Here’s How ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Ticket Sales Compared To Other Big Memorial Day Weekend Hits

May 31, 2022, 03:39pm

The Memorial Day weekend opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was the previous record, but Top Gun: Maverick broke it.

According to Deadline and Variety, the film made $160.5 million from Friday to Monday, but Box Office Mojo puts the total gross at $156 million.

It's not clear how long the movie will last, but for other movies in the weekend's all-time top ten list, their opening weekends accounted for 32% to 52% of their total box-office receipts.

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$176 million. That's how much the original Top Gun made in 1986.

According to Box Office Mojo.

1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022), $156 million
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), $139.8 million
3. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008), $126.9 million
4. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), $122.8 million
5. Fast & Furious 6 (2019), $117 million
6. Aladdin (2019), $116.8 million
7. X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) $110.5 million
8. The Hangover Part II (2011), $103.4 million
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), $103 million
10. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), $90.1 million

Key Background

Tom Cruise reprised his role as Pete in the remake of Top Gun, as did Val Kilmer as Iceman. They are joined by Miles Teller, who plays Bradley, and Bradshaw, the son of Anthony Edwards, who playsPenny Benjamin. The director told Insider that not every character from the first film was considered for the sequel. He said that he didn't want every story line to always look backwards.

For Memorial Day opening record, Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World, and Scorches.

The box office broke Memorial Day Weekend records with $160 million.