LOS ANGELES (AP) – Doctor Strange and his multiverse stopped at the box office last weekend when Tom Cruise and Top Gun lined up.
The study released Sunday estimated that Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” was the highest grossing film of the weekend for the third consecutive week, earning $ 31.6 million in 4,534 theaters in the North. America.
“Downton Abbey: A New Era” opened big for Focus Features with $ 16 million on 3,820 screens, but it wasn’t a truly successful competition for “Doctor Strange.”
It will be replaced by the long -awaited and most anticipated release of “Top Gun: Maverick,” a sequel to be released next weekend on Memorial Day weekend, 36 years after the original smash hit and cultural landmark.
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Cruise staged a noisy film festival in Cannes, France A stunning appearance for the film’s European premiere on Wednesday, which includes the French Hunting Flight and Golden Palm Honorary Award.
But while the world waits, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” has surpassed $ 800 million in global revenue, surpassing “Batman” and becoming the highest -grossing film of the year.
Shared by Walt Disney Co. and directed by Sam Reim, “Doctor Strange 2 takes advantage of the fact that this is the first Marvel film to follow Spider-Man: There Is No Way Home, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
It is also based on the popular Disney + series “Wandavision” and contains many cameos that fans do not want to ruin.
Holdover’s family films “Bad Boys” and “Hedgehog Sonic 2” took third and fourth place respectively. Universal’s “Bad Guys” added $ 6.1 million in five weeks. “Sonic 2” earned $ 3.9 million in the seventh.
Director Alex Garland’s folk horror thriller “Men” brought in $ 3.3 million for production and distributor company A24.
Meanwhile, “all everywhere and once” is still strong even though the release has been on for nine weeks. The A24 film grossed an additional $ 3.3 million, which is 6% less than last weekend, bringing its total revenue to $ 47 million.
According to Comscore, ticket sales are estimated Friday through Sunday in theaters in the U.S. and Canada. The final internal data will be published on Monday.
1. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $ 31.6 million.
2. Downton Abbey: a new era, $ 16 million.
3. “Bad Guys,” $ 6.1 million.
4. “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” $ 3.9 million.
5. “Men,” $ 3.3 million.
6. “All everywhere at once,” $ 3.1 million.
7. “Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets,” $ 1.9 million.
8. “Firestarter,” $ 1.9 million.
9. “Lost City”, $ 1.5 million.
10. “North”, $ 1 million.
Source: Huffpost
