The largest memorial day weekend opening and the highest opening of one of the biggest stars in the world isn't a bad claim for this weekends US box office as Top Gun: Maverick makes its debut at the top.

Also inside the top 5 is the animated feature The Bob's Burgers Movie which is new at number 3 while the Indian sequel movie F3: Fun and Frustration is new at 10 with a debut of just over a $1 Million.

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

Top Gun Maverick

Veteran actor Tom Cruise made came to the attention of most people in the 1986 movie Top Gun and despite a number of attempts to bring a sequel to the big screen it has taken 36 years to make it.

The movie opens over memorial weekend which is often considered the start of the summer season for movies and takes an incredible $124 Million on its debut.

This is not only the top grossing movie over the holiday weekend but incredibly the top debut for Tom Cruise.

The movie has instantly become the 6th top movie in North America for 2022 but will most likely finish at least top 3.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

The MCU movie from Disney has been around now for 4 weeks and gets push from the top after a successful 3 week run where it grossed an amazing $370 Million at the US box office.

This weekend the Sam Raimi directed movie take $16.4 Million, a 49% drop over last weekend, it does take over from The Batman as the top movie of 2022.

The Bobs Burgers Movie

Like The Simpsons before them, Bob's Burgers makes the leap from television to the big screen and lands at number 3 this weekend.

The movie take a respectable $12.6 Million over the memorial day holiday, and with good reviews and school holidays on the horizon, like The Bad Guys this could hang around for a while.

Downton Abbey: A New Era

The sequel movie based on the British Aristocracy falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with $5.9 Million, a big 63% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $28.4 Million total.

The Bad Guys

Falling to 3 this weekend is the animated former number 1 movie which takes $4.6 Million on its 6 weekend of release, a small 25% drop, giving the movie a total of $81.3 Million after 6 weeks of release.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

1. Top Gun: Maverick - $126,707,459
2. Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness - $16,069,358
3. The Bob's Burgers Movie - $12,416,819
4. Downton Abbey: A New Era - $5,787,935
5. The Bad Guys - $4,382,790
6. Everything Everywhere All At Once - $2,463,491
7. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $2,454,075
8. The Lost City - $2,018,510
9. Men - $1,201,490
10. F3: Fun and Frustration - $1,028,000

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