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US Box Office Weekend Report 1st - 3rd July 2022: Minions 2 makes its debut at the top of the North American box office over July 4th weekend with a record breaking gross

US Box Office Weekend Report 1st - 3rd July 2022: Minions 2 makes its debut at the top of the North American box office over July 4th weekend with a record breaking gross
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Minions: The Rise of Gru makes its North American box office debut at the top with a fantastic July 4th weekend gross.

Also new this weekend is Mr. Malcolms List at number 7 with $826,387 and Fourth of July at number 12 with $218,722.

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US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd July 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru

The sequel animated movie from the Despicable Me series makes its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend with the best July 4th debut ever.

The Minions sequel movie takes $107 Million over the American holiday which also means it instantly becomes the 8th top movie of 2022.

Top Gun Maverick

The mega smash hit sequel movie starring Tom Cruise continues to perform well above anyones expectation as it remains at number 3 this weekend with $25 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a tiny 13% drop.

the movie has now taken a eye watering $564 Million at the North American box office and is by far the top movie of 2022, it is also the 12th top movie of all time on North America as it gets ready to break the top 10.

Elvis~2022

After making its debut at the top last weekend the Elvis Presley bio-pic from Baz Luhrmann jumps over Top Gun Maverick to spend its second weekend at number 3.

The movie takes $18.4 Million on its second weekend, a resonable 14% drop over last weekend giving the movie a total gross of $66 Million.

Jurassic World: Dominion

Jurassic World: Dominion

The threequel dino movie drops to number 4 this weekend on its 4th week of release with $16 Million, a 40% drop over last weekend.

the movie has now taken $332 Million at the North American box office making it the 4th top movie of 2022.

The movie is tracking behind the last 2 movies in this series of Jurassic movies, with Jurassic World having taken over half a billion by this point in its run, but Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was only a tiny but ahead with $363 Million.

The Black Phone

Falling to number 4 is the horror movie from director Scott Derrickson which made its debut at number 4 last weekend.

A $12 Million second weekend, 48% down, takes the movies total gross to $47 Million.

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