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US Box Office Weekend Report 8th - 10th July 2022: Fourth Thor Movie hits the top on its debut with $144 Million as the US box office

US Box Office Weekend Report 8th - 10th July 2022: Fourth Thor Movie hits the top on its debut with $144 Million as the US box office
Thor: Love and Thunder
Flying in at the top of the North American box office this weekend is the new movie in the MCU series of films Thor: Love and Thunder, which is also the only new movie of the week on the top 15!

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US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th July 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

Directed by the same director as Thor: Ragnarok Taika Waititi the fourth movie in the Thor franchise makes it debut at the top of the North American box office.

A debut gross of $144.1 Million gives it a better opening than Thor: Ragnarok but its not as good as the last two MCU movies Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness and Spider Man: No Way Home.

Minions: The Rise of Gru

After making its debut at the top of the North American box office last weekend the sequel movie to Minions falls one place to number 2 with a weekend gross of $46 Million, a 57% drop on its second weekend.

The movie now has a total gross of $210.6 Million after 2 weekend and is the 5th top movie of 2022.

Top Gun Maverick

Still inside the top 3 after 7 weeks of release the Tom Cruise starring sequel to Top Gun drops to number 2 this weekend with $15.5 Million, a 40% drop.

The movie has now taken $597 Million in the US, it will pass $600 Million by next weekend and it is the top movie of 2022 by quite a margin.

It is also on the verge of braking into the top 10 movie of all time in North America as it currently sits at number 12.

Elvis~2022

Elvis

The Elvis Presley bio-pic from director Baz Luhrmann falls to number 4 this weeeknd with $11 Million on its 3rd weekend, a 30% drop over last weekend.

The movie has not taken a total gross of $91.3 Million at the North American box office.

Jurassic World: Dominion

As the Dino franchise movie starts to end its run it falls to number 5 this weekend with $8.5 Million, a 46% drop over last weekend, which gives the movie a total US gross of $350 Million.

The movie is currently the 4th top movie of 2022, but it will end up as the lowest grossing of the Jurassic World trilogy of movies behind both Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

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