The Elvismania that would have resulted in “Elvis” directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Austin Butler was unleashed on its opening weekend with an apparent first place finish. And let’s say obvious why Tom Cruise continues to conquer theaters week after week since that distant May 27th when ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ premiered. Joseph Kosinski’s film managed to tie in the biopic of the king of rock, which shows the incredible phenomenon of the sequel to ‘Top Gun. Idols of the air ‘.
As Deadline reports, both “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick” raised $ 30.5 million last weekend. Cruise’s film, unlike newcomer ‘Elvis’, continues its journey into its fifth week in theaters (down by just 33%) and already amasses 521.7 million at the US national box office. The sequel can already boast of having crossed the billion dollar barrier internationally and is heralded as the movie phenomenon of the year.
For its part, “Jurassic World: Dominion” remains in third place thanks to around 26.44 million in its third week in theaters. As also happened at the Spanish box office, The new installment of the Jurassic saga has managed to overcome ‘Lightyear’. The new Pixar added a modest 17.66 million this weekend, confirming the box office puncture that this “Toy Story” spin-off is taking on and thus dropping to fifth place. With the fourth, and going big, was ‘Black Phone’, the new Blumhouse and Universal Pictures with Scott Derrickson directing.
Great news for movies
That two giants of the current scene like “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick” speak at the box office with very similar numbers is already a noteworthy fact. However, there is an even better one, according to Variety. And that’s it, In the event that the latest updates report that “Year of Light” adds another 2 million, the top five films on the bill would each raise at least $ 20 million, something that hasn’t happened since 2016.. The variety of styles and genres of the aforementioned films, as well as their great performance at the box office, represent great news for cinema (and, above all, for cinema in the hall) and even more so after the severe impact of the pandemic.
Source: E Cartelera
