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World Box Office Weekend Report 27th - 29th May 2022: Tom Cruise hits the top of the box office with his long awaited Top Gun sequel

World Box Office Weekend Report 27th - 29th May 2022: Tom Cruise hits the top of the box office with his long awaited Top Gun sequel
Top Gun: Maverick

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Tom Cruise releases his long awaited sequel to one of his earliest movies, and his forst major motion picture and so Top Gun Maverick hits the top of the global box office.

The movie version of the animated TV series The Bobs Burgers Movie also makes its debut this week at number 4.

Worldwide weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th May 2022

Top Gun Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

The original Top Gun was released 36 years ago and was the first major hit for its star Tom Cruise who at the time had only made a handful of smaller movies.

The sequel gets a release in a massive 63 countries and takes $248 Million globally on its debut.

It makes the movie instantly the 10th top movie of 2022 worldwide.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

After 3 weeks at the top of the global box office the MCU movie falls to number 2 with a gross of $39.3 Million, a 45% drop from 50 countries.

The movie has takes a total of $868.6 Million after 4 weeks of release.

The Roundup

The Korean movie is released in 5 countries and this week falls to number 3 after making its debut at 2 last week with $39.3 Million over this weekend.

This is a 26% drop and gives the movie a total of $23,5 Million over its 2 weeks of release.

The Bob's Burgers Movie

The Bob's Burgers Movie

Like the The Simpsons did in 2007 the television animated show Bob's Burgers makes its big screen debut this weekend at number 4 with a weekend gross of $13.3 Million from 9 countries.

The Bad Guys

The animated hit movie falls to number 5 this weekend after 11 weeks on the global box office it takes $10.4 Million from 71 countries.

An 18% drop gives the movie a global total of $197.5 Million.

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