TOP GUN MAVERICK/MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THREAD | 126.7M 3-Day, 160.5M 4-Day. The biggest Memorial Day opening ever! | Doctor Strange 20.5M 4-Day, Bob's Burgers 14.8M

[excel1]

1 hour ago, EmpireCity said:

 

Isn't relevant to anyone under the age of 55?  That is incorrect.  

 

Growing up as a kid in the 80's and even early 90's was prime Top Gun age.  Came out in 1986, hit VHS and then was on constant play at many homes across the country.  Network television as well.  

 

It's relevant to many people still in their late 30's and for sure likely the strongest with people in their 40's.  

 

The original film is 36 years old, and was most popular with teens and young adult in its day. The 16- 30 crowd. Those same people are now...52 - 66 years old. Sure the film has some fans in their current 30s and 40s, but the amount of those people doesn't even resemble a group large enough to register as a blip on the radar. 

 

It is amusing that so many seem completely oblivious to the fact that all of these "take my breathe away" / "need for speed" / "danger zone" puns are going completely over the heads of today's 25 and under crowd.

[Eric Prime]

 

[titanic2187]

Just now, Grebacio said:

Wow, this is like the high end range of the tracking!

[keysersoze123]

Better than what I expected. @Shawn hope you can get the split for early shows and thursday number. 

[Krissykins]

$19.3m is huge! 

[Eric Prime]

Just now, CJohn said:

21M 4 day? Do you wanna cause another Bad Guys/Northman incident?

Dude, I don't care.

[YM!]

Bought a Maverick ticket today for this Tuesday in my theaters’ PLF and it only costed me $5 dollar due to being a member and Tuesday deals.

[excel1]

2 minutes ago, Eric Belcher said:

 

 

That is simply OUTSTANDING number. Wow.  The Memorial Day record is about to get crushed.

Edited May 27, 2022 by excel1

[CJohn]

2 minutes ago, Grebacio said:

Not even 20M in the 3 days total? Damn.

[ZackM]

Wow!  This is a great result.  Good bit of info for tracking purposes too.

[Ryan Reynolds]

MDW Record hopefully 

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, Eric Belcher said:

Dude, I don't care.

You are crushing my soul tho  

[Grebacio]

Holdovers numbers on Thursday
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness earned $2.4M at 4,534 theaters, -14% from Wednesday for a running three week total of $354.4M.
Downton Abbey: A New Era was second with $1.3M, -11% from Wednesday for a first week’s take $22.6M at 3,820 locations.

The Bad Guys was third yesterday with $576K, +1%, at 3,705 venues and a running five week total of $76.7M.

Everything Everywhere All at Once booked at 1,576 posted a ninth Thursday of $426K, -16%, and a running cume of $54.3M.

 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 drew around $330K, -4%, at 2,943 for a seven week running total of $182.6M.

https://deadline.com/2022/05/top-gun-maverick-box-office-1235034420/

[Firepower]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Not even 20M in the 3 days total? Damn.

That's not 3 days of full release

[John Marston]

That seems pretty damn good. A little lower than The Batman but that has more fanboy rush and appeal to younger people

[excel1]

1 minute ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

MDW Record hopefully 

 

I would take this as indication that the Memorial Day record is about to get crushed. Also given the films elite WOM, it;'s multipliers should be high all around. I would say the odds of this beating Dr. Strange domestic total are quite good. 

[lorddemaxus]

Lmaooo, you guys shouldn't have questioned this movie last minute. 170 OW and 600m finish incoming.

[excel1]

If you had told me 1 year ago that TOP GUN 2 would do $19m in previews - while last Mission Impossible did $6m - I would said no way in hell. That is a gigantic number.

 

And no doubt some are starting to think about TOP GUN 3...

[keysersoze123]

Great hold for Dr Strange. Could end up 410m+ at this point. 

[BruiseCruise]

Can't bruise the cruise