‘Bullet Train’ Stays No. 1 as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Returns to Top 5 at Slowing Box Office
thewrap.comWith no new wide releases cracking the top 5, Sony/Columbia’s “Bullet Train” will hold on to the No. 1 spot with a second weekend total of just $13.4 million, a 56% drop from its $30 million opening.
With a 10-day total of $54.4 million, the action comedy starring Brad Pitt will likely need overseas revenue to post a theatrical profit against its reported $90 million production budget.
Sagging box office numbers also means that Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” which slid out of the top 5 for the first time last weekend, has risen all the way back to No.
2 with $7.1 million in its 12th weekend. That’s actually a two percent increase from its $7 million total last weekend as it is beginning to return to premium formats like Imax, Dolby and XD during the end-of-summer slowdown.
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