Maverick's Top Box Office ជាមួយនឹង $52 លានដុល្លារកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ

After three years of delays, two of which were due to Covid, Skydance and Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick took moviegoers’ breath away with a jaw-dropping $51.8 million Friday gross. That includes $19.26 million in pre-release previews, a record for Paramount and Memorial Day weekend, which still gives the $170 million legacy sequel a raw $31.94 million Friday gross. That’s just shy of the biggest “Friday” gross ever for a Memorial Day weekend opener, below the $56 million opening day (including $13 million in previews) for Johnny Depp’s ចោរសមុទ្រនៃការ៉ាប៊ីន: នៅចុងបញ្ចប់នៃពិភពលោក. Considering the film’s rave reviews and A+ Cinemascore grade, I’d wager it’ll end Monday above the $153 million Fri-Mon opening weekend for ចោរសមុទ្រ ១. Tom Cruise is out there crushing his personal best records and setting Memorial Day weekend milestones like it’s 1996.

Before this weekend, Tom Cruise’s biggest opening weekend outside of the បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច franchise ($62 million for ជ្រុះ) and Steven Spielberg’s សង្គ្រាមពិភពលោក។ ($65 million over the Fri-Sun part of a $100 million Wed-Sun debut) was… the $37 million domestic debut in early 2013 of oblivion. As I noted over that film’s opening weekend and many times over the last nine years, Tom Cruise’s stardom peaked when $30 million was a big budget, $15 million was a solid opening weekend and $200 million worldwide was an unmitigated success. Likewise, and this relates to the current Memorial Day blockbuster, Harrison Ford’s biggest opener before Indiana Jones និងចក្រភពនៃឆ្អឹងក្បាលគ្រីស្តាល់ ($100 million Fri-Sun/$150 million Thurs-Mon) in 2008 was… the $37 million debut of ទ័ព​ជើងអាកាស One in the summer of 1997.

That was a record for an R-rated opener, besting the $36 million debut of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt’s បទសម្ភាសន៍ជាមួយបិសាចជញ្ជក់ឈាម (which set the record for a non-summer debut in November of 1994). 26 years ago, Tom Cruise’s បេសកកម្ម: មិនអាចទៅរួច opened with a $45 million Fri-Sun gross (the fourth biggest behind Batman Forever, Jurassic Park និង Batman ត្រឡប់) and a then-record $75 million six-day gross over its Wed-Mon Memorial Day weekend. 22 years ago, បេសកកម្ម៖ មិនអាចទៅរួចទី ២ opened with $58 million over the Fri-Sun part (behind only ពិភពលោកដែលបាត់បង់ និង សង្គ្រាមផ្កាយ វគ្គទី XNUMX: ការគំរាមកំហែង Phantom) of a $92 million Wed-Mon debut. Tom Cruise has experience setting box office records, it’s just been a while. I’d argue Top Gun: Maverick is playing like a mid-1990s Cruise biggie on steroids.

To answer the $170 million question that’s been haunting me since 2018 (when this film was initially shot), yes Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is absolutely a marquee character on par with Ethan Hunt. Tom Cruise may be of comparatively limited bankability in a marquee character/IP-driven era when it comes to playing a new or new-to-you character like Jack Reacher, “not James Bond in Knight and Day” or “that guy in គែមនៃថ្ងៃស្អែក.” However, he’s still worth all the money when playing the protagonist in Top Gun: Maverick. Again, it’s not unlike Harrison Ford’s later years. He hasn’t been an outright opener since អ្វី​ដែល​ស្ថិតនៅ​ក្រោម in 2000. However, put him in Indiana Jones និងចក្រភពនៃឆ្អឹងក្បាលគ្រីស្តាល់ or សង្គ្រាមផ្កាយ: កម្លាំងដាស់ and he’s worth his weight in gold.

Of course, that the film more-or-less delivered IMAX-worthy spectacle, crowdpleasing story beats and generational nostalgia that earned reviews closer to Creed ជាង ស្ថានីយ: វាសនាខ្មៅ didn’t hurt. At its best, the Joseph Kosinski-directed action drama blends the genre goods from his Cruise-starring sci-fi romp oblivion with the even-kneeled emotional melodrama of his spectacular knockout firefighter drama មានតែមនុស្សក្លាហានប៉ុណ្ណោះ. It mimics some of the visual stylings of early Tony Scott while offering a comparatively level-headed sincerity and (even compared to the PG-rated កំពូលកាំភ្លើង) four-quadrant wholesomeness. With a light summer slate mostly dominated by MCU heroes and kids’ toons (along with dinosaurs), Top Gun: Maverick is positioned as, by default, the grown-up event movie of the season.

If Top Gun: Maverick legs like លឿន & ខឹង ៧ ($117 million from a $39 million Friday) or តែឯង: រឿងសង្គ្រាមផ្កាយ ($103 million/$35 million), it still gets to over/under $154 million for the Fri-Mon weekend. If it legs like ចោរសមុទ្រ ១ or X-Men: ជំហរចុងក្រោយ។ ($122 million/$45 million), it’ll end Monday with over/under $142 million, both with a Fri-Sun gross of $115-$125 million. Best-case scenario legs like ពិភពលោកវង្វេង: ឧទ្យាន Jurassic (២០២ លានដុល្លារ / ៣០ លានដុល្លារ) និង Aladdin ($117 million/$31 million) will push it to between $195 million and $200 million by Monday. Tom Cruise is finally about to get that $100 million-plus Fri-Sun opening weekend. Theater owners worried about the viability of non-superhero tentpoles can feel relieved. Paramount must be partying like it’s 2011 with their first $100 million-plus opener since 2014.

Walt Disney opened 20th Century Studios’ Bob's Burgers: ភាពយន្ត to a solid $5.61 million on Friday. It, along with កំពូលកាំភ្លើង 2 និង នាទី៖ ការកើនឡើងនៃហ្គ្រុយ (July 1) are the last of the delayed-by-Covid 2020 releases left on the calendar. The feature-length extension of a long-running Fox television show again shows the value of comparatively niche films like Downton Abbey: A New Era, Demon Slayer និង អរ. The “fans” will show up for these specific titles even if they otherwise wouldn’t venture out to the multiplex on the regular. We can expect a $15.5 million Fri-Sun gross and a $19.05 million Fri-Mon holiday debut for the ប៊ឺហ្គើររបស់លោក Bob movie. I don’t know the budget, but I’m guessing somewhere between Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (១៤១ លានដុល្លារ) និង ភាពយន្ត Simpsons ។ (៤ លានដុល្លារ)។