horror comedy that expanded to 1,269 areas after final week’s opening in restricted launch. It got here in eighth with $3.3 million.
Lionsgate’s “The Fall,” about two mates stranded atop a 2,000-foot radio tower, debuted with $2.5 million. Diane Keaton’s body-swap comedy “Mack & Rita” opened with simply $1 million in ticket gross sales for Gravitas Ventures.
In general gross sales it was the bottom ticket-selling weekend of the summer time. With few new large releases on faucet — together with two Idris Elba titles: the safari thriller “Beast” (Aug. 19) and George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (Aug. 26) — moviegoing is prone to gradual additional within the coming weeks.
Estimated ticket gross sales for Friday via Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore. Final home figures might be launched Monday.
1. “Bullet Train,” $13.4 million.
2. “DC League of Super-Pets,” $7.2 million
3. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $7.2 million.
4. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” $5.3 million.
5. “Nope,” $5.3 million.
6. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $4.9 million.
7. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” $4 million.
8. “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” $3.3 million.
9. “Elvis,” $2.6 million.
10. “Fall,” $2.5 million.
