Top Gun 2 ends its fifth week with $47.2M at 3,948 sites sending its running total to $538.4M; the highest grossing movie of the year to date, 31% ahead of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Top Gun 2 grossed $4M on Thursday, -7% from Wednesday. Outlook is a 20% ease in the pic’s 4-day sixth weekend from last weekend, so around $23.7M.
Elvis ends week 1 with $48.3M at 3,906 theaters. The pic made $3.5M yesterday, -11% from Wednesday. Industry estimates expect at most a 40% ease in the 4-day vs. 3-day of Elvis, meaning around $18.7M. Box office sources believe Zoey 101 and Ruby & the Rockits actor Austin Butler is the key for bringing in the under 25 crowd as Elvis comes off of some ecstatic buzz.