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Posted June 19, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Dinosaurs Still on Top


Despite some competition from newcomer Lightyear, the latest film in the “Jurassic” series, Jurassic World Dominion held onto the top spot of the box-office weekend by a mere $7.7 million.

"Jurassic World Dominion" posterIn its second weekend of release, Jurassic World Dominion added $58.7 million to lift its overall total to $249.8 million. Meanwhile, the Disney/Pixar film Lightyear debuted in second place with $51.0 million to show for its troubles over the weekend. Dropping a spot to finish in third place in its fourth weekend of release, was Top Gun: Maverick. The Tom Cruise hit now sports a four-week total of $466.2 million. Similarly falling to fourth place was the Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which took in $4.2 million over the weekend to list its seven-week tally to $405.1 million. Again, the previous weekend’s fourth-place film finished in fifth place the following weekend as The Bob’s Burgers Movie made $1.1 million over the weekend to bring its four-week total to $29.8 million.

Dropping a spot to finish in sixth-place over the weekend was The Bad Guys which made $980,000 during the last three days to raise its nine-week total to $94.2 million. Holding its ground and sticking around in seventh place was Everything Everywhere All at Once which added $960,000 over the weekend to lift its thirteen-week total to $64.9 million. Falling to the eighth after finishing in sixth place last weekend, was the sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era with $830,000. The film now lays claim to a five-week tally of $42.2 million. Staying put in ninth place over the weekend with $228,000 was Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The animated film now claims an eleven-week total of $190.5 million. Finally, the comedy Brian and Charles debuted in the final spot of the weekend’s top ten with $198,000 to show for its first weekend in release.

Two films were pushed from the box-office top ten over the weekend. After climbing back into the top ten last week, the Firestarter remake has again fallend off the list after amassing $9.5 million over its six weeks in release. Meanwhile, the comedy Ante Sundharaniki leaves the top ten after debuting in the final spot last weekend.

Weekend Box Office (June 17th – June 19th)

  1. Jurassic World Dominion…$58.7 Million
  2. Lightyear…$51.0 Million
  3. Top Gun: Maverick…$44.0 Million
  4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness…$4.2 Million
  5. The Bob’s Burgers Movie…$1.1 Million
  6. The Bad Guys…$980,000
  7. Everything Everywhere All at Once…$960,000
  8. Downton Abbey: A New Era…$830,000
  9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2…$228,000
  10. Brian and Charles…$198,000
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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