Top Gun: Maverick saw just over a 30% drop against last weekend in the United States and set the record for Tom Cruise’s biggest domestic opening (so far) taking another $86m in the US.
That’s a running total of £233 million ($291 million) domestically.
The last film Tom Cruise released that came close was way back in 2005, in Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds which made a total of £193 million ($243 million).
In the UK, Top Gun: Maverick continued to dominate the box office unopposed (although the Jubilee celebrations have affected certain cinemas’ performances), taking another £3.4 million ($3.3 million) on Friday which is up on the past week.
That’s £38.3 million ($47.8 million) so far in the United Kingdom, £18.7 million ($23.4 million ) in Australia, £17.5 million ($21.9 million) in Japan and £16.8 million ($21 million) in France.
Will Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick make $1 billion at the box office?
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Top Gun 2 sits on a total box office so far of £439 million ($549 million) and box office estimates today still seem conservative, it’s almost a green light this film will see a $1 billion dollar gross.
It’s still set to open in markets such as South Korea (big markets for Cruise releases), along with seeing increases a week later in admissions in markets such as Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The next big film to release in the West is Jurassic World: Dominion.
The Return Of Jurassic World!
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However just like the other entries in the franchise, Universal have a different release strategy to the normal opening in 15 other markets (including Mexico, Italy and Brazil) that aren’t the US or UK.
The film first opened in Mexico grossing £14m ($18m) and came above both Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Kingdom with an average of +42%.
South Korea took in an extra £12.07m ($15.1m), worldwide the film looks to have grossed £44m ($55m) overall so far.
The film will see a Chinese release which seems rare these days for Hollywood.
Certainly, it will be needed if it is expected to gross over $1 billion worldwide, but with the lockdowns and restrictions due to the Omicron outbreak, it may very well struggle.
The previous film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom grossed £208m ($261m) in China alone.
Jurassic World: Dominion will open in cinemas in China, the UK, the US, Spain, Australia, France and Germany on June 10th.
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